Glenn
Can you clarify the options you have for recording this? Are they
providing a cassette player to you, and does it have a headphone output
option?
Headphone output from a cassette player is standard; if so, you can use
a laptop and connect the cassette recorder output to the laptop
microphone input using a TRS connector - also called a mini stereo jack.
Here is a link to the cable type at Radio Shack:
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2123287
You do not need to use Monster brand.
For recording software, you can use the wonderful, free, open source
program Audacity:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
I do not have the hardware to provide you for your endeavor but will be
happy to assist you with any questions relating to how you might
accomplish the transfer.
Regards,
John Ellingsworth
Glenn moyer wrote:
Dear hotel opponents,
Jonathon Farnham, director of PHC, and the PHC staff were very
helpful and cooperative this morning. Mr. Farnham has agreed to
cooperate with reproduction of the public record, two cassette tapes,
of last years PHC hearings about the Campus Inn. As a vocal critic
of the PHC generally, I want to also praise the professionalism and
willingness for transparency which I experienced today!
The PA Right To Know Law delineates the process for accessing public
records, and this is agreed upon with Mr. Farnham with complete
cooperation.
I need to borrow the equipment (or have someone accompany me to city
hall with it) which can copy cassette tapes at the PHC library during
normal business hours, asap! Please help me find access to this
equipment by Thursday or Friday!
Note: Tomorrow, the developers are requesting the architectural
committee to change the “conditional approval in concept” by the PHC
to “approval” for the Campus Inn. .
Independent transcripts will be produced from the tapes. These will
prove to be vital to demonstrate the serious problems with the
developer’s official testimony which demands immediate rejection of
the Campus Inn. The entire process must begin again after all
parties to the Campus Inn explain the serious misrepresentations and
directly false statements offered in official testimony! The current
application is so tainted by this testimony, that it will be
worthless when transcripts are published and thoroughly reviewed!
As most opponents know, the government’s approval process, after the
initial rejection of the PHC Architectural committee; has been one
that has obviously been rubber stamping a project that goes seriously
against existing rules and standards without any credible
explanation. The Architectural committee had rejected the project,
after doing their job of project review, and the members provided
their rational for doing so. They justifiably followed the local
rules and federal standards when they rendered their decision to
reject.
Mr. Vincent Rivera, architectural committee, and Mr. Scott Wildes,
Office of Housing &Community Development, tried very hard to stop the
PHC commissioners from arbitrarily bypassing the architectural
committee when the developer’s seriously misrepresented the
committee’s rejection. This occurred on Nov. 9th.
In an outrageous maneuver, other commissioners backed the serious
misrepresentation being provided by the developers that day, and the
commission voted to ignore the committee rejection (and their own
process for drastically new plans). Without any review of the
committee’s actual work, the same commissioners then approved the
Campus Inn immediately without any reasons given. (Ms. Sarah
Merriman of the Commerce Department and Mr. David Schaaf, RA are
identified, in the brief incomplete report generated by PHC staff, as
the individuals making both motions.) The complete hearing
transcripts will provide the full picture and all statements made.
Neighbors, accurate transcripts from these hearings will conclusively
show that this project should never have been approved by PHC without
going back to committee. Reviewing transcripts along with later
evidence will show conclusively that the developers were repeatedly
and deliberately offering seriously false testimony at both of these
hearings!!!!!
The evidence of clearly deliberate misrepresentations and uncorrected
false claims, which completely invalidate the entire process and all
approvals, must not be "swept under the rug" by our government. Our
government must send this project back to the beginning, adding a
requirement; (for an explanation from all parties on the development
team about the false testimony provided last year) before any new
applications should be seriously considered! Everyone makes
mistakes, but trust and credibility only come when these are admitted
and corrected.
Otherwise, no citizens of Philadelphia can have any faith in a fair
process for project development, and also no faith that the
government protects our rights generally. When confronted with
evidence of serious false testimony by developers, and then
continuing approval, it would demonstrate that the government serves
powerful developers only, and thus would have no credibility in a
system of representative democracy! Let's be hopeful.
Please help me find the cassette copying equipment, Glenn PS: Time
for the rally, 15 and Market!
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