Sportswriter, Roswell Daily Record

As much as the gig is getting ripped, I will say the problem does not lie with Andrew Poertner. I mostly dealt with him back then, and he was very patient, helpful and professional.

 

Andrew is a good guy. Great photog.

 

I'm always a little stunned when I see his name still listed as the contact. Poertner's a great guy and a pro and I guess he must really like his gig, because he could certainly be an effective ME at a bigger paper if he wanted to do so.

 

I think he's really comfortable there. When you've got a good handle on a situation, why up and leave just for the hell of it.

 

Wow, I can't believe they pay a flat fee for mileage each month rather than per mile. If they tried to make me drive somewhere for a state tournament, I'd probably tell them to fuck off.

 

We do the same thing at my shop. Everyone gets a check, too, not just the reporters.

 

Well, it says ..

<blockquote>We also reimburse reporters for travel outside the city. If you’re sent on assignment outside the city limits, (sports does this frequently) you receive 25 cents a mile.</blockquote>

... so it's not like that.

 

25 cents per mile. Just a bonus, really, for the joy of driving down past fish-shit-scented Dexter to oil-refinery-scented Artesia, home of the freaky-intense AHS Bulldog boosters. The main street's lit up like the top of the fucking Chrysler Building. What a bizarre town. Drank lots of Allsup's coffee and ate lots of beef jerky on that road. The Roswell-Artesia run. Certainly a lot easier than the Roswell-Clovis run. That one's a ballbuster.

 

I guess it would have helped if I would have read the entire thing.

 

surely you jest.

 

Of course.

 

daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn. i was hoping you were the SE there and were going to hire me.