Editor's note: The Chief of the Division of Labor Statistics and Research of the Department of Industrial Relations, David Aroner, has been fired. The reader should refer to the stories about him in What Now?! in this and past issues. The e-mail below is a sample of the reaction to David Aroner's firing. The identify of the sender of the e-mail has been suppressed.

From: Sender's identity suppressed
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 8:24 AM
To: Yaya Fanusie (saigobe@lanset.com)
Subject: Aroner fired

Dear Dr. Fanusie,

David Aroner was fired last Thursday, June 19th. There hasn't been an official announcement so far, but almost everybody speculates this to be the case judging from several facts. He was not allowed to take his stuff, and he was seen escorted by the head of DIR Personnel, Walt Harris, into his (David Aroner's) office and then, few minutes later, escorted out. Staff from the Division of Administration were packing Aroner's stuff into boxes Friday and Monday. The fact that Aroner was not allowed to be present in the packing of his stuff is an indication he was fired.

Almost everybody agrees that his firing has a lot to do with the disclosures in your website. We hope that other managers here follow Aroner's path on the way out.

Keep up the good work.