The editorial “’Fee for service,’ courtesy of Sturla” huffs “[State Rep. Mike Sturla] points out that 73 percent of residents, with their own police departments, pay for state police coverage for the 21 percent who don’t have their own departments (6 percent have par-time state police service)….All that Sturla is doing is asking that the remaining 27 percent pay twice, too. That only makes a bad situation worse.”
WATCHDOG: Did the editorial writer fail to make it through grammar school math? If 100% pay their fair share, the 73% who now are paying the entire bill will pay less in the future! The above is just plain mean spirited, unless the writer is really that dumb.
From the “About Us” Section of NewsLanc.com’s web site: “NewsLanc.com is an e-zine focused on the important issues facing Lancaster city and county. Our mission is to provide an alternative source of coverage and comment from the monopoly Lancaster press. We will provide news without spin, editorials without vested interests and personal attacks, and solicit vigorous discussions from the public.”
Stated above: “WATCHDOG: Did the editorial writer fail to make it through grammar school math? If 100% pay their fair share, the 73% who now are paying the entire bill will pay less in the future! The above is just plain mean spirited, unless the writer is really that dumb.”
I’m trying to imagine how yellow your brand of journalism would be absent your noble mission of avoiding personal attacks.
By the way: Your mission statement should read, “…an alternative…TO the monopoly Lancaster press”, not “an alternative…FROM the monopoly Lancaster press.” Did the mission statement author fail to make it through grammar school grammar? Is the writer really that dumb?
It is far better for a journalist to be poor in math than poor in English.