{"article":{"id":140195,"heading":"Save the South Central Farmers! - Protest at the Office of Ralph Horowitz","author":"FYI","created":"2005-11-30 18:43:42","modified":"2005-12-02 19:42:49","last_modified":"Sat, 03 Dec 2005 02:42:49","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2nd - 11:00 AM <br>  <br> Protest at the Office of Ralph Horowitz <br>  <br> 11911 San Vicente Blvd, Ste. 310 <br><br> This farm, on land bought via eminent domain for an incinerator project that was later cancelled, is a model for autonomy and self-determination.  It is thought to be the largest such urban project in the country.  However Horowitz, a wealthy Brentwood developer, has bought back the land in a dubious city sale and now intends to have police \"throw off\" the farmers for yet another ugly warehouse.  Let him know that food is still more important than greed. <br><br> Sponsored by Mujeres Libres Collective <br>  <br> Info: <a href=\"mailto:mujeres_libres@lists.riseup.net\">mujeres_libres@lists.riseup.net<\/a> <br><br> <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"","link":"www.southcentralfarmers.com","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","summary":"Save the South Central Farmers!","numcomment":14,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2005\/11\/map1.gif","filesize":"62.2 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2005\/11\/140195.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2005\/11\/map1.gif"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":140248,"heading":"Boston Solidarity Action!","article":"From Boston Indymedia:\r\n\r\nCOME OUT TODAY TO DEFEND THE LARGEST URBAN GARDEN IN THE COUNTRY!\r\n\r\nCoast to Coast Solidarity with the Campesinos de Sur Central!\r\n\r\nHarvard is welcoming the Mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa.\r\nDemand the city stop &quot;developers&quot; from dismantling the South Central Farm!\r\n\r\nTHE LAND BELONGS TO THOSE WHO WORK IT\r\n\r\nWednesday. November 30.\r\n\r\n6:00 pm\r\n\r\n70 JFK Street\r\nInstitute of Politics\r\nHarvard University\r\n\r\n\r\nPlease join us tomorrow if you can make it. If not, write to officials here:\r\nhttp:\/\/www.southcentralfarmers.com\/politicianform.php\r\n\r\nThe South Central Farm is thought to be the largest urban garden in the country. It feeds hundreds of families who grow their own food. It also serves as a model for autonomy and self-determination. Help the South Central Farmers defend their land from being demolished by developer Ralph Horowitz, who plans to put a warehouse in its place.","author":"we are everywhere","parent_id":140195,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-12-01 10:12:44","modified":"2005-12-01 10:12:44","fileurl":""},{"id":140251,"heading":"Green Space","article":"Look at all that GREEN SPACE around his home.  THREE country clubs.  There's even a rec center for stoners.  That's pretty damned liberal of them.  The VA building areas and cemetary are pretty expanses of green too.","author":"johnk","parent_id":140195,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-12-01 10:39:59","modified":"2005-12-01 10:39:59","fileurl":""},{"id":140261,"heading":"My two cents","article":"It seems to me that the city could, through a very solid argument, claim iminent domain AGAIN and by the land back from Horowitz and let the farmers remain.\r\n\r\nWhether you like it or not, Horowitz does own the land and should be compensated. However, if their was ever a community works project that was clearly not a complete waste of taxpayer money, buying this land and setting it aside for a community farm is probably it.","author":"fresca","parent_id":140195,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-12-01 16:02:41","modified":"2005-12-02 17:49:02","fileurl":""},{"id":140306,"heading":"Hey Johnk","article":"So what's with the purge?\r\n\r\nWhy have pretty much, all my posts from the last week been deleted. Including the one on this thread where I AGREED with the idea of keeping the farm for the community.\r\n\r\nCurious.","author":"fresca","parent_id":140195,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-12-02 02:06:32","modified":"2005-12-02 02:06:32","fileurl":""},{"id":140319,"heading":"about time","article":"don't feel bad fresca.  'Bush Admirer' the opinionated Ann Coulter fan has been disposed of also.\r\nA new day dawning on this wire?\r\nPerhaps if the content of the posts were less juvenile  and supported by real information or constructive arguments instead of personal attacks, or just plain viciousness, from you two, this wouldn't have happened.\r\nI mean that your constant references to 'koranimals' or BA's 'dumb' opinions without supportable references was getting tiresome.","author":"observer","parent_id":140195,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-12-02 04:18:05","modified":"2005-12-02 04:18:05","fileurl":""},{"id":140336,"heading":"Dunno","article":"I flagged that guy who was going off about Latin Americans, and the crack in between, but didn't flag yours.  Then I had to go, before I could hide anything.  Oh well.  I was going to comment on your thing too.\r\n\r\nI agree - they should re-eminent domain the land and pay him back his money.  I don't think anyone's saying Horowitz shouldn't be compensated.\r\n\r\nThere is a fishy stench about this whole deal.  I suspect that H. is getting a sweetheard deal: first, the city council blocks the original owner from buying the land, second, the cc overlooks this existing use, which could potentially justify the taking of the property by ED, third, they turn and without much ado, sell to H for not much money, (and without giving the occupants an opportunity to buy it, I've learned).\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.laweekly.com\/ink\/04\/17\/a.php\r\n\r\nNow, two liberal politicians are fleeing the scene, trying to ignore the whole thing.  Don't they see their credibility swirling down the toilet?\r\n\r\nThe big &quot;?&quot; in my mind is Villaraigosa.  On the one hand, he's the most liberal mayor LAs had, probably ever.  On the other hand, this guy got a big endorsement by Riordan, the nondescript past mayor who ushered in downtown development... and who just happened to be a real-estate developer.\r\n\r\nAnd he seemed to preside over a few tear-downs of public housing to build publically funded... townhomes.  Townhomes that are less dense, and house fewer people.  Hmm...\r\n\r\nIt's all starting to sound like a real estate themed Roman Polanski's Chinatown.  Maybe they can call it &quot;Boyle Heights&quot; or &quot;Eagle Rock&quot;.","author":"johnk","parent_id":140195,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-12-02 09:09:19","modified":"2005-12-02 09:09:19","fileurl":""},{"id":140344,"heading":"got a question for you, johnk","article":"I reposted this on this newswire and it's now deleted, not hidden, but deleted.\r\n-US Military, President Out of Control-\r\nWhat  was wrong?","author":"Sheepdog","parent_id":140195,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-12-02 16:22:54","modified":"2005-12-02 16:22:54","fileurl":""},{"id":140348,"heading":"Comment hidden by mistake","article":"Comment restored.","author":"IMC admin staffer","parent_id":140195,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-12-02 17:51:19","modified":"2005-12-02 17:51:19","fileurl":""},{"id":140349,"heading":"uh thanks, LA","article":"Still can't find it.\r\nAnyway, thanks for responding....","author":"Sheepdog","parent_id":140195,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-12-02 17:56:54","modified":"2005-12-02 17:56:54","fileurl":""},{"id":140356,"heading":"addendum","article":"I found it.\r\nhttp:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/news\/2005\/11\/140269.php\r\nThank you, LA.","author":"Sheepdog","parent_id":140195,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-12-02 19:42:49","modified":"2005-12-02 19:42:49","fileurl":""}]}