While I enjoy the surrealistic air, paranoid ambiance, and Rashomon-like fog of this UC Village listserve, Tony West is as far as I know the only professional journalist contributing to this list.
That's why I was gratified to see his immediate summary of the events at the First Thursday meeting, filed directly to this list, and even more to read his articulate piece in the Philadelphia Public Record. I'm very much looking forward to his series of articles on other neighborhoods and other UCD-like entities. I expect it will give some valuable perspective on similar situations throughout the city, and in the process shed light on our own local tempest in a teapot. -- Ross Bender http://rossbender.org
