Only Bob Hagan could take a positive and find something negative, and his facts are wrong too. The real truth is that Hagan thrives when things are going bad. He doesn't know quite what to do when the news is good. This is a signficant turning point for our Valley. We are growing jobs and putting people back to work, and that is good.
If you talked privately to local elected officials in the Valley, you'd find that most of them favor SB 5 although they would never admit it publicly. They know that the current system is not sustainable.
Yemma worked harder to win the vote. Betras' rude and crude comments to and treatment of Yemma does show just what a loser he is. He should resign.
Mr. Betras is all about publicity and ego and he will eventually destroy the economic climate for the Valley so that no business person in their right mind would want to locate here. And those that are here will look for a way out. It's that bad.
Of course, he has nothing else to do.
I guess I won't be going to the Mocha House anymore. This works both ways. Union bullying at its worst.
I can't think of a more distasteful person in the Valley than Dave Betras. It's one thing to disagree with the Chamber's action, it's another to make it a personal thing with Tom Humphries. Mr. Humphries has been one of our area's outstanding leaders for many years. He's head and shoulders in class and talent above people like Betras.
Dave is out of control; losing it might be a better word. Certainly a major disappointment for trying to crucify Tom Humphries, someone who tried to work closely with Betras to improve econ development for the area.
Bertram likes to be negative somethings for the sake of being negative. One cardinal rule for journalists and columnists is to do your homework. Research the topic and make sure you are on solid ground when arguing your premise. In this case, Bertram didn't do his due diligence.
These owners are newspaper people and do newspaper journalism on the cheap: Warren Trib, Salem News. They are now doing baseball on the cheap and making millions. The only hope is that they will sell someday and bring some respectability back to the Pittsburgh franchise again.
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