Dona - Believe it or not, I could read the attached .pdf document that indicated it was a City Council agenda. My "smoking gun" observation was directed at the fact that all the actual agenda said was "Butch Grenz." If that's all it takes for someone to make the leap from two words on a sheet of paper to "I hear the mayor is going to be asked to resign!" then I feel my mocking tone was justified.
That said, it may very well be the case that Mr. Grenz will be asked to resign during the meeting. I would prefer to wait until that time to make any rash assumptions, however. Rumor-mongering remains one of Miles City's three biggest problems.
As far as my comments concerning the Miles City Voice website go, my main issue is with comments such as: No representatives from any other media source were observed. As such, the Miles City Voice will provide this summary here. (Wed, Feb 15, 2006) and Shipley wrote condemning Rehberg and praising Grenz. Although Grenz may sometimes get angry, The Bible, he states, allows for anger as denoted by Jesus' actions agains the money changers in the temple. Never the less, Grenz is honest and tells it like it is. (Wed, Feb 15, 2006)
The reason I question these comments isn't because I have particularly strong feelings about Mr. Grenz, Mr. Shipley or Mr. Brandt. Where my problem lies is with the self-promotion in the first comment (journalistically improper and less-than-tertiary to the story Mr. Brandt was attempting to present). My issue with the second comment is that, without any quotations, a reader can't know for certain if the words are Mr. Shipley's or an editorialization on the part of Mr. Brandt.
Consider it constructive criticism. It certainly wasn't on par with the worst feedback I ever received for a story (that I "single-handedly cast a dagger into the heart of today's youth").
Dyba - Free is noble, but I don't believe it's a stretch for one to expect a certain degree of editing. Tell me when I ever said that I wasn't getting my money's worth. The cost (or lack thereof) of the Miles City Voice's services is a non-point. The quality of them (or the quality of anything anyone provides) should be.
[This message has been edited by Brian A. Reed (edited 4/7/2006).]