[OldNorth] FW: misc info

[Andrew P. Wallace]

-----Original Message-----
From: John Lofland [mailto:jflofland at ucdavis.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 3:34 PM
To: angela; Bruce; Dennis Dingemans; Ian; Steve & Tracy Marshall; Dan
Quickert; Andrew P. Wallace; Andrew P. Wallace
Subject: Re: misc info


Angela,

BRAVO your remarks below! You help give me a little more faith. I had 
begun to lose all hope in the potential of citizen action. The 
officials are smart, well paid, and work hard and without conscience 
in getting their way--which is often not the way we would prefer.

The problem with the R2 matter is that its complicated. I am guilty 
of being quiet about it because I have not applied myself to get an 
adequate understanding of it.

Thank god for Peter. He is a man of great courage and vision that 
must be taken way more seriously than he has been.

I am prepared to read the R2 report, to try to master it and to show 
up at the Council next week if at last three or four other people 
will do so.

Peter, Angela and I make three. Could we have at least a couple of 
more volunteers? Five is all it really takes to make a big impression.

John

P.S. the R2 report can be downloaded from the City website at the 
Council agenda packet. Hard copies are at Kinkos and the Fourthteenth 
street library, among other places.






At 2:49 PM -0800 12/10/03, angela wrote:
>Hi guys.. was under the weather last night but tried to watch as 
>much of the meeting as I could... meaning when I was awake... I did 
>both  see both John and Peter speak... both did great 
>jobs..anyway...I'm really ticked about the R2 issue and think we 
>should have been on the ball with this... the funny thing is that 
>they mentioned us many times.. there is just way too much going on 
>for us to be effective in everything (unless more of us do some of 
>the work)... anyway..I'm going to write a letter to the council 
>about the issue (a bit on parking but just a bit)...I am writing as 
>a member of ON not as the prez... I don't know if we need to call an 
>emergency meeting or not or if anyone else is interested send them a 
>letter.  I'm thinking about writing to the paper also...I just can't 
>believe Ted sees us as a solution to growth...I was floored. Mayve 
>Peter and I are in the minority..we have not really talked about the 
>issue except on the surface and in regards to t! he intent of the 
>guidlines.  So let me know what you think. I'm going to try to make 
>it tonight, but will be late as I have a class to attend.
>
>If anyone else is interested I think it is back on the agenda next week.
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>Angela