| Times editor to leave paper
The editor of the Los Angeles Times will leave the paper in a dispute over newsroom cuts, becoming the fourth senior executive in less than three years to depart after resisting budget reductions.
James E. O'Shea, editor since November 2006, said Sunday that he was forced out after disagreeing with Times Publisher David D. Hiller's plan to shrink the newsroom budget.
"We did not share a common vision for the future of the L.A. Times," O'Shea said.
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May 2006
This fancy marigold, and five of his seedpack mates joined the cast of the garden yesterday, as I prepare beds for the impending planting out of our great looking tomato plants.Posted by PicasaHeading back to tour by the gardens around the house, I found the blue columbine opening nicely...Posted by PicasaThere's an old azalea at one end of the front garden. Last year I had to trim off lots of deadwood, and it's left looking almost standard-like, with some newer growth at the bottom. This year, at the very base of the bush, we are enjoying a single blossom. At least it's a great one!Posted by PicasaYes, and there's still more spiderwort in bloom. Someone wrote to me to tell me that they are known in Provincetown as Widows Tears (a sweeter name than what I knew it by)...and I've since found that it's called that in some plant catalogs, as well.
Customer Service Tops NRF Agenda
When it comes to customer service in the U.S., no one does it better than L.L. Bean. That is the conclusion of the third annual National Retail Federation/American Express Customer Service Survey shared with attendees at the NRF's Annual Convention in New York. How is it that some retailers talk about service and deliver it while others just talk? REGISTRATION ONLY TAKES A MINUTE!
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