| The Story | In a public hearing regarding the new jail, one
citizen criticized the commissioner's for spending so much. "If we
didn't have to build such elaborate jails, [the prisoners] might not
want to get in there." |
| News worthiness (on a scale of 0 to 5) | ** |
| The Spin | Hey, The Mansion in Dallas is pretty nice but its guest
list would be pretty small if they couldn't control the checkout date. |
| The Story | Wise County enters into a new Drug Task Force led by DPS
to lock up more folks as the War on Drugs continues. |
| News worthiness | ** |
| The Spin | Maybe $10 million for a new
jail won't be enough. |
| The Story | The Wise County United Way
falls $30,000 short of its goal. The president of the
organization stated that "it every resident of the county would give
just $5 or $10, we could make our goal". |
| News worthiness | * |
| The Spin | And have enough left over
for one heck of a party. (51,000 residents at $5 = $255,000 and 51,000
residents at $10 = $510,000). |
| The Story | About 600 acres of prime lake front property of the Sid
Richardson Scout Ranch is under contact to be sold to a developer. |
| News worthiness | *** |
| The Spin | We never thought we'd see it but a few million dollars
will make anyone blink. |
| The Story | The Messenger's
weekend edition has an "above the fold" front page article by
syndicated columnist Dave McNeely entitled "Perry may push video
lottery, cigarette tax" |
| News worthiness | * |
| The Spin | It could have been titled "Here Is Proof That It Was a
Very Slow News Week In Wise County". |
| The Story | It has nothing to do with Wise County, but the halftime
show at the Super Bowl caused a major stop down at The Spin's home. |
| News worthiness | **** |
| The Spin | Janet Jackson's revealing moment is here.
Parental discretion is advised (which is very odd since it was shown on
national TV). |
