In a message dated 6/27/2007 2:51:54 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
His now public commentary reaffirms the utter ineptitude of Lewis Wendell's command of the UCD and most cogently answers highly regarded local attorney Karen Allen's question of yesterday: Of course, putting all the blame on John rather than accepting responsibility for an organizational culture he supposedly manages, that was at best wanting in establishing a modus operandi and circumspectin discussing the incident that triggered but didn't really cause the uproar, was despicable -- chickens**t -- really. But most telling to me about UCD's general and Wendell's specific disconnect with the reality of the neighborhood were his answers to the questions about the NID and the rebuilding of confidence by the community. He obviously hasn't a clue about the opposition to the first and the dissatisfaction implied by the second. I guess he believes a certain party that I'm just too cheap to want to pay my "fair share" for all these terrific things UCD does (presumably like the two concerts in Clark Park that nobody attended, street lights that won't improve the safety as they're being claimed to do, and fancy bakeries that can't stay in business, to cite just a few examples). Anybody remotely qualified for the job with which Penn in its ivory tower isolation has entrusted him would have said that this incident -- from the start all the way through the aftermath of Councilwoman's expression of dissatisfaction -- has been of great concern to the organization, and will result in a thorough re-evaluation of the goals and programs of UCD, including more attention paid to the voices in the community who have been critical of various initiatives. But no. For Lewis, it's just business as usual. Not an inkling of how deep-rooted the problems were that caused the present situation. It reminds me of Einstein's definition of insanity. Doing the same thing over and over, while expecting a different result each time. Wendell buried himself in this interview... which, I understand, was conducted by email so he had plenty of time to think through his answers and have them vetted by everyone from the $74,000 flackette up through Penn's high-priced legal counsel. I'd give him a straight F on the University City Report Card. Al Krigman Left of Ivan Grozny ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.
