| On the Record with Enrique and Ralph [Page 4 of 7] | |||
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"The phrase, 'the waterless water district': I came up with that phrase." — Michael Burgess No he didn't. It turns out that a Union-Tribune headline writer came up with it about 18 months before Burgess even started at The Star-News. What caused him to think he'd had an original thought? Well, possibly he was scammed by his reporter, who assured him that the Tia Juana Valley County Water District story had scooped The U-T. Of course, Burgess should have checked online. "It's not my intention to make him look bad." — Michael Burgess |
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| "Some people believe the reason I got fired last Thursday was because I had to spike a story last Wednesday." — Michael Burgess | |||
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| The toughest chore at The Star-News was the thinking up of an idea for the cartoonist to draw. | |||
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