The war is being lost on the 'eastern' front

Nice, or 'nice,' to have an actual lead editorial tactician at this particular outpost on the 'eastern' front with the old head editorial tactician becoming the tactician for the entire publishing operation in this division when the previous Italian owner sold the division to the Germans.

Not so nice when it seems the only reason the new editorial tactician got the job was from being native to this division's patrol area and possibly being low-ballable due to her freelance work thinning out more and more.

Other than not being native to this brimstone site and only recently moved here, this staff sergeant in the editorial regiment could do a better job than the lead tactician. That includes page-building speed, page design quality, photo editing, story editing and other things.

Well, eventually a staff sergeant stops volunteering so much for the first louie when he or she is a seeming 90-day wonder. The 90-day wonder also, despite having had 4-5 years of freelance time for personal reconnaissance of the news scene, appears unaware of some terminology in her home state.

That's a 90-day wonder, who despite all her alleged writing experience, doesn't know AP Style well, doesn't know that "entrée" is a synonym for "entry" and not just a French meal course, and who doesn't know that a phrase like "second annual" should not be capitalized because it's not part of a title, and many more thing. Worse yet, from a daily paper's POV, is that she has nobody else proofread her front pages. So, besides crappy layout, even if she's edited stories, cutline spelling mistakes and more continue.

I've said enough, as I continue to trudge with the other troops in the trenches, and also up my recon of the surrounding scene.

I've attached a map of a recent day's tactics by the louie. Just enough to give the big picture without giving away secrets. And no, that's not the worst possible map.