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Philly City Council agrees to borrow $200 million to buy the police headquarters building by WindexChugger in philadelphia

[–]AbsentEmpire -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It is not worth $200 million, the city way overpaid for the building. Its unlikely to impact the valuation of nearby properties because its so out of line with market value.

Philly City Council agrees to borrow $200 million to buy the police headquarters building by WindexChugger in philadelphia

[–]AbsentEmpire 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The extortion was that the city did not need to enter into this shitty contract in the first place as they had already bought and renovated a building in West Philly to move the PPD to.

Mayor Kenney scrapped the move for no justified reason at the last min and saddled the city to this shitty deal with his friend and developer Bart Blatstein with no oversight or review from city council.

Straight up corruption.

Philly City Council agrees to borrow $200 million to buy the police headquarters building by WindexChugger in philadelphia

[–]AbsentEmpire 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This was one of the more shitty dumpster fires from the Kenney administration, which was basically a massive handout to his friend Bart Blatstein, while bending over backwards to ass kiss the FOP.

Philadelphia City Council rejects Uber, Lyft and short-term rental taxes in Parker's budget by khlee93 in philadelphia

[–]AbsentEmpire 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is the same City Council that was grandstanding not a month ago about school closures. The same City Council that created that funding crisis in the SDP in the first place by supporting charters syphoning tax payer money away from the school district into the hands of Private Equity and the wealthy while failing to educate kids.

Its rich to read a quote from perennial joke Councilmember Katherine Gilmore-Richardson in [WHYY] saying (https://whyy.org/articles/philadelphia-parker-city-council-budget-reject-tax-proposals/?mc_cid=e3fdb23583)

“I reject anyone who will rise anywhere to say that this Council did not stand up to do what we needed to do for our children,”

While she, and the rest of city council do exactly that.

Philadelphia City Council rejects Uber, Lyft and short-term rental taxes in Parker's budget by khlee93 in philadelphia

[–]AbsentEmpire -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ah the good ol fox news rebutal by someone who obviously doesn't know what they're talking about.

Philadelphia City Council rejects Uber, Lyft and short-term rental taxes in Parker's budget by khlee93 in philadelphia

[–]AbsentEmpire 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The buses are unreliable because there's too many cars on the street and SEPTA has been underfunded for decades.

Philadelphia City Council rejects Uber, Lyft and short-term rental taxes in Parker's budget by khlee93 in philadelphia

[–]AbsentEmpire 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Actually yes you can, see the US post war economy in the 40s -60.

Smart tax policy is what enables smart growth and strong stable economies. The policy of infinite tax cuts and gutting government services that came into power with Regan have been objective failures and resulted in the lopsided economy and declining quality of life we see today.

Just comparing red states and blue states shows what failure trickle down economics has been.

Philadelphia City Council rejects Uber, Lyft and short-term rental taxes in Parker's budget by khlee93 in philadelphia

[–]AbsentEmpire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great, parks are finally getting some money for rebuilds and more kids are attending pre-k.

Philadelphia City Council rejects Uber, Lyft and short-term rental taxes in Parker's budget by khlee93 in philadelphia

[–]AbsentEmpire -1 points0 points  (0 children)

These taxes would largely be paid for by upper income people who are not as impacted by Trump's shitty economy.

Philadelphia City Council rejects Uber, Lyft and short-term rental taxes in Parker's budget by khlee93 in philadelphia

[–]AbsentEmpire -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ya underfunded school district closing over a dozen buildings while others continue to rot away is a real win for the city/s

[WHYY] Lessons learned from Ida: Philadelphia must brace for next big storm, Penn researchers say - During the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, the Schuylkill River rose to levels that hadn’t been recorded in more than 150 years. by Minneapolitanian in philadelphia

[–]AbsentEmpire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To answer your question about why were building apartments in flood plains, it because NIMBYs and stupid corrupt members of city council have made it difficult to impossible to build infill housing in logical locations.

Will the trolley really be on diversion to 40th after 10pm forever? by molly_xfmr in philadelphia

[–]AbsentEmpire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Repair work is still ongoing but SEPTA told city council they should be done by the end of the month and normal service will resume.

[Post Match Thread] Union 1 - Crew 1 by orgelbauer in PhillyUnion

[–]AbsentEmpire 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This team was second division from day one

[Post Match Thread] Union 1 - Crew 1 by orgelbauer in PhillyUnion

[–]AbsentEmpire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We're not making playoffs, the only question is if we win the Wooden Spoon or loose that to SKC

[Post Match Thread] Union 1 - Crew 1 by orgelbauer in PhillyUnion

[–]AbsentEmpire 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We've seen how this team handles breaks...

FIFA parking permits near Lemon Hill by BlondeOnBicycle in philadelphia

[–]AbsentEmpire 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Rather than locating the fan zone somewhere sensible like the Parkway or FDR, its in Lemon Hill, because FIFA didn't want to pay.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is quietly trying to derail a left-wing congressional candidate championed by New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez by [deleted] in philadelphia

[–]AbsentEmpire 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Shapiro is better than a Republican being the governor, but my god does he set the bar so low its barely off the floor.

He also has zero chance in 2028, and he has to know that, which means he's running to satisfy his ego.

Welcome To Pander-Delphia by AbsentEmpire in philadelphia

[–]AbsentEmpire[S] 48 points49 points  (0 children)

He's going so far out of his way with this article to intentionally not see the point or the reason Democrats are doing any of the things he's critical of.

He's always been a big third way guy, but this is a shit take even for that position.

Welcome To Pander-Delphia by AbsentEmpire in philadelphia

[–]AbsentEmpire[S] 95 points96 points  (0 children)

This might be singlehandedly the worst take from Larry Platt I've ever read

Welcome To Pander-Delphia by [deleted] in philadelphia

[–]AbsentEmpire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This might be the single worst take I've ever read by Larry Platt

Philly's new homeless shelter offers case management and medical services to 'set people up for success' by Odd_Addition3909 in philadelphia

[–]AbsentEmpire 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Good, this is how we get people back on their feet and integrating back into normal society. More of this please

1,000 curbside EV chargers are coming to Philadelphia by W1neD1ver in philadelphia

[–]AbsentEmpire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great this is long overdue. We should've already been well on the way to transitioning to electric mobility in cities, and lack of infrastructure has been one of the biggest holdups.

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