[Lincolnparkdc] Clarification on Lincoln Park Listserv vs Newsletter recently advertised

[Stefanie Kendall]

I guess you can out of it what you like.

Some of those questions are not fearmongering as much as a critical take,
IMO. Offbeat humor, maybe some sarcasm, but written by a pulitzer prize
winning journalist (no, really) on his time off. Shedding a little light
albeit opinionated — like a lot of news on the Hill — on goings on.

Folks will decide for themselves.

On Mon, Jun 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM regina arlotto <citymom92 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Come on-
> There's definitely fear-mongering in the Lincoln Park Newsletter: "H
> Street is a scary drug-laden mess"  (Feb '25), and  "Did a faulty DDOT
> design lead to a pedestrian death" (Jan '25) "Death on C Street: How a
> traffic calming scheme went awry" (Dec '24) "Be nice to biker bros-you
> jerks" (Dec '24). Then there's a couple of articles written from the
> viewpoint of the writer's dogs. While I love both of my dogs, and have been
> a dog-owner on Lincoln Park since '94, I don't think anyone would want to
> hear a story written by them. But hey, maybe that appeals to some folks, so
> okay. If so, subscribe to their Substack.
>
> I suppose they might be aiming for parody (that's what one of their
> articles stated that Lincoln Park Newsletter is "parody, news and opinion"
> but as it stands it comes across as very mean-spirited and not neighborly
> at all.
>
> And finally, the authors don't always provide a by-line for their
> articles, so you don't really know which of your neighbors is trying to
> turn you against each other. Some of the recent emails shilling for the
> Lincoln Park Newsletter are also not signing their posts. Again, choosing
> to remain anonymous instead of cultivating a community wherein you know who
> is posting a question, or a criticism.
>
> Gina A.
> 100 bl Kentucky
>
> On Mon, Jun 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM Stefanie Kendall <stefkendall at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Fearmongery?
>>
>> Letting neighbors know about the passing of those who live quietly in the
>> community, or how to sign up to take care of the urns in lincoln park or
>> about actual local news (ex: targeting LGBTQI residents so we know to stand
>> by and advocate especially loudly) or documentary shorts featuring local
>> residents, or books written be residents doesn’t seem fearmongery.
>>
>> As you note, folks should definitely make their own decisions.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM Mia Grosjean <mia at miagrosjean.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you Sandra!  I didn’t think people knew what they were signing up
>>> for!
>>> Mia
>>>
>>> On Jun 9, 2025, at 1:20 PM, Sandra Moscoso-Mills <
>>> smoscosomills at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Neighbors,
>>>
>>> I was confused about the "please sign me up" email traffic since our
>>> fearless leader, Tom sent the retirement message indicating changes to the
>>> listserv. Here's what I think is happening, so we all know what we're
>>> signing up for.
>>>
>>> On Listserv:
>>>
>>>    - Those of us who responded to Tom that we are interested in filling
>>>    his shoes will be meeting next week to understand what that would take and
>>>    talk about the next steps
>>>    - Next steps could be: 1- we (multiple folks) assume responsibility
>>>    for hosting and moderating the existing listserv and no one misses a beat;
>>>    OR 2 - we set up a new listserv with several moderators and migrate
>>>    everyone over to that.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Newsletter:
>>> Someone else, I believe James Grimaldi (
>>> friendsofcapitolhillparks at gmail.com) - (Hi James!), invited folks to
>>> sign up for a(?) /his(?) newsletter (https://maryfarran.substack.com/).
>>> It looks like you can sign up for the newsletter there. It's not a listserv
>>> where we can all post, but rather, a (by looks of the archives)
>>> "fearmongery" blog with a dark view of the neighborhood.
>>>
>>> Just wanted to make sure we understand what we are wanting to sign up
>>> for. You can check stuff out for yourself and make your own decisions.
>>>
>>> Best!
>>> Sandra
>>> (100 Block of 13th St SE)
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