*Guest column for the Gainesville Sun*
Full disclosure at the end—Six years ago, Nathan Crabbe informed me that he
never again would publish letter or guest column I wrote, although the Sun
had published more than 30 with little correction earlier in this Century.
That was later modified to allow me to publish a 600-word essay if I were a
candidate for office. Since then, I have been a candidate four times and
probably will again, primarily to get published in the only daily in town
which functions as if we still were in 1984. I currently am not a
candidate for office. This 600-word essay would be published if I were,
according to the Crabbe rules.
*Who’s to blame?*
*The Sun* reported yesterday: "(Ben) Sasse said a diversity of opinion was
a good thing, but questioned a focus on divisive issues at universities and
elsewhere. 'The loudest folks among us tend to be focused heavily on
partisan politics and culture-war issues, and yet those issues have almost
nothing to do with most of the riddles that we need to navigate in our
time,”'he said."
Those folks apparently include more than a thousand protesting students,
Dr. Paul Ortiz, history professor; the UF Faculty Senate, the UF Student
Senate, the Graduate Assistant Union, a Staff Union, and others who
rightly accused the Board of Trustees of choosing Sasse to be the president
of UF at the request of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) . With a straight face,
Sasse said he knows nothing about that.
In sports, *the Sun* published: “(Tackle Brendan Cox) transferred from
Georgia three years ago, leaving the usual trail of rumors about attitude
problems and discontent. I can’t definitively say that’s why the ex-Dawg is
now an ex-Gator, but read between these lines.’ I think that being a
football player at the University of Florida is a privilege,’ Gator
football coach Billy Napier said. ‘There are certain expectations that come
with that.’ "A privilege? Seriously? "Cox obviously didn’t meet those
expectations, and we’re not talking sacks.” Napier is about to have a worse
season than his predecessor who was fired last year. His team may not go
to a bowl game.
*The Sun* again did not publish a report by any staffer about the ongoing
nationally publicized controversy about the anti-Semitic speech of
basketball star Kyrie Irving and Kanye (Ye) West reflected in banners and
streamers on the day of the Florida Georgia football game. There's no
opinion. A story did appear under its masthead but in fact was written by
a Jacksonville *Times-Union* reporter.
A report about a realtors’ controversy did not mention that realtor Aaron
Bosshardt, who started the publicized personal attack on former employees,
is current president of the Gainesville-Alachua County Association of
Realtors (GACAR).
The account reported that State Attorney Brian Kramer dismissed charges
against the realtors who were subjected to a SWAT Team raid. *The Sun* has
not mentioned the long-standing case against a former GACAR president Gary
Thomas which Kramer has never pursued.
In the Bosshardt matter, former State Attorney Rod Smith is identified as
the mediator. In 1999, Smith hired Kramer as an assistant state
attorney. Such apparent “conflicts of interest” are not considered
newsworthy if they affect the in-crowd adversely. If requested, I could
identify specifically at least two dozen such conflicts which the *Sun *chooses
not to identify properly the WASPs involved.
The ludicrous reporting without a meaningful editorial mention of the Sasse
controversy and almost no letters to the editor were printed, except for
guest columns by past contributors the daily rightly could claim was their
own published opinion. A key word check of “Sasse” and “letters” resulted
in most of the replies not mentioning him at all in the Sun search engine.
*The Sun* never considered asking either of the mayoral candidates who will
be meeting for the City if elected with Sasse their opinions on the
controversy. A strange last minute query by a mediator at t*he Sun*
sponsored debate of the two allowed each to mumble irrelevancies.
Fortunately, the Sasse controversy was reported doggedly by the UF *Independent
Alligator*, but Gainesville, and Alachua County are left in the dark about
the other issues. Area residents are left to read the shadows on the cave
wall without being allowed to see the real world outside. (600 words)
Gabe Kaimowitz, Gainesville, FL attorney in good standing in New York, DC
and in courts in four other federal circuits; emeritus, in Michigan.
*See the full disclosure of the controversy between Kaimowitz and Crabbe
below.*
Full disclosure
*Crabbe, Nathan *
Jan 27, 2020, 5:50 PM (2 days ago)
to me
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Hello,
I haven't received a guest column on your City Commission candidacy, so I'm
just checking to make sure you received my previous emails and that you
planned on submitting one. Please let me know.
Thanks,
Nathan Crabbe
Opinion and engagement editor
Gainesville Sun
2700 SW 13th St. Gainesville, FL 32608
352-374-5075
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*Gabriel Hillel <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>> *
Tue, Jan 28, 3:35 AM (22 hours ago)
to *Doug*, *[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>*, Nathan, bcc:
me, bcc: Peter
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Dear Mr. Crabbe:
I am confused. I thought you stated categorically that you would not
publish anything I wrote, because you didn't want to deal with my
potentially defamatory writings and didn't want to take the time necessary
to edit them. You certainly have proven time and again that you would keep
to that policy .and have rejected numerous letters I have offered.
Are you saying now that I can have 600 words to write as I please? If
that is the case and you will not edit for what you consider unacceptable
material when is the deadline?
Thanks,
Gabe Kaimowitz, candidate for Gainesville City Commission at large Seat A
(city) Seat 2 (county)
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*Crabbe, Nathan *
Tue, Jan 28, 8:39 AM (17 hours ago)
to me, Doug, [log in to unmask]
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We offer the opportunity to write columns to all commission candidates, and
have the same standards for libel and personal attacks that we would for
other guest columns. The deadline was yesterday, but if you submit
something by the end of the week I will consider it for publication. And
yes, 600 words is the limit.
Thanks,
Nathan Crabbe
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