Tuesday Traffic

I think the Cal and the PE are cloning stories. They both have the same dancer story. The same Old Town Temecula story. Now it’s the same murder trial pimp story.

Let’s catch up on the past few days.

The CAL

A nice news analysis story by Aaron Claverie. I loved the topic and the person in the story, but I think it’s poorly written. The lede is cluttered and the more interesting bit is buried. The editor should have helped out. Too bad.

Nelsy Rodriguez wrote a story about Power Boxing. The story was needed as much as a story about toilet papering. I love the comments people wrote below this. Someone wrote it off as The Cal being The Cal. Here is the story.

The PE

So here is my rant for the day.

Where is my Murrieta reporter? It seems Julissa McKinnon is still kicking Perris around despite a rumor at City Hall that she was given the Murrieta/Wildomar beat.

I’m sorry to gripe but I have ties to Murrieta and Temecula and that is where I want most of my news. It seems to me that advertising dollars would be better in Murrieta and Temecula then Perris. So why am I getting this story? This is a problem across town.

At least McKinnon showed she could do some amazing stories if given time. This story scared the heebie jeebies out of me. I'm old so I hate taxes and this scares me.

On a side note, I saw former PE reporter Rocky Salmon has joined the PE exodus to the weekly Valley News. Weird that three former PE employees end up there, but it doesn’t seem like anything hard hitting.

Interesting illegal gun shipping story done by John Asbury over the weekend. The idea is a bit scary but after reading it it doesn’t shock me.