| The Story | "BACK IN JAIL – Dr. Elizabeth Rohr was jailed again this week after she refused to remove legal challenges to the sale of her Southlake ranch. Rohr has been in jail for nearly two months because of her refusal to comply with orders from a U.S. bankruptcy judge. She contends she is an American Indian and that the court doesn’t have jurisdiction over her." |
| News worthiness (on a scale of 0 to 5) | ** |
| The Spin | Saying that she likes her odds, she will next seek a change of venue to Winstar Casino. |
| The Story | In an odd development, Wise County
employee Brenda Bosecker donated $6,000 to the county to reduce
election costs and expenses. |
| News worthiness | ** |
| The Spin | County commissioners
immediately began an ad campaign of "Tithe 10% to County
Government - The Lord Mentioned Something About Giving Unto Caesar" . |
| The Spin | To assist the local volunteer fire
departments, the county provides each with $5.000. This was followed up
by "the New Fairview City Council that approved an $8,500 donation to
the East Wise Volunteer Fire Department." |
| News worthiness | * |
| The Spin | New Fairview has an extra
$8,500? |
| The Spin | The United Way of Wise County far exceeded its goal of $275,000 with total pledges of $311,628. |
| News worthiness | * |
| The Spin | We wonder what amount of
the pledges never come through? |
| The Story | No
rain and windy conditions lead officials to issue a "red flag" warning.
Additionally, the president declared Wise County a "disaster area"
leading the way to federal funds. |
| News worthiness | *** |
| The Spin | White house officials
later admitted they were confused by the "red flag thing".
"We saw the color red and just got our
wires crossed. But we would like to add that Walkerie is doing a
heckuva job down there," said a White House release. |
