Wise County on the Web

A tongue in cheek review of the news published this week regarding Wise County.
Normally posted every Sunday before 10:00 p.m. unless I'm lazy.
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For the week ending 8/1/08
This Week's Overall News Theme: You Won't Believe This But I Swear Every Word Is True

The Story	Deposed Alvord coach Curtis Enis is expected to become the girls track coach at 5A Mansfield.
)News worthiness (1 to 5)	********
The Spin	In a triple fake press release, Enis said, "Who's your daddy now?"

The Story	The Reatta subdivision (that bunch of houses on 287 south of Decatur that just appeared out of no where a few years back) is running low on water as developers admit the current well can't handle the demand. (Uh, didn't I see about three new homes under construction there the other day?) Anyway . . .
News worthiness	*******
The Spin	What a coincidence, I just sodded two-thirds of Bridgeport for the exact same cost.

The Story	And the photo accompanying the above story:
News worthiness	*******
The Spin	The magic of photographer Joe Duty.

The Story	Holy cow, we have an upset brewing in the DA's race with a candidate running as an independent.
News worthiness	*
The Spin	Uh, not so much.

The Story	The Messenger gets defensive - explaining why it used the "v word" in connection with a story regarding a sexual assault.
News worthiness	*
The Spin	Those that complained immediately canceled their subscription and promised to exclusively read "The Weekly Reader" from this point forward.

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