Couple years ago publisher
Submitted by Anonymous Source (not verified) on Mon, 07/14/2008 - 3:44pm.

Couple years ago publisher ScottC promised Columbian employees that his new building wouldn't affect staffing levels. The commercial tenants haven't arrived and he's dumping his newspaper staff.

LouB has been editor of the Columbian during the highest period of growth Clark County has experienced and circulation remained flat or declining. Not true for other newspapers in the state during this time a few years ago, Tri-City Herald and Tacoma News Tribune saw circulation gains during this same period of growth. All Lou can claim during this time is an empty case of hair dye in his lame efforts to be "funky." (Oh yeah, and that pesky discrimination settlement involving one of Lou's managers that ScottC wanted kept out of the courts.)

A typical corporate newspaper would now be sending LouB on his way. He knows this. The blood-letting is done and it's time to bring in someone new to lead the healing process. Keeping LouB around now will be suicide for the Campbell family newspaper. Journalism deserves better.

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