What is the pay for management ? What are the perks ? What ‘junkets’ do they go on ?

Then there is the line ” The city also receives $300,000 from Comcast that is restricted to purchasing equipment for broadcasting. ”

These ‘assigned funds’ are unnecessary and sometimes wasteful. They remind me of school funds- ” Oh, THAT money is only for improvements, not paper or pencils ” So they spend $5 million on a fooseball field and get rid of counselors and janitors, all because that was DIFFERENT money.

While the media center is a great asset for the city, some shake-up seems inevitable and desirable. And this isn’t the only publicly funded program that should be looked into. Far too many of our ‘public servants’ see these type of operations as cash cows.

Was that coherent bear ?

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May I hear a coherent reply?

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Once upon a time, the Press Democrat WAS the only news voice in Sonoma County.

And look at how uninformed Sonoma County residents were just a few years back.

Even today, the Press Democrat fails to even address basic important information. They rob their subscribers of the subscription fees.

Case in point: WHY is it that the former “Police Chief” of the Santa Rosa Junior College allowed ONE cop to collect cash from various depositories around the campus?

How is it that the former Chief was so incompetent that he violated the basic rules of accounting which prohibit allowing one person access to cash?

And how is it that the current “police chief” was so incompetent that HE did not see the violation of basic accounting rules by allowing that one cop to continue collecting cash alone?

And why is it that a little, tiny campus like the SRJC is entitled to its very own “police dept” and “police chief” when the entire Santa Rosa Police Dept is roughly 1 mile away at most?

The corruption in Sonoma County has thrived because of a poor media presence.

We are all very, very lucky that the internet and electronic media now exists. Sonoma County residents are no longer held hostage to a silly Press Democrat news staff that does little more than take handouts from the Santa Rosa Police and publish such lame “news” as which intersections the police plan to target next.

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Pave the roads.

The roads are used by millions each day. The “media center” is a benefit to only a handful of people.

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With the new “improved” schedules my bus has been late every day this week since the new schedule started. It is standing room only. Several people today missed their connections because my bus, which has NEVER BEEN LATE, was 10 minutes late this morning and has been late all week with a different driver every day. The junior high kids weren’t on the bus because, the bus being late and all, they now miss their connection. I don’t know how they’re getting to school. One man catching the Golden Gate Bus to SF said he’ll have to drive because he won’t be able to catch his connection. He hasn’t been on the bus all week. I wonder how many others will be driving because of infrequent runs and not being able to catch their connections. I’ve been told by riders and bus drivers that most of the changed routes have been running late ALL WEEK. The drivers are great and it isn’t their fault. Again, managers meddling and making something that works a mess.

Buses have to be RELIABLE AND ACCESSIBLE. Who is going to ride the SMART train, or Sonoma County transit, or GGT, if the city buses don’t pick up in outlying areas? Or the buses run only every hour? Who wants to spend hours hanging around waiting for a bus because they run so infrequently? The buses run every hour on the weekends and it takes me ALL DAY to run a few errands. How much money is SRT losing because commuters are back in their cars?

A city this size should have a great bus system.

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Youtube babling socialists

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The UN wants to be able to flip the switch on the internet.

I think the Media Center is in their cross hairs.

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