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WEAPON LAW VIOLATIONS
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Dec 9, 2016 at 5:45 am
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Support The Recounts – for Monroe Park and National Election
The Sierra Club Falls of the James has joined some Oregon Hill and Fan neighbors in calling for a community review and ‘recount’ of the trees that have been removed recently from Monroe Park.
As one neighbor, Turk Sties, put it,
The conservancy should be following the approved master plan. The master plan was clear on what trees would not be removed. I don't know if the removed trees were to stay per the master plan. But the plan should be followed.
Funding was obtained to effect the master plan. How can it be spent for anything else, especially for removing trees the master plan deemed integral to the rejuvenated park?
The tree work should be investigated by the city auditor to determine whether or not the conservancy has removed any trees that were to remain. If the conservancy has caused the removal of "spared" trees, the conservancy board members should be removed for cause and replaced with other people who can follow instructions. If that is not possible, it is time to require the addition of three "at-large" board members who can represent the citizens' interest.
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On the national front, the courageous Jill Stein continues to push forward for recounts of Presidential ballots in key swing states, despite setbacks. Using fundraised money, the state recount efforts have not found evidence of foreign actors, but have found many systematic problems. Perhaps the most troubling of these is a preponderance of undercounting in predominantly black Michigan districts.
At the same time, Clinton emerged to condemn ‘fake news sites’, while some established newspapers have published unverified, anonymous CIA leaks that claim Russian intervention in the election. Regardless of veracity, foreign agents installing a right-wing leader? You can almost hear other countries such as Argentina, Chile, and Iran singing in their best Bob Dylan (and for the record, I am not a big fan) voice, “How does it feeeeeel?” As Glenn Greenwald of the Intercept put it, it’s also “a good indication of how confused and lost U.S. political culture has become in the wake of Trump’s victory.”
How will this all be sorted out going forward? Not sure, but in my book, trees and votes do matter and deserve more attention.
Free Poem
This particular one is “We Lived Happily During The War”, by Ilya Kaminsky
Neighbor In AMC’s ‘Turn’ Television Show
Look for Cherry Street neighbor Michael “Howie” Hall in upcoming 2017 episodes of the fourth and final season of AMC’s ‘Turn’ television series, which is about spies in the Revolutionary War. He’s acted in small parts in quite a few previous seasons of the show and says he has enjoyed it immensely.
Redlining
Here’s an old redlining map, courtesy of Mapping Inequality, which shows Oregon Hill and Randolph in the worst hazardous category.
Cherry Street Rose
Courtesy of Pine Street neighbor Cristina Domínguez Ramírez.
Trash/Recycling Pickup Tomorrow
This Wednesday is a red Wednesday, which means trash and recycling pickup. Ideally, rolling recycling containers are stored and deployed in the back alleys along with trash cans. Please make sure you pick up containers after pickup tomorrow night.
If you have not done so already, don’t forget to sign up for your Recycling Perks.
In order to take your recycling to the next level, read this: 10 ways to improve your recycling.
In recycling news, the Carolinas Plastics Recycling Council (CPRC) and the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR), Florence, Kentucky, have announced the release of the jointly produced “Your Bottles Means Jobs (YBMJ)” video. The two-minute video tallies the 3,500 jobs in plastics bottle recycling and related fields in the Carolinas, including bottle sorting, recycled material processing and manufacturing of recycled-content products, such as polyester fiber made from recycled PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles.
From the article in Recycling Today:
“We are pleased to promote recycled plastics processing and manufacturing jobs in North and South Carolina and to see recent investment by industries that facilitate or use recycled plastic material feedstock to create and sustain jobs,” says Chantal Fryer, director of recycling market development for the South Carolina Department of Commerce. “The ‘YBMJ’ video shows us how these jobs add up and is part of an ongoing YBMJ campaign to encourage everyone to recycle just two more bottles each week in support of local jobs.”
She adds, “Although our video is Carolinas-focused, our message of local collection supporting local economies, job creation and infrastructure is relevant across the U.S.”
Your Bottle Means Jobs from Charles Morris on Vimeo.
Angel of Hope Ceremony Tomorrow
From FaceBook event page:
Each year a special ceremony is held in Hollywood Cemetery to honor the many children who have passed away. The ceremony is held at the Angel of Hope statue in the Idlewood section.
Inspired by Richard Paul Evans’ best-selling novel by the same the name, the Angel of Hope is a bronzed angel that sits in numerous cemeteries across the country to memorialize lost children and create a place for collective healing.
Join us on Tuesday, December 6, 2016 at 6:00pm for this year’s candlelight ceremony. The event is free and all are welcome.
New Vantage Point
Neighborhood and riverfront as seen from the new pedestrian bridge, which is named after late Oregon Hill resident and City planner T.Tyler Potterfield.
New T-Shirt Design For Vinyl Conflict
Artist Sean Taggart has a new design for Vinyl Conflict that will soon be available on t-shirts and hoodies (in time for holiday gifts, y’all!)
