Dear Georgia, Welcome to the University City Listserv, which came from the Spruce Hill Listserv.
We accept anyone and everyone who is a member of this community and listen to and tolerate all opinions which is the hallmark of a diverse, educated urban community. Diverse opinions, neighborhood announcements, community issues and all types of political discourse with regard to the creation of our portion of West Philadelphia, now known as University City, in addition to everything else Karen stated so eloquently. All opinions, announcements, discussions and news are welcome here. One might read discussions that might rankle one¹s version of this community or even be completely diametrically opposed to one¹s vision of this community. No matter. We discuss anything and everything germane to this community past, present and future. We are one of the few communities in this city who has done this and still continues to do so and we are proud of this. Regards, Wilma de Soto On 12/22/09 12:21 PM, "Karen Allen" <kallena...@msn.com> wrote: > Whatever purpose this listserv originally had, it has transitioned into being > University City's version of Hyde Park Speaker's Corner, where anyone can > climb atop a soapbox and speak his or her mind; a neighborhood sounding board, > for good or for ill. I admit that this listserv can be tough sometimes, but > that reflects the different personalities who live in the neighborhood, and > the various issues that have arisen. > > Since I became a member in 2004, this list has communicated about national > topics such as: terrorism, the war in Iraq/Afganistan, Bush, Obama, the 2004 > and 2008 elections; local issues like: crime alerts, lost pets, job > opportunities, public schools, zoning, property taxes, local history; > contentious issues like community association politics, the role of the > University of Penn in this community, and its efforts to advance often > unpopular taxation and development issues; and cultural issues like theaters, > new restaurants, etc. And yes, it also communicates the political opinions of > community members. > > I have a number of sources of information that I read or watch every day for > national, political and regional news. For neighborhood news, I read this and > other listservs as regularly as I watch MSNBC and Channel 10, or read > Newsweek, the Daily News or Philadelphia Weekly. > > > From: georgia...@aol.com > Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:01:45 -0500 > Subject: [UC] Purpose of this list? > To: univcity@list.purple.com > > > Hi, > I have recently joined this list to get information about University City and > concerns about living here. However it seems to be being used as a platform > for individuals personal political beliefs and prejudices. I am confused. Is > this really the purpose of this list? > > Georgia >
