Mr. Wendell, Notices are being placed in West Philadelphia to announce an upcoming public community meeting. Please instruct your street cleaning staff, immediately; not to remove and destroy notices about the February 13, zoning meeting, scheduled for 42nd and Baltimore. The Spruce Hill Civic Association is conducting the meeting.
Your funders, Penn Real Estate, Campus Apts, etc. are trying to set a precedent for constructing commercial skyscrrapers in residential neighborhoods. The Feb. 13 meeting is the first and only meeting properly announced so that residents of our West Philadelphia community may speak out and voice their opinions on establishing this precedent. Posting announcements is one of the most important media for grassroots communication in a community. It is an ancient process and has fully replaced the town crier. Interfering with the important work of the town crier has been considered treason for centuries. The free exchange of information and notice is considered so important to the community that it must not be harrassed. I and others have long been horrified at the Penn/UCD policy to unilaterally destroy our local community posting network. But, your agenda and process is not now being debated. Do not remove these vital notices prior to February 14, 2008. Sincerely, Glenn Moyer cc: [email protected]
