Politico’s Patrick Gavin had it right all along — Washington Times President and Publisher Jonathan Slevin is leaving the troubled newspaper after only six months on the job. In a letter to friends and colleagues Sunday, Slevin confirmed that his contract will not be renewed after it expires on April 30.

While Slevin wrote that he was “comfortable with” the decision by the paper’s Board of Directors not to keep him, he also lashed out at what he described as an “intrusive” board that has only two members, both of whom have “no experience in the newspaper business.”

The driving force on the Board, Mr. Nick Chiaia, has on several occasions in past months communicated directly to me his disdain for The Washington Times. Indeed, in the six months since I have been publisher, one Board member with an office nearby in Tysons Corner has never come to 3600 New York Avenue; the other Board member has showed up once from his 19th Street offices 20 minutes away. Being geographically and philosophically removed from the Times, they lack awareness and appreciation of the incredible hard work and quality of Times employees. As a result, they were either aloof or out of touch with our endeavors, which made things even more difficult.

Slevin goes on to take shots at new editor Sam Dealey, whom Slevin himself hired but now describes as “reporting to and was responsive directly to the Board of Directors, and not to the publisher.” It’s also telling of just how chaotic things are in the Times newsroom that when Gavin first reported the news on Friday, the Times’ spokesperson, Don Meyer, initially denied that it was true, only to have to admit later that he had been “out of the loop.”