Dear Jacksonville

It can't be 401k. Could mean health benefits

 

Morris Communications has never been a welcomed neighbor to the Duval County business community. Billy Bob showed that when he purchased the company from CSX more than 20 years ago and cleaned house right before the holidays. The move didn't set well with many.

 

And?

 

I think there was a formula (if you can call it that) for letting Bob go Moddy.
Again, Morris Communications hasn't been a friendly place for the people of J-ville.
I'm curious to see what happens in Savannah and Augusta.

 

Putting Fussman head and shoulders above the Tampa tools.

Bob and the other T-U folks reading this, good luck. And if you're inside One Riverside Drive, please remember to register with an untraceable username before you post here. Or just e-mail Moddy at the address on his profile.

 

Just awful. Bob is one of the good guys - and at least Chet Fussman showed some class by driving to tell him the news (which is more guts than we can say for the jerks in Tampa). But J-ville cutting its coverage is yet another sign this industry is in serious trouble.

 

Amen. The TU has long been good on covering things.

 

Jesus. That is awful for Bob, a good guy who has done great work on that beat for a long time. Class move by Chet to drive out there, but it's a sad fucking commentary on this business that he had to make the trip.

It's been said too many times already, on this board and elsewhere, but if this business doesn't have space for a guy like Bob Thomas...well, it just plain sucks.

 

Mind-boggling to me that major daily newspapers in Jacksonville and Tampa see it no longer feasible to cover FSU; just shows how inept management is at certain papers when they can't figure out a way to sell some ads to a very passionate fan base to support the salary of a beat writer covering not just a popular state program, but still a national one as long as Bowden keeps showing up on Saturdays...

Talked to Bob for a few minutes tonight, and he's intent on making best of a bad situation...he's still in shock stage right now, then he'll go into angry stage, then perhaps a depressed stage, then a wtf-am-I'm-going-to-do-next? phase...

He did appreciate the fact SE drove over to see him; anyway, bob is good people and I just wanted to post a note of support here since so many did when I lost my gig few months back...hope many of you will give him a shout next few weeks like you did with me...believe me, it helps

 

Really sucks. Worked with Bob for a number of years there - I left when the writing on the wall got too big to ignore. Good luck to him.