Voice editor fired

This will get noticed over at the LA Weekly. Gawker says the new owners fired Village Voice acting editor-in-chief Doug Simmons, but are keeping Nick Sylvester, the writer of a now-retracted cover story called, “Do You Wanna Kiss Me?” Sylvester admitted fabricating a scene for the story, which was assigned by Simmons. Romenesko links to a handwritten note, supposedly from Village Voice Media honcho Mike Lacey, that is posted on the Voice website—but I've no idea what to make of it.