that's what a did today.
i work at a newspaper, yet i've never written hard news.
my story is about the Veteran's Services Organization lying to me.
i called them on thursday because i wanted thm to comment on the january statistics showing that mmore servicemen died by suicide than in combat.
the VSO said they would include a proposal for a PTSD counselor in their budget proposal.
today when they submitted the proposal it wasn't included.
it pissed me off.
instead they are spending all the money on recruiting more veterans to come to our school.
so i wrote about it.
when i confronted the retired staff sgt about it in his office, i did it through a question, not a statement.
and he shuffled his papers nervously.
i made a grown man nervous.
a vietnam vet, even.
(although, i suppose that's not a huge feat).
it made me feel really strong.
i bet 7 people will read the story tomorrow.
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this is a good. you should do more investigating. you should be the new Wayne Doltafino (Channel 13).
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