Letter to the Editor, (top Gainesville Sun—full disclosure at the end)

Missing in Action

On Saturday, November 5, 2022, three days before the mid-term elections, the Gainesville Sun

 published no Local-State section.  The front section contained no local stories.

 

To my knowledge, the Sun still has at least three reporters—Andrew Fats Caplan, Javon L. Harris, and Gregory Harrell.

There also was no issues section.  Nathan Crabbe, Ron Cunningham, Cleveland Tinker, and James

 Lawrence surely still have opinions.  

 

There were no letters published.  Surely some of them exist.   What is the latest about Terrell Bradley,

 who lost an eye to a K-9 dog?  What really is the story about a black former K-9 officer suing the City

 for discrimination?

 

Are there no press releases of use from U.S. Kat Kammack (R-FL) whose campaign ads are elsewhere?

  How about Rep. Chuck Clemons (R-FL) who is saving taxpayers a billion dollars, apparently in the

 belief that neither public education nor Medicaid nor state police or other public duties required those

\ funds?

 

What about Val Demings (D-FL), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Charlie Christ (D-FL), or a typical personal

 attack on Ron DeSantis?  Surely there is some item of interest about an old Chestnut, or the Clerk of

 the Court in and for Alachua County.   Hello.  Is anybody there?  (200 words)

Gabe Kaimowitz,  Gainesville resident

Full disclosure

Crabbe, Nathan Jan 27, 2020, 5:50 PM (2 days ago)     to me 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  www.gainesville.com Gabriel Hillel <[log in to unmask]> Tue, Jan 28, 3:35 AM (22 hours ago)     to Doug, [log in to unmask], Nathan, bcc: me, bcc: Peter 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) Crabbe, Nathan

Tue, Jan 28, 8:39 AM (17 hours ago)

 

 

to me, Doug, [log in to unmask] 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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