Yesterday, the Chronicle gave Tilman Fertitta a boatload of free publicity for his downtown aquarium, with front page coverage (including color photo) and more coverage inside the newspaper.
Today, the editors try their best to muster some criticism of the big downtown booster (and, no doubt, Chron advertiser), but it’s pretty tepid stuff:
Now that Tilman has his tigers, perhaps he will restrain his imagination in the interest of public safety and not turn the Downtown Aquarium into a complete zoo.
Sure, guys. That will happen about the time Mattress Mac stops screaming and wearing patriotic clothing.
Anyway, it’s clear that Tilman Fertitta isn’t quite one of the Chron “bad guys.”
This line was kind of fun, though:
In the same spirit, there is little to stop Fertitta from adding a primate lounge, complete with captive bred orangutans or endangered mountain gorillas, to the Downtown Aquarium bag of tricks.
Here’s an even better suggestion — since Fertitta seems to own the hacks who produce the Chron, maybe they could just put some thick glass walls in over at 801 Texas Avenue, and THAT could be the Primate Lounge Annex Exhibit of the Downtown Aquarium!
