| The Story | The First National Bank of
Bridgeport is sold. |
| News worthiness (on a scale of 0 to 5) | **** |
| The Spin | The Spin will intentionally avoid
trying to same something funny about the subject since he has always
feared, and continues to fear, the wrath of the chairman, president and
CEO of the bank. |
| The Story | KBOC is still up for sale despite
reports that it was in the process of being sold to the Z-Spanish Radio
network.. "People to People" is still on the air, however. |
| News worthiness | ** |
| The Spin | Apparently the prospective
buyers were upset when they couldn't find a buyer of a truck bed cab
for a 1984 Chevy one-ton. |
| The Story | Two Bridgeport police officers in
Hurst in a video simulation room. "If we can resolve [a volatile]
situation with the least amount of use of force, it is a success," said
the trainer. |
| News worthiness | ** |
| The Spin | "But if we get the chance to
zap the fire out of a bad guy with a Tazer, it certainly makes our
day," said one ficticious police official. |
| The Story | The Decatur EDC agrees to provide
$200,000 to a "western boot company" as an incentive to relocate to
Decatur. Part of the money will be used to pay "for the costs of the
principals of the firm to relocate to Decatur." |
| News worthiness | *** |
| The Spin | Huh? We're paying for the personal moving expenses of executives and administrators? |
| The Spin |
Bridgeport High School is
vandalized on the same week that the school suffers some bad press
after the federal government did not find it was adequately performing.
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| News worthiness | *** |
| The Spin | But an 8-2 finish this fall
should solve those problems. |