Great Brainstorming! ;-)
If we could think of a date, a time and the place as well as see what we'd have to do in the way of permits - we might have to get the permit through Northwood Civic, I'm not sure?
As Residentof NW stated, we could all call 10 people and have them each call 10 people.
I think costumes, signs, banners are really an exciting idea too. Not to mention the blog factor.

It's time people, enough is enough, it's a start! :clapping:

Hey, NCA President pointed out the "Theatrics" that were performed at their meeting (and rudely taking over their meeting) - there's more than one stage in the world - and Theatrics are a good idea - Thank those folks for the idea will ya?
Hell, I would have done one better and brought in a metal trash can, filled it with what represented the "Trash" in Frankford and lit the damned thing on fire!
(Extinguisher standing by of course! )

It's time to take back OUR NEIGHBORHOODS!

Has anyone considered pooling enough money together to rent some billboard space and putting up some eye-catching yet embarrasing image on it... so bad---so tasteless--yet so to-the-point that NO one will help but notice it?

I remember a distinct case where a public stoage owner who happened to also have billboards he owned on his property severely restricted to what he could put on them (he was specifically ordered not to sublet his ad space) by a city council... mostly because the billboards faced a golf course and a gated community.

After some scuffle with the city of San Antonio over it, the guy put up pictures of diseased toenails, old man back hair, etc. on it. I was still living down there and it was a SCREAM to see that... those billboards faced you when you left the airport and went downtown.

It wasn't long after the pictures went up that the billboard owner was given some more leniency about subletting his boards.

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WHYY pays their CEO $750,000 a year. So WHYY should I renew my membership? Seems they have no problems finding money and spending it unwisely.


And this is why you should donate to PACCA, not PETA:

In September, PETA made headlines in Vermont and across the nation for asking Ben & Jerry's ice cream to use human breast milk in their ice cream, instead of cow milk

That was a GREAT IDEA! I could see that being useful for many problems in Frankford. A big ole' leaking scab of disease on a billboard that is leaving it's bacteria on surrounding healthy skin could make a big impact on how the disease of Frankford is seeping into the surrounding community.

Well, it's enough to get the TV reporter to show up, then get some community figurehead to explain it and then take the billboard down. :whistle:

It's not like that billboard would scare away the neighborhood from being gentrified... it's going in a downward spiral.

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WHYY pays their CEO $750,000 a year. So WHYY should I renew my membership? Seems they have no problems finding money and spending it unwisely.


And this is why you should donate to PACCA, not PETA:

In September, PETA made headlines in Vermont and across the nation for asking Ben & Jerry's ice cream to use human breast milk in their ice cream, instead of cow milk

I'll help ya but I don't want nuttin to do with no scab.

Dragonfly, nothing can stop you.

PWalk, how's your tree doing?

You should march, son. That's your hood. Good thinking on the traffic tie up.

What councilman? The 7th district has no councilman at this point. What might be better is to get hold of the Democratic Ward Leaders in the 7th District and find out who they will be nominating as the replacement for Councilman Mariano.
Whoever these ward leaders nominate will surely be Rick Mariano's replacement.
I read there were 3 possible candidates: Maria Quoneez Sanchez (sp?), Kathleen Fitzpatrick and a guy from Castor Gardens.

Maybe a fax bombardment to these democratic ward leaders and the democratic party leaders will have an impact as to who leads the 7th councilmanic district until 2007.

LMAO !!!!! :rolling_: :rolling_:
O.K., O.K. - ACE - You can do the one with the old guy and back hair! :ok:

[quote=EastChestnut] After some scuffle with the city of San Antonio over it, the guy put up pictures of diseased toenails, old man back hair, etc.[quote=EastChestnut]

How about having a big sit in in City Hall, the Mayor's office?

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Agreed that we need to get that vote out and put politicians in there that aren't connected to the "old machine". The problem is that many of these community leaders are not elected officials or voted in to power in any way shape or form, but have this connection to the "old machine" in some way shape or form, so it's so difficult to get new, fresh and real candidates with common sense, backbone and vision.
Just try to win an election with Marge Tartaglione as ward leader - how do you think old Bill Rieger keeps getting voted in? We just keep shelling out tax dollars for this old bugger who doesn't do a damned thing for us! You can thank Marge Tartaglione for a big chunk of the reason Rieger stays in office.
Mariano, no comment.
And Tina Tartaglione - she won't make any earth shattering decisions that might cause a controversy.
Look, if it wasn't for Marie Lederer and a few of the "bullies" at the time that ran a now defunct non profit - SPIN wouldn't be there. And, little by little the leaders in the organization have worked their way into just about every organization in the community. Their political connections to budding candidates and old street politicians made it easy to little by little gain a hold on the community in the guise of doing good. If this were the case, we should be the next Chestnut Hill by this point!
All these people have to do is throw more money at the non profits and the non profits keep quiet and don't stir up any dust like good little puppies and the voters in the area think they are getting some generousity from the politicians and the non profits and BOOM - they stay in office!
We can't even get decent candidates. It's all bought and paid for in some way shape or form. It's decided for the most part in the back room.