Sunny Side /South Park Super Neighborhood

Deception or What?

Oct 09, 2002

Sunny Side/South Park Super Neighborhood
4302 Reed Road # E
Houston, Texas 77051
713-734-3599 Fax 713-734-3597 Email: charitypro@ev1.net

Memorandum
October 6, 2002

To: Robert Litke, Director City of Houston Planning Department
From: Charles X White, President Sunny Side/South Park Super Neighborhood
Subject: Deception or What?
cc. Mayor Lee P. Brown, Executive Board, General Stakeholders, OIG & Others
Mr. Litke, it is again my unfortunate position to point out some inaccurate information from your office that continues to increase the division that you helped create with your underhanded administrative (non) procedures. Only when it applies to the southeast community.

On September 24, 2002 at our SNAP - planning meeting Wanda?’s response to a question related to a letter that was recently sent to many civic clubs concerning super neighborhood being recognized within the existing boundaries of our Sunny Side/South Park SN. In Wanda?’s (community liaison) response she said that I received a letter to that effect. My response to her and everyone else at the meeting was I have not seen any letter referring to any such thing. She also mentioned that the letter in question was not sent by the city. She also made a statement that the civic clubs could attend any super neighborhood group that they selected. What in the hell is going?

On October 3, 2002 in an open forum of community stakeholders Ms. Swindle stated that I (Charles X White) was in receipt of a letter from you (Robert Litke) that explained that a new super neighborhood was recognized within our existing boundaries. How did they get that misunderstanding?

I have received no such letter from you or anyone else at any time up to the current date October 7, 2002. Nor have I received a phone call nor been privy to a meeting to discuss this at anytime.

This brings me to your continued deception in matters that are community related. Which you as department head have no jurisdiction over. At best you can make a written inquiry and possible suggestions to the existing executive board for consideration or action ?– but once again the great Anglo father had to save the poor people from working out their own problems.

It appears to me that history is repeating it self as you take advantage of people that have good intentions to drive wedges between community groups and stakeholders. In the end you will have achieved division and created another obstacle for us to unite for the good of our community. All existing material related Neighborhood Oriented Government points to stakeholder?’s solving/managing his or her own problems. NOG also speaks to the phrase, government for the people by the people, not by individual department heads.

The principles of self-governance have been stolen from our community and I would for it to be returned. The value of the due process has been circumvented and I would like it returned also.
Additional Suggestions:
?˜ Send delicate information either by email and postal registered receipt. Then there is a traceable process to validate what happened. Many people have been told that I have a letter, which I do not. So, send it to me.
?˜ Lets you and I take a polygraph cut through the games and find out who is lying or misleading the people in the community and at city hall. I look forward to your response.