Peter Salter

2 weeks ago | omaha.com | Peter Salter

James Wood wasn’t feeling safe at his own north Lincoln car lot. A cop had called him in mid-November, wondering what had happened to the $45,000 a Pennsylvania family had wired for a 2017 Lexus. No Lexus here, Wood told him. A few days later, a rental car pulled up to his lot. The driver had flown from Florida to pick up an $85,000 Land Rover his friend had bought, sight-unseen, over the internet. “I said, ‘What Land Rover?’ He said, ‘The one you sold us.’”The man showed Wood his phone.

3 weeks ago | 1011now.com | Peter Salter

LINCOLN, Neb. (Flatwater Free Press) - James Wood wasn’t feeling safe at his own north Lincoln car lot. A cop had called him in mid-November, wondering what had happened to the $45,000 a Pennsylvania family had wired for a 2017 Lexus. No Lexus here, Wood told him. A few days later, a rental car pulled up to his lot. The driver had flown from Florida to pick up an $85,000 Land Rover his friend had bought, sight-unseen, over the internet.

3 weeks ago | journalstar.com | Peter Salter

James Wood wasn’t feeling safe at his own north Lincoln car lot. A cop had called him in mid-November, wondering what had happened to the $45,000 a Pennsylvania family had wired for a 2017 Lexus. No Lexus here, Wood told him. A few days later, a rental car pulled up to his lot. The driver had flown from Florida to pick up an $85,000 Land Rover his friend had bought, sight-unseen, over the internet. “I said, ‘What Land Rover?’ He said, ‘The one you sold us.’”The man showed Wood his phone.

4 weeks ago | flatwaterfreepress.org | Peter Salter

James Wood wasn’t feeling safe at his own north Lincoln car lot. A cop had called him in mid-November, wondering what had happened to the $45,000 a Pennsylvania family had wired for a 2017 Lexus. No Lexus here, Wood told him. A few days later, a rental car pulled up to his lot. The driver had flown from Florida to pick up an $85,000 Land Rover his friend had bought, sight-unseen, over the internet. “I said, ‘What Land Rover?’ He said, ‘The one you sold us.’”The man showed Wood his phone.

Mar 2, 2025 | journalstar.com | Peter Salter

Editor's note: Former Journal Star reporter Peter Salter wrote the following letter five years ago, nominating editor Dave Bundy for a Lee Enterprises award honoring exceptional spirit, which he won. ***The first time Dave Bundy was diagnosed with cancer, in 2004, he told a reporter: I certainly don’t want to overestimate my importance to the paper. That wasn’t possible, Dave.