Don, that's okay. I researched it a little more at the Globe's website, Boston.com, and the 23 percent is reportedly factored in to their "needed savings," according to at least one article published there. This story keeps breaking with new developments. Here's a link to a letter that some Globe reporters wrote to NY Times publisher Sulzberger:
http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/06/glo…
Now Boston.com has a lead article saying that Times Co. has hired an investment bank to manage the possible sale of the Globe. I think you and/or Matt Potter predicted this was coming. — June 9, 2009 10:06 p.m.
U-T Seeking to Rent Part of Headquarters Space
Don, many, many Presidents of the United States have come and gone and done their best (and sometimes not their best) in the face of domestic and foreign challenges. Just in the foreign arena, their "best" includes involvement in two World Wars, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, the arms race, Korea, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam ("the best and the brightest"), Watergate, Iran Contra, Iraq, etc, etc. Let's not forget "I never had sex with that woman," William Jefferson Clinton - a true patriot. So, in the "savvy" department, I say Sarah Palin has as much potential to screw up as the first 44, including the still relatively untested Barack Obama. Can you seriously say that Harry Truman had the "savvy in domestic or foreign matters" required to take over after Roosevelt died? I say not at all, but I don't think anyone asked that question when he was FDR's running mate. There is a double standard for the Presidency, which I hope will be finally broken before the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the 19th Amendment - women's right to vote.— July 7, 2009 10:11 p.m.
U-T Seeking to Rent Part of Headquarters Space
I agree with SurfPuppy. Palin's politics are mostly anathema to me, but I also believe she is smarter than she came across in the media. New York and Washington DC (and even in some respects, San Diego) have a standard they expect for sophistication -- and sometimes, external appearances of sophistication cover for lack of intelligence. I honestly believe Sarah Palin is intelligent, and she will be vindicated eventually.— July 7, 2009 10:14 a.m.
U-T Seeking to Rent Part of Headquarters Space
Don, speaking of screaming conflict of interest, here's an interesting newspaper business model: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=7987328&pa… What will they think of next?— July 5, 2009 11:27 a.m.
U-T Seeking to Rent Part of Headquarters Space
Don, yes, I was hired, and the rest is, as they say, history. However if invoking your name would have cost me the job, I wouldn't have wanted it anyway. So glad you are still in the game.— July 4, 2009 1:43 p.m.
U-T Seeking to Rent Part of Headquarters Space
"One of the greatest sources of comfort to me is knowing that I have lived long enough to be vindicated. I've outlived all of my enemies, but I've also outlived all of my friends." - George Seldes, American investigative journalist (at age 102) -------------------------------------------------- Don, almost 10 years ago during interview #1 for a job at the U-T, I was asked to explain why I had resigned from an earlier position with another San Diego employer. I told the HR recruiter that I had learned of the dubious legality of the operation, and said (naively I know now), "You can ask Don Bauder. I am sure he knows about this bunch of crooks." Just a little tribute to you.— July 4, 2009 3:42 a.m.
U-T Seeking to Rent Part of Headquarters Space
Don, I think it will be a logistics nightmare to have "renters" in that building, but plenty of businesses make bad decisions because, well, just because they can! Maybe when the Watchdog Institute gets off the ground, they can rent some of that space. Hey, why not?— July 2, 2009 3:18 p.m.
Watchdog Institute Puzzles Union-Tribune Staffers
" . . . I believe we have a responsibility to our constituents to shine a light on the way in which the city of San Diego is handling its public finances." Karin Winner ------------------------------------------------- Constituents? Whatever happened to the subscribers and readers? To JustWondering, I believe you give Karin Winner too much credit.— July 1, 2009 9:19 a.m.
Watchdog Institute Puzzles Union-Tribune Staffers
Watchdog Institute. Let me guess -- with a San Diego State connection, what they're envisioning is a journalistic pitbull-puppy mill. Someone should call the local SPCA and get this shoddy enterprise shut down before the breeding begins. What an inane proposition coming from the folks in editorial management who have mastered the art of internal organizational spin.— June 29, 2009 11:13 p.m.
Boston Globe Union Rejects Cuts; Owner NY Times to Slash Unilaterally
Don, that's okay. I researched it a little more at the Globe's website, Boston.com, and the 23 percent is reportedly factored in to their "needed savings," according to at least one article published there. This story keeps breaking with new developments. Here's a link to a letter that some Globe reporters wrote to NY Times publisher Sulzberger: http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/06/glo… Now Boston.com has a lead article saying that Times Co. has hired an investment bank to manage the possible sale of the Globe. I think you and/or Matt Potter predicted this was coming.— June 9, 2009 10:06 p.m.
Boston Globe Union Rejects Cuts; Owner NY Times to Slash Unilaterally
"The New York Times said today (Tues. June 9) that it won't have to close the Globe, at least for now. The needed savings have been achieved." ------------------------------------------------------- I wonder if the "needed savings" includes the pending 23 percent pay cut? Corporate doubletalk is golden. Makes me wonder if the Guild membership did some investigation of their own regarding the Globe's actual financial position. Even though the vote was close, there still is a majority willing to take this fight to court. I am glad they didn't roll over and concede defeat.— June 9, 2009 7:32 p.m.