EAP
join:2000-01-15
Lafayette Hill, PA
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Re: GOOD! "our money" -- you live in King of Prussia.
By the way, I live in the suburbs too. But I realize that what is good for Philadelphia is good for the entire metropolitan area. I see no harm in this.
I don't think that the $$$ for this is coming from another budget area. SEPTA is funded by the state anyway.
Fire and police seem plentiful to me. I have never heard of any place in Philly burning down due to lack of fire stations. Nor have I seen not enough cops anywhere -- in fact I see plenty. Crime is down too.
You sound like the typical suburbanite who hasn't been too the big oh so scary city in 15 years and is too scared to go to a center city restaurant cause you might have to -- oh my god -- pay for parking. You think no money should ever be budgeted for Philly from anywhere else in the state (very provincial -- not thinking metropolitan). |
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 pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
1 edit | said by EAP:"our money" -- you live in King of Prussia. And a lot of the money I pay in state taxes ends up going into city coffers. If I worked in the city, I would also be forced to pay a wage tax. Either way, I have no say in how this money is spent.
said by EAP:But I realize that what is good for Philadelphia is good for the entire metropolitan area. You are correct, and with the city wasting money on silly, useless things, our taxes in the suburbs go up to make up the difference.
said by EAP:I don't think that the $$$ for this is coming from another budget area. SEPTA is funded by the state anyway. Every county serviced by SEPTA pays part of its costs. The remainder comes from fares, as well as state and federal funds.
said by EAP:Fire and police seem plentiful to me. I have never heard of any place in Philly burning down due to lack of fire stations. Nor have I seen not enough cops anywhere -- in fact I see plenty. Crime is down too. Philadelphia is about to close at least 8 fire stations to "save money." What if fewer fire stations mean more people dying in fires because the remaining stations cannot dispatch units quickly enough? As for crime being down, that is due to the fact that there are more cops on the streets. Instead of wasting money on something people can get on their own, perhaps more cops could be hired to make the city streets safer. And don't get me started on how pathetic the Philadelphia school system is.
And as for me being a typical suburbanite, I go into the city at least once a week for work related purposes and spend a fair amount of time in the city for fun. I want Philadelphia to be the best it can possibly be. But cutting spending on essential services to pay for some frivolous Internet venture is not the way to accomplish this.
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GLX
join:2000-01-18
San Francisco, CA
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As a resident of Philadelphia (19129), I'd far prefer that the city spend money on
1) Plowing my street when it snows
I've never, ever had it plowed, even 2 years ago when we had those three big storms back to back. Forced me to buy a car that could drive in a foot of snow.
2) Fixing the streets
My coworker blew out a tire last week on a ditch in a street that was opened up by a city crew but never closed.
3) Fixing the schools
You see the news. 'nuff said.
4) Bailing SEPTA out again
To me this is incredibly low priority as they keep on digging their own grave, however it's still HIGHER in priority than Wi-Fi
5) Fixing PGW. Billions of dollars in debt. It's city owned.
6) Cut the absolutely ridiculous city wage tax that I pay.
Unless you work in the city you can't even begin to understand how hideous it is to have to pay ANOTHER 4% out of your paycheck to a city who can't even plow my street. Don't give me the "convenience" BS - I do most of my shopping in KoP and Plymouth Meeting and my work is in Bala Cynwyd. Of course I'm not going to shop in the city if it's going to cost me an extra 1% in sales tax. The last thing I want is to pay MORE to the city so that they can sponsor WiFi
7) Mayor $treet's impeachment trial 
As much as I feel it's BS that the state is giving them a handout by legislating something like this, I'd rather it happen and they force the city's hand rather than $treet giving the contract for installing it to his brother. |
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pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | said by GLX:1) Plowing my street when it snows I've never, ever had it plowed, even 2 years ago when we had those three big storms back to back. Forced me to buy a car that could drive in a foot of snow. Not even during an election year?
said by GLX:As much as I feel it's BS that the state is giving them a handout by legislating something like this, I'd rather it happen and they force the city's hand rather than $treet giving the contract for installing it to his brother. If you start seeing open wireless access points that are named "NOTLIM," you better watch out!
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