by Travis Mateer
On August 30th I broke the news that the director of Missoula’s Chamber of Commerce, Mark Losh, had left his position after only 9 months. David Erickson followed my reporting with a little article of his own, then claimed in another article that his newspaper broke the story. Nope! That’s bullshit, David Erickson, and you know it.
Sure, it must be embarrassing to have a citizen journalist with a blog breaking news stories, but taking credit for a story that I BROKE MYSELF is really pathetic, especially considering I had a little chat with the Missoulian’s editor, Steve Kiggins, before this credit-stealing article was published.
The company that owns Missoula’s shitty newspaper and all the shitty newspapers across this retarded state fired another cog from their failing business. Here’s the “news” about the dude who wears the pedo-glasses, Rob Chaney, and his departure from getting a paycheck for being a part of this shitty information business (emphasis mine):
In a blow to journalism in Montana, Lee Enterprises laid off longtime journalist and former managing editor Rob Chaney of the Missoulian.
The layoff is another reduction in corporate journalism in Montana. It also represents a loss of institutional knowledge and journalism mentoring and leadership for Lee Enterprises.
Did Rob Cheney mentor David Erickson? If so, how does stealing credit from a lowly citizen journalist comport with the ethical standards journalists are supposed to have?
Another former Missoulian reporter “weighed in” on this corporate move and I’m glad he did because now I get to put Michael Moore in the proper narrative control context this twat deserves.
Former Missoulian reporter and city editor Michael Moore weighed in on Chaney and Lee Enterprises.
“That’s outrageous, though not surprising,” Moore said. “You were a fabulous colleague and I’m sure you will be again! Lee Enterprises, of course, is NOT fabulous.”
I think Michael is being too hard on his former employer since the Missoulian helped him control the homeless narrative during his 4 worthless years at United Way. That’s right, Susan Hay Patrick hired Michael Moore to lead the 10 Year Plan To End Homelessness and she failed to provide effective oversight for that time period, which is why the city took over control when Moore left his job in 2016, the same year I left my position as the Homeless Outreach Coordinator.
This is also the same year the former director of the Poverello Center, Eran Pehan, got a new position created just for her. It was this reshuffling that allowed oversight of this plan to be removed from United Way’s control.
“With me leaving, things are little in flux right now,” he said. “I don’t think anyone is certain right now what the next iteration of Reaching Home will look like. It may stay at United Way forever. The mayor, when he announced the housing division, there was some reference to Reaching Home and that it may be coming under the housing division.”
Susan Hay Patrick, chief executive officer for United Way of Missoula County, said that while her organization would continue to house the Reaching Home position if needed, more resources could be placed toward the challenge if it were housed under the city.
“I really do feel that because government is the largest source of funding for housing and homeless services, it probably makes sense to house it in a government office,” she said. “We’ll continue to maintain our private-sector involvement. We will continue to raise money and resources and rally support for it, just as we have been.”
At City Council last night, where municipal retardation was on full display, the 10 year plan was mentioned and our Mayor lamented the fact that the NAME of the plan was dictated by the department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). It must be nice to ALWAYS have someone else to blame for failure. Do they teach this strategy at Harvard, Mayor Davis?
If you want REAL context to help you understand the charade of “helping” the homeless in Missoula, you need to read my shit, like this article from two years ago: What The Media Won’t Tell You About Missoula’s 10 Year Plan To Control The Narrative On Homelessness. I have more insight on this topic than almost anyone I know in this town, plus I have the cojones to NAME NAMES when it comes to the duplicitous narrative controllers and how they operate to HIDE what’s really happening in this town.
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