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April/May Editors Note

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Published on Monday, 05 April 2010 18:03

Written by Dianne Lawrence

I realized the other day that we are two issues away from our 2nd Year Anniversary! The Neighborhood News continues to show me it has a life of its own. I feel priviledged to be a facilitator for this community resource.

Our Associate Editor, Renee Montgomery writes about the New Localism and why The Neighborhood News has become a valuable partner in the growth of the Mid-city and West Adams Community.

I’m very excited about the April issue. 28 pages are going out to 16,000 residents thanks to one of our advertisers and a supporter of community projects, Chuck Landfried from Secure Protection.

An unfortunate consequence of financial downturn is a rise in crime. There have been a rash of break-ins throughout our community and they go something like this...a thief knocks on the door and if no one answers, he goes around the back to break in through a window or door, while a lookout keeps watch. This happened in our neighborhood. I discovered a neighbor’s dogs roaming the street and put them back in their yard. I later discovered they had been let out by thieves who proceeded to clean the house out of jewelery and electronics, loading a truck up in broad daylight. I might have walked in on it if I had noticed the dogs earlier!

We were given an opportunity to interview Felton Newell, a prosecutor in the City Attorney’s Office who is running against Karen Bass for Diane Watson’s seat this April. I thought “why not let the community interview him?” so I asked various readers to submit questions which Felton took the time to answer thoughtfully and fully.

There’s been a lot of controversy and discontent on both sides of the medical marijuana issue. I’ve often wondered what these collectives were all about so we interview Daniel Sung, one of our advertisers and a director of a local medical marijuana collective. The interview is smart, articulate and knowledgeable.

For our Featured Resident we also snagged an interview with Ron Hutchinson, world class playwright and screenwriter.

Neighbor Deborah Charles told us about her extraordinary neighbor Agnes Verdun who has developed alternative options for ailments. Check out the interview in Natural Health. Do you have someone in the community you would like to write about? Don’t hesitate to contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

WE ARE HAVING A WRITING CONTEST! Go to Community Events for details.

We have also started a new feature on our Website called Historic Homes for Sale in the West Adams and Mid-City community. Know anyone interested? Send them the link!

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