Comments on: Oops

By: Mold

Mold — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:23:17 +0000

Hate to point this out but brown recluse are known to be in that part of Pennsytucky. Given the Philly environment, I would expect at least some of those bites to be more than minor.

Also, the southeast of PA is full of ticks. Can you say Lyme Disease?

Our local R machine took the Welfare Dept for the county and privatized it. Before, all the jobs paid about 36k and were unionized. Afterwards, the jobs paid 14k, except for the County Commissioner’s wife/Dept Director who was now paid 100k+. No union benefits or protections.

By: Snarki, child of Loki

Snarki, child of Loki — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:28:59 +0000

in my experience, PPA is extremely efficient at issuing tickets. At everything else, no so much.

And yes, the GOP takeover of PPA was done by an outgoing GOP state government, in a clear attempt to grab the revenue and add lots of plum patronage jobs. And those patronage jobs are not the people riding around checking meters, I’m sure. That’s too much like “work”.

By: brendancalling

brendancalling — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:38:22 +0000

“PPA might be a Republican patronage machine, but I’ll bet the folks on the floor are just feeding their kids and making it through the day.”

Yeah, by calling in sick for spiderbites. You obviously haven’t had to deal with the system, or you’d be as vindictive as I am.

“I’ll bet you tell off Wal-God by sneering at the minimum wage slaves checking out your merch.”

No, I just don’t shop there.

By: Mold

Mold — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:42:18 +0000

Oohh, such “bravery”. I’ll bet you tell off Wal-God by sneering at the minimum wage slaves checking out your merch.

PPA might be a Republican patronage machine, but I’ll bet the folks on the floor are just feeding their kids and making it through the day.

City government is lots more efficient than most of the businesses I’ve seen. CEO pay is near feudal inequity and you gripe about a city that gives millions to the great unwashed hillbilly herd. Your taxes would be kept local if the leg wasn’t shipping dollars to the white poor in the hinterlands of PA.

By: brendancalling

brendancalling — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:25:14 +0000

not only did they become a patronage mill for the GOP, they dramatically expanded both the fines and the time period in which you can get fined. And their employees have been abusing the workmans comp system. And they have been ripping off the school district.

Whenever I see the PPA vultures, I make sure to call them “thief” right to their faces, or make a snotty remark like “stop ripping off philly’s schoolchildren.” Also, when one of their cars is behind me, I slow to a crawl. I wait at green lights until they turn yellow, so they get stuck at the red light. And I ALWAYS high beam the motherfuckers when I’m behind them.

I hate the PPA. They are the absolute worst.

By: Susie

Susie — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:18:09 +0000

The Philadelphia Parking Authority was taken over by the Republican-controlled state legislature some years back, saying it wasn’t “efficient.” It promptly became even less efficient, not turning over the amount of revenue it was supposed to generate for the city, and became a huge patronage mill for the local GOP. Progress!

By: Izquierdo

Izquierdo — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:41:01 +0000

Wendy, you are such a bitter, bit…ter, bit player.
Do you propose that big cities go ungoverned?
Or that they adopt small-town government?
What ARE you trying to say?

By: Wendy Whinner

Wendy Whinner — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:25:25 +0000

What do you expect from big city government? Effectiveness, accuracy, an honest day’s work, ethics, integrity, efficiency, fairness, productivity? Keep dreaming.