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Wednesday, October 20, 2004
Save Our Local Paper!
The Common Denominator (CD), DC's independent hometown newspaper, is about to cease publication due to low funds. This would be a great loss to our neighborhoods. The CD was the paper that wrote about Wal-Mart coming to town two months before the Post picked it up, it's the paper that actually covers our high school sports teams in the city, and it's the only paper that does investigative stories about the DC government that the Post wouldn't touch.
What you can do to save our local independent paper:
* Subscribe! For a mere $12 you can do your part to keep the CD alive.
* Place an ad for your issue, campaign, business, item for sale or announcement. The ads are really affordable and reach a citywide audience.
For more about CD's current status, read this editorial. Don't wait until it's too late.
DC Metro Action is published by Michael Schlesinger, a 32-year veteran of electoral and issue organizing who is committed to social justice and to increasing participation in the political process.
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