The Roundup is now "reporting" that Payson Mayor Kenny Evans has $550 million pledged for a four-year college -- up from $500 million in the last story, which was up from $70 million before that.
The Roundup says it can't ask Kenny for a list of investors, or to even talk to one of the investors, because it is not an investigative newspaper.
To which we say, "Hogwash." It's a simple question and a simple phone call. It's not investigative reporting.
And to put it in perspective, $550 million is more than the gross domestic product (the value of all goods and services produced within a nation in a given year) of 31 nations, including Grenada, Samoa, the British Virgin Islands, Tonga, and the Marshall Islands.
We're willing to bet anyone a cup of coffee in the new college's student union that Kenny does not have $550 million in pledges. And we challenge the Roundup to do its job for once and verify what Reporter Pete Aleshire is writing.
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So, why doesn't the Connection do the investigative work?
We can't continue to blame The Roundup for acne and stomach ache forever. If we are to be the great alternative, we must stand up and prove we are better. Continuing to blame the bad guys for not doing their job properly is only effective if we do it far better.
Come On guys!
Do you think Kenny Who would give Jim Keyworth or anyone at the Gazette information? No way would he do that, he's joined at the hip with Aleshire and the Roundup, who reports what Kenny tells him to report.
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