A question not (yet) answered

We'd rename the post, but that would change its URL.
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Jan. 21 Update:
Publisher responds to request for clarification, answers question:

My involvement in the newsroom meetings during [now-departed editor]'s tenure was as a silent observer less than once a month.

time to go cut Hospice a check...

Jan. 20 Update:
The Union's publisher has responded with an email, which is now posted over here; it details his current (since former editor's departure earlier this month) and expected future (after new editor's arrival) involvement in The Union's newsroom.

Executive summary: it sounds quite reasonable.

What we wanted to know, though, is the degree of past involvement, and we're not sure that the email answered this question. which he lays out above.
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Original post:

The Sacramento Bee article on the movement to oust The Union's publisher ** may have had more than just the single error.

To clarify the status of this second issue, we emailed the publisher last night to ask one question; we hope that he will consent to reply.

Subject: Question re Bee article and news meetings
To: [publisher of The Union]

For the record -

Kearns [author of Bee article] says:

[publisher] said he stays out of newsroom decisions.
"I don't have any idea what goes into the paper until
I pick it up in the morning"...

Question:
Roughly how many news meetings (i.e., discussions
about possible or actual upcoming stories) have you
attended since you became publisher of The Union?

Thanks -
Anna

Maybe the publisher was too busy to answer today; in any case, it's likely that he doesn't count corresponding with us as one of his favorite activities.
We will donate $100 to Hospice of the Foothills if he will answer the question.
See updates, at top of this post.