Here's the traffic report for Dec. 23.
Constant Friendship: Packed
924: Where are they all going?
Festival: Is Kohls' having another biggest sale of the year?
It appears everyone, like us here at TAA, has waited until the last minute to shop. We've also noticed increased traffic on Tollgate Road because of the MD 24 construction. Please be careful. And for those of you unfamiliar with how the traffic circle works. The vehicle already in the circle has the right of way. They don't stop for you to come out. Just a helpful holiday driving tip!
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Monday, December 8, 2008
Bad Day for Newspapers
I know there are few fans of The Sun here in Republican Harford County, but the bankruptcy of The Sun's parent company is bad news for everyone.
Newspapers, at their best, focus on their communities. The death knell for many of the larger metropolitan newspapers occurred when other businesses decided they could make tons of money by purchasing newspapers. (Believe us we know this firsthand, after working at The Kansas City Star when it was purchased by Disney.) The owners lost any ties to the community they covered, sometimes bringing in editors who didn't know the area and coming up with ideas that would make them tons of money (see zoned editions). When these behemoths started losing money they cut the editorial staff and focused resources elsewhere (handing out free content on the Internet). Reporting suffered and the readers found fewer bylines and limited coverage.
Many say print is already dead and most people get their news from the Internet. But where is that content coming from? Many of the bloggers just steal the content without attribution and then put their spin on it. And for those of you who say reporters are all biased we would strongly disagree. Some reporters definitely are, but others try very hard to cover all sides, but more importantly, uncover the truth.
When we're all reading content from Reuters online or help us CNN, which is starting its own news service, we here at TAA will be mourning a local newspaper.
Here is The Sun story about the bankruptcy.
click here
Newspapers, at their best, focus on their communities. The death knell for many of the larger metropolitan newspapers occurred when other businesses decided they could make tons of money by purchasing newspapers. (Believe us we know this firsthand, after working at The Kansas City Star when it was purchased by Disney.) The owners lost any ties to the community they covered, sometimes bringing in editors who didn't know the area and coming up with ideas that would make them tons of money (see zoned editions). When these behemoths started losing money they cut the editorial staff and focused resources elsewhere (handing out free content on the Internet). Reporting suffered and the readers found fewer bylines and limited coverage.
Many say print is already dead and most people get their news from the Internet. But where is that content coming from? Many of the bloggers just steal the content without attribution and then put their spin on it. And for those of you who say reporters are all biased we would strongly disagree. Some reporters definitely are, but others try very hard to cover all sides, but more importantly, uncover the truth.
When we're all reading content from Reuters online or help us CNN, which is starting its own news service, we here at TAA will be mourning a local newspaper.
Here is The Sun story about the bankruptcy.
click here
Thursday, December 4, 2008
The Aegis Nails It
We don't always agree with The Aegis editorial page (see below), but the paper got it totally right in Wednesday's edition with the editorial "The James Gang." The paper not only takes the delegate to task for being responsible for killing the elected school board issue last legislative session, but also recognizes the effects of the current governing system.
From the editorial:
"The continued opposition of one solitary county legislator, Del. Mary Dulany James, to having an elected school board is ludicrous. James has torpedoed every recent attempt to bring Harford County into modern times. Her arguments that an appointed board keeps politics out of school decisions and guarantees minority representation on the school board are disingenuous. Those who subscribe to the James view might want to take note that, nearly five and a half decades after Brown vs. Board of Education, Harford County continues to have one of the most racially segregated systems in the state, but that's a topic for another day."
We especially agree with that last sentence.
From the editorial:
"The continued opposition of one solitary county legislator, Del. Mary Dulany James, to having an elected school board is ludicrous. James has torpedoed every recent attempt to bring Harford County into modern times. Her arguments that an appointed board keeps politics out of school decisions and guarantees minority representation on the school board are disingenuous. Those who subscribe to the James view might want to take note that, nearly five and a half decades after Brown vs. Board of Education, Harford County continues to have one of the most racially segregated systems in the state, but that's a topic for another day."
We especially agree with that last sentence.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Road work to begin
The blinking sign on MD 24 said that roadwork on the 24/Tollgate intersection is set to begin on/or about Dec. 8. I'm sure all the merchants are very excited that the state has picked the busiest time of the year to begin this work.
Drivers, please be careful of workers. We've seen fender benders happen at this time of year with people in a hurry and smacking into the car in front of them. Please watch out for the construction workers. It's not their fault!
Drivers, please be careful of workers. We've seen fender benders happen at this time of year with people in a hurry and smacking into the car in front of them. Please watch out for the construction workers. It's not their fault!
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