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==Timeline== | ==Timeline== | ||
* 21-MAR-05 - At a press conference, [[Perplex City Council|City Council]] Leader [[Camryn Scott ]] announces the [[Northside Nature Preserve]] is open for sale to real estate developers ([http://wiki.incognitus.net/mirror/ppc/www.perplexcitysentinel.com/21.03.05/archives/2005/03/northside_prese.html link]) | * 21-MAR-05 - At a press conference, [[Perplex City Council|City Council]] Leader [[Camryn Scott ]] announces the [[Northside Nature Preserve]] is open for sale to real estate developers ([http://wiki.incognitus.net/mirror/ppc/www.perplexcitysentinel.com/21.03.05/archives/2005/03/northside_prese.html link]) | ||
* | * 11-APR-05 - 2,000 protestors gather in [[Polygon Park]], police arrest the five major speakers and organisers at the protest ([http://wiki.incognitus.net/mirror/ppc/www.perplexcitysentinel.com/11.04.05/archives/2005/04/five_arrested_d.html link]) | ||
* 13-JUN-05 - Sale of the Northside Preserve is approved by a 6-3 vote, to a private conservation interest group, [[Nature's Trust]], effectively killing all debate of development. | * 13-JUN-05 - Sale of the Northside Preserve is approved by a 6-3 vote, to a private conservation interest group, [[Nature's Trust]], effectively killing all debate of development. | ||
==Miscellaneous== | ==Miscellaneous== | ||
Revision as of 21:09, 15 June 2005
Timeline
- 21-MAR-05 - At a press conference, City Council Leader Camryn Scott announces the Northside Nature Preserve is open for sale to real estate developers (link)
- 11-APR-05 - 2,000 protestors gather in Polygon Park, police arrest the five major speakers and organisers at the protest (link)
- 13-JUN-05 - Sale of the Northside Preserve is approved by a 6-3 vote, to a private conservation interest group, Nature's Trust, effectively killing all debate of development.
Miscellaneous
- Perplex City Council voted 5-4 to open the preserve
- Camryn Scott cast the deciding vote
- only a small fraction of the park will be open for development
- several thousand protestors turned up (out of several million PXC citizens)
Characters Arrested
- Estelle Sedgewick, Academy Senior Fellow
- Maya Shorer and Juno Smythe, two of her graduate students
- Keenan Thoreau, RFD
- Damien Gold, Northside Protection League
Others Present
- Hillary Gilbert (protester)
- PCPD Lieutenant Gordon Sharp
References
- Perplex City Sentinel
- article, 21-MAR-05 "City Opens Northside" (link)
- article, 11-APR-05 "Five Arrested During Northside Protest" (link)
- Letter, 18 April, from Cora Howell (link)
- Letter, 18 April, from J. Beloc, Earth (link)
- article, 20-APR-05 "Dev in Northside Supported, Poll Finds" (link)
- article, 15-MAY-05 "View from Earth: Urban Boundaries" (link)
- article, 13-JUN-05 "Northside Preserve Development Killed" (link)
