Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Limo watch: Is board of directors still working?
As directors near a crucial vote on the dividend, Anonymous@6:45 p.m. reports from Corporate: "Pitch dark out. Limos are still outside."
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Why do they need limos?! Not trying to be a party popper... but wouldn't black or blue sedans be fine. Or what about a shared mimivan. I've heard they can transport a lot of people at one time. Having board members arrive in limos is a wasteful, dumb intimidation tactic. Do these directors normally ride around in limos? Perhaps I am out of touch with reality on this issue, but what is wrong with a little financial prudence?
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't be offended by towncar service. I enjoy it, myself. I don't expect them to use cabs ... Cabs are awful there.
ReplyDeleteLimos are a bit much, however. Especially if they are waiting all day.
USA Today sent a private "black car" and driver to ferry me to Arlington, Va., from Dulles airport, when I came for my job interview in early 2000. That would have been one of Ford's Lincoln Town Cars, I believe.
ReplyDeleteWhat about chauffering them around in hybrids?
ReplyDeleteI was thinking it would be nice if they could file a couple updates to the website; make a couple sales calls at that hardware store that hasn't bought an ad since May 2005 -- and, oh, gas up the publisher's car, please! (But no OT!)
ReplyDeleteThe Board must still be eating their chocolate-covered strawberries for dessert.
ReplyDeleteDo the porters -- uniformed in white jackets -- still dangle those strawberries over the director's open mouths, until they bark like seals?
ReplyDeleteMaybe they're having an old person orgy and using the leftover chocolate sauce as lubricant. EW!
ReplyDeleteIt's way too late for Donna Shalala to be awake. I think they snuck out a back door. The limos are a diversion.
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ReplyDeleteI just threw up in my mouth.
8:42:
ReplyDeleteI just threw up in my mouth.
Any sign of the "suits" from AXA and/or Brandes? This would be an ideal forum to express their desires, intentions, etc.
ReplyDeleteHey, Jim.
ReplyDeleteI had to flag down my own taxi at the airport when I went to USA today for a job interview. Didn't get the job, either. Karen Jurgensen was editorial page editor at the time.
Maybe there Hursts not limo's
ReplyDelete12:00 a.m.
ReplyDeleteIs that a pun disguised as a typo? Hurst? lol - unless it really is a typo masquerading as an unintentional pun.
What limos? They were town cars.
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