Bicycle Lanes
Well, they are at it again, pinheads proposing legislation that would do minimum good with maximum harm. Even for Philly, this one’s hard to believe. It’s a bill from Councilmembers Kenyatta Johnson, once a moderate, and Jamie Gauthier, a happy progressive, to prohibit stopping in bike lanes. Sixteen
Politics
“Questions aren’t attacks.” That was a key point made by Philadelphia Inquirer op-ed columnist Helen Ubinas in Tuesday’s paper. It was the second time someone at the Inquirer has criticized the Cherelle Parker regime’s gag order policy on what is supposed to be public information. New mayors
Drugs
Finally, I won one. Well, not the first and not the only, but against my fears that Woke would triumph, Philadelphia City Council overwhelmingly rejected the insanity of so-called “supervised injection sites.” The site of the shooting gallery that was stopped dead by South Philadelphians Well-intentioned but clueless advocates started
Racism
District Attorney Larry Krasner, my least favorite elected official, piggybacking on Juneteenth, issued a report saying that Philadelphia’s justice system has a disproportionate impact on Black people, and that impact is negative. The report, “Racial Injustice Report: Disparities in Philadelphia’s Courts from 2015 to 2022,” studied more than
Police
Police are under scrutiny, which is nothing new for the Philadelphia Police Department, although the bug collection known as City Council has not jumped into the Defund Police crazy car. One reason is that Council members (except Allan Domb) accepted personal security from the PPD at a cost of $178,