<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1458" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 8/12/2004 6:47:48 PM Eastern Standard Time, dhenwood@panix.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><BR>It doesn't seem right he'd resign just for being gay. Isn't there <BR>buzz about harassment or scandal or some such?<BR><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>There is a rumor that he was being blackmailed by his lover.  There's probably more to this, but most local news people expressed surprise at the announcement and were at a loss to explain the reasons before the he resigned.</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>