Letters refuting the controversial Union-Tribune July 14th editorial that the U-T didn't want its readers to see
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Union-Tribune Editorial "flawed by material omissions"
UCAN has learned that the same day Robert Kittle published his anti-UCAN hit piece in the Union-Tribune, a highly respected Price Law Professor, Dr. Robert Fellmeth, of the University of San Diego School of Law, sent a two-page letter of protest to the Union-Tribune's Editorial Board informing them that the Opinion was in error because of "material omissions."
The Union has refused to publish Dr. Fellmeth's letter, or for that matter, the reply of UCAN's Excecutive Director, Michael Shames. The reaction is understandable. San Diego's largest newspaper has clearly crossed a line in its financially reckless endorsement of the Sunrise PowerLink - a project that UCAN opposes. If built, the PowerLink will cost ratepayers over $1.7 billion while permanently scarring a cherished national park.
Read Dr. Fellmeth's protest here (PDF format)
Read Michael Shames rebuttal to Bob Kittle here.
Related articles and posts:
Former colleague Don Bauder, and Reader Columnist, says Robert A. Kittle is guilty of "rank deception."
Bob Kittle's hit piece targeting UCAN as a "lucrative rip-off."
Bob Kittle's opinion, lauding UCAN as a "Consumers' Hero" (Mr. Kittle denies running this opinion).
UCAN's rebuttal to Robert A. Kittle's attack. (Mr. Kittle has refused to publish this document).
Bob Kittle's refusal to print UCAN's rebuttal.
Law Professor Robert Fellmeth's letter to the Union, asserting that Kittle's editorial was flawed by "material omissions."
Factual misstatements made by Bob Kittle on KPBS Radio's Editor's Roundtable.
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