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July 31, 2012 05:22 PM UTC
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Oh wait, he’s a right-wing free-enterprise loving all-American law & order type. So it’s ok if he does it.
Guess the Mesa County peanut gallery isn’t interested anymore. Welcome to the legislature, Rep. Wright! Don’t worry about these morons.
that I agree at all with A-Bot. But given the registration in HD54, a presidential election year and the fact that Wright has the R after his name, he’s all but elected. If he has any sense he’ll shut up at this point and let it die.
From the get go, the Fruita PD administration made this clear, they are trying to ruin the future career of a conservative.
Quote from the Sentinel: 7/26/12 “He resigned July 13, 2012. Guess his political aspirations aren’t likely to pan out either.”
Mr. Wright should have known that he would be under the spotlight and probably surveilance now that it appeared he would be the next conservative state rep in Mesa County. His real crime: forgetting that now he is in politics, the cheif and anyone around him that disagrees with his conservative stance on issues is probably an enemy and will use whatever he says against him.
I challenge anyone on this blog to spot the lie. What words or phrase did Mr. Wright utter that rises to the level of “dishonest cop” and the use of a federal case Brady vs Maryland? There is alot of inuendo and opinions being put forth by the chief – but little in the way of documentation.
I believe Mr. Wright has been damaged and may have a good civil suit.
Thanks for stopping by, creating an account the same day Pols first covered this story, and making 10 of your 12 comments on this blog directly in regards to this story.
Do let us know how your civil suit goes, will you?
Good guess Middle of the Road. Do have any other names you would like to throw out there?
Since Jared is involved in politics for some time now (campaigned for Tipton, was an aide for Matt Smith worked for Josh Penry), my guess is that he already has an account with Colorado Pols.
If I were advising him, I would advise him not to post anything to blogs etc.
Keep it professional and avoid cominng to your own defense – it looks too obvious and defensive. If Pols were to track down your ip address and link it to you, they can then add that to “the great cover up” theme they have been trying to help promote.
Now go back to defending your boy. You’re doing such a bang up job of it so far.
Penry the columnist at the ‘news’ paper you decried? Do tell how that works–has Jared fallen from the Penry vine or is Joshua a double agent, purposefully submitting such poorly written material to bring down the stealthily liberal GJ Sentinel?
What a prankster that Penry!
Josh’s articles really suck. I never thought of the angle to bring down the paper. That is brilliant.
Kind of ironic, isn’t it, as much as the Conservanuts like to attack public employees with no such besmirched record–yet here is one that has real issues and you jump to his defense…
Its like there is a double standard…maybe we can think of an acronym to describe this phenomenon–let’s call it the
DiaperVitter effect…Doesn’t look good for Jared – true enough. From my perspective, people have times in their lives when it is just difficult to make it to work on time. Have you ever had that happen Club Twitty?
The way I was trained to handles such situations is to document it – address the person who is tardy directly. Put it in their employee file. If and when they do it again document it one more time. Warn them in writing that if it happens again they will most likely be terminated or written up.
When I had H.R. trainiing I learned you should always give the person a chance to change their behavior. You may end up with a model employee. Set the expectation – let them know you are not blind to what is going on and you expect a change.
I am not defending tardiness here. Are you defending the chief in the way he handeled an obvious first offense tardiness issue? If it is true that “this is not the first time” – shouldn’t they put this in the file under first warning – intead of pronouncing him to be dishonest?
The chief really botched this – he is willing to jeapordize several cases and subvert justice by making this a brady issue?
Does that really make sense to you Club? Or is your partisanship more important to you than logic?
so my ‘party’ is not involved in this race. I do not see it as a Sentinel hit job, which was the gist of your previous posts. Did the chief handle personnel issues appropriately? I really do not know.
But if we are paying cops to patrol the streets–or at least ‘be in public’–then they should be patrolling the streets or in pubic. I have been fired from jobs. I have been asked to resign. In several of those cases a prior warning would have been nice–of course conservatives love them ‘Right to Work’ and ‘Employment at Will’ states, and living in one I had no recourse.
So the lack–if what you claim is true–of any other transgression in his file is irrelevant to the way most GOPers think the world should be run. Or are you saying Jared is opposed to Right to Work and Employment at Will? Interesting.
In any case I cannot see how this is the Sentinel trying to trash can one candidate in order to what? Elect the Libertarian guy? Your argument might make more sense if it were the Primary, but its not, and in spite of what Teanuts say the Sentinel is not a liberal paper.
But as the editorial indicated–integrity matters. That a conservative candidate, when the conservatives of late are trashing pubic employees for no other reason than being public employees, who is also a pubic employee is accused of graft, yeah–its an issue.
Thanks for the answer. Partisanship it is then. I can’t speak for Wright on his position on right to work. I hope he supports it.
I was referring to managing people. A good manager or H.R. person can take a bad situation and make corrections to it. Address the problem set the expectation and follow up. That is all.
So, I can deduce from your post that Club Twitty is in favor of right to work – because you seem to think it good management to not only fire on the spot for first time documented issues, but it is also good policy to make it public and smear them in the process. Your view is quite twisted. You may want to approach a shrink for that.
Is it possible for you to set aside your personal bias against all persons Republican and look at the situation from a different point of view? I didn’t think so.
Most of which you have made up.
I am not a Republican candidate in a Republican County. I support public employees, I oppose the so-called Right-to-work (but in this case, Employment-at-Will is the issue).
You were only referring to ‘managing people’ in your last post..originally you were accusing the Sentinel of being ‘yellow journalism’ and all that.
The shifting argument tactic. It might work on some, but not me. Defend your original point.
What specifically did the Sentinel report that makes you think it is ‘yellow journalism’?
I only mentioned the Chief after you did.
Twisted views indeed.
Ok. The Senile. Three related stories and an editorial? All centered around the same thing… you actually think that is good reporting? Warranted?
How many reporters does it take to capture this huge public corruption scandal. This story is huge! Better assign 4 reporters to this and have the editorial board look at it too.
While they are at it. Any mention of anyone defending Jared Wright – lets mention their background while we are at it. McInnis isn’t without his own issues… blah, blah, blah. You call that journalism?
In your world – I guess it is. Now, I didn’t study journalism but my spouse did. It is appaling what they pass as journalism these days. No wonder news print readership is down. No wonder The Sentinel is beginning to bleed red ink. People are tired of it. I am tired of it.
Everyone around these parts knows that the only reason they have been attacking the public trustees office is because the Democrat Public Trustee pulled the advertising and gave it to another paper. Better trash the public trustee now… make him pay. AND THAT MY FRIEND IS HOW THE SENTINEL OPERATES. And, no, I am not a Democrat – but I know bias when I see it. I know rumors and inuendo when I see it. The Sentinel has a bunch of bad operators in it. They slander, liable and lie on a regular basis. We who live around here know it. I am not going to tolerate it though.
What other angle can we cover this thing… come on people – the editor want’s more dirt on Wright. This isn’t enough…
It’s ok for them to ask Wright some questions – but they really need to ask some tough questions from the department as well.
– Well, I have an idea. Why not ask the Chief some tough questions too – like:
How does this rise to the level of a Brady issue?
How much money are you wasting on this?
How much money is the city going to waste trying to prosecute cases that you are nearly throwing away with this Brady thing?
Why didn’t you take care of this as a personel issue rather than making it public?
Why are you leaking information about this before Mr. Wright can get a fair hearing?
I have some issues with the Sentinel, but overall it is a good local paper. It has some great reporters that really cover the region. More so than the Denver Post. I didn’t study journalism either, but my dad did!
So there are two House seats in Mesa County. It is an election year. This man is running for office in one of those seats. He is asked to resign under questionable circumstances from his sworn job as an officer of the law. There is a story about the matter–the interview, etc. There is an article about the other candidate running for that seat–seems fair, and that he is making hay as well he can while the sun shines (and rain clouds gather over his opponent). Nothing unusual there.
There is an article on Wright asking that the Chief keep it quiet–perhaps one could argue that is overkill (or that it should have been included in the other article about Wright), but to go from that, to:
Where are the slanders, liable and lies in these articles? Your irritated innuendo and indignant suggestions don’t cut it–even if you didn’t go to journalism school. I want substance, without it just more of the same garbage you seem so bent out of shape about.
I believe that it is libelous to accuse someone of liable without proof. And unless you are talking about ‘Over the Top’ or something like that, I do not think ‘slander’ applies. Ask the wife.
As for the editorial? We who live around here have noticed that the Sentinel regularly chooses to editorialize on an article or issue they cover in that day’s paper.
You come across as someone with an axe to grind–which makes one wonder…why?
come off as a Sentinel reporter…
The slander, lies and liable have been demonstrated for a long time on various issues. I have an extensive file actually and would love an opportunity to show it off.
But lets focus on this case since it is fresh.
Wright asks them to keep it quiet. That is a reasonable request actually – because he apparently could tell they were out to make a public issue out of his tardiness. I believe Jared to be an honest guy and probably wasn’t proud of being late. The Sentinel and the cheif Angelo exploited this propensity toward honesty.
He had been caught and was asked to explain. This was a setup actually (in my opinion). From everything I have read – transcripts etc. published in the rag sheet known as The Sentinel – Jared instinctively knew they were out to destroy him – not just in his present job but his future career. His mistake was assuming these guys have a heart.
I don’t think he realized what he was up against. He gave them the benefit of the doubt. I bet he won’t make that mistake again.
The Sentinel carries the water for public officials around here. They are told to seek and destroy and they carry out their mission with glee.
I found it interesting that in the same paper there is a story about a guy who was being excused for public nudity because he was on drugs… ok excuse the man then, he was on drugs. Wright should have used that one. “Sorry I was late to work – I was on drugs.”
But instead he admitted he was late. He was ashamed of it – obviously – and he asked them to be reasonable. This is deemed a “cover up” by the Sentinel.
Think about it.
shouldn’t The Sentinel publish the lie. Let’s pinpoint it for the reader before calling him a liar.
You know the Senile dug through every word of the transcript looking for the worst details they can – yet we have no lie. I want to see the lie… if I were calling you a liar – you can bet I will point to specific words you said or wrote and show you why I believe it is a lie. But libs never question this paper as long as it is trashing a Republican.
We’re actually ALL in on it but you and Jared.
actually it is your bent. I honestly don’t think they see it or you. It is their world view. Republican bad, Dem good. Story comes out about a Dem.. they automatically think – lets get this guys side – this can’t be true. Story comes out on Republican – surely there must be more to it. Let’s get to the bottom of this. I am sure this crooked Republican has done more than this – get another angle. Get him!
And, yes they have their bias which allows them to slander, lie and liable as long as it’s the guy they don’t like. They have been doing it so long – they don’t even feel a twinge of guilt. Some call it spin, others call it bias. In my opinion – it is flat out dishonest – there I said it! The Daily Sentinel practices dishonesty in their “reporting”.
They seek to please their peers at the cocktail parties etc. The reporters eagerly seek the approval of their own boss (the liberal editor) – did I do a good job boss? Are you happy? Do you want me to kick him again? Can I boss, can I?
it reported that his chief reported ‘dishonesty.’ There is a difference. Ask the wife. It sounds from the article as if the reporter tried to get more details from both the chief and the resigned-officer. Again, you are the one making charges of ‘lying, slander (sic) and libel’ on the part of the Sentinel, yet show none. I say that is libel.
They perpetuated the lie. They didn’t even do basic reporting by asking where is the lie chief… no they only “reported” it. Not even a simple question to clear it up.
If I tell you a lie Club Twitty and you don’t check it out and then you repeat it… in my opinion you are just as guilty of lying. That simple. Yes, they slander, lie and libel all the time (my opinion of course). They practice deceit. In some cases more than others. The Sentinel hopes that with their large budget and legal staff and their “protected” speech (they believe they are protected when they lie about public personalities) they can get away with it. And it isn’t just the Sentinel – most print media called papers do it. The Sentinel is just one of the worst offenders.