Reply #58: Oh, bullshit. [View All]

[Hissyspit]

No justification at all to call them "fucking pigs." Sounds WAY too much like a "dirty stinking hippies" Bill O'Reilly-talking point.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2114138

The Sanitation Working Group has been addressing the concerns in your letter all along. Beyond that, it has committed itself to carrying out a thorough and complete cleaning and to addressing all of the issues related to sanitation raised in your letter. The Working Group welcomes representatives of Brookfield to view the cleaning process and its results.

Our investigation has revealed that no permanent structures have been erected within the Park, nor have any actions been taken to damage the Park, its plantings or other amenities. Your letter raises concerns about potential water infiltration of the Park’s underground lighting and electrical hazards. However, based on a visual inspection recently conducted by our clients, there has been no damage to the lenses covering the underground lighting and thus there is no risk of water infiltration. Additionally, it is our understanding that there has been no electricity running in said fixtures for weeks now. Therefore, there is no risk of electrical hazard.

The Working Group will continue to bag and haul trash on a tight schedule. Trash has consistently been bagged and hauled to established collection points and recycling rules have been bagged and hauled to established collection points and recycling rules have been strictly adhered to. The Working Group has been using primarily 50 gallon, 3 mil. thickness contractor bags. Additionally, the Working Group typically has had between one and fifteen people sweeping the Park with brooms at any given time.

The Sanitation Working Group has informed us that the following activities are being carried out to further address these issues.

1.) All hard surfaces within the Park are being scrubbed and/or polished
2.) Garbage removal will be stepped up
3.) Every item resting on the ground will be removed to allow for thorough cleaning; and
4.) Power washing will be employed where appropriate or possible.

Our clients are willing to sit down with you to resolve any of your concerns. They want to negotiate in good faith. Our clients agree to address any reasonable issues of sanitation safety and access and would like to prevent these issues from creating a pretext for police action in violation of our client’s First Amendment rights to utilize the Park. If you nonetheless decide to proceed with your request for police action, prior court approval is required.

It's a public space, privately maintained in exchange for the owners being giving waivers on building regulations. Large-scale groups of the public meeting in public spaces always result in organizational issues, MORE SO when it is a impromptu protest action. I have not at all acknowledged any proof of behavior that I thought warranted a description of "fucking pigs." And I have done nothing to indicate that I was throwing out any of my convictions, much less all of them.

Your terminology was completely inappropriate.