Today I received the City’s response to my August 5 public records request for all documents reflecting any discussion of or action taken concerning Vick Cemetery since 1 September 2023. It contained 270 documents, most of which appear to be multiple duplicates of the same record. As always, I will share with you those records that raised my eyebrow.
Part 1: City Manager Grant Goings’ gratuitous slaps at me, Lane Street Project, and all the volunteers who work so hard to reclaim Odd Fellows Cemetery. “Look! Vick and Rest Haven look better than Odd Fellows!” is a strange flex. My annotations, per usual, in red.
[Let me know if you want “receipts” for my annotations. I’ve got a whole blog-full.]
I couldn’t get past the first response without begging the questions: What is a “beautiful” cemetery? How would one know this plot of land is even a cemetery? (REMEMBER?…the 4,000+headstones, which marks gravesites all over the earth, were removed and mysteriously can’t be found ). STOP.
Painfully, I just completed reading the entire blog . I demand of you, Mr. Goins, and all others who visit the final resting place of my sister , who died as an infant , and also my Great Grandmother and 4,000+ others , to STOP using their sacred right to rest in peace as a place for political ploy , malice, and disdain. STOP minimizing the commendable efforts of citizens who choose to be civic minded.