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01:33 pm
4/21/08

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anita_margarita
There used to be a sports writer at the local newspaper, Dave Haerle, who had a little something to offend everyone. He was, I think you'd say, difficult. You might even say he was offensive. But maybe you wouldn't. Depends on your perspective, I guess.

Kelly Brewer, the former editor of the paper - who either was fired or jumped ship just before its recent rapid decline - has her own blog, Pink Hollyhock. She wrote about an issue at the local humane society, and suddenly there appeared a rather nasty tirade from this former reporter, whom apparently she had fired, or who quit while she was editor. (As I recall when he left he sent an email around the office to freshly offend everyone again, and I believe his last column was a bit of a rant too.)

You may read it here. It won't be difficult to locate. He also left a similar message on Doni Greenburg's blog, Food for Thought, which has since been deleted. He seems to blame them directly for his woes. Not his fault, nosirreebob.

Sigh.

EDIT: I'll be screening comments... the comment from Mrs. Dave has been frozen.
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On April 21st, 2008 10:06 pm (UTC), [info]foomf commented:
Wonder if he is out to torpedo his current employment by writing traceable stuff that can get back to his hiring=>firing manager?
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On April 21st, 2008 10:11 pm (UTC), [info]anita_margarita replied:
If so, he's doing a fine job.
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On April 21st, 2008 10:13 pm (UTC), [info]fried_pearl commented:
What an ass. Of course it is never his fault. You can tell that by what he wrote.
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On April 22nd, 2008 12:11 am (UTC), [info]anita_margarita replied:
As long as you live in your own world, you know everyone there...
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On April 21st, 2008 10:56 pm (UTC), [info]supermatt41 commented:
What a peach that fellow is! Is he 15 years old? And is this high school?
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On April 22nd, 2008 12:10 am (UTC), [info]anita_margarita replied:
It appears by further comments that perhaps KB has a restraining order against DH. Jeez.
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On April 21st, 2008 11:10 pm (UTC), [info]verucas_chaos commented:
Wow...seems really immature to me. Most people who blame others for their troubles are though!
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On April 22nd, 2008 12:11 am (UTC), [info]anita_margarita replied:
Indeed.
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On April 22nd, 2008 12:13 am (UTC), (Anonymous) commented:
Blame Game
To all concerned about Mr. Haerle...you'll all be happy to know no one else is responsible for Dave's malaise...the blame is being put squarely on my shoulders.

Sincerely,
Jane Haerle

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On April 22nd, 2008 01:24 am (UTC), [info]sapphirescarlet commented:
Wow.
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On April 22nd, 2008 01:26 am (UTC), [info]anita_margarita replied:
Yeah... it's kind of a ...wow... how do people get like that?
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On April 22nd, 2008 01:54 am (UTC), [info]onlylisa commented:
What a loser.
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On April 22nd, 2008 01:55 am (UTC), [info]anita_margarita replied:
Ya think? :)
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On April 22nd, 2008 01:56 am (UTC), [info]onlylisa replied:
You can only assume that they have a sad life which is the ultimate revenge.
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On April 22nd, 2008 01:57 am (UTC), (Anonymous) commented:
Another wow.

And Dave Haerle reaches a new low.....

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On April 22nd, 2008 02:08 am (UTC), (Anonymous) commented:
The life of Jane Haerle
Well, we've been separated for a while now. He wasn't too bad when I wasn't the enemy. Change sides, and pay the price. You know what I'm talking about?

It's been rough...hopefully, I'll pull through it without too much damage. Not looking for pity, though. Just like-minded individuals.

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On April 22nd, 2008 02:35 am (UTC), [info]yummydeb commented:
Jeez... what a class act that guy is. Don't people know better? You'd think he was pretty much shooting any current employment (and future employment) right out of the water, with behavior like that...

Also - Mrs. Dave found you pretty quickly! Yipes!

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On April 22nd, 2008 02:52 am (UTC), [info]anita_margarita replied:
I suppose she found out what was posted on Kelly's blog, and did a Google search for other postings, and this blog came up. That's one thing about LJ - it's out there for everyone to see.
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On April 22nd, 2008 02:57 am (UTC), [info]rzezidizz replied:
she may even have a Google alert set up to notify her when keyphrase "Dave Haerle" shows up in the nets.
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On April 22nd, 2008 03:01 am (UTC), [info]anita_margarita replied:
You can do that? I had no idea.
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On April 22nd, 2008 03:04 am (UTC), [info]rzezidizz replied:
I heard about it about a week ago and set one up. So far, no alerts.
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On April 22nd, 2008 03:11 am (UTC), [info]anita_margarita replied:
So you wouldn't necessarily know if it's working until you DO get a hit - which might take a while - ?
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On April 22nd, 2008 02:41 am (UTC), (Anonymous) commented:
Jane,

I think Dave believes everyone is the enemy, you know? That's the only way I could rationalize the behavior I witnessed when we worked together at the R-S. He absolutely repulsed me and I always wondered how he managed to keep a wife. I could only imagine how poorly he treated you after seeing how nasty he was to everyone else in his path.

Good luck to you!! Your kids deserve so much better!

*Michelle*

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On April 22nd, 2008 04:34 pm (UTC), (Anonymous) commented:
Lucy's Dream.
Thanks, Michelle, for your kind words.

In the poor man's defense, he did grow up under the tutelage of an over-bearing, hard-ass of a man, who although professionally is a genius, personally is something of a brute. That's no excuse, though, for not being accountable for ones own actions. His comments to Ms. Brewer were inexcusable in my book...I don't care what she may have done to him in the past. I'm no saint, by the way.

I've just realized that I must be responsible for my own happiness and not let others determine it for me. It's not an easy task,correcting mistakes and stepping up, unfortunately. It's too bad Dave can't see it also. What a waste of a life. Maybe one day, he'll get it.

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