We are pushing for a more participatory community engagement process, to create a People's Plan for FDR Park. #pp4fdr #savethemeadowsfdr
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6 Apr 2025
What if @ezraklein's whole viral story here was false and left out the real culprit behind administrative gridlock?
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6 Oct 2022
The kind of action each one of us takes at this point in our planet's history will determine if we're entering a period of unprecedented repair OR death.
Philadelphians are demanding our #RightToThrive during the city's largest redevelopment - wbu? bit.ly/DirectActionRSVP
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5 Oct 2022
Did y'all even look at the actual substance of our concerns and complaints or did you just write a rebuttal to the city's own misrepresentation of those concerns? Where's your integrity as a journalist?
5 Oct 2022
The Editorial Board take on @PhilaParkandRec's plan for the former FDR golf course. While no plan is without drawbacks, it means that future South Philadelphians will have access to a variety of park spaces. There's plenty of room at FDR for everybody.
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5 Oct 2022
What's perhaps most unusual about what's happening at FDR is how so many people just accept the city's narrative. Are you so satisfied with all decisions made by the mayor and council that you're not even willing to critically examine this issue?
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5 Oct 2022
We've provided documentary evidence of how @myphillypark and @PhilaParkandRec have operated in bad faith and outright lied and somehow that gains no traction. 🤷🏽♂️
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5 Oct 2022
By "hill" do you mean the 40 foot tall mound of likely toxic soil excavated from a site of historic dumping since at least the 80s? 🤔
5 Oct 2022
Look forward to sitting on that hill one day!
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5 Oct 2022
Inga, having talked to members or our coalition you know this opinion does not represent our position at all. There is no mention of our primary call for a review of the community engagement data or for a new round of engagement reflecting post-COVID priorities.
5 Oct 2022
Great to see the @PhillyInquirer opinion page push back against the misinformation surrounding the FDR park landscape plan. inquirer.com/opinion/editori…
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5 Oct 2022
You personally interviewed us, @IngaSaffron. Where is YOUR article actually speaking to our concerns rather than the city's talking points. What happened to due diligence? To journalism as the vox populi? To your usual willingness to call the city out on bad planning?
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14 Sep 2022
Coalition member Brian Jeans makes a heartfelt appeal to protect the meadows at FDR Park, as the only green space of its size and personal/environmental significance in South Philly.
youtu.be/uGDzTKjI_oU
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8 Sep 2022
It's clear that even in the face of tons of evidence that much is afoul with the FDR park master plan, some people are COMMITTED to buying whatever narrative the city sells. Not sure it's worth our time to engage where people have made up their minds.
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8 Sep 2022
Do @RepReginaYoung, @CouncilmemberKJ, and others supporting FDR master plan on the premise of "quality athletic fields for Black and Brown youth" know that the soil for those fields consists of old sewage and farm waste? Do the kids know?
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8 Sep 2022
This came from a PIDC document discussing the airport project at length. This side of things is seldom discussed by PPR or FPC.
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7 Sep 2022
There was a lot of hand wringing over whether or not to release these emails to the public, because from the start of our organizing, we had hoped to engage with @PhilaParkandRec and @myphillypark in good faith. We honestly believed we could come to an understanding.
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7 Sep 2022
In this city press release masquerading as news by @HughesCBS3, Maura makes the claim that safety fencing erected at FDR Park to keep people out of the construction zone.
cbsnews.com/philadelphia/new…
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7 Sep 2022
Maura says people came in at night and removed the fencing. That claim was debunked by video shot and people on the ground. Here's another email thread between Maura and @KermitO, where she is caught in the lie.
Here's a link to PDF copies of the emails:
drive.google.com/drive/folde…
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7 Sep 2022
Here's a screenshot of the email in which Maura McCarthy admits she doesn't know the answer to the question, then proceeds to make up an answer instead. Still not enough evidence? This folder contains all of the emails on the demographics question:
drive.google.com/drive/folde…
7 Sep 2022
When @KermitO asked FPC's Maura McCarthy why @PhilaParkandRec didn't publish the demo data with respect to race and languages spoken of survey participants (80% white), she said she didn't know, then proceeded to explain what she *imagined* must've happened.
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