A commons was traditionally a shared space or property, owned by all and by none. The purpose of Woodstock Commons Limited Partnership, the legal one, the one I set up, is to restore the meaning of "commons" to the phrase "Woodstock Commons."The notion that a limited partnership can be created around any commons is laughable.
Laughable: this describes many aspects of RUPCO's "Woodstock Commons" for-profit development project.
Check back here often over the next few days for nuggets so outrageous you will laugh and laugh... and possibly cry.
"I am not for the project or against it." -Robin
ReplyDeleteAnd the purpose of this quote is what, o make me look like a liar, I suppose? When I made that statement, that was the truth. The night of January 14th, I went on record, on Channel 23, as saying that after hearing all of the comments at the public hearing, that I was starting to be swayed against the project.
ReplyDeleteBetween January 14 and Feb. 23, I did a LOT of research, and by the time I made a presentation to the public, and it ran on local access twice a day for a week, I did not realize that I had to actually state for those who can't connect the dots that I am opposed to the project that I have been criticizing up, down, and sideways, and calling out the developer for incompetence on many issues, for months now.
Is that really the best you have, to quote something I said months ago? I guess it must be, since otherwise you would have pulled out something stronger.
Thank you, Mr. or Ms. Anonymous, for your ridiculous attempt to make me look bad.
Have a great day.
It is cowardly and stupid to post nasty, snotty things because they can easily be traced.
ReplyDeleteRobin i think that you are going to be remembered as the Jane Jacobs of Woodstock when this Rupco for profit development is cancelled.
They did not think Jane Jacobs could stop Robert Moses who paved and destroyed most of NYC but she did.
Jane Jacobs, OC, O.Ont (May 4, 1916 – April 25, 2006) was an American-born Canadian writer and activist with primary interest in communities and urban planning and decay. She is best known for The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961), a powerful critique of the urban renewal policies of the 1950s in the United States. The book has been credited with reaching beyond planning issues to influence the spirit of the times.
Along with her well-known printed works, Jacobs is equally well known for organizing grassroots efforts to block urban-renewal projects that would have destroyed local neighborhoods. She was instrumental in the eventual cancellation of the Lower Manhattan Expressway, and after moving to Canada in 1968, equally influential in canceling the Spadina Expressway and the associated network of highways under construction. -Wikipedia
-Mike Kramer
Thank you so much, Mike. Jane Jacobs was an incredible thinker and activist. I read all her books. This is one of the highest compliments I have ever received and I am very honored.
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