The Union editor/publisher is starting to sound a lot like me! LOL.
Back on Feb. 11, I observed “Jerry Brown flies for peanuts on Southwest.” I wrote: ” It sends a message — but also gets you close to your constituents.”
Now, lo and behold, the editor/publisher of The Union writes that he admires Jerry Brown’s frugal touch, such as booking a flight on Southwest.
“His message? Sacrifices will be painful and necessary and he’s not saying one thing and doing another,” Jeff Ackerman writes in a political flip flop that won John Kerry fame. (“You have more waffles than a house of pancakes.”)
That’s a switch from the past, when he was excoriated — justly so — for denouncing Brown’s support for removing lead from toys. “I bring this up just in case you wonder why we used to refer to Jerry Brown as ‘Moonbeam.’ It seems he still has that ‘glow’ about him,’ the column said.
A reader responded: “Lead exposure is no laughing matter.”
What’s going on here? Perhaps a realization that his readership is “purple” politically, not red. The county has changed a lot from his cub reporter days.
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Fluke?
Shoulda had the “Great Awakening” before all the cancellations of the paper in recent times, including mine.
Exit Question:
Will the local Tea People still let him be a part of the “we got all your answers, right or wrong, we have them answers” club.
Interesting. Cancellations do lead to a “great awakening,” the community has come to learn. Pitiful, really.
Well Jeff,
This sounds like the common ground we have been seeking.
Mr. Ackerman wrote a good article.
Okay, you beat him to it.
But some realizations come later for some than others, for whatever reason.
Governor Brown is walking the walk.
Anyone would be a fool to criticize his frugal philosophy.
We would all be fools not to follow his example in our own lives.
We all have to tighten belts, knuckle down and go greener and leaner.
I look forward to Mr. Ackerman perhaps continuing to rally critical public support for our Governor.
If the Union does this, it will regain a lot of credibility and respect.
It could be part of the revival of California as an innovative and creative force in the world.
The Union supported Charlie Brown against Tom McClintock in ’08. Think a column favorable to Jerry Brown reflects attempt of the paper to appeal to perceived views of its readers. The problem in the past , my opinion, is failure of policy setters, either at chain HQ’s and/or local papers, to accurately perceive what these views are, but instead listen only to those who talk the loudest and are personal friends and cronies of employees of the business. Let’s hope this latest colunm signals a change in editorial policy at The Union and greater objectivity.