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

Mon Jun 9 16:33:32 EDT 2025

 Wow, all of those "articles" are written by James Grimaldi? Maybe he needs
a better editor. Not sure why he won't sign his articles then. Or his
emails to this listserve.

Gina A.

On Mon, Jun 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM Stefanie Kendall <stefkendall at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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