Think of the kids kicking around in the >dust at the fair this past week. Breathing poison dirt. The long range >risks involve destroying our watershed. This practice is >irresponsible and must be stopped
Hi KC, First, I want to give you a heads-up about another danger coming up, that won't be publicly announced. Shortly before the Spruce Hill Halloween parade, the Moon company will use hand held "leaf blowers" in the park. These machines look like chain saws, and are known to have very dirty running engines like lawn mowers. Last year, an enormous dust cloud was produced over the park which impacted several blocks. I was choking for two blocks as I walked to my house on 4300 Baltimore. (You are right to question the accumulated chemicals in that dirt). I reported the entire incident on this public list. This gets to your other question: I called UCD and Moon last year. Moon works for UCD and "the community." UCD said the community wants the work done, which is spin, that means FOCP/SHCA leaders rubber stamp the UCD agenda. As has happened so many times before, the public won't get a straight answer to your question! UCD is a quasi-government. They have implanted themselves between the community and the real government, but they are only accountable to the University of Penn. real estate power brokers. From past experience, I know they will never answer your question. UCD copies models from other places. They don't do individual research into all of their crap that they impose on us. This landscaping model, dumping a range of chemicals on suburban lawns, has been marketed for decades. It is a huge part of the reason our waterways are polluted. UCD wouldn't have a real answer if they were accountable! The only reason for this ridiculous war with dandelion is that upscale suburban communities have been doing it for years. The only answer we will get to your questions has been given by Tony West, UCD committeeman. If you give FOCP money, maybe just maybe, they will allow you to ask your question to them in a private secret setting. What actually happens is that you will be badly treated if you actually meet with them for a private "coffee meeting." Keep a dust mask handy before Halloween, Glenn -----Original Message----- >From: K C Hibbard <[email protected]> >Sent: Sep 29, 2009 6:21 PM >To: univcity serv <[email protected]> >Subject: [UC] Poison alert, Clark Park Who payed for this? > >Does anyone know who actually contracted the ground poisoning? Seems >that that party should be targeted. The most immediate at risk part of >the population from herbicide and pesticide use is children and pets. >They have a faster metabolism. Think of the kids kicking around in the >dust at the fair this past week. Breathing poison dirt. The long range >risks involve destroying our watershed. This practice is >irresponsible and must be stopped. > >It's funny that Penn is touting it's committment to environmental >causes, creating more green space all the while dumping herbicides all >summer and wacking the grass with weed wackers so it dies at the edges >of the lawns so they repeat the grass- seed -poison cycle. > >Is it UCD, FOCP or Fairmount Park? Who hired these guys? > >---- >You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the >list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see ><http://www.purple.com/list.html>. ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
