RE: [nndl] The compassionate conservatives of Hyde Park strike again




To be honest, I’m not sure trying to
cast a villain of this piece is particularly helpful either.

 

It seems to me that there’s no way
anyone can equate the NLNPT area’s level of political leverage with the city
with Hyde Park’s though.  The proof
Patrick has offered on that count is well founded.  I don’t know
whether they’re xenophobic or not, but he’s also right that their approach
to development policy has historically been pro status-quo, to say the
least.  That is not going to be a successful strategy for our hoods, and
certainly isn’t the one sought by our plan and ongoing work.  All of
that kind of makes HP’s approach not such a great model for us to follow.

 

-D.

 

 

From: [at]
[mailto: [at] ] On Behalf Of Clay
Crenshaw

Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008
2:35 PM

To: kate amerson

Cc: Sebastian Wren; n'hood news;
NLPT Chat-line

Subject: Re: [nndl] The
compassionate conservatives of Hyde Park
strike again

 

I find this whole situation rather appalling, to be honest. Let's see.
. . take a snippet of news out of context, make wild assumptions about peoples'
motives without researching the actual facts of the case, and then encourage
people to write letters to the government in protest. . .  and if you
don't, that means you don't care about the children's safety! Give me a break.

 

And this isn't even in our neighborhood.

 

What exactly is this knee-jerk anti-Hyde Park attitude doing to help North Loop become a better place? 

 

CC

 

 

 

 

 

On Apr 26, 2008, at 9:59 AM, kate amerson wrote:

thanks, Sebastian, for that information & link; I've sent an
email & hope they'll re-consider

 

you know, even with the latest scare at our house, me n Fred would
never want to see access compromised in the street or the alley- 
 for every person with a hostile motive, there are ten legitimate &
lovely people we get to know who walk/bike past our home, either by chatting or
a wave/nod of the head- 

 

a few days ago there were some high school students walking home from
school and as they passed by I heard them arguing about a local
band & had to chuckle at some of the statements-  that was a
huge payback for the inconvenience & safety concerns that other foot
traffic presented to my life last week- 

 

thanks for advocating for all,

 

kate   Sebastian Wren < [at] >
wrote:

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- Fancy rhetoric aside, this is not a smart maneuver, and I'm ashamed of

our city leaders for their lack of foresight. The residents of Hyde

Park may be xenophobic, but our city leaders should not be influenced by

their irrational paranoia. Denying access for pedestrians and cyclists

to a residential street is quite unforgivable.

 

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