"A city without a paper like City Paper is a lesser city. I'm not sure where the stories we write and where the people you meet in those stories show up if we're not around. Without us, you will have one less voice—one that's skeptical and analytical and out there actually," he said. "Look, Trump's the president, this city's a goddamned mess, Pugh's off to a terrible start, and the city is going to lose its progressive media voices. Marc Steiner's about to end his show and we're basically dead in the water. For now, again like on the Titanic, we plan on holding on and doing great work until the end, and I'd also say to anyone out there who likes what we do and wants to keep it around: Buy us!"