The state law was crafted to be almost impossible to stop with the
requirement to have 51% provide written opposition. People don't
realize that it is not 1 citizen/ one vote. Large owners are given
voting power equal to their units.
This suggests almost unanimous rejection of this NID by indigenous
residents and a herculean effort to reach the 51% Still, city hall
attempted to serve their corporate masters and defy the people!
On 2/6/2012 11:38 AM, Karen Allen wrote:
The article sounded almost exactly like the so-called "NID/BID" UCD
tried to push through. As they used to say on the old "Dragnet" TV
show: "...Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent..."
> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 07:59:51 -0500
> From: glen...@earthlink.net
> To: UnivCity@list.purple.com
> Subject: [UC] The defeated NID, link
>
> Bless these brave citizens! Of course Levy wasn't concerned. These
> plutocrats fix these schemes behind closed doors and don't give a damn
> about democratic processes or the will of the people
>
>
>
>
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20120206_NOT_IN_OUR_NEIGHBORHOOD.html?c=0.5493359378099745&posted=y&viewAll=y#comments
>
> "THE ANGRY crowd in City Council chambers in September held up signs
> blasting "Taxation Without Representation," but Paul Levy wasn't
concerned."
>
>
> More civic association leaders get co-opted:
>
> "Sarah McEneaney, president of the Callowhill Neighborhood Association,
> said the group continues to believe that an improvement district "will
> have significant benefits for the community and the neighborhood."
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