brookep1969

Teresa,

Have you actually read the garbage Ashli Michelle cranks out?

How do you expect to be taken seriously in your industry, when you would defend such TERRIBLE writing and questionable standards of ethics? Please correct me if I am wrong, but aren't you trying to form professional relationships with, and earn the trust and respect of the people who work in the restaurant industry and own the very establishments that Ashli so brazenly bashes for her own personal musing?

Your defense of her writing and criticism towards me for making the stripper reference makes me sad that I need to clarify my point for you.

I have NO problem whatsoever with women, or anyone else, expressing themselves. But I DO have a problem with self-absorbed bloggers who think that just because they have a keyboard and an opinion, that somehow makes them qualified or entitled to say and do anything they want. Who the hell do they think they are to pass judgement on people and legitimate businesses who provide jobs, pay taxes and have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to bring a product to market?

There are so many restaurants and hard working people out there who Ashli disparages, defames and discredits for no other purpose than to amuse herself and further her own personal agenda of being "famous." She is rude, abrasive and offers no basis for her long winded and mostly off-topic rambling criticisms.

I have a problem with Ashli's writing because she goes into establishments with an agenda to create drama and her deliberate (and often malicious) goal to create a story that supersedes her objectivity and responsibility as a writer. THAT is why she EARNED the stripper reference (it was a metaphor for her misguided attempt to seek attention compounded by her gross and lack of ethics and integrity).

I don't expect a restaurant critic to be a flip-flop bounding, pom pom waving cheerleader, but I do expect criticism and accusations to be factually based, constructively delivered and respectfully written, without personal prejudice or preconceived bias notions. This is what makes her contribution an EPIC FAIL!!!!

The Ashli's of the blog-o-sphere are bad enough, but I have an even bigger problem with a "legitimate" news source being so desperate for content that they've turned their Dining section into a virtual Open Mic Night. How are readers supposed to accept articles published by Pegasus to be credible when there are ZERO quality standards, the Editor refuses to enforce basic copy writing or ethics guidelines, and their "real" on staff reporters openly encourage and endorse this type of behavior?

I'm done with you Pegasus, best of luck.

Peace OUT!

Brooke

SEE, even foodbevlaw knows basic English (good catch, btw). Irony is a b*tch!

I'd hope the Editor would have higher standards and would enforce basic punctuation and grammar, but, apparently, the content partner program has ZERO quality standards.

All joking aside, there's only room for ONE Alice Laussade in this town. Even she knows that random, off-brand humor is only effective when there are reader relevant facts to support the point of the article.

Ashli, you should really just stick to clear heels and stripper poles. There are plenty of guys who will pay a lot of money for a woman with a mouth like yours. Writing and food reviews just aren't your gig, sorry.