from the PD: how dare you say no to our big accounts!

The Plain Dealer editorial board inveighs against politicians who voted against a congressional give-away to some of the PD's major advertising accounts.

The irony is that, if the PD had had the guts to "just say no" in the first placeto the influencers behind the tainted advertising dollars, we might not all be in the pickle we're in today.

This "just say no" idea applies not only to the foreclosure mess but also to the MedicalMartConventionCenter sellout. The PD has not been an advocate for this community for a good long time, and it shows.

When it comes to advertising, they do not discriminate, except against the best interests of the majority of the public.

an innocent question I couldn't answer

Today, when I was out shoveling the walk, I talked with a neighbor about the Nance/DiMora search for a convention-center management firm, notice of which was tucked away somewhere in nether regions of the PD. She also asked me whether or not the new Goldberg lady editing the PD was related to the Ohio Savings Goldberg family, and I couldn't answer.

Does anybody know definitively how to answer our neighbor? Are the two spellings of the last name the same?

Daryl says PD reporting on Breuer Tower issue is flawed

Over at Save Our Land, Daryl Davis points out a few flaws in the PeeDee's Joan Mazzolini's reporting skills. It does seem like they're stacking the deck by the way they're manipulating public opinion here.