Hartford Courant To Reporters: Eat Paper Ballots

MEMO OF THE DAY:

Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 8:59 AM
To: Courant News Staff
Subject: No election night food

"Given how tight our operating budget is, we're not going to be providing an election night meal this year."


Food Review From Years Past:

It was never a gourmet meal ... the usual kitchen-service slop thrown on a card table in the newsroom -- rubber chicken, pasta, day-old rolls. So just treat 'em like shit and expect loyalty -- maybe they mixed up the staff with the readership