GO AFTER THE FRICKIN’ CONFLICT OF INTEREST THE COVER UP AND THE LIES!
Okay, that was my vent. A judge has granted a hearing for the Argus vs. the Scab. I have said that the Argus has a case if they go after the blatant conflict of interest with every single councilor KNOWING in advance of the vote that Matt Paulson was an investor and that he gave to every single person sitting on the dais’ campaigns. The worst part was the council and the Scab hid it from the public. That’s deception on the highest level, not only by council but by the Scab. On top of it, the only blogger covering city politics for 20 years gets told in a nasty text message from one of the owners that him and the other main writers are the only owners . . . until they weren’t.
If the Argus argues this on the original premise of not posting investor info in advance, they will lose the case. Go after the conflicts.
I got a kick out of how the piece about this that was published in the Dakota (War College) Scout was penned by Lalley as a guest post. Perhaps D(WC)S has finally caught on to the concept of conflict of interest. #Maybe
( and Woodstock adds: “Say, speaking of concepts, when is Trump going to come out with his health care concept?”… “Since it is now obvious that he never had a plan”…. 🙂 )
I’d be shocked if a Republican judge would rule in favor of the Argus on this one. #RememberTheAlamo #RememberIM22
“Say, will Matt’s Rolex remind him of the court date?”….. “AND, maybe his Lamborghini can get him there on time if he’s initially running late, huh?”…. ( ….. “AND, if he’s out of town at the time, maybe his new plane can help him, too”…. 🙂 )
What’s evident is the Scout is here to stay. Were the Argus (aka Gannett) to win a settlement, a court here might impose a judgement but there would never be recovery. The operational public press would not be stalled. The Argus should quietly leave town and Gannett should focus on explaining to shareholders what happened.