That building is new and beautiful!!! God bless you Wilma for bringing all this to public attention!!!!!!
On Mar 31, 2013, at 10:23 AM, Wilma de Soto wrote: > Dear Neighbors: > > I think what really gets to me is the plan to build three-story housing on > Warren St. on the site of University City High School. > > These school closings were announced not two weeks ago ostensibly to close a > deficit. It is glaringly apparent that this "sale" to a developer had > already taken place and was in the works for quite some time. > > All the SRC has to do is endure the angry community response, (as outlined in > the Broad Foundation's School Closure Guide), and they shall reap their rich > rewards. The new "3 Rs" are: Rhetoric, Race and Real Estate. > > Most of the schools slated to be closed are predominately African-American > and in areas slated for development. > > I am starting to feel as if we are in the final stages of societal coup > d'etat LONG in the making. > > People can email me off-list if they want the pdf link to the Broad School > Closure Guide. The Broad Foundation pulled it from its site at the end of > January 2013. As one reads it it will sound strikingly familiar to the > scripted scenarios of school closures in cities across the America. > > Parents of school-aged children in the city should be especially interested. > > > On Mar 31, 2013, at 8:59 AM, Glenn moyer wrote: > >> >> >> Thanks Wilma! >> >> It's hard to know how many neighbors are beginning to understand these >> propaganda techniques and purposes. I went to the AVI "outreach session" and >> the people I talked to all seemed to understand that it was a worthless PR >> stunt, but they were mostly common people. (I was "educated" by a grad >> student, brought in from NY, and they were going to educate us that "AVI is >> tax fairness and that it was all very professional." She didn't know >> anything about the history, lies or the massive corporate giveaway for which >> AVI was designed.) >> >> It's a good time to look at this "wish list" PR technique. The Penn/Wall St. >> Planning Commission uses it to legitimize the theft of taxpayer dollars for >> distribution to corporate projects. Anything close to real engagement, or >> truthful information, would have met angry responses. That's one reason for >> the tightly controlled bizzare games they use. But attendees end up feeling >> empty, as they sense it's meaningless, even without fully understanding the >> PR purposes. >> >> >> It's really important for people to stop seeing these corporate slush funds >> of taxpayer money as "free money." The corporate ice skating rink at city >> hall was supposedly $50 million for public transit infrastructure. What we >> now know about the Clark Park gravel pit is that it was always designed as a >> food court for the new 43rd St mall being planned. And there is no such >> thing as a parklett. Parkletts are the theft of taxpayer money to create >> outdoor seating for corporate eateries and coffee shops (the real model is >> 42nd and Woodland outside the Starbucks. The Green line parklett was a ploy >> to make people think these would primarily go to local eateries) >> >> >> Later, they will magically turn these costly PR stunts like PHL2035 into >> "the demands of the people." They will claim the wish list sessions were >> open, democratic, community engagement sessions, to justify the transfer of >> funds for corporate projects. They have no interest in any input from the >> people of Philadelphia, only the propaganda value of these sessions, when >> the individual corporate schemes emerge. The "funny money" game only >> included various corporate infrastructure "visions", so that it was win-win >> for Penn and partners, and the input of residents was completely >> meaningless. The demands of the final corporate projects will fine tune the >> spending. >> >> The attendees were used. I hope the empty feelings they had after the funny >> money game turn into rage and courage, as they connect their increasing tax >> bills, school closures, etc.; with the parkletts, fenced off rental parks, >> and food courts. (The enclosed Penn Park, paid for by the US Postal >> Service, is hosting a John Legend concert only open to those with a Penn >> Card) >> >> I highly encourage people to study the various propaganda techniques used in >> our inverted totalitarian society (Inverted totalitarianism, Wolin and >> Hedges). MIT Professor Noam Chomsky and Wharton professor Edward Herman >> developed a propaganda model in their book Manufacturing Consent, The >> Political Economy of the Mass Media, which should be required reading in all >> American high schools. >> S. Wolin, The Nation, Inverted Totalitarianism >> >> http://www.thenation.com/article/inverted-totalitarianism >> >> Thanks again, >> Glenn >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >From: Wilma de Soto >> >Sent: Mar 29, 2013 5:47 PM >> >To: UnivCity listserv >> >Subject: [UC] PHL2035 Plan for University City/Southwest District >> > >> >Interesting site about the PHIL2035 plan for our area and the Community >> >Meeting Summary. >> > >> >http://phila2035.org >> > >> > >> > >> >Community Meeting Summary (1/13): >> > >> >http://phila2035.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2nd-Public-Meeting-Summary.pdf >> >---- >> >You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the >> >list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see >> >. >
