From: Brcphilpott1
To: John.Oloughlin@latimes.com
Sent: 3/23/2009 3:38:23 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time
Subj: Appeal of a Decision
Mr.
Olaughlin, I would like
to appeal a decision by the Glendale News Press Editorial staff that
denied a piece I wrote in response to a letter published on March 14-15,
2009.
The letter was written by a retired
Glendale Fire Chief. His
letter titled, "Philpott
not the candidate for safety" referenced a letter I
had written and published on
While I respect and believe this policy to
be sound, I also believe that this particular case is an exception and falls
outside of this policy. As you can see
by scanning down the list of letters or community commentaries over the past
five months, there were seven pieces published critical and two favorable to my
position. So there has been a history of back and forth with a factor of two to
one in favor of my critics.
The other element here that would also
take it outside of your policy of one to one is the fact that in February
of this year, I was certified by the city clerk to be a candidate for city
council. Having published Mr. Hinz letter during the campaign season (three
weeks before the vote and right in the middle of the vote by mail process which
in 2007 constituted 58% of the all votes cast), and denying me an opportunity
to rebut him doesn't seem fair. His
letter would be the eighth critical of my position, to the two that were
not, with both in favor written by me. Mr. Miller told me that he had run
it by Dannet Goulet
and she affirmed his position.
So that you are aware, the three
candidates endorsed
by the GNP are the same three candidates that
the fire union have endorsed. All of the letters that
the GNP has published, some going back before those identified below, have
to do with fire department staffing.
Because the letter published by Mr. Hinz appeared during the campaign season and only
referenced in a very minor way a letter that I wrote and published on
I obtained the published letters through Google.
Bruce Philpott
818.240.8949
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