Have the idealists hit their heads on the cave entrance?
Far from being in the mythical ideal state, the Chronicle editorial page continues to baffle.
The same editorial page that likes to lecture Republicans for allegedly abandoning the principle of "local control" on some issues thinks that a vote by union members against a contract negotiated by "good guy" Bill White (with some hardball tactics at the end) "undermines their interests." Sorry, idealists, but you don't get a vote unless you start putting out fires and pulling people out of burning buildings. The union exercises what one could call "local control."
This was the best part:
Even with a mayor who is committed to fair wages and work conditions, the firefighters cannot seem to shed their ingrained mistrust of City Hall.
Translation: He's SWELL, you silly firefighters! *screech* Haven't you been reading the Chronicle editorial page?!
Then there's the editorial criticizing the chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, who has recently said that PBS tilts too far to the left and that he wants more programs that appeal to conservatives. Yet the title of the editorial includes this phrase: "The solution is to diversify — not censor — its content." So Kenneth Tomlinson and the idealists would seem to concur on the need to diversify PBS's left-leaning content.
Except the idealists think they disagree. Or something. Who can really tell?
It was not an exceptional day for the idealists. That editorial page really is becoming an embarrassment. Our city deserves better.
Sedosi Alhambra has some even harsher comments (here and here).
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/09/05 11:43 PM | Houston Chronicle | Technorati | Sphere | Comments (2)
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