[graciegirl]

I am not a betting woman. I really don't like gambling, I am too um, thrifty, some people call me tight.

But in the heat of things on TOTV, I sort of, impulsively, bet Posh, that The Daily Sun did NOT change hands.

He said that it had and he would streak naked through the square if he was wrong and I said it hadn't and I bet fifty bucks it hadn't.

Well, I could never find any proof of any kind of switch in ownership....





BUT..

as of late, I seem to be getting a different kind of feel from the paper. They are running more "out there" stories. This morning the HUGE headline on the sports page was" BEYOND REPAIR" and had a LARGE close up of Joe Paterna. (Very different for The Sun and slightly....controversial)

There have been several other kind of bigger emphasis on things of national interest and more coverage of shall we say, not positive local happenings.

OH I think that there is a possibiltiy that Posh may have been right. Now the ediitorial section still slants to the right, but the stories have had more zip and oomph as of late.

I am likin' it.

Do I pay? (Nothing is proveable, and many would like to see Posh run through the squares in his birthday suit)

Help me dear readers.

I am standing here clutching my fifty bucks in my hot little hands.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I am not a betting woman. I really don't like gambling, I am too um, thrifty, some people call me tight.

But in the heat of things on TOTV, I sort of, impulsively, bet Posh, that The Daily Sun did NOT change hands.

He said that it had and he would streak naked through the square if he was wrong and I said it hadn't and I bet fifty bucks it hadn't.

Well, I could never find any proof of any kind of switch in ownership....





BUT..

as of late, I seem to be getting a different kind of feel from the paper. They are running more "out there" stories. This morning the HUGE headline on the sports page was" BEYOND REPAIR" and had a LARGE close up of Joe Paterna. (Very different for The Sun and slightly....controversial)

There have been several other kind of bigger emphasis on things of national interest and more coverage of shall we say, not positive local happinings.

OH I think that there is a possibiltiy that Posh may have been right. Now the ediitorial section still slants to the right, but the stories have had more zip and oomph as of late.

I am likin' it.

Do I pay? (Nothing is proveable, and many would like to see Posh run through the squares in his birthday suit)

Help me dear readers.

I am standing here clutching my fifty bucks in my hot little hands.

It does seem like a somewhat different newspaper. I can not find any hard evidence that it has been sold yet either just a rumor in the Villages, Wikipedia article.

[quirky3]

I had the impression that it was Mrs. Posh who made the bet.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by quirky3

I had the impression that it was Mrs. Posh who made the bet.

Ya think? I have always thought Posh08 was a guy. The Posh I thought I knew referred to his wife, the lovely Diane....I think..

Posh? Check your booties and report!

[jblum315]

I worked for Gannett Newapapers for 20 years. One of the things I learned is that in the end it is the relationship between the publisher and the advertisers, not the readers, that largely determines the editorial content of a newspaper.

[Posh 08]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Ya think? I have always thought Posh08 was a guy. The Posh I thought I knew referred to his wife, the lovely Diane....I think..

Posh? Check your booties and report!

My booties are blue. The lovely wife is Miss Sam.

[skyguy79]

OMG, you telling me that I waited up all night, got buggy-eyed and exhausted watching the cams and waiting to see a GUY streak???

[CaptJohn]

Originally Posted by skyguy79

OMG, you telling me that I waited up all night, got buggy-eyed and exhausted watching the cams and waiting to see a GUY streak???

Me too! Horrors!

Maybe Gracie should pay just to keep that from happening!

[quirky3]

Let's not be too hasty......

[justjim]

Originally Posted by jblum315

I worked for Gannett Newapapers for 20 years. One of the things I learned is that in the end it is the relationship between the publisher and the advertisers, not the readers, that largely determines the editorial content of a newspaper.

Could it be that the Daily Sun just changed management? Or maybe management went on vacation and things will soon get back to normal.

[RichieLion]

There was a little story in today's paper reporting on some source's claims of doubts to when Romney really left Bain Capital.

Now, I don't want to turn this political. I only report this as it's one of the first stories I've seen in the Sun that's not particularly helpful to Romney, and thus antithetical to the normal Daily Sun slant.

There does seem to be some sort of editorial shift.

[quirky3]

Who out there knows how to set up a survey? We could have the TOTV population vote on the question - should Mr. Posh08 streak through the squares to fulfill his part of the bet?

[janmcn]

We can only assume that since no change of ownership was announced in The Villages Daily Sun, that it has not changed hands, right? It is promising to hear that the Sun is becoming more news oriented, but don't think I'll cancel any subscriptions just yet.

[Taltarzac725]

Think Mr. Posh should streak at night through one of the golf courses. Preferably along a golf course hole far away from houses, gators, and any lights.

[looneycat]

Originally Posted by justjim

Could it be that the Daily Sun just changed management? Or maybe management went on vacation and things will soon get back to normal.

they still have their collection of venomous columnists dragged from the dregs of the newspaper world.