Dog Bites

Outside the Box With the Chron! Oh, Wait ...
Lately, after having triumphed in a protracted and bitter battle with the Chronicle's home delivery service, ultimately succeeding in getting our daily subscription canceled, Dog Bites has been feeling a little guilty.

Even though we've decided we prefer to keep up with the city via the Channel 2 10 o'Clock News -- this way, we can combine our intake of information with our ongoing study of Leslie Griffith's wardrobe of powder-blue suits -- we can't help but wonder if we've been responsible, in our small way, for a certain loss of momentum at the paper of record. On sleepless nights, we reminded ourselves that ours was only one of 31,000 subscription terminations the paper suffered in just six months of 1998, but it wasn't much comfort.

So we were relieved when a source over at Fifth and Mission supplied us with a copy of the newsroom's internal newsletter. The Chron has a plan! At least, we think so ....

As told to Laurel Wellman

Tip Dog Bites -- especially if you're disgruntled. Phone 536-8139; fax 777-1839; e-mail dogbites@sfweekly.com.