Comments on: The Capital Claims To Know Voter Intent http://www.eyeonannapolis.net/2009/03/22/the-capital-claims-to-know-voter-intent/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-capital-claims-to-know-voter-intent ...it's about the quality of life! Thu, 17 May 2012 13:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jesse Barron http://www.eyeonannapolis.net/2009/03/22/the-capital-claims-to-know-voter-intent/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Jesse Barron Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:54:01 +0000 http://www.eyeonannapolis.net/?p=693#comment-111 We all know that The Capital isn't the best at getting correct numbers published. Friends and family tell me that they CONSTANTLY misprint lottery numbers. I can only imagine how upset I'd be if I turned to the paper for the numbers -- thought I had won because of what they published -- and then found out that I wasn't a winner. Power Ball is my retirement plan! We all know that The Capital isn’t the best at getting correct numbers published.

Friends and family tell me that they CONSTANTLY misprint lottery numbers.

I can only imagine how upset I’d be if I turned to the paper for the numbers — thought I had won because of what they published — and then found out that I wasn’t a winner.

Power Ball is my retirement plan!

]]> By: Mike Netherland http://www.eyeonannapolis.net/2009/03/22/the-capital-claims-to-know-voter-intent/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Mike Netherland Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:25:45 +0000 http://www.eyeonannapolis.net/?p=693#comment-99 Well it would be interesting to know what the voters were thinking when they voted for an amendment to the state constitution to legalize slots. It's probably the same thing women are thinking when they drive with their knees at 60 mph while applying eye-liner. But I agree that the Kapital board of editors is a day late and $600 million short. I don't know if "disdain" is the word to describe what I preceived as the editorials' position on the issue. The paper was definitely not openly supportive and may even have expressed skepticism and cautious doubt in an editorial or two. This while its news columns ran verbatim press releases from MD Chamber of Shameless Opportunists and the gaming lobby. So what I think you are seeing in this editorial is a "See! I told you it probably might not be a prudent thing to amend the constitution for the sake of legalizing slots" shot at redemption. <abbr><em>Mike Netherland’s last blog post..<a href="http://mikenetherland.blogspot.com/2009/03/striking-teachers-and-bay.html" rel="nofollow">Striking Teachers and The Bay</a></abbr></em> Well it would be interesting to know what the voters were thinking when they voted for an amendment to the state constitution to legalize slots. It’s probably the same thing women are thinking when they drive with their knees at 60 mph while applying eye-liner.

But I agree that the Kapital board of editors is a day late and $600 million short. I don’t know if “disdain” is the word to describe what I preceived as the editorials’ position on the issue. The paper was definitely not openly supportive and may even have expressed skepticism and cautious doubt in an editorial or two.

This while its news columns ran verbatim press releases from MD Chamber of Shameless Opportunists and the gaming lobby.

So what I think you are seeing in this editorial is a “See! I told you it probably might not be a prudent thing to amend the constitution for the sake of legalizing slots” shot at redemption.

Mike Netherland’s last blog post..Striking Teachers and The Bay

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