FOCP Leader: "These are community issues, so I think there's a good reason to do this. I can't imagine this become a bother or problem on the list, but if there's a huge objection, let me know."
People of West Philly! Now that the park is completely controlled by the secret "invitation only" Clark Park Partnership, we get this fake desire for transparency from FOCP! Of course, the FOCP is fighting for "freedom and democracy"-haha. Forevermore, the people of West Philly will only get marketing ads from the Penn partnership, and not participation in decisions which effect public spaces like Clark Park! Passing on new marketing literature and propaganda should have always been expected to be the role for FOCP leaders after the new power structure was sealed. Remember, these leaders were zealots for secrecy when protecting the takeover and redesign of Clark Park! Public announcements and inclusion would have been extremely important over the past ten years, when they wouldn't allow it! If FOCP leaders had actually had a recent change of heart about transparency, they would be blowing the whistle about the details of the SECRET MEETINGS over the past ten years, so people could better organize to win back their rights! But the expectation of new FOCP/UCD marketing ads for the commercialized park may only be part of this new attempt at fake transparency by FOCP leaders. The FOCP leadership was only important to the corporate plutocrats and their gentrification before the park was privatized! As these FOCP leaders lose their illusion of personal power, they will most certainly attempt to rebrand the FOCP as a responsible organization looking out for the good of the "community." They don't want to be personally cast out of neighborhood society, as they always attempted against dissenters. And remember, FOCP is the same dysfunctional organization it was yesterday, when it sold out the people of this neighborhood and the people of Philadelphia! As the full reality of privatization is now out in the open, the FOCP leaders will be facing a great deal of blowback for their years as arrogant Penn pawns! Lacking real courage, they will deny their role in the privatization and portray themselves as blameless victims. And those powerbrokers, who used the techniques of feudal and colonial domination over these leaders, know that they have established a dependency so that FOCP leaders must act as their rubber stamp or they will be replaced. Believing that FOCP can "reform" under these leaders and continue with the usual contempt for the basic principles of a republic and citizen participation, is a monumental mistake for anyone in this neighborhood and city! While we can only speculate about the full meaning of this attempt at FOCP rebranding, the one thing that it is surely not-IT IS NOT A NEW FOUND RESPECT FOR TRANSPARENCY OR INCLUSION OF ALL NEIGHBORS! With open eyes, Glenn On 6/28/2011 7:39 PM, Brian Siano wrote:
Over at the Friends of Clark Park website (http://www.friendsofclarkpark.org), I've set up a system where subscribers are sent emails notifying them of new posts. So, maybe two or three times a week at the very outside, our list of roughly 600 people gets an email that tells them there's a new news item at our site. In order to reach more people, I'd like to add this mailing list as a subscriber. If we do this, then, perhaps two or three times a week at the _very_ most, a note will come through announcing something new at the site. These are community issues, so I think there's a good reason to do this. I can't imagine this become a bother or problem on the list, but if there's a huge objection, let me know. If you'd like to be added to the subscription list independently, send me an email and I'll add you to our own lists. ---- 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>. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.901 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3731 - Release Date: 06/28/11 02:34:00
