New York TimesMitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York, the Senate leaders, wasted no time before forwarding the matter to the Senate Ethics Committee — a move supported by Democrats, including Mr. Franken. Lawmakers …Franken’s accuser made ‘Fish Lips’ diss after kissNew York PostAl Franken joked about raping Lesley Stahl […]
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House Passes Tax Bill in Major Step Toward Overhaul – New York Times
New York TimesHouse Republican leaders were unable to win over a number of Republicans from high-tax states like New York and New Jersey, who have fought to preserve the deduction for state and local taxes. The House bill allows the deduction of up to $10,000 in … and more …read more Source:: New York City […]
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House GOP Tax Plan Will Cost Oakland Raiders Las Vegas NFL Stadium Bond $870 Million
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House GOP Tax Plan Will Cost Oakland Raiders Las Vegas NFL Stadium Bond $870 Million. The bill will cost additional $29 million in bond debt annually over 30 years. Plus, Clark County can't float it. The Stadium itself has to pay the bill and there's no enough money generated from it to do that. A watered down stadium for UNLV would cost much less.
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House GOP Tax Plan Will Cost Oakland Raiders Las Vegas NFL Stadium Bond $870 Million
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House GOP Tax Plan,Potential Oakland Raiders Las Vegas NFL Stadium Killer, Passes
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House GOP Tax Plan,Potential Oakland Raiders Las Vegas NFL Stadium Killer, Passes The U.S. House of Representatives passed the House version of the GOP Tax Plan by a vote of 227 yes to 205 no. That House GOP Tax Plan contains the provision that renders use of tax-exempy bond financing for professional sports facilities not legal. As I wrote before, here's how it impacts the Oakland Raiders Las Vegas NFL Stadium as planned: The part of the GOP Tax Plan, which is called the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act”, that is of concern to the Oakland Raiders (as well as all of sport) is Sextion 3604. As I wrote in my post on this from last week “Section 3604 mention and take direct aim at what are called “professional stadium bonds” and reads “any bond issued as part of an issue any proceeds of which are used to finance or refinance capital expenditures allocable to a facility (or appurtenant real property) which, during at least 5 days during any calendar year, is used as a stadium or arena for professional sports exhibitions, games, or training.” That effectively kills the very bond issue planned for the Oakland Raiders Las Vegas Stadium. Period. There’s no guessing about the intent of that Section 3604 provision: it’s about as subtle, as Miami Dolphins Head Coach Don Shula might say, “as a punch in the face.” A tax exempt bond is commonly issued by a municipal government.” A number of reports have said the GOP Tax Plan is coming for a vote before the U.S. House Of Representatives, but I can report that, according to the House Majority Leader, it’s coming up for vote this Thursday, November 16th. What I wrote on November 8th still applies: In the case of Las Vegas and the Oakland Raiders, and the law that spawned the NFL Stadium Plan, that public body is Clark County, Nevada. Under the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act”, Clark County would be acting against the law in even meeting to consider doing the Raiders Bonds as the law, the Southern Nevada Tourism and Investment Act (SNTIA), instructs. Indeed, the entire part of the SNTIA would be rendered not legal if the GOP Tax Plan passes with Section 3604 intact. And a restructured Raiders Bond would have to be what is called a “revenue bond” and issued by an entity other than Clark County. The Raiders Bonds could not be issued by Clark County, as that would be illegal, and would have to rely on revenue streams generated from the stadium itself. A new, private firm would have to be formed and that would have power to issue the Raiders Bonds. The Stadium Hotel Tax could still be used, but given it’s paltry 88-100ths of 1 Percent Rate, the revenue throw-off, already small, would be almost miniscule compared to the additional debt. Trying to draw from the stadium revenue flows would quickly reveal that the Raiders already have a $27 million annual deficit in revenue from the stadium, and that’s because of the Bank of America Commercial Loan of $850 million for the stadium, and its debt burden on the stadium. Indeed, the SNTIA numbers from the meetings of the Southern Nevada Tourism and Infrastructure Committee show that such monies as event revenue were already estimated, so when you ‘park’ the Bank of America Commercial Loan into the spreadsheet, you come out $27 million in the hole – annually. And that’s before GOP Tax Reform. With GOP Tax Reform, you have bond underwriters trying to dip into a stadium money source that was never really there. The $27 million stadium operating cost deficit would just grow to massive proportions in a correctly done spreadsheet. And then there’s the construction subsidy bond for the $750 million. According to conversations I’ve had with friends who are in the sports team financing business, the new interest rate for the private version of the Raiders Bonds would be around 9 percent, or greater. When I parked that higher rate into my Raiders Bonds Calculator, that added $2.393 million in monthly debt service costs, or $28.719 million in total annual debt service costs to the bond, coming to $861,572,693.20 over the 30-year bond debt service period. Given that the current average monthly Stadium Hotel Tax Revenue that would go to the Raiders Bonds is $4.190 million, and the required Stadium Hotel Tax Revenue per month after passage of the GOP Tax Plan would be $9.052 million, it’s not hard to see that the stadium plan can’t be financed either by tax exempt bonds (because they’re not legal under the plan) or by Private Bonds given the giant debt service costs, far in excess of the current revenue stream and the small Stadium Tax Rate that caused it.
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House GOP Tax Plan,Potential Oakland Raiders Las Vegas NFL Stadium Killer, Passes The U.S. House of Representatives passed the House version of the GOP Tax Plan by a vote of 227 yes to 205 no. That House GOP Tax Plan contains the provision that renders use of tax-exempy bond financing for professional sports facilities not legal. As I wrote before, here's how it impacts the Oakland Raiders Las Vegas NFL Stadium as planned: The part of the GOP Tax Plan, which is called the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act”, that is of concern to the Oakland Raiders (as well as all of sport) is Sextion 3604. As I wrote in my post on this from last week “Section 3604 mention and take direct aim at what are called “professional stadium bonds” and reads “any bond issued as part of an issue any proceeds of which are used to finance or refinance capital expenditures allocable to a facility (or appurtenant real property) which, during at least 5 days during any calendar year, is used as a stadium or arena for professional sports exhibitions, games, or training.” That effectively kills the very bond issue planned for the Oakland Raiders Las Vegas Stadium. Period. There’s no guessing about the intent of that Section 3604 provision: it’s about as subtle, as Miami Dolphins Head Coach Don Shula might say, “as a punch in the face.” A tax exempt bond is commonly issued by a municipal government.” A number of reports have said the GOP Tax Plan is coming for a vote before the U.S. House Of Representatives, but I can report that, according to the House Majority Leader, it’s coming up for vote this Thursday, November 16th. What I wrote on November 8th still applies: In the case of Las Vegas and the Oakland Raiders, and the law that spawned the NFL Stadium Plan, that public body is Clark County, Nevada. Under the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act”, Clark County would be acting against the law in even meeting to consider doing the Raiders Bonds as the law, the Southern Nevada Tourism and Investment Act (SNTIA), instructs. Indeed, the entire part of the SNTIA would be rendered not legal if the GOP Tax Plan passes with Section 3604 intact. And a restructured Raiders Bond would have to be what is called a “revenue bond” and issued by an entity other than Clark County. The Raiders Bonds could not be issued by Clark County, as that would be illegal, and would have to rely on revenue streams generated from the stadium itself. A new, private firm would have to be formed and that would have power to issue the Raiders Bonds. The Stadium Hotel Tax could still be used, but given it’s paltry 88-100ths of 1 Percent Rate, the revenue throw-off, already small, would be almost miniscule compared to the additional debt. Trying to draw from the stadium revenue flows would quickly reveal that the Raiders already have a $27 million annual deficit in revenue from the stadium, and that’s because of the Bank of America Commercial Loan of $850 million for the stadium, and its debt burden on the stadium. Indeed, the SNTIA numbers from the meetings of the Southern Nevada Tourism and Infrastructure Committee show that such monies as event revenue were already estimated, so when you ‘park’ the Bank of America Commercial Loan into the spreadsheet, you come out $27 million in the hole – annually. And that’s before GOP Tax Reform. With GOP Tax Reform, you have bond underwriters trying to dip into a stadium money source that was never really there. The $27 million stadium operating cost deficit would just grow to massive proportions in a correctly done spreadsheet. And then there’s the construction subsidy bond for the $750 million. According to conversations I’ve had with friends who are in the sports team financing business, the new interest rate for the private version of the Raiders Bonds would be around 9 percent, or greater. When I parked that higher rate into my Raiders Bonds Calculator, that added $2.393 million in monthly debt service costs, or $28.719 million in total annual debt service costs to the bond, coming to $861,572,693.20 over the 30-year bond debt service period. Given that the current average monthly Stadium Hotel Tax Revenue that would go to the Raiders Bonds is $4.190 million, and the required Stadium Hotel Tax Revenue per month after passage of the GOP Tax Plan would be $9.052 million, it’s not hard to see that the stadium plan can’t be financed either by tax exempt bonds (because they’re not legal under the plan) or by Private Bonds given the giant debt service costs, far in excess of the current revenue stream and the small Stadium Tax Rate that caused it.
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House GOP Tax Plan,Potential Oakland Raiders Las Vegas NFL Stadium Killer, Passes
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House GOP Tax Plan,Potential Oakland Raiders Las Vegas NFL Stadium Killer, Passes The U.S. House of Representatives passed the House version of the GOP Tax Plan by a vote of 227 yes to 205 no. That House GOP Tax Plan contains the provision that renders use of tax-exempy bond financing for professional sports facilities not legal. As I wrote before, here's how it impacts the Oakland Raiders Las Vegas NFL Stadium as planned: The part of the GOP Tax Plan, which is called the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act”, that is of concern to the Oakland Raiders (as well as all of sport) is Sextion 3604. As I wrote in my post on this from last week “Section 3604 mention and take direct aim at what are called “professional stadium bonds” and reads “any bond issued as part of an issue any proceeds of which are used to finance or refinance capital expenditures allocable to a facility (or appurtenant real property) which, during at least 5 days during any calendar year, is used as a stadium or arena for professional sports exhibitions, games, or training.” That effectively kills the very bond issue planned for the Oakland Raiders Las Vegas Stadium. Period. There’s no guessing about the intent of that Section 3604 provision: it’s about as subtle, as Miami Dolphins Head Coach Don Shula might say, “as a punch in the face.” A tax exempt bond is commonly issued by a municipal government.” A number of reports have said the GOP Tax Plan is coming for a vote before the U.S. House Of Representatives, but I can report that, according to the House Majority Leader, it’s coming up for vote this Thursday, November 16th. What I wrote on November 8th still applies: In the case of Las Vegas and the Oakland Raiders, and the law that spawned the NFL Stadium Plan, that public body is Clark County, Nevada. Under the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act”, Clark County would be acting against the law in even meeting to consider doing the Raiders Bonds as the law, the Southern Nevada Tourism and Investment Act (SNTIA), instructs. Indeed, the entire part of the SNTIA would be rendered not legal if the GOP Tax Plan passes with Section 3604 intact. And a restructured Raiders Bond would have to be what is called a “revenue bond” and issued by an entity other than Clark County. The Raiders Bonds could not be issued by Clark County, as that would be illegal, and would have to rely on revenue streams generated from the stadium itself. A new, private firm would have to be formed and that would have power to issue the Raiders Bonds. The Stadium Hotel Tax could still be used, but given it’s paltry 88-100ths of 1 Percent Rate, the revenue throw-off, already small, would be almost miniscule compared to the additional debt. Trying to draw from the stadium revenue flows would quickly reveal that the Raiders already have a $27 million annual deficit in revenue from the stadium, and that’s because of the Bank of America Commercial Loan of $850 million for the stadium, and its debt burden on the stadium. Indeed, the SNTIA numbers from the meetings of the Southern Nevada Tourism and Infrastructure Committee show that such monies as event revenue were already estimated, so when you ‘park’ the Bank of America Commercial Loan into the spreadsheet, you come out $27 million in the hole – annually. And that’s before GOP Tax Reform. With GOP Tax Reform, you have bond underwriters trying to dip into a stadium money source that was never really there. The $27 million stadium operating cost deficit would just grow to massive proportions in a correctly done spreadsheet. And then there’s the construction subsidy bond for the $750 million. According to conversations I’ve had with friends who are in the sports team financing business, the new interest rate for the private version of the Raiders Bonds would be around 9 percent, or greater. When I parked that higher rate into my Raiders Bonds Calculator, that added $2.393 million in monthly debt service costs, or $28.719 million in total annual debt service costs to the bond, coming to $861,572,693.20 over the 30-year bond debt service period. Given that the current average monthly Stadium Hotel Tax Revenue that would go to the Raiders Bonds is $4.190 million, and the required Stadium Hotel Tax Revenue per month after passage of the GOP Tax Plan would be $9.052 million, it’s not hard to see that the stadium plan can’t be financed either by tax exempt bonds (because they’re not legal under the plan) or by Private Bonds given the giant debt service costs, far in excess of the current revenue stream and the small Stadium Tax Rate that caused it.
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Lil Peep, Rapper Who Blended Hip-Hop and Emo, Is Dead at 21 – New York Times
New York TimesThe months of making that music were, he said in an interview with The New York Times in April, an “absolute blur,” a stretch when he took to the microphone “when I was high enough to hear something and get inspired.” When he toured earlier this year, … and more …read more Source:: […]
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New York Today: Chicago Pizza vs. the New York Slice – New York Times
New York Times“I would take a New York City slice, served piping hot out of the oven onto a generic white paper plate as I walk around the city, over any other slice anywhere in the world. It’s not just the pizza, it’s the spirit of the city embedded in it that … and more […]
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Australia’s Curious Path to Legalizing Gay Marriage – New York Times
New York TimesCrowds celebrating in Melbourne, Australia, as the result was announced for the same-sex postal survey on Wednesday. Credit Scott Barbour/Getty Images. SYDNEY, Australia — The public opinion survey that yielded majority approval for same-sex marriage … and more …read more Source:: New York City News By Google News
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Leonardo da Vinci Painting Sells for $450.3 Million, Shattering Auction Highs – New York Times
New York TimesEarlier, 27,000 people had lined up at pre-auction viewings in Hong Kong, London, San Francisco and New York to glimpse the painting of Christ as “Savior of the World.” Members of the public — indeed, even many cognoscenti — cared little if at all …Rare Leonardo da Vinci painting sells for record $450MUSA […]
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Mark Davis Divides Oakland Raiders Raider Nation With Las Vegas NFL Stadium Groundbreaking Event
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Mark Davis Divides Oakland Raiders Raider Nation With Las Vegas NFL Stadium Groundbreaking Event
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Vicky Nguyen KRON 4 NBC News Bay Area Reporter Accused Of Bugging Teen Girl Students For Story
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Vicky Nguyen KRON 4 NBC News Bay Area's Reporter's alleged to have gone too far in covering the story-of-the moment: Stories of sexual misconduct are rampant of late, and for good reason: media economics. Online search for content under the term “sexual harassment” are at the highest level ever for that topic in the history of Google Trends. What that translates to is local news outlets trying to jump on the gossip gravy train and immitating the worst of the National Enquirer in the process: stories about sexual harassment that are not backed by fact but only by innuendo, all the time taking a huge risk of earning a defamation of character lawsuit based on psychological harm. But it's done all for advertising revenues from ads like the ones that appear on the Vicky Nguyen - KRON 4 News pages associated with the story. What Vicky Nguyen is accused of doing is going on Twitter in pursuit of comments by teenage girls at Presentation High School, what's called a “private, Catholic, college preparatory school for girls established in 1962”, and located in Mountain View, Ca. It all started when Kathryn Leehane, a former student, published an essay in The Washington Post reporting her frustration after telling teachers and police in 1990 of an alleged sexual misconduct act done to her and to another female student by an instructor who was not named, and who has since died. That opinion piece was seen by many students and parents at the same Presentation High School caused two other current students to step forward with a new series of reports – one that the San Jose Mercury News writes was serious enough to call police. Two Presentation High School teachers were put on paid administrative leave. As happens quite commonly today with this kind of story and social media, rumor ran far head of facts. Parents called for an investigation and launched an online petition, and out of that came a new round of unfounded accuations. And KRON 4's Vicky Nguyen. Trying to get their piece of the story, KRON dispatched Vicky Nguyen to work, and just that she did: first locating, then cyber searching, then tweeting out to contact already scared and confused teenage female students at Presentation High School. Why? Ms. Nguyen, undoubtedly encouraged if not directed by her assignment desk editors, wanted to interview them – many claim without Ms. Nguyen seeking parental consent. In addition, Ms. Nguyen showed up at the school search of the teenage female students, and also teachers, to interview – on camera and without parents present. Moreover, KRON's reporting worked to point an accusatory finger at Presentation High School's Principal Mary Miller. That prompted this email from Ms. Miller to parents and students of her school: Dear Parents and Students, I want to bring to your attention to a matter we find improper and disturbing. Within the last 24 hours, Vicky Nguyen (a reporter from NBC Bay Area News) direct messaged at least one of our students asking to speak to them off the record and does not indicate what she would like to discuss. This reporter has also begun following Presentation students on Twitter. We consider this action incredibly unethical and against journalistic integrity and acceptable code of conduct. Attempting to contact minors for interviews without parental consent displays a lack of good judgement and crosses obvious boundaries. Of course, students are free to speak with the reporter. Parents, we thought you should know what is occurring. We intend to reach out to NBC with a formal complaint. If you find this behavior unacceptable, I encourage you to do the same. Sincerely, Mary Miller Principal PRESENTATION HIGH SCHOOL 2281 Plummer Avenue • San Jose, CA 95125 • (408) 264-1664 THE REST HERE: http://ift.tt/2AJiWKb
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Vicky Nguyen KRON 4 NBC News Bay Area Reporter Accused Of Bugging Teen Girl Students For Story
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Vicky Nguyen KRON 4 NBC News Bay Area's Reporter's alleged to have gone too far in covering the story-of-the moment: Stories of sexual misconduct are rampant of late, and for good reason: media economics. Online search for content under the term “sexual harassment” are at the highest level ever for that topic in the history of Google Trends. What that translates to is local news outlets trying to jump on the gossip gravy train and immitating the worst of the National Enquirer in the process: stories about sexual harassment that are not backed by fact but only by innuendo, all the time taking a huge risk of earning a defamation of character lawsuit based on psychological harm. But it's done all for advertising revenues from ads like the ones that appear on the Vicky Nguyen - KRON 4 News pages associated with the story. What Vicky Nguyen is accused of doing is going on Twitter in pursuit of comments by teenage girls at Presentation High School, what's called a “private, Catholic, college preparatory school for girls established in 1962”, and located in Mountain View, Ca. It all started when Kathryn Leehane, a former student, published an essay in The Washington Post reporting her frustration after telling teachers and police in 1990 of an alleged sexual misconduct act done to her and to another female student by an instructor who was not named, and who has since died. That opinion piece was seen by many students and parents at the same Presentation High School caused two other current students to step forward with a new series of reports – one that the San Jose Mercury News writes was serious enough to call police. Two Presentation High School teachers were put on paid administrative leave. As happens quite commonly today with this kind of story and social media, rumor ran far head of facts. Parents called for an investigation and launched an online petition, and out of that came a new round of unfounded accuations. And KRON 4's Vicky Nguyen. Trying to get their piece of the story, KRON dispatched Vicky Nguyen to work, and just that she did: first locating, then cyber searching, then tweeting out to contact already scared and confused teenage female students at Presentation High School. Why? Ms. Nguyen, undoubtedly encouraged if not directed by her assignment desk editors, wanted to interview them – many claim without Ms. Nguyen seeking parental consent. In addition, Ms. Nguyen showed up at the school search of the teenage female students, and also teachers, to interview – on camera and without parents present. Moreover, KRON's reporting worked to point an accusatory finger at Presentation High School's Principal Mary Miller. That prompted this email from Ms. Miller to parents and students of her school: Dear Parents and Students, I want to bring to your attention to a matter we find improper and disturbing. Within the last 24 hours, Vicky Nguyen (a reporter from NBC Bay Area News) direct messaged at least one of our students asking to speak to them off the record and does not indicate what she would like to discuss. This reporter has also begun following Presentation students on Twitter. We consider this action incredibly unethical and against journalistic integrity and acceptable code of conduct. Attempting to contact minors for interviews without parental consent displays a lack of good judgement and crosses obvious boundaries. Of course, students are free to speak with the reporter. Parents, we thought you should know what is occurring. We intend to reach out to NBC with a formal complaint. If you find this behavior unacceptable, I encourage you to do the same. Sincerely, Mary Miller Principal PRESENTATION HIGH SCHOOL 2281 Plummer Avenue • San Jose, CA 95125 • (408) 264-1664 THE REST HERE: http://ift.tt/2AJiWKb
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Vicky Nguyen KRON 4 NBC News Bay Area's Reporter's alleged to have gone too far in covering the story-of-the moment: Stories of sexual misconduct are rampant of late, and for good reason: media economics. Online search for content under the term “sexual harassment” are at the highest level ever for that topic in the history of Google Trends. What that translates to is local news outlets trying to jump on the gossip gravy train and immitating the worst of the National Enquirer in the process: stories about sexual harassment that are not backed by fact but only by innuendo, all the time taking a huge risk of earning a defamation of character lawsuit based on psychological harm. But it's done all for advertising revenues from ads like the ones that appear on the Vicky Nguyen - KRON 4 News pages associated with the story. What Vicky Nguyen is accused of doing is going on Twitter in pursuit of comments by teenage girls at Presentation High School, what's called a “private, Catholic, college preparatory school for girls established in 1962”, and located in Mountain View, Ca. It all started when Kathryn Leehane, a former student, published an essay in The Washington Post reporting her frustration after telling teachers and police in 1990 of an alleged sexual misconduct act done to her and to another female student by an instructor who was not named, and who has since died. That opinion piece was seen by many students and parents at the same Presentation High School caused two other current students to step forward with a new series of reports – one that the San Jose Mercury News writes was serious enough to call police. Two Presentation High School teachers were put on paid administrative leave. As happens quite commonly today with this kind of story and social media, rumor ran far head of facts. Parents called for an investigation and launched an online petition, and out of that came a new round of unfounded accuations. And KRON 4's Vicky Nguyen. Trying to get their piece of the story, KRON dispatched Vicky Nguyen to work, and just that she did: first locating, then cyber searching, then tweeting out to contact already scared and confused teenage female students at Presentation High School. Why? Ms. Nguyen, undoubtedly encouraged if not directed by her assignment desk editors, wanted to interview them – many claim without Ms. Nguyen seeking parental consent. In addition, Ms. Nguyen showed up at the school search of the teenage female students, and also teachers, to interview – on camera and without parents present. Moreover, KRON's reporting worked to point an accusatory finger at Presentation High School's Principal Mary Miller. That prompted this email from Ms. Miller to parents and students of her school: Dear Parents and Students, I want to bring to your attention to a matter we find improper and disturbing. Within the last 24 hours, Vicky Nguyen (a reporter from NBC Bay Area News) direct messaged at least one of our students asking to speak to them off the record and does not indicate what she would like to discuss. This reporter has also begun following Presentation students on Twitter. We consider this action incredibly unethical and against journalistic integrity and acceptable code of conduct. Attempting to contact minors for interviews without parental consent displays a lack of good judgement and crosses obvious boundaries. Of course, students are free to speak with the reporter. Parents, we thought you should know what is occurring. We intend to reach out to NBC with a formal complaint. If you find this behavior unacceptable, I encourage you to do the same. Sincerely, Mary Miller Principal PRESENTATION HIGH SCHOOL 2281 Plummer Avenue • San Jose, CA 95125 • (408) 264-1664 THE REST HERE: http://ift.tt/2AJiWKb
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