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

Mon Jun 9 16:36:44 EDT 2025

Wow. Lovely.

On Mon, Jun 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM regina arlotto <citymom92 at gmail.com> wrote:

>  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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