Meet The Press --- Check.
Yesterday's interview with the Independent Tribune went well. Very well. To say the kind reporter was surprised at all I'd produced by clicking around the local land registry websites would be an understatement. The article is scheduled for print next weekend.
As soon as I left the newspaper office I called a few friends who had asked to let them know how it went. No one expected much response and in fact, were surprised I had gotten a response at all from the press.
It was (and still is) my belief that 'the press' no matter who or where they are, aren't aware of this beast of a story until one of us presents it in the startling detail we see every day. So responses from my paralegal friends on the phone all went something like this: "You're sure he's reporting on it? Did he actually SAY he'd write the story?"
Looking back through archives of the Salisbury Post for similar local situations reminded me of a year or so ago when Rowan County's Register of Deeds, Bobbie Earnhardt, defended her position to the city council. Did anyone even read that series of articles?
According to Mrs. Earnhardt, one of the area's real estate agents complained after the county website was taken down because she had to drive "16 miles each way" just to collect documents "and with today's high gas prices, too!"
Well God forgive us all.
If we had just realized we were trading American security for the inconvenience of Bobbie Earnhardt and her friends, obviously we wouldn't have gone so far.
Bobbie Earnhardt's band-aid of a solution in Rowan County was to use a password and username to access the records. Whew. Since safe, local, honest residents are the only ones who want access to the documents, we'll all sleep better at night.
My message to Bobbie Earnhart: You're up for re-election, maybe that will force you to re-think your position. I challenge you to stop selling out your neighbors and friends, and provide some realistic security.
I also challenge you to provide the Salisbury Post with an IP log of visitors to your website. If common courtesy to your neighbors in Salisbury hasn't appealed to you, perhaps reading an IP log will appeal to your common sense.
India does not need free access to Rowan County records. And if India isn't on your IP list, I owe you lunch at College BBQ and a public apology.
As soon as I left the newspaper office I called a few friends who had asked to let them know how it went. No one expected much response and in fact, were surprised I had gotten a response at all from the press.
It was (and still is) my belief that 'the press' no matter who or where they are, aren't aware of this beast of a story until one of us presents it in the startling detail we see every day. So responses from my paralegal friends on the phone all went something like this: "You're sure he's reporting on it? Did he actually SAY he'd write the story?"
Looking back through archives of the Salisbury Post for similar local situations reminded me of a year or so ago when Rowan County's Register of Deeds, Bobbie Earnhardt, defended her position to the city council. Did anyone even read that series of articles?
According to Mrs. Earnhardt, one of the area's real estate agents complained after the county website was taken down because she had to drive "16 miles each way" just to collect documents "and with today's high gas prices, too!"
Well God forgive us all.
If we had just realized we were trading American security for the inconvenience of Bobbie Earnhardt and her friends, obviously we wouldn't have gone so far.
Bobbie Earnhardt's band-aid of a solution in Rowan County was to use a password and username to access the records. Whew. Since safe, local, honest residents are the only ones who want access to the documents, we'll all sleep better at night.
My message to Bobbie Earnhart: You're up for re-election, maybe that will force you to re-think your position. I challenge you to stop selling out your neighbors and friends, and provide some realistic security.
I also challenge you to provide the Salisbury Post with an IP log of visitors to your website. If common courtesy to your neighbors in Salisbury hasn't appealed to you, perhaps reading an IP log will appeal to your common sense.
India does not need free access to Rowan County records. And if India isn't on your IP list, I owe you lunch at College BBQ and a public apology.
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