About this time last year I blogged about Shreveport picking its official journal, or the publication where announcements, requests for proposals, minutes, etc... are printed.
Well, the annual event has come around for the Caddo Commission, and there was some interesting action at today's meeting. For the past several years, the commission has gone with a partnership between The Caddo Citizen and Shreveport Sun.
But today, because of two absent commissioners, there was a 5-5 tie between the papers. So commissioners decided to put off (or continue, in government terms) the vote until June 17.
My boss, Times Publisher Pete Zanmiller, made his pitch today.
"Really, the issue is transparency and getting out to as many people as possible," Zanmiller said.
No, he did not ask me to write this. But I have to agree. Besides saving a few cents per line, there's no real public advantage in going with the other two papers. No disrespect intended. But when publications are weekly and go out to 4,000-5,000 people versus 40,000-plus most days and 50,000 or more on Sundays, there's no question. Sometimes the commission has to hold off on votes because of the timeframe it has to wait to notify the public because of a weekly's deadline.
So does the commission really want the public to be aware of what it's doing? We'll see how members show up and vote on the 17th.
Well, the annual event has come around for the Caddo Commission, and there was some interesting action at today's meeting. For the past several years, the commission has gone with a partnership between The Caddo Citizen and Shreveport Sun.
But today, because of two absent commissioners, there was a 5-5 tie between the papers. So commissioners decided to put off (or continue, in government terms) the vote until June 17.
My boss, Times Publisher Pete Zanmiller, made his pitch today.
"Really, the issue is transparency and getting out to as many people as possible," Zanmiller said.
No, he did not ask me to write this. But I have to agree. Besides saving a few cents per line, there's no real public advantage in going with the other two papers. No disrespect intended. But when publications are weekly and go out to 4,000-5,000 people versus 40,000-plus most days and 50,000 or more on Sundays, there's no question. Sometimes the commission has to hold off on votes because of the timeframe it has to wait to notify the public because of a weekly's deadline.
So does the commission really want the public to be aware of what it's doing? We'll see how members show up and vote on the 17th.
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