Posted inFurther Down Stream

Further Down Stream June 2004

Neighbors report that police were at the Timothy Brophy property that was featured in the April Riverwest Currents in an article called “Brophy’s Boondoggles.” In early May, police reportedly closed down a crack house operation at 603 E. Burleigh, based on comments a police officer made to a neighbor at the crime scene. A near […]

Posted inNeighborhood News, Politics

Accusations Fly as Court of Appeals Campaign Heats Up

Appellate Judge Charles Schudson accuses Shepherd Express of printing an error-riddled, disinformation and attack article to support Schudson’s campaign opponent, Joan Kessler. Kessler’s husband is a close personal friend of Shepherd publisher, Louis Fortis. Fortis insists, “Other than the small items we corrected, that article is 100 percent factually correct.” Another recent article in the Shepherd falsely charged that mayoral candidate Sandy Folaron had overdue property taxes in excess of $7000. Fortis was on hand at the Folaron campaign on election night to express his apologies.

Posted inNeighborhood News

Folaron Demands Shepherd Express Correct Slander

February 5, 2004–At a 3:00 p.m. news conference at City Hall, Mayoral Candidate Sandy Folaron demanded that the Shepherd Express explain the egregious error in a recent article that stated Folaron did not pay her taxes on time. This appeared in a story written by Doug Hissom in the latest issue of the newspaper on Wednesday, February 4th. Today Folaron confirmed with the City Treasurer that Hissom did not check the matter with them and that there were no requests for any of the candidates’ tax information.