January 26, 2008: No Fly Zone (Philly)

Undertoad · 01-26-2008, 08:01 AM

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But Anne E. Howanski, Ridley Township manager, isn't so sure Hall has the right to invoke that particular word on his own house, even if it isn't visible from the street.

"I will have to check our ordinance on this," she said. "It appears to be an obscenity and we will be in touch."

Fuck you, Anne E. Howanski! Make no laws abridging freedom of speech.

Griff · 01-26-2008, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Fuck you, Anne E. Howanski! Make no laws abridging freedom of speech.

I second that emotion.

richlevy · 01-26-2008, 09:53 AM

I noticed the FU and I could see the original phrase blacked out. Was the photo adjusted for publication or did the owners physically change the writing?

BTW, I live under the flight path to the Phila airport. Thursday night we were leaving the house and heard a helicopter overhead at most at a few hundred feet. It flew over without any running lights. It must have been painted dark and flying low because all we heard was a minute or two of very loud noise overhead and it was gone.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-26-2008, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by richlevy

I noticed the FU and I could see the original phrase blacked out. Was the photo adjusted for publication or did the owners physically change the writing?

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(FOX 29, photo altered)

TheMercenary · 01-26-2008, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Fuck you, Anne E. Howanski! Make no laws abridging freedom of speech.

Someone look up that bitches email and lets send it all over the US having people email her about her comment.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-26-2008, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Someone look up that bitches email and lets send it all over the US having people email her about her comment.

She's just doing her job, not making but enforcing the rules. What else could she do with reporters in her face, express her personal feelings?

Sarasvati48 · 01-26-2008, 12:23 PM

On the New Jersey side. Planes used to come in so low, I could sit out on the front stoop and hear the landing gear operating. After years and years you don't even notice...Conversation would have to stop until the plane flew by. I kinda miss it!:p

Griff · 01-26-2008, 12:26 PM

She could say, "It's not visible from the street, I have no jurisdiction." Not that I believe she has the power to regulate political speech.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-26-2008, 12:39 PM

She's a politician covering her ass and trying not to piss off anyone. Stalling for time to see which way the wind blows, is their trademark.

Karenv · 01-26-2008, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

She's a politician covering her ass and trying not to piss off anyone. Stalling for time to see which way the wind blows, is their trademark.

She is a lowly bureaucrat, not a politician. That means it is her job on the line and the politicians are not shy about scapegoating if they don't like the press response.

Basically she pushed it off pending some future study that probably won't happen. The better thing to do is to get other neighbors with flat roofs to print the same, so the city can't control it.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-26-2008, 01:32 PM

Technically you're right, she is a bureaucrat, though Township Manager is hardly lowly.
Township Managers serve at the pleasure of the Township Council, and must be a bigger politician than they are... tread on as few toes as possible, practice fence sitting until their butt is numb, and never make a decision before checking with the township solicitor.

01-26-2008, 09:53 AM	#3
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	I noticed the FU and I could see the original phrase blacked out. Was the photo adjusted for publication or did the owners physically change the writing? BTW, I live under the flight path to the Phila airport. Thursday night we were leaving the house and heard a helicopter overhead at most at a few hundred feet. It flew over without any running lights. It must have been painted dark and flying low because all we heard was a minute or two of very loud noise overhead and it was gone. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

01-26-2008, 12:23 PM	#7
Sarasvati48 Mystical Miscreant Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 46	I grew up in the PHL flightpath... On the New Jersey side. Planes used to come in so low, I could sit out on the front stoop and hear the landing gear operating. After years and years you don't even notice...Conversation would have to stop until the plane flew by. I kinda miss it!:p

01-26-2008, 12:26 PM	#8
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	She could say, "It's not visible from the street, I have no jurisdiction." Not that I believe she has the power to regulate political speech. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-26-2008, 12:39 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	She's a politician covering her ass and trying not to piss off anyone. Stalling for time to see which way the wind blows, is their trademark. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-26-2008, 01:32 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Technically you're right, she is a bureaucrat, though Township Manager is hardly lowly. Township Managers serve at the pleasure of the Township Council, and must be a bigger politician than they are... tread on as few toes as possible, practice fence sitting until their butt is numb, and never make a decision before checking with the township solicitor. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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