City Pages' Britt Robson subjects Gov. Jesse Ventura to serious analysis, tracking his ironic evolution from outsider to a pol touting his experience as he faces re-election. "For nearly three years, this political theater has been a Dada delight," Robson writes. The candidate who wanted to be reincarnated as a "large brassiere," faces a budget deficit and wants to raise taxes. "Put simply, the governor's adversaries have a few scores to settle and they smell blood."
Dodge Morgan, owner of the Casco Bay Weekly, has fired the alt-weekly's editor, deputy editor and both staff writers, the Portland Press Herald reports. Morgan tells the Press Herald the paper has been losing money for more than a year. He says the paper will keep printing despite the layoffs. When asked how, Morgan responds, "That's Lael's problem." Lael Morgan, his ex-wife, is the weekly's publisher.
