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<div>Jack R. Jones here.</div>
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<div>My thoughts on messages below. There is no threat in David's
remark, the reality is if it ain't here and you want it you have to go
elsewhere. And Rob, "So here is some oil for troubled waters, or
perhaps gasoline on a spark?" High Class, yes people need to
learn to relax and appreciate heterogeneity.</div>
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<div>No Riverdale Coffee Depot; I make my own or go to College Perk
(similar feel to the place). There are also many more places to go
have coffee. I think there are Class issues and Economic issues and
they are different. I appreciate someone who is educated enough to
throw an insult at me with Shakespearean, Greek, Roman, Celtic Myth
overtones but just to say I am stupid, is just low class. Telling me I
am monosynaptic, that is High Class. On the economic side I shop at
Glut because they consider Giant their competition, where as MOM's is
selling to a niche organic market and I go into cardiac arrest when I
see their prices. I will go where ever I can to get what I want at a
cost we can afford (one income family) and yes I figure membership
fees and the drive distance, and the time as well as the price.
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<div>I think the Dutch Football School method of teaching soccer is
the best all round approach. I spent 4-5 years trying to persuade
Riverdale Boys and Girls Club to actively support it and to establish
separate sports and a general budget. They fired me from the RBGC
Board, no problem...Hyattsville/Mount Rainier/Brentwood Boys and Girls
Club invited me to come and train there young parents and children in
the Dutch Football School (DFS) method and help run their 4v4
league.</div>
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<div>My DFS Homeschool Soccer Program was not allowed to continue in
the Riverdale Community Building by Mayor Tiberio/Council and Mayor
Archer/Council, no problem...I have an invite to go to New Carrollton,
but I am checking Hyattsville and College Park for a closer facility,
mean while I am using a MNCPPC park.</div>
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<div>I have been advocating a revenue neutral tax switch from the
current building/land tax to a straight land tax through four
different mayors and councils and to the community in general. While
the switch at present would raise my taxes there are 500-600 residents
and businesses that would pay less plus the switch would cause the an
improvement to the local economy as it has done where ever it has been
adopted. Were any nearby town adopt it I would certainly be part of
their economic improvement, because Riverdale Parks economy would fall
behind even more than it is now.</div>
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<div>Finally, all of the towns inside the beltway are to small to be
economically efficient because of the high marginal costs of providing
public service. Were Brentwood, Mount Rainier, Hyattsville, University
Park, College Park, Edmonston, Riverdale Park (Route 1 Corridor towns)
to merge into one city that has a population of 75,000 to 150,000 then
the population would be in the range required to achieve optimum
efficiency. This is the area I opperate in, there is no way Riverdale
Park can compete and be the ideal town. Cooperation is the only way to
advance. If I am provincial, then it is for this area, not Riverdale
Park which needs to be considered as part of the whole. </div>
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<div>Cooperation is the only way to advance. This was a major lesson I
learned in the community of 250 in Weems, Virginia. It really did not
matter whether you liked a person or hated them, you both would not be
better off unless you cooperated.</div>
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<div>Maintain your cool,</div>
<div>Jack R. Jones</div>
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Message: 1<br>
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 12:59:35 -0400<br>
From: "stephanie blue" <defbanana@hotmail.com><br>
Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Not a class issue<br>
To: hilesd@mindspring.com, TownTalk@riverdale-park.org<br>
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Don't you think that your remark opened the door for others to reply?
It<br>
was so vague and ambiguous as to appear innocuous on the surface
but<br>
honestly, it struck me as threat of sorts. It struck me as
implying that</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>you have the resources and are prepared
to take your money elsewhere leaving<br>
the rest of us here to sort it out.<br>
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I can't believe that you would post a comment that to me, was
clearly<br>
intended to send a very clear message in order to elicit a visceral
response<br>
from the reader and then retaliate with a suggestion that the
response<br>
crossed the line.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Stephanie<br>
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Message: 2<br>
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 14:09:15 -0400<br>
From: Rob Oppenheim <oppenheim@email.com><br>
Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Not a class issue<br>
To: <TownTalk@riverdale-park.org><br>
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Wow, we almost have our first flame war starting here!<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>So here is some oil for troubled waters,
or perhaps gasoline on a spark?<br>
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David and Jared and other commenters are good people. Really.<br>
They have different sensitivities. And emails are an easy place to
ruffle<br>
feathers without meaning to. And that can escalate big time.<br>
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David was not intending to inject class snobbery and Jarad did not
mean<br>
to be disrespectful. Both succeeded in upsetting others. Stuff like
that<br>
happens. A good measure of our email community is how we respond
now.<br>
Can we set the hurt aside? Not easy to do.<br>
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We live in a wonderfully diverse neighborhood. Its good to think
about<br>
attracting diversity, which can include higher income people. I
especially<br>
like that they pay higher taxes, so I can pay less (grin).<br>
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I appreciate Jarad's watchful eye for that thin grey edge which is so
easy<br>
to write past.<br>
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So thanks to both you guys and gals and please keep the ideas
coming.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Rob<br>
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