Hey Tony, Maybe you and Ray should meet and have coffee and discussion as Wilma and the other person on the list did with whom Wilma was so incensed.
Their conversation yielded some understanding and, if I recall, they agreed to meet once a year at Green Line to celebrate their shared bliss of mutuality. I do not recall his name. Was it Sam Nicolary? sk ----- Original Message ----- From: Anthony West<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 8:13 PM Subject: Re: [UC] Re: Why does the state store want to move 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]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> To: <[email protected]<mailto:[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 ---- 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<http://www.purple.com/list.html>>.
