According to anonymous sources, someone at the Tribune then contacted the alternative newspaper, Salt Lake City Weekly, which began working on a story about the mayor asking newspapers for coverage in exchange for releasing public information.

Anderson became irate that Seed told the Tribune about how he had agreed to release the e-mails to the Morning News.

"He's ready to fire me," Seed said last week after she said Anderson yelled at her for talking to the Tribune.

Friday, Seed informed Anderson she was looking for other employment and the mayor decided to fire Seed. She cleaned out her office Saturday.

Anderson said the e-mail flap "may have added" to his decision to fire Seed, but his mind was pretty well made up before that incident.

Seed's replacement is the former brother-in-law of Anderson's girlfriend.

Guevara said the mayor often complained about Seed's job performance and "they were both aware that Deeda was not meeting the mayor's job performance requirements."

Seed, in turn, complained to Guevara about the "working environment" Anderson maintained in his office. A similar complaint came from Christy Cordwell, the mayor's longtime assistant who also resigned Friday, Guevara said.

Guevara said Anderson does yell and cuss when he is angry but not at a level that is excessive.

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Contributing: Associated Press

E-mail: bsnyder@desnews.com

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