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Originally posted by sycamore
The city is only attempting to save face. IMO, a state takeover might work wonders. Given that the student population is dropping, the schools are falling apart, the teachers pseudo-struck last year, and now they may not be able to pay them...hell, give the Parking Authority back. Take the schools instead.
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Philly cannot be in trouble. They just raised taxes to build two new stadiums to replace stadiums that they did not perform maintenance on for the past 20 years. With all those new stadiums, the Philly economy must be booming - after all was that not posted in Cellar mark II? With all those subsidized navy yard jobs, then everything is rosy in the Philly economy.
Oh? You mean the new mayor is historically a power hungry, head bashing mentality? The mass transit system has reverted to MBA mentalities (political appointees and accounting types)? The new 'temporary' stadium carpet cannot even be put down properly by city officials? How can it be since the region - spent so much to look good to George Jr's party- including brick wallpaper on the center divider concrete of the Admiral Wilson Blvd? How can it be since 85% of all problems are directly traceable to top political management?
Oh? That explains why all mass transit expansion plans have been quashed. The same city councilmen are also on the board of directors for the port AND for the Philadelphia Gasworks. Their appointees make plans and spend money on Septa. That explains why the region has no new transportation (highway) plans (I 95 and I-476 will remains crossing over each other without any connection; I-95 southbound will never connect to I-76 westbound; I-76 eastbound will still require getting off onto local roads where all that new stadium construction occurs to get on I-95; the bean counters cannot even propose a solution to the Schukyll Expressway). They region has negative growth compared to national averages. Even the so called high growth areas in Chester county don't even lead the state growth rates. The population is dropping and aging because young innovators must leave the state to find growth jobs.
Of course. We still have the same bean counter mentalities who cannot even purchase street signs at intersections or direction signs for the many twisting highways. Just try to follow local street signs for the Tacony Palmyra or Betsy Ross bridges. We still have a water company that intakes Schukyll River water so dirty that the only thing missing is dead human bodies. PAs libraries - 49th in the nation (of 50 states). Ahh, but we kept costs down. We still have a city without any long term growth plans - except those to subsidize rich corporate sports companies.
Kids - they don't vote - may they be damned.