Bob, Truth speaks volumes.
There was a need for a way to keep the people of New Rochelle informed. Believe me there is a lot more going on around here than people realize or saw in the past. You filled that need and succeeded. If that need wasn’t there, TOTS would not have grown as it has. Many of your detractors or malcontents say that many things written are not true or they are made up. If you weren’t telling the truth you would not have even gotten to the original one million. So much for the Nay Sayers! People may not appreciate the manner in which it comes out some of the times, but that is the business side of journalism. Headlines sell.
People speak at Citizen to be Heard, The Board of Education Meetings, send e-mails, write letters, sign petitions, stage protests and file law suits and no one down at City Hall listens. No one responds or follows up to a question with any type of response that would even come close to being an answer. It is because of TOTS that more attention is being paid to The City of New Rochelle and The New Rochelle Board of Education for both the positive and negative reports. More is reported and not suppressed in the Journal News and picked up by the other local media today than ever before. That is because of TOTS and you are there for New Rochelle the others weren’t. More is covered here than just the news, this site preforms a valuable service for the community.
Thank You for giving the people a place to have a voice and conversation.
