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I was physically, mentally, emotionally and sexual abuse at my last work place at The Grand Rapids Press for 10 years of it, 18 years total working there

I cannot express my anger and disgust about the influence of the Oregonian Newspaper's new editor on our community here in Portland. His libertarian views have been shoved down the throats of our liberal community for long enough. He is a destructive force here. The most nasty personal attacks have been made about a former US Rep. Perhaps they should have resigned anyway but the nasty attacks by this newspaper left our former Rep. with no dignity. It was a cheap tabloid style attack that never quit. Many in the community are ready for a major boycott. The endless stream of right wing ideas, govt. fraud and waste, right wing columnists with half baked ideas is the laughing stock of this community. Because of this newspaper's constant attacks on a school levy our children are still in crumbling buildings with dirty water and asbestos. I am fed up. Can't we have a publisher who is a better fit with our community?

THE SYRACUSE POST STANDARD IS UNDER INVESTIGATION FROM ITS OWN READERS. 5 READERS HAVE STARTED TO MAKE A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE INEFFICIENCIES OF THE JOURNALISTS AND THE PUBLISHER, STEVEN ROGERS.
ONE QUESTION? WHY WON'T THE PUBLISHIER AND THE EDITORS SUBMIT TO AN INTERVIEW BY US READERS? WE PAY 300 $ A YEAR AND THE EDITORS WONT LET US INTERVIEW THEM. WHY/ WHAT ARE THEY AFRAIN OF/ WE ARE DEMOCRATS LIKE THEY ARE. IS IT TIME TO GO TO THEIR HOMES?
THERE ARE MANY MISTAKES AT THE POST STANDARD AND THEY DON'T CARE. GOT IT ON FILM. WHY CAN'T WE FIND OUT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE THE SUPERICIAL ARTICLES OVER THE IMPORTANT ARTICLES. fOR EXAMPLE. LOOK AT PAGE 10 IN THE 12-9-10 ISSUE. WHY WAS THIS STORY EVEN PRINTED?

MR NEWHOUSE, PLEASE HELP US.

JOE VECCHIO BORODINOBULLETT.COM 315-673-9565

How would the Newhouse family feel if they new that an executive at one of their papers had a cocaine addiction? Well you do.Check the TP.

The Newark Star-Ledger has shifted so far to the left that it now features opinions by it's left wing commentators as the lead head line on the front page of it's newspapers. I refer to Tom Morgan's article "Debate bruises Corzine, but bloodies Christie" of October 3, 2009. Most unbiased viewers agree that Corzene was the clear

I would appreciate seeing the Patriot's response to Mr. Rice's letter. After all, he took the time to clarify his concerns as The Patriot had requested.

i have been a subscriber of the mobile press register for 40 years also an advertiser running various real estate ads. i have just learned that even though i am paying full price for 2 papers to be delivered daily i am not receiving a complete paper. the register has selected certain zip code areas to reduce paper size.this may seem minor to you. certainly the press register thinks so since they will not give me any reason why my area was targeted.but i miss two things that would have been very important to me because they decided to only send me a partial paper. simply put if you may for 5 lbs of sugar do you only want to get 4 lbs with no explanation. i have been spreading the word in my area asking people to think about their subscription .

Your ownership of the Patriot-News has taken a once proud publication and turned it into an instrument for perpetuating corruption. READ AS FOLLOWS:

This is the paper you work for:

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SUBJECT: Pennsylvania's Tony Soprano---Ed Rendell

Exchange of emails with Harrisburg Patriot-News
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FIRST MESSAGE:

06/24/2009

From: "Robert L. Rice"

To:
Date: 06/23/2009 07:35 AM
Subject: Integrity and Courage

Mr. Kirkpatrick:

Your paper endorsed Ed Rendell in his campaign for the Governor's office. As the Patriot-News played such a salient role in putting him in office, it is no surprise that the Patriot-News remains mum about Rendell's gross excesses and in-your face corruption. It is curious that the Patriot so persistently looks the other way at the turmoil surrounding the Governor and his associates/appointees.

I am led to conclude that the Patriot is either embarrassed or intimidated by the Governor and his "connections", or that commands from the New York City ownership dictate against any negative publicity about Rendell. In my view, the Patriot has completely lost its journalistic integrity.

Robert L. Rice
11 Andes Drive
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
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PATRIOT RESPONSE:

From: John Kirkpatrick | Editor & Publisher | The Patriot-News | 812 Market St, Harrisburg, PA 17101
CBarron@patriot-news.com [mailto:CBarron@patriot-news.com]

Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 10:37 AM
To: laverner1@verizon.net
Cc: jkirkpatrick@patriot-news.com
Subject: Fw: Integrity and Courage

Dear Mr. Rice,

Publisher John Kirkpatrick forwarded your e-mail to me.

Thank you for your interest in our coverage. Would you be so kind as to tell me know exactly what corruption stories we're missing?

Having been on the receiving end of more that one extremely angry call from the governor over the years, I was surprised to see you believe we don't cover any negative news out of his office.

Thank you again for your interest. I await your reply.

Cate Barron
Managing Editor
The Patriot-News Co.
812 Market St.,
Harrisburg, PA 17101
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MY REPLY:
From: Robert L. Rice [mailto:laverner1@verizon.net]

Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 11:34 AM
To: CBarron@patriot-news.com

Subject: RE: Integrity and Courage

Ms. Barron or Mr. Kirkpatrick:

Finally, I struck a nerve. Judging from your response, Governor Rendell has indeed intimidated the Patriot-News staff.

Since one of you asked the question, I will respond to your question as to what corruption stories the "Patriot" is missing. In this respect it is not which issues you have missed as much as it is the LACK OF REACTION AND ACTION in response to the Governors statements, connivances, ethics brinksmanship and "pay for play" contrivances.

I assume that you know of all of these issues:

ONE: Rendell's old(?) law firm has been awarded multi-billion dollar PA Turnpike NO-BID contracts. This same firm has been been a major campaign donor to Rendell. In addition, the Turnpike Board of Directors who made the award to the Rendell law firm consists of Rendell appointees and Rendell reappointment of Ridge appointees. The reward that Rendell will receive from his old law firm upon leaving office is one question among others that the Patriot has declined to investigate. There are DEEP THROATS to be found on this issue which clearly involves much more than a conflict of interest.

TWO: Mitchell Rubin, recent Chairman of the Turnpike Board and Rendell appointee and campaign supporter is now under FBI investigation for his involvement in a $200,000 NO BID NO WORK Turnpike contract . Rubin's spouse, Ruth Arnao Rubin, was indicted and convicted alongside Senator Fumo of 125 counts of Senate Fraud. So then Rendell testifies for Fumo at the Fumo/Rubin trial and then fires Phillip Rubin, his Turnpike appointee, as being a bad guy. All of this smells of a failing unholy alliance that newshounds with persistency can unravel.

THREE: WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORT: It turns out that Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell’s Office of General Counsel has been negotiating a potentially lucrative NO-BID contingency fee contract with Bailey Perrin of Texas at the same time that the firm’s founding partner, F. Kenneth Bailey, was making repeated campaign contributions totaling more than $90,000 to the Democratic Governor’s 2006 re-election bid. F. Kenneth Bailey of the Texas law firm Bailey Perrin Bailey LLP donated $59,200 in cash and airfare to Rendell in the seven months before the contract award and $31,900 after the agreement was signed, records show.

FOUR: David Rubin, CDR Financial Products chief executive officer, donated $40,000 to Rendell, most of it when Rendell first ran for governor in 2001 and 2002. CDR in 2003 was approved as an adviser to the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, a NO BID contract that eventually would pay CDR nearly $600,000. The Rendell administration has awarded more than $1 billion in no-bid contracts since 2003, according to state records. Where are Patriot investigations, criticisms and commentaries on this?

FIVE: A source (now sources!) who will remain unnamed out of the state budget offices reports that state contracts have withdrawn from low bidders and have been awarded to another bidder as a NO BID contract. Yes, they bid in the original bidding process and yes, they were Rendell financial supporters. Sounds like bid rigging to me! You figure it out! Perhaps you will find a DEEP THROAT in these budget offices.

SIX: : Three of Rendell's press releases, involving savings on state paper utillization, state energy savings of 10% and economic development, were published by the Patriot without commentary, rebuttal or followup. Each contained gross exaggerations and one of the claims of economic development involved a $30,000,000 state grant to Comcast Communications for an "office building" in Philadelphia. Of course, Comcast was a major contributor to Rendell's campaign. The Patriot could have legitimately asked, "What will Comcast do if they do not get the grant." Obviously Comcast was not going to leave the state but the grant must have helped their bottom line immensely. This one is a real stinko!.

SEVEN: Two Luzerne County judges recently pleaded guilty to "public corruption" which involved incarceration of over 1500 children and the abrogation of the children's trial rights. The judges were sentenced to a ridiculously low eight years for their conspiracy in conjunction with a developer of state delinquency facilities in western and eastern Pennsylvania. Some of these children would have been from the Harrisburg area and I have no doubt that the parents pleaded directly to the Patriot-News as well as the Governors office. This issue right here cuts it for me. The Patriot gave only passing acknowledgement of the tantamount enslavement of these youths that has exposed our state and our Counties to many multi-million dollar class action suits. Justice only prevailed when the FBI acted to end this travesty. Rendell obviously knew of this but his inaction also has been self condemning. Where is the Patriot on Pennsylvania Courts Judicial Oversight Committee failure to act and the Governors Office inaction which allowed this to happen? Given the wide number of state, local juvenile officers and court employees who by inaction were complicit to this enslavement, the Patriot could assuredly have found a DEEP THROAT!

EIGHT: I cannot end this commentary without commenting on Rendell's collossal budgetary excesses which have brought the state to the brink of bankruptcy. His complete lack of fiscal discipline has the state at great risk with a near term time bomb of the pension crisis. I am reminded that Rendell was the PATRIOT'S GUY gaining your endorsement for election. Personally, I would be highly embarassed to admit it.

Pennsylvania has a rich history of government corruption. By all appearances, the Patriot-News has acquiesced to that environment and has surrendered the lofty goals of protecting the citizens from the high handed and selfish. Well, enough is enough, there is more but to what end when something is clearly lacking at the Patriot-News. I think it is the lack a public service mission and the integrity and courage to carry it forward.

Robert L. Rice
Mechanicsburg, PA
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A SECOND TOPIC OF EMAIL EXCHANGES

From: "Robert L. Rice"
To: "Letter to the Editor"
Date: 07/13/2009 07:02 AM
Subject:
Pimping for that Other Tony Soprano
The "Patriot" for Ed Rendell

Here we go again! Another Ed Rendell press release (Sunday, July 12)published verbatim by the "Patriot" without comment, rebuttal, verification or validation.

"Patriot" is a misnomer. Why don't we just call it the "Ed Rendell-News."

Robert L. Rice
11 Andes Drive
Mechanicsburg, PA

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IF ANYONE HAS READ THIS FAR, EXAMINE YOUR HEART. THERE HAS BEEN NO RESPONSE TO THE ABOVE, THUS A FAIR ASSESSMENT WOULD BE THAT THE "PATRIOT" IS MOTIVATED BY SOMETHING OTHER THAN PUBLIC INTEREST. REMEMBER THE PRICE OF LIBERTY IS VIGILANCE. A "PATRIOT" DOES NOT SIT ON HIS HANDS IN THE FACE OF PERSON'S OR EVENTS THAT WOULD UNDERMINE OUR LIBERTY.