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| Mike Pirtle: A little fall fashion change for the Post |
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By: MIKE PIRTLE, Post Publisher
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Posted: Sunday, August 16, 2009 7:23 am
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Readers will likely notice some cosmetic and content changes in The Post this week.
As with anything else, after a while we needed a bit of a different look.
Most noticeable will be the change in our body type that allowed us to make the type somewhat larger and decidedly more readable, addressing an issue newspapers constantly hear, especially from a certain sector that includes this writer.
With fall not far way, we felt it was a good time to change our wardrobe somewhat, look at tweaking some parts of the paper and moving a few pieces around (for instance our weekly Civil War/history sanding feature is now at the end of the news pages right before the classified ads and is called “Looking Back,” a bit of a play on words.)
We are also setting up areas for readers to contribute, particularly photos of pets and kids with another post for just any photo a reader would like to share. It can be fun at a family picnic, sunset on the Greenway, something goofy, a sports play, whatever.
Send your photos to online@murfreesboropost.com.
Soon we will be making changes to our Web site. If you haven’t, check it out. While we add news pretty much 24 hours, well, OK, not so much from midnight to 6-7 a.m., we try to publish most of the day’s developments by 3-4 p.m. weekdays and in the morning on weekends.
If you’d like to get tomorrow’s news today, check us out online and signup for the daily email blast to get that day’s news, obits and all. You’ll find yourself ahead of the information game.
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Smyrna and the community lost the services of another notable leader recently when Mayor Bob Spivey had to resign due to health reasons.
Spivey tendered his resignation when his health simply made it impossible to fulfill his duties, as he would want to do them.
During his time as mayor of Rutherford County’s second largest city, and now one of the state’s larger non-metro cities, Smyrna saw construction of StoneCrest and major expansion and establishment of a Motlow College campus, plus virtually unimaginable retail and dining growth.
We wish Mayor Spivey success in his rehab efforts from a serious stroke and hope to see him back in the community.
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At a reception in Smyrna last week I was talking to a public relations friend who brought up a positive community attribute we so often overlook.
And, the late Steve Fitzhugh, whose major contributions to Smyrna/Rutherford county Airport Authority were noted here last week, and former Mayor Spivey are two examples.
The attribute that many in his community do not recognize but that has been in play many, many years now is the ability of our various governmental agencies and others to work together for the common good.
Some might say, well, duh.
But, if they just look at many of the communities around us, they will learn quickly and conclusively that we are more the exception than the rule.
Maybe the arrival of Nissan brought about that community cooperation here.
Certainly, working together made a major step forward when then County Executive (before we called that office county mayor) John Mankin and late, great Murfreesboro Mayor Joe B. Jackson got the county and city to work together on Main Street, Inc, and the Vine Street project where city hall, Linebaugh Library and the public square parking garage sit.
The joint airport authority was another major advancement.
More recently the highly successful Destination Rutherford, host of the reception, married governmental agencies and the private sector in a major way to benefit us all.
Could we see even more cooperation among our various powers and players? Sure, probably always. Planning is the first to come to mind. But, we also have to recognize that in some areas, planning being a major one, the needs and expectations for city residents and county residents differ greatly.
And, that’s not even factoring in the huge challenge that growth has brought to all entities in this community since 1982.
All in all, and especially in comparison to so many others, this community sets a good example of seeing the big picture and working together. |
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