I was just cruising the Weekly’s past issues trying to come up with a never-used person, place or thing to run out of town for the 2007 edition when I came across…
Rodney Glassman who was run out of town in 2003 by the late, great reporter Chris Limberis.
Chris, if you’re up there still reading the Weekly, I wonder what you’re thinking?
Maybe it can better be said — making a difference in four years or … perhaps, not.
This article appears in Nov 8-14, 2007.
Chris actually had nice things to say about Glassman after he (Glassman) reacted with a sense of humor to his boot out of town. So, I don’t know.
I saw that too. What a hoot! It will be intersting to see how Glassman works out and if what Chris had to say still applies.
Actually if one had lived here longer than a wink and had been sentient one would wonder whatever happened to: Mike Boyd, Allan (sp?) Lang, Ed Moore, “Dim Bulb” Paul Marsh, Hooters K, Gary Triano, the physically attractive woman at PCC Board who practiced witchcraft, Kromko we know, Chief Smith, etc, etc…time for some followup, Jim Nintzel?
isn’t triano the guy that was blown up at La Paloma?
Yes, that’s correct wanda (Red Star only remembers it for the traffic jam, really)…yet Dupnik/State of Colo/America’s Most Wanted was hot on the trail to the perp(s?) a year or so ago and then it just it kind of fell off the map…
Wanda,
You have a good memory but of course that was before I moved to Tucson.
I googled triano + La Paloma + Tucson and came up with
http://www.kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=5376248
and another one written by Chris Limberis
http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Currents/Content?oid=44656
The one (ca 6 years ago) by Limberis was very good alt reporting in capturing and detailing the event and placing it in context…it really was a good Tucson read…whatever happened to Limberis?
I’ll let Jimmy handle this one, but in short: Chris Limberis was a good man.
Red Star,
Chris Limberis passed away two years ago.
Check it out – http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/101229
Oh, Red Star new this about Limberis but others may not have known, and may not have known about the body of work.
Now, let’s get back on some semblance of track before the hammer comes down…
From the distant (lazy) and virtual picket line,
Red Star
Here’s a link to some info about Chris: http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Currents/Content?oid=75278
And some more information: http://www.ananews.com/HallofFame/mbrs/HOF2006Limberis.htm
Oh yes, we know this about Limberis. Now let’s get back on some semblance of track before the hammer comes down: about those other folks listed above…
The 2003 article you link to also contains an item by Jimmy Boegle predicting the imminent demise of the Tucson Citizen. Guess that was a bit premature, eh?
Good point, Sin, though I’d still argue it’s only a matter of time. Their circulation is down into the low 20s (see http://www.azstarnet.com/business/210526), down 10,000 from the 33,000 I cited back in 2003.
Such a loss of readers is a form of demise in and of itself. Let me make one thing clear: I am sad to see this. Two-daily-newspaper towns are a great thing, and the Citizen has a lot of great people working there. I don’t want to see the Citizen die. But it’s happening.
Thanks for the information, Jimmy. I’m sure time will prove you right. Perhaps the Star and Citizen will merge into the Startizen.
When is the next “running people out of town” column? This coming week? Those are good reads.