By Mark Shepherd Santa Monica
I think (the Daily Press) is great. I respect your reporters and editors, enjoy your strong graphics and photos, and appreciate the voice you give to residents... like this letter from me.
Having said that: You guys made a mistake giving our area pedophile more front page ink today (“Pedophile threatens litigation,” July 31). Big deal. Anybody can threaten a lawsuit.
How about this? I'm thinking about suing Santa Monicans for Renters Rights for systematically lowering the city’s quality of life through their counterproductive and expanding empire of homeless services — for a billion dollars! $10 billion! Front page, baby!
Most newspapers, as a rule, ignore lawsuit threats because they are too easy to make and usually turn out to be nothing but bluster. Wait until the pedophile actually hires a lawyer and files his grievance in court. Otherwise, it’s merely free publicity, which is what I think he really wants, but certainly does not deserve.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 1, 2007. Read the original PDF.