THE UCO REPORTER BEGS: SAVE US FROM BECOMING
ANOTHER PENNYSAVER.
Under the direction of Joy
vestal and co-editor Myron Silverman, the UCO Reporter has lost its purpose. The UCO bylaws state: the intent of the UCO
Reporter is to keep the unit owners informed on matters of common interest. This
is no longer the case. . They have now become a venue to reap as much money as
they can from advertisers to seduce CV residents to purchase and use services
they do not need or are interested in.
Before this, deadly duo entered the Reporter domain, the UCO Reporter
was a means providing pertinent information to its readers. It has now become a
newspaper of page turning pictures. We
can no longer depend on gaining any valuable information or any knowledge to
advance our thinking; opinions contrary to the present administration are
banned. The absence of a UCO
reporter at the recent Town Hall meeting of the Messenger Club which sponsored
former County Commisioner Jess Santamaria and Inspector General John Carey shows
us how clearly the reporter is intellectually
starving our residents. The main topic of the meeting was perpetuity in
relation to the development of the golf course. More than 200 residents attended
yet no one from the UCO reporter was there to cover this important event. Now the
UCO Reporter asked and the Officers have voted to approve funding $975.00 per
month to hire an AD WORKFLOW COORDINATOR to increase AD revenue. They claim
they need the money to keep the reporter from becoming another Penny saver, really?
What do they think the UCO Reporter filled with ads will become; a Penny saver,
of course. 
Well written, Olga.
ReplyDeleteWhile I worked at the UCO Reporterfor several years, I do remember hearing Joy Vestal say" We do not have enough articles written and I do not want this to become a "Pennysaver:" Well guess what if they hire someone to keep looking for ads for our paper and they do not have enough editorial because the co-editor Joy Vestal will only print one side of a story and won't print the other side, then isn't that going to be a Pennysave with more and more ads! Or even maybe they will fill the paper with pictures who knows, maybe the shadow.. Folks, we cannot win with these people in office.
ReplyDeleteIt's obvious that the UCO Reporter is getting desperate. It looks like they are $13,000.00 in the red and the year has just started. Qualified and motivated volunteers were dismissed when they indicated the slightest opposition or criticism of the current administration. The same thing happened with channel 63 . It's apparent that both of these media outlets have been crippled by the unreasonable and discriminatory behavior of the people in charge. Now that they are unable to draw on the talents of residents who offered their services for free, the only recourse for them to continue is to bring in outside help which we all pay for. From a business perspective there are only two options unless we are willing to pour good money after bad., either close it down or clean house and start over with new blood. The second option may not be a viable alternative if the new blood continue to follow the dictates of Ed Black and David Israel and continue to maintain total control that caters to their whims at the expense of the residents. Ed Black has demonstrated his control over the activities of the Reporter time and time again. David Israel is either powerless or afraid to rein him in.I say it's time to clean house.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the ADS are more than important, than the Residents. By keeping the Residents Inform. PEOPLE STAND UP FOR YOURSELF, BECAUSE NOBODY ELSE WILL.
ReplyDelete