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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Good question Todd. And what is the
election that is happening in May – I haven’t gotten close enough
to read one of the signs yet?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> towntalk-bounces@riverdale-park.org
[mailto:towntalk-bounces@riverdale-park.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Todd Whitehead<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, February 27, 2009
9:09 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> towntalk@riverdale-park.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [RP TownTalk]
Reporters on the list serve</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I'm going to throw Bruce a bone here:<br>
<br>
Why are there signs posted around town advertising an election that isn't
happening until May?<br>
<br>
Todd<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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"bruce.wernek@mindspring.com" <bruce.wernek@mindspring.com><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> towntalk@riverdale-park.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, February 27, 2009
7:05:50 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [RP TownTalk]
Reporters on the list serve<br>
</span></font><br>
If I read another Town Talk email about chickens, I think I'm going to croak.<br>
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Bruce<br>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>-----Original
Message----- <br>
From: Nina Faye <br>
Sent: Feb 26, 2009 5:09 PM <br>
To: towntalk@riverdale-park.org, thebee32@aol.com <br>
Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Reporters on the list serve <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>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 <st1:City w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:City>
near <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Fairmount</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Park</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, 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 <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Seattle</st1:place></st1:City>. 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<br>
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--- On <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Thu, 2/26/09, thebee32@aol.com <i><span
style='font-style:italic'><thebee32@aol.com></span></i></span></b>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>From:
thebee32@aol.com <thebee32@aol.com><br>
Subject: [RP TownTalk] Reporters on the list serve<br>
To: towntalk@riverdale-park.org<br>
Date: Thursday, February 26, 2009, 3:39 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>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.<br>
<br>
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: <a
href="http://riverdale-park.org/pipermail/towntalk/" target="_blank">http://riverdale-park.org/pipermail/towntalk/</a>.
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.<br>
<br>
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 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Riverdale</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Elementary school</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, 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<br>
<br>
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 (<a
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/16/AR2007071601652_pf.html"
target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/16/AR2007071601652_pf.html</a>
and <a
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/13/AR2007121301540_pf.html"
target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/13/AR2007121301540_pf.html</a>).<br>
<br>
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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Maya T. Prabhu<br>
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