[obsnw] FW: Regarding crime

2010-12-07 Thread David Raphael
From: markberr...@gmail.com [mailto:markberr...@gmail.com] Just a correction, the robbery that took place was not in lytton, but in milton rd, a lady was sitting in the passenger side of a vehicle and an unknown male came and grabbed her ray ban sunglasses valued R1500, of her face. Sent via my B

Re: [obsnw] Re: OBS FEST PRESS RELEASE

2010-12-07 Thread Julia Teale
Hi Trevor, no, I am not coming from the position of, hey, he is just another drug dealer. In fact I know nothing about the man at all, except that he was a bona fide immigrant who had his legal papers on him on the time. I do not know what he did for a living or why he was arguing with a 17y

Re: [obsnw] Shopping at Spar etc during the Obs fest

2010-12-07 Thread Julia Teale
Hi Rosemary, I frequently eat at the Blue Marlin, Ganesh and other eateries in Obs. I was simply referring to the fact that their were 9 borewors stands around the Village Green. Early during the organization of the festival it was agreed that efforts would be made to offer an eclectic and in

Re: [obsnw] Re: Shopping at Spar etc during the Obs fest

2010-12-07 Thread Julia Teale
Dear Anton, I was involved in the festival at the beginning. I am also the Chairperson of the OCA Arts Committee. I tried to work with Chakan Hislop and found him dishonest and disingenuous from the start. I voiced these misgivings and removed myself from the situation as my opinions were no

[obsnw] FW: Crime for past 48 hours

2010-12-07 Thread David Raphael
Our Sector Manager, Constable Mark Berry 082 302 5436 writes: "Goodmorning to all. Crime for past 48 hours there were nothing actually standing out. Theft out of m/v areas was howe street and lower main rd. Theft of mv in morley street. And a robbery that took place in lytton rd at 13:15 on the

Re: [obsnw] Shopping at Spar etc during the Obs fest

2010-12-07 Thread Brian Amery
Hi Julia Thanks for your contribution Kindest regards Brian On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Julia Teale wrote: > I was given to understand that it was obligatory for Obs residents to pay > R30 per person to have weekend access to the area whether they were > interested in the festival or not.

Re: [obsnw] Re: Shopping at Spar etc during the Obs fest

2010-12-07 Thread Brian Amery
Thanks Anton On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Twigg, Anton wrote: > "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change > the world. > Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." > - Margaret Mead > > I don't think that the people involved in the organization of the festiv

RE: [obsnw] Re: Shopping at Spar etc during the Obs fest

2010-12-07 Thread Twigg, Anton
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead I don't think that the people involved in the organization of the festival went out of their way to inconvenience the citizens of Observatory, or

[obsnw] Re: Shopping at Spar etc during the Obs fest

2010-12-07 Thread Biddy Greene
"The festival got permission from the Business owners to close off the area." Is it legal for "the business owners" to stop me walking up the street unless I pay? Closing off vehicular traffic (who can drive round another way) is quite different from making people have to pay - or go far further a

Re: [obsnw] Shopping at Spar etc during the Obs fest

2010-12-07 Thread Rosemary Robins
I appreciate that each person has their own perception of the weekend - I personally enjoyed it and was most relieved not to find "peak cap and sunglasses" stalls. I bought the most exquisite baobab wire tree - so fantastic was it that when I was sitting in Scrumpy's with it, another wire man came

Re: [obsnw] Shopping at Spar etc during the Obs fest

2010-12-07 Thread Julia Teale
I was given to understand that it was obligatory for Obs residents to pay R30 per person to have weekend access to the area whether they were interested in the festival or not. It disgusted me but I coughed up R90 anyway (there are three of us in the household) as I realized it was too late to

Re: [obsnw] Re: OBS FEST PRESS RELEASE

2010-12-07 Thread Julia Teale
Trevor, I am shocked that you mention that you witnessed Mr Andrew Aminiel 'bleed out' and saw a woman try to help him, but too late. How did this woman get past the police if no body else could? Did every one else just stand there watching when they saw that the police were not coping? I als