Planning Commissioner NeSmith:
I distinctly recall your comments at the April 6, 2006 meeting of the Planning Commission at which you railed at some length that fraternities and sororities have no place in a community, that they add nothing to a community, that they bring no benefit to a community. Members of a Planning Commission are not people whose names one typically remembers; I remember your name because even among the anti-Greek comments from that meeting, I was startled by what I perceived as very vitriolic comments from you. That's why I remembered your name. I respectfully stand by my recollection of the comments of that evening.
If you have a different recollection, please feel free to share it with me by e-mail at
chuck@electchuckjones.com.
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Is the real issue that the council likes to say that they appreciate the Greek community as long as the Greek community is restircted to the area already under control of the University?
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I think this is precisely it. At the recent Mayor and Commission meeting, the Mayor sternly criticized Gwendolyn Boone ("notyouraverage"), a young woman of great class who bravely came forward in an overwhelmingly hostile room to express her opinion to her elected officials, as she had every right and responsibility to do. The Mayor said that the issue had nothing to do with appreciating the Greek community.
Sure, the Mayor and the Commission appreciate the Greek community, they just spit in the Greeks' face every chance they get. But that doesn't mean they don't APPRECIATE the Greeks and appreciate the good work that they do. Right??
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At what point does the greek community take this approach to convincing people we don't ruin everything. Just throw up our hands and say, "Fine, we wont help you anymore." I think it'd take about a semester for people to like us.
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Unfortunately, I think that's what it will take. The sad thing is that it is really the people who need help who will be suffering. It is not Planning Commissioner NeSmith who will be suffering when Greeks in Athens declare a moratorium on philanthropy. But if the people in a community are not going to appreciate you (or are going to "appreciate" you but continue to spit in your face), there are plenty of other needy communities who would be very glad to benefit from your generosity.