William, Local Government failing or succeeding was not my point... I don't agree with you at all... All in all we've had some rather good people since Clark... including Green, Goode, Street, and Nutter - with some extreme exceptions for sure (like Frank Rizzo, others) so, the underfunding for city services has a whole lot more to do with Republican-esque greed / theft of the economy on a global scale as well as Federal Reserve Banking / Wall St. Investment rip-offs, Lending & Insurance rip-offs other aspects of dis-Banking, National war priorities +++, State government piracy > privatization of public resources, Corporations getting ever less responsible or regulated, Supreme Court tending towards fascistic rulings... Despotic induced hysterical Police State reactions to what were most likely False - flag attacks... etc.
Rick Conrad On Oct 3, 2011, at 2:51 PM, William H. Magill wrote: > Rich, what you and Glenn fail to acknowledge in your tirades against such > districts (CCD BID, whatever acronym you want) is one simple fact… > > They exist SOLELY because Local Government is a Failure! > > … be it Police or Sanitation, the only area where Local Government (let alone > State of Federal) succeeds is with Fire protection. > > Of course, one could take the position that Local Government chooses NOT to > provide Police or Sanitation as a way to force the Privatization of those > services. … But that could only be possible under Republican Administrations > -- not Democratic ones -- like Philadelphia has been for the past 59 years > (Since Joe CLark in 1952.) > > > On Oct 3, 2011, at 10:12 AM, Richard Conrad wrote: > >> <http://www.downtowndc.org/> "For years the DowntownDC BID has worked in >> cooperation with the Metropolitan, Metro Transit, and US Park Police to >> provide personal safety information to area employees and visitors at >> lunchtime Information Lobby Fairs. This August, we expanded and modified the >> Lobby Fair program to focus more on the BID and the multifaceted work of our >> uniformed Safety/Hospitality and Maintenance (SAM) employees." >> >> Glenn, I looked at that site a bit... >> >> Compared to help with financing / and housing programs, compared to social >> economic reforms / and free access to legal and jobs skills (training and >> usage); compared to jobs for peace, and a general returning to Faith, Hope, >> and Charity... the instituting of only more private ownership of Police and >> Safety patrols is somewhat like: "All the King's Horses and all the King's >> Men, couldn't put Humpty together again.." >> >> What an ironic thing, they decided to call their uniformed force "SAM"... >> when the acronym did not include their "Hospitality" word and should >> actually be "SHAM", which is what it sort of sounds like, or "SHAME" which >> it sounds like too... though if you put it in Hebrew just slightly >> juxtaposed, it could be Shmae (as in Watch Out!). >> >> Reminds me of that famous allegorical restauranteer who's food kept making >> people sick; and then the cook was quoted on their menu as saying "Please >> come back soon, we love to hospitalize people." >> >> On Oct 2, 2011, at 8:49 PM, Glenn wrote: >> >>> http://www.downtowndc.org/issues/branding >>> >>> >>> Lots of people here in the UCD still believe that the gentrification of >>> West Philly was a local "vision" from Penn power brokers like Fry, Rodin, >>> etc. While the Wharton university is a huge player on K St. and Wall St., >>> the BIDification of urban centers is all part of a much larger nightmarish >>> corporate scheme for the entire planet. (Think of Fry and Rodin more as >>> used car salesmen than despicable intellectuals) >>> >>> Homeless outreach teams, pedestrian "studies", branding, etc. are copied >>> and pasted for BIDs everywhere, just like the laws introduced by the >>> Democrats/Republicans! (compare the web site to UCD) This international BID >>> movement was never based on merely making Melanie happy! I believe an >>> increased number of district consumers now understand that a primary UCD >>> goal was always gentrification and not the cleaner and safer nonsense. >>> >>> But I think local consumers still need to wake up to the fact that our CCD >>> and UCD are very much a part of a much larger international neo-liberal >>> paradigm. Swallowing all public assets and destroying citizenship and >>> rights (ie. peaceful assembly, free speech, etc.) are as much a part of the >>> BID movement, as shifting wealth to connected cronies in the plutocracy. >>> It's also about creating unlimited private taxation and spending power over >>> a vulgar enslaved consumer culture, while representative democracy is >>> rendered useless. (The entire population of the city is subsidizing BID >>> territory, while the necessary resources of other neighborhoods are being >>> stolen through grants, parklets, park redesigns, etc.) >>> >>> Compare the web sites and start considering "special service districts" >>> beyond the obvious gentrification, feudalistic control over the petty >>> bourgeoisie, and crony corruption/capitalism. As despicable as those goals >>> are, international BIDification is much larger and comprehensive. This >>> will become much more apparent when folks see that our UCD/CCD was not some >>> local nightmare! >>> >>> Glenn >>> PS: Freedom plaza, where the occupation of DC will begin Oct. 6, lies in >>> the domain of this DC BID >>> ---- >>> 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>. >> > > William H. Magill > Block Captain > 4400 Chestnut Street > > ---- 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>.
