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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid">-----Original Message----- <BR>From: lisagrob@verizon.net <BR>Sent: Feb 27, 2009 10:32 AM <BR>To: ns_faye@yahoo.com <BR>Cc: thebee32@aol.com, towntalk@riverdale-park.org <BR>Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Reporters on the list serve <BR><BR>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2 KERNING="0" LETTERSPACING="0">The reporter in question was asked by one person that we know of not to cover this topic out of concern for the rooster. However, the reporter contacted me off list and offline for a quote on the story. I didn't raise any concerns about the coverage and told her my story. I don't know of anyone else that expressed this issue.</FONT></DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2 KERNING="0" LETTERSPACING="0"><BR></FONT>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2 KERNING="0" LETTERSPACING="0">And, there seems to be a huge diversity of reactions to the rooster - from it should be turned into code enforcement, to it should be protected from code enforcement.</FONT></DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2 KERNING="0" LETTERSPACING="0"><BR></FONT>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2 KERNING="0" LETTERSPACING="0">Incidentally, I haven't seen or heard from the rooster since before the article was printed so he may have already moved on to greener pastures literally or figuratively.</FONT></DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2 KERNING="0" LETTERSPACING="0"><BR></FONT>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2 KERNING="0" LETTERSPACING="0">Lisa</FONT></DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2 KERNING="0" LETTERSPACING="0"><BR></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2 KERNING="0" LETTERSPACING="0"><BR></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2 KERNING="0" LETTERSPACING="0"><BR></FONT>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2 KERNING="0" LETTERSPACING="0">On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Nina Faye wrote:</FONT></DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2 KERNING="0" LETTERSPACING="0"><BR></FONT>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3 KERNING="0" LETTERSPACING="0">Maya, I think the point of the complaints pertains to the reporter being asked not to discuss an "illegal" bird that has become part of the neighborhood. Printing the information showed a lack of sensitivity to community desires, code enforcement issues, and community culture. It is understandable to troll for stories, but it is also understandable that there would be backlash when "lines" are crossed. By the way, we used to stay at a bed and breakfast in a very upscale area of Philadelphia near Fairmount Park, where the neighbors had pet chickens. The neighborhood loved those chickens, and we enjoyed them as well. I have also read articles about chickens in Seattle. When the topic came up on the HOPE list, a number of people commented that there was only an unpleasant smell when they were not properly cared for--just like dog poop and litter boxes. Nina </FONT></DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3 KERNING="0" LETTERSPACING="0"><BR></FONT>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3 KERNING="0" LETTERSPACING="0">--- On <B>Thu, 2/26/09, thebee32@aol.com </B><B><I><thebee32@aol.com> </I></B>wrote: </FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3 KERNING="0" LETTERSPACING="0">From: thebee32@aol.com <thebee32@aol.com> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3 KERNING="0" LETTERSPACING="0">Subject: [RP TownTalk] Reporters on the list serve </FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3 KERNING="0" LETTERSPACING="0">To: towntalk@riverdale-park.org </FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3 KERNING="0" LETTERSPACING="0">Date: Thursday, February 26, 2009, 3:39 PM </FONT></DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3 KERNING="0" LETTERSPACING="0"><BR></FONT>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#000000 size=3 KERNING="0" LETTERSPACING="0">So, as a former Gazette reporter who covered your town, I decided to stay out of this conversation. But considering it's been about a week of people complaining about Ms. Izadi's use of TownTalk to find story ideas, I decided to add my 2 cents. </FONT></DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#000000 size=3 KERNING="0" LETTERSPACING="0"><BR></FONT>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#000000 size=3 KERNING="0" LETTERSPACING="0">Like many people have said, TownTalk is a public forum and completely searchable via quick Internet search. Check out your former posts, by month, going back to August 2005 here: http://riverdale-park.org/pipermail/towntalk/. Anything that is written on here completely public. If you don't like the idea of anyone with an Internet connection being able to know your thoughts on any given topic, don't post it on the Internet. It's that simple. </FONT></DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#000000 size=3 KERNING="0" LETTERSPACING="0"><BR></FONT>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#000000 size=3 KERNING="0" LETTERSPACING="0">I can say I haven't read the rooster article, but I do know how many articles I've written after getting the idea from the list serve - articles that many of you TownTalkers raved about and linked to on this list serve. How else do you think we would know about open houses, international nights, mosaic murals at Riverdale Elementary school, or different events at the Farmers Market or Riversdale, or the Riverdale Railfans? It's rare that we get an e-mail directly asking us to cover something, yet these are all things that I was personally thanked for writing - things I learned of on TownTalk </FONT></DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#000000 size=3 KERNING="0" LETTERSPACING="0"><BR></FONT>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#000000 size=3 KERNING="0" LETTERSPACING="0">While I understand some of you might be upset about the one rooster article, think about the numerous articles the Gazette has written over the years to highlight the exciting things that happen in your town before you call for a boycott of a paper whose entire purpose is to feature the things that happen in your community. Think about what you can read in the Gazette about Riverdale Park as opposed to the extremely negative stories that are usually the only ones to get picked up by the bigger papers - such as those two incidents in the department of public works that happened over the past few years that I know we'd all like to forget (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/16/AR2007071601652_pf.html and http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/13/AR2007121301540_pf.html). </FONT></DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#000000 size=3 KERNING="0" LETTERSPACING="0"><BR></FONT>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#000000 size=3 KERNING="0" LETTERSPACING="0">Just my 2 cents, written from the perspective of someone who thoroughly enjoyed covering your town and is saddened by the response I've seen over the past week. </FONT></DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#000000 size=3 KERNING="0" LETTERSPACING="0"><BR></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3 KERNING="0" LETTERSPACING="0"><BR></FONT><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#000000 size=3 KERNING="0" LETTERSPACING="0"><BR></FONT>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3 KERNING="0" LETTERSPACING="0">Maya <FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">T. Prabhu </FONT></FONT></DIV>
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