[UC] Rally for libraries, Tuesday
Dear citizens, On Tuesday, the coalition to save the libraries will hold a rally outside the northeast corner of city hall, 3:30 PM. www.coalitiontosavethelibraries.blogspot.com At the conclusion, the People’s Court will deliver a contempt of court citation to defendant, Michael Nutter, for defying the December 2008 ruling in commonwealth court. There will be speakers, theatre, and music. Citizens are urged to bring drums and noisemakers. The Citation: Judge Fox ruled that defendant Nutter cannot usurp the authority of the legislative branch of our city government, city council. The defendant is appealing the ruling and law while continuing to refuse to allow public hearings. Without a legitimate case to privatize or destroy libraries, I can see why the defendant is willing to do what is necessary to avoid the prying eyes of the citizens of Philadelphia. Contempt: Defendant has engaged in retaliation against the plaintiffs, the people of Philadelphia. Pending his appeal of the law, and our system of checks and balances with 3 independent branches of government, defendant has moved forward with plans against the 11 libraries, that he wants to close, and broadened his retaliation to include all branch libraries. In latest news, the employees of the library are under a gag order and are justifiably afraid of additional retaliation. Branch libraries are about to be placed on a 3 day per week schedule. And instead of allowing a library to open with 3 employees, libraries will not be allowed to open without 4. Please come to city hall, Tuesday, 3:30 PM to protect our libraries, and 3 branch system of government. The people, united, can never be defeated! Glenn You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html.
Re: [UC] BIG ups to 311
Not sure 311 would be able to provide the info anyway - the trolleys are SEPTA, and are not a City service as described on the 311 web site. It would be nice if 311 were able to provide such services as well, but clearly it requires a lot more to accomplish it (integration with an entirely separate public entity, for starters). Even KYW doesn't get that kind of info out on a timely basis. Al Airone - Original Message - From: Gerardo Razumney To: Lewis Mellman Cc: UCneighbors ; University City List Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 12:29 PM Subject: Re: [UC] BIG ups to 311 My first experience with 311 was rather discouraging. I called to find out if the trolleys were running in the tunnel (and to see how the 311 system works!) and after listening for more than ten minutes to the message telling me how important my call was I gave up. This was around 9 AM on a weekday. Obviously, not important enough... Gerardo Razumney On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Lewis Mellman lewismell...@mac.com wrote: I used the City's new 311 info number on Wed to report a suspected abandoned car that has been collecting leaves for a few months. After waiting through cycles of a canned message reminding me that my call was important and encourging me to continue to wait, the operator was cheerful and helpful. She also cautioned me that, although she was submitting the report immediately, it could take numerous weeks before the car disappeared. The car was gone by Thursday afternoon! Hopefully someone got their stolen car back. I guess I can rake up those leaves now. One thing was a little challenging: when I entered 311 into my cell phone it wouldn't dial the number because it thought I was referencing a speed-dial number. If anyone else has this problem, try my solution: I entered 311 into my phone's directory under info and then called info. That worked for me. I think that 311 is to be used instead of the old 215-MU6-1776 number. Go Eagles! -Lew You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html.
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Re: [UC] BIG ups to 311
I am aware of that, and I would not have been surprised if they had just transferred me to SEPTA for an answer -- I was interested to see if they happen to have that sort of information. The point I was trying to make is that after waiting over ten minutes nobody had taken my call; in New York the answer to 311 is virtually instantaneous, it rings once and a real person answers the call. Gerardo Razumney On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Al Airone herons...@verizon.net wrote: Not sure 311 would be able to provide the info anyway - the trolleys are SEPTA, and are not a City service as described on the 311 web site. It would be nice if 311 were able to provide such services as well, but clearly it requires a lot more to accomplish it (integration with an entirely separate public entity, for starters). Even KYW doesn't get that kind of info out on a timely basis. Al Airone - Original Message - *From:* Gerardo Razumney razum...@verizon.net *To:* Lewis Mellman lewismell...@mac.com *Cc:* UCneighbors ucneighb...@hector.asc.upenn.edu ; University City List UnivCity@list.purple.com *Sent:* Friday, January 09, 2009 12:29 PM *Subject:* Re: [UC] BIG ups to 311 My first experience with 311 was rather discouraging. I called to find out if the trolleys were running in the tunnel (and to see how the 311 system works!) and after listening for more than ten minutes to the message telling me how important my call was I gave up. This was around 9 AM on a weekday. Obviously, not important enough... Gerardo Razumney On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Lewis Mellman lewismell...@mac.comwrote: I used the City's new 311 info number on Wed to report a suspected abandoned car that has been collecting leaves for a few months. After waiting through cycles of a canned message reminding me that my call was important and encourging me to continue to wait, the operator was cheerful and helpful. She also cautioned me that, although she was submitting the report immediately, it could take numerous weeks before the car disappeared. The car was gone by Thursday afternoon! Hopefully someone got their stolen car back. I guess I can rake up those leaves now. One thing was a little challenging: when I entered 311 into my cell phone it wouldn't dial the number because it thought I was referencing a speed-dial number. If anyone else has this problem, try my solution: I entered 311 into my phone's directory under info and then called info. That worked for me. I think that 311 is to be used instead of the old 215-MU6-1776 number. Go Eagles! -Lew You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html.
Re: [UC] RE: calling city hall
That would be the Department of Licenses and Inspections. You can find its number on the city¹s website. Kimm On 1/9/09 4:13 PM, McKenzie, Wendell wmcken...@state.pa.us wrote: Does anyone know what department of the city of Philadelphia you need to call if the city tore down a building that you owned. Please post the name of the department and phone number and any experience you may have had. wendy You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html.
