For anyone interested in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, I have started The Monroe Messenger, a blog covering all the news left fallow by the local paper. News tips and other correspondence should go to mcnews (insert your favorite symbol) wordpress.com. Among early offerings is this story (abridged) for all of you planning to have a wart removed:
Winding through the Monroe County courts is a unique case — Maldonado versus Dr. Michael A. Eufemio — in which Carlos Maldonado‘s widow claims Dr. Eufemio mistakenly proceeded with a wart removal procedure using a general anesthetic.
In 45 minutes Maldonado was dead. His widow claims the doctor proceeded with the operation when he had medical evidence that Maldonado was “not a suitable candidate for anesthesia.”
The wart was on his penis.
What a wonderful idea. This is a model that should be copied in every community in the country. I'd like to think that the local press would get antsy, but since many homegrown papers and radio stations serve up mostly boilerplate, perhaps you will escape such wrath. I suspect that once The Google sets into motion local ads and the resulting ad revenue becomes viable, this could even become a profitable venture.
..but it just begs the question: Are you a blogger or a journalist? Journalist first, blogger second or vice versa? Or should this even be debated?
I looked on the map. I know people in Schuylkill Haven, but that turns out to be the opposite end of the Poconos.
Posted by: Joyful Alternative on May 6, 2007 6:47 PM