I have never met Dave Haerle, but apparently he is a complete nut jub and most definitely wears a toupe. Check out this comment he left on Kelly Brewer's blog today. Wowza!
He must have that Rush Limbaugh chip implanted in his head, the one that programs closet-homophobes to believe that the root of all evil in the world stems from women getting the right to vote, and that Hillary Clinton is actually the antichrist.
Of course, I tried a search on Redding.com for David Haerle and Dave Haerle and absolutely nothing came up. Ha! Why do I even bother trying that so called Redding.com search engine?
According to ZoomInfo, David Haerle still works at the Record Searchlight along with about half dozen folks who don't work there either. Also, according to Google, the former Record Searchlight "reporter" Christy Lochrie removed a paragraph from her blog entry on November 7, 2007 that starts with the following sentence: "When former sports editor Dave Haerle quit in a huff in 2004 and blast e-mailed his condemnation of the paper all over the city...." Gee, do you think this guy has an anger problem?
Here's what ZoomInfo says about Dave Haerle:
Of course, I tried a search on Redding.com for David Haerle and Dave Haerle and absolutely nothing came up. Ha! Why do I even bother trying that so called Redding.com search engine?
According to ZoomInfo, David Haerle still works at the Record Searchlight along with about half dozen folks who don't work there either. Also, according to Google, the former Record Searchlight "reporter" Christy Lochrie removed a paragraph from her blog entry on November 7, 2007 that starts with the following sentence: "When former sports editor Dave Haerle quit in a huff in 2004 and blast e-mailed his condemnation of the paper all over the city...." Gee, do you think this guy has an anger problem?
Here's what ZoomInfo says about Dave Haerle:
"Prior to his post as sports editor at the Record Searchlight, Dave Haerle served in the same capacity at the Monterey County Herald. He's also been a city editor, news editor, copy editor and sports writer at various other West Coast dailies. A longtime diehard Giants and 49ers fan, it's no surprise that Haerle is a rare breed an actual native of San Francisco. Born there and raised mostly in the suburbs, he earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from San Francisco State University. He met Jane, now his wife of 15 years, at a Christmas party on Treasure Island."
Wow. His background sounds kind of normal. So when did Dave Haerle become a card-carrying woman-hating bitter nut-job? And what exactly happened to him in the closet???
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Maybe he's having a mid-life crisis?
Unresolved issues towards women?
Swallowed a tub of bitter pills?
Who knows?
I do, but I'm not telling.......I wouldn't want to 'slander' the man.
Card-carrying woman-hating bitter nut-job - you hit the nail on the head. You are a better person for never having met him. He would make your other "favorite" R-S reporters seem just a tad bit less appalling. (Yep, ALL of them. Hard to believe, I know, but this guy is a Piece Of Work.)
Here he is:
http://www.thedailyworld.com/newspaper_services/contact_us/directory/#Newsroom
Ahh, I remember when "The Hurl" roamed the halls of the ol' R-S. Always at the ready with a warm smile and kind words. Gracious to everyone from the loading dock to the Publisher's office. Witty, charming, and one heck of a writer. Boy, he sure had Kelly and Doni pegged, didn't he? Sometimes I find myself sobbing into my keyboard for no reason, then I realize it's because I miss him so.
Seriously, when I was new to the paper and didn't know any better I made the mistake of saying, "hi" to The Hurl in my cute little Philbert way. In return I received The Glare Of Doom and a swine-like grunt. I soon found out that little grunt was the extent of his vocabulary.
This man is vile and obnoxious on every conceivable level. I have to remind myself that he's just another guy churning up a mess of bad karma for hisself.
Hopefully, he'll read your blog and be a regular commentor. You'd have a field day with him!
Marge, be thankful you never worked with Dave Haerle.
I worked with him for 5 1/2 years. We were both in the editorial department. Talk about a first-class a-hole. This guy was such a blowhard, and he never did any actual work. His "work" consisted of talking down to reporters, bitching at Greg Clark in Greg's office (which I sat right next to, and I could hear Haerle spouting off even when the door was closed), chewing out his poor wife over the phone (heard some of those convos, too) and writing the occasional craptacular column.
I am not aware of anyone in that office who could stand him. If anyone did, they weren't forthcoming about it. My only regret was that I quit a couple months before he did. I would have paid to see that exhibition and the following celebration of his former colleagues!!!!
Clearly Haerle is insane, and not worth the space and energy he’s been given. He has managed to distract everyone from the topic of Kelly’s blog – Haven Humane Society and just what the hell is going on there?
Oh, hell...save your asses some from the perils of modern journalism...take it and run with it for a while.
I'm sure there's a valuable lesson or two in the the story.
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