Reply #78: A couple of columnists and reporters at the LA Times may be interested: links here [View All]

Seriously, this is a story that deserves to be told.

As I look at my morning Times, I see that Steve Lopez has written a fairly scathing column "San Diego set no enviable standard" about the Republican backslapping over how well evacuations have gone in SD versus New Orleans. Lopez is an incisive writer with an eye for hypocrisy and graft. You can write him at <steve.lopez@latimes.com> His column is on page 1 of section B, the California section.

Speaking of backslapping, the reporters who covered Bush's little tour wrote on page A19 "Bush tours the scorched Southland. Haunted by the legacy of Katrina, he seeks to convey a mesage of care and command. -- Wrapping his arms around newly homeless victims, greeting grimy firefighters and predicting 'a better day ahead' etc." The article is accompanied by one of those nauseating photos of the smiling Comforter in Chief.

The authors are James Gerstenzang <james.gerstenzang@latimes.com> and Peter Wallsten <peter.wallsten@latimes.com>

Don't forget the dot between their first and last names in their email addresses.

DUers are suggesting Keith O, which is great for a national audience, but the LA Times is our regional newspaper and it's a big, big region.

Best of luck.

Hekate