Comments on: OHNA Press Release: LATEST VCU SCHEME BLASTED

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By: john_m

john_m — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:08:04 +0000

One difference between this site and CHPN is that this site is more closely affiliated with the neighborhood association. While I have great respect for what the Church Hill Association does, I am a step removed from what they do. This affiliation seems more appropriate for Oregon Hill. It is a much smaller neighborhood that the 20 or so that make up the greater Church Hill area, and it is facing unique development pressures. When Scott posted this and marked as a press release in the headline and also tagged it with "editorial", I think that he framed it correctly. Also, notice that every post on this site tells who it posted by, like "Posted by Scott". He effectively signs his name to everything that he posts. And finally, I have occasionally posted my opinions before, though it didn't seem to matter :)

By: tiny

tiny — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:58:22 +0000

whatever – it’s your credibility, dude

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:36:26 +0000

Comment away, but I maintain the right to moderate comments.

I also question how “one-sided” this is. Like I said, this is an Oregon Hill website, not a VCU one.

Does VCU even allow comments on their site? I don’t think so.

By: tiny

tiny — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:24:52 +0000

Scott,
I respectfully disagree with you.

While I agree with your side of the issue, I feel this entry would have more credibility if it were presented in a more neutral, objective manner.

Then, let your readers comment on the issue. You can even comment yourself, as John M. sometimes does on the Church Hill blog. However, John M. does not post such one-side entries, relying instead on the comments to bring out the different sides of the issue.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:43:36 +0000

I respectfully disagree.

This is a neighborhood blog, not a newspaper.

VCU’s website has press releases. So does Oregon Hill’s.

I’ll tell you what though, I will edit the title to make that more clear.

By: j

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:53:11 +0000

I think you really hurt your own credibility by presenting an issue in such a completely one-sided way. You try to pan off your editorial as a news story. I would seriously consider rewriting this before more than three people see it. Chalk it up to a learning experience.

By: Scott Burger

Scott Burger — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:25:52 +0000

I received some constructive criticism- and I totally agree with it.

First of all, for clarification, OHNA stands for the Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association, of which I am President of.

Its really bad form for me to post the above post in which I quote myself. Unfortunatley, I did not feel like I had much choice.

The mainstream media, with a few exceptions, has been very hesitant to cover the controversy. I had to get the blog launched right away just to make sure the neighborhood’s position was known along with the history of the stables.

The other problem is that no one else seems interested in taking responsibility for maintaining the blog in the first place. I am trying to get my neighbors to post but no one has done so despite my invitations to do so.

I am used to wearing many hats, but its not cool for me to be President of OHNA AND moderate the residents’ Yahoo email list, AND maintain this neighborhood blog. I need for more of my neighbors to step up.