W. Market Street; 2:30 PM
The Editors in Chiefs of Akron’s The Square Deal met again today to discuss the resumed publication of the Highland Square news source following a three week strike by the staff for unfair/unsafe working conditions. The “paper” had been operating out of the Tangier’s dome but rising temperatures over the past month turned the metal space into a giant tandoori, thus baking laptops and iPads into soft flat breads, aptly paired with jams or “chutneys”. At some point the (unpaid) interns threw up their hands and stormed out, at which point progress slowed to a halt.
Due to recent and partially unrelated developments, the Deal has moved its offices into the vacant penthouse once inhabited by a certain former Cavs player atop the Northside Tower owned by Chrissie Hynde. Despite the constant threat of being mistaken for King James and firebombed, the Square Deal staff is comfortable in their new (air-conditioned) building, and the kind aromas of the downstairs vegan restaurant give them the added incentive to work hard, even though no amount of hard work would allow them to afford to eat there.
13 July
John Bigsby, Associated Press
