07/06/2025
Hey, folks, it's been awhile. Heck, just a bit over 15 years ago a handful of us were at a table in The Med and we decided it was time for The Park to enter the social media fray. Thus, this account and FB page were created. In those earliest of times, it was mostly Gina S. (M. DeLacour's partner) and myself adding content and admining.
Well, you know how things go. Another handful of people figured that *they* wanted and ought to have the/a. Park Page. They didn't even tell us they were doing that. But it was already pretty obvious that they weren't much participating with or contributing to the Berkeley Peoples Park page. And just look, they're still having huffy, contentious scrapples with just WHO gets to tell the REAL story and be the "authentic" voice of/for The Park! According to them.
Back in the day, I was here in Berkeley and got involved in creating that park. Hands on, too.. Was there on Bloody Thursday. Did the big rally and march from the Annex to the Park, etc. Around that same time, I was also working with The Berkeley Barb newspaper, the Berkeley Tribe newspaper and The Print Mint underground comix. Even did a color front cover for the U.C. magazine, The Pelican, in '71.. Hung out in the Park, on camous, on The Ave. in The Med and Harcastles, etc. And I don't seem to recall most any of them here then. Go figure.
But they never mention me, either. How do things like that go among The People?
So now, after this original page, Berkeley People's Park, by now we got People's Park Community, and People's Park Garden and Peoples Park Berkeley! LOL! Have I missed any more?
Oh, People Spark may almost be ready to launch, and with a couple of surprises! Stay tuned, stay "connected", stay real and enjoy ourselves, each other and what we can choose together.
