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Todd Gloria wields the ax, firing most of Filner staff
Gloria is not yet acting mayor.— August 29, 2013 9:53 p.m.
DeMaio's men's room masturbation went unreported (updated 8/26)
It's fine to say I sucked as a columnist. People definitely thought I did. Others didn't. So what? That's life for anyone who writes anything at all and finds someone to put it out there. It's wrong to dismiss my work based on a tiny fraction of what I produced when you aren't familiar with anything I wrote. It's wrong to make inaccurate assumptions about my pay or my departure or my writing schedule without bothering to check a single fact or talk to anyone at all who actually knows about such things and isn't me. Why can't you talk to anyone? Because you're anonymous. Because you want to criticize without accountability. Because you just want to hurt people without being hurt yourself. Because you want attention but not responsibility. You'll never have the latter. This is the last you get of the former.— August 27, 2013 11:29 p.m.
DeMaio's men's room masturbation went unreported (updated 8/26)
Dude or dude-ette: This is a personal slur from an anonymous person (you) who's too afraid to stand by his or her words. Words that bash a writer who goes by his actual name and actually has actual balls. My work? Judge for yourself. I wrote about 600 radio columns for the NCT. Get yourself up to the Escondido library and check the microfilm. Let me know about all those "misunderstood song lyrics" and "press releases."— August 27, 2013 7:02 p.m.
DeMaio's men's room masturbation went unreported (updated 8/26)
It's true! My column went twice-monthly about 2 years ago. Can you think of a good reason why a newspaper column in the 21st century -- yup, a NEWSPAPER column in THESE TIMES -- might go from once to twice a month? Any at all? I'll hold, Mr. and/or Ms. Anonymous, while I sit here using my actual name to show that I stand by my comments and don't hide behind anything. Jump in here with the big boys, Sage. You can do it.— August 27, 2013 5:37 p.m.
DeMaio's men's room masturbation went unreported (updated 8/26)
There's a wide world of opportunities for freelance writers to make a living, especially on the national level. You've just got to have talent, luck and/or perseverance. Sometimes just one of those is enough, but two is good and three is very good.— August 27, 2013 3:29 p.m.
DeMaio's men's room masturbation went unreported (updated 8/26)
It could also mean that you're incompetent.— August 27, 2013 3:23 p.m.
DeMaio's men's room masturbation went unreported (updated 8/26)
Oh, my dear, sweet Sage. Your incorrect assumptions are ADORABLE! So is your delightful practice of attacking me by name while hiding your own. Deeply courageous. You are a true man and/or woman of the people. The perennially anonymous people, that is, but still.— August 27, 2013 2:50 p.m.
DeMaio's men's room masturbation went unreported (updated 8/26)
I know! My co-workers must have thought it was really, really terrible. That's why the paper paid me to write 600+ radio columns for 14 years. "You're awful! Looking forward to your next column. Oh, and you stink! Here's your paycheck." As for former co-worker: Did he ever get fired by the NCT? I know one non-fan of mine who did. Maybe he misunderstood a song lyric or something.— August 26, 2013 4:45 p.m.
DeMaio's men's room masturbation went unreported (updated 8/26)
They can't have me back because I never worked for them. Nor would I expect a CEO who told me to "get a life" would appreciate me on the payroll. Never mind what I've publicly written about Manchester. Also: Lynch doesn't like VOSD. It's on his enemies list. Along with the 919 private email list of U-T folk. And the Reader, I'd suspect, although I don't know that.— August 25, 2013 12:25 a.m.
DeMaio's men's room masturbation went unreported (updated 8/26)
There's been discussion on Twitter over the last day about why news organizations in SD didn't run Rex Dalton's story.— August 24, 2013 12:58 a.m.