Wednesday, July 23, 2008
People representing the community need to spend time with the community, be identifiable to the community
I found this posted on Bob Arihood's blog and it is exactly as I feel.
I have no contact with Bob Arihood but I am glad this posting was brought to my attention and deserves attention. He did inspire me to start my blog last year which feels like an eternity.
http://neithermorenorless.blogspot.com/2008/07/frequent-vistor-to-tompkins-square-park.html
anonymous said...
Beautiful, important documentation of the East Village history and what city politics should be about -- the people and in sharp contrast the fact we won't see anyone representing the community ever hanging out in the park because they are busy looking for "donations" for lack of a better word -- looking for something but it doesn't seem about better representing the community or getting to know us...almost like they want to be invisible, read between the lines.
They are not about mingling with the people and even if they show up at rallies -- it is rallies that best serve their interests not the people.
The photos of Miriam Friedlander speak volumes about what is wrong and how poorly our community has been represented. Representation now is about trips -- ego trips, power trips, ambition and in my opinion trips to the bank but a bad trip for the community as the area looks more and more like a college campus for kids and grown ups where condos, hotels and dorms all look the same.
If only we had watch dogs for the people representing the community...if only.
I have no contact with Bob Arihood but I am glad this posting was brought to my attention and deserves attention. He did inspire me to start my blog last year which feels like an eternity.
http://neithermorenorless.blogspot.com/2008/07/frequent-vistor-to-tompkins-square-park.html
anonymous said...
Beautiful, important documentation of the East Village history and what city politics should be about -- the people and in sharp contrast the fact we won't see anyone representing the community ever hanging out in the park because they are busy looking for "donations" for lack of a better word -- looking for something but it doesn't seem about better representing the community or getting to know us...almost like they want to be invisible, read between the lines.
They are not about mingling with the people and even if they show up at rallies -- it is rallies that best serve their interests not the people.
The photos of Miriam Friedlander speak volumes about what is wrong and how poorly our community has been represented. Representation now is about trips -- ego trips, power trips, ambition and in my opinion trips to the bank but a bad trip for the community as the area looks more and more like a college campus for kids and grown ups where condos, hotels and dorms all look the same.
If only we had watch dogs for the people representing the community...if only.
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