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Off-Ramp

RIP Garment & Citizen: Lack of ad revenue shuts down community newspaper

By Off-Ramp Staff
Published Jul 24, 2010
Jerry Sullivan in Santee Alley.
Jerry Sullivan in Santee Alley.
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John Rabe
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RIP Garment & Citizen: Lack of ad revenue shuts down community newspaper
Jerry Sullivan, Off-Ramp contributor and founder, editor, and publisher of the LA Garment Citizen newspaper, shut down the weekly Friday. His only regret - as he explains in a commentary that is also finding its way into the Congressional Record - is that he didn't find a way to keep the paper going after ten years.

Jerry Sullivan, Off-Ramp contributor and founder, editor, and publisher of the LA Garment and Citizen newspaper, shut down the weekly Friday. His only regret - as he explains in a commentary that is also finding its way into the Congressional Record - is that he didn't find a way to keep the paper going after ten years.

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