iePolitics: What does the Sun owe to county politicians?
I will not publish the Sun‘s endorsements here. You will have to look for them yourself. I am completely disgusted with them. You can tell there was no point in challengers even bothering to show up.
For a paper that sometimes rails against county corruption, one would think all Board of Supervisors-appointed incumbents would be looked at as suspect. But the paper is endorsing incumbents across the board, except maybe superintendent as that has yet to be announced. Instead of being a watchdog for the public, it has become a lapdog for the Board of Supervisors and appointed officials. Read more…
Categories: Campaigns Tags: Frank Pine, incumbents, Sun
InlandPolitics Commentary: Will pro-transparency Editor Frank Pine support release of Ramos material? – Part Two
- Written by News Editor
- Posted May 1, 2010 at 8:11 am
After receiving a few feedback comments I decided to write a follow-up piece to my first story on this topic in a effort to make my point clearer.
The op-ed written by Frank Pine, Editor of the San Bernardino Sun / Inland Valley Daily Bulletin titled “Whose attorneys are they?” available here lists a myriad of block walls county supervisors “could have” employed to avoid waiving attorney-client privilege related to the Colonies Settlement matter. A waiver was requested by San Bernardino County District Attorney Michael Ramos and California Attorney General Edmund “Jerry” Brown in order for their prosecutors and investigators to access documents and lawyers who worked on the litigation. Read more…
Categories: District Attorney, Mike Ramos, San Bernardino County Tags: Frank Pine, Mike Ramos
InlandPolitics Commentary: Will pro-transparency Editor Frank Pine support release of Ramos material?
- Written by News Editor
- Posted April 29, 2010 at 9:29 am
Sun / Daily Bulletin newspaper Editor Frank Pine put in some extra effort over the past few weeks.
He even inked an op-ed column on the subject.
Pine and his newspapers spent their time hammering away at the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors over their slowness to waiver “Attorney-Client Privilege” protecting documents and lawyers involving the $102 million Colonies Settlement from being accessed by state and county investigators. Read more…
Categories: District Attorney, Mike Ramos, San Bernardino County Tags: Frank Pine, Mike Ramos
InlandPolitics Commentary: Is The Sun newspaper feeling criticism?
- Written by Administrator
- Posted February 7, 2010 at 10:08 am
It looks like The Sun newspaper is feeling a little self-conscious these days.
Editor Frank Pine, the subject of much criticism on this blog over the past several months for his rose-colored glasses when it comes to his newspapers non-reporting of stories for which they have facts in hand is trying to defend his actions.
Are Pine’s rose-colored glasses the problem? Or is there an agenda?
It sure hurts when questions like this become focused on a local newspaper. Read more…
Categories: Doreen Boxer, In the News, Mike Ramos, San Bernardino County Tags: Frank Pine, newspaper, Press Enterprise, Sun