He later announced he intended to buy the entire company. Mateer said he remembers going to the movies with his dad and, in the time before beepers or cellphones, a message would flash across the screen if the Sentinel needed to contact his father to review an article.īainum’s search for other investors started after he attempted to purchase the Baltimore Sun for $65 million, at the same time Alden was finalizing its deal to buy all of Tribune. His father William “Bill” Mateer was the attorney for Martin Andersen, the newspaper’s former longtime owner and publisher. Mateer described himself as “an old school Orlando guy” who believes it’s important for his hometown paper to have a newsroom downtown and for the journalists who work there to be fairly paid.įor him, the Orlando Sentinel was a significant part of his childhood. “I think having a local paper that understands local interests and concerns is important, and I’m a supporter of that.” “I’ve offered to be the Orlando arm or the Orlando purchaser if there’s interest in spinning it off to someone local,” Mateer said. Mateer did not disclose how much money he would put up, but said it would be in the ballpark of other offers. “The journalists should help safeguard the community and in turn the community should support the publishing platforms.” I consider papers such as the ones that Tribune owns in Florida to be a sacred public trust,” Slaine wrote in an email to a group of Orlando Sentinel reporters who contacted him. “I am a Florida resident and I believe heartily in strong investigative journalism as a necessary part of creating a safe and honest society. Was Joseph’s father’s way of showing his preference for Joseph God’s will? Was it God’s will that his brothers grew to hate Joseph? No, none of these were God’s will.Slaine, who owns a 3.4 percent stake in Tribune, said he was prepared to contribute $100 million toward a deal being spearheaded by Stewart Bainum, a Maryland hotel magnate who has put a $650 million bid on the entire company.īainum’s offer came after Alden, which owns 32 percent of Tribune’s shares, reached an agreement to buy the newspaper chain for $630 million - a bid which last week Tribune’s board recommended shareholders approve.Īlden’s bid has worried many inside and outside of Tribune newsrooms since the hedge fund has a history of shrinking the number of employees at newspapers it acquires. This led to great resentment on the part of his brothers. Joseph was one of the sons of Jacob and his father unwisely showed favoritism toward Joseph. The story of Joseph, in the book of Genesis, gives us a good illustration of God using Plan B when Plan A is gone. And though at some point we surely have missed God’s plan A, he still has plans to prosper and bless us and to give you a future with hope. I don’t think we are powerful enough to mess up God’s plans. I don’t think you should dwell too much on what you think, in hindsight, was God’s “plan A” - unless it is something you feel God is now calling you to pursue. But had I decided to stay a CPA, I think God would have found some way to use me there. I truly believe God called me to be a pastor and that is why I changed careers. Before I was a pastor, I was a certified public accountant. I believe the plans God has for us may be quite specific at times. For many people of faith, their will for their children is they would love God and others, they would seek to live lives worthy of the gospel, and they would do justice and love kindness. Most of the time, our hopes and dreams (our will) for our children is not as specific as the exact person that they marry or the exact college they will go to, the career they will have or city they will live in. When we have children, we have hopes and dreams for them. Here is a perspective I’ve found helpful when it comes to this question. The good news is that I believe God can adjust to a plan B throughout our lives. Sometimes we misunderstand and other times we’re determined to do what we want at multiple times in our lives. I’m sure that none of us get God’s plan correct at all times in our lives. One of my favorite scripture passages is Jeremiah 29:11 which states “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” That’s a very inspiring and comforting passage for many, but it has also led to the following question for others “If I mess up God’s plan, does that mean I will miss out on the blessings and joy of God’s will for my life?”
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