The Cleveland Scene on August 30 caught up with the news about the Beacon Journal layoffs.
The Scene loves to pretend it gives us the down and dirty news we cannot find anywhere else, so Denise whatshername called a couple of Beacon Journal reporters for some quotes to trash the Beacon Journal in an article headlined “Beacon Massacre.”
Best guy to call, of course, was Dave Wilson, who got the axe after 18 years with the "damn company." Wilson, she said, took his stupid little Beacon Journal mug that had once meant something special and shattered it with a golf club.
Was it the mug he got recently at the end of Knight-Ridder program?
We all feel the pain in the BJ layoffs. We just don’t need somebody from Cleveland twisting the knife.
Of course, you must read it–so click on the headline as usual.
But watch out for false information like the assertion that Black said he wasn't going to lay anyone off. He made no such statement.
Liggett compares 41 people losing their jobs to his
ReplyDeletecrappy computer crashing and then gets righteous when some of the victims vent to the Scene?
Christ that's pathetic.
Okay delete my comment now because this blog can't handle the truth.
Accuracy aside, which JSK would never allow, the tenor of the story sounds true to me. Eighteen years and you're laid off, on a seniority basis?
ReplyDeleteI really feel for those who will be dumped, and for those who will be left to take on more and more of the burden.
I'm also uneasy about what Black will do to the BJ retirees. Every company sees going back on promises to its retirees as a way to "make" money. Does anyone really think that our medical and prescription coverages will go unscathed?
Damn that Tony Ridder!
Who in the hell reads the Cleveland Scene. Toilet paper, maybe .... reading material? Not a chance. It's a bunch of crap for the wannabe whatevers.
ReplyDeleteAs for Tony Ridder, I will get a warm feeling whenever I think of him sailing on his yacht. Which, by the way, should be named the "I Screwed You". I will get an even warmer feeling when, while swimming from his boat, he should be eaten by something really big.
Hey Don, the last time Tony Ridder got eaten by something really big, the results weren't that good were they ?
ReplyDeleteTont Ridder did not get eaten by anything. He fed a lot of good people to something, and for a pretty hefty return. As a man once said, "I would like to piss on his shoes".
ReplyDeleteHarry does a great job on this blog. He finds very good stories and info.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the Great work Uncle Harry!
Ridder was swallowed by Wall Street mercenaries.
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