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title: "Just wrote my letter in support of Chicken John's conditional use…"
date: 2017-11-02
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# Just wrote my letter in support of Chicken John's conditional use…

*November 2, 2017 · Facebook*

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[http://ephemerisle.org/index.php/History_of_Ephemerisle](http://ephemerisle.org/index.php/History_of_Ephemerisle){target="_blank"}
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Just wrote my letter in support of Chicken John\'s conditional use permit for Chez Poulet. If you\'re so inclined, please consider writing a letter and/or showing up at the hearing:\
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\"If you can write a letter before 10:00 am (Thurs, November 2) that would be great. I have to print them all out and give them to the commissioners.\
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ANYONE WHO CAN COME NOV 2 TO SHOW SUPPORT WOULD BE GREAT.\
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2:00 in room 400, SF City Hall. It\'s gonna be a good show!\
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Write a letter! Send it to:\
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Jonathan.disalvo@sfgov.org\
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and cc me:\
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chickenjohn@chickenjohn.com\"\
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President Rich Hillis\
C/O Jonathan Disalvo\
San Francisco Planning Commission\
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Dear President Hillis:\
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I\'ve lived in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1990, and I\'ve known John Rinaldi since 2009, when he and his crew helped create the first Ephemerisle festival:\
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[http://ephemerisle.org/index.php/History_of_Ephemerisle](http://ephemerisle.org/index.php/History_of_Ephemerisle){target="_blank"}\
[http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article162988453.html](http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article162988453.html){target="_blank"}\
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I wish to express the strongest possible support for Mr. Rinaldi in his efforts to permit Chez Poulet, his art gallery / performance space / community center in the Mission district.\
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Chez Poulet has served as the incubation chamber / lair / mad scientist\'s laboratory for such art pieces as\
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\* a life size recreation of Heironymous Bosch\'s Garden of Earthly Delight\'s in the form of a street parade\
\* Camp Tipsy, an art boat building festival\
\* Fallen Cosmos \[indescribable, yet really cool interactive, multidisciplinary art event\]\
\* All World\'s Fair - a fair at the intersection of all possible worlds in time and space\
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It\'s also a very nice place to hold a wedding.\
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It would a great shame if of the few remaining art performances spaces in San Francisco were to wink out of existence. Therefore, I implore you to take the steps necessary to make sure that Chez Poulet continues to be a wellspring of art and wonder for present and current San Francisco residents.\
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Thank-you for your consideration,\
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Christopher Rasch
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