Below is some coverage of the latest attempt to destroy a community with
a NID in the Chinatown area. City council attempted to defy the state
NID creation law, even though residents heroically met the ridiculously
high standard to reject a NID outright. It seems that city council, the
mayor, Alan Greenberger, and Paul Levy apparently wanted an
unaccountable hand picked board not even required to live in PA.
I'm very happy for our brothers and sisters in Chinatown, for now; but
this latest push to privatize, gentrify, and defy the will of the people
is an issue for all Philadelphians.
NIDS/BIDS are designed to divide the city, shifting governmental control
to corporate "experts." All Philadelphians are taxed to secure "grants"
for corporate NID projects, while destroying vital services for most
neighborhoods. The NID areas are brutally gentrified by eradicating the
poor, senior citizens, etc. through L&I, trash tickets, and various
other enforcement or taxing agencies. And public spaces within the NID
are privatized like city hall and Clark Park have been. Citizens of the
lower economic classes can then be arrested as trespassers on formerly
public spaces, like over 5000 brothers and sisters at occupations around
the country have been arrested and brutalized. (Note: Control of public
spaces are privatized eliminating citizen rights. Ownership of public
space still resides with the taxpayers for the singular purpose of
directing tax dollars to private cronies. That's the current model for
eliminating public spaces.)
Don't believe for a second that either Chinatown or West Philly is safe
from the NID threat! Just like Dilworth plaza and Clark Park, the
plutocracy works secretly on multi-year master plans, while activists
struggle to pay their various fines! We know that city council is ready
to obey their masters and defy the will of the people, secretly and in
the dead of night. (City Hall was rented for $1 to CCD on the winter
solstice of 2010. The typical "Christmas surprise" tactic.)
Weekly Press
http://weeklypress.com/proposed-callowhill-reading-viaduct-nid-receives-pocket-veto-big-win-for-p2908-1.htm
PlanPhilly coverage (Planphilly is a propaganda organization. When
Dilworth plaza was quietly privatized, such propaganda outlets became
the only "public notice" to inform the citizens that Dilworth plaza was
being revitalized aka stolen.)
http://planphilly.com/councilman-dicicco-amends-callowhill-nid-bill
http://www.citypaper.net/blogs/nakedcity/Callowhill-NID-defeated--.html
Power to the global revolution,
Glenn
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