Still Talking About The Money Trail

It was time to clock out after the normal shift when the phone rang during the late news. I answer and some jackass mouths off, "Hey, since ya'll are doing stories about overtime why don't you go to Alabama and do a story on that Troopers who's family was killed and all of the overtime he's getting". At that moment, I just wanted to reach through the phone and ripped that bastard's tongue out. Knowing that was beyond the realm of possibility I realized something. One, he's an idiot. And two, C-Line still has the masses talking about one of the best pieces of journalism I've seen in a long time.

For those who don't know here's some back story. Caroline Moses, our capital correspondent, dusted off her magnifying glass and looked into some questionable practices in money spent for overtime by state government. She filed her public record request, looked over the numbers with a fine tooth comb, then went to the officials and asked them point blank about the money. Not just any money but taxpayers money. She continued to put some long hours into this until finally it was go time. The result, a great story.

Even after the initial airing of the story, followed by the numerous hits on the web, people and our peers are still talking about this one.

So C-Line that was a damn strong piece of work you did. I sense some awards in the future for this one, did you know?