Tropical Flower, Volunteer Park Conservatory
Originally uploaded by Aloha Debby
Enjoy the bullshit way mainstream media looks at the world. On the mayor’s Ideas for Seattle list of hundreds of good ideas from people thinking about how to help the city, the headlines are about nude beaches and dope. We’d like to highlight the current #8 top-ranked idea — Keep the Conservatory at Volunteer Park Open:
So many of these ideas are about creating a better future. What about maintaining what is beautiful and good for this city? It’s a warm, quiet and beautiful place. We should maintain and preserve it for the future. Closing it would be shortsighted.
We know the Conservatory doesn’t necessarily involve public nudity, nor marijuana but maybe you can still stop by the site and add your vote to the tally.
Meanwhile, the Seattle Parks Department is expected to announce midyear budget cutbacks in the next week. At the end of April, Parks announced that 24 of its 27 wading pools could face closure this summer including the Cal Anderson pool. The Volunteer Park wading area is reportedly not being considered for cutbacks. Also on the most recent possible cut list — the Parks-run community centers like Miller. CHS also reported on the concerns from the group Friends of the Conservatory that says it fears the Volunteer Park landmark might face the budget axe as it approaches its 100-year anniversary in 2012.
yeah…think about it
Someone in touch with the pot growers and dealers in the area should take up a collection from them for the conservatory. They’re interested in indoor horticulture, too…
The Friends of the Conservatory definitely appreciates the support given by the Capitol Hill Seattle Blog! Thank you for your coverage.
One thing we’ve learned from the Mayor’s “Ideas for Seattle” campaign is that the nudists sure are organized, (or stuffing the ballot box?). Regardless, we’re not sure how much impact that site will have in general.
Of course it’s hard to act on rumors alone, but we are encouraging everyone to write to the Seattle City Council Members and the Mayor to voice support for keeping the Conservatory open.
We are also circulating a petition to gather as many signatures to send to our leaders. Anyone interested in helping out is more than welcome to print out the petition and gather signatures. ( http://volunteerparkconservatory.org/SavetheConservatory.htm)
We strongly believe that with enough public support we can keep the Conservatory’s doors open. Getting the word out to the is key, and we are sincerely grateful for the exposure that this blog has generated.
Regards,
Anthonio Pettit
President, Friends of the Conservatory
Can’t beat ’em? join ’em.
No reason to segregate your nudist and dopefiend friends: make the conservatory partly a medicinal pot grow operation, and within a clothing optional zone in the park, and everyone wins / you get even more support.