mary carey, the petition originator, at the mic. another dig at mr. civility
says she was told “emancipation park” wasn’t even on the list of possible names.
“emancipation means people are supposed to be free, but it’s been centuries” and black people still aren’t free.
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mary carey: “you took vinegar hill down and you got a plaque for it 18 inches from the ground.” “you got a 100 foot man on a horse who never did anything for anybody” we can’t memorialize the black families displaced by development but we honor a man who fought for slavery.
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nikuyah: “names are important. i hope people will participate.” holes we can include some of the historical context, talks about “who used to hold this land” without specifically mentioning the monacan people.
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signer suggesting community forums to gather suggestions for council to choose from. there’s a lot of anxiety about “losing all the work that was done before” re: the names generated by parks & rec and the “naming contest.” who cares, though?
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“there was a strong feeling for it” galvin on why she voted for emancipation park, despite its suggestion coming at the last minute, outside the defined process.
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talking about putting an insert in mailed utility bills to allow folks to give input on the names.
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i know i’ve said this before but... charlottesville is just pawnee, indiana if it were positioned over a hellmouth.
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lots of talk about being able to leave comments online (signer), using social media (heather), putting up poster boards for people to put their opinions on (signer again) jones says response rate to mailers won’t be very high
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what if we just don’t give the park a name. it’s just “the park by the library” or “the park by the courthouse.” let that be enough.
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i think kathy just suggested “combining all the names.” perfect. done. all the names. every single fucking one. we can melt down the statue to make the world’s largest plaque.
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this solution could only get kathy-galviner if she somehow brought in a developer to make the plaque
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