“Genesis of this blog: After the Auburn Journal declined to publish three columns I wrote, including a piece exposing the decimation of staffing and equipping of the Auburn Police Department, I concluded that my only recourse was to launch my own blog.so here we go. After writing a number of columns critical of the Auburn Chamber of Commerce’s incestual relationship with the Auburn City Council, an edict from Brehm Communications (San Diego-based owner of Gold Country Media and the Auburn Journal) limited non-staff writers to one submission per month. “My tenure with the Auburn Journal was short-lived. Forbes folded in January 2010, later selling the name to another firm). “In May, 2014, with the hiring of a new editor at the Auburn Journal, I was invited to write a weekly personal opinion column called The Other Side of Auburn, a reprisal of my column at The Placer Sentinel (which Ms. I have written for both local Auburn newspapers, first a wine column for the Auburn Journal for 2½ years later, I wrote a weekly opinion column for The Sentinel, formerly owned by the late Janice Forbes. “For my entire life, writing is a pursuit that has engaged me professionally and for my own pleasure. I continue to handle marketing and I hang out in the restaurant a couple of evenings every week. Today I own the business with my son, Drew, who is now responsible for all operations. “I moved to Auburn in March 2000 and two years later launched Carpe Vino, a wine shop, wine bar and fine dining restaurant (in 2006). Early on as a freelance writer, I was a frequent contributor to the Chicago Tribune and national shelter magazines. My career began as a reporter for a community newspaper before moving on to a long career in the telecommunications industry, culminating with publisher positions with business-to-business titles in the United States, England and Singapore. “I’m Gary Moffat, a former journalist with a degree in communications from Columbia College of Chicago (1975). I get it that there are very few newspaper jobs available, so writers and editors have to toe the corporate line.or they’ll be replaced by others who will.” “I get it that this is a small town and the local media can’t afford to piss off potential advertisers.
“In a nutshell, you’ll get information about what is happening in Auburn that the local newspapers will not report,” Gary writes. The first installment is “Funding Auburn’s public safety: Can we afford it?” The internet is changing how we communicate in small towns. Editor’s note: I recently wrote about Auburn resident Gary Moffat’s “Other Side of Auburn” posts.
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