By Paul Cobb

The offices of the Post News Group and OCCUR were burglarized and trashed in the early morning hours of March 22, 2022.

Though we were set back quite a bit and lost significant files and sustained other financial losses, we managed to meet our deadlines and publish our nine weekly editions the next day despite all the debris and disruption.

When the investigation is completed and after we can fully assess our losses, we will inform our readers of our plans to expand digitized news, restore our funds for interns and stream video newscasts to continue our monitoring of government agencies.

The Post is undeterred in its mission to push for jobs, affordable housing and maintains its support for OPD Chief LeRonne Armstrong’s community policing efforts and the promotion of the city’s race and equity policies.

With your help and assistance, we will be exploring new ways to raise revenues and increase our advertising client base over the next 30 days. We are especially thankful for the messages of support and some surprise donors who dropped by to encourage us to continue publishing.

I hope our readers will donate to OCCUR through their tax-exempt 501c3 number.

As some of you remember, I formerly served as CEO of OCCUR and I continue to work side-by-side with that organization which specializes in training faith-based groups in the art of fundraising, technology training and community services.

For OCCUR’s administration and staff and us at The Post, the March 22 burglary was frightening, unnerving and a warning that we need to do more in our search for relevance to help bind up the wounds of those whose backs are against the wall.

And, as U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown-Jackson says, “We too, will Persevere.”

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