Jonathan Rothschild
Rothschild, a Democratic candidate for mayor, announced the opening of his campaign headquarters yesterday.
The headquarters is located at 3400 East Speedway, Suite 114- between Whole Foods and Ike’s.
Those interested in following the campaign can visit Rothschild’s web site: Jonathanformayor.com
We notice that the Arizona Daily Star is no longer being published by Tucson Newspapers,Inc. The new publisher is the Star Publishing Company, doing business at the same old stand…down there on South Park Avenue.
Back in the day, Gannett owned a piece of TNI under the “Joint Operating Agreement” and shared ad revenue with the Star. Even after the death of the Tucson Citizen newspaper, which they no longer jointly operated as part of Tucson Newspapers, Inc., Gannett continued to get a portion of the advertising revenues earned by TNI.
The notion that something could still be jointly owned after nothing was being jointly operated has always struck The Data Port as a flat out evasion of the intent of establishing joint operating agreements in the first place. The intent was to help maintain the existence of print journalism.
We’ve been told that former TNI employees (the same ones who are now working for the Star Publishing Co.) have turned in their ID cards and business cards to be replaced by ones that do not reference Gannett.
What exactly does this name charge mean? Does Gannett now own part of Tucson Newspapers, Inc? Did the fiction of a joint operating agreement finally seem to be skating too near a violation of the spirit and intent joint operating agreement legislation? Or has Gannett stopped “sharing” the Star’s revenue?
And where does the Star’s owner…Lee Enterprises…fit in this arrangement.
It’s a puzzlement.
Metaphor Via Ratbike.org
If you’re not a motorcyclist the use of the Rat Bike as a metaphor for our state may be obscure.
At many major bike rallies a prize will be given to the worst looking, most cobbled together, leakiest, duct-taped, smokiest, ill-running motorcycle that managed to rattle to the rally.
The proud owner of this beast boasts of his accomplishments…the ‘rattle-can’ paint job, the mis-matched parts from other brands of motorcycles, and the message on his tank: “Chrome Don’t Get You Home.” But neither, often, does the rat bike.
What drives the rat-biker is the desire to maintain his old scoot as cheaply as possible, even if he has to put up with balding tires, dangerous brakes, and questionable handling.
All of us, in Arizona, are owners of our rat-bike state. Like the the biker dude at the rally we would rather put up with the inconveniences and possible long-term consequences of rat-bike-hood than pay for anything better.
Raise taxes? God forbid. So we elect rat-bike legislators who are committed to tax loopholes that drain the treasury and support our steadfast refusal to pay for anything better.
Nice bike, bro!
