Chief
03-08-2008, 05:46 AM
Here is a recap of the recent Letters to the Editor that were written in the Patella household, and published in the columbian.
To research this subject, I went back to Early October 2007, and did a search on the word "Patella" on the columbian's website. The search cane up with 2 pages of data, but I will only list the letters they wrote, and leave the letters that were written rebutting them...
October 11, 2007 "Change from Tax and Spend"
November 8, 2007 "Cross off needed Fix First" (Nancy Patella, Author)
December 5, 2007 "Halt the Gravy Train"
January 4, 2008 "Risks are minimal"
February 5, 2008 "Light Rail is Not Needed" (Nancy Patella, Author)
March 3, 2008 "Beware Liberal Rascals"
March 8, 2008 "Light Rail is Unpopular Idea"
There are several other letters to the Editor that mention both of the Patellas, and rebutting them on something they have said in one of their letters or another.
In any case, the columbian is in violation of their own letters policy that clearly states:
Frequently asked questions about The Columbian's opinion pages
The editorial department strives to lead discussion about community issues. Readers contribute to that discussion by submitting letters for publication.
Some questions about editorial policy are asked frequently:
To reach us:
We encourage readers to express their views about public issues. Letters to the editor are subject to editing for brevity. Limit letters to 200 words and allow 30 days between submissions. Include name, address and daytime phone number for verification; only the name and home town will be published. Each month the editorial staff selects the Winning Wordsmith Award.
So what is the attraction to whatever it is the Patellas have to say about anything?? These two have wrought more Public and Political destruction, and sowed more bad feelings among people here in town than anyone else I know, and they have largely done it via their very own "Bully Pulpit" down at the columbian.
The sad reality though, is that Larry Patella has morphed from channeling Patick Henry thundering away in the Halls of Democracy, to Nikita Sergyeyevich Khrushchev, pounding on the poduim with his shoe.
Since the columbian is providing Larry Patella with such extensive editorial service by re-writing his missives so they are at least readable, I wonder if they shouldn't just put Patella on staff. They obviously have a backlog of every single article he has ever sent out via his "Daily Mailing List", and I hope that a few of you around here will finally let some of this sink in.
Patella is a Far-Right Extremeist. If you plotted him and his followers on the right hand side of a Bell Curve, you would find Gennie Kortez and Moveon.org on the Left hand side. They are two sides of the same political coin, balance one another, and and ought to be avoided whenever possible.
That last part is difficult to do.
The columbian successfully uses Patella as a blunt weapon against the Port of Vancouver all the time, and allows his commentary to elcipse whatever the facts are. Patella has been proven wrong repeatedly, yet they still can't wait to get his latest piece of trash onto the Opinion page.
The columbian has egg all over their faces on this one, but they are too shameless down there to care. I'm sure they already have their next slot reserved for Larry's next rant and we'll no doubt be seeing it featured prominently on the Opinion page soon...
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To research this subject, I went back to Early October 2007, and did a search on the word "Patella" on the columbian's website. The search cane up with 2 pages of data, but I will only list the letters they wrote, and leave the letters that were written rebutting them...
October 11, 2007 "Change from Tax and Spend"
November 8, 2007 "Cross off needed Fix First" (Nancy Patella, Author)
December 5, 2007 "Halt the Gravy Train"
January 4, 2008 "Risks are minimal"
February 5, 2008 "Light Rail is Not Needed" (Nancy Patella, Author)
March 3, 2008 "Beware Liberal Rascals"
March 8, 2008 "Light Rail is Unpopular Idea"
There are several other letters to the Editor that mention both of the Patellas, and rebutting them on something they have said in one of their letters or another.
In any case, the columbian is in violation of their own letters policy that clearly states:
Frequently asked questions about The Columbian's opinion pages
The editorial department strives to lead discussion about community issues. Readers contribute to that discussion by submitting letters for publication.
Some questions about editorial policy are asked frequently:
To reach us:
We encourage readers to express their views about public issues. Letters to the editor are subject to editing for brevity. Limit letters to 200 words and allow 30 days between submissions. Include name, address and daytime phone number for verification; only the name and home town will be published. Each month the editorial staff selects the Winning Wordsmith Award.
So what is the attraction to whatever it is the Patellas have to say about anything?? These two have wrought more Public and Political destruction, and sowed more bad feelings among people here in town than anyone else I know, and they have largely done it via their very own "Bully Pulpit" down at the columbian.
The sad reality though, is that Larry Patella has morphed from channeling Patick Henry thundering away in the Halls of Democracy, to Nikita Sergyeyevich Khrushchev, pounding on the poduim with his shoe.
Since the columbian is providing Larry Patella with such extensive editorial service by re-writing his missives so they are at least readable, I wonder if they shouldn't just put Patella on staff. They obviously have a backlog of every single article he has ever sent out via his "Daily Mailing List", and I hope that a few of you around here will finally let some of this sink in.
Patella is a Far-Right Extremeist. If you plotted him and his followers on the right hand side of a Bell Curve, you would find Gennie Kortez and Moveon.org on the Left hand side. They are two sides of the same political coin, balance one another, and and ought to be avoided whenever possible.
That last part is difficult to do.
The columbian successfully uses Patella as a blunt weapon against the Port of Vancouver all the time, and allows his commentary to elcipse whatever the facts are. Patella has been proven wrong repeatedly, yet they still can't wait to get his latest piece of trash onto the Opinion page.
The columbian has egg all over their faces on this one, but they are too shameless down there to care. I'm sure they already have their next slot reserved for Larry's next rant and we'll no doubt be seeing it featured prominently on the Opinion page soon...
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