Jason Sandford
Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.
Three-year-old video tape is breaking news
The past couple of nights, WLOSers have gone all out, including leading a couple of infotainment casts, with a story about a three-year-old video tape. What does it show, you ask? A politician accepting a bribe? Some illicit sex? It must be good, right, if it’s three years old and making the news, right?
Well, not exactly. Turns out the tape shows a teenage redneck doing a Dukes of Hazzard hop through an intersection in the small town of Robbinsville. The driver gets a little air in the first run, but really soars on the second run.
So who cares? Well, WLOSers cared because its sweeps and its some interesting video. And whoever sent Michelle Boudin the video clip said the tape shows the need for a police force in the tiny town. WLOSers let the Graham County Sheriff’s Department see the tape, and those good old boys said the tape was just evidence of some political machinations, just somebody trying to make them look bad.
Just as we all started to yawn, Boudin came back the next night with an exclusive – an interview with the dumbass redneck driver of the car in the tape, who dubbed himself “the legend of Robbinsville.”
The dumbass punk told us exactly what we already knew – this isn’t anything more than some bored teens doing something done. No more, no less. Boudin sexed it up by casting the driver in the dark, because he didn’t want to be identified.
Yawn.
Lesbians still pissed
Cherub Charu told us about a downtown rally to support the lesbian couple that claims they were fired from their jobs taking photos at the Wolf Laurel ski resort because they’re gay.
Turns out the lesbian couple is still pissed. The couple claim discrimination, even though they have no legal leg to stand on. They’re mad that the ski resort is still using photos they took.
Charu said the cable channel Logo, which is all about gay and lesbian programming, is doing a story about the local couple. Guess we’ll see what comes of this all.
Cuevas guesses rain, snow, sleet, hail, slush – gets it right
Chief weather-guesser Mike “Cabana Boy” Cuevas guessed just about every type of weather in the book on Friday and, in so doing, got it right! It did snow and it did rain and we did get some slush. Way to go Mikey!!!
Is sweeps over yet?
Sweeps is almost over, right? I hope so, because so far, WLOSers have been pretty lame in bringing us some sexy stories.
Yup, 75 people showed up, but the other 199515 in Asheville/Buncombe didn’t, so I would suggest that 99%+ don’t give a rip that a couple of lesbians got canned. No one cares but a few gays, a gay TV network, and WLOS.
The lesbians DO have a legal leg to stand on with the resort continuing to use their pictures. Laurel Scherer owns the copyright to her images, and English and Bussey continue to violate that copyright after several cease and desist letters. And any rally that can get 75 people out on a day like today sounds like some pretty pissed off people to me.
Why did that make cutie-pie Holly Headache stand out in the cold Saturday morning for live shots about snow that had yet to fall?
Not that I mind seeing her in her winter finery and little hat.
It’s much better than that albino eskimo outfit Susan "I have a case of the" Munday always insists on suiting up in. Munday looks like an extra from "Moonraker" in that getup.
Hey Holly.. I know you’re reading this. Pick up the phone and call a brotha on the Lightnin’ Line. Vegas can give you my digits.
Kaboom!.. rumble, rumble, rumble.. it’s never too late for Valentine’s Day, honey… The Lightnin’ is smitten.
-WL-