Comments on: Soto says no to Supervisor's invitation to Dunkin' http://insiderockland.lohudblogs.com/2007/11/27/soto-says-no-to-supervisors-invitation-to-dunkin/ What's going on in your county Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:16:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.5 By: Big Deal http://insiderockland.lohudblogs.com/2007/11/27/soto-says-no-to-supervisors-invitation-to-dunkin/#comment-6212 Big Deal Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:56:55 +0000 http://insiderockland.lohudblogs.com/2007/11/27/soto-says-no-to-supervisors-invitation-to-dunkin/#comment-6212 Who really cares Who really cares

]]> By: Airmont Dem http://insiderockland.lohudblogs.com/2007/11/27/soto-says-no-to-supervisors-invitation-to-dunkin/#comment-3989 Airmont Dem Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:53:33 +0000 http://insiderockland.lohudblogs.com/2007/11/27/soto-says-no-to-supervisors-invitation-to-dunkin/#comment-3989 In these days of eating disorders and the rise in obesity, that a reporter should make a story out of one politician's polite decline to an invitation to a post meeting snack is truly sad. As Oy Vey and Haverstraw Resident already noted, this was probably nothing more than a case of an individual not wanting the temptation a place like Dunkin'Donuts presents. The Journal News has really fallen on hard times. The paper is devoid of any real hard news, the though-provoking editorials are long gone and anything but local news has been relegated to the back pages. It's getting to the point where even making an excuse that one is buying the paper for the comics is grasping at straws, since the comic pages are a joke (pardon the pun) at best. In these days of eating disorders and the rise in obesity, that a reporter should make a story out of one politician's polite decline to an invitation to a post meeting snack is truly sad. As Oy Vey and Haverstraw Resident already noted, this was probably nothing more than a case of an individual not wanting the temptation a place like Dunkin'Donuts presents.

The Journal News has really fallen on hard times. The paper is devoid of any real hard news, the though-provoking editorials are long gone and anything but local news has been relegated to the back pages. It's getting to the point where even making an excuse that one is buying the paper for the comics is grasping at straws, since the comic pages are a joke (pardon the pun) at best.

]]> By: Haverstraw Resident http://insiderockland.lohudblogs.com/2007/11/27/soto-says-no-to-supervisors-invitation-to-dunkin/#comment-3987 Haverstraw Resident Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:44:42 +0000 http://insiderockland.lohudblogs.com/2007/11/27/soto-says-no-to-supervisors-invitation-to-dunkin/#comment-3987 I agree, "Oy Vey". I'm sorry, but how this is a story? I agree, Mr. Soto may have just not felt like going to Dunkin Donuts. It's after a meeting, it was probably just a friendly invitation since Mr. Soto has known Mr. Phillips a while. So, he didn't go. Big deal. If it were me, and I'm watching my weight, etc., and I was asked, I would've said no. Doesn't mean I'd say no to the Supervisor on issues, etc. And I'm just a resident, not a Councilman, etc. I think the reason many people become cynical of our officials, etc. is because of reporters trying to create situations that aren't there via innuendo. I know there's freedom of speech, but I think a lot of our local reporters have "freedom of stupidity" and this blog Ms. Akiko Matsuda created is an example of just that. She had nothing to report on the actual items on the agenda, but she decides to "print" a probably private converation, without permission I might add, and then run with it and make a spin that doesn't exist. If I were the Town Board members, and the Supervisor, I'd take the Journal News to task on a private conversation after a formal meeting and used it for a story. Shame on the Journal News! I agree, "Oy Vey".

I'm sorry, but how this is a story? I agree, Mr. Soto may have just not felt like going to Dunkin Donuts. It's after a meeting, it was probably just a friendly invitation since Mr. Soto has known Mr. Phillips a while. So, he didn't go. Big deal. If it were me, and I'm watching my weight, etc., and I was asked, I would've said no. Doesn't mean I'd say no to the Supervisor on issues, etc. And I'm just a resident, not a Councilman, etc.

I think the reason many people become cynical of our officials, etc. is because of reporters trying to create situations that aren't there via innuendo.

I know there's freedom of speech, but I think a lot of our local reporters have "freedom of stupidity" and this blog Ms. Akiko Matsuda created is an example of just that. She had nothing to report on the actual items on the agenda, but she decides to "print" a probably private converation, without permission I might add, and then run with it and make a spin that doesn't exist.

If I were the Town Board members, and the Supervisor, I'd take the Journal News to task on a private conversation after a formal meeting and used it for a story. Shame on the Journal News!

]]> By: Oy Vey http://insiderockland.lohudblogs.com/2007/11/27/soto-says-no-to-supervisors-invitation-to-dunkin/#comment-3978 Oy Vey Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:30:02 +0000 http://insiderockland.lohudblogs.com/2007/11/27/soto-says-no-to-supervisors-invitation-to-dunkin/#comment-3978 I love how reporters with no talent LOVE to speculate as to what things mean. Maybe, just maybe, Ms. Matsuda, Mr. Soto actually DID NOT FEEL LIKE GOING TO DUNKIN DONUTS. But, go ahead read into something that's not there. Journal News, more pathetic than ever! I love how reporters with no talent LOVE to speculate as to what things mean.

Maybe, just maybe, Ms. Matsuda, Mr. Soto actually DID NOT FEEL LIKE GOING TO DUNKIN DONUTS.

But, go ahead read into something that's not there.

Journal News, more pathetic than ever!

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