Jason Sandford
Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.
Election? What election?
Scottie2Hottie hit the streets the day after the big Ashvegas city elections to report on the incredibly low voter turnout. Score one for Scottie, who shamed Ashvegas voters for the paltry 17 percent turnout on Tuesday.
Scottie noted that at one voting precinct, absolutely nobody showed up to vote. No. Body. What is this country coming to? Then Scottie found a good ol’ boy to ask him who he wanted to win mayor. The old boy, who looked like he’d just stashed the Bud under the seat and hadn’t shaved in about two years, said he pretty much liked that old boy Charlie Worley, but he didn’t really know. Scottie informed him that, actually sir, Worley lost yesterday. Joe Sixpack didn’t have much to say after that, being made a fool of and all with the cameras rolling.
Scottie’s story half-way makes up for the story he did the other day, totally eating the daily newspaper’s snackcake from days ago about the “Energy Loop” sculpture downtown that’s rusting and will be moved to make way for the new park on City/County Plaza. The loop sculpture is Ashvegas’ first piece of public art, and pretty damn cool. It’s sad to think it’s headed for a scrap heap somewhere.
But don’t you TV people ever get tired of munching days old news???
Chucklebox
Bob Cobweb has been a total chucklebox doing the noon weather reports lately. What gives? I mean, really. Do you just not give a eff any more, Bob? We know you’re retiring next year, but damn.
And while we’re mentioning Bob’s impending retirement, here’s a suggestion for a going-away gift: all you WLOSers, pitch in and get Bob a new apron. That piece of crap Bob’s been wearing in the kitchen just looks nasty. What is that, little pieces of duct tape covering burn holes and old stains from Charu’s chili? Do us all a favor and get the man a decent “Kiss the cook” apron, for goodness sakes.
Whatever happened to…
Hoyt Harris? Well, we’ll let Hoyt tell you:
By sheer accident I discovered your website and saw that you are trying to learn what anchors sat next to “Diva Darcel” Grimes. (I do hope you mean “diva” in the good sense, because she is a heck
of a lady.) I co-anchored with Darcel from, roughly, 1979-1982, at WLOS. She was my co-anchor at 11 p.m. Pat Smith co-anchored with me at 6. But when Smith left, Darcel and I anchored both weeknight newscasts.
I now anchor at KATC in Lafayette, LA, which sits between the Katrina and Rita hurricane zones, virtually untouched by either ‘cane.
Hoyt, glad you found us. Keep in touch.
So what ever happened to Pat Smith?
Actually, I thought it was a slang term I didn’t know!
EM: always the copy editor, aren’t you. thank you.
ddonald: excellent point. it goes both ways on the sloppy seconds – the daily newspaper has eaten its fair share.
Uhhhh, what’s a snakecake?
Ash wrote: “But don’t you TV people ever get tired of munching days old news???”
Careful there, big guy. While it’s fun to regurgitate that (unfortunately, often true) generalization, your esteemed salary source has been a day or more behind the ‘LOSers on enough stories the past couple of years that you shouldn’t be too eager to cast stones. (And, no, I can’t immediately think of an example, but I remember several times in recent months reading something in the AC-T and thinking, “Man, they’re late on this one.”)