We first heard this rumor out and about at two different CAM events from folks who have had working relationships with the museum, which lead us to call who's-whos until someone gave us the scoop. But when we finally made contact with Alameda PR man Ken Slavin late Tuesday, he was, in fact, displeased with San Antonio Lightning's coverage of the institution, which includes a recent item speculating that the Museo is broke, and an earlier post announcing that immediate-past director Eliseo Rios had been fired (Slavin disputes this).
We assured RG we hadn't copped his goods, at which point we received a scolding for not checking in diligently with the Lightning -- which is not an unfounded lecture: the man has gotten his hands on the Express-News layoff memos faster than even Romenesko, and he apparently had his finger on this true-gossip tale early, too.