[LEMONS] 3.06.2002
The Bay Guardian is suing the SF Weekly. I was just talking about the Weekly/ New Times predatory practices with Ezra, Jeff, and Harper two nights ago. Of course, I had no idea that there were illegal shenanigans going on. I just meant the corporate chain's practice of moving into cities with established alternative weeklies, and killing those locally owned pubs off. And I don't just say this because I write for the Guardian. My main beef is that local papers, particularly A&E papers, should be of by and for the local scene. I don't want the same paper they get in LA and Phoenix (which is what you get with the SF Weekly). I want local writers, not nationally syndicated content. I want politics that reflect my community, not what passes for popular in Phoenix. I want... I want.... The Bay Guardian.
And in any case, there's been no reason to read the Weekly at all since Laurel Wellman left and that gawdawful Matt Smith started writing Dog Bites. Do they even call it Dog Bites anymore? I hope not. It really should be called "Seriously Unfunny Bad Writing By A Libertarian Crankypants."
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