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CITY COUNCIL: NO MORE STUPID RESOLUTIONS!
Submitted by LarryWest on Thu, 06/14/2007 - 6:26pm.
Philadelphia City Council has passed over 50 resolutions this year, including one to honor animal birthdays, Miss Philadelphia, and declaring Philadelphia a "Pro-Choice" city. These resolutions mean absolutely nothing and are often used for political grandstanding! Considering both the large number of resolutions this year and since this is an election year, these moves are generally seen as ways to promote these City Council members instead of enacting legislation to save the lives of Philadelphians!
TELL CITY COUNCIL YOU'VE HAD ENOUGH!!!!
OK, NOON! TOMORROW! DILWORTH PLAZA (CITY HALL)!!
Be there to protest STUPID RESOLUTIONS THAT MEAN NOTHING! aLook for the guy with the mohwak! I plan on being on the stairs leading up to City Hall, and I'll have a sign for it, too! If you can, bring and make signs, too!
TELL THEM:
NO MORE STUPID RESOLUTIONS!
STOP WASTING TAX PAYER TIME AND MONEY!
-Larry West
Larry West for Mayor.com
PS: Dilworth Plaza is the large plaza at City Hall with the stairs.
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Hoagie Dip cartoon on this was really funny this week
"The Sgt Pepper Resolution" especially.
http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/articles/14826
Ha ha ha.
Absolutely Asanine
I was present in council when Coucilwoman Brown introduced the Pro Choice resolution. I immediately looked at my coworker and asked, "Is she serious? This is absolutely asanine." I still cannot believe it passed, even after numerous objections from several Council members, particularly Councilwoman Tasco, who acknowledged that it was a waste of taxpayer dollars to even consider such a resolution.
Watching the circus that was Council yesterday waiting for the FY08 budget to pass was even more infuriating, as Council honored Miss Philadelphia, a delegation from Africa, and countless other meaningless resolutions that I was too disgusted to pay attention to.
This pandering has to stop. Frankly I was surprised that both Councilman Kenney and Councilman Goode, who both seem like resonable guys voted for the pro choice resolution without even flinching. I personally support the right to choose, but labeling a city one way or another is just absurd, and only serves to piss off half you constituency.
Meanwhile, while Councilwoman Brown gets a pat on the back from Planned Parenthood, the SRC is flapping like a fish on a dock, the murder rate climbs higher, and the City is STILL without a 5 year financial plan, promising another coming fiscal crisis.