Comments on: New Skipper Takes The Helm

By: TG

TG — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 01:54:19 +0000

As a 35-year old, I have to say that this is just awful news! It used to be the case that people would say, “Oh, you’re still only 35– you have plenty of time to make your career and amass your fortune, you’re still young, after all!” But now it’s just going to be, “You’re 35– why aren’t you at the top of a successful career, in a highly-paid position of power and influence, ruling over a staff many of which are your parents’ age? What is the matter with you?” Mi-Ai is that student you hated in school because she always aced the tests and blew the curve. Well, she’s still at it– only now it’s the Life Curve she’s ruined! Thanks a lot, Mi-Ai! This town used to be a safe haven for under and mid-achievers! I was able to keep up the pretense of having achieved an acceptable level of adulthood until you came along!

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:26:18 +0000

Mike has it right!! Although the City officials think Boise is big enough to compete with Disneyland and other tourist towns, reality is that it doesn’t have the resources to do so. It can’t even support direct flights to most other big cities. Hard as it tries the Statesman can’t bring in the revenue that most large corporations want. And news is much newer and faster to get off the net or tv. All we really need is a local shopping news . Sad because they seemed have more honest reporting of late!!

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:46:09 +0000

Boise is just a stop-over for any publisher. They are just passing through. When you are a transient you don’t care about the city (or the locals) regardless of if you are a publisher or a home-less person. I was not aware that the Statesman had a NEWS room – from what we see in the paper it should be called a “story re-print center” as most items are written elsewhere.

It is amazing that the paper as sooo many editors and so little news. Just shows they do more editing than reporting.

By: Alan

Alan — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 13:16:15 +0000

Mi-Ai’s husband is a Pulitzer prize winning reporter. Will he be coming to the Statesman also? Or will they have a long distance marriage? If the latter, doesn’t bode well for Mi-Ai staying long term .

By: mojo

mojo — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:09:34 +0000

And I thought that the former Statesman was bad….I honestly thought it could not be worse. I was wrong. The current rag is not worth bothering with. (making Mr. Yuk face).

By: T.J.

T.J. — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 15:04:43 +0000

Could someone tell me what happened to any mention of what appeared to be a major bike race on Hill Road Sunday? I could find no mention of it in the Saturday, Sunday or Monday Statesman. Even for those of us who don’t ride bikes, it would be nice to know what is going on. Isn’t that the kind of thing a local newspaper would cover? Very odd in my opinion.

By: insider

insider — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 03:38:17 +0000

Two years, tops.

Newsroom not seeing this as positive.

Gowler sticking around? don’t bet on it.

And how did ktvb’s website break the news before the paper did? Seems a bit… pathetic.

By: J

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 03:08:57 +0000

What is a news paper??

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 23:10:51 +0000

“Mi-Ai Parish takes the helm after Mike Petrak jumped ship over the weekend”

From what I understand, Mike was pushed overboard. He didn’t jump. He appears to have been popular among the rank and file, but he seemed unable to raise the quality of journalism during his tenure.

Maybe this is a good thing.

By: Porcupine

Porcupine — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 22:09:52 +0000

Ohhhh if only Brandi would have gotten elected none of this would have happen….