Neighbors, Earlier today, I hand delivered a written complaint to the office of Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell and staff about the false information being posted publicly by the Friends of Clark Park about last Thursday's, University of Pennsylvania meeting. This publicly observed and documented meeting engaged issues of tremendous neighborhood importance. In my opinion, the Friends of Clark Park organization has become a tremendous embarrassment to the people of this community.
The information posted on this listserv by the FOCP representative depends upon false, made-up information when describing a heavily attended public event. With the made-up information, the FOCP is publicly contradicting our elected city council representative in a most egregious manner. This deliberate attempt at obfuscation of listserv readers has been done repeatedly by the FOCP like last fall with the claim that "17 public meetings" had taken place about the planned UCD redesign of Clark Park. The FOCP is now claiming: West writes on 6/8/07 "Glenn's report is false. John Fenton has not been fired. His employer, Lewis Wendell stated that clearly at the meeting Glenn attended. Seventy people heard him say that. -- Tony West" West writes on 6/13/07 "I might note John Fenton has not disputed in public this public contention of UCD's, that he's still an employee. And he's had many an opportunity." The Friends of Clark Park depend upon a working relationship with government officials as well as their UCD corporate partners. To attack the account our elected representative made publicly with false, made-up information has destroyed the credibility of the organization. I have reported previously to this listserv many of the process problems, which I believe, allow the complete breakdown of this civic organization. I do not believe the FOCP can reform. I believe the time for the FOCP to disband is at hand and our community can rise to the occasion and develop a park organization that follows its original purpose. It would need written principals as well as the by-laws established to help prevent this type of evolution from occurring again. Sincerely, Glenn Moyer
