" If you can't do that, then please apologize to the Mayor, to the Secretary of
DCNR, to the list and to yourself for making the same type of ad hominem attack
that you so wisely deplore."
Andy,
Sorry to disappoint you, but I have incredible passion about this transition to
plutocracy!.
Out of 75 Recreation facilities inspected; 75 were found to be deficient with
safety hazards! The cost estimate to correct these was the same 1 million
dollars. This money would not be welfare for Penn’s (or Drexel, Temple) real
estate schemes. This is basic maintenance absolutely needed by the people of
Philadelphia. If you read the reports, you will know Rec’s answer is to start
closing them.
To allocate that money properly, the taxpayers would not be funding a redesign
of a public park with the intention of breaking up a dynamic culture as is the
UCD master plan..
(As Penn bombarded the world with propaganda about whores, drug addicts, and
gang members in Clark Park, the public has been banned from any real input or
transparency into this Penn redesign. The ruler of FOCP gets to rubber stamp
the Penn agenda with the usual "unanimous community support" while the
organization lies about open public forums and participation from park
stakeholders. Those political "leaders" get to play stupid about their partners)
Since I will not deliver an apology to Penn’s assistants, Mr Nutter, Mrs
Blackwell and the lazy doofuses behind locked doors at the Department of
Recreation, I would ask that you deliver this message to them on my behalf.
SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!
I am disgusted that political leaders, who have no time or interest in the
needs of their constituents, continuously are doing photo ops handing big fat
checks to Penn! (Hey lets cut funding to Philadelphia schools so that we can
build magnet schools for Penn cronies while we give them a big fat tax
abatement. Why should rich people pay for the excellent education of their
young when working people have one penny left for their own children? That
system is so self evidently divine and sacrosanct!)
(And why doesn’t the mayor (so concerned with trash) and city council come to
look at the corporate trash thrown out on our streets while the enforcement
officer sits at UCD headquarters stuffing doughnuts in her face? These
"leaders" know about these special rights for UCD board leaders because I told
their firewall staffs. Some of this firewall staff worked for Penn and their
surrogates serving up the doughnuts! And they also know perfectly well about
the use of L & I to circumvent constitutional protections!)
That photograph at Clark park is so symbolic. We are to stand around and clap
while these leaders give one giant middle finger to the people of this city,
and one giant check to Penn.
Let me make sure my message to Mr. Nutter, Mrs. Blackwell and the other
doofuses is quite clear:
SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!
Please consider why I might feel so passionately.
Best,
Glenn
PS: Please please study the literature about the ad hominem fallacy. There is
a great confusion about the meaning. One can be very harsh and not be using
this fallacious argument strategy. Conversely, a person can use words like sir
and gentleman while using the ad hominem fallacy to prove their point to an
unsophisticated audience
----- Original Message -----
From: Andy Frishkoff
To: Glenn ; univcity@list.purple.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 11:55 AM
Subject: RE: [UC] A million for Penn parks
Glenn,
This post disappoints me. Sometimes, you literally can't see the forest for
the trees. Please explain how how Penn, UCD and corporate plutocrats benefit
from the other five awards that are part of the announcement I have pasted
below, especially the one that is for one of the recreation centers you are
championing. If you can't, then please explain how the process of selecting
these projects was corrupt or flawed. If you can't do that, then please
apologize to the Mayor, to the Secretary of DCNR, to the list and to yourself
for making the same type of ad hominem attack that you so wisely deplore.
Andy
Friday, June 13, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DCNR AWARDS GREENING AND RECREATION PROJECTS IN PHILADELPHIA GRANT OF $1M
Philadelphia, June 13, 2008 – Tomorrow Mayor Michael A. Nutter will announce
that six projects in Philadelphia will receive support from a $1m grant from
the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR). The
award is being matched by funding from the City of Philadelphia and State
Representative John Taylor for a total of $2m in project funding.
"This funding is crucial to our efforts to create a more accessible, green,
healthy Philadelphia," said Mayor Nutter. "I am excited about these projects
and want to express my appreciation to Governor Rendell, Secretary DiBerardinis
of DCNR and State Representative John Taylor for their support of these
important neighborhood spaces."
Mayor Nutter will make the announcement on Saturday June 14, 2008, at two
sites that will benefit from the funding: Ramonita Rivera Recreation Center and
Clark Park. He will be joined by Secretary Mike DiBerardinis of DCNR,
Recreation Commissioner Susan Slawson, Representative John Taylor (Rivera),
Councilwoman Maria Quinones-Sanchez (Rivera), Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell
(Clark Park), and Joan Reilly of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, an
organization which has partnered with the Department of Recreation at all
recipient sites.
The Ramonita Rivera Recreation Center and nearby Fairhill Square Park
received $750,000 in total funding from DCNR and other sources to upgrade the
landscaping, improve pathways, purchase new playground equipment and provide
improved exterior lighting. Clark Park received $450,000 to support the
redesign of Park A, the portion of Clark Park located between Baltimore and
Chester Avenue. The plan creates more usable green space, more benches and game
tables, additional trees and lighting upgrades.
The Community Conservation Partnerships Program grant administered through
the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources will be used for projects
including:
1.. • Muhammad Park, West Philadelphia - Installation of a new pavilion,
site furnishings, rain garden, walkways, landscaping and signage
2.. • Cliveden Park, East Mount Airy - Renovations to the Cliveden Park
House, drainage improvements, fencing, site furnishings and signage
3.. • Clark Park, University City - Installation of a rain garden basin,
trees, site furnishings, landscaping and new walkways
4.. • Pulaski Park, Port Richmond - Landscaping, site furnishings, related
site improvements and signage
5.. • Fairhill Square, North Philadelphia - Installation of exterior
lighting, site furnishings, landscaping and other site improvements
6.. • Rivera Recreation Center, North Philadelphia - Improvements for
accessibility and signage
The six sites above were awarded funding because they all relate to greening,
improving access and connectivity, and the creation of new open spaces.
----ENDS----
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: UnivCity@list.purple.com
Subject: [UC] A million for Penn parks
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 10:59:05 -0400
This was taken from the UCD enews. One million dollars was the estimate for
minimum maintanence needs for the 75 Rec centers found to have serious basic
problems. Note the city contribution in the last line below.
"On June 14, Mayor Michael Nutter, Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell, Mike
DeBernardinis, Secretary of the Department of Community and Economic
Development, Commissioner of Recreation Susan Slawson, State Senator Anthony
Williams, and Representative Jim Roebuck joined Frank Chance, President of
Friends of Clark Park, Lewis Wendell, Executive Director of UCD, Joan Reilly,
Philadelphia Horticultural Society, and other community notables, at Clark Park
for a very important occasion. In addition to cutting the ribbon at the new
basketball court, there was a presentation of $1,000,000 for projects at four
West Philadelphia parks, $225,000 of which is earmarked for Clark Park. The
City will match the funds, for a total investment of $2,000,000 in area parks
and $450,000 in Clark Park! "
This is just like the school district issue. The "winners" are to have
everything and the rest nothing. In 2001-2002 when Clark Park was informally
secretly placed under the control of Penn, the Dept of Rec funds were cut by
20%. (Rec was a good department some years ago and it has become complete
garbage now)
I've already heard misinformation about this Clark park money. It's like the
myth of the microsoft school. (Remember, the FOCP leader tried to claim on the
list that the taxpayers subsidy of microsoft, paying for an international sales
model, was really a gift to Phila children by Bill Gates. This was a common
myth around the city.)
The anointed try to pretend that UCD is just bringing in "outside money"
What they are usually doing is demanding an unfair share from the city
taxpayers. If the city doesn't reallocate resources for the corporate agenda,
there will be hell to pay as they take their bat and ball and go back to campus.
Penn wants Clark Park completely stripped and redesigned to support real
estate marketing. The community and real park leaders told them loudly in
2001-2002 that Clark Park was a great place with mostly a need for dedicated
maintenance. That it should not be destroyed and redesigned, that it was a
jewel in the community.
But as you may have already heard, the Clark Park "UCD master plan" was
moth-balled for several years because of the intense opposition. As honest
park users are banned from participating with any planning, as they were in
'01-02, we have no idea what designs will be imposed to replace our culture
with the desired, homogenized, upscale, suburban culture which is coming.
Six years ago, Penn wanted all sidewalks dug up, volleyball and chess areas
destroyed, a plaza around the war monument, a dog park, and to move the Dickens
Statue. Today, we only have the FOCP leaders as a source of misinformation!!!!
Are we that selfish that we demand this secretive destruction of our park
while the rest of the cities children go without basic safety?
Please think about this,
Glenn
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