Adios to Express-News' Bonnie Pfister;
KVTV's new owners launch upgrade;
who is writing Rick Perry's scripts?

Hey, KGNS: It's not breaking news if you served it up twice the evening before and then re-hashed it for morning news consumption. Also, as surely you must recall from journalism school, breaking news just happened.
Shame on you guys, on your web page you are offering employment to someone who would have "smars and passion." Would the writer of that information be the same one who spells the identifying information under people's faces during newscasts?
At KGNS, fresh faces and good reporting from reporter Michelle Lockhart and weekend sports anchor Jay Gilmore. Lockhart is concise and pulls in professional, big-picture grasps on issues. Gilmore, likeable and pleasant, does especially well with local sports and makes every effort for correct pronunciation of Hispanic names.
Who is writing Rick Perry's scripts? There's that strange sign on Springfield just before Calton Rd. that apprises that Perry is "promoting Hispanic values." How do you do that if you are not one?
Then there are those strange Texas Public Policy Foundation press releases that tell us things like:
"Vision looms large in American History. John F. Kennedy's vision took us to the moon, Ronald Reagan's vision led to the end of the Soviet Union, and Dwight D. Eisenhower's vision produced the Interstate highway system, which has done so much to make this nation one and to fuel its unparalleled economic growth.
"But in the increasingly politicized environment of America, vision seems to have taken a long holiday."
Can vision go on vacation?
Adios to Bonnie Pfister, who has headed up the Border Bureau for the San Antonio Express-News and hello to Jeorge Zarazua who fills the position. Ms. Pfister made many of friends in Laredo and many of her loyal readers will miss her local byline.
Watch it happen! Since its acquisition June 12 by Eagle Creek Broacasting of Laredo, KVTV is implementing a host of major changes. Equipment upgrades, new vehicles, a live cam, a remodeled station, a meteorologist, and new personnel for news anchor spots are part of the changes the new owners are putting into place. Eagle Creek Broadcasting, which acquired KVTV and Corpus Christi's KZTV from the Vann Kennedy family, owns nine other stations across the country. "We've gotten the noon show off the ground in this transition period," said station manager Larry Sanchez. "In August you will see us take the noon show live on location and out in the community," he said, adding, "In four months, you won't recognize our station. There's an image package change on the way."
Sanchez said the changes in KVTV will benefit the entire community. "All three stations will be watching each other which will only mean better news coverage and better information."
The Texas Department of Transportation's web site www.dot.state.tx.us was an invaluable tool for South Texas travelers trying to get to and from San Antonio.
What's with those hokey locally produced, local talent beer commercials, in particular the one with the two business partners, one with a need to tell the other to keep his nose to the grindstone, the other responding, "Chill. Relax." They're not funny and they're kind of creepy. Who's the target audience?