Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Following Western State
It's been interesting to follow the departure of the very popular boss Andy Phillips from one of Lakewood's largest employers, Western State Hospital. Today's story was fascinating, and it sounds like the paper will have an editorial tomorrow. I'm glad the paper seems fixed on this story. I have no idea what happened within those walls. But Andy is a very highly regarded member of the local community. This is a case people will want to follow. Be interesting to see what develops.
One has to approach any such story like this fully aware that there is a lot working against any accurate account of what happens in a labor situation. Every time I've seen news coverage of a personnel case I knew about, there was one reason or another the account was incomplete. There are a lot of privacy protections, among other things, that work against full disclosure of the facts and passions in a labor situation. But we should be glad the paper is trying.
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One has to approach any such story like this fully aware that there is a lot working against any accurate account of what happens in a labor situation. Every time I've seen news coverage of a personnel case I knew about, there was one reason or another the account was incomplete. There are a lot of privacy protections, among other things, that work against full disclosure of the facts and passions in a labor situation. But we should be glad the paper is trying.
