----- Original Message ----- From: "Jayfar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <UnivCity@list.purple.com> Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 8:19 PM Subject: [UC] UCHS and Civic Center demolitions: a review (fwd)
Gersil Kay writes, somewhat edited: > > > The Civic Center would be an ideal location for a Gambling Casino. It is > accessible, yet away from day-to-day activities. Historic venues are > widely used for such purposes in England and Australia. > > By all means we need an experimental cancer center, but the ancient Romans > knew that circuses as well as bread is wanted by the populace.The proposed > center can be placed adjacent to the period buildings. A tunnel under the > road would have to be provided in any case, to ferry patients back and > forth from the main hospital. Penn should employ the automated parking > equipment used internationally that holds twice as many cars in half the > space. Fumes and noise are eliminated because car motors are turned off > once delivered to the facility. AARGH! I was reading along saying, basically, um humm.. and agreeing generally with the points about energy conservation, etc, but also feeling that Penn had already taken those factors into account by my reading of their process, until I got to the paragraph above. Forget it lady--not in My Back Yard (to coin a phrase.) We need a gambling casino so that relatives of cancer patients can have some R and R? I'm afraid this committee has lost credibility completely with me. ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
