As you may already know, before Amy J. Ruiz—currently embroiled in Samspazzoutgate—worked for Sam Adams office, she worked for the Mercury. And before that she spent years toiling away in the excellent newsroom to the north, at our sister paper, The Stranger. Shockingly, word of this story has spread to Seattle, and our cohorts at The Stranger (not just Dan) are also putting their two-cents worth in.
For very entertaining reading, check out Stranger news editor Erica C. Barnett's interpretation of "the Amy situation" (and her follow up post where she says Dan is full of crapola), as well as Sandeep Kaushik's (who worked with Amy in 2003-4) assertion that the WW had ulterior motives for including Amy in the story.
Read, enjoy, tell Seattle to mind its own bees-wax. KIDDING! (Insert smiley face emoticon here.)