Superior officials refuse to discuss cancelled Charlie Berens contract

Have you contacted Charlie? He seems a bit more approachable.

What a blatant lack of accountability. What even is the big deal? Is a non-disclosure somehow involved? I obviously get not disclosing important negotiations with unions or employees, etc., but a comic? C’mon!

Who do politicians think they work for, anyway? And why is it OK for the councilor to sit there and characterize the reporter who is doing the job of asking difficult questions? One thing I’ve faced myself are questions of tone, or *strong approach*. I guess when you can’t address the message or one’s own accountability, you attack the reporter.

Also, these folks tend to end up believing their own baloney, and when someone comes along who doesn’t *partner* with them, they assign it as confrontational. Part of why you’re being singled out is because most other print journos in town have long ago bought into Chamber-of-Commerce-style reporting of being cheerleaders and not arbiters of scrutiny and hard news. If they behaved at all like they should, sources would understand more the scrutiny.

Anyway, as always, keep up the good work John, Camila and Co.

Mayor says that for a records request, “we were likely to release it….” Just likely? I think they’d
be more likely to squirm and twist to make up some other excuse. The one they gave sounds awfully squirmy.