Comrades, I too had to work, so I could not be at the conference as well. I'm sure Democratic candidate for NY State Governor, currently NYS Attorney General Spitzer gave an inspiring speech.
After all, NYS Attorney General Spitzer has to assume that we're all registered voters (if not all registered Democrats. ) And that he expects that we'll make an effort to vote and get out the vote for him - a community garden friendly NYS Governor would be a treasure beyond rubies and pearls. Before we start cavilling that the settlement was not "perfect," we have to remember that Attorney General Spitzer managed as much justice for us as could have been managed under the circumstances. After all, for the other tango partner in settlement , The City of New York was still "Giuliani Time," mode when the settlement was signed. Thankfully Mayor Bloomberg figured that settling the lawsuit was a good thing to have done so he could make his play for the failed West Side Jet's Stadium. He lost on that one, but the city and the gardeners won. With this community garden settlement, gardeners did pretty darn well: The Attorney General's Settlement gave us five years for our gardens: 1) Five years to make our case to the communities surrounding our gardens to keep them and support them 2) Five years to build up constituents in our communities who will stand with us when that ULURP clock starts ticking again, Five years to make ourselves indispensible to our neighbhoods. 3) And Five years, do the work necessary to have real political support when the settlement sunsets - This time, like all time is precious, and Attorney General Spitzer's Community Garden Settlement bought us this precious time. We all did out part as activists, but So it's payback time. In the world of power and politics, Community Gardeners are now seen as having withdrawn from the "favor bank." Just like Denis Rivera's Hospital Union 1199 goes out and campaigns and votes for candidates who support hospital jobs, community gardeners have to do more than say, "Thank you Elliott!" If NYC community gardeners want to be taken seriously NYC community gardeners will have to repay that favor, by voting and campaigning in the Elliot Spitzer for Governor effort. It will be very important, for other politicians who will be watching, to see how our community garden numbers pan out in the Democratic Primary ( are we registered Democrats?) and the general election. We keep saying we have 35,000 community gardeners in NYC - we need some serious gardener votes out in the primary and general election. Dear Progressive Sisters and Brothers - I strongly suggest,please, if you love your gardens, that this coming November NOT be a time to vote for the Anarchist, Sparticist, Socialist Worker, Green or Legalize Marajuana/Obigane candidate for NYS Governor. Please. And if you're not registered to vote, please do so, ASAP, so you can vote as an independent for Elliott Spitzer. To make it clear to our community, we need to get campaign buttons that say "Community Gardeners for Spitzer" and a few t-shirts that say so too. We can reach out to the campaign to crank them up, or if necessary, make them ourselves. Understand? This is quid-pro-quo. If we don't show up in real numbers for Elliot Spitzer who helped all of us, why should any politician take us seriously? Regards, Adam Honigman Community Gardener, Registered Democratic Voter I -----Original Message----- From: carolin mees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:50:41 +0200 (MEST) Subject: Re: [tb-cybergardens]: [MG] Earth Day Event with Eliot Spitzer News from the tb-cybergardens mailing list ------------------------------------------------- Hey Aresh, I was not able to go to the forum, because I am in Berlin since some time. I am the one writing the South Bronx gardens and running around there last summer- still writing but should be done this summer. Could you give me an update on what the outcome was? Did Eliot Spitzer have a special effect? Thanks a lot for helping me out- . Many greetings and happy spring Carolin Mees -- Echte DSL-Flatrate dauerhaft fC<r 0,- Euro*! "Feel free" mit GMX DSL! http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl ------------------------------------------------- To add or remove yourself from this list, please send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE in the BODY of the message. To receive a reference guide to this mailing list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word HELP in the BODY of the message. ______________________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: https://secure.mallorn.com/mailman/listinfo/community_garden
