As a park activist, I'd have to say this argument is thin. If you serve a
community of residents within certain boundaries, but one of their dedicated
facilities lies one block beyond those boundaries, a wise and responsible
community organization will seek to extend them some coverage. It's
meaningless that some neighborhood service lies one block outside some
boundary. Suppose the West Philadelphia Y requested some assistance from
UCD -- would that bother you? I'm asking for the opinion of every neighbor
on this list as well as yours.
I personally know readers of UC-list who are also Friends of Malcolm X
Park. How many readers have been quietly thinking Greg Cojulun is doing a
lousy job, over at Malcolm X Park? By contrast, how many readers have
noticed how much better Malcolm X Park has been looking, compared to 1997?
If you belong to the latter group (aka the not-insane group)
Facilitating Malcolm X Park activities in general is one of the best things
either UCD or any of its haughty rivals could do. I'm totally for that. It
makes sense to most people who are comfortable living in this neighborhood.
If any of you are uncomfortable with Malcolm X Park, call me and talk to me.
Yes, it is very much part of our neighborhood and a very safe and
well-maintained space, I might add.
-- Tony West
Ray wrote:
ucd states on their website precisely where their
boundaries are, and that's where everyone funding ucd
expects them to be servicing. and that's where ucd claims all its credit,
it's where ucd draws its statistics to write up its report cards, etc.
this incident involved taking workers away from servicing an area within
the ucd boundaries to an area outside the ucd boundaries. workers that
included ucd staff as well as 2 penn students.
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