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THE COMMUNITY SAYS BUY THE PARK!




The University of California is in financial trouble and is beginning to sell off its property. The authors of this letter, who represent diverse interest in the Berkeley community, believe the City should expedite the purchase of People's Park from the University.

We, the undersigned, hope a transfer of ownership of the park will resolve a continuing debate over the Park's future.
boona cheema
Director, Berkeley Oakland Support Services

Stephanie Allan
labor activist

Robert Barrer
Asst. Dir. Berkeley Oakland Support Services

David Barrows
member Berkeley Friends Meeting

Dale Bartlett
City Council aide

Julian Boyd
U.C. Professor

Laurie Bright
former Chair Landmarks Commission

David Bryden
former Chair Rent Board

Jami Caseber
environmental activist

Gerald Casey
former City Council candidate

Mike Cassimar
park gardener

Jim Chanin
attorney at law

Tom Condit
member Peace and Freedom Party

Hal Cronkite
former Berkeley City Manager

Micheal Delacour
park founder

John Delmos
cab driver

Carol Denney
folksinger

Leo Downey
labor activist

Stephen Dunnifer
founder Free Radio Berkeley

Bob Evans
attorney at law

Marsha Feinland
member Peace and Freedom Party

Clifford Fred
member Planning Commission

Ben Fulcher
park gardener

Charles Gary,
member Ecology Center

David Glaubman
Berkeley Peace Conference

Reuven Goldfarb

Neil Goldstein

Richard Graham
neighborhood activist

Curt Gray
neighborhood activist

Bill Grove
neighborhood activist

Aaron Handel
member Police Review Commission

Sally Hindman
member Berkeley Friends Meeting

Elizabeth Hirschfeld
fundraiser

Gertrude Hodess

Bonnie Hughes
Shattuck Avenue Merchant

Don Jelinek
former City Councilmember

Georg Kalmar
park gardener

Landmarks Commission
approved 1994

Howard Levine
journalist

Jeff Lindemann,
neighborhood activist

Richard List
artist

Barbara Lubin
member Middle East Children's Alliance

Country Joe MacDonald

Sharon Maldonado
Rent Board Commissioner

Louise Marquis
tenant activist

Patrick McCoy
neighborhood activist

Gerda Miller
member Gray Panthers

Osha Neumann
attorney at law

Don Nicodemus
Committee for a Responsible University

Charlyne Nowik, M.D.

Father Bill O'Donnell
St. Joseph the Worker Church

George Oram
realtor

Micheal Pachovas
member People's Park USE Committee

Andrea Pritchett
member Copwatch

Jon Read
park founder

Laurie Chastain Rhodes
Committee for a Responsible University

Paul Rhodes
member Musicians Union Local 424

Mike Rossman
teacher

Terry Sal
park gardener

Gina Saso
former City Council candidate

Jim Schmitt
former City Council candidate

Ernie Scosseria
former City Council candidate

Ursula Sherman
Board, Berkeley-Oakland Support Services

Maudelle Shirek
City Councilmember

Marc Shulman
businessman

Randy Silverman
Rent Board Commissioner

Bob Sparks

Dona Spring
City Councilmember

Elizabeth Starr
Disability Activist

Lisa Stephens
Co-Chair, People's Park USE Committee

Nadja Strandt
park Gardener

Mickey Tenenbaum
realtor

John Thomas
former City Council candidate

John Vance
First Amendment Center

Dennis Walton
City Council aide

Vivian Warkentin
neighborhood activist

Kris Welch
KPFA programmer

Katie Wenc
former Chair Berkeley Citizens Action

Roger Wilkens
labor activist

Al Winslow
journalist

L.A. Wood
environmental activist

Eli Yates
folksinger

Sally Zinman
Coalition for Alternatives in Mental Health


* Organizations for purposes of identification only


Note: This is only a partial list of supporters, as the list is growing all the time....

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