If it is construction within their system, they can make improvements to policies abs supervision to make them less likely.

If it was a Peco substation down the road, definitely less control

The issues is more acute with rail because it is harder to reroute

1.5 million people have a variety of opinions and it isn't always black and white.

More of a

"We acknowledge there's a problem here but don't really want to get our hands dirty and would prefer to just throw money at the issue"

Similar to how they need to get their house painted but don't want to get paint on their nice clothes

Anecdotal but I know a lot of wealthy suburbanites that donated to these bail funds.

It was a way they could say they "did something " that didn't involve actually interacting with poor minorities.

Rolling stone is popular among wealthy suburbanites.

Basically the hippy boomers who now hold a lot of wealth.

>“don’t report them and you won’t get dragged into your own shit”

This is what moral bankruptcy looks like.

Bail funds were widely publicized by rolling stone and others.

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/george-floyd-protests-bail-funds-police-brutality-black-lives-matter-1008259/

Probably not his job to enforce but my employer requires me to report ethics violations by other employees, vendors, or clients.

I would hope government that the same is expected of government employees.

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Not just Henon but Kenney pushed the soda tax under direction of Johnny Doc

https://www.inquirer.com/news/john-dougherty-bobby-henon-trial-danny-grace-teamsters-soda-tax-20211015.html

I wasn't taking issue with it. I was simply responding to a comment that was directed at me using the information I had available.

I qualified my statement by saying I didn't watch it. And I wasn't using my lack of watching it as an "excuse" in any way.

Not sure what your problem is but I've said all that I have to say on the issue. Enjoy your day

I'm not claiming to watch every video. Explicitly stated as such and even said I believe he was easy on her.

Are you suggesting people need to watch every video to comment?

I didn't see it and can believe he was easy on her but I suspect it was just a boring conversation because she's an accountant focused on boring details.

While I think that's something we need in city hall, it unfortunately doesn't grab headlines which are needed to win elections.

He's grabbing headlines because asking tough questions to candidates is newsworthy these days.

After Kenney, we need to be asking tough questions. Nutter seems to be the most willing and able to do so.

This thread is allowed up as it provides substantial new details. Please keep it civil or we'll lock this one as well.

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Probably the store owner bringing in cases of sugary drinks from the suburbs

It isn't fundamentally different than this post which was at the top of the sub a day or two earlier.

https://www.reddit.com/r/philadelphia/comments/113pv20/howwhy_are_people_cool_w_paying_1400_in_rent_and

Recycling/trash posts are often duplicative and you should discuss in those threads if recent

>Oh, and also publicly hang anyone who thinks...

This type of rhetoric is unacceptable regardless of ideology and if repeated will result in a ban.

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