Here is the original below, which I promised if Siano didn't retract his outrageous accusations against me. I have no idea where this fwd originated, which I received from Chance yesterday. But as you can see, it does not provide the name of the product or information of what was used in Clark Park. (It looks like the strange forward from Chance was an e-mail mistake, but Siano's tirade makes me wonder!)
Here is part of Siano's outrageous accusations and straw man creation for comparison. Siano writes: "This is strange. At 5:30 today, Frank Chance emailed Glenn a data sheet on the fertilizer used in the park, and I got a cc.. It's called GreenGro, it's made by a company called Synatek, and it's basically 19% urea nitrogen and 2% potassium chloride. That's pretty standard for a fertiizer. (According to the spec sheet, ingestion causes "mild stomach discomfort.") Yet here we are at 8:40 pm, and Glenn is promising to report back when he "discovers the exact name." But he's evidently spent those three hours dredging up complaints about this TruGreen company-- _three hours_ after getting information with the name of the fertilizer, and the fact that it's made by someone else entirely. It's now 11 p.m., and Glenn has not mentioned receiving Frank's email. Are we surprised? I'm not. Glenn's history is to try to find _some_ issue to get people angry at the Friends of Clark Park. It doesn't matter _what_ it is. One month it's our 'secret plans' to rebuild parts of the park. Another month, our survey on flea markets is Something Sinister. Reciting claims of corporate rule and dandelion murder haven't inspired people to really to Glenn's cause, whatever it really is. But Glenn seems to have found a button to press. He's been screaming about "poison" right off the bat, like those Town Hall cranks yelping about socialism and death panels. (Kind of an old PR trick: keep repeating the inflamatory buzzwords about your opponents, as Newt Gingrich did in the 1990s.) He's made vague, unverifiable claims that the grass is now a "strange color," and somehow, the absence of dandelions is connected with this; I'm surprised he hasn't cited local psychics that the park's aura is out of alignment. Oh, I have to mention something that's very disturbing. Glenn has made wild and unsupported claims that "millions of gallons" of "poisons" are being dumped in the park, as a "corporate" effort to promote "neo-Victorian" values. I have not seen anyone demand that he support these claims with anything like proof." -----Forwarded Message----- >From: "Frank L. Chance" <[email protected]> >Sent: Oct 1, 2009 5:30 PM >To: Glenn Moyer <[email protected]> >Cc: Brian Siano <[email protected]>, Mathew Grubel <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: Fertilizer in Clark Park > > > >Glenn-- > >This is the detailed information on the fertilizer applied to the >Clark Park grass. > >Please note the section on "Hazardous Ingredients" which has "None" >in every category. In other words, these are safe compounds when used >for their intended purposes. Of course, they are not nutritious for >PEOPLE or DOGS to eat, which is why the signs were put up. > >Also note, for the record, that no herbicides or pesticides are >included in this material. > >Thanks for your patience in waiting to respond to our discussion until >you had all the facts....not. > > >Frank L. Chance >President >Friends of Clark Park >[email protected] > > > >> >> >> >> > ---- 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>.
