Tuesday, 11 June 2013

[WardFive] Re: What are the ramifications on other nearby areas? Re: [ward5] Re: FW: Brookland Branding Flyer

Branding should be culturally inclusive.  Like some of the article said, we have enough "White Men on Horses and Statutes" throughout the City.  This is not just me saying this.
 
This is no different than getting rid of history and culture of a people to brainwash them.  Like I always say, I don't have any issues with believing in Jesus but to put a Blond/Brown Hair Blue Eyed Man up on a cross and embed it across the World for everyone to visualize that Jesus was "blonde haired and blue eyed" is ridiculous in 2013. 
 
All cultures and heritages need to be represented in any campaign when we are talking about a DIVERSE COMMUNITY!! 
 
Pay attention folks!!  This is not Anti-White propaganda but Pro-Brookland, Pro-Woodridge, Pro-Trinidad, Pro-Ivy City -- don't let the Commission change our zoning so much without addressing the needs of the current communities and fool us with "affordable housing" that is 20% off of $2500mth.
 
There is a way to make this gentrification inclusive and cohesive and propagate the congruent rising of everyone in the "rising tides"!!  And please read -- remember the old adage - want to keep a secret from Black Folks -- put it in a book.  We don't want only the "uncle toms" reading this info or we will be subject to their discriminatory interpretation.
 
You don't build an "Ark" to attract all animals but then only put out/spray "deer urine" -- you will only attract Deer!  But if that is the intention, maybe that is what will be done -- like the guidance of the Report done by the Brookings Institute,  
 
Rob Ramson
 


On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 11:20 AM, KPW of the Nation's Capital <WKPW3@aol.com> wrote:
 

I am wondering what other areas will be branded that are adjacent to Brookland.  Will there be an impact on nearby Queens Chapel, Michigan Park, North Michigan Park, Edgewood, and Woodridge?  What are the ramifications on other nearby/adjacent areas?  Does branding make the property taxes higher for people that have lived in the area for a long time?


is there a summary piece on the branding for those that are not going to read all the documents on the links?

The graphics don't always post for everyone's email systems.  Can someone discuss their preferences?

It probably won't be long before there is branding for Ft. Totten and we all will become Ft. Totten.

KPW


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Subject: [ward5] Re: FW: Brookland Branding Flyer

 
Hello Everyone, 
 
Please take a read on this below and see if we are branding for the attraction of a particular Ethnic Group / Income Bracket as well as lessening of low income residents in their native land.  A while ago, I mentioned to the designers of this "Branding" that it was not inclusive / representative of the community but more of what the influx from Gentrification.  I don't know what the end result is but if you read (and you don't even have to "read between the lines") the following, any fair person would wonder if this is really fair -- or folks just don't care.  Remember, I always reference "affordable" to who?  I would be much more proud to "envision a future Washington" if we did actually have the focus of a "rising tide" rises everyone -- not just better places to shop at for the "middle class" but ensuring a few extra steps at facilitating the ability for the "lower class" to shop at better shops as well.
 
Remember that facilitating services and goods for the "underserved" by City Planners is really about focusing on providing for the Middle Class and allowing attrition to push the less fortunate out.  Closing of that many schools in 2008, firing of 500 teachers, closing of 15 more schools this year, getting rid of so many teachers, custodial workers, etc. and bringing in Charter Schools with their own teachers and with DCPS bringing in new teachers from other places and lots of fresh out of college "teachers" from Teach America (mostly White Teachers) is ETHNIC CLENSING. 
 
 
 
http://www.narpac.org/REXDCPLAN.HTM - this contains a majority of the city's background policy research documents (links) used by the city to substantiate the gentrification processes
 
 
We don't want the entire CITY to get SWAGGER JACKED!!!  Car-Jacking is against the law and so should Swagger-Jacking!!  There is enough room for everyone if we take the right approach.  Let's call a spade a spade.  Like I told Office of Planning, they should hire me to guide the congruent growth department and to coordinate the various (currently separated) "developing" projects and their real impacts to our community!!! 
 
I would like to be the one who works for them who is not scared to tell them that their COMP plan is too vague and leaves everything open to "zoning commission" / office of deputy mayor/developers of "economic" (for who) development and that they shouldn't take 4 times to justify why a development is "within" the guidelines of a Comp Plan/SAP. 
 
Rob Ramson
 
 
 


On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Wilson, Fatimah (Council) <FWilson@dccouncil.us> wrote:
Hello All,
 
Today is the Day!
 
 



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