West Hawaii Today Newspaper - what happened to responsible reporting?

What do you do when the only news paper in town - West Hawaii Today - splashes across its headlines

Island Real Estate continues to DECLINE!!!
Please - West Hawaii Today, verify your facts before printing such negative material.
Myth: 651 Single Family Homes for sale in North Kona (as reported)
Fact: 364 Single Family Homes for sale in North Kona (as of 11/4/09) I follow this on a monthly basis and we average around 380 - 400 a month - so I have no idea where 651 comes from.
Myth - North Kona Home Sales down <3%> !!! (as reported)
Fact - North Kona Home Sales are up, year to date 4.67% and that still doesn't paint a clear picture because sales were at a standstill the first few months of this year.
Fact - Sales for the last 7 months straight, have been either equal to or exceeded last year sales .
Fact: October Home Sales - UP over 60% from last October
Fact: September Home Sales - Up over 41% from Sept of last year
Fact: August Home Sales - UP over 60% from last August
Fact: July Home Sales - UP 100% EXACTLY
Fact: June Home Sales - UP over 27% from last June
Fact: May Home Sales - Even with last May
Fact: April Home Sales - UP over 30% from last April
We can go on and on, but the bottom line is the entire community would have better served by a - Glass half full attitude, rather than a glass half empty attitude.
JUST THINK HOW BETTER SERVED WEST HAWAII WOULD HAVE BEEN BY THIS !
Imagine a headline - KONA HOME SALES EXCEED OR MATCH LAST YEAR SALES - 7 MONTHS IN A ROW !!!
West Hawaii Today, according to the HAWAII MLS, you quoted an agent that shows 3 sales in Kona for the last 5 years - maybe next time - we might want to do things a little different.

Here is a link to the article http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/articles/2009/11/03/local/local01.txt

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Lance Owens (RS)

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