The city periodically repaves its streets. The 4700 block of Cedar
Ave., which was repaved this time, desperately needed the work. The
last time it was done, the material began to crumble at the 48th
Street end within weeks after the completion of the work.
Some of you listees, I suppose, would prefer to bring the matter to a
vote. It's a democracy, after all, and the residents of the block
should consent to any proposal to repave the street. If the residents
consent to having the street repaved, the owners of cars parked on
the street should receive engraved invitations to move their cars on
a particular date, at a particular time, and not to park on the
street until some other specified time, when the work will have been
completed. The workers should go on the morning of the scheduled work
from door to door, politely requesting that the owners of the cars
move them. Owners of cars who fail to respond positively should be
provided detailed accounts of the location to which their car has
been towed, and free pickup service so they do not have to strain
themselves by walking a few blocks.
We can also vote on replacing street lamp light bulbs when they fail,
if you wish. That's democracy, isn't it?
Elliot
On 14 Jul 2007, at 9:07 AM, Glenn wrote:
Hey Karen,
Do you remember this woman's name and what entity she belonged too?
This resurfacing seems to have upset a lot of people. It seems to
be done for no reason. Of course, the problems with giving notice
and towing the cars are obviously frustrating.
The Vet school building popping up after we were sold in advance
that the traffic patterns were the reason for the improvment, I
believe, is very similar to this new problem. The suggested
outcome turns out to not be an improvement and the surprise we
receive seems to have been conceived long before we were fooled.
It is the same unethical pattern that I have come to expect.
Again, it's not just the physical problem that the area is much
more dangerous for everyone, but the dishonest process by which
Penn accomplished this taking of the street while treating us
poorly. I know I have an easy going attitude and if they had been
honest, I probably would have not objected. I might have tried to
offer suggestions so that the traffic decisions wouldn't have been
the worst possible choices. But now, I feel compelled to stress
that this is another example of dangers that we must not leave
unchallenged. The precedent is the frightening danger not the new
building.
It also shows how deeply Penn's influence stretches into state and
local government planning even in this area of streets and
highways. Sending this woman to the civic associations with a
misleading presentation is exactly the Penn process. I think if we
find this woman; she may know something about this decision to do
all these district streets instead of using the resources in
Philadelphia.
I think the people posting about the waste that this street work
exemplifies are correct.
Glenn
----- Original Message ----- From: "KAREN ALLEN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 2:27 PM
Subject: Re: [UC] Move your cars! Fight the conspiracy!
Yes, I remember that...a woman from Penn came to a Cedar Park
Neighbors board meeting sometime in 2002 or 2003 and said the
streets were being changed to create better traffic patterns. She
didn't say anything about Penn acquiring the land for the Vet School.
From: "Glenn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [UC] Move your cars! Fight the conspiracy!
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:12:21 -0400
Rememember, the transfer of the eastern end of Baltimore Ave to
Penn School of Vetrinary >Medicine. Sure, we were told it was
all done to make the traffic patterns better at the VA
>hospital. A lot of people on the list claimed that that was a
lie and the whole project was to turn >over Baltimore Ave for the
Penn expansion.
Your buddy,
Glenn
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