As a journalist, I am often asked if I can get information that regular citizens cannot just because we are the press. Although some of my colleagues may disagree with me, we are not entitled to any great rights or privileges than other citizens. We have just learned how to seek out information.
The other night at a commission meeting a colleague - and I use the term loosely - kicked city staff off of a table she was using because she claimed the table was reserved for the press. I was disappointed they moved. But they moved next to me, sitting in the regular seats.
"You know that's BS, don't you?" I asked the Fire Chief when he settled in the chair next to me.
"I know it, but I didn't want to start a fight," he said, "but as far as I'm concerned she can kiss my . . ."
Sorry but I believe furniture purchased with public funds belongs to everyone. There is no elite seating for the presss.
So to my colleague: "Get over yourself."
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