Michael Lacey--this year's Michael Richards.

Michael Lacey--the lord of all things NEW TIMES, including the LA WEEKLY--made this racial gaffe at a Phoenix journalists' function recently:

http://gawker.com/377267/village-voice-boss-honors-pal-with-racial-slur

In other Mike Lacey news, veteran classical music critic Alan Rich (who I remember from his days writing the classical column for the defunct L.A. magazine NEW WEST, long before I ever moved to California), has been fired--perhaps so there will be more column inches in case legendary blowhard Rick Barrs (remember his "The Finger" column for NEW TIMES L.A. with the overuse of words like "freakin"?) is lured to L.A. WEEKLY.

Here's a link to the LAist blog's announcement about Rich's sacking:

http://laist.com/2008/04/09/la_weekly_alan_rich.php

 

Tags: Michael Lacey, Michael Richards, racial slurs, the n word, NEW TIMES, Alan Rich, NEW WEST, LA WEEKLY, Rick Barrs, The Finger, NEW TIMES LOS ANGELES