In Denver Times attempts launch

From the ashes of the Rocky Mountain News, InDenverTImes.com is attempting to rise.

A group of former Rocky employees is trying to get 50,000 pledges for subscriptions for $4.99 per month by April 23. If they reach the goal, they will launch this new local news site. This is an intriguing effort in the face of a lot of newspaper's struggling nation wide. The Seattle Post Intelligencer has recently shifted to online only; its last print edition was yesterday.

Former Rocky Mountain News writers involved with InDenverTimes.com is:

Sam Adams, Tom Auclair, Lisa Bornstein, Mark Brown, Tim Burroughs,Mary Chandler, Mark Christopher, Kevin Flynn, Tillie Fong, Steve Foster,Scott Gilbert, Chuck Hickey, Cindy House, Kevin Huhn, Kim Humphreys, Jay Lee, Aaron Lopez, Gary Massaro, David Milstead, John Moore, Alex Neth,Melissa Pomponio, Bill Scanlon, Hank Schultz, Marc Shulgold,Ed Stein, George Tanner, Chris Tomasson, Bob Willis and Mark Wolf.

Will you be subscribing? Any thoughts?

At least visit the site and have a look: www.indenvertimes.com

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Ridiculous...

The economy sucks. Individuals, businesses, and the government are all hurting. No doubt about it.

I read an article on the Reuters wire about a town hall meeting in Philadelphia where the citizens were discussing whether they'd rather be taxed or to lose services. Here is the ridiculous quote:

"Hazel Whittington, 71, who missed her favorite TV show to attend the meeting, said she fears that closing swimming pools will leave young people in her neighborhood with nothing to do."

Hazel missed her favorite TV show to attend the meeting! If that doesn't emphasize how important this meeting was, I don't know what would! Maybe the network can send her out a DVD (or probably a VHS tape) with a copy of the episode. Please. Either Hazel needs figure out her priorities or the author, Jon Hurdle, needs to figure out which details to include in his story. Maybe Jon can buy her a Tivo and help her set it up.

Just a random rant...