What’s been going on at the Washington Pavilion lately? Good question. Over the past couple of weeks it seems there has been quite a few layoffs and resignations and more to come at the big purple building (with pretty new windows). Trust me, I don’t know the whole story, and that’s the crux of the whole thing.
Why isn’t our local media covering it? Seriously. It seems anytime CitiBank or John Morrell’s lays off four or more people it’s the lead story of the day, but when a taxpayer subsidized entity like the Pavilion is loosing employees left and right the media seems apathetic. Is it really the duty of an amateur / hobbyist editorial cartoonist to uncover the truth?
Is the media protecting them because they are a good advertising client? Is there other relationships we don’t know about? Are the Board of Directors so powerful they control our local media? Still, more unanswered questions.
It’s no secret that I have locked horns with the Pav several times over the past couple of years, and for good reason. Secrecy and censorship runs amuck and our local press turns a blind eye and in some cases hides evidence or misleads the public into thinking every thing is rosy in the big purple building.
What will it take for someone to uncover this debacle so I can finally say I told you so.