I opened my copy of Newsday, while having breakfast Friday morning, and was gratified to note that the Newsday editors had changed the story headline from the incorrect and highly inflammatory "Parents protest Elwood school merger proposal," posted on newsday.com Thursday night, to "Parents pan merger idea." It appears on page A18 of the Friday print edition of Newsday.
Now, that does not mean that the story is any better, but at least the story headline now reflects what their reporter actually wrote.
The fact that twenty-two individuals, out of some 300 + (Newsday's estimate) or 400 + (my estimate) does not represent a majority, and the fact that not all of those twenty-two actually opposed the concept of a merger (should it ever be proposed), is really not reflected in the Newsday story.
I would still emphasize the points which I included in the summary and commentary which I wrote at 01:21 on Friday, shortly after I returned home from the Thursday night Board Meeting/Information Session, and which is the prior post on Elwood Illuminations.
About Me
- Jerry Hannon
- After a thirty year career at Chase, serving as a Managing Director and Global Relationship Manager, I took early retirement in the summer of 2000, and that enabled me to become active in community, school district, and town activities. Since 2004, I have been a member of the Elwood School District's Citizens Finance/Budget Advisory Committee, and since 2005 I have been a member of its Audit Committee, and serve on three other committees of the district. During the 2006/07 school year I was President of the Elwood PTA Council, and I remain active in PTA activities. In the community I serve as EVP for Community Affairs of the Old Chester Hills Civic Association, and served the Town of Huntington as a member of its Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee. For thirty five years, I have been a Director of the NY Council of the Navy League, and currently am Chair of its Audit Committee. A Vietnam Veteran, I retired as a Commander in the US Navy Reserve, and previously commanded two Naval Security Group reserve units.