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The Bob Rosebrock Chronicles Leader and Organizer of The Old Guard, US Military Veterans Land Brentwood, California, USA 1888 Veterans' Land Report |
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Carolina Winston Barrie Resigns From VPC
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Carolina Winston Barrie February 12, 2011 The Board of Directors Veterans Park Conservancy 11661 San Vicente Boulevard, Suite 204 Los Angeles, CA 90049
RE: Letter of Resignation from the Board of Directors Dear Members of the Board of Directors: After much thought and deliberation, this letter is to inform you that, effective immediately, I am hereby officially tendering my resignation from the Board of Directors of the Veterans Park Conservancy (“VCP”). When I initially accepted my appointment as a director, it was my understanding that the activities of the VPC would be in furtherance of the intention of my great-aunt, Arcadia Bandini de Stearns Baker, one of the original donors of the land of the West Los Angeles VA to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, a predecessor to today’s VA. I firmly believe that her intention was for that land to be used solely as a permanent home for veterans and not for any non-veteran related activities. I believe that my great-aunt felt passionate about this, as evidenced by the specific language she chose to use in the March 5, 1888 deed that conveyed this land to the VA. That deed contains no less than five separate references to the requirement that the land be used to “locate, establish, construct and permanently maintain” a branch home of the National Home and it specifically stipulates that the land was conveyed in return for the promise of the National Home to permanently use the land as a branch home for veterans. My role as a director of the VPC was meant to honor the legacy of my great-aunt in seeing that her intentions were followed. Unfortunately, the park that the VPC intends to establish on the West Los Angeles VA campus will not be limited to veteran use, but will, in essence, be a public park. I do not believe this is what my great-aunt intended and I feel that my continued presence on the board of the VPC at this point would not honor her memory. I would also note that I was quite disheartened by the draft letter from Sue Young in response to the letter recently received from Lauren Bon of the Annenberg Foundation that was discussed at our recent board meeting. I was very surprised that there was no overture made to reconcile their differences and that, instead, the response to Lauren’s letter was rather cursory and Lauren’s letter was simply dismissed out of hand. Sincerely, Carolina Winston Barrie cc: Sue Young, Executive Director Read more at www.TedHayes.US |
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