[UC] More sentiment opposing the Campus Inn

[Krfapt]

This week's University City Review has two items expressing more community  
sentiment in opposition to the proposed Campus Inn:
 
_Coverage  of the SHCA Board of Directors meeting, with a presentation by the 
Woodland  Terrace Homeowners Assn_ 
(http://www.ucreview.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=620&wpage=&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&re
state=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pfo
rm=&sc=2320&hn=ucreview&he=.com) 
 
_Letter  to the Editor by Bill Burrison (member of the SHCA Board of 
Directors)_ 
(http://www.ucreview.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=620&wpage=&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retyp
e=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=2320&hn=ucreview&he=.com)
 
 
 
 
Remember, you read it second here, on the  popu-list
,
Al Krigman



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[UC] another dog found in UC - pit mix

[Linda Lee]

another from craigslist:

found small male pit mix

Reply to: see below
Date: 2008-03-18, 1:41PM EDT


A small unneutered male pit mix followed me home last night. He was  
friendly and scared, but my big pit mix didn't want him around. So I  
had to take him to PACCA. If he's your dog, go get him now as they  
only hold strays for 48 hours.

[UC] In case you were wondering, "Campus Inn" = "Campus Apartments"

[Krfapt]

In case you were wondering, Lussenhop's really just the patsy. Ask yourself  
where he could possibly be getting enough money to pay for his white-shoe 
lawyer  from Klehr Harrison, or to keep shoving the bucks to Sam Olshin to keep 
changing  his renderings and showing up at meetings to go over (endlessly) 
floor 
plans  that aren't the issue for anybody in the community. Especially in  the 
economic climate that's been driving the country into a recession since  last 
June, when projects are being canceled left and right because  investors have 
pulled back from financing construction projects.
 
No, Penn isn't putting up the dough. All they're doing is sitting back  while 
the Nobel Laureates in the Real Estate Dept try to cover up for an  
ill-advised decision to buy a building they now claim nobody at the University  
wants.
 
Campus Apartments is paying for it all. Why? Because it's really their  
project. As proof:
1.  Ed Datz (one of those Nobel Laureates) wrote a letter to the Woodland 
 Terrace Neighbors Assn in which he blurted out that  "the University of  
Pennsylvania (Penn) has a Letter of Intent (LOI) with the West  
Philadelphia-based developer Campus Apartments to redevelop this site." And,  
further, "Campus 
Apartments is responsible for managing the development  process." 
2.  Note the highlighted section of the item below from today's  DP:

When I met Bob Bark outside of Fresh Grocer last  week, I thought I'd be 
writing a simple pro-union column. 

Bark had  handed me a flyer that announced: "Newsflash! Campus Apartments has 
decided to  hire an electrical contractor who does not pay what the 
government says is a  fair wage."

Bark is an ordinary guy, a Philadelphia native whose black  hair is tinged 
with the first signs of gray. He's also a representative of the  local chapter 
of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, the  major union for 
electricians in Philadelphia. That's why Bark has been out  there for the past 
month or so, handing fliers to anyone who will take  them.

The union's cause is simple. Campus Apartments is developing  condos at 43rd 
and Spruce, and they hired a non-union company called Primary  Electric for 
the job. The IBEW Local 98 - that's the Philadelphia chapter -  says this is 
wrong, since Primary Electric is a small company that can't  afford to pay its 
employees as well as the union does.

Instead, the  IBEW Local 98 argues, Campus Apartments should exclusively hire 
union  laborers, who are guaranteed fair wages and health insurance for 
themselves  and their families.

"It's very important to me," Bark says. "I have  four children. Being [in] 
middle class America, I only want my kids to do  better than me."

Unions are controversial in a city like Philadelphia,  where tales of strikes 
and bureaucracy permeate the local news. They have a  reputation for being 
slow and expensive.

Talk to Bark for a few  minutes, however, and you might be convinced 
otherwise.

He's worked as  an electrician for years because he dreams that one day, 
he'll be able to send  his kids to a school like Penn. Since the union provides 
excellent benefits,  he hasn't had to worry about health care or not being able 
to find a  job.

I admit I was on Bark's side of the story when I went to check out  the 
Campus Apartments construction site. The way he described Primary  Electric, I 
expected sweatshop conditions and a tyrant boss who provided no  health 
coverage 
for his employees.

But instead, I talked to a young  Primary Electric employee remarkably 
similar to Bark - just trying, he said,  to earn a living for his family.

The electrician wouldn't tell me his  name, but he said he graduated from 
Temple University a few years  ago.

Primary Electric only has a few employees, but he's happy with the  benefits 
the company provides for him and his family.

"I love my small,  family business," he said. "I gotta feed my kids, too."

According to  Campus Apartments CEO David Adelman, whether or not his company 
contracts with  union laborers is really just a question of cost. He chose a 
non-union company for this job, but IBEW workers will  be completing the next 
major Campus Apartments project, the new hotel at 40th  and Baltimore streets.

"It's not [the IBEW's] God-given  right to get the work," Adelman said.

"We award work on price, quality  of work, the time at which the work will be 
completed."

Adelman should  add one more criterion to that list: Contractors must pay 
their workers fair  wages and provide comprehensive health insurance to their  
families.

Unions do a lot of good, ensuring rights for workers who  otherwise might 
have none. But small businesses often succeed where unions  fail, doing 
efficient 
and locally-specific work. There's no easy answer in the  union vs. non-union 
debate.

But one thing's clear: it's up to big  companies like Campus Apartments to 
make sure they only do business with  socially responsible cont

RE: [UC] In case you were wondering, "Campus Inn" = "Campus Apartments"

[KAREN ALLEN]

Al, 
Thanks for posting this.  I didn't realize Tom Lussenhop was just a patsy. I 
owe him an apology.
 
Tom, 
I'm sorry you're a patsy.
 
Karen Allen


From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:31:18 -0400Subject: [UC] In case 
you were wondering, "Campus Inn" = "Campus Apartments"To: 
UnivCity@list.purple.com

In case you were wondering, Lussenhop's really just the patsy. Ask yourself 
where he could possibly be getting enough money to pay for his white-shoe 
lawyer from Klehr Harrison, or to keep shoving the bucks to Sam Olshin to keep 
changing his renderings and showing up at meetings to go over (endlessly) floor 
plans that aren't the issue for anybody in the community. Especially in the 
economic climate that's been driving the country into a recession since last 
June, when projects are being canceled left and right because investors have 
pulled back from financing construction projects.
 
No, Penn isn't putting up the dough. All they're doing is sitting back while 
the Nobel Laureates in the Real Estate Dept try to cover up for an ill-advised 
decision to buy a building they now claim nobody at the University wants.
 
Campus Apartments is paying for it all. Why? Because it's really their project. 
As proof:

Ed Datz (one of those Nobel Laureates) wrote a letter to the Woodland Terrace 
Neighbors Assn in which he blurted out that  "the University of Pennsylvania 
(Penn) has a Letter of Intent (LOI) with the West Philadelphia-based developer 
Campus Apartments to redevelop this site." And, further, "Campus Apartments is 
responsible for managing the development process."
Note the highlighted section of the item below from today's DP:

When I met Bob Bark outside of Fresh Grocer last week, I thought I'd be writing 
a simple pro-union column. Bark had handed me a flyer that announced: 
"Newsflash! Campus Apartments has decided to hire an electrical contractor who 
does not pay what the government says is a fair wage."Bark is an ordinary guy, 
a Philadelphia native whose black hair is tinged with the first signs of gray. 
He's also a representative of the local chapter of the International 
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, the major union for electricians in 
Philadelphia. That's why Bark has been out there for the past month or so, 
handing fliers to anyone who will take them.The union's cause is simple. Campus 
Apartments is developing condos at 43rd and Spruce, and they hired a non-union 
company called Primary Electric for the job. The IBEW Local 98 - that's the 
Philadelphia chapter - says this is wrong, since Primary Electric is a small 
company that can't afford to pay its employees as well as the union 
does.Instead, the IBEW Local 98 argues, Campus Apartments should exclusively 
hire union laborers, who are guaranteed fair wages and health insurance for 
themselves and their families."It's very important to me," Bark says. "I have 
four children. Being [in] middle class America, I only want my kids to do 
better than me."Unions are controversial in a city like Philadelphia, where 
tales of strikes and bureaucracy permeate the local news. They have a 
reputation for being slow and expensive.Talk to Bark for a few minutes, 
however, and you might be convinced otherwise.He's worked as an electrician for 
years because he dreams that one day, he'll be able to send his kids to a 
school like Penn. Since the union provides excellent benefits, he hasn't had to 
worry about health care or not being able to find a job.I admit I was on Bark's 
side of the story when I went to check out the Campus Apartments construction 
site. The way he described Primary Electric, I expected sweatshop conditions 
and a tyrant boss who provided no health coverage for his employees.But 
instead, I talked to a young Primary Electric employee remarkably similar to 
Bark - just trying, he said, to earn a living for his family.The electrician 
wouldn't tell me his name, but he said he graduated from Temple University a 
few years ago.Primary Electric only has a few employees, but he's happy with 
the benefits the company provides for him and his family."I love my small, 
family business," he said. "I gotta feed my kids, too."According to Campus 
Apartments CEO David Adelman, whether or not his company contracts with union 
laborers is really just a question of cost. He chose a non-union company for 
this job, but IBEW workers will be completing the next major Campus Apartments 
project, the new hotel at 40th and Baltimore streets."It's not [the IBEW's] 
God-given right to get the work," Adelman said."We award work on price, quality 
of work, the time at which the work will be completed."Adelman should add one 
more criterion to that list: Contractors must pay their workers fair wages and 
provide comprehensive health insurance to their families.Unions do a lot of 
good, ensuring rights for workers who otherwise might have none. But small 
businesses often succeed where unions fail, doing efficient and 
locally-specifi

Re: [UC] In case you were wondering, "Campus Inn" = "Campus Apartments"

[UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Campus Apartments is paying for it all. Why? Because it's really their 
project. 



campus apartments seems to have set up shop along 41st 
street, from walnut to sansom, with offices occupying the 
former goodfellas bar and the paris cafe (?)


and just around the corner, on sansom, are 2 construction 
trailers, unmarked... and near those trailers a 3 story 
mansion was razed (next to the walnut hill apt building 
owned by campus apartments). the dp recently printed a photo 
of the razed mansion with this caption:


   Fraternity Farewell
 The Epsilon chapter of the Delta Sigma Delta
 Dental fraternity was torn down by a bulldozer
 this weekend to make room for more parking
 spaces around Penn's campus.


anybody know whose project is this?



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Re: [UC] In case you were wondering, "Campus Inn" = "Campus Apartments"

[Krfapt]

In a message dated 3/19/2008 5:04:39 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

campus  apartments seems to have set up shop along 41st 
street, from walnut to  sansom, with offices occupying the 
former goodfellas bar and the paris  cafe (?)
 
They've become a big organization. Besides what they do here, they have  
contracts to manage student housing for universities elsewhere.
 
Nice to see hometown people doing well for themselves.
 
Maybe they could buy the building at 40th & Pine from Penn and renovate  it 
as a really prestigious world headquarters. They could even build a 2- or  
3-story addition on the south side to increase the space... something that 
would  
be barely visible from the street. Much more sophisticated than rag-tag use of 
 random commercial space in the area that might better be rented to local  
entrepreneurs eager to meet the demand of residents.
 
Of course, this wouldn't leave a no-money-down profit for a patsy since  "the 
community" would probably be happy to have it, and would likely get behind  a 
variance to use the property in this way.

Remember, you read it first here, on the  popu-list

,
Al  Krigman



**Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL 
Home.  
(http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom000301)