[Street] [Ob-media] Open Letter
Deborah Sirotkin Butler
amberpaw at gmail.com
Fri Nov 25 12:12:11 EST 2011
*Note comments below in blue. Deb *
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Z Bowditch <zthetop at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Someone in the Winterization list brought up an interesting idea: There
> is very little press regarding the difficulties OB is facing with
> winterization of the camps due to what amounts to a ban on new structures
> and insulation by the city. I am currently dafting an open letter for
> consideration at GA with the following points:
>
> -in order for OB to *(continue to be) *be successful*(and productive)*,
> winterization of the camp must occur
> -without sufficient and workable the proper spaces for gatherings and
> information*such as a good sized, four season yurt *, OB will become
> increasingly *hard to utilize* unsafe for the occupants
> -Organizers and participants want to have a *working, productive *safe
> space for OB, which includes a desire for everyone, young and old, to be
> able to stay warm*and dry* at the camp this winter
> -Despite the injunction saying that the city cannot remove the tents,
> there is more than one way to make us leave, including forcing us to have
> an unsafe *unusuable*space*which would constitute constructive eviction *
> -the city should support our efforts to keep OB a safe*dry and productive* place
> space for 1st amendment expression
>
> If anyone would like to add points, take stuff out, reword it, and add
> details, I would love your help in polishing this draft before bringing it
> to GA.
>
> Z
> zthetop at yahoo.com
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