Photo by Lydia Chávez

At Mission Pie on the corner of 25th and Mission streets, co-owner Karen Heisler has set up a notebook encouraging lovers of pie and other meals (my new favorite is the daily vegan stew) to become active in the political world  and to share concerns with others.

To this end, she’s put up a notebook with how to keep abreast of what is happening, where help is needed and how to contact your state and local representatives. Heisler’s particular interest now is the Reins Act, which is before the Senate and would prevent any regulation from taking effect until it is approved by the House of Representatives and the Senate. More information is here.  Heisler is encouraging you to call your congressional representative to ask them to vote no on the act.

Already, others are keeping in touch on their interests. Drop in to catch up on the latest postings or to add your own.

Photo by Lydia Chávez
Photo by Lydia Chávez

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I’ve been a Mission resident since 1998 and a professor emeritus at Berkeley’s J-school since 2019. I got my start in newspapers at the Albuquerque Tribune in the city where I was born and raised. Like many local news outlets, The Tribune no longer exists. I left daily newspapers after working at The New York Times for the business, foreign and city desks. Lucky for all of us, it is still here.

As an old friend once pointed out, local has long been in my bones. My Master’s Project at Columbia, later published in New York Magazine, was on New York City’s experiment in community boards.

As founder and an editor at ML, I've been trying to figure out how to make my interest in local news sustainable. If Mission Local is a model, the answer might be that you - the readers - reward steady and smart content. As a thank you for that support we work every day to make our content even better.

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  1. Mission Pie and doing the right thing have always paired beautifully together. Thank you Karen & Krystin.

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