Hizzoner John Giles: Cover-Boy

That's right! He's perfect that for job as "Cover-Boy" O Lordy!  
The Times Media Group Publisher Steve Strickbine featured an image of himself flashing a hard copy (the pulp-fiction print edition) of Mesa Mayor Jiving John Giles in full frontal exposure on the front page for a re-launch of the now corporate-owned namesake The Mesa Tribune - in the northeast Mesa edition.
WHOA! Could there ever be a more telling image of the unholy alliance between the mayor and spoon-fed media to deliver only the good news???
. . using the mayor as click-bait
"for the many people still want to hold a thick newspaper in their hands come Sunday. . ."
Let's go there and ask: THICK WITH WHAT????
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Corporate publisher Strickbine is in a profit-bind when it comes to attracting paid advertisers in online publishing, so now he's clearly aiming efforts for turn profits in the community news business. . . what he says is a new approach > to connect advertisers to would-be customers and clients.

Good news about the news

themesatribune.com |

By Steve Strickbine, Tribune Publisher

"If you’re passionate about reading the news, then without a doubt you’ve seen some dire stories about newspapers over the past few years. Media companies nationwide are struggling to make a profit when it comes to putting out print editions. . . "
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BLOGGER NOTE: Times Media Group owner and publisher Strickbine made sure to include a statement that Giles consented to pose by that 'iconic' delivery boy statue that's really in front of a vacant commercial storefront on Main Street [the opening image shows the other side]

Here's a more iconic real-life size bronze statue in front of 11 West Main Street >
Take a look at the headline: it reads TRUTH

Hmmm...
would Hizzoner also consent to pose with that??