By Steven T. Jones
For the past few years, I and many other local progressive voices have been targeted by nasty online attacks from Greg Dewar (who runs a couple of local blogs and trolls the rest, usually commenting as just “greg”), who always pretends to care about progressive causes, the Bay Guardian’s credibility, and whether due deference is being paid to SF natives like him.
But now, we finally know the source of some of his vitriol: Dewar is being paid for his positions, although he doesn’t disclose that fact to his readers. Dewar is coordinating PG&E’s “Don’t Sign the Blank Check” campaign on Facebook. When I confronted him with that fact, he didn’t deny being on PG&E’s payroll (we’ll find out how much he got for selling out next month when campaign finance statements are due), but continued to express concern for the Guardian: “I have been reading the Guardian for far longer than you have, and it once was a model I used for my own paper, ages ago.”
Thanks, Greg, but I don’t think the Guardian — or anyone else in San Francisco — should be heeding your advice anymore.