In a message dated 11/13/07 11:38:38 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Two different measures suggested that those who were decidedly opposed > to the project slightly outnumbered those who were in favor, but that > undecideds and neutrals were numerous, and many people expressed > complex, ambivalent responses. I did not get the sense that either side > was dominated by ringers who had been marshaled to make a pitch for > their bossman, as has been seen before at some public forums in > University City. > > > Tony, I believe you'd already left when Chris O'Donnell got up to speak. Some others had too, of course. At the end of Chris' comments, he called for a show of hands: who was in favor of the project? A number of hands went up. Chris started counting, but stopped before finishing and said, well, how many are opposed?
>From my seat at the far edge, near the back, I glanced around quickly. I'd swear that it was a smaller group of hands raised for "opposed." But Chris quickly moved on without giving us any counts, and the people with their hands in the air put them down before anyone else had time to count. And Chris finished up saying that more study needed to go into the project, or something like that, and the meeting ended. - Melani Lamond Melani Lamond, Associate Broker Urban & Bye, Realtor 3529 Lancaster Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19104 cell phone 215-356-7266 office phone 215-222-4800, ext. 113 ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
