Anthony West wrote:
Ray and Glenn are saying, then, that no meetings count as "meetings" and
no neighbors count as "neighbors" unless everyone present agrees with
Ray and Glenn.
It's hard to imagine this view carrying much weight with City officials.
Councilwoman Blackwell is wide awake at 8 am when she shows up at First
Thursday meetings, and she expects others to listen well. The 60-odd
West Philadelphians who attend find they're an excellent source of
diverse information. Attendees at First Thursday heard about the hotel
proposal several months before it was presented at the SHCA Membership
meeting, for instance.
Also unlikely to persuade ZBA members is the idea that meetings don't
count when held in a senior center. There's not a politician in the city
who doesn't regularly attend public meetings in senior centers.
Therefore, people who wish to have a practical impact should take
advantage of any opportunity to present their case (and also listen) at
any relevant meeting. Those with concerns about 40th St. development
might explore this opportunity, then.
When a person runs out of substantive grounds to stay excited, using
lots of exclamation marks won't make a blunted critique sharp again, or
a windy parody concise, or a poor political approach clever.
"It was a long First Thursday meeting, packed with agenda
items, and Tom had only a few minutes to make his
presentation." -- Melani Lamond
concise!
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