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Old 01-17-2016, 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by goodtimesintv View Post
You still don't get it. It's not a matter of "clicking on the mug shots" to read more. It's the trash and snide titles that are front and center on the Home page!

I never said the paper shouldn't publish such content as police blotters and realities of villagers that are negative.

I said from the beginning that true "news" articles are smothered with all the crap around them, and the crap articles are front and center on the front page.

See example of the day that stereotypes and feeds the looney and gross caricatures of us online across the country, and even continents.

Headlines like this make our community look like a bunch of demented stooges.

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Frankly, I found that photo and the story accurate and timely (assuming the lousy parking job was not posed). Particularly at this time of year when The Villages reaches its peak occupancy and parking areas become crowded people need to be courteous and especially careful to park properly. If they are unable to park a cart or car within adequately sized parking slots they may not be fit to drive.
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