tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4087256805680013672.post8002474723316533568..comments2023-09-30T04:47:47.475-04:00Comments on STARK COUNTY POLITICAL REPORT: AFTER STARK COUNTY'S TAXPAYERS LOSE $2.96 MILLION, THE REPOSITORY - WITH THE AID OF FEDERAL COURT RECORDS - FIGURES OUT THE FRUSTACI "AIDED BY AT LEAST ONE ACCOMPLICE" STARK CO. TREASURY THEFT? AN NEWS EXPOSE? REALLY?Martin Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15795894229375940645noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4087256805680013672.post-71009265251511439022010-09-21T09:29:44.220-04:002010-09-21T09:29:44.220-04:00Martin, isn't this a little like 'cutting ...Martin, isn't this a little like 'cutting off your nose to spite your face'? <br /> <br />Why in the world would Jeff refuse to open a 'reliable' source's e-mails because of something so petty? Apparently the paper isn't interested in getting good information from private sources. You don't treat your 'source's' so shabbily. <br /> <br />Reminds me of something similar in 'childishness' that I know he sent a reader and commentor on the Rep a few months ago. She had written Mr. Gauger, not with a 'scoop' but with a very legitimate question concerning not being allowed to comment on 'crime' stories.<br /> <br />Not knowing much about computers, and the proper protocol about caps to use when sending an e-mail, PLUS a problem with her eyes, she used all caps in her e-mail to him. She meant no disrespect and had no idea that it was considered 'shouting'. She didn't even know what 'shouting' meant, which is why she wrote me asking 'huh?' after receing the answer from him. ( I didn't either when I first started commenting on the Rep) <br /><br />Mr. Gauger, using absolutely no finesse befitting a newspaper executive editor, wrote back;, "Please don’t “shout” at me in all caps. In future, I’ll not answer your all-cap e-mails."<br /><br />It's now always what you say, but HOW you say it. He sure missed the boat on that one. This lady was a customer of his newspaper. I would think he could have told her about the caps in a more friendly way. She felt like you know what when she got that reply from him. To threaten her with not reading anymore of her e-mails if she used "all caps" in the future, reminded me of a kid throwing a tantrum or a teenager going through puberty and suffering with acne.maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08473806215074183516noreply@blogger.com