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In reply to the discussion: Philadelphia Mayor Apparently Wants Occupy National Gathering Participants to Go Thirsty in Heat [View all]PCIntern
(25,251 posts)That the first thing he did when elected mayor was to threaten to close the city libraries and pools. For all the idiots we've had his mayor over the years, none have been so anti-populist as this "gentleman".
He has been an absolute zero in terms of his ability to work with business interests, people, the professionals, and even his own staff. So naturally, he is the first mayor in my memory to run fundamentally unopposed for reelection. It was unbelievable that no one and I mean no one, challenged him in any way, shape, or form. He makes ourformer mayor, the incompetent W Wilson Goode seem like Teddy Roosevelt by comparison. Mayor Goode by the way was the mayor who dropped the bomb on the MOVE headquarters back in the 80s thoughts igniting an entire neighborhood because the people who inhabited the building we're guilty of public disruption and dirty habits. Oh yes, and noise: they made a lot of noise. So this guy figured the best thing to do would be to drop the device on to their home and blow it up. Well, things as many of us recall, did not work out so well. Of course the mayor was reelected in a landslide.
Great town this one.