I don't think anybody, Tony included, has said that they were anything but completely opposed to UCD supporting anybodies political campaign. I'm certainly opposed to them putting up campaign signs for anyone. Not only is it wrong for a non-profit to do so, it's illegal; this goes for churches, and it goes for UCD. Whether UCD can cross the invisible line set up on their maps to perform a service however is a completely different issue. As long as they're keeping their funders happy, UCD can certainly go an extra block or so and extend services as they see fit. In fact, I can think of at least one other instance where UCD provided safety ambassadors to walk people back from an event on 52nd street. To stand on the opposite side of the street and shout "sorry! we can't help you! there's an invisible line down the middle of this road!" would be a foolish consistency. imho anyway.
UCD has, in the past, expressed a desire to extend services West. The proposed NID maps showed how they'd planned to add street cleaning and safety ambassador service several blocks farther out (I don't recall the exact numbers). So, crossing the road to help out in Malcolm X park seem to me like going the extra mile in spite of funding difficulties. Now, if they did go the extra mile to put up campaign signs for Jannie Blackwell, I'm completely opposed to that, as I'm sure Tony and Ray are too. > This is another example of an area with specific boundaries that you have > decided don't exist because you don't want them to exist. You've even
