May I Have a Word? Job Fair
The Dallas Morning News set off a chain of events with a tweet. Yes, that's right. The DMN has its own Twitter feed. Anyway, the tweet that caused the ruckus:
"Hot after laying off 300 teacher DISD is ... hosting a job fair looking for 200 teachers. Stay classy, DISD."Tim Rogers, on Frontburner, took exception to the snarky "Stay classy, DISD." Rogers views tweets as news, not opinion, and thinks this particular tweet blurs the boundary between those two domains.
Rogers' blog prompted DISD spokesman Jon Dahlander to object, too. He says the DISD event was not a job fair. It was an "information session." Apparently, the DISD is not hiring 200 teachers right now, just distributing information to individuals interested in becoming teachers next year. Rogers sided with the DISD spokesman, accusing the News of writing a "sloppy headline" and noted that the News changed its story headline to correct "job fair" to "job information session."
All this prompted Michael Landauer, on The Dallas Morning News Opinion blog, to stand up for the reporters, tweeters, and headline writers at the newspaper. He asks, "since when do we let PR guys tell us that 'information sessions' for potential hires are not 'job fairs'?" Landauer insists that the DISD event was, in fact, a job fair. The DMN's interview with Dahlander certainly implies that the event was a job fair. He says DISD needs to be "recruiting," that this is the time of year the DISD "begins its search," and that "applicants need to be identified well before this school year ends."
In this little fracas, I'd say the advantage goes to Michael Landauer. Stay classy, everyone.
Richardson Restricts Residential Street Parking
The Richardson City Council passed an ordinance limiting parking on residential streets to homeowners and guests between 2 and 8 a.m. Officials say the ordinance will only be enforced if they receive homeowner complaints. Adam McGill reported this on Frontburner, which set off a chorus of ill-informed complaints.
Homeowners know who their guests are. Officials will act only upon receiving a homeowner complaint. Yet reader "Jim" asks, "How do you know who is a guest? Unenforceable anyone?"
The ordinance was prompted by the lack of available street parking in residential neighborhoods. The ordinance will ensure that your neighbor doesn't use the street in front of your house as his regular overnight parking spot. Yet reader "Whisky Tango Foxtrot" asks, "I go to a movie at a theater behind your house at 5 p.m., and you come home from work at 6 and have nowhere to park, you’re SOL? ... Worst. Ordinance. Ever."
Again, the ordinance ensures that a homeowner will have parking available in front of his own home, whether he uses it for himself or for guests. Yet reader "amandacobra" says, "No more visiting friends, attending parties or stopping by to say hello. Just forget about it."
Reader "Steve" blames the parking problem on the "Asian population." Reader "Stuart" blames them and the "Hispanic population." As the commentary descends, reader "Brent D." laments, "@Dmagazine. My condolences for the trolls finally finding your once awesome blogs."
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