Well unfortunately Philadelphia is a city with a strong White working class
who are primarily Union workers.
Republicans have worked systematically, in my opinion, to dismantle the
rights that working people have fought for since the Roosevelt
administration and ³incorporated² this country and put
Al
Thanks for your comments. However I was not trying to say that any party
should either represent cities in general or Philadelphia in particular. My
point was that if either party feels as if they can operate without any fear
of
anyone else challenging or even investigating their acti
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I want to draw the parallel to our City's overwhelming dominance by the
Democrats and how it has had devastating effects on our City's ability to grow
and move forward.
Lots of cities tend to be dom
Ross,
I'm trying not to get embroiled in a Republican v Democrat argument. I
have heard it said that "government operates best when it is in full
gridlock". Your statement that the national Republican party has behaved so
dishonorably that it shames anything our local Dems can do. I
As some of you know, one half of a twin recently came down South 48th street.
The group of neighbors who live next to what was once a hulking ruin are now
working with UCD and our councilperson's office to keep the newly vacant lot
from remaining an eyesore.
There's a very simple way you
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Obviously we disagree on a few points, and could carry this discussion
on much longer than the rest of the list would want to hear. So I'll
limit my reply to two things. First, I think the Philadelphia political
situation long predates the emergence of the current Bush
administration, whatever you
It always burns my britches to hear this stupid meme about the Democratic
party in Philly being so corrupt being bleated over and over, whether by
newcomers or old farts. Compared to the Bush administration, whose Attorney
General in recent Congressional testimony "couldn't remember" a grand total
Hear hear.
As a relatively recent transplant to Philadelphia I find it hard to take
seriously anyone who would actually want to be involved in a political
system this backwards. As far as I can see none of the candidates are
actually offering concrete plans for what they would do to improve this
c
I agree with your post about this mayoral race being an unprecedentedly
interesting "five pony"one, however I believe that it also demonstrates how
dangerous a one-party town can become. What I mean by that is that the
Republican
party has become so irrelevant in this town that the Democrat
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