"One property owner says he was issued over $10k worth of violations. Enough
to close down some businesses and replace with gentrified ones."
Sande,
A few people contacted me and said, "yes I know someone who has been hit like
this." This L & I problem of excessive violations seems to be widespread.
They seem to be able to do as they please without any accountability.
This type of abuse is why some people were correctly worried about a historic
district too. With the PHC which I saw, it would be another tool to go after
homeowners by bankrupting them. It is set up for civic associations and
developers to target someone with huge bills so that they can force them out.
Apparently like L&I, the PHC is not an entity with standards and fair
processes. Just like they changed their procedures, on the spot, so that they
could approve the Campus Inn for Penn, they could bankrupt any target at will.
Glenn
----- Original Message -----
From: SKnight
To: UnivCity ; Joe Clarke
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 8:45 PM
Subject: [UC] Re: Torture And L & I]
"...raising assessments and taxes..."
Perhaps I wasn't being clear enough. Raising assessments and taxes
indirectly by issuing violations on business properties right and left. One
property owner says he was issued over $10k worth of violations. Enough to
close down some businesses and replace with gentrified ones.
Sande Knight
----- Original Message -----
From: SKnight
To: Joe Clarke ; Ucity Listserve
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 10:32 PM
Subject: Re: [UC] [Fwd: Re: Torture And L & I]
"...What do you got to do to get them to come out?..."
Be a successful realtor in a thriving, up and coming neighborhood, newly hot,
and tell them to check on businesses with the intent of raising assessments and
taxes because Penn is going to announce they are supporting a catchment area.
At least, that is the way I heard about it from one of those business owners.
Sande Knight
----- Original Message -----
From: Joe Clarke
To: Ucity Listserve
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 7:48 PM
Subject: [UC] [Fwd: Re: Torture And L & I]
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Torture And L & I
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:47:47 -0400
From: Joe Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Glenn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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I made an appointment with L & I to be tortured, but they never showed
up! What do you got to do to get them to come out?
But seriously now: I don't think that the vertical integration of
corporate America with L& I or the police department to route small time
businesses is very likely. It seems like the corruption that exists in
some of the city departments would thwart any meaningful alliance to
conquer Philadelphia and the world. I think the recent PHA, Kenny Gamble
& HUD fiasco shows how the "left hand is cutting off the right hand in
order to get to the money first. Ironically, the City may be our last
best hope to defeat the Military Industrial Christian Zionist Complex's
march to Armageddon.
However I do believe that Penn is another matter. It was just announced
that Penn Praxis was hired to do an evaluation of the Casino sites, to
see if it was rammed through. Rendell and Nutter are both Penn Alum's.
I believe the School Board has had a cozy relationship with Penn's
Graduate school of Ed for many years, providing it with many of its
own. I know that the NIS -- Neighborhood Information System -- is a
joint project between Penn school of Urban planning, Social Work, and
the City's Bureau of records. The online resource database for social
workers, S.O.S., was also a product of the City and Penn. Penn's got
its fingers in many pies. The financing of the Wharton School's
expansion deserves its own scrutiny. "Penn-gemoney" is here to stay and
it seems to operate below the radar of the local media (which has its
head in the clouds, literally, with its Dopellar 750, pregnant reporters
and Health reports that are really infomercials for cosmetic surgeries
that never seem to be covered by any insurance companies.)
Anyway, I gotta go now. There are also the good people that exist at
every level who don't go along with the plan.
Joe (longing for the return of the Pirhanna Brothers) Clarke
DINSDALE!!!!
Glenn wrote:
> Hi Sharon,
>
> The market at 45th and Baltimore, The People's Market, was shut down.
> I don't know about the cameras but there is a trend in local closures.
>
> O'Haras at 39th and Chestnut had also existed for decades before what
> has been described as a "strongarm" closure.. Kelliannes had been a
> working class bar at 44th and Spruce for decades. I knew the owner
> was having trouble. A buyout offer was offered to him.
>
> Another local establishment patronized by local working class folks
> and ethnic minorities (name withheld to avoid additional harrassment)
> spent $30,000 in legal fees to successfully sue Phila L & I for
> harrassment.
>
> Of course, the Francisville 4 are homeless because the police and L &
> I falsely accused vandalism of one of these cameras as a reason to
> inprison those dissenters and seize their home.
>
> In 2003, Penn via its surrogate UCD was bragging to the Phiadelphia
> Business Journal about its use of L&I to intimidate Baltimore Ave
> businesses. Essentially, if a business refused the strongarm tactics
> to "upscale" like the famous Sugar Hill Bakery, L& I was used to
> intimidate them.
>
> This misuse of government agencies has been almost universally used as
> a society shifts to a totalitarian regime. Personally, I think we're
> past the camera intimidation phase. Why bother with cameras I expect
> Blackwater Inc. patrols in the district unless the US invades Canada
> or Venezuela soon.
>
> Ruled by corporate (confirmed):
> 1 Phila and Penn police
> 2. Licensce and Inspection
> 3. The Department of Recreation
> 4. Zoning Board of Adjustment
> 5. Department of Streets
> 6. Philadelphia School District
> 7. Philadelphia Historic Commission
> 8. Various elected officials
>
> Take care,
> Glenn
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "SH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <univcity@list.purple.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 8:41 AM
> Subject: [UC] RE: univcity-digest V1 #1016
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Speaking of corporate rule - has anyone heard the rumor that a local
>> comm.
>> Group wants to walmart 45th and Baltimore and install cameras to
>> watch the
>> neighborhood?
>>
>> Thanks for the info,
>> Sharon
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