[manaboutown]

IMO the other paper performs an important public safety service by bringing to the public who want to know what really goes on in the area (probably not the folks wearing rose colored glasses, with their heads in the sand or loaded on Kool-Aid) short factual accounts of crimes committed in and around The Villages and reported arrests along with mug shots of the alleged perpetrators. I follow that paper and do not find its reports on criminal activity sensationalistic or smutty (The Villages Enquirer it is not!); I find its reports brief, to the point and rather dry

[Diver]

Personally I like the crime section and the mug shots. They are always good for a laugh and a reminder that we still live in the real world. You have freedom of choice if you don't like it. But who can't find humor in a hula dancing DWI or fights with line dancers?

[tomwed]

Originally Posted by goodtimesintv

I understand why we need another newspaper in TV (online), and not just "the happy paper".

But seriously.

Every single time I want to email an interesting article about the things that would attract friends/relatives to coming to experience TV and possibly rent/buy a place, the article I want to send is totally surrounded by the scum of the earth disgusting mug shots, poisonously partisan letters and columns, and sensationalizing NewsMax headlines. This is the case right now with a wonderful account of the Johnny Mathis concert. It it surrounded by utter trash.

The paper has all the trappings of a tabloid rag and I'm embarrassed to send the article links to friends around the country, because of the trash that would seem to characterize TV as something it is not. I've contacted the paper before about this, but they seem to like it this way.

Two points:
Have you ever read who puts the paper together? http://www.**************.com/about-us/ They seem like the kind of people I would hang out with.

When I go to the Front page I don't see the trashy things you see. I get advertisements for golf carts, real estate, reading glasses, tips for golfers over 65, philps toyota, newsmax health, a gift of a life line, two men and a truck, ultimate golf seating and Melania Trump Returns Home and Donald Is Shocked by Her New Look. The ads pay for the site.
I wonder why we see different ads?

[HoosierPa]

I am New and before I discovered " the Happy Paper Alternative " I wondered how I would know what is really going on in the area. Now I know !

[Boomer]

never mind

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Boomer

never mind

I agree!

[jjdees]

Sounds like good times in The Villages are rather sparse. if one doesn't like the Sun, don't read it. The answer to the unhappiness here is not to eliminate what is not liked, it's to look for another source of news. The Sentinel should provide what's wanted. There's usually something there that's anti Villages. Find a new source. Live and let live. Enjoy.

[justjim]

The no name online news is an alternative to the happy paper and has its place in our media world. I read both just as I watch more than one cable channel. Enough said.

[Nucky]

Originally Posted by tomwed

Why would someone complain? Isn't it a cheap deterrent? Isn't that what it's supposed to be?

Whenever I see a villager getting caught for shoplifting I wonder how many get away with shoplifting and how many are deterred because everyone will see their picture.

The rest of us know right from wrong.

Take a look at this from NPR Of Counsel: Unique Sentence for First-Time Shoplifters - Florida Trend

Helllooo Jerry! Remember Uncle Leo stealing books. My kids laugh like hell they call The Villages, Del Boca Vista where Jerry's parents lived. They also claim I steal batteries like his parents. I don't want my picture in that paper unless I got arrested for defending my family or a friend.

[tomwed]

Originally Posted by Nucky

Helllooo Jerry! Remember Uncle Leo stealing books. My kids laugh like hell they call The Villages, Del Boca Vista where Jerry's parents lived. They also claim I steal batteries like his parents. I don't want my picture in that paper unless I got arrested for defending my family or a friend.

When I told my kids I live off of Buena Vista they started calling it Del Buena Vista. They're pretty comfortable teasing me too. I'm chairman of a neighborhood group and that just gives them more to tease me about.

[fred53]

Originally Posted by goodtimesintv

I understand why we need another newspaper in TV (online), and not just "the happy paper".

But seriously.

Every single time I want to email an interesting article about the things that would attract friends/relatives to coming to experience TV and possibly rent/buy a place, the article I want to send is totally surrounded by the scum of the earth disgusting mug shots, poisonously partisan letters and columns, and sensationalizing NewsMax headlines. This is the case right now with a wonderful account of the Johnny Mathis concert. It it surrounded by utter trash.

The paper has all the trappings of a tabloid rag and I'm embarrassed to send the article links to friends around the country, because of the trash that would seem to characterize TV as something it is not. I've contacted the paper before about this, but they seem to like it this way.

name one place with this size population that is any different...surprise! You can not. Put this many people in a small area and you get problems. Just move out if you don't like it. I'm sure small town America will welcome you...of course you won't have the amenities, but hey you can stop whining about the paper.

[Nucky]

Originally Posted by tomwed

When I told my kids I live off of Buena Vista they started calling it Del Buena Vista. They're pretty comfortable teasing me too. I'm chairman of a neighborhood group and that just gives them more to tease me about.

Good Night Morty (Seinfeld's Dad).

[Fred R]

I read this thread and simply shake my head. If you think the daily sun is not very good you should see what we have here in Cincinnati to read. Our local daily paper is about the size of an eight and 0.5 x 11 sheet of paper. It's a dollar 50 per day and they charge you to read it online. Where else can you get a daily paper the size of the Daily Sun with all the features it has for $.18 a day. I would venture to say nowhere. Our local paper in the villages may not be perfect but it provides news, information, coupons, and informative special features. Besides there are so many other sources for news and information today. I get my national news from the Internet and I'm sure most others do the same.

[tomwed]

Originally Posted by Nucky

Good Night Morty (Seinfeld's Dad).

Good Night Jack Klumpus

[goodtimesintv]

Originally Posted by Fred R

I read this thread and simply shake my head. If you think the daily sun is not very good you should see what we have here in Cincinnati to read. Our local daily paper is about the size of an eight and 0.5 x 11 sheet of paper. It's a dollar 50 per day and they charge you to read it online. Where else can you get a daily paper the size of the Daily Sun with all the features it has for $.18 a day. I would venture to say nowhere. Our local paper in the villages may not be perfect but it provides news, information, coupons, and informative special features. Besides there are so many other sources for news and information today. I get my national news from the Internet and I'm sure most others do the same.

Fred, I agree with every word you wrote, especially the last two sentences highlighted above.

But in this case, I was reading local entertainment news that did not appear in the Daily Sun. It appeared in villages hyphen news dot com, for which I agreed in my first post that there is a need.

Again, I think it's trashy to surround a good article like the one on Johnny Mathis being here had been planned by Oscar Feliu. It is surrounded at the top right and left with ads that look like a ransom note (see screenshot below).

Then after the end of the same article, a good article about Michigan State University Alumni group here (helping middle schools with grants) is buried, surrounded above and below with mug shots and lurid article titles. (See second screenshot below.)





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