tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post6572195155747873155..comments2023-06-30T07:39:20.662-04:00Comments on BRISTOLTODAY.COM: Lawmakers push for state to help save Press and 12 other papers in Central ConnecticutSteve Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316108296993240817noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-8776032207291715942008-11-29T07:36:00.000-05:002008-11-29T07:36:00.000-05:00This is the same group, state government, that wai...This is the same group, state government, that waited until RIGHT after the election to tell us that they (we) were billions in the hole.<BR/><BR/>Where were they with that information during the campaign.<BR/><BR/>How can we trust them in anything that they do?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-12299594876314893052008-11-28T21:51:00.000-05:002008-11-28T21:51:00.000-05:00You completely missed the point again, Steve. Bri...You completely missed the point again, Steve. Bringing up the fact that you failed to identify the "lawmakers" as Dempocrat wasn't about "partisanship." <BR/>The point is that it shows that Progressives/Liberals (including, apparently, you) as a group are clueless when it comes to government brokering aid to a newspaper. Can you possibly believe that government involvement in a newspaper in any context is a good thing? Can your love of government be that strong? Can you really not understand how it leads to government control of our media?<BR/><BR/>And if you're so sensitive about someone challenging your motives, then you're in the wrong business. But then, that's what government intervention to "save" a business does...shore up failure and prolong the inevitable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-87212104947392232442008-11-27T15:35:00.000-05:002008-11-27T15:35:00.000-05:00One potential commenter, who can't seem to say it ...One potential commenter, who can't seem to say it nicely, points out that all seven of the lawmakers who signed the letter are Democrats. This is true.<BR/>However, this is obviously not a partisan effort, as Bill Hamzy points out in the story. Gov. Rell is also trying to help. Hamzy and Rell, who are supportive as well, are Republicans.<BR/>There is also no bailout involved here, as I've repeatedly said. There is only an effort to see what can be done to help preserve the newspapers, which is exactly the kind of thing the DECD does with many businesses that are facing closure.Steve Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316108296993240817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-46394193204287070932008-11-26T16:01:00.000-05:002008-11-26T16:01:00.000-05:00So now the government is going into the brokering ...So now the government is going into the brokering business.<BR/><BR/>Great!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-68963176541923819522008-11-26T15:16:00.000-05:002008-11-26T15:16:00.000-05:00Nobody's asking the government to fund anything. T...Nobody's asking the government to fund anything. This isn't a bailout effort in any way. It's simply an effort to help make sure that a buyer is found or that some other arrangement is worked out so the papers can remain open.Steve Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316108296993240817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-14067103105996250322008-11-26T14:49:00.000-05:002008-11-26T14:49:00.000-05:00And if Government "funds" newspaper and the media,...And if Government "funds" newspaper and the media, will they then "control" them?<BR/><BR/>And where do we go from there?<BR/><BR/>We know that the government can't run anything at a profit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-65961961747416620232008-11-26T07:19:00.000-05:002008-11-26T07:19:00.000-05:00I'm not sure what they can do, but I am glad they ...I'm not sure what they can do, but I am glad they are at least raising the issue. I'm sure nobody wants to bail out the company that owns the Press now. But maybe the state can help a new owner do it right!<BR/>I hope so!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com