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Philadelphia, (legal) extortion capital of the USA
Two shining examples of what's wrong with this town...
In recent weeks, high-ranking business leaders in the region have received calls asking them to donate to a charitable education organization that would then contribute funds to help buy out Philadelphia School Superintendent Arlene C. Ackerman's contract, sources said.
According to the sources, the money would be funneled through the Philadelphia's Children First Fund, a charitable nonprofit set up in 2003 to support the School District. Ackerman is listed on the fund's website as a board member, as is Robert L. Archie Jr., the chairman of the School Reform Commission.