The Record's front page today finally reports the frustration of everyone -- from residents to town officials to Governor Christie --with the glacial pace of recovery efforts by PSE&G and other public utilities.
Sadly, even though few repair crews have been seen since the power went out on Monday, the editors didn't pay attention until "officials" started complaining.
Deirdre Sykes and Dan Sforza, the local assignment editors; Production Editor Liz Houlton, the error-prone head of the copy desk; and even Editor Marty Gottlieb should be lashed to a utility pole until they come to their senses.
As they've done with coverage of the recovery effort after Super Storm Sandy, they betray their readers every day.
RECOVERING FROM SANDY is far better than DIGGING OUT FROM SANDY, the phrase Houlton keeps on using on A-1 and L-1.
Unless the "digging out" is a reference to all the bullshit excuses the paper has been printing from Ralph A. LaRossa, the clearly incompetent president and CEO of Public Service Electric and Gas Co.
"Public Service"? That's rich, given that residents have seen exactly the opposite.
Now, utilities are saying some residents won't get power for another week.
As with Digging Out from Sandy, Houlton continues to commit glaring errors, as with a caption on A-6 today under a photo of a bus commuter flashing a thumbs up.
The caption describes a Little Ferry owner surveying the flood debris in his home.
Utility companies are using the excuse that the damage from Sandy is unprecedented, but that's the same excuse they used a year ago, when a freak pre-Halloween snow storm knocked out power for a week or more in North Jersey.
This time, PSE&G staged a public relations stunt by sending more than 100 trucks and other equipment to Garden State Plaza, the big mall in Paramus, and invited the media to report how well-prepared the utility was.
The Record and other media fell for it big time.
To rub salt in our wounds, the paper today prints an advertisement notifying customers PSE&G is seeking a gas and electric rate-increase (A-3).
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The Record's front page today finally reports the frustration of everyone -- from residents to town officials to Governor Christie --with the glacial pace of recovery efforts by PSE&G and other public utilities.
Sadly, even though few repair crews have been seen since the power went out on Monday, the editors didn't pay attention until "officials" started complaining.
Deirdre Sykes and Dan Sforza, the local assignment editors; Production Editor Liz Houlton, the error-prone head of the copy desk; and even Editor Marty Gottlieb should be lashed to a utility pole until they come to their senses.
As they've done with coverage of the recovery effort after Super Storm Sandy, they betray their readers every day.
RECOVERING FROM SANDY is far better than DIGGING OUT FROM SANDY, the phrase Houlton keeps on using on A-1 and L-1.
Unless the "digging out" is a reference to all the bullshit excuses the paper has been printing from Ralph A. LaRossa, the clearly incompetent president and CEO of Public Service Electric and Gas Co.
"Public Service"? That's rich, given that residents have seen exactly the opposite.
Now, utilities are saying some residents won't get power for another week.
As with Digging Out from Sandy, Houlton continues to commit glaring errors, as with a caption on A-6 today under a photo of a bus commuter flashing a thumbs up.
The caption describes a Little Ferry owner surveying the flood debris in his home.
Utility companies are using the excuse that the damage from Sandy is unprecedented, but that's the same excuse they used a year ago, when a freak pre-Halloween snow storm knocked out power for a week or more in North Jersey.
This time, PSE&G staged a public relations stunt by sending more than 100 trucks and other equipment to Garden State Plaza, the big mall in Paramus, and invited the media to report how well-prepared the utility was.
The Record and other media fell for it big time.
To rub salt in our wounds, the paper today prints an advertisement notifying customers PSE&G is seeking a gas and electric rate-increase (A-3).
PSEG and all other public municipal employees should be fired. Why are people doing their regular jobs at borough halls. If the private sector was running this than everyone would be working to resolve issues. Secretaries would be given racks and gloves, but not public employees. It takes 6 police officers at every gas station, tell them to go find PSEG trucks and make them go block to block to fix the power. I see more PSEG and police sitting around doing nothing than actually working
ReplyDeleteThank for your comment. I couldn't agree more.
ReplyDelete"all other public municipal employees."
ReplyDeleteI love this site. You guys are great.
I guess he's linking utility workers and municipal workers because both groups have slowness in common. You have to admit "Public Service" is confusing.
ReplyDeleteYou're the one that agreed all municipal employees should be fired.
ReplyDeleteClassy.
Not me. He was obviously confused. I would like to see all the police chiefs fired, though.
ReplyDeleteI have all the power I can use an then some. Live in the Rockland Electric area (Saddle River) and had the forsight to install a HUGE natural gas powered generator.
ReplyDeleteLet Mr. Sasson and the Hackensack peons run around in the dark. Who gives a damn about Hackensack?
I hope the next storm fells a tree that kills that elitist MF from Saddle River. LOL
ReplyDeleteHas any power been restored to Hudson Street yet? I work on hudson and have not been able to return to work due to no power. Any ideas of when it will be restored?
ReplyDeleteSorry. The Record today continues its virtual news blackout on Hackensack.
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