Press file photo: Boo!
I always believed the best day to be in the office was the day after Halloween, when co-workers would share their left-over candy, but the pickings are slim here at the APP this morning. Only a handful of bite-sized Butterfingers are available. Check my Twitter page for updates throughout the day.
Anything else happening this week?
*Cablevision customers yesterday got the pleasure of seeing an anemic Jets offense and an anemic Texas Rangers offense. Seeing that the government wasn't going to get involved, Cablevision ended the Fox blackout Saturday by meeting the network's demands and paying what it called "an unfair price." "In the end, our customers will pay more than they should for Fox programming, but less than they would have if we had accepted the unprecedented rates News Corp. was demanding when they pulled their channels off Cablevision,” a Cablevision spokesman said. (News Corp. owns Fox.)
*Is your credit history an indication of how you'll perform on the job? Many employers think so and run credit checks on job candidates, setting up an interesting paradox: How can you improve your credit score if you can't get a job? New Jersey Assemblyman Ruben J. Ramos Jr., D-Hudson, and Assemblywoman Cleopatra Tucker, D-Essex, sponsored a bill that would prohibit employers from requiring credit checks as a condition of employment. There are a few exemptions such as managers responsible for setting the company's financial direction, employees who get expense accounts, and law enforcement.
*The election is tomorrow and I couldn't be more pleased. In an election year that has a lot of serious, complicated issues, the campaign ads have left much to be desired, making me long for the days when you could be called out for accusing your opponent of advocating nuclear annihilation. Can anyone tell me, on the eve of the election, what either party plans to do to get banks lending again? Or to revitalize the American manufacturing sector in a global economy? Or to pay down the deficit without sinking us into another recession? Or to fix the foreclosure mess?
If I didn't know better, I would think that in the absence of new ideas, politicians have resorted to name-calling.
