Read LVS's 9/27/11 Revisit UpDate: Glenn Kranzley refused Bill Villa a "Welcome Mat" meeting 229 times ... how come?
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If you submitted a "Letter to the Editor" of The Morning Call "newspaper" any time in the last 20 years and ended up just spittin' mad seeing your letter either totally ignored, or published, but anally over-edited, politically corrected, and robbed of all your intended meaning, it was now ex-Morning Call VP of Editorial & Opinions Glenn Kranzley who did that to you-- with a smug and satisfied smirk on his face (see photo).
If you approached The Morning Call Editorial Board (where Glenno ruled the roost) and politely requested a "Welcome Mat" meeting that the "newspaper" claims at its website is graciously extended to "anyone who wants to be heard," and you were denied, or ignored, as I've been, 229 times to date, it was Glenn Kranzley who did that to you-- with a smug and satisfied smirk on his face.
If stumble bum Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin bungled your perpetrator's prosecution or intentionally screwed you out of justice, while The Morning Call "newspaper" purposefully looked the other way as you begged them in vain for help, it was Glenn Kranzley who did that to you-- with a smug and satisfied smirk on his face.
For 20 years, Glenn Kranzley was the Editorial & Opinions gatekeeper and political agenda framer and influencer at Allentown's stranglehold monopoly "newspaper." It was a powerful position that lent itself to arrogance, hubris, cronyism, favoritism, collusion, and corruption-- every bit as much as that of a crooked and incompetent district attorney who retains his "elected" (wink wink) office by conveniently running unopposed every four years-- thanks in large part to Glenn Kranzley.
When our local blogosphere was indignantly dissenting against The Morning Call's racist and hate-filled "Forum" comment sections at its website, Glenn Kranzley created "Valley Blogosphere at The Morning Call."
Diabolically, membership immediately converted some outspoken Morning Call critics and local blogger "Watch Dogs" (and Villas justice mission supporters) into "celebrity" aquiver lapdogs and sabotaging attack dogs.
Almost all local blogosphere dissent against The Morning Call was effectively quashed [see LVS right sidebar blurb on Glenn Kranzley for more detail].
And anyone who dared to keep dissenting against the "newspaper" got muzzled by "Valley Blogosphere" bloggers ... temporarily.
On Friday June 5, The Tribune Company finally wiped that satisfied smug smirk off of Glenn Kranzley's kisser by firing his ass.
Here at Lehigh Valley Somebody, we're grinning from ear to ear.
And cheering.
And still dissenting against the "newspaper."
Good riddance, Glenno.
One down. One to go.
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37 comments:
Here's my experience with Mr. Kranzley. I wish I could provide more details, but I value my anonymity. There are very frightening people out there who take any opportunity to destroy others.
Back to the story: Several years ago, I attended a professional seminar in Harrisburg at which numerous elected officials spoke about a topic that has generated local and national debate. The elected officials and some lower-profile non-elected state employees offered a lot of information on this topic, most of which as new, and which I thought would be worthy of an "opinion" article in the Morning Call. I submitted the piece and waited about two weks for a reply. I got none from Mr. Kranzley. I contacted him and asked for an answer as to whether they wanted to use it. He said, in en e-mail, "We'll pass." That's it, in its entirety. Nothing more, no thanks for your interest, no explanation why it wasn't worthy.
Well, I submitted it to another newspaper, which published it. A couple months later, the Associated Press did a story that essentially said the same thing I heard at the seminar.
So much for Kranzley's news judgment. He could have had the story months earlier on his pages. And if he didn't think it was useful, he could have had the decency to say no thanks.
Kranzley butchered so many of my letters to the editor - I stopped submitting them.
Anon 3:54, we wish The Tribune Company the best.
Anon 3:51, if it's any consolation, we'd bet there are thousands of people who feel the same way you do.
Thank You, Percy Dougherty, Ph.D, Chairman, Lehigh County Commissioners.
Mr. Dougherty, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you, publicly, for your having offered to mediate a meeting between Glenn Kranzley and The Morning Call Editorial Board and myself, a while back.
Like Allentown City Council President Michael D'Amore who also contacted the newspaper on my behalf, you believed there was merit to my "excellent questions that deserved to be answered" (as originally described by Morning Call investigations editor Tim Darragh) regarding DA Jim Martin and his office's "special handling" of several DUI homicide cases.
As those who were involved in interceding on my behalf know, we caught Mr. Kranzley lying to you all about his reasons for denying me the "Welcome Mat" meeting his Editorial Board extends to "anyone [else] who wants to be heard." And Mr. Kranzley then continued to stubbornly deny me the opportunity to be heard a total of 229 times.
I hope you all will join me in cheering The Tribune Company's wise decision to fire Glenn Kranzley.
Thanks, also, to all of you who have been joining me in keeping the (well-deserved) heat on Lehigh County District Attorney James B. Martin.
For example, the Chief Clerk of the Lehigh County Commissioners is currently researching the appropriateness of former Morning Call "newspaper" courthouse beat reporter Debbie Garlicki now working (full-time) for DA Jim Martin.
Is this retroactive "Pay To Play?" Is this too crony cozy for comfort?
We're finding out for you.
Stay tuned to LVS for exclusive coverage you won't get from our "Watchdog" local media and NeoCon blogosphere.
Lehigh County deserves a better DA.
"Concerned Citizen," exquisitely stated as always.
"Pat," we never get tired of hearing from you.
Readers, here are two more LVS exclusives on crooked and incompetent DA Jim Martin ...
March 15, 2009
April 26, 2009
Anon 10:04, there's nothing to fear but fear itself.
Readers, drawing on our first-hand experience, we’d like to reveal to you how Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin fixes DUI homicide cases-- at least one of the ways that we know of, having experienced it first-hand.
Fortunately for us, we foiled Martin's case fix efforts. More on that later, but here’s how DA Jim Martin fixes DUI Homicide cases:
1. He waits for a trial date to be set by the court for the homicidal drunk driver criminal defendant who is oftentimes the offspring or close relative of a drinking buddy/reelection campaign contributor.
Note: in our case, the trial start date for Sheena’s well-connected killer was set for February 12, 2007.
2. He then cuts a secret plea deal with his drinking buddy’s criminal offspring and doesn’t breathe a word of this to the DUI homicide victim’s grief-stricken family.
3. He then secretly changes the trial start date, to a guilty plea hearing court date, and secretly moves the court date up-- and again, he does not breathe a word of any of this to the victim’s family.
Note: In Sheena’s case, on January 17, 2007, DA Jim Martin secretly changed, and moved, our trial start date of FEB 12, to a guilty plea hearing court date of FEB 2, and never breathed a word of any of this to Sheena’s grief-stricken family. More on this later.
4. With the DUI homicide victim’s family not present in court for the guilty plea hearing (because the DA’s office um “forgot” (wink wink) to inform them of the court date and procedural change), DA Martin’s office can tell the judge anything it wants. And what they say … usually goes something … like this ...
“Your Honor, the prosecution is withdrawing the major charge in this case as part of a plea deal that the victim's family is in agreement with."
Note: This is, of course, a lie.
5. The victim’s family, however, IS NOT THERE IN THE COURTROOM TO REFUTE THE LIE (Jim’s a genius, eh?) and it’s not the judge’s job to determine if the DA is lying about the victim’s family being “on board” with the guilty plea deal.
6. And the offspring of Martin’s drinking buddy gets off easy as pie and the grief-stricken family gets ROBBED & RAPED AGAIN, only this time by someone they had been trusting: i.e., the County’s Chief Law Enforcement Officer, DA James B. Martin.
7. If/When the DUI homicide victim’s grief-stricken family cries (literally) FOUL!
Martin merely tells them they “misunderstood” the court proceedings and if they want to get a lawyer and complain, well go right ahead, because it will be their word against His.
8. Case Closed, with The Morning Call looking the other way and steadfastly refusing to meet with anyone who has “excellent questions that deserve to be answered” regarding how DA Jim Martin’s office “handles” select/connected DUI homicide cases.
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In late January 2007, I got a phone call (no caller I.D.) from a woman who told me that the scheduled trial start date for Sheena’s killer (FEB 12) had been changed to a guilty plea hearing court date … and that this guilty plea hearing court date had been secretly MOVED UP 10 DAYS to FEB 2.
Jim Martin’s office never breathed a word of this to us in advance of FEB 2. But when Sheena’s family, and dozens of Sheena Squad members unexpectedly showed up in court on FEB 2 for the guilty plea hearing, Jim Martin was forced to keep all the major charges “in play.” That is, he couldn’t tell the judge to dismiss any significant charges, because Sheena’s many supporters and family in attendance would have screamed bloody fuckin’ murder.
Readers, I’ll go to my grave knowing exactly what Jim Martin would have pulled, and what he would have gotten away with, had we not been there in court on FEB 2, 2007-- Martin would have dropped as many charges as he could have gotten away with.
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In September of that same year, 2007, DA Jim Martin repeated the exact scenario I’ve described above in another DUI homicide case—i.e., he cut a plea deal the victim’s grieving family was on record as being against … and he changed a trial start date, to a guilty plea hearing court date, with no advance notification to the grieving family, who was not in attendance in court for the guilty plea hearing to refute their alleged “agreement” (according to Martin’s office) with the terms of the plea deal, which included a dropping of 9 of the 14 charges, including the major charge.
Note: In this case, incredibly, the homicidal drunk driver criminal defendant had actually received a second DUI, after having already killed someone while driving drunk. And Jim Martin still dropped 9 of the 14 charges, including the “big one,” in direct opposition to this grieving family’s stated position on any plea deal.
Also Noteworthy: the grandfather of the criminal defendant in this case was an invited guest at Jim Martin's reelection swearing-in ceremony four months later.
Unfortunately, in this case, the grief-stricken family did not have the good fortune of receiving an anonymous phone call, tipping them off as to how DA Jim Martin handles select/connected DUI homicide cases.
Ladies & Gentlemen, in Lehigh County, without a guardian angel/anonymous informer pulling for you, you may not get any justice out of DA Jim Martin.
Please keep this in mind the next time Jim Martin runs (unopposed again?) for reelection in 2011.
New here, great that he got fired.
Glenn: what goes around, comes around.
Indeed.
Also, "ve grow too soon oldte and too late schmardt." -Pennsylvania Dutch Saying
Readers, wanted to share this with you. It's an excerpt from an email I received several months back from the managing editor of a PA newspaper much smaller than The Morning Call that has won many awards for its (non-puppy-related) investigative journalism. This fine newspaper is one of many PA newspapers, television stations, and investigative boards that is keeping their collective eye on the increasingly curious story of The Morning Call "newspaper" refusing to meet with a grieving father who has "excellent questions that deserve to be answered" about DA Jim Martin according to its own investigations editor, Tim Darragh. I believe this email really speaks to the mule-headed stubbornness of Glenn Kranzley and the crony collusion and corruption that characterized his reign.
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"Personally, I don't see the point of not meeting with you - up here we meet with people all the time that we may not agree with and may not be able to help. At its most Machiavellian, doing so allows us to take the high road and prevents PR nightmares like the one you are currently conducting. It costs some time and no small amount of aggravation on our part, but in the long run that's preferable... and sometimes we discover we do agree on some things, and we actually can help on others. However, I am not in a position to tell other newsrooms how to conduct their business."
Readers, I should point out that crooked, incompetent, and pusillanimous DA Jim Martin has refused to meet with me as well.
E-Mail sent to Lehigh County DA Jim Martin on June 27, 2008 …
Subject Heading: Your Cowardly Refusal To Meet With Me
Mr. Martin, I was disappointed--but not surprised--hearing from your office's Crime Victim Advocate Christina Wallace recently that you will "never" meet with me to discuss the reasonable questions I have about your office's handling of my daughter Sheena’s case and a second DUI Homicide case that “resolved” in September 2007 that I’ve been inquiring about.
I thought our first meeting on August 15, 2006 was productive.
At that meeting you didn't even try to conceal your empathy with and support for the homicidal drunk driver who killed my daughter Sheena. And this was valuable information I put to good use in having hundreds of people write letters to you and to the Judge informing you that thousands of people were watching Sheena's case very closely in an election year for both of you. As you know, this 'groundswarm' strategy was the difference between the slap on the wrist (house arrest/work release) Sheena’s killer may have gotten and the 5.5 to 12 years in state prison he is currently serving.
Illuminating and inspiring statements you made to me during our August 15, 2006 meeting with a witness present included:
* "I've received letters of support for the young man (i.e., my daughter Sheena’s killer) and I'm impressed by these letters." (Mr. Martin, I've always assumed these letters came from lawyers at the criminal defendant’s father’s law firm, many of whom have been generous and regular contributors to the Committee to Elect Jim Martin as can be discerned via public records at Lehigh County Voter Registration).
* "Mr. Villa, how would you feel if you were this boy's father?"
* "I'LL COME AFTER YOU! I'LL COME AFTER YOU IN THE MEDIA!" (This one you bellowed at me, the grieving father, when I told you I knew the surrealistically high crash speed that was indicative of the defendant terrorizing my daughter Sheena with speed; malice; and third degree murder).
* "Let's hope there's nothing wrong with the blood evidence because if there is I'll have to take that [major] charge off the table."
... which is exactly what you did in the September 2007 DUI Homicide case I’ve been inquiring about-- that is, you had Chief Deputy DA Renee Smith phone the DUI homicide victim’s father, the night before trial, and tell him that the Judge had "tossed" the blood evidence (and this wasn't true) so that you could take the major charge off the table for the criminal defendant's grandfather, a longtime pal of yours.
Mr. Martin, I'm certain you had this same 11th hour major charge-drop strategy in mind in February 2007, when you secretly moved my daughter Sheena’s killer’s guilty plea hearing up 10 days, from February 12 to February 2, and purposefully did not inform Sheena's family of this next court date's schedule change.
Had we not heard about this secret date switcheroo (which was executed on January 17, 2007) from a concerned and anonymous insider informant in late January 2007, and had we not been in attendance at the guilty plea hearing on February 2, 2007, I'm certain you would have told the Judge the same lie you told him on September 25, 2007 in the other DUI homicide case, and that is ...
that you were withdrawing the major charge (i.e., the charge that carries a state mandatory minimum 3 to 6 year state prison sentence) as "part of a plea agreement that both sides were in agreement with."
I'm sure glad we were tipped off and that Sheena's family was in court on February 2, 2007 forcing you to keep that major charge on the table through our mere presence.
CONTINUED ...
Unfortunately, the “September 2007” grieving family was not in attendance on September 25, 2007 when their son's killer unexpectedly ditched his next day trial start and pled guilty-- and why not, since you had thoughtfully dropped 9 of the 14 charges against him, including that major 3 to 6 charge, in a night before trial plea deal that the victim’s family was on record as being vehemently against since April 2007 when they found out that their son’s killer had scored a 2nd DUI in Northampton County after killing their son driving drunk.
Helpfully--and erroneously--The Morning Call reported on September 26, 2007 that the victim’s family "had agreed earlier this year to prosecutors dropping the major charge."
This was a lie.
The Morning Call has yet to print a retraction or a clarification.
I know all this, Mr. Martin, because I have spoken at length with the father of the DUI Homicide victim in this case. And he has spoken with Lehigh Valley Hospital who informed him that there was nothing inadmissible about the blood evidence your office told him had been "tossed" by the Judge the night before trial because of an error on Lehigh Valley Hospital's part involving the paperwork on the chain of custody of the blood evidence. This was a complete fabrication.
And most damning: the criminal defendant’s grandfather, your longtime pal, who the Villa family has known for 40 years, told my parents, on the steps of the Cathedral, that you and he are longtime friends and that he was an invited guest at your invitation-only swearing-in ceremony in January 2008, 4 months after you had manipulated 18 months in county jail for his grandson, instead of the state mandatory minimum 3 to 6 years in state prison.
In a nutshell, Jim, thousands of Lehigh County voters have your number.
We know how you fix DUI Homicide cases for cronies.
And there's a big difference between 'prosecutorial discretion' (which you can hide behind in my daughter Sheena's case) and flat-out lying-- to a judge, to the victim's family, and about Lehigh Valley Hospital, the night before a scheduled trial.
A district attorney--the county's top law enforcement officer--is not supposed to side with the criminal defendants and against the grieving families of crime victims.
But this is exactly what you do whenever you feel like it.
We are determined to spare future grieving family members of DUI Homicide victims the needlessly cruel added agony of experiencing you siding against their deceased loved one and cutting their loved one's killer the break of a lifetime.
Like you did in my daughter Sheena’s death case by not charging third degree murder when it clearly applied.
Like you did in the “September 2007” case by making that major 3 to 6 charge vanish via flagrant and arrogant abuse of power, the night before trial.
Mr. Martin, our goal is to have you removed from office and disbarred.
And we're telling you this because we want you to see it coming at you like a drunk driver.
Sheena's Dad
Bill Villa
WORTH REPEATING DEPARTMENT
" ... we have been through life altering injustices that we have first-hand experience w/ . We have legitimate reasons for calling out and trashing Glenn Kranzley and Jim Martin. Maybe you can't relate to that, but we are entitled to get our positions out there if we so choose. Unless you have walked in our shoes, you have no right, or qualifications, to judge us." -Mrs. Dottie
Thanks.
WORTH REPEATING DEPARTMENT
either get behind us, or get out of our way.
If you roadblock us, you will get run over.
You guys are great this blog has subject matter that needs to come to all of our attention, I share your feelings on many of these issues. I remember a few moons ago I said in the beginning of GW’s first term how they all scared the hell out of me, and look at what they did to our world!! Thanks for getting this stuff out to the people and I will be more of a participant in your blog. -Tom Bagshaw
" ... please send a link of this post to everyone in your email address book ..."
Done, w/ a request that they all do the same.
Readers, I just sent this email to Morning Call "newspaper" managing editor Dave Erdman and assistant managing editor Mike Miorelli.
Subject: Glaring Error. Again.
"Guys," in Sunday's "newspaper" ...
See Paragraph #7
you again incorrectly reported that ...
"The jury last month found O'Malley's was not negligent in the death."
This is false.
I have the Court's Verdict, No. 2007-C2985 (Hon. Edward D. Reibman), which clearly states, in sentence #1, that the jury found J.P O'Malley's bar negligent in the death of my daughter Sheena Villa.
How many times will you be reporting on this incorrectly?
I need to tell our lawyer.
Readers, I also spoke w/ the "reporter" on the above item, Tyrone Richardson.
I asked Tyrone to have either Dave Erdman or Mike Miorelli call me.
What are the odds either "man" will call me?
I'm putting them at 3.1 million to one.
Readers, I would "pop in" at The Morning Call "newspaper" ...
and politely inquire about their (intentional?) glaring errors ...
but as many of you may know, I am banned from entering The Morning Call's building w/ out an appointment.
Yep.
The appointment no one there will
grant me ...
because of my grievous offense of asking "excellent questions that deserve to be answered."
what about the express-times? is it better than the morning call?
i'm disgusted by the mc's behavior.
get people to do their part. give them something to do.
what about a boycott of the mc (website too)?
The Express-Times and WFMZ-TV 69 News could both break this story open, much wider, if they wanted to.
I suggest LVS readers petition them directly.
THE EXPRESS-TIMES
Martin Till > mtill@express-times.com
Jim Deegan > jdeegan@express-times.com
Joe Owens > jowens@express-times.com
69 NEWS
Brad Rinehart > bradr@wfmz.com
Rob Vaughn > RobV@wfmz.com
Re: boycotting The Morning Call, that seems to be happening on its own w/ out me having to ask. Their circulation and advertising numbers are dragging them underwater where they'll all hopefully drown soon. I really believe Allentown is better off w/ no newspaper than the "newspaper" we currently have. It needs a major, major overhaul. Dave Erdman and Mike Miorelli have both got to go, and the sooner the better.
Tribune Company, we know from our SiteMeter(R) that two individuals from "Tribune Company Chicago" read this blog on a regular basis. In fact, we see you checking in here almost on the hour. We're guessing you are Sam Zell and Media Relations VP, Gary Weitman. Gentlemen, please shit-can Dave Erdman and Mike Miorelli at your earliest convenience. Thank you as always for your consideration and a special thank you re: Glenn Kranzley.
"i'm disgusted by the mc's behavior."
Well said. Please tell everyone you know to cancel their subscription to The Morning Call and to stop advertising in it.
... heard from Tyrone Richardson (and I responded).
I suppose an apology is out of the question ...
In a message dated 6/8/09 6:32:20 PM, tyrone.richardson@mcall.com writes:
The matter has been taken care of. A correction will be published in Tuesday’s paper. -Tyrone
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So ... I don't get to speak with them or meet with them in person? That's disappointing. I guess I can only hope they'll get the correction correct, since they won't speak with me. Or look at the Court's Verdict that I'd be happy to present to them in person. I'll try calling them both on Tuesday ...
Bill Villa
UpDate
Readers, there's no correction in Tuesday's (today's) "newspaper" (online version) that I can find ...
Readers,
it appears that The Morning Call has whisked its May 9 coverage of our civil trial outcome (which was available via regular mcall.com as of yesterday) off to its archives, and, here's the slick part, back-dated a vague correction on negligence, while further clarifying (in a "correction" blurb?) their misleading contention that "the bar" isn't out any money on this.
Here's what's tagged onto the story in The Morning Call archives ...
"A May 9 story correctly reported that a jury ruled the bar owed no money to Villa's parents or estate but the information about the jury's finding on negligence was omitted. 5/16/2009 FOR THE RECORD (Published Saturday, May 16, 2009) --"
Q. If this story just went to the archives last night, June 8, what's w/ a correction dated May 16?
Q. At mcall.com, there are other corrections from May 16 currently listed up there .. why not this one?
Readers, The Morning Call JUST NOW slugged this correction up at mcall.com ...
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-correx_mc.6924728jun09,0,5165901.story
J.P. O'Malley's Pub at 15th and W. Union streets in Allentown was found negligent but not responsible for the death of 25-year-old Sheena Marie Villa, who was killed in a drunk-driving crash in March 2006. The June 7 Retail Watch column incorrectly stated that O'Malley's was not found negligent in the death.
Such prompt and compassionate service by The Morning Call. It only took them a month (!) and how many communications from Mr. Villa (229?) to finally report the truth. Disgusting.
Yep.
And Readers, I'm positive The Morning Call "back-dated" the "May 16" correction they put in their archives last night. How do I know this?
1. I've been checking mcall.com every day since May 9 looking for a correction and none appeared until just a few minutes ago.
2. If they had really run a correction on May 16, why didn't Tyrone Richardson (or Dave Erdman or Mike Miorelli) tell me that yesterday? Hmm?
Gotcha. Dumb-asses.
To the Villas:
First off, my sincere sympathies on the loss of your daughter. She seemed like a fine young lady, and you have suffered a tragic loss.
I am very surprised at your attitude toward Glenn Kranzley. I've known him for years, and I certainly would not use any of the adjectives you use to descibe him. I do not mean to belittle your situation or experience with him at all, I guess I'm just trying to say he is a good, kind man. He is also very humble so while his "Smirk" might look "self-satisfied" to you, but that's one word I definitely would NOT use to descibe him.
Again, my sypathies for your loss.
You have your perception of Glenn Kranzley ... based on your experience w/ him ...
and we have ours,
based on our experience w/ him.
As Sheena's step-mom Angie stated earlier, which is Worth Repeating again here:
We have legitimate reasons for calling out and trashing Glenn Kranzley and Jim Martin. Maybe you can't relate to that, but we are entitled to get our positions out there if we so choose. Unless you have walked in our shoes, you have no right, or qualifications, to judge us.
Anon 11:51, your "good and humble" friend Glenn Kranzley denied Mr. Villa the "Welcome Mat" meeting he granted to everybody else who asked for one, 229 times.
And what Mr. Villa wanted to discuss (about D.A. Martin) had been deemed by the newspaper's own investigations editor as "excellent questions that deserved to be answered."
Percy Dougherty, PhD, Chairman of the Lehigh County Commissioners, and Michael D'Amore, President, Allentown City Council obviously also thought Villa's questions, and his right to be heard by the newspaper, had merit, and urged Kranzley to meet with him.
There is no justification or rationalization for Glenn Kranzley's dismissive and cruel (under the circumstances) treatment of Mr. Villa.
Re-read what the managing editor of another newspaper had to say about this in a previous comment here:
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"Personally, I don't see the point of not meeting with you - up here we meet with people all the time that we may not agree with and may not be able to help. At its most Machiavellian, doing so allows us to take the high road and prevents PR nightmares like the one you are currently conducting. It costs some time and no small amount of aggravation on our part, but in the long run that's preferable... and sometimes we discover we do agree on some things, and we actually can help on others. However, I am not in a position to tell other newsrooms how to conduct their business."
Thank you, "read-only."
Some people might say, "Well Bill, your approach is all wrong."
Well .. sorry .. if I was a little "pushy" w/ Kranzley.
You see, my only daughter got killed on her birthday and DA Jim Martin let her killer go on vacation to Belize, Central America.
I was sorta, um, concerned about a fix maybe being in-progress. And this can make you a lil jumpy (dunno if you've ever been in this position?)
But one would expect that such a "good and humble" man like Glenn Kranzley might have cut a grieving and terrified father some slack re: "my approach" ...
instead of being so self-absorbed about any perceived "disrespect" he may have felt I was showing him.
Anon 11:51, I'm not buying your perception of Glenn Kranzley.
Some people have "two sides" and I think Glenno was one of these people.
The Glenn Kranzley I know is a lying and stubborn prick.
WORTH REPEATING DEPARTMENT
"J.P. O'Malley's ... has closed." -The Mourning Call
(Poof!), Villas, you're on a roll, keep up the excellent civic-minded work. Allentown needs you.
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