We must be. Why else would the majority of White Plains residents living in downtown apartments let the minority living in the suburban houses set policy for our style of living?
The essence of White Plains is its downtown. The suburbs could easily be part of adjacent municipalities. Downtown could not. Part of the problem is the aberrant form of government that is White Plains: the evil at large system of selecting Common Council members. If White Plains had district based voting, you know, like the county, state and good old USA, most of the current CC members could not be members because they would be in the same districts.
However, the majority could still take over and elect its own to set policy and run White Plains. Why don't we? Some of us don't get it. The rest are too lazy. Shame on us.
That's why downtown White Plains looks like it is run by people who don't live here. They don't.
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Friday, July 16, 2010
White Plains Clean and Green event, July 17, 2010
To: WP CC
CC: Rob, Wp Times
BCC: others
Message sent to organizers:
Solar-powered rockers: does that mean that if it's a cloudy day we will not have to listen to them?
Are the organizers getting to WP without burning anything? I understand that the lead person lives in Irvington.
It looks like the usual WP mess of an event with some kiddie environmental stuff. You need to insist that people get there without driving. You need to call out the city for allowing the development of thousands of new housing units in downtown with only 14 pathetic "affordable" units crammed beside the interstate highway with any hint of "green" elements.
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WP is Motown, the most pedestrian hostile place I know. Every issue is impacted by the city government's reverence for cars. It is Dodge city. Drivers get away with infractions ALL day long. There is minimal enforcement of traffic laws. If CC members walked around downtown occasionally, they might know this. Instead they stay in their suburban enclaves and visit citizen groups that represent those enclaves. Let's save tax money and just have the Scarsdale government make decisions for WP. They have as much vested interest.
CC: Rob, Wp Times
BCC: others
Message sent to organizers:
Solar-powered rockers: does that mean that if it's a cloudy day we will not have to listen to them?
Are the organizers getting to WP without burning anything? I understand that the lead person lives in Irvington.
It looks like the usual WP mess of an event with some kiddie environmental stuff. You need to insist that people get there without driving. You need to call out the city for allowing the development of thousands of new housing units in downtown with only 14 pathetic "affordable" units crammed beside the interstate highway with any hint of "green" elements.
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WP is Motown, the most pedestrian hostile place I know. Every issue is impacted by the city government's reverence for cars. It is Dodge city. Drivers get away with infractions ALL day long. There is minimal enforcement of traffic laws. If CC members walked around downtown occasionally, they might know this. Instead they stay in their suburban enclaves and visit citizen groups that represent those enclaves. Let's save tax money and just have the Scarsdale government make decisions for WP. They have as much vested interest.
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