I found the following article in a previous edition of the HV News.  Mr. Langan is not unfamiliar with targeting elected officials. But apparently he got tired of Tyner and moved on to the current Town Board. What is with this guy anyway? Does he get some pervertial enjoyment with creating chaos in elected officials lives? Do you have to advertise in his paper if you're in office for this guy to give you a fair shake?

But Tyner does make a good point with his accusations of Langan 'ruining his life' and 'wanting to run the county.'
http://issuu.com/hudsonvalleynews/docs/11-11_hudsonvalleynews

TO OUR READERS: On Monday, County Legislator Joel Tyner sent a letter to Hudson Valley News regarding his campaign and recent criticism of his actions at Rhinebeck High School. He has also asked his supporters to fi ll our in-boxes with e-mails requesting we publish the letter. While we feel it’s important to allow our elected officials to express themselves in our newspaper from time to time, we have learned the baggage that comes with helping Tyner address his constituents is simply not worth the effort. From the very beginning, we have tried to be a friend to Tyner. We have printed his letters to the editor, run numerous letters endorsing his candidacy, wrote a halfpage, unbiased candidate profile about him, covered his debates, ran a number of photos of him and published an entire column endorsing him for re-election. This doesn’t seem to be enough for Tyner, though. On the day before Election Day, during a phone interview with Hudson Valley News reporter Christopher Lennon, Tyner became irate and screamed at Lennon, saying he and Executive Editor Jim Langan think they “run Dutchess County.” He further accused the newspaper of trying to “destroy” him. Mind you, this conversation occurred days after the paper ran a glowing endorsement of Tyner by columnist Jonathan Smith. Days later, Tyner logged onto his Twitter page, and between an illegible series of parenthesis and ellipses, wrote something to the effect of “Why won’t Hudson Valley News die?” He’s also written some less-than-favorable comments about the newspaper on his blog. Tyner likes to tell people the local press ignores him. As a new newspaper in town, we’re starting to see why. Nothing is good enough. When the papers report on him, we get it all wrong because we’re part of some vast rightwing conspiracy hell bent on ruining him. When we back off, we’re ignoring him because we’re part of some vast right-wing conspiracy hell bent on ruining him. We hope Tyner rethinks his tactics and public relations strategies, but we doubt that will happen. We do not feel obligated to provide Tyner or any other political fi gure a forum to vent or promote themselves. We will continue to cover Tyner but on our terms, not his.

The Ferret
9/5/2011 02:29:09 am

Advertise in Langan's failing paper and he will not spew lies about you! Brilliant observation! The present town board should do this. Why didn't Serino share this information. As we all know, she favors the open exchange of ideas, as long as they agree with her idea (if such a thing exists).

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