Dear Tony and Frank,
Without lionizing Ray, all I can say about your synopsis is: "WOW!"
AND
As Moe Howard would have said to Curly, "Remind me to kill you later!" to
which Curly replied, "I'll make a note of it."
It's been a bad week for us teachers with the State Tests et.al. and I'm
tired.
Take care.
Regards,
Wilma
On 3/16/07 8:13 PM, "Anthony West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Frank,
>
> It's possible I've simply read more of Ray's posts than you have over the
> years, so I can read where he's going next.
>
> Ray has no interest in "more information" on this subject, or any other. If
> he actually wanted to know more about why PLCB wanted to move (a) from one
> location and (b) to another, he would simply call PLCB and ask them. Their
> number is in the phonebook and he's an IT whiz, so getting an answer should
> be a breeze for him. Why should anybody on UC-list know PLCB's inmost
> thinking, for Pete's sake?
>
> Ray's quest for "information" is strictly rhetorical. He is the composer of
> the Unfinished One-Note Symphony, which he has reprised on UC-list for many
> years now. Its sole theme is that sinister forces lurk behind every effort
> to rehabilitate or upgrade any public space in University City; each of them
> an evidence of a vast, shadowy conspiracy led by his own employer to thwart
> the will of The Community, which wishes to continue having whatever It had
> before, just a little shabbier each spring.
>
> One time in 10 he finds evidence of public-space manipulation that points to
> questionable practices by local agencies, and we all applaud him for that.
> (There is a saying: Even a stopped clock tells time right twice a day.) The
> other nine times, Ray just babbles. Since he wishes to keep alive the
> sinister-forces notion at all costs, he'll duck any evidence against
> conspiracy theories with the chestnut that We Don't Really Know for Sure;
> More Information Is Needed.
>
> In the current case, Ray is trying to concoct a fable that everything is
> really hunky-dory at 4049 Market St., therefore an attempt to move the store
> is evidence of the sinister forces at work. This particular piece of
> "evidence" is beyond lame. If the store had a 40-foot neon sign above it
> blinking, "BAD!!!", it couldn't be any worse. Most people criticize PLCB for
> retaining lousy stores; Ray criticizes the agency for seeking a better one.
> It takes your breath away, if you permit yourself to think about it.
>
> This being a "left of center" neighborhood, Ray understands as well as his
> bête noire UCD does that you have to position yourself as pro-minority
> around here to score political points. So he typically argues against
> neighborhood improvements by suggesting they violate the desire of Urban
> Socially Diverse Multi-Cultural folks to wallow in decay. But he doesn't
> actually care what actual African American working-class people have to deal
> with in their daily lives; he has never published the slightest sensitivity
> to this issue.
>
> Other than that, Ray is fine. He's done some nice things for this community
> and I hope he'll do more. Just spare us the baloney about the sinister
> forces, that's all I'm asking. Kick up a fuss about the proposed PLCB site
> on Walnut St. if you must, pal; you have legitimate standing there. But
> don't ask us to swallow that the Market St. liquor store is a cherished
> neighborhood treasure. It isn't. It's just a beat-up, bad old store.
>
> -- Tony West
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 1:30 AM
> Subject: Re: [UC] Re: Why does the state store want to move
>
>
>> Jeez, can you stop being a lawyer for a minute? What does race have to do
>> with anything other than as an excuse for baiting? Is a cold work site
>> somehow worse for people of color? If not, why even bring it up?
>>
>> That remark was really nauseating. Ick.
>>
>> Besides, Ray never said he was against the move. He simply asked for more
>> information on why they chose this particular location.
>>
>> Frank
>
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