Re: [UC] Apparently, some people haven't heard that Wendell Lewis is leaving

2008-12-04 Thread Glenn moyer


Glenn, in the holiday spirit, isn't this a time for reconciliation? Is that Benseraglio2 and Cassidy beckoning you?
Absolutely!  As a polytheist and Buddhist, I begin the new year on the solstice renewing my vows to struggle for world peace and forgiveness throughout the new year.
 
I have already forgiven the barking cheese gang for its years of incivility and  transgressions against our community.  With great pity, I pray for their enlightenment and an end to their goal of censorship and oppression over others.  
 
I truly hope that they may one day feel connected to their six billion brothers and sisters and also their neighbors in little Mantua.
 
May everyone on earth have a spiritual solstice free of materialism, oppression, war, and pride! 
 
Glenn of the intelligentsia   
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Dec 4, 2008 8:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: univcity@list.purple.com Subject: Re: [UC] Apparently, some people haven't heard that Wendell Lewis is leaving 
Nice to see you have a sense of humor on such a beautiful morning.
 
Now to move on to something critical - celebrating in the Bowl a doggie Christmas Pageant vs a feral cat Winter Solstice meow fest. Tony, has the FOCP planted a Hanukah bush, yet?
 
Regarding new taxing initiatives, don't worry about them; Barak sees they are not popular with a working middle class Main Street, and he has looked out over the Hood and sees it is good. More importantly, Barak is now dreaming of sugar plum fairies while finagling a second term so he can get a shot at four liberal Lonnie Guinier like appointments to the Supreme Court to neuter our brutal American way of life.
 
Glenn, in the holiday spirit, isn't this a time for reconciliation? Is that Benseraglio2 and Cassidy beckoning you?Ciao,
 
Craig
 

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Re: [UC] Apparently, some people haven't heard that Wendell Lewis is leaving

2008-12-04 Thread Craigsolve
Nice to see you have a sense of humor on such a beautiful morning.
 
Now to move on to something critical - celebrating in the Bowl a doggie  
Christmas Pageant vs a feral cat Winter Solstice meow fest. Tony, has  the FOCP 
planted a Hanukah bush, yet?
 
Regarding new taxing initiatives, don't worry about them; Barak sees  they 
are not popular with a working middle class Main Street, and he has  looked out 
over the Hood and sees it is good. More importantly, Barak is  now dreaming of 
sugar plum fairies while finagling a second term so he  can get a shot at 
four liberal Lonnie Guinier  like appointments to the Supreme Court to neuter 
our 
brutal  American way of life.
 
Glenn, in the holiday spirit, isn't this a time for reconciliation? Is  that 
Benseraglio2 and Cassidy beckoning you?

Ciao,
 
Craig
 
 
In a message dated 12/4/2008 7:53:09 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

A  thoughtful post on the commoner's  list,

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Re: [UC] Apparently, some people haven't heard that Wendell Lewis is leaving

2008-12-04 Thread Glenn moyer


#5 Other
Penn wants to dump Wendell Lewis in preperation for another push to establish Penn taxation authority, BID.  They want a new perky face to appeal to the homeowner gangs.  The recession and budget cuts create the perfect circumstances to use fear mongering upon selfish and unprincipled "anointed" leaders.  (Penn appeals to the civic gangs  for BID support by promising that homeowners won't be taxed initially, only greedy landlords.)
Wendell Lewis's gag order certainly has him leaving under mysterious circumstances while voicing support for BID.
After this usual delay when Penn temporarily backs off its powerplay, we should expect that the BID will be portrayed as enormously popular.  The minimum objection period and minimum public disclosure will be attempted since Wendell Lewis has already "educated" the neighborhood about the district consumers dependence on UCD and BID.
Paul Levy explained that Penn has been planning to tax us with BID since the mid '90s.  They never stopped plotting.
I suspect that they have manipulated the housing unit numbers in such a manner that they have the needed numbers under one calculation method allowed under the state law.  Last time, they tried to push BID between Thanksgiving and Christmas.  The tming suggests a similar push for Thanksgiving of '09 with some perky new face promoting it..
A thoughtful post on the commoner's list,
Glenn
 
 
 
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Dec 3, 2008 3:49 PM To: UnivCity@list.purple.com Subject: [UC] Apparently, some people haven't heard that Wendell Lewis is leaving 
Apparently, some people in the area have not heard that Wendell Lewis is leaving UCD (and the neighborhood) when the current term of his contract expires in June 2009. Do you think:

He was worried that the Campus Inn would go through and lower the value of his house even more than the recession, so he thought he'd better get out while the getting was still good. 
The string pullers at Penn finally realized that all the non-core activities at UCD were not only wastes of money but among the chief reasons why the organization is so unpopular and why the NID attempt failed so badly, so they decided to rebuild the organization in a "leaner, meaner" form with a real operations guy to manage "clean and safe" cost-effectively instead of an empire builder to install expensive flags on poles along Baltimore Avenue. 
Wendell really wants to move back to New York and live in his condo, like he was quoted as saying in The UCReview, so his children could get the benefit of a better private school than he could find in Philadelphia. 
He can make more money as a consultant (maybe team up with Omar Blaik, who undoubtedly has more work than he can handle teaching other urban universities all about the Penn Model... whether as something to follow or something to avoid is not known). 
Other. 
All of the above. 
 
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RE: [UC] Apparently, some people haven't heard that Wendell Lewis is leaving

2008-12-03 Thread Karen Heenan

I saw that in the UC Review last week.  So if that's the case, can we just 
steal John Fenton back from Jannie Blackwell's office so that the "clean and 
safe" part of the UCD is actually visible again?   In my humble opinion, that 
was the most valuable part of the organization anyway.  Rather than promoting 
us as "left of center" or whatever the phrase of the moment may be, just let me 
be able to walk around the hood with less risk of being mugged.  I don't care 
if we're left, right or smack in the middle, safe streets are my #1 concern.   
And getting my sidewalks swept occasionally doesn't hurt either.  :)Karen Heenan
45th & Locust Sts.



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UnivCity@list.purple.com
Apparently, some people in the area have not heard that Wendell Lewis is 
leaving UCD (and the neighborhood) when the current term of his contract 
expires in June 2009. Do you think:

He was worried that the Campus Inn would go through and lower the value of his 
house even more than the recession, so he thought he'd better get out while the 
getting was still good.
The string pullers at Penn finally realized that all the non-core activities at 
UCD were not only wastes of money but among the chief reasons why the 
organization is so unpopular and why the NID attempt failed so badly, so they 
decided to rebuild the organization in a "leaner, meaner" form with a real 
operations guy to manage "clean and safe" cost-effectively instead of an empire 
builder to install expensive flags on poles along Baltimore Avenue.
Wendell really wants to move back to New York and live in his condo, like he 
was quoted as saying in The UCReview, so his children could get the benefit of 
a better private school than he could find in Philadelphia.
He can make more money as a consultant (maybe team up with Omar Blaik, who 
undoubtedly has more work than he can handle teaching other urban universities 
all about the Penn Model... whether as something to follow or something to 
avoid is not known).
Other.
All of the above.
 
Al Krigmanreminding you that you read it first (or maybe second), here, on the 
popu-list


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[UC] Apparently, some people haven't heard that Wendell Lewis is leaving

2008-12-03 Thread Krfapt
Apparently, some people in the area have not heard that Wendell Lewis is  
leaving UCD (and the neighborhood) when the current term of his contract 
expires  
in June 2009. Do you think:
1.  He was worried that the Campus Inn would go through and lower the 
value of  his house even more than the recession, so he thought he'd better get 
out  while the getting was still good. 
2.  The string pullers at Penn finally realized that all the non-core  
activities at UCD were not only wastes of money but among the chief reasons  
why 
the organization is so unpopular and why the NID attempt failed so badly,  so 
they decided to rebuild the organization in a "leaner, meaner" form with a  
real operations guy to manage "clean and safe" cost-effectively instead of an  
empire builder to install expensive flags on poles along Baltimore  Avenue. 
3.  Wendell really wants to move back to New York and live in his condo, 
like  he was quoted as saying in The UCReview, so his children could get the 
benefit  of a better private school than he could find in Philadelphia. 
4.  He can make more money as a consultant (maybe team up with Omar 
Blaik, who  undoubtedly has more work than he can handle teaching other urban 
universities  all about the Penn Model... whether as something to follow or 
something to  avoid is not known). 
5.  Other. 
6.  All of the above. 

Al  Krigman


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