Profiles in Dumbassity: How to start a war with the media that you are guaranteed to lose

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Some things need no explanation, they are the result of actions that are incredibly self-destructive and stupid beyond description.

Take, for instance, this email:

From: Isaac Turner, City Manager
To: City Council
CC: Nancy Woodley; Pam Johnson
Date: Tuesday - July 6, 2010 9:16 AM
Subject: Airport Article in Tribune From July 3 [link to article]

FYI - Kim Hackett called me Friday afternoon to confirm information she had been provided regarding airport ALP recommendations which will be provided to the City Council later this month. She stated she had spoken with a member of the City Council and just wanted to verify the facts. Kim had questions about specific details which I would not confirm.

FOP is unified in joyous support of police administration; anyone who disagrees will be made to shut the hell up

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OK, this is where PR goes hilariously wonky.

Remember that FOP vote of confidence I reported on nearly a month ago? The one where a majority of Venice Police administrators voted that they support and are in favor of the VPD administration, while the patrol and beat cops either voted the opposite or didn't vote at all?

The union, nearly one month later, has finally issued the results of their vote of confidence in Chief Williams, this in a press release. Well, they released some of the results, anyway. They're just withholding a few bits of data, like how many voted in favor of Williams' regime, how many voted against Williams' regime, how many didn't vote at all, any breakdown in rank of who voted, and what the actual wording was on the ballot.

So, other than the fact that the FOP's press release was about as illuminating as a police flashlight with dead batteries, it was very nice, incorporating complete sentences, correct spelling and mostly correct punctuation.