I'll take that as a "no."
On 6/29/11, Glenn <[email protected]> wrote: > FOCP Leader: > "These are community issues, so I think there's a good reason to do > this. I can't imagine this become a bother or problem on the list, but > if there's a huge objection, let me know." > > > People of West Philly! > > Now that the park is completely controlled by the secret "invitation only" > Clark Park Partnership, we get this fake desire for transparency from FOCP! > Of course, the FOCP is fighting for "freedom and democracy"-haha. > > > > Forevermore, the people of West Philly will only get marketing ads from the > Penn partnership, and not participation in decisions which effect public > spaces like Clark Park! Passing on new marketing literature and propaganda > should have always been expected to be the role for FOCP leaders after the > new power structure was sealed. > > > Remember, these leaders were zealots for secrecy when protecting the > takeover and redesign of Clark Park! Public announcements and inclusion > would have been extremely important over the past ten years, when they > wouldn't allow it! If FOCP leaders had actually had a recent change of > heart about transparency, they would be blowing the whistle about the > details of the SECRET MEETINGS over the past ten years, so people could > better organize to win back their rights! > > > But the expectation of new FOCP/UCD marketing ads for the commercialized > park may only be part of this new attempt at fake transparency by FOCP > leaders. > > > > The FOCP leadership was only important to the corporate plutocrats and their > gentrification before the park was privatized! As these FOCP leaders lose > their illusion of personal power, they will most certainly attempt to > rebrand the FOCP as a responsible organization looking out for the good of > the "community." They don't want to be personally cast out of neighborhood > society, as they always attempted against dissenters. > > > And remember, FOCP is the same dysfunctional organization it was yesterday, > when it sold out the people of this neighborhood and the people of > Philadelphia! As the full reality of privatization is now out in the open, > the FOCP leaders will be facing a great deal of blowback for their years as > arrogant Penn pawns! Lacking real courage, they will deny their role in the > privatization and portray themselves as blameless victims. > > > And those powerbrokers, who used the techniques of feudal and colonial > domination over these leaders, know that they have established a dependency > so that FOCP leaders must act as their rubber stamp or they will be > replaced. > > Believing that FOCP can "reform" under these leaders and continue with the > usual contempt for the basic principles of a republic and citizen > participation, is a monumental mistake for anyone in this neighborhood and > city! > > While we can only speculate about the full meaning of this attempt at FOCP > rebranding, the one thing that it is surely not-IT IS NOT A NEW FOUND > RESPECT FOR TRANSPARENCY OR INCLUSION OF ALL NEIGHBORS! > > With open eyes, > Glenn > > > > On 6/28/2011 7:39 PM, Brian Siano wrote: >> Over at the Friends of Clark Park website >> (http://www.friendsofclarkpark.org), I've set up a system where >> subscribers are sent emails notifying them of new posts. So, maybe two >> or three times a week at the very outside, our list of roughly 600 >> people gets an email that tells them there's a new news item at our >> site. >> >> In order to reach more people, I'd like to add this mailing list as a >> subscriber. If we do this, then, perhaps two or three times a week at >> the _very_ most, a note will come through announcing something new at >> the site. >> >> These are community issues, so I think there's a good reason to do >> this. I can't imagine this become a bother or problem on the list, but >> if there's a huge objection, let me know. >> >> If you'd like to be added to the subscription list independently, send >> me an email and I'll add you to our own lists. >> ---- >> 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>. >> >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 9.0.901 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3731 - Release Date: 06/28/11 >> 02:34:00 >> > ---- 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>.
