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2009-08-11 Thread Andy Frishkoff
Hmmm . . . I don't want anyone to get the impression that I was trying to malign my friend Matt, so please accept the following amendment to my earlier post. I should have written: Andy From: craigso...@aol.com Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:45:03 -0400 Subject: Re: [UC] [Fwd: URGEN

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2009-08-11 Thread Craigsolve
In a message dated 8/11/2009 6:22:01 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, afrishk...@hotmail.com writes: The truth is that the contracts in the article with which I am familiar were legitimate Commerce contracts, arrived at through legitimate procurement processes, and paid for with federal funds;

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2009-08-11 Thread Anthony West
That's exactly correct, Andy ... although I'll add that our source was actually a City of Philadelphia employee who was in a position to know and evaluate such reports. So it is a mistake even someone within City government might make (and did make) ... and pass on to others. In general, there

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2009-08-11 Thread Craigsolve
In a message dated 8/11/2009 5:14:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, glen...@earthlink.net writes: I think the underlying issue for me is that pork is pork. Both Democrats and Republicans dole it out. It is one of their major jobs and I, for one, condemn the bipartisan pork system at state,

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2009-08-11 Thread Andy Frishkoff
play in the mud, but that you need to take off your shoes when you come in the house. Andy From: craigso...@aol.com Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:13:39 -0400 Subject: Re: [UC] [Fwd: URGENT: We need action now] To: afrishk...@hotmail.com; matt...@wolfe.org CC: univcity@list.purple.com In a

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2009-08-11 Thread Glenn moyer
and important.Glenn  -Original Message- From: Andy Frishkoff Sent: Aug 11, 2009 1:55 PM To: matt...@wolfe.org Cc: univcity@list.purple.com Subject: RE: [UC] [Fwd: URGENT: We need action now] Sorry, I missed this snippet when Matt first wrote it:   "In the past few months, Mayor

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2009-08-11 Thread Craigsolve
Somewhere in UC an old man named Al is having a coronary. My email was addressed to and meant for our highly regarded Hoody Andy Frishkoff. Ciao, Craig In a message dated 8/11/2009 4:13:39 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Craigsolve writes: In a message dated 8/11/2009 2:00:01 P.M. Easter

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2009-08-11 Thread Craigsolve
In a message dated 8/11/2009 2:00:01 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, afrishk...@hotmail.com writes: As I stated up top, we can have a legitimate debate about the relative merits of these grants versus tax reduction; however, your other comments border on, dare I say it? an AD HOMINEM. It wou

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2009-08-11 Thread Andy Frishkoff
Sorry, I missed this snippet when Matt first wrote it: "In the past few months, Mayor Nutter handed out over a million dollars in grants to businesses. In the best of times, wouldn’t it make sense to use that money to lower every business’ taxes? Let’s not kid anyone, though. Does anyone th

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2009-08-11 Thread Glenn moyer
kids only hope, but the only thing the corporate lords cannot defeat! Power to the people; republicans, democrats, and communists, Glenn -Original Message- >From: "J. Matthew Wolfe" >Sent: Aug 10, 2009 3:15 PM >To: 'Brian Siano' >Cc: 'UC List&

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2009-08-10 Thread J. Matthew Wolfe
alf Of Jim Cummings Sent: August 10, 2009 2:35 PM To: Brian Siano Cc: UC List Subject: Re: [UC] [Fwd: URGENT: We need action now] Hey can we stop forwarding "lobby your representative" emails to the list? Jim On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Brian Siano wrote: > > > > Dear Fr

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2009-08-10 Thread Craigsolve
In a message dated 8/10/2009 2:36:04 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, alaricvisig...@gmail.com writes: Hey can we stop forwarding "lobby your representative" emails to the list? Careful now; you might get labeled as politically in

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2009-08-10 Thread maru ca
On Aug 10, 2009, at 2:34 PM, Jim Cummings wrote: Hey can we stop forwarding "lobby your representative" emails to the list? Jim On the opposing side, can we learn to delete posts that don't interest us? Mar You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivC

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2009-08-10 Thread Jim Cummings
Hey can we stop forwarding "lobby your representative" emails to the list? Jim On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Brian Siano wrote: > > > > Dear Friend, > > I need your help today to encourage the Pennsylvania State Senate to take > action now on House Bill 1828, legislation that will help our city

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2009-08-10 Thread Brian Siano
--- Begin Message --- Dear Friend, I need your help today to encourage the Pennsylvania State Senate to take action now on House Bill 1828, legislation that will help our city fund vital services and will ensure that our city will not have to make massive, drastic budget cuts beginning next wee