The fact is that not everyone who has an opinion on or is affected by
any given project can be accommodated with a place on a board or
committee. Meetings like the one last night are one of the very few
places where some members of the community can actually be heard. We
took advantage of it. What exactly is the problem with that? Is this
not part of the public process? I would also argue that discussion on
a community listserv is also part of the public process.
Secondly, the people who have been writing about this process are, for
the most part, the people who actually went to the meeting last night
and participated in the process.
What is your point?
Frank
On Feb 14, 2008, at 07:42 PM, Anthony West wrote:
Wilma,
I agree with you this issue should get more attention. There is
nothing wrong with that.
There is something wrong with people who are quick to *write about
*public process in University City but slow to l*earn about *public
process in University City. If you want to play a role in decision-
making, you must take note of the decision-making process and take
the necessary steps to enter into it.
Posting private opinions on a private listserve like UC-list is
good. But it is no substitute for entering into the real public
process. The real process is complicated; it's illogical; it's
unfair; it's messy. In other words, it's like life in general. So if
you want to be "heard" before government decisions are arrived
at ... just get out there and live!
UC-list can prepare you for the real public process. It can feed
material into the real public process. But it can never BE a real
public process in itself. It's just the dressing-room, not the stage.
-- Tony West
Dear Tony,
This has been the source of my concerns and arguments about the
vision of
the economic development of this community and who gets to decide
this all
along.
I have continued to raise these concerns on this listserv.
Perhaps, now the message means something to those who are now
affected by
the governing few.
This longstanding issue may finally get the attention it has
deserved.
What's wrong with that?
Wilma
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