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Re: Philadelphia Inquirer & Daily News file for Bankruptcy
Really, you don't care where your local tax money goes? .
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How your local officials are determining the value of the house you just bought?
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How much funding your kids' school is getting?
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How many people are being arrested in your neighborhood on child porn charges?
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How many sexual predators are arrested in your area?
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Where people are dealing in your area? .
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Are you referring to actually getting the "Paper" version of the news?? Or reading something like ChicagoTribune.com or Chicagonews.com or something?!
Re: Philadelphia Inquirer & Daily News file for Bankruptcy
PaSnow wrote:if people aren't gonna pay $.50 cents to read about their city, they're not going to pay $.50 to read about their community.
fifty cents? must be nice we pay $1.50 - $2.00 a day if we want a paper
Sundays $1.75 or $2 I think. The dailys only like $.75. Maybe that's why they're bankrupt 
Re: Philadelphia Inquirer & Daily News file for Bankruptcy
that kinda stuff isnt in newspapers in canada....even if it was its one of the reasons why i dont follow the news too close...everythign is doom and gloom these days and i refuse to be led about by the nose in fear and distrust
as for where my tax money goes....it goes to schools, roads, healthcare, and government wallets...i dont need a paper to tell me that....
do you guys down south of the border really have a section outlining the local drug deals and child molestors? quite sad dont ya think to always have that kinda stuff lodged in the back of your brain? seems everytime you would turn around you wouldnt be able to trust anything about anyone...that my freind is fear...terrorism if you will, not to be able to feel safe in your own country
Call it fear if you want to be pessimistic, I call it power. Knowledge is power, to know about things that affect you directly. Ignorance is frankly what most governments would rather you choose, so kudos to you being a good little sheep.
Of course you know who uses your money, but how? What are your community lawmakers doing with it?
Yes, I know about arrests in my area. It's called the police blotter.
Re: Philadelphia Inquirer & Daily News file for Bankruptcy
bigbri wrote:Really, you don't care where your local tax money goes? .
Internet
bigbri wrote:How your local officials are determining the value of the house you just bought?
Internet
bigbri wrote:How much funding your kids' school is getting?
Internet
bigbri wrote:How many people are being arrested in your neighborhood on child porn charges?
Internet
bigbri wrote:How many sexual predators are arrested in your area?
Internet
bigbri wrote:Where people are dealing in your area? .
Internet.
Are you referring to actually getting the "Paper" version of the news?? Or reading something like ChicagoTribune.com or Chicagonews.com or something?!
Yes, online or the paper. Most people are lazy and won't get that info online themselves, know where to look or how. Is someone gonna go through the trouble of requesting an FOIA request if they can't find what they're looking for. I just did that at my local village hall. Not everything can be found online. Podunk governments don't always do that.
Re: Philadelphia Inquirer & Daily News file for Bankruptcy
Call it fear if you want to be pessimistic, I call it power. Knowledge is power, to know about things that affect you directly. Ignorance is frankly what most governments would rather you choose, so kudos to you being a good little sheep.
haha...well good on you for reading the news that your gov't allows to be published 
has a drug dealer or child molestor ever affected you directly? you dont have to answer it was a rhetorical question...personally i'm not one to chat it up with or let my kids hang out with someone i dont know...i dont even talk with my neighbors other than to exchange a freindly hello when i see them
Re: Philadelphia Inquirer & Daily News file for Bankruptcy
Yes, online or the paper. Most people are lazy and won't get that info online themselves, know where to look or how. Is someone gonna go through the trouble of requesting an FOIA request if they can't find what they're looking for. I just did that at my local village hall. Not everything can be found online. Podunk governments don't always do that.
Well I was referring to the actual "papers". They need to aim to get a lockdown on being the first local news site people goto. Their biggest competition is probably the TV stations local channel sites, then any independant local city websites. I think a big threat to them however is also local forums. That is a great way to find out where local petty crimes, drug activity etc is found from. In addition good nearby resturant reviews etc, because it's straight from the horses mouth. The people who live there. Also, it's interactive, web2.0 so ppl can participate too.
Newspapers can evolve into a much visited website, if they manage to stay ahead of the game. But I think the "paper" part of it is dying out & won't be returning.
Re: Philadelphia Inquirer & Daily News file for Bankruptcy
Really, you don't care where your local tax money goes? How your local officials are determining the value of the house you just bought? How much funding your kids' school is getting? How many people are being arrested in your neighborhood on child porn charges? How many sexual predators are arrested in your area? Where people are dealing in your area? Frankly I'm shocked as a fellow father and homeowner that these things don't interest you. Won't get it on TV or internet, but newspapers, the more local the better.
It's good to know what your PM is doing, but the decisions that really affect you are made on the local level.
He's Canadian Bri. That stuff doesn't happen as much or as bad up there.
Re: Philadelphia Inquirer & Daily News file for Bankruptcy
bigbri wrote:Really, you don't care where your local tax money goes? How your local officials are determining the value of the house you just bought? How much funding your kids' school is getting? How many people are being arrested in your neighborhood on child porn charges? How many sexual predators are arrested in your area? Where people are dealing in your area? Frankly I'm shocked as a fellow father and homeowner that these things don't interest you. Won't get it on TV or internet, but newspapers, the more local the better.
It's good to know what your PM is doing, but the decisions that really affect you are made on the local level.
He's Canadian Bri. That stuff doesn't happen as much or as bad up there.
Right, it's utopia.
Re: Philadelphia Inquirer & Daily News file for Bankruptcy
i dont even know what you guys are talking about to be honest...why would my kid's school funding be any different than all school funding? maybe you dont understand that we pay tax dollars to the gov't for infrastructure up here, education, medical, road work?
a big kiddie porn ring was just busted up toronto way but as for sexual predators in my neighborhood...newspapers dont have little maps or whatever...i'd like to see a sample of this molestor section in your newspapers drug dealers? there are drug dealers everywhere....what does a newspaper in the states have a classified section for kiddie porn and drug vendors?
...any time i read a local paper its all bout the wars and deaths over seas and shit....maybe i should mail you one of my local papers bri and you could see how stimulating it is to read 
but no i dont follow you at all as to what you are trying to get at... 
