Local Derrick Fires Back At Venango Republic "We At Least Have 3 Subscribers"

In a recent report, the Venango Republic cited the Oil City Derrick as having a whopping one subscriber. Despite this following being huge by Oil City standards, the Derrick reached out to us complaining that they actually have three.

"This misinformation was incredibly insulting" says a fictional man who may or may not work for the Derrick "yes, we reported on our taxes one subscriber to avoid paying the extra 20 cents, but everyone knows we have three."

To avoid legal disputes, the CEO's of each major news company met this morning at the Oil City Outhouse. After 5 hours of negotiations, a 10 cent settlement agreement was made to avoid matters going before the judge. The Venango Republic has agreed to pay the 10 cents over the next 5 years and to only reference the rival news publication with a satiric name.

From this point on, the Venango Republic will only reference the news company mentioned above as the "errick" with a silent capital "D" on the front. The Derrick (the "D" is silent) is pleased with the proposal and, in our falsified quote, will "never get mad at us for existing again."