Monday, December 15, 2008

Squitiro insults Asians, too

Posted by David Martin on Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 3:45 PM

First lady/freak show Gloria Squitiro is an equal-opportunity offender. She says dumb things to Asians, too.

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An unreported nugget from Joe Miller's recent deposition is his assertion that Squitiro once said, "You no like," to Joan Pu, a Chinese-born policy analyst who works in the office of Mayor Mark Funkhouser.

Miller worked on the Funkhouser campaign and served as the mayor's communications director until last month. Miller, a former Pitch staff writer, was deposed by an attorney for Ruth Bates, a former Funkhouser aide who filed a suit accusing Funkhouser, Squitiro and the city of creating a hostile work environment.

Miller went on to say in his deposition that Squitiro's comment to Pu may have been "just an innocent slip." For Pu, English is a second language, and Miller said that, for reasons he can't explain, "there's tendency to sort of want to say things the same way" in conversations with Pu.

At the same time, Miller said he "was really taken aback" by Squitiro's remark and "worried for Gloria." Pu did not say anything in response, according to Miller.

Miller described another occasion when Squitiro made a lewd comment to his wife, Allie Johnson.

Miller had called Johnson (also a former Pitch writer) to share news that the city council had put off a vote on the volunteer ordinance that effectively bans Squitiro from City Hall. The mood in the mayor's office was celebratory. Miller said that Squitiro "came up and embraced me and took the phone and said, 'Do him real good tonight, Allie.'" -- David Martin

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So am I to conclude that Pitch staffers treat the paper like eHarmony.com, or is it more of an AdultFriendFinder.com with periodic divergence into matrimony?

Also, after you leave The Pitch to support a cockamamie scheme, do you wait until the gruesomeness of the scheme becomes apparent, but stay well past the gruesome peak, THEN come forward and do a Festivus airing of the grievances? Is that considered undercover work, reporting, or attempted justification of life mistakes?

Yo, EGroup loser, in Plogville we don�t take kindly to your rusty ass fence blather. If you�re just gonna post advertising, pay the folks in the advertising department, you poor somebitch.

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Posted by Trevor on 12/16/2008 at 8:01 AM

FunkhouserRecall@egroups.com

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Posted by Kill The New Ruskin Fence on 12/15/2008 at 10:16 PM

Just a repulsive woman. In Midwestern parlance, a woman who acts time and time again inappropriately. On the coasts, Ms. Squitiro would be considered toilet waste.

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Posted by inafunkaboutthefunk on 12/15/2008 at 3:21 PM
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