I’ve no idea whether or not I agree with this Seattle Times editorial, because I just can’t get past this sentence:
After a hard-fought compromise that took months to broker, Mayor Ed Murray announced a compromise last summer.
Do you mean he announced a different compromise than the hard-fought one that took months to broker, or does somebody need to buy you a goddamn thesaurus? Jesus… doesn’t anybody edit the editors?
But you know who wouldn’t write a crappy sentence like this? Paul Constant! And great news for you, Seattle Times, he’s available, now that he’s the latest in a string of talented writers (and me!) to leave The Stranger over the past year.
Sad to announce that I'm no longer employed by The Stranger. Happy to announce that I'm now looking for work.
— Paul Constant (@paulconstant) February 23, 2015
So quick, hire Paul and give him a column before you print another sucky sentence like that again.
UPDATE: And by the way, Stranger, really? You couldn’t give Paul a goodbye post? I don’t know anybody who has written there who wasn’t grateful for the opportunity, but the way you just disappear us without comment is, well, childish. Paul deserved better than that.
Goldy, that sounds like something I would write. You are probably right, looks like they should get some better people that know how to write.
Now Constant has been fired? Muede must know his days are numbered. Counting down the days until SLOG is nothing but reposts from The Blaze…
Actually, Seattle could use a newspaper where writers like Paul Constant would feel at home and good reporters would be allowed to report on stuff of interest to the city proper, instead of the business-focused (and bland) view from 30,000 feet that the Times gives us. Maybe Nick Hanauer would like to do another thing for the city–buy the P-I and put in local editors whose collective point of view matches that of a liberal west-coast city and whose news focus is on Seattle.
That is just ridiculous. Constant was the best writer — the only true WRITER — Stranger had. They must have some kind of death wish.
Is there any stated reason he was fired?
Damn, what the fuck is wrong with those people at the Stranger?
Maybe Goldstein can use his connections to hook Paul up with a millionaire that he, too, can suck off.