Comments on: McKee vs. Shlachter: Blogger vs. Startlegram http://fortworthology.com/2009/06/29/mckee-vs-shlachter-blogger-vs-startlegram/ Traditional urbanism, smart growth, transit, bicycles, urban living, and sustainability in Fort Worth, Texas. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:54:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Haretip http://fortworthology.com/2009/06/29/mckee-vs-shlachter-blogger-vs-startlegram/comment-page-1/#comment-2091 Haretip Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:56:32 +0000 http://fortworthology.com/?p=2134#comment-2091 Wow. I got my popcorn. Looking forward to learning what escalation means. Nice way to look a gift horse in the mouth. Hope Lobs doesn't quit organizing the hunt on account of one jackass. As for Schlachter, I've been looking for a reason to use the word "douchebaggery" all day long. Is it in the dictionery yet? Wow. I got my popcorn. Looking forward to learning what escalation means.

Nice way to look a gift horse in the mouth. Hope Lobs doesn’t quit organizing the hunt on account of one jackass. As for Schlachter, I’ve been looking for a reason to use the word “douchebaggery” all day long. Is it in the dictionery yet?

]]> By: lobster http://fortworthology.com/2009/06/29/mckee-vs-shlachter-blogger-vs-startlegram/comment-page-1/#comment-2090 lobster Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:40:06 +0000 http://fortworthology.com/?p=2134#comment-2090 Kev -- thanks for the kind words :D While I've received an unbelievable amount of support from people all over the country who have read about this on various websites, it's nice to know someone out there is able to empathize with me on jackasses who make complaining about local blogs and websites their life's passion. By not even finishing our lil' contest and solely aiming to "rattle the cages" despite hearing I was out of the country on a trip to honor my deceased father, this guy indeed took it to a new level. ..Not only in sheer stupidity, but complete insensitivity. The fact that Mr. Shlachter took on this clod's tip as a "business story" as if he was going to win some sort of Pulitzer Prize for investigative journalism is even more shocking, and his editorializing of a private family burial service made it repulsive. Despite this contest having run for eight years, somehow my short delay in posting results due to being overseas was enough for him to publicly imply there was something illegitimate or fraudulent going on. Maybe if I charged $50 to enter and then disappeared off the face of the Earth for three months, he'd have a story. A week delay in the results of a free contest and I get raked over the coals? Is this for real? And the funny part is that he made this assertion without ever looking at the contest itself, as he had twice mentioned that one must find *24* letters to win. It has been communicated to me that the FWST's stance is that the readers have "moved on". This may be, but I was personally defamed by this jerk's reckless writing and I will continue to escalate my campaign to ensure they understand the gravity of this man's erroneous and unprofessional choice of words. ;) Kev — thanks for the kind words :D
While I’ve received an unbelievable amount of support from people all over the country who have read about this on various websites, it’s nice to know someone out there is able to empathize with me on jackasses who make complaining about local blogs and websites their life’s passion. By not even finishing our lil’ contest and solely aiming to “rattle the cages” despite hearing I was out of the country on a trip to honor my deceased father, this guy indeed took it to a new level. ..Not only in sheer stupidity, but complete insensitivity.

The fact that Mr. Shlachter took on this clod’s tip as a “business story” as if he was going to win some sort of Pulitzer Prize for investigative journalism is even more shocking, and his editorializing of a private family burial service made it repulsive. Despite this contest having run for eight years, somehow my short delay in posting results due to being overseas was enough for him to publicly imply there was something illegitimate or fraudulent going on. Maybe if I charged $50 to enter and then disappeared off the face of the Earth for three months, he’d have a story. A week delay in the results of a free contest and I get raked over the coals? Is this for real? And the funny part is that he made this assertion without ever looking at the contest itself, as he had twice mentioned that one must find *24* letters to win.

It has been communicated to me that the FWST’s stance is that the readers have “moved on”. This may be, but I was personally defamed by this jerk’s reckless writing and I will continue to escalate my campaign to ensure they understand the gravity of this man’s erroneous and unprofessional choice of words.
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