SF Weekly Fires Contributor For Political Activism
John Rinaldi, a.k.a. “Chicken John,” a San Francisco activist, performer, and writer, was until recently a regular contributor to the website of the SF Weekly, a sister paper of the LA Weekly. But then he organized a political protest against the city for allowing private vendors in a public park, and found himself out of a job.
“They fired me over the phone,” Chicken John explained to FishbowlLA. “Three hours before my deadline, [Keith Bowers, SF Weekly‘s Arts and Culture Editor] called to say that word came from on high that I was canned.
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