Ray,
In reaction to that other response your post received, I too am concerned with
Penn's involvement with the City's budget crisis, and with what they expect to
get out of the city in return for their involvement. Penn is not just some
benign entity who is unselfishly lending its expertise to the greater good. Of
course that's what they and their apologists want everyone to think: "Trust us!
This is all for your own good".
Ask the folks down on Woodland Terrace whether they trust Penn. Ask those who
attended the Philadelphia City Planning and Historical Commission hearings and
witnessed those charades. Ask those attendees who witnessed Chris O'Donnell
"out" a new-to-the-neighborhood real estate agent who testified in support of
Campus Inn, but who somehow failed to mention that "coincidentally" he (the
agent) got a big condo deal from Penn (not that one had anything to do with the
other!!!). Ask the folks from Spruce Hill Civic Association who quit that
organization in disgust after the Campus Inn debacle exposed how and for whom
that organization actually functions.
Trust Penn and in 20 years, 48th and Spruce will look like 38th and Spruce does
today. > Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:43:35 -0500> From:
laserb...@speedymail.org> To: univcity@list.purple.com> Subject: Re: [UC]
Libraries and tactics that are doomed to failure> > Anthony West wrote:> >
Attentive indeed. So let us begin by noting that Penn Praxis has *not* > >
"been inserted into Nutter's budget process." The agent in this > > situation
is the University of Pennsylvania Project for Civic > > Engagement. That there
are relationships between the two entities is > > significant. That there are
distinctions between the two entities, > > however, is also significant.> > > >
Getting names right is not the end of learning, but it is definitely > > near
the beginning. So why don't we go through that gate first?> > > yes, you
wrote:> > Penn's Harris Sokoloff is the quarterback for UPPCE. He> > is part of
the team that is otherwise mobilized as> > PennPraxis.> > and what is
significant here is that PENN has been inserted > into nutter's budget
process.> > > ..................> UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----> 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>.
