CityBeat: Porkopolis "Love, War and the People's Money"
Greg Flannery was not chicken. He printed what no other local media outlet would carry. He reported what I alluded to yesterday: the allegations of Councilman Pat DeWine's affair with Betty Hull, former head of last year’s Issue Five campaign. Greg hits the points of what is wrong with this alleged situation, to which I agreee. This is however an example of why Nate Livingston is not exposed by the Media to be the dirt bag he is. Nate made this allegation at a City Council meeting last week. Nate opened the door for Greg, and me to be fair, to walk through. The gang on the Week in Review on 1230 the Buzz last Friday indicated that this affair had been a rumor dating back to last year. I would have liked to have seen the Cincy Post have the balls to included this in their political sex scandal editorial, but I guess they are chicken.

Livingston released after contempt finding (2nd item)
Nate Livingston has all of the earmarks of a deadbeat dad. The number of domestic court cases filed against him is outrageous. I am still amazed that this accused abuser is allowed to be the leader of a so-called "civil rights group", the CJC. I have to wonder about the women who are listed as the co-leaders of the CJC. Are they codependent? Were they victims of domestic abuse of some type and have an emotional attachment to or tolerance of other abusers?

Nate Livingston is clearly a bad parent. His neglect for his family is only rivaled by his neglect of the truth. Why do most of the activists and nut cases supporting the boycott turn a blind eye to his record? This goes hand in hand with the tolerance of the outright racism and bigotry from other boycott supporters, including Nate. Why are the Enquirer, the Post and City Beat afraid of exposing Nate for the lowlife he is? Is it because he creates theater that makes for good copy, and they need all of the sensationalism that can fit into a single issue of their newspaper? You don’t have to answer that, do you?

Media Minded on the Enquirer Lawsuit
The anonymous blogger Media Minded comments on the lawsuit filed against the Enquirer. This is a conventional analysis of the issue from this conservative media critic. He/she is copy editor at a major newspaper; so their views are an interesting take on the interworkings of big media outlets.

Chris Anderson's take on the Enquirer lawsuit.

Cincinnati Post Editorial: "Learn from the masters"
"Patton's not alone" was their tag line for this editorial about recent political sex scandals. How could they leave out a certain local elected official who is the son of another elected official?

For Ohio governor, efficiency means no e-mail

Taft, 60, has never sent a work-related e-mail as governor, doesn't have a computer on his desk and asks his staff to research information he needs on the Internet.

My 82 year old grandmother has her own computer and uses email. Why does he not use email at his job? Email is clearly far more efficient to use as means of communication. I could not function effectively at work without email. The entire government is wired for email, which saves postage if nothing else. I guess using this: Governor.Taft@das.state.oh.us is pointless.

Enquirer Lawsuit Gets Wide Coverage
San Francisco Chronicle, Akron Beacon Journal, Austin American Statesman, Newsday, ABC News, Anchorage Daily News, Guardian, KTVU
These are most all just AP wire pick-ups. By morning this will hit most of the papers in the country I would guess.