RE: RE: CALL FOR PROPOSALS

H* A*

Don:

It's so hard to explain our local ethos to  ***sigh*** out-of-towners. When
relatively sane native New Yorkers get violent it is usually purpose
oriented ( i.e. get money - for drugs, negotiable securities, revenge.) The
fool who didn't like the shape of your face was probably a limited
violence-prone person from out-of-town, like the World Trade Center bombers
or our  New York City police officers who usually hale from Long Island,
Upstate New York or the Island we wish would sedede from NYC, Staten Island.

Bottom line:

Back then a real New Yorker would have become your best friend, slipped you
some drugs, stolen your girlfriend , cleaned out your apartment and bank
account. Today we sell .com securities.

There will be a test.

All the best,

Adam
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Dboek@aol.com [SMTP:Dboek@aol.com]
> Sent:	Tuesday, March 21, 2000 12:12 AM
> To:	Adam.Honigman@bowne.com; jeanie.abi-nader@frontiercoop.com;
> community_garden-admin@mallorn.com; community_garden@mallorn.com
> Subject:	Re:  RE: [cg] CALL FOR PROPOSALS
> 
> LOL!  Of course Adam is right, community gardening is political. It isn't 
> easy to make gardens in the urban jungle. My hat's off to all of you who 
> manage to create gardens and keep them going in the face of salivating 
> developers, rogue mayors, rats that gnaw steel, etc. But shouldn't there
> be 
> at least some small place on the agenda for the 'seeds and soil' part of 
> gardening (and in ACGA for people interested in such things)?
> Don 'Green Star' Boekelheide
> Charlotte NC
> 
> (Adam's post brings back a memory-from lots longer ago than I care to
> admit- 
> when this California boy spent a year working in New York, the _big_
> 'City'. 
> After work one Friday night, I went by myself to a Patti Smith concert. 
> There, a New York kid took a dislike to my face and begin shoving me, 
> insulting me, challenging me to step outside. I was utterly bewildered for
> a 
> minute-this wasn't very cool, man. When I finally realized what was going
> on, 
> it all seemed so bizarre that I burst out laughing uncontrollably. Some of
> 
> the guy's friends started laughing too, and he lost interest. Probably
> saved 
> me (or at least a pair of glasses). New York, New York! Hey, that wasn't
> you, 
> Adam?).
> 
> In a message dated 3/20/00 3:38:38 PM, Adam.Honigman@Bowne.com wrote:
> 
> >Don, as we all know and love his sage advice, is a star. He knows so much
> >about all that green dirt gardening stuff. My hero for sure. Gee I'd love
> to
> >be there to meet you all in non-cyberspace - but I'm chained to NYC.
> >Bulldozer season is warming up and we have gardens to protect here. It's
> >rough. 
> >
> >Maybe it's different on the mainland, but here in Manhattan community
> >gardening is awfully political. I get developers looking at our garden
> >everyday salivating. However, when they see the parks dept sign, their
> >dreams of sugarplums and luxury condos get quickly dissapated. We love to
> >garden, but without the political will to back gardeners up, gardeners
> are
> >playing soldiers and native american, and guess who has the bows and
> arrows
> >versus the gatling guns!
> >
> >Best wishes.
> >
> >Adam

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