PLEASE come and join our group.

or start your own.

whatever.

just do something.

in this instance, however, we had good response / results, so i want to call that for what it is, and give credit where it’s due.

the voice of the mission – historically – has been the voice of the advocacy community. and while this is a good thing at its core, imho, it’s become an industrial complex more interested in perpetuating its own advancement than in helping the people for whom they purport to advocate. there are MORE THAN 50 “advocacy” groups in the mission. there’s also more violence, more crime, more people being displaced, more homeless folks, etc…all the time. it don’t add up…

mission politics is firmly based in this milieu. and in turn, SF politics is firmly based in the “progressive” claptrap i’ve been ranting about for a year.

so what do we get in the hood? just what you say: nothing. the voice of “progressive” dogma has pushed aside any other voice in the hood. any voice for safety, quality of life, actual help for the folks that need it, etc.

(oh, we did manage to run off american apparel. that was really worth it. yay.)

what we DO get, because we have NO VOICE:

- unsafe streets
- duped constituency in need of help and not getting it (low income folks, homeless folks, mentally ill folks, addicted folks)
- dissatisfied residents
- pimps, ho’s & drug dealers all over the fucking place

so, we’re trying to build a new, inclusive voice that makes the 94110 count, and be heard in the broader sense of city politics, outside the non-inclusive “progressive” ideologue bullshit that got us here in the first place.

let the flames come, it’s OK with me. or not.

Oh, look at me, I’m an idealist!

the locale of these specific bike cops was in specific response to our community group’s specific voicing of specific concern regarding specific activities in this specific area.

we’re continuing our meetings with them (another one next week, in fact), and we’ll keep pressing for progress in this arena.

my view, this was an almost immediate response to our concerns…and there’s nothing to criticize about that.

let’s see what else we can get them to do. small steps first, then maybe big steps.

big thanks to the captain and the supervisor for listening, and acting.

anyone wants info on our community group around 20/shotwell/capp, i am happy to provide.

also, btw, anyone can start a community group, anywhere in the hood, for whatever reason you want, and get the captain and the supervisor to come. and you can ask them for whatever you want.

there’s an org called SAFE that will guide you right through the process.

http://www.sfsafe.org/