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Article: Karen Heller: An Academic Turnaround - 2 out of 47 total comment(s)

Sun., 06/16/13 - 09:43 AM

Please forgive me, I'm not trying to be a Gendres here and have diarrhea of the fingers and thoughtlessly monopolize the comment section.

I've personally witnessed massive test cheating at Pollock School in NE Philly. For years they boldly cheated without detection. Many of the staff were involved in running this cheating machine. After witnessing that, I can't believe any dramatic test increases. Genuine change is gradual and the result of hard work.

Sun., 06/16/13 - 09:34 AM

You're right. The numb-nut writing the headline was thinking broadly and not splitting hairs about what schools in Philly, not specifically SDP schools- that organization is still a wasteland disaster.

Regardless, I'm skeptical. I've seen these stories about dramatic turnarounds and sudden increases in standardized test scores before only to find out later that massive adult cheating and test score manipulation has taken place.

Article: Fire at The Fanatic leads to dead air for sports broadcaster - 1 out of 32 total comment(s)

Sat., 06/15/13 - 22:14 PM

Did any one ever listen to Mister Nelly? He has adult men calling him on the phone and waiting on hold just to ask him some ridiculous redneck blue collar lowbrow etiquette question that Mister Nelly calls "violations". It's really quite odd.

Article: Another round of layoffs for city schools - 2 out of 142 total comment(s)

Sat., 06/15/13 - 21:56 PM

They make too much for what they do, but not that much. The guys in finance are always moving money around in the budget.

Sat., 06/15/13 - 12:03 PM

It's about time. Tom much dead weight at 440. I can think of numerous people there that we could easily do without. Now it's time to close and sell 440 to Blatstein and move the few workers back to one of the cheaper more modest closed buildings.

Article: Grown-ups don't whine - 1 out of 9 total comment(s)

Sat., 06/15/13 - 21:49 PM

Are you kidding? Just about every adult that I know is a bold faced whiner.

Blog Post: Kenney: Where's the mayor? - 1 out of 56 total comment(s)

Sat., 06/15/13 - 11:55 AM

Playing politics for his future. Nutter wants out of Philly. He has zero chance to be Gov. Maybe he can park cars for the Obama Library in Chicago.

Article: Audit finds misspent stimulus funds during Hite's Maryland tenure - 2 out of 26 total comment(s)

Wed., 06/12/13 - 08:29 AM

Now, I knows that our dearly departed is thought to be in a horizontal state of rest, but a little birdie told me that she was in fact planted in an upright position so's the cash wouldn't be a fallin' out of her pockets.

Wed., 06/12/13 - 08:27 AM

Like I always says sometimes....Philly's new LOW is our man HITE! Why he almost makes Queen Arleen appear downright upright.

Article: More than 3,700 school employees are being laid off - 2 out of 196 total comment(s)

Fri., 06/07/13 - 20:22 PM

Q- Why doesn't Hite turn up the pressure on the city?
A- This is class warfare and black protectionism all rolled into one. Hite is supported by his brothers and sistas here in the city and they find it easy to pin all of the blame on rich white arrogant Corbett.

Fri., 06/07/13 - 20:14 PM

Somebody has to tell it like it is, so I volunteer. I know these people, I worked shoulder to shoulder with many of them. Many of them, not all, are mostly inept and ill prepared to to hold down a real job in today's real world. If these people are put out, they stand little chance to earn as much $ in their future to maintain their lifestyle. These people are being condemned to a lower standard of living for the balance of their lives. Every organization has it's dead wood, but The District is the equivalent of the petrified forest. Many of the noon-time aides remind me of the Goodwill disability trainees (aka clients) who are trained to perform menial tasks with the exception that The District employes are much less motivated. The professionals that are getting cut are mostly fat and lazy and couldn't cut-it in the real world without a lot of effort, and of course effort requires motivation and skills. After working 10 years of ten months with spring, summer and winter break and a soft work schedule from 8:30-2:45 five days a week...well it will make a 9:00 to 5:00 job 12 months a year seem like prison.

Article: Parish mergers spreading to Phila. suburbs - 1 out of 42 total comment(s)

Wed., 06/05/13 - 19:26 PM

Chaput is the QUEEN Arlene of the Catholic's. His cheeks make him look like he is storing nuts for the winter. Looks like a bouncy blithesome chipmunk....or should I say chip-monk?

Article: Nutter, Butkovitz push Pa. for more school funding - 1 out of 27 total comment(s)

Wed., 06/05/13 - 19:17 PM

Stop the Queen Arleen Ackerman insults please, it's racist and vulgar.

Blog Post: Houston woman convicted in sheriff's office scam - 1 out of 3 total comment(s)

Tue., 06/04/13 - 20:31 PM

SO when are we going to have Greene?

Article: Blackwell, activists call for elected school board - 1 out of 55 total comment(s)

Tue., 06/04/13 - 20:29 PM

Uhhh...Yea. Jannie L. Blackwell saves the School District.
What have we become?

Article: The Sexologist: Michael Douglas’ HPV is nothing to ‘yuck’ about - 2 out of 16 total comment(s)

Tue., 06/04/13 - 19:58 PM

Wake-up y'all. Douglas is fresh out of his Liberace portrayal on HBO. It took hutzpa to play that part. Douglas was shown involved in many h o m o s e x u a l actions in that movie. This c u n n i l i n g u s thing is just a way to exaggerate his heterosexuality. It's Hollywood PR pure and simple, that's all. Pay no more attention, y'all are just being hoodwinked.

Tue., 06/04/13 - 19:55 PM

Wake-up y'all. Douglas is fresh out of his Liberace portrayal on HBO. It took hutzpa to play that part. Douglas was shown involved in many homosexual actions in that movie. This cunnilingus thing is just a way to exaggerate his heterosexuality. It's Hollywood PR pure and simple, that's all. Pay no more attention, y'all are just being hoodwinked.

Article: In 4-1 vote, SRC approves 'doomsday' $2.4 billion budget - 1 out of 10 total comment(s)

Sat., 06/01/13 - 11:27 AM

Ackerman just accelerated the obvious downward spiral. She was bad with numbers and when she had a $3.1 Billion budget and viewed that as UNLIMITED FUNDS. She did not have a fiscally responsible bone in her body.

Article: Phila. SRC approves doomsday school budget - 2 out of 134 total comment(s)

Sat., 06/01/13 - 11:03 AM

Seeing that photo of those students playing their instruments on the patio of 440 reminds me of the musicians playing on the deck of the Titanic....with the same result of course.

Thu., 05/30/13 - 22:50 PM

I agree that there is a lot of deadwood on the payroll. At Pollock School, we have a couple of aides that are virtually useless, but they have seniority so the only way to get rid of them is to fire the entire bunch. However, as bad as they are they provide some basic services for the teaching staff. We used to have a great aide, but he moved on to central office. For me it's a toss-up keep the aides that we have or go without. There are benefits to both.

Article: Exclusive: Feds to review deadly force by Philly cops - 2 out of 99 total comment(s)

Wed., 05/29/13 - 09:26 AM

Just because they have to deal with trash all day does not excuse their behavior. Philly cops are, generally speaking, bred from peasant stock. Many are lowlifes themselves; just on the fringe of the dark side. Many are corrupt. Take a ride through the Great Northeast. This is all we got left. The cream moved out years ago; all that is left are the curds. Curds, for you milk processing officiandoes, are slippery, white and somewhat gelatinous feeling. There you go. It is not true that all Northeast Philly residents are cops, just most of them. Pushed through Catholic school, no real ambition, and they knew someone that got them a job as a cop. It ain't easy being a cop, but being a good cop takes the kind of brains and upbringing and pedigree that these many of these Philly slug cops ain't got a clue about. The fact that they are given blind authority and deadly weapons is truly frightening. We deserve better, we sure are paying for it. Every time I speak to a Philly cop I think to myself that I'm sure glad that I don't have to give these slugs an intelligence test.

Tue., 05/28/13 - 21:02 PM

Just because they have to deal with trash all day does not excuse their behavior. Philly cops are, generally speaking, bred from peasant stock. Many are lowlifes themselves; just on the fringe of the dark side. Many are corrupt. Take a ride through the Great Northeast. This is all we got left. The cream moved out years ago; all that is left are the curds. Curds, for you milk processing officiandoes, are slippery, white and somewhat gelatinous feeling. There you go. It is not true that all Northeast Philly residents are cops, just most of them. Pushed through Catholic school, no real ambition, and they knew someone that got them a job as a cop. It ain't easy being a cop, but being a good cop takes the kind of brains and upbringing and pedigree that these many of these Philly slug cops ain't got a clue about. The fact that they are given blind authority and deadly weapons is truly frightening. We deserve better, we sure are paying for it. Every time I speak to a Philly cop I think to myself that I'm sure glad that I don't have to give these slugs an intelligence test.

Blog Post: Amanda Bynes hurls insults at Rihanna on twitter - 1 out of 9 total comment(s)

Mon., 05/27/13 - 14:55 PM

No news here. A moron calling a nincompoop stupid.

Article: Fresh thinking for city schools - 2 out of 22 total comment(s)

Mon., 05/27/13 - 12:20 PM

And don't forget that Hite earns ( well, not earns, is paid) $300,000.00 a year (plus perks)for this junk product. Hite knew that this financial crisis was imminent and he still gave hefty "political" raises to 40 staffers at 440. With the School District Checkbook, Hite's quick on the draw. That's why I always says, sometimes, "Philadelphia's new LOW is our man HITE".
We want our money back.

Mon., 05/27/13 - 12:13 PM

You're right. Age discrimination is a big part of the equation here. The equivalent of outsourcing to a third world country is bring in young cheap labor.

Article: Chaput merges two Bridesburg parishes - 1 out of 16 total comment(s)

Sun., 05/26/13 - 16:35 PM

Idź do diabła! My grandmother is turning over in her Bridesburg grave.

Article: D.A.: Don't release faith-healers on bail - 1 out of 5 total comment(s)

Thu., 05/23/13 - 20:59 PM

I'm hip.

Article: Utley goes on disabled list; Galvis gets his chance - 1 out of 69 total comment(s)

Thu., 05/23/13 - 20:56 PM

He's finished.

Article: Phila. Democrats to meet with Hite - 1 out of 27 total comment(s)

Thu., 05/23/13 - 20:52 PM

Phila. Democrats to meet with Hite

Biased article PLUS Dwight Evan's bio

Kristen Graham's chair is still warm and Sista' Woodall gives us the AA slant....again. Been there, done that. Woodall was a champion (and lap dog) of Queen Arleen. I think that they used to watch Oprah together in the afternoon on the Big Screen in the Queen's office.

Philly Politicians meeting with Hite is like Ali Baba and the 40 thieves meeting with Al Capone. (except the latter had ethics).

Hmmm....That get's me to thinkin' City Counsel and the 440 thieves.

Blog Post: Where's Kristen? - 1 out of 7 total comment(s)

Wed., 05/22/13 - 21:34 PM

Oh my. The 440 crew is gonna be longing for someone to be kissin' up now that you are gone. Let's hope that Martha is up to the task...pucker-up Martha.

Article: Nonprofit's study critical of Phila. teacher policies - 4 out of 55 total comment(s) (View comments

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Wed., 05/22/13 - 08:58 AM

pontification to the max get off of your soapbox

Philly.com - please limit to 300 characters per screen name per article. This chick does not self edit.

Wed., 05/22/13 - 08:57 AM

pontification to the max get off of your soapbox

Philly.com - please limit to 300 characters per screen name per article. This chick does not self edit.

Article: Did cancer hats go too far? - 1 out of 107 total comment(s)

Wed., 05/22/13 - 08:38 AM

Well meaning but totally tasteless.

Blog Post: Did school district boss call board member the "C" word? - 1 out of 29 total comment(s)

Wed., 05/22/13 - 08:35 AM

Please allow me to say this about that. Let's take the School District of Philadelphia 440 Headquarters; an example that is very familiar to me. Here we have a lot of crusty old female war horses in positions of power. I can think of numerous individuals that could easily adopt this particular "C word" as their nickname. They are self-righteous, selfish, nasty and backstabbing connivers. The "C word" fits them. There is a double standard here. Many men are routinely referred to as the "D word" (rhymes with stick) and nobody bats an eyelash. Here's my advice to the chicks involved. RELAX. You want to play ball in the big leagues, then you have to have thick skin and just let it go.

Article: Carlos Ruiz pulled from game with hamstring strain - 1 out of 21 total comment(s)

Sun., 05/19/13 - 18:40 PM

He needs to go back on the juice.

Article: Student reprimanded over T-shirt showing gun - 2 out of 49 total comment(s)

Sat., 05/18/13 - 11:25 AM

See folks, it's just like puttin' spread of peanut butter out in the alley....the rats come to you. Professor here needs his crazy old head examined.

Fri., 05/17/13 - 19:41 PM

Yes, by all means....let's ban pictures of guns and protect the right of everyone to own unregistered real guns. Now that makes total sense. Let's avoid banning assault rifles and keep making more bullet proof school supplies like white boards that double as shields and bullet proof backpacks. I'm not kidding folks, I saw both of these on TV News. What other bullet proof school accessories can we market?

Article: Councilwoman Brown's husband laid off from city job - 1 out of 37 total comment(s)

Sat., 05/18/13 - 10:41 AM

Why? She is a thieve among thieves. The political class of Filthadelphia.

Blog Post: City Council skeptical on timing of Mayor Nutter's booze and cigarette taxes - 1 out of 9 total comment(s)

Fri., 05/17/13 - 20:57 PM

If anyone finds a tiny tiny pair of flattened deflated cojones, kindly return them to our emasculated Mayor.

Blog Post: We knew the City Controller's race was a pissing match. But wow. - 3 out of 3 total comment(s) (View comments

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Fri., 05/17/13 - 19:19 PM

Hey Philly.com. How come you can print "P i s s i n g Match but I can't submit b u t t without the spaces? Freedom of speech please.

Fri., 05/17/13 - 19:18 PM

"Please pass the Charmin. I've got man dell stuck in my b u t t crevice", said Liberace to Rock Hudson.

Article: Hite proposes ending teacher seniority - 1 out of 158 total comment(s)

Fri., 05/17/13 - 06:49 AM

Well said. This is just a desperate money grab. Hite wants the equivalent of outsourced labor so he wants to do away with the higher salaried teachers and bring in the cheaper labor. It's a way to get rid of the older teacher, really, this plan borders on illegal age discrimination. They dance around it, but that is a big part of this. Has Hite given back any of his $300,000.00 salary? Has Christina Ward and the 25 people that received hefty raises given back? NO. I say this means war. Let's bring them to their knees.
Philadelphia's new LOW is our man HITE!

Article: New Chester Upland chief a turnaround specialist - 1 out of 7 total comment(s)

Thu., 05/16/13 - 21:11 PM

Yea right. A turn around specialist straight from the depths of The School District of Philadelphia abyss. Are they kidding or just desperate?

Blog Post: When Harry met Christie - 1 out of 9 total comment(s)

Thu., 05/16/13 - 08:43 AM

When Harry met Christie? Cute. So let's modify the underlying theme. "Fat people and skinny people can't be friends because food always gets in the way."

Article: School tax plan: Drinks, smokes - 3 out of 56 total comment(s) (View comments

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Wed., 05/15/13 - 21:53 PM

Only his blond does.

Wed., 05/15/13 - 19:56 PM

This is the dumbest most unthinking, uncreative decision. Let's not forget all of Nutter's political connections that are profiting from leeching off of the School District. Like Lisa Nutter and her BS pet project.

Article: The wrong way to test schoolchildren - 1 out of 21 total comment(s)

Mon., 05/13/13 - 19:19 PM

I must interject with a different opinion. I worked a Pollock school. For years, I watched the cheating machine continue to crank out high,doctored test scores. Not just one or two, it was a well oiled multi-participant cheating machine.

Why did they do it? I can only surmise that they liked the adulation. They also knew that they would get favored treatment from the regional mgr and 440. They also covered up their teaching deficiencies by manufacturing good test scores. This is why I'm convinced that grading teachers based on testing performance is absolutely wrong. There are many examples of students that need accommodations, but we need not just blame the students. Stop making excuses for the slacker, cheating teachers. When I grew up, the public school teachers wouldn't allow me one extra second in a timed test. "PENCILS DOWN" was the steadfast motto of a most scrupulous group of teachers. At least that was my perception. Back then, testing was used more as a tool to assess student performance. We could assess their strengths and weaknesses and adjust our teaching. Now, the PSSA's have become this big teacher report card. Is it any wonder why teachers cheat?

Article: Barkley may just win the Eagles' quarterback job - 1 out of 84 total comment(s)

Sun., 05/12/13 - 10:21 AM

Ain't no doubt about it. This clean cut all American white boy is gonna unseat that black dog fightin' felon.

Article: Rendell, Goode Sr. start legal fund for Fattah's son - 1 out of 147 total comment(s)

Sun., 05/12/13 - 10:16 AM

This stinks. The political class think they are special. This is hush money. The good old boy network. But as long as there is a lot of money going around, somebody please get that boy some needed orthodontic work. That grill of his looks like something from the third world. He's gonna need some good strong teeth to chew on that tough jailhouse meat.

Blog Post: Plan to fund $60 million School District request begins to take shape - 1 out of 26 total comment(s)

Thu., 05/09/13 - 09:16 AM

As much as I love the students and teachers of the School District of Philadelphia, I say DON'T GIVE THEM THE CASH. Here's why. The administration is playing the same old game that Ackerman played. They have more money than they say. This is about union busting and the redistribution of the SDP wealth. Hite needs to go, along with his $300,000.00 salary. Those infamous 25 staffer raises need to be given back and rescinded. 440 is up to their same old tricks. The think of themselves as a fortune 500 company in their shiny ivory tower while the rest of us, the students and teachers, exist in the slop and squalor. Don't give the money until you go in there and take over the BS Administration. I say we close 440 as symbol that the old ways of thinking are gone. Trim staffs and reduce the administration and move to other less ostentatious school buildings.

Article: Report: Cleveland captives starved, raped; baby delivered in pool - 1 out of 52 total comment(s)

Thu., 05/09/13 - 08:58 AM

OMG, I've been looking at that picture of that emaciated young girl, trying to get the courage to read this horror story. I assumed that this was a photo of one of the captives, only to discover that this is a sister who was free. E-gads.

Blog Post: Student protest of Philly budget cuts outside district HQ - 3 out of 74 total comment(s) (View comments

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Tue., 05/07/13 - 20:08 PM

All students should email all of these people and shame them into giving back their raises. They are stealing from you all! Use their first initial and last name @philasd.org. You all can do this!

Read these:
1- http://articles.philly.com/2012-11-27/news/35367500_1_district-officials-district-last-summer-school-closings
2- http://articles.philly.com/2012-11-30/news/35437252_1_executive-director-executive-assistant-financial-services

All students should email all of these people and shame them into giving back their raises. They are stealing from you all! Use their first initial and last name @philasd.org. You all can do this!

Tue., 05/07/13 - 20:06 PM

Dear Students,
This is your moment. You must act smartly. I believe that the best way to fund CAPA's musical and other school's earmarks are to attack Hite's $300,000.00 salary. Everybody is giving back or asking to give back and Hite is not giving up anything. Not a penny. He should be giving up 33% as a gesture of sincerity. Hite gave 25 of his political insider's at 440 hefty raises a few months ago knowing full well that the day would come that student's have these major hardships. What Hite is doing is the same game that Queen Arleen Ackerman played. It's called CRY POORMOUTH AND MILK AS MUCH FROM THE TAXPAYERS AS YOU CAN. HITE IS USING YOU AS RANSOM TO MILK AS MANY DOLLARS OUT OF THE POLITICIANS! Those 25 people must give back those raises too. Students First! Students First! Students First!

Image Gallery: Top High School Average SAT Scores - 3 out of 18 total comment(s) (View comments

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Mon., 05/06/13 - 21:22 PM

Right you are. Masterman has the best SAT scores in the entire State year after year.

Mon., 05/06/13 - 21:21 PM

Oui. La crème de la crème.

Article: Phila. school staff paint a doomsday budget picture - 1 out of 109 total comment(s)

Mon., 05/06/13 - 06:58 AM

I can't decide on "Moe Larry and Curly" or "Three Blind Mice".

Article: Prisoners pair up with hard-to-train dogs - 1 out of 29 total comment(s)

Sun., 05/05/13 - 22:38 PM

To what animals are you referring?

Article: Saga of Camden principal takes unexpected turn - 1 out of 12 total comment(s)

Sun., 05/05/13 - 14:23 PM

That's good. The female Carruth to who I was referring does have a brother that I have never met. I thought that she said he worked in Camden education, but if he is anything like my acquaintance he is probably an overpaid janitor that is cheating his employer just like his big sis. And I mean BIG. Believe me, we are talkin' bout a real bottom feeder here. Thanks for clarifying the situation.

Article: How women can get that raise - 1 out of 2 total comment(s)

Sun., 05/05/13 - 10:05 AM

How women can get that raise? Just go to work for School District 440. Mediocrity is the theme there. The place is dominated by chicks that have their heads up their b u t t 's. A bunch of girls playing school. The men who work there are neutered as a job requirement.

Article: So far, Phils' plan not working - 1 out of 112 total comment(s)

Sun., 05/05/13 - 09:59 AM

It's time to dump Charlie.

Blog Post: Charter school's fate now up to SRC - 2 out of 11 total comment(s)

Sat., 05/04/13 - 12:39 PM

The system is broken but Theodorette Sturgeon here has a twisted mind and flawed logic when she suggests that we close public schools. Obviously a Catholic grasping at
public school misfortune in order to pump up the inferior narrow minded parochial school system.

Rather funny when you consider that Vonnegut described himself variously as a skeptic, freethinker,humanist,Unitarian Universalist, agnostic, and atheist. He disbelieved in the supernatural, considered religious doctrine to be "so much arbitrary, clearly invented balderdash," and believed people were motivated to join religions out of loneliness. He rejected the divinity of Jesus,

Sat., 05/04/13 - 12:26 PM

Just stuff a large envelope with a lot of green. The Philadelphia way.

Article: Hite heads to Council to plead district's budget request - 4 out of 33 total comment(s) (View comments

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Thu., 05/02/13 - 08:46 AM

Well, let's get real man, that is your best deal. If Hite and all of the 440 do nothings don't give back now, it is gonna be on the backs of the PFT and other unionized staff. Also, the past 10 years that you speak about has not been that bad. The rest of the real world has adjusted to world economic conditions. It's not the 1080's anymore dude. My plan is your best option. Otherwise it's all on you.

Tue., 04/30/13 - 20:09 PM

You said it Don. Who can forget that Hite gave 25 440 staffers lucrative raises a few months ago knowing full well that these days were ahead? Those raises should not only be retroactively rescinded immediately, but some of those folks should be let go. There are so many husbands and wives and nieces and nephews...they are the low life connected that thrive within the school district. It's time to cleanse our infected district of these varmints.

Here are the 25 nonunion school district employees that got raises since the end of last school year
http://articles.philly.com/2012-11-30/news/35437252_1_executive-director-executive-assistant-financial-services

Blog Post: Nutter urges Broad Street Run fans to leave bags at home - 1 out of 10 total comment(s)

Wed., 05/01/13 - 20:11 PM

Hey Nutter, that's easy for you to say. You gets to leaves your bag Lisa at home. (Dang that B is uglier Than you and twice as wide.) And you can brings your blond mistress instead. But what am I going to do?

Article: Parents: Besieged schools in dire need - 6 out of 69 total comment(s) (View comments

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Wed., 05/01/13 - 19:44 PM

This will make you madder Angelo. I knew someone that worked at 440 in finance. She was a horrible secretary, but a minority, so she was promoted in order to get out of the director's hair. Like the Peter Principle, she has managed to stay at her same position for ten years with no chance for promotion. She is visibly lazy, selfish like a little girl and a cheat. She is a time thief because she cheats on her time sheets. She visits schools from time to time and almost every Friday, she leaves her destination school early and drives to see her mother in NJ on company time. She also lives in NJ. Your tax dollars at work for this waste of skin.

Wed., 05/01/13 - 19:31 PM

Back in July, 2011 SDP 440 laid-off about 4000 people. Mostly union folks. It was Ackerman's plan to bust the union. Many of the workers were told as part of their exit interview to look for a reposing of their job. That was an illegal union busting tactic. I know someone that left a huge pile of work right on their desk. They said that it was funny because the unemployment office classified the lay off as a "lack of work"...my friend said it should have been "union busting" or "lack of money" because there was plenty of work. They laid off the workers and kept the do nothing management. So stupid. My friend does not miss the BS of 440. My friend refused to re-apply for the job at lower pay than the union job that my friend was laid off of. There is life after SDP.

Article: Philadelphia School District to seek $60 million more - 1 out of 56 total comment(s)

Mon., 04/29/13 - 19:09 PM

"Black Hole Philadelphia"....Is that a backhanded Ackerman slur? Have respect for the dead man.

If they do gets the money, theys need to invests in a better looking SRC. Those are some b u t t ugly folks.

Article: Dim the lights: No musical for CAPA - 3 out of 49 total comment(s) (View comments

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Sun., 04/28/13 - 12:53 PM

Bacon is a Masterman Alumni

Fri., 04/26/13 - 19:29 PM

CAPA students must rally and protest and demand that those 25 insiders give back the raise money and Hite must give up some of his lucrative $300K. That will pay for the musical. Students first!
Performing Arts Students need to perform!

Article: Booze and sex and the sexes - 1 out of 42 total comment(s)

Wed., 04/24/13 - 19:27 PM

Ronnie, I don't know about this but.. I do know that you are a victim of thousands of dollars in parking tickets and you have asked for each and every one of them by flaunting and teasing the PPA with flagrantly offensive parking. You just be asking for it girl.

Article: Bombing suspect getting better | Suspects on jihad - 1 out of 105 total comment(s)

Tue., 04/23/13 - 09:18 AM

They were just Two Wild And Crazy Guys....gone bad.

Article: John Bolaris announces he's leaving Philly - 1 out of 72 total comment(s)

Tue., 04/23/13 - 08:12 AM

Go already. Sleeze-bag.

Blog Post: Things do not look good for Allen Iverson - 2 out of 126 total comment(s)

Tue., 04/23/13 - 08:11 AM

Who you kidding? This is great. It's a lesson to everyone. A lesson in arrogance and how not to be. Ever since he parked the Bentley in the handicapped space at TGI Friday's (Allen's 5 star hangout) and the infamous "Practice" press gathering, I've been rooting against him. He's the worst example of a classic stereotype of someone that can't manage money.

Mon., 04/22/13 - 19:13 PM

Oh, how sweet. Shilling and Iverson down and out stories both on the same day. Oh how the mighty have fallen. Who is more pathetic? The ANSWER is Iverson. Huh! LOL!

Article: 1 suspect charged with 'use of WMD,' other eyed in unsolved slayings - 1 out of 53 total comment(s)

Mon., 04/22/13 - 19:25 PM

Hmmmm. Maybe we had better try to link one the dead one of the "Two Wild And Crazy Guys" with some of the other unsolved mysteries like the Tylenol Tampering Murders and The Lindbergh Baby Murder. (BTW...How come the nickname "Unlucky Lindbergh" never caught on for that baby?)

Blog Post: Richie Havens, Woodstock legend, dies at 72 - 1 out of 6 total comment(s)

Mon., 04/22/13 - 18:55 PM

Freedom, Freedom....sometimes I feel like a motherless child....a long, long way from my home.

So long old friend.

Blog Post: Ex-Phillie Schilling: R.I. Gov wants $75M back - 1 out of 49 total comment(s)

Mon., 04/22/13 - 18:45 PM

I don't know about the rest of y'all, but I sure love watching the dismantling of the rich and arrogant. It's a just dessert. Speaking of dessert, it sure looks like Schilling is going blimpo on us don't it?

Article: 'Catastrophic' budget laid out by Philly schools - 1 out of 118 total comment(s)

Sat., 04/20/13 - 06:55 AM

Philadelphia's new LOW is our man HITE.

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Sat., 04/06/13 - 18:12 PM

Ronnie is really bad. Her stock went down in my eyes when it was revealed that she had so many parking tickets. I lived in Philly for 40 years and never received one parking ticket. So there she was with a long history of numerous tickets pontificating about social issues. A parking ticket scofflaw is a couple steps below a woman with 15 cats. How many cats does Ronnie have?

Blog Post: 2 principals surrender administrative credentials - 1 out of 42 total comment(s)

Sat., 04/06/13 - 08:30 AM

I believe that there has been a systematic cleansing of cheaters within the district. This is a big deal and it has pretty much been whitewashed. I suspect that a deal has been made with many of those involved under the guise of cooperation or some other quid pro quo agreement that removes PFT cheating participants from their school and sweeps them under the rug much like the Catholic church protected pedophile priests. The fact is that massive cheating occurred and the district administrators secretly encouraged any actions that brought in higher test scores because that lie validated the Superintendent's BS programs and misled us all that the radical changes were working. The School District of Philadelphia's celebrated improvements over the past 19 years since they hired David Hornbeck have pretty much been ordinary compared to other districts. The massive cheating artificially inflated test scores and public opinion of the success of the mission.

People of Philadelphia...Oh, I say and I say it again, ya been had! Ya been took! Ya been hoodwinked! Bamboozled! Led astray! Run amok!

Article: City considers hiking liquor-drink tax to 15 percent - 1 out of 54 total comment(s)

Fri., 04/05/13 - 19:36 PM

Legalize weed and fund education. Case closed

Article: Two Philadelphia educators surrender credentials in test cheating scandal - 2 out of 7 total comment(s)

Fri., 04/05/13 - 19:27 PM

Oblekr, I believe that there has been a systematic cleansing of cheaters within the district. This is a big deal and it has pretty much been whitewashed. I suspect that a deal has been made with many of those involved under the guise of cooperation or some other quid pro quo agreement that removes PFT cheating participants from their school and sweeps them under the rug much like the Catholic church protected pedophile priests. The fact is that massive cheating occurred and the district administrators secretly encouraged any actions that brought in higher test scores because that lie validated the Superintendent's BS programs and misled us all that the radical changes were working. The School District of Philadelphia's celebrated improvements over the past 19 years since they hired David Hornbeck have pretty much been ordinary compared to other districts. The massive cheating artificially inflated test scores and public opinion of the success of the mission.

People of Philadelphia...Oh, I say and I say it again, ya been had! Ya been took! Ya been hoodwinked! Bamboozled! Led astray! Run amok!

Fri., 04/05/13 - 00:15 AM

Tip of the iceberg. Start popping your popcorn, it going to get fun. Judgement day is almost here.

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Fri., 04/05/13 - 18:53 PM

Hey Jen...You're just jealous.

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Mon., 04/01/13 - 19:50 PM

What a weenie Casey is. Leading the pack from the rear as usual.

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Sat., 03/30/13 - 20:44 PM

That's why you are on page five where almost no reader will go. But after all of your research you admit to guessing. I knew the man as the owner of the shop and as a customer. You may disagree with my support for the man and his chosen name. We all call you a DB Oswald but will you open a business and name your store Douchie's? I think not.

Sat., 03/30/13 - 20:06 PM

Is your last name Massengill? My girlfriend says that you are very familiar to her, something about a Summer's eve. Is idiot the only insult that you know?

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Fri., 03/29/13 - 20:21 PM

Albert, I have spent a lot of time working there shoulder to shoulder with those folks. They are the worst kind of political appointments. It's not like they were directly appointed by Nutter, or Rendell or Corbett. No these are folks that are involved in that Filthadelphia blue collar elitist class. Related to cops, and counsel people and ward leaders that knew somebody that knew somebody. Look up a group called "The Emerald Club" there and you will find these folks who live in row houses and take care of their own. There are others. These are where favors are done to get ones foot in the door for employment. Husbands and wives, sons and daughters, nieces and nephews, uncles and aunts. It's like an inbred hillbilly extended family. We also have a couple of AA groups that are similar in nature. That, Albert, is the composition of the people who work and thrive at 440.

Fri., 03/29/13 - 06:02 AM

Shared sacrifice my foot. Even The Queen of Greed gave back some of her salary. Hite ain't givin back nuttin. What about the 25 hefty pay raises to Christina (not so tina) Ward and the other 24 political appointments? Those raise must be reversed then take 10% of all of the non reps pay too on top of that. Any administrator making over $100 K should be giving back 20% or more. That is what shared sacrifice means.
Like I always says sometimes...PHILADELPHIA'S NEW LOW IS OUR MAN HITE!!!!!

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Fri., 03/29/13 - 19:48 PM

Suzie, Suzie Creamcheese. Our man Hite ain't there or his brains. After two old white dudes and then Queen Arleen, it was just a brother's turn. Not too many brothers out there with the basic creds to run a school district, so our man HITE was just the right bro at the right time. His use of the English language was a non factor. Some brother's hit the number and some lucky brother's get jobs that they are instantly unqualified to hold. Philadelphia's new LOW is our man HITE.

Fri., 03/29/13 - 06:00 AM

You're right Debbie. But they can count their money, these administrators are paid very well. We just can't count on them to manage our money. They are just out of touch with the reality of the situation.

Blog Post: Liveblogging the SRC & budget meeting - 2 out of 14 total comment(s)

Thu., 03/28/13 - 20:16 PM

Hey Billy Hite, give back $1000 for every wrinkle in your ugly chrome dome...that should do the trick.

Thu., 03/28/13 - 19:44 PM

Shared sacrifice my foot. Even The Queen of Greed gave back some of her salary. Hite ain't givin back nuttin. What about the 25 hefty pay raises to Christina (not so tina) Ward and the other 24 political appointments? Those raise must be reversed then take 10% of all of the non reps pay too on top of that. Any administrator making over $100 K should be giving back 20% or more. That is what shared sacrifice means.
Like I always says sometimes...PHILADELPHIA'S NEW LOW IS OUR MAN HITE!!!!!

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Wed., 03/27/13 - 05:43 AM

Just follow the Philadelpha model. That will f you up real good for years to come.

Blog Post: State: former SRC chair violated ethics law - 2 out of 16 total comment(s)

Wed., 03/27/13 - 05:37 AM

There you go Kristen. Now go find out how much each and every SRC member has cost us. Every dime must be disclosed.

Wed., 03/27/13 - 05:36 AM

That's a racist comment.

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Mon., 03/25/13 - 15:09 PM

Good feedback, but you jumped to conclusions. I am not suggesting that people sacrifice their children. What I'm suggesting is that we revert to a public school model that we all can be proud of. The School District of Philadelphia does have a couple of fine schools. Masterman is the crown jewel. There are others. Therefore, it can be done. We just need to do more of it. I'm not suggesting another mandatory busing strategy, but suggesting that together we can find a way that makes it work.

Sun., 03/24/13 - 11:14 AM

...or you could take a broader look. With a higher percentage of students who want to learn, the problem students could be assigned to smaller units just like we did back in the 60's and 70's. The standards would rise, there would be more money and resources and more staff. What we have now is a watered down product because our resources are very low. Was the school district mismanaged? ABSOLUTELY! It is not hopelessly broken. We need a refocus and retooling but if the upper middle and middle class white students are removed from the equation, then we are contributing to the failure of our public school system. We are voluntarily reverting to segregated schools. This time it's race and class that is killing what was once a pretty darned good public school system.

Article: Nutter goes after Philadelphia Magazine over race article - 1 out of 200 total comment(s)

Sat., 03/16/13 - 20:49 PM

Mike Nutter is a fraud. Such a disappointment. I mistakenly voted for him. At the time anybody looked better than John Street. Look folks, Mike Nutter is just playing the "black protectionist" card. It comes natural. It's hard to accept the truth. I know thoughtful and educated Jewish people that seem quite open minded in most circumstances but suddenly turn and cry anti-semitism when someone had the audacity to criticize the Isreali Government. Living the struggle intertwines the two and is not clearly separable. I think it is the same thing for Mike Nutter. Black Protectionism is a real sociological phenomena.

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Sat., 03/16/13 - 13:37 PM

. Thirty Six

And that is the way it goes my friends.

Sat., 03/16/13 - 13:36 PM

Thirty Five

And that is the way it goes.

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Sat., 03/16/13 - 12:51 PM

That Donald Trump...He Hate me!

Article: Woman who ran 'rescue' operation charged with animal cruelty - 1 out of 1 total comment(s)

Fri., 03/15/13 - 21:11 PM

Somebody should check out an animal rescue in a sleepy little town called New Freedom PA just over the Maryland line. That place is just like the one that was busted.

Blog Post: Mayor complains to Human Rights Commission about "Being White in Philly" article - 1 out of 107 total comment(s)

Fri., 03/15/13 - 21:06 PM

I just finished reading the article. It's spot on. What is Nutter talking about?

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Fri., 03/15/13 - 06:37 AM

They don't call him Dick for nuttin'.

Article: Irked Philly teacher decries 'ruling by fiat' - 1 out of 58 total comment(s)

Wed., 03/13/13 - 20:17 PM

Philadelphia's new LOW is our man HITE!

Article: School closings moving ahead, but ... - 1 out of 80 total comment(s)

Sun., 03/10/13 - 08:14 AM

Philadelphia's new low is our man HITE!

William Hite. Silly Billy, the hired gun to destroy our schools.

Billy the Squid.

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Wed., 03/06/13 - 06:33 AM

"Our own elected school board" sounds great for the first second; then, unfortunately, reality sets in. Locally elected frightens me. Dwight Evans and Jaine Blackwell and Bob Brady are all locally elected. Just imagine those questionable souls in charge of a 2.5 Billion Dollar budget. I smell corruption already and it hasn't even happened yet.

Tue., 03/05/13 - 19:11 PM

The positions have no salary, but the perks are still there. The first SRC Chair James Nevels liked to have lunch at the 4 Seasons on the District's dime. He set the standard. I've been asking the Inquirer writers to report just how much each SRC member costs us in Expenses, Stipends, Dedicated Staff, Office Furniture and Supplies, Chauffeur Services...and everything else.

Article: Proposed pay cuts enrage PFT members - 1 out of 71 total comment(s)

Tue., 03/05/13 - 06:44 AM

Philly's new Low is our man Hite.

Article: Arlene Ackerman praised for her 'dream' - 1 out of 20 total comment(s)

Mon., 03/04/13 - 19:37 PM

Ackerman's Imagine 2014 program in Philly was just a recycled Dream Schools program in her carpet bag from her Washington DC and San Francisco jobs. Ackerman's Imagine 2014 program was billed as a think outside of the box idea. In actuality, it was a pie in the sky boondoggle. And now, ironically, the architect is inside the box. Ackerman's dream was a nightmare for the people of Philadelphia. Ackerman's irresponsible stewardship brought-on the current situation that is crippling our schools now. That is her legacy. There is a vulgar, derogatory expression for someone of color that spends all of the money quickly and frivolously. I will spare the gentle readers. You know what I mean, and unfortunately, it fits.

Article: A controversial schools leader remembered, celebrated - 1 out of 35 total comment(s)

Mon., 03/04/13 - 19:20 PM

Ackerman's Imagine 2014 program was billed as a think out of the box idea. In actuality, it was a pie in the sky boondoggle. And now, ironically, the architect is inside the box.

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Sun., 03/03/13 - 18:49 PM

The race of the perp = a better chance to apprehend.

Sun., 03/03/13 - 12:58 PM

Isn't that ridiculous? This is the point where being politically correct has taken us. It's absurd. Don't worry though. The Inky staff may be too PC to actually tell it like it is. (For instance a couple of weeks ago a little boy was missing and they pulled the same stuff by not giving a description of race.) But the police do it the other a=way to the the other extreme. A few years ago I was witnessing massive graffiti wall writing in a school yard in the Northeast. I called 911 and reported wat I was watching in real time. The dispacher asked for a description of the perp. I gave a height weight age and before I could go further the dispatcher said "Black or Hispanic". I asked "those are my only two choices?"...he's white.

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Sat., 03/02/13 - 14:49 PM

Hite says that this is about saving the District. BS. What about the 25 obscene pay raises at 440 that were recently leaked? Meanwhile Hite cuts school programs and now teacher's compensation. I saw the list. The Inky published it. Those 25 political patronage jobs are held mostly by lazy do nothings. If Hite was in any way sincere, he would first take away those raises and then extend the same pay cuts to all 440 non union staff as a measure of shared sacrifice. Then Hite and all of those in the 150K and above pay scale should be cut 25-50% until 2016. That is only fair. Even the queen of greed Arleen Ackerman made some pay concessions. Keep in mind that Hite makes 300K base salary. That is more than the Mayor and The Governor by more than 100K. WTF?

Thu., 02/28/13 - 21:36 PM

And of course, Philadelphia's ALL TIME LOW LIFE is our man Tanksley.

Article: Retired N.J. school chiefs return to big pay while drawing pensions - 1 out of 16 total comment(s)

Sat., 03/02/13 - 02:04 AM

Not only in NJ. It looks like this is a nationwide problem with school districts.

Article: Philadelphia school superintendent defends teacher contract proposal - 2 out of 110 total comment(s)

Fri., 03/01/13 - 06:41 AM

Philadelphia's new LOW is our man HITE.

Fri., 03/01/13 - 06:40 AM

Don't pay attention to Cuddles (aka Tank). His birth certificate is an apology letter from the condom factory.

Article: School police union president to step down amid negotiations - 1 out of 2 total comment(s)

Thu., 02/28/13 - 21:45 PM

Down goes another one. Take a hint Hite and all of the other useless overpaid deadwood at the district.

Blog Post: No seniority? No water fountains? More on the contract - 2 out of 207 total comment(s)

Wed., 02/27/13 - 19:27 PM

Hey Biff, don't pay attention to Grandpa Tank. He has nothing else to do but bloviate and kiss his own image in the mirror. He has over 1600 nonsensical comments just as screen name Cuddles. His previous racist screen rants got him bounced off Philly.com. Here's the funniest part. He comments about Philly Schools and he does not pay his own property taxes that support Philly schools. Can you say Hippo-Crit?

Wed., 02/27/13 - 19:26 PM

Hey Biff, don't pay attention to Grandpa Tank. He has nothing else to do but bloviate and kiss his own image in the mirror. He has over 1600 nonsensical comments just as screen name Cuddles. His previous racist screen rants got him bounced off Philly.com. Here's the funniest part. He comments about Philly Schools and he does not pay his own property taxes that support Philly schools. Can you say Hippo-Crit?

Article: Crime has some thinking twice about Philly life - 1 out of 137 total comment(s)

Mon., 02/25/13 - 06:35 AM

Run, don't walk. Run!

Article: Hite: Status quo can't continue - 1 out of 32 total comment(s)

Mon., 02/25/13 - 06:17 AM

And of course, the status quo at 440, School District Headquarters goes on. Hite signed-off on 25 obscene raises for favored staff when at the same time student programs were being cut to the bone and others were loosing their jobs. They at 440 really don't care what happens "out there" as long as their world is protected. The School District's new LOW is our man HITE.

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Sun., 02/24/13 - 16:53 PM

Take a drink every time Cuddles writes "Back room of the corner store"

Article: From West Philly to Gagaland - 2 out of 6 total comment(s)

Sun., 02/24/13 - 15:14 PM

Grandpa tank is a hypocrite. He always rags on people for taking this spot then he does exactly the same thing. If you want to be a copy cat then pay your property taxes just like me.

Sun., 02/24/13 - 13:13 PM

Mr. Magoo and Lady Gaga

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Sun., 02/24/13 - 09:08 AM

Too expensive for what it is.

Article: Gov. Corbett's police officer son-in-law is suspended with intent to dismiss - 2 out of 7 total comment(s)

Sat., 02/23/13 - 17:09 PM

Hey dude, Corbett is stealing the shirt's off our backs too.

Sat., 02/23/13 - 14:19 PM

What a dirt ball. He watches his father-in-law fleecing the Pennsylvania masses and he just has to get in on the action. It's the sense of entitlement that runs rampant through the police and political class. They really think that they are different.

Article: Nine more Philadelphia school face overhauls or conversion to charter status - 1 out of 24 total comment(s)

Sat., 02/23/13 - 07:56 AM

And the PFT get weaker and weaker.

Article: Phila. Housing Authority, ex-director Greene settle for $625,000 - 1 out of 73 total comment(s)

Sat., 02/23/13 - 07:54 AM

Don't worry he'll be broke by summer. After the legal fees and all of his arrears bills are caught up, which he may not even be inclined to pay, he will blow it away frivolously and be down and out again.

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Sat., 02/23/13 - 07:45 AM

Did anybody notice that the Corbett daughter didn't do what a lot of loving daughters do and "marry her father". No, she did the opposite. What would Freud say about that? That she was repulsed by her father? Hmmmmmm

Sat., 02/23/13 - 07:39 AM

Great point.

Blog Post: 9 more city schools to be overhauled; 3 to charters - 1 out of 15 total comment(s)

Fri., 02/22/13 - 19:39 PM

Good news - Bad news. Arleen Ackerman is rolling over in her grave. And the bad news is that Hite is worse than Ackerman. Philadelphia's new low is our man Hite.

Article: Protesters interrupt a meeting to decry proposed Philadelphia school closings - 3 out of 57 total comment(s) (View comments

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Fri., 02/22/13 - 06:38 AM

Dang AUTO CORRECT- POUNCE ON DISSENTERS... NOT deserters. Sorry.

Fri., 02/22/13 - 06:34 AM

Let's get real. The parliamentary poppycock procedures of the SRC infuriates many live spectators. Go and see for yourself. There are large goon school police ready to bounce out any deserters. Therefore, the protests are often reduced to shouting matches. That is the only way to get attention.

Blog Post: Live-tweeting: 'Fired up' crowd storms SRC meeting - 1 out of 21 total comment(s)

Thu., 02/21/13 - 19:57 PM

The missing meds are in the backroom of the corner store. If you don't take your meds you are incoherent. Take your meds Grandpa Tank then go watch Big Bird. Schools are funded by proper tax payers.

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Thu., 02/21/13 - 06:33 AM

Mike Nutter - The Mouse Thar Roared.

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Wed., 02/20/13 - 20:14 PM

I know this highly paid woman at the school district 440- one of those infamous 25 that recently received one of those obscene pay raises while students and other employees are down and out. Well anyway, she is as big as a house and always wears afro centric clothes. She looks ridiculous in that setting with those close that look like she just wrapped herself in colorful window curtains. Totally out of place and pushing the envelope on a tasteful work attire dress code. She just uses the afro centric theme as a shield to not dressing up for work. She'a a fraud.

Article: Cartoon Network anti-bullying effort launches at Philly school - 1 out of 5 total comment(s)

Wed., 02/20/13 - 19:55 PM

Hmmm....let's see. Lazy and dim witted cartoon characters...hmmm...Droopy, Homer Simpson, Cartman, Magilla, Pa Bear of the Hillbilly Bears, Shikamaru, Wimpy and Speedy Gonzalez' cousin Slow-poke Rodriguez.

Article: Charlie Manuel loyal to Jimmy Rollins in Phillies' leadoff spot - 1 out of 56 total comment(s)

Wed., 02/20/13 - 06:34 AM

Swing for the fence Jimmy. That's all you do anyway.

Article: New Philly schools plan: 11 schools to stay open - 1 out of 20 total comment(s)

Wed., 02/20/13 - 06:27 AM

I don't think that the citizen protest had much to do anything about anything. It was the political will of select politicians that altered the course. The district administration is pretty dumb and blind to put that original plan on the table. We could smell the need for closures coming for years and they just kicked the can down the road.

Article: Missing 8-year-old boy found, police say - 1 out of 4 total comment(s)

Tue., 02/19/13 - 20:40 PM

Oh My. Are we so politically correct that we can't mention his race? Maybe that would help someone reading this identify the boy. "4 feet, 6 inches tall and 57 pounds with curly dark hair" Add White, Black, Indian, Hispanic to that description please. DO we want to find him or do we want to be PC?

Article: Should Barack Obama or the next president get a raise? - 1 out of 25 total comment(s)

Tue., 02/19/13 - 20:35 PM

A raise for Obama? No. Here's the formula. Put in your 8 years and then you get rich after you leave office. Just the honorarium for speech making will make a young man like Obama rich beyond the dreams of Avarice. It's kind of like being an advanced intern. You put your time in for low or no pay in the beginning then you cash in later. No, No raise for Obama.

Blog Post: 10 schools spared in revised closing list - 1 out of 55 total comment(s)

Tue., 02/19/13 - 20:13 PM

Wake up people. This is not an issue about race. This is an issue about the flagrant abuse of the public trust by the laundry list of School District Officials. It's been going on for years and has been going downhill fast. By the time Arleen Ackerman blew into town the snowball was a rolling fast down the hill and gaining momentum. Ackerman's spendthrift policies and Masch's mismanagement of funds just contributed to the defecit and dug a hole too deep to get out of. Look people, The School District is NOT about kids; or education. The School District of Philadelphia has an annual yearly budget of between Two and Three Billion Dollars. Much of that is discretionary spending that gets laundered by outside vendor contracts. This makes the climate very very ripe for all kinds of KICKBACKS. This is the business of the School District. Does anybody remember the Pentagon procurement tales of $400 hammers and $200 toilet seats from the 1980's? That is nothing compared to the excesses at the School District. Education is definitely a back burner issue. It's not about race either. It's Politics, Greed and lots of Cash.

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Mon., 02/18/13 - 18:26 PM

Property Taxes

Mon., 02/18/13 - 14:25 PM

Gendres is also Magistra, I believe. She is a rather pecular blogger. There was some fuss about name exclusivity as I recall.

Article: Philly entrepreneur helps black students get kick out of college - 1 out of 6 total comment(s)

Mon., 02/18/13 - 14:18 PM

Exactly! If the entrepreneur was white and only helped white kids would there would be many cries of racism? Yes. It's about time that we treat all of the racial stuff the same. It's time to stop bending over backwards for minorities. Then we will finally be free.

Article: Camden charter's chef gets $24,000 raise, drawing scrutiny - 2 out of 33 total comment(s)

Mon., 02/18/13 - 12:22 PM

Wendell Prittshit is KEEPING HIS OPTIONS OPEN. When the Rutgers-Camden chancellor gig was in danger during that Glassboro consolidation talk by Governor Christie last year, Prittshit was positioning himself to be School District Superintendent JUST IN CASE. That option is still on his menu because the Superintendent position is open on the average of every two and a half years. It looks to me like Hite, Philadelphia's new low, will be staying here for a much shorter time. Hite is just terrible. All of this will come out soon.

Mon., 02/18/13 - 07:58 AM

You're right! The SDP 440 employee situation is outrageous. I know many of these people. It's a close knit group of political patronage jobs. Husbands and wives, nieces and nephews, sons and daughters. I am still outraged by the recently leaked 25 people that received hefty pay raises at 440 when at the same time there is still the stench of all of the firing of 4000 union support staff in July 2011. Some of those folks have been rehired as non-reps. I don't understand how the unions can go along with that. Somebody explain that one to me. Of the leaked 25 pay raises was a top manager in finance that merely has a 1960's Jr. College degree. The under-achieving leading the dumb. No wonder the place is in such a mess.

Article: Allyson Schwartz nearly certain to face Corbett, insiders say - 1 out of 66 total comment(s)

Mon., 02/18/13 - 07:43 AM

Well, anybody against Governor N A Z I is okay with me. MAY THE SCHWARTZ BE WITH YOU.

Article: 500 local protesters join rally in D.C. against climate change - 1 out of 33 total comment(s)

Mon., 02/18/13 - 07:40 AM

Oh really, I heard that it was cancelled on account of rain.

Article: Dream world: Phila. Wax Museum figment of founder's imagination? - 1 out of 50 total comment(s)

Mon., 02/18/13 - 07:33 AM

ROBERT AVERY would be the perfect SUPERINTENDENT for THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA. Think of it, Ackerman, Vallas and Hornbeck basially served us the same ROBERT AVERY type of meal. They each created a made up vision while reality was a starkly different world. Now we have Prince William Hite, Philadelphia's new low, selling us more of the same. The SRC just brings in these short term highly paid carpet baggers that keep us pacified and distracted from what really is happening. The only people really concerned about the district are the ones that work there and the parents of young children. Eerybody else just views the SCHOOL DISTRICT as a tax spender.

Article: Councilman seeks hearing on schools' child-release policy - 1 out of 5 total comment(s)

Sat., 02/16/13 - 09:34 AM

Although crass and not politically correct, you are essentially correct. A couple of years ago a couple of woman attempted to have their drivers license photos taken while wearing a niqab (those full veils with tiny eye slits). PENNDOT considered that ridiculous to have a drivers license photo with an unidentifiable covered face. That precedent should be followed throughout our society. We accommodate religious beliefs only to certain points. That must be the standard. In our schools, you want your child, show your face and id. Period.

But again some of the same people that agree with my policy above will argue that you do not have to show your id to vote. I agree with voter id.

Article: Questions remain about abduction of girl, 5 - 1 out of 36 total comment(s)

Fri., 02/15/13 - 19:12 PM

What do you suppose is the motive?

Article: Helen Ubinas: Council's not exactly the Ethical Society - 1 out of 38 total comment(s)

Thu., 02/14/13 - 06:41 AM

Let's have them start by dropping DROP. Then we can discuss ethical behavior.

Article: Comcast: Rate hike likely to pay for programming - 1 out of 37 total comment(s)

Wed., 02/13/13 - 19:27 PM

Comcast is evil.

Article: Hite testifies before Council about Philly school closings - 1 out of 4 total comment(s)

Wed., 02/13/13 - 06:57 AM

Improving education is on the back burner. Queen Arleen's reign greatly accelerated the deterioration of our fiscal position. Hite is totally focused of the money crisis. Education is the sideline right now. Look people, put yourself in place of the district. If you woke up tomorrow broke and wildly in debt, the other things that enrich your life would suffer. There is no way that the district can even be considering educational improvements during this fiscal crisis and Hite knows it.

Article: Hite: School-closure changes are on the way - 1 out of 6 total comment(s)

Wed., 02/13/13 - 06:49 AM

Philadelphia's new low is our man Hite!

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Tue., 02/12/13 - 20:12 PM

Look out dudes. Cuddles is out there giving his usual n e g r o litmus test.

Tue., 02/12/13 - 20:10 PM

Look out dudes. Cuddles is out there giving a negro litmus test.

Blog Post: Lenny Dysktra is going to be a grandpa: Cutter and Jamie-Lynn Sigler expecting - 1 out of 29 total comment(s)

Tue., 02/12/13 - 19:44 PM

What a pairing. They will produce the dumbest wize-guy baby ever.

Article: Is Montgomery Co. senator's push to legalize pot a pipe dream? - 1 out of 22 total comment(s)

Tue., 02/12/13 - 19:17 PM

Ize has a fallback plan in case that pipe dream fails. I'll go to WAWA and buys me some EZ Wider just in case.

Article: Philadelphia's school superintendent says district will make changes to its school-closing plan - 2 out of 28 total comment(s)

Tue., 02/12/13 - 06:47 AM

We were led to believe that there would be more transparency after the Ackerman fiasco. This guy Hite smacks of the old familiar smoky back room politics that Philly is known for.

Tue., 02/12/13 - 06:34 AM

Hite says that he is "impressed with the input he has received". Impressed by political pressure and palm greasing is more like it. What a phony. I said it before and I'll says it again - PHILADELPHIA'S NEW LOW IS OUR MAN HITE! He ain't being influenced by anything that parents or teachers or students say...he has been testing the political winds and has structured this closing plan around a larger plan to get much more funding by City Counsel and other influential sources in a game of chicken.

Article: Canadian marijuana broker pleads; supplied major Philly dealer - 1 out of 4 total comment(s)

Mon., 02/11/13 - 20:57 PM

Forget outsourced weed. We need to legalize, grow here, and tax our way to a better economy. Lancaster Brand Quality Weed - It makes your eyes red just thinkin about it!

Blog Post: Esquire profiles Navy SEAL that killed Osama bin Laden - 1 out of 45 total comment(s)

Mon., 02/11/13 - 20:54 PM

I have not read the article just this one. However, the answer is rather clear. If true, which I doubt, Obama s=must make sure that these men are given special care. I realize that returning soldiers don't always get a lucrative career, but this must be an exception.

Article: When Philly schools close, what happens to the buildings? - 2 out of 7 total comment(s)

Mon., 02/11/13 - 20:47 PM

He knows none. He lives in one of those inner city districts that received 100 Percent Obama votes. Republicans to Grandpa Tank (aka Cuddles) are the proverbial Boogie Man. I ain't talkin about no disco dancer, I'm talkin about the ultimate face of evil. Tank (a well as others) has all of this bottled up frustration of his miserable life struggle and has put a face on it. Now he ain't that far off, but his totally one sided view of those of you across the aisle is very similar to the complexion of Congress and the inability to compromise and get stuff done.

Mon., 02/11/13 - 20:31 PM

OMG - I don't ever agree with Grandpa Tank. He must have gone to the candy store today and bought some 'SMARTIES'. He normally comes home with a sack full of 'DUM DUM'S'.

Food for thought. If the School District is giving away buildings because they are too decrepit and require too much rehab then why are charters so eager to take over those buildings? Sounds fishy. My guess is that Hite and SDP are just playing the old shell game of condemn a school turn it over to political pals and getting rid of hard working UNION labor in the process.

Article: Some closings would shift students to buildings in worse shape - 2 out of 43 total comment(s)

Sun., 02/10/13 - 10:32 AM

You said it, Beethoven. The corrupt management that works at 440 continue along with little or no change in their daily routines despite all of the changes going on around them. These are mostly connected patronage jobs. Lots of husbands and wives and family members collecting relatively HUGE paychecks compared to what they actually do.
Here is the key phrase in this article: "Also, experts caution, large-scale urban school closings often fail to net the cash that districts expect they will."
My take is that Hite, who is the ultimate temporary employee with an average position lifespan of only three years, has to do something big and quick in order to successfully further his career. He will close all of these schools and before we learn what a mistake it was, he will be long gone out of town at his next assignment. Just like his infamous predecessors. Look at Ackerman and her Imagine 2014 plan. Who would have imagined that The Queen would have greatly contributed to the destruction of The School District, be gone in 2011 with a buckload of cash, be in the consulting business in New Mexico in 2012 and be dead and burried in 2013. That is the great lie. They come in and talk the talk and come up with a five year plan and are gone in three. Our students are left with the bill and the medicine show has gone to the next town.

Sun., 02/10/13 - 09:21 AM

You said it! The corrupt management that works at 440 continue along with little or no change in their daily routines despite all of the changes going on around them. These are mostly connected patronage jobs. Lots of husbands and wives and family members collecting relatively HUGE paychecks compared to what they actually do.
Here is the key phrase in this article: "Also, experts caution, large-scale urban school closings often fail to net the cash that districts expect they will."
My take is that Hite, who is the ultimate temporary employee with an average position lifespan of only three years, has to do something big and quick in order to successfully further his career. He will close all of these schools and before we learn what a mistake it was, he will be long gone out of town at his next assignment. Just like his infamous predecessors. Look at Ackerman and her Imagine 2014 plan. Who would have imagined that The Queen would have greatly contributed to the destruction of The School District, be gone in 2011 with a butt-load of cash, be in the consulting business in New Mexico in 2012 and be dead and berried in 2013. That is the great lie. They come in and talk the talk and come up with a five year plan and are gone in three. Our students are left with the bill and the medicine show has gone to the next town.

Blog Post: Gino's Burgers closes its Bensalem location - 2 out of 19 total comment(s)

Sat., 02/09/13 - 09:24 AM

Bensalem is looking a lot like the new Kensington of Bucks County.

Sat., 02/09/13 - 09:23 AM

What a stupid comment mephisto. Judge a person by a job that they took more than 30 years ago. If you have nothing more than small minded ignorant comments to make then just shut up.

Article: Schwartz mulling run for governor - 2 out of 23 total comment(s)

Sat., 02/09/13 - 09:07 AM

She won't win. If the Dems want to unseat Corbett, Schwartz is the wrong choice. Joe Sestak will be a more viable choice.
Note to Mike Nutter - Keep out my brother, you are a born loser.

Sat., 02/09/13 - 09:03 AM

All ears and all overdue tax bills that is.

Article: Closing schools: It's not just about money - 1 out of 18 total comment(s)

Thu., 02/07/13 - 20:21 PM

Grandpa Tank, aka Cuddles- Your posts are invalid because you refuse to pay your property taxes that funds the schools. You and thousands like you, who refuse to pay your taxes, are letting down the children of this city in their dire hour of need. I urge you to dig deep and pay your fair share. If not, I urge City Council and Mayor Nutter to foreclose. ForeCLOSE delinquent taxpayers houses and keep neighborhood schools open.

Article: Man killed on Lansdale/Doylestown SEPTA tracks - 1 out of 5 total comment(s)

Thu., 02/07/13 - 19:46 PM

This happens all too often. Is it suicide or carelessness?

Article: Billing flap is a misunderstanding, Croatian mom says - 1 out of 2 total comment(s)

Thu., 02/07/13 - 19:41 PM

Typical media hype and over-reaction.

Article: Schools, pensions get $ in Penn National gaming deal - 1 out of 2 total comment(s)

Thu., 02/07/13 - 19:38 PM

If you build it the teachers will come.

Article: Molly Eichel: Snider hosting historic bash for his 4th wedding - 2 out of 55 total comment(s)

Thu., 02/07/13 - 19:34 PM

Yea....A Two Bagger....LOL

Thu., 02/07/13 - 18:19 PM

Where can I send a wedding present? I'll send two bags. Like Rodney Dangerfield said... one for Ed's head and also one for Lin in case Ed's bag falls off.

Article: Gun found in 7-year-old's bookbag at W. Philly school - 1 out of 24 total comment(s)

Thu., 02/07/13 - 19:05 PM

1- How do they know that the gun was there all day? How did they rule out that it was stashed there AFTER it was hung by the cubbie?
2- A Kenny Gamble school? Do they have the same ridiculous zero tolerance rules in that school as a School District of Philadelphia school?

Blog Post: Council's 'serious six' to examine issue of tax delinquents - 2 out of 8 total comment(s)

Thu., 02/07/13 - 16:40 PM

What is there to investigate? Delinquent tax can easily be handled through a process of notifications and foreclosures. I guarantee that very many tax bills will be paid in full once the city stops messing around and gets serious with this. Stop the meetings and discussions and get the ball rolling on property foreclosures.

Thu., 02/07/13 - 16:36 PM

Tank (aka Cuddles). You are one of the most delinquent on your property taxes. The criminal has no say on the line of punishment.

Blog Post: Man says IRS agent coerced him into having sex - 1 out of 28 total comment(s)

Thu., 02/07/13 - 11:35 AM

Finally, this guy gets to do to the IRS what they have been doing to us all of these years.

Article: Corbett's proposed education funding falls short, advocates say - 1 out of 5 total comment(s)

Thu., 02/07/13 - 09:37 AM

Mr. Tanksley, Let's talk about truths. Public education is structured to be funded by property taxes. You sir, are a property tax delinquent. Take a look in the mirror Darnel. You are looking at a supreme hypocrite. How can you live with yourself? You, and thousands of scofflaws like you are crippling the School District and public education in Philadelphia. All of those young innocent faces depend on you to pay your fair share. You are letting them down. You are the problem Mr. Tanksley.

Blog Post: No heat at Huey? - 2 out of 15 total comment(s)

Wed., 02/06/13 - 21:30 PM

The School District is falling apart and Hite give 25 administrative staffers sizable raises that is strictly optional and not bound by any union contracts. These are non union staffers. There is one who is barely more than a high school graduate. Corruption abounds. Meanwhile, our student body freezes. How well can you learn with a frosty breath of air blocking your view of the blackboard?

Wed., 02/06/13 - 21:30 PM

The School District is falling apart and Hite give 25 administrative staffers sizable raises that is strictly optional and not bound by any union contracts. These are non union staffers. There is one who is barely more than a high school graduate. Corruption abounds. Meanwhile, our student body freezes. How well can you learn with a frosty breath of air blocking your view of the blackboard?

Article: Dick Yuengling rips Philly City Hall over lawsuit - 1 out of 50 total comment(s)

Wed., 02/06/13 - 21:21 PM

No worries. Just pretend your a typical Philadelphia Homeowner and just ignore the tax. Nobody ever comes after you. I doesn't take up a lot of your time.

Article: Southwest Philly art teacher develops recipe for success - 1 out of 1 total comment(s)

Wed., 02/06/13 - 12:11 PM

And let's teach children how to consume alcohol. Look at it this way, if Chef passed out candy cigarettes, she would be vilified. This makes consuming alcohol glamorous. Sorry to be picky, but that has to be considered.

Blog Post: Councilwoman's former campaign manager charged with fraud - 1 out of 37 total comment(s)

Wed., 02/06/13 - 12:06 PM

Let's face it. Corruption is so deep in every level of the City Government and School District that you have to assume that everybody is dirty. There are a few honest people but it's not many. There are a few honest, a lot somewhat dirty, and many very very dirty.

Article: Let's take a look at Ackerman's good points - 2 out of 26 total comment(s)

Mon., 02/04/13 - 22:41 PM

Arlene Ackerman used children as props. Her goals were unrealistic and she stacked the deck and put all resources into a few schools and still failed those chosen schools while the majority of the neglected schools were way underfunded. Ackerman had no fiscal responsibility and is mostly responsible for putting the School District over the edge, much like George Bush accelerated the bad economy by cutting taxes and conducting two wars.

Mon., 02/04/13 - 17:59 PM

I admire Elmer Smith for his positive outlook. I have been studying Arleen Ackerman for a few years now. I believe Elmer could be labeled an optimist or even a re writer of history. My view, on the contrary, could be labeled realistic or even pessimistic. I believe Arleen Ackerman was pretty much the opposite of Elmer's portrait. The epitome of opportunistic greed and elite evil. She came to the School District under a cloud of questionable previous engagements in DC and SF. Her first day at SDP was highlighted by her public flogging a subordinate that supposedly said that something was "not my job". Needless to say, it was all downhill from there. Personally, I fear pancreatic cancer the most. It's a death sentence. The Lord works in mysterious ways.

Article: Nutter says Philly’s getting tough on tax deadbeats - 1 out of 25 total comment(s)

Mon., 02/04/13 - 22:32 PM

Grandpa Tank...This means you.

Article: Miss Chinatown - a marker in U.S.-China history - 1 out of 3 total comment(s)

Mon., 02/04/13 - 19:37 PM

Correct.
Additional groups that will never be:
In College - White Student Union.
In Society - White History Month and N.A.A.W.P.
How many more can you think of? Those ethnic groups sound racist when you apply a litmus test and change the ethnicity. Perhaps they all should be disbanded. Their original purpose is obsolete.

Image Gallery: Philly's Most Promising Students - 2 out of 9 total comment(s)

Mon., 02/04/13 - 19:18 PM

I can think of a few:
It's cool to PAY YOUR PROPERTY TAXES.
It's cool to get off your rump and go out and find a job.

Mon., 02/04/13 - 19:15 PM

Notice that there are No White Faces.

Article: How theft allegations unfolded against Corbett son-in-law - 1 out of 17 total comment(s)

Sat., 02/02/13 - 00:37 AM

Forget the race issue. Forget the Corbett connection. This is just another filthy dirty cop. And a bad one at that. They seed the car with $400 in marked bills and this Sherlock Holmes only found $140.

Article: Corbett's son-in-law, a Philly narcotics cop, is target of sting operation - 3 out of 97 total comment(s) (View comments

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Fri., 02/01/13 - 11:55 AM

Unfair edit. I just expressed the opinion that I think it will matter to voters in the Republican strongholds in the rest of the state. We are far more progressive in the cities. I protest the editors judgement here.

Fri., 02/01/13 - 09:46 AM

Don't this get you mad Tank? All of the White crooks in the Corbett family and they nail the brother.

Article: 2 charged with 'gun' tweets at Pa. school drill - 1 out of 1 total comment(s)

Fri., 02/01/13 - 11:48 AM

Kids making silly comments. They are going to keep all of this over hyped paranoid panic about guns going and over punish the little people like these kids. Meanwhile, back at the oasis, the NRA will make sure nothing changes and will not give one inch to sensible gun laws.

Article: Alexandra from Allentown wins Wing Bowl's top Wingette title - and a Harley - 1 out of 22 total comment(s)

Fri., 02/01/13 - 11:39 AM

What...no photo? Who writes this without a photo? She's just a piece of candy after all.

Article: Fifth grader pulled from school in flap over paper gun - 1 out of 32 total comment(s)

Wed., 01/30/13 - 17:42 PM

Not believable to you brinsley. The flaw in your opinion is that you are relying on the accuracy of the Inquirer reporter. My experience is that don't usually accurately report. To quote Hillary..."At this point, what does it matter?" The bigger issue is that what is happening at Fell and schools all over the country is that the gun hysteria is reaching a frothing point. A few short years ago, once it was established that we were talking about a gun replica made of paper then this issue would have ended. What is happening is that they will go through all of these silly BS overreactions just for show. The NRA will make sure that nothing changes; so as usual, we will ban the toy guns, ban the paper guns, even the pointed finger and up-thumb that we used to play cowboys when I was a kid will be banned. The thought police will step in and punish students for talking or thinking about guns. But rest assured, the real guns will be with us for quite a while. Think of old grandma types at the airport taking off their shoes for the TSA tyrants. It's the same flawed mentalities here.

Article: District advocate Sylvia Simms tapped to join SRC - 3 out of 8 total comment(s) (View comments

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Tue., 01/29/13 - 22:10 PM

She looks high y'all.

Tue., 01/29/13 - 19:04 PM

They should loose the photo of Simms in the orange shirt, the dreadlocks and the glassy eyes. It's unbecoming on several levels.

Article: High-powered testimony in ex-PHA chief’s lawsuit - 1 out of 7 total comment(s)

Tue., 01/29/13 - 22:07 PM

I'm convinced that Greene is also Arlene Ackerman in drag. Same ugly mug and portly build. Just put a cheap wig a gaudy dress and a pin a dollar store potscrubber to his chest and VOILA- Poof! Queen Arleen.

Article: Blondell’s ex-campaign chief loses city job - 1 out of 92 total comment(s)

Tue., 01/29/13 - 18:50 PM

Blondie must go too.

Article: Do penalties for smokers and the obese make sense? - 1 out of 22 total comment(s)

Tue., 01/29/13 - 18:44 PM

Don't forget an UGLY TAX. With the people that I work with at the School District 440 office, we can easily make up the defect if only we taxed the fat, stupid and ugly.

Blog Post: Did Ray Lewis use banned deer-antler spray to return from triceps injury? - 1 out of 75 total comment(s)

Tue., 01/29/13 - 12:57 PM

Ray Lewis is a dirty stinking human. He makes me want to puke.

Blog Post: Councilwoman refuses to answer questions about campaign finance violations - 1 out of 56 total comment(s)

Tue., 01/29/13 - 12:54 PM

There ain't no question about it. Blondie must resign. We knew that she was dirty as they come...we could just smell it in her actions. Now that she has been exposed for this, one wonders... how much don't we know? Blondie gots to go.

Article: City school closings target vulnerable students, critics say - 1 out of 35 total comment(s)

Tue., 01/29/13 - 08:52 AM

Cuddles Tanksley is not entitled to have an opinion here. Pay your property taxes man and then we will listen.

Article: Councilwoman admits city ethics violations - 1 out of 46 total comment(s)

Tue., 01/29/13 - 01:25 AM

Filthy dirty business as usual.

Blog Post: Shakeup at SRC: Former city bus aide appointed - 2 out of 43 total comment(s)

Mon., 01/28/13 - 14:51 PM

Finally, a real person on the SRC. Let's hope that Simms won't let her sudden celebrity go to her head and that she can import the point of view of real people into this body politic.

Mon., 01/28/13 - 14:49 PM

Cary was a joke. She won't be missed.

Blog Post: Remembering 'Our Gal Sal' - 1 out of 21 total comment(s)

Sun., 01/27/13 - 21:54 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S_F9U9gNEQ

It was Secret Squirrel Neddy.

Blog Post: Should Pennsylvania legalize pot? - 2 out of 66 total comment(s)

Sat., 01/26/13 - 11:36 AM

Let's be the first on the east coast like Jersey was for gambling. Tax the heck out of it. Sell and distribute it through the State Stores to make them viable again. They have a state wide well established network of retain and distribution. We have plenty of fertile farm land and can build secure indoor greenhouses for year round cultivation.
Fire up Pennsylvania!

Sat., 01/26/13 - 11:28 AM

Makes my eyes red just thinking about this.

Article: Philly district denies Ackerman steered a no-bid contract for cameras - 2 out of 26 total comment(s)

Tue., 01/22/13 - 09:31 AM

I work in the same basic area where Francis X. Dougherty worked. I didn't know him well but he seemed like a decent guy. I read all of his stories in the Inquirer from the beginning of his ordeal. Knowing all of the players involved it basically comes down to one lowly office guy against the politically driven, obscenely greedy Ackerman administration. Therefore there is no contest on who to believe. Now, the school district has to defend Ackerman because even though they know that they made a huge mistake with her, they are libel for Ackerman's illegal actions. This is exactly the kind of vile, disgusting, low-life position that we expect the School District administration to take. They know that Dougherty was right. He blew the whistle and as usual, the School District retaliates against whistle blowers. I hope Mr. Dougherty really sticks it to The School District. You know what this says, it tells the existing SDP employees to SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL, and most of all SPEAK NO EVIL or evil will be shoved-up your tailpipe. The people managing the school district are evil.

Tue., 01/22/13 - 09:29 AM

Yes, there must be another option. Something independent.

Article: In Phila., King Day volunteerism on a grand scale - 1 out of 6 total comment(s)

Mon., 01/21/13 - 22:43 PM

One day down 364 to go. Not.

Article: Philly district denies Ackerman steered no-bid contract - 2 out of 14 total comment(s)

Mon., 01/21/13 - 22:53 PM

If she is sick, I hope there is pain involved. But my guess is that her business is in the potty and she is faking-it to collect disability. Yes, Queenie. We hope that your health improves just enough for you to make the trip to Philly, in shackles and an orange jump suit - with one of those ugly pot scrubber flowers taped to her chest.

Mon., 01/21/13 - 20:13 PM

I worked in the same basic area where Francis X. Dougherty worked. I didn't know him well but he seemed like a decent guy. I read all of his stories in the Inquirer from the beginning of his ordeal. Knowing all of the players involved it basically comes down to one lowly office guy against the politically driven, obscenely greedy Ackerman administration. Therefore there is no contest on who to believe. Now, the school district has to defend Ackerman because even though they know that they made a huge mistake with her, they are libel for Ackerman's illegal actions. This is exactly the kind of vile, disgusting, low-life position that we expect the School District administration to take. They know that Dougherty was right. He blew the whistle and as usual, the School District retaliates against whistle blowers. I hope Mr. Dougherty really sticks it to The School District. You know what this says, it tells the existing SDP employees to SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL, and most of all SPEAK NO EVIL or evil will be shoved-up your tailpipe. The people managing the school district are evil.

Article: Who took Na'illa, and why? - 1 out of 81 total comment(s)

Wed., 01/16/13 - 12:40 PM

Yes, this stinks. Something is definitely up.

Article: Students rally against planned Philly school closings - 2 out of 30 total comment(s)

Wed., 01/16/13 - 12:34 PM

Well, I've spent a lot of time at 440 and the word there is that workers are so trampled on that they loose their motivation and drive and positive outlook. They come in bright eyed and chipper and end up being emotionless robot like zombies.

Wed., 01/16/13 - 12:30 PM

Yea Steve, but you work right down the street. Try having kids and working in the Northeast and having to choose between picking up your kids and cooking dinner or slug down the 440 and try and find a place to park. Many of us can only be there in spirit.

Article: Philly420: A suburban senator's manifesto for legalizing marijuana - 1 out of 4 total comment(s)

Thu., 01/10/13 - 19:31 PM

Wow Man...Makes my eyes red just thinking about it.

Article: Philly district to shift some Head Start classes to private providers - 1 out of 22 total comment(s)

Thu., 01/10/13 - 10:09 AM

This is just another School District obscenity. If this district was truly serious about saving money it wouldn't have given hefty pay raises to staffers at district headquarters. How can those people live with themselves knowing that they are taking money from our youngest children - TAKING CANDY FROM OUR BABIES. I understand that costs have to be trimmed and I could be on board with outsourcing of this nature but it just does not seem to be a priority with district management to tighten the belt and make cuts across the board. This particular Head Start move again attacks union jobs. How can they justify this and give non union positions raises? It smacks of bad politics. Heck, even the Queen of Greed - Ackerman made some token pay givebacks from her salary and upper level staff. Instead of pay raises at 440, Hite should accept a 12% pay cut and insist that the other 440 staffs have similar pay decreases. If they want to be taken seriously about cutting costs then they should share the pain.

Article: Ex-police commissioner’s son charged in house-stealing scheme - 1 out of 14 total comment(s)

Wed., 01/09/13 - 21:51 PM

I'm not surprised. Cops feel so entitled that steeling comes because they see all of their cop brothers and sisters doing it. It's part of the culture. The children learn from their parents. Cops are dirty.

Article: Hite’s Philly schools blueprint praised, slammed - 1 out of 11 total comment(s)

Tue., 01/08/13 - 01:25 AM

Must I say it again? Philadelphia's new low is our man Hite!

He is getting paid $300,000 a year and he gives us this rehashed retread of a plan?

This guy Hite is a joke.

Article: Best, worst of area's SATs - 2 out of 28 total comment(s)

Mon., 01/07/13 - 19:42 PM

Don't let him mess with Masterman. Ackerman tried and some unnamed force stopped her in her tracks. Who knows the story?

Mon., 01/07/13 - 19:39 PM

Racist.

Article: Philadelphia's schools superintendent lays out a "call to action" - 1 out of 47 total comment(s)

Mon., 01/07/13 - 12:57 PM

Here is what we have to do:
1- Hire a leader from within. No temporary glitz and glitter. We just need a pragmatic hard nosed long time bureaucrat that knows our system and has low cost ideas to stabilize and get out of debt first.
2- Cut administration costs. So far they pretty much have just cut union jobs. Heck, they just gave hefty raises to administrators, WTF?
3- Abandon and sell 440 N. Broad. It's too big and too expensive.
4- Instead of pie in the sky ideas, lets stick to practical teaching methods and get back to basics.
5- Once we have achieved fiscal stability, invest in long termed solutions.

I like to think of what each of the 5 recent Superintendents have done was put us on one of those fad diets. Big talk, big ideas, initial short termed progress but then we got fat and lazy again.
We need something akin to a fiscal Weight Watchers program, not one of those expensive and doomed for disappointing failure expensive glitzy programs. Hard work and a nose to the grindstone discipline is what we need by a long termed bureaucrat.
There, how do you like that plan?

Article: Hite will present his blueprint for schools Monday - 2 out of 33 total comment(s)

Sat., 01/05/13 - 16:34 PM

You said it bro. Hite and Ackerman show a black face in charge but the real people running this asinine district is the white devil. Hite is a puppet.

Fri., 01/04/13 - 16:19 PM

You are correct AD- Hite is just another SHORT TERMER with SHORT TERM plans and SHORT TERM ideas. What better way to make a SHORT TERM gain than to cut away expenses by closing all of those neighborhood schools? I predict that in a few short years, some numbnut superintendent will be buying back some of the schools that Hite sells off at a much higher price. Hite is just tying to get a BIG BANG to make himself look good. He'll be long gone when we start thinking that we need school buildings in the places were they used to be. I'm all for targeted closings and rebuilding of schools like we have done in the past, but this closing plan is absurd. This is the easiest and dumbest way to cut the budgets. Don't forget that Prince William Hite (aka Silly Billy Hite) just gave out hefty pay raises to those not even having any student contact in his Palace at 440. He is just interested in preserving the elite status quo. He may look like us, but he ain't one of us.

Article: School director in Erie, Pa., reimburses district - 1 out of 2 total comment(s)

Sat., 01/05/13 - 15:40 PM

Yea, I've been asking Inquirer reporters to be filing open records requests and report all spending by District and SRC members. We know that Jim Nevels liked to dine at the FOUR SEASONS on the District's dime. These SRC appointments are allegedly unpaid. I never believed that for a moment. How much does the SRC cost us? How much personal stuff did Ackerman put on her SDP credit cards? I think that this stuff is deliberately being kept from the public. These Erie reports are small potatoes compared to what I suspect is happening in Philly.

Blog Post: Montco lawmaker seeks sponsors for bill to legalize pot - 1 out of 83 total comment(s)

Sat., 01/05/13 - 14:38 PM

Don't be such a stick in the mud. Legalization, Now That's What I'm Talkin' About. Makes my eyes red just thinkin' about it. We can use the State Store distribution and retail network to control it and grow it in PA. Let the other state's residents come here and buy the heavily taxed PA Prime Weed and just leave all of their cash here in PA.

Blog Post: ESPN's Ed Werder mocks Andy Reid's weight on SportsCenter, apologizes on Twitter - 1 out of 65 total comment(s)

Sat., 01/05/13 - 14:25 PM

Well...let's face it. Reid is obese. The new team gets two numb skulls for the price of one.

Article: Philly in 2012: Killings rise, overall crime falls - 1 out of 14 total comment(s)

Mon., 12/31/12 - 22:08 PM

Exactly right. Here is why crime stats are down- The police are trained to under report. Rather than be trained to fight and prevent crime, they learn the fine art of coning people to not report and under report crime. Principals do this in schools too. The only reason murder is up is because you can't under report a cadaver. IT"S ALL BS PEOPLE.

Article: Parents of Phila. student mocked for Romney T-shirt file suit - 4 out of 120 total comment(s) (View comments

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Sat., 12/22/12 - 09:24 AM

Why would the lawyer volunteer personal information about a client. Picture Lieutenant Columbo looking perplexed and scratching his head. He knows all but acts dumb. Giving the name of the school for publication would be foolish, so he was evasive.

Sat., 12/22/12 - 08:06 AM

Funny that you mention that. I worked in a school where the principal would literally run and hide from historically difficult parents. No way would she have ever put herself in a dangerous situation regardless of the danger to others like Sandy Hook Principal Dawn Hochsprung. That kind of bravery requires character.

Article: Many school, union and political leaders say no to NRA proposal - 2 out of 116 total comment(s)

Sat., 12/22/12 - 06:04 AM

Watch This: Archie Bunker on Gun Control
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLjNJI54GMM

Sat., 12/22/12 - 05:59 AM

This is true, but that so rarely happens we still believe that we can make our schools safer by keeping the thousands of low paid under trained sub par employees that currently have school security guard positions unarmed.

I recall an Archie Bunker Public Service Announcement done on his show. Archie proposed giving out guns to every passenger who flew to combat the rash of airline hijackings that occurred in the 1970's. Of course it was an Reductio ad absurdum (Latin: "reduction to absurdity").

Placing hundreds of thousands of guns in our nations schools is absurd.

Article: Pro-Romney teen sues school district over t-shirt flap - 1 out of 34 total comment(s)

Fri., 12/21/12 - 23:00 PM

I voted for Obama but I feel that this student was not only inappropriately treated by her teacher but also the District. Look folks, this may be a money grab but the District has to learn that people have rights and need to have a voice. I followed this story while it was developing and The District blew it. They could have diffused the situation, but their hesitance and inaction fueled the withdraw of this student and her siblings from the District. I feel it is a valid lawsuit. I would settle for the firing of Lynette Gaymon with criminal charges of a hate crime and intimidation.

Article: SRC report: Ackerman directed award of no-bid contract - 1 out of 39 total comment(s)

Thu., 12/20/12 - 20:12 PM

I, for one, can't wait until the Queen comes back to town. I'm dying to see her new wigs and coordinating lapel pot scrubbies. Do you think she will have gotten fatter since she left?

Article: Sen. Bob Casey changes stance, supports new gun laws - 3 out of 51 total comment(s) (View comments

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Wed., 12/19/12 - 22:01 PM

Close? Huh? Casey won in a relative landslide by 8.9%.
If the republicans put up a serious contender, they would have been a lot closer.

Wed., 12/19/12 - 21:57 PM

No, it's worse than that. Remember Casey is still Pro Life. Casey is just following the blowing political winds. It's just for show. Believe me, nothing will change. They'll just tighten school security. More X-RAY and metal detectors. Kids will have less liberty. More clear school bags. Some numbnut will think that it's a good idea for the kids to take off their shoes. There was recently some slaughter aftermath suspicious observations in another school of a student with what turned out to be a false alarm umbrella. They will ban umbrellas too. And more toy guns. But, the real guns will be around for quite a while essentially unchanged from the way it is now. People will forget, they always do.

Blog Post: Nutter talks property-tax overhaul with Council, provides some data - 1 out of 43 total comment(s)

Wed., 12/19/12 - 21:47 PM

I agree with Retired Guy. Let's collect delinquent taxes before we go reinventing the wheel. My neighbors are delinquent. Both next door neighbors owe - two years and three years. The immigrants across the street are five years behind plus their other rental property that they own is similarly delinquent. Both the husband and wife drive new cars and just remodeled their kitchen and bath across the street. Plus they send their kids to public school. It's all in the public record. If we collect from just those three neighbors, we could afford the salary of one new teacher. The school district could really use each and every dollar now Mister Mayor.

Blog Post: Community group: closings unnecessary, $ crisis misstated - 1 out of 31 total comment(s)

Tue., 12/18/12 - 19:22 PM

Ladies and Gentlemen, Cuddles has no right to comment about any school issue since he is a property tax delinquent. Pay your taxes Grandpa Tank and you can help save Philly education.

Blog Post: Philly cop arrested at Texans game - 1 out of 22 total comment(s)

Tue., 12/18/12 - 19:13 PM

Yup. Here, they are used to always getting their way and pushing people around - They feel entitled. So when they get out of the zone they just can't handle being treated like an average Joe.

Blog Post: In Philly, coping with Sandy Hook - 1 out of 3 total comment(s)

Mon., 12/17/12 - 21:25 PM

Yea, so let's stick it to School Police and reduce police presence in many schools and even completely de-staff School Police in some smaller schools altogether. "It's all in the name of economics" they said. "It's the new normal around here." Then, after borrowing another $300 Million, just to keep the lights on, Prince William Hite, who is making Ackerman Money by the way and hasn't given one dollar back from that $300,000.00 salary, decided to benevolently give lucrative pay raises to 25 Non-Union Staffers in Administration. Not for students, Not for Educators working on the front lines. These 25 staffers were well paid for what they did. Mostly nothing by the way. I know several of them and only know of one that actually works and MAY deserve a pay raise in NORMAL circumstances. But these are not normal circumstances. Not only should these 25 raises be reversed, but the entire non union, non-teaching administration staff must give back 12% of their salary as a symbol of shared sacrifice. They can afford to do it. Hite, and anyone making more than $100,000.00 must dig deep and give back more. The people actually working with the students day-in, day-out deserve every cent they make. These administration people are there mostly because of their political patronage and who they know. They are fat and lazy - I mean really fat. In these austere times, isn't it finally time to adjust these phony-baloney out-of-whack high salaries and put them in a more realistic level? Yes, it's time. It's your move Dr. Hite.

Image Gallery: Protesters smoke weed at Liberty Bell - 1 out of 18 total comment(s)

Mon., 12/17/12 - 19:43 PM

Red eyed pot heads, the new NORML.

Blog Post: Teva won't build in Northeast Philly - 1 out of 32 total comment(s)

Mon., 12/17/12 - 19:38 PM

Can't blame them. Northeast blue collar types are the worst workers.

Article: Washington silent on gun control - 4 out of 35 total comment(s) (View comments

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Sun., 12/16/12 - 20:33 PM

I'm assuming that you are being sarcastic. Obviously the fear of death did nothing to deter this horror. It is only logical that guns must be controlled. This is crazy. It is totally out of hand. We must begin to reverse this insanity. We allow many other intrusions into our society- Food labeling, bans of DDT and other known poisons, spreading laws, seat-belts....the list goes on. It only makes sense to enact gun laws to make our people safer.

Sun., 12/16/12 - 20:23 PM

Well, back then, bad things did happen. Also back then the insane asylums and state hospitals were thriving. Then drugs got better to control many of those patients and the hospitals became obsolete. The problem now is 1- getting diagnosed and 2- staying on the meds.

Article: Athletes at 11 city high schools won't B-O-K for long - 1 out of 6 total comment(s)

Sat., 12/15/12 - 15:39 PM

Hite don't care. He is a carpetbagger. Frankly, the administration staff don't care either. They are as out of touch with the schools as you could be.

Blog Post: Your turn to grill Philly schools chief - 9 out of 19 total comment(s) (View comments

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Sun., 12/09/12 - 05:03 AM

10- Dr. Hite. Lastly, we call on you to realize your early mistakes and reverse those 25 pay raises as a symbol of your awakening. Then announce your intention to seriously cut staff and costs at 440. We call on you to:
1-Reduce Non Union Staff
2-Cut all remaining Non Union salaries by 12%.
3-Close and Sell 440 and move staff to cheaper existing space already owned by the District.

Sir, we need to start acting more like a bankrupt school district and less like a fortune 500 corporation. Please stop this insanity.

Sun., 12/09/12 - 04:46 AM

Dr. Hite. In our modern history, our School District has been managed by one misguided carpet-bagger after the next. Ask any office manager - How long does it take a new hire to fully learn the ways of the office and become a full fledged valuable member to the work team? The answer is usually 8 months, regardless of previous experience. And that is just for any office not the manager of the whole enchilada like you. That being said the average lifespan of our recent CEO has been about 36 months. That doesn't leave much time learn the job and make any substantive changes does it? You, Dr. Hite have only been here a couple of months and you already have had several eyebrow raising character concerns. And...This is still your honeymoon sir. Your future looks grim judging your predecessors history. Additionally you do not come to us with the high level of initial professional credibility as did Dr. Hornbeck, Mr. Vallas and even, believe it or not, Dr. Ackerman. Lets face it, you sir are doomed for failure. Dr. Hite, What are you going to do to alter this collision course?

Blog Post: Surviving Ackerman's reign of terror - 1 out of 46 total comment(s)

Tue., 12/04/12 - 20:44 PM

Arlene Ackerman is still here. She never left. She just manifested herself in other lifeforms. Let's face it folks. The School District, and everything around and near it is corrupt. Ackerman, Knudsen, Ward, Archie, Masch, Mathews, Nixon, All of The rest of the SRC past and present. Gamble....All of them. It's like The Lord of The Rings and instead of rings there is the 2 Billion Dollar budget that sucks in the corrupt. It is rotten thru and thru.

Blog Post: Ethics complaint looms for William Penn, BCG - 1 out of 8 total comment(s)

Tue., 12/04/12 - 19:39 PM

Let's face it folks. The School District, and everything around and near it is corrupt. Ackerman, Knudsen, Ward, Archie, Masch, Mathews, Nixon, All of The rest of the SRC past and present. Gamble....All of them. It's like The Lord of The Rings and instead of rings there is the 2 Billion Dollar budget that sucks in the corrupt.

Blog Post: Ryan Howard, Krystle Campbell were married Saturday in Maui - 1 out of 26 total comment(s)

Sun., 12/02/12 - 18:48 PM

Now that Howard is married he's gonna get fat and slow. Oh wait, fatter and slower I mean.

Blog Post: Flyers owner Ed Snider engaged to girlfriend of eight months - 1 out of 116 total comment(s)

Thu., 11/29/12 - 11:43 AM

Cheaper for him to buy than to rent.

Blog Post: Councilman: Same-sex life partner benefits bill has nothing to do with mayoral bid - 1 out of 17 total comment(s)

Wed., 11/28/12 - 21:15 PM

Old Kenney is looking a little queenish these days.

Article: Philadelphia judges could face discipline in Traffic Court probe - 1 out of 34 total comment(s)

Wed., 11/28/12 - 07:39 AM

Discipline? How about Fire and Prosecute?

Article: Where will Eagles' Reid go from here? - 1 out of 74 total comment(s)

Fri., 11/23/12 - 10:51 AM

I'ze thinks hes shoulds opens ups a clocks shops and calls its TIMES YOURS. Ofs courses alls ofs the clocks wills shows the wrongs times.

Article: Did Philly cops coin 'Black Friday'? - 3 out of 26 total comment(s) (View comments

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Thu., 11/22/12 - 19:05 PM

No, can't you see? I am the color purple. But we can all color you as a racist. Perfect name, you are a zero.

Thu., 11/22/12 - 10:14 AM

Who cares? You must be a tea-bagger. You use the handle Liberty_1776 yet you have absolutely no intellectual curiosity or show interest in history. Yea, a right-wingnut dumber than dirt tea-bagger. You let Glen Beck and Rush do your thinking for you.

Article: Ronnie Polaneczky: In love and war, here's what's fair - 1 out of 67 total comment(s)

Wed., 11/14/12 - 09:15 AM

Please, just listen to all of you. First of all this was not her best photo, but even if it wasn't...you would do her if the opportunity presented herself. Problem is that she wouldn't want you all.

Article: 6 groups may bid for Phila. casino license - 2 out of 14 total comment(s)

Sun., 11/11/12 - 12:08 PM

goguenard- I'm not for censorship, but that comment is over the line.

Sun., 11/11/12 - 08:15 AM

It makes more sense to go with Blatstein. Keep it in center city near the Convention Center. This may finally make the Convnetion Center worth the investment because they still have not lived up to their promises. Additionally, The School District Administration building is right there in the thick of things. It's connected to the old historic Inquirer building and would be a splendid casino, hotel, restaurant space. Blatstein should tie in The School District into the revenue/profits picture. What a wonderful way to fund education. The school district could easily move their operations into empty spaces that already exist in neighborhood schools. The District is STILL under some kind of crazy illusion that they are a Fortune-500 company and needs to shed this illusion of the expensive fancy shmancy office. They never used all of that space and now it is a severely underused ghost town. It is fiscally irresponsible for The School District to keep that building and keep our students in the chains of poverty.
Therefore, The Blatstein plan is the best for the city.

Article: Karen Heller: Kane's election a lesson for old-school Pennsylvania politics - 1 out of 24 total comment(s)

Sun., 11/11/12 - 08:22 AM

Now it's time to finish the job and go after Gov. Nazzi.

Blog Post: School rallies for yellow buses - 2 out of 4 total comment(s)

Fri., 11/09/12 - 18:43 PM

Pay your taxes Grandpa Tank. Because you have not paid your taxes these children have lost bus services.

Fri., 11/09/12 - 00:42 AM

It's unbecoming to these talented musicians to have to beg for something as basic as bus service.

Blog Post: Not the first time Christie has praised Obama - 1 out of 16 total comment(s)

Fri., 11/09/12 - 00:47 AM

"You're such a good president that I could eat you all up" said Christie as he licked his lips Pavlovian style.

Blog Post: Was Romney's loss really Christie's fault? - 1 out of 56 total comment(s)

Wed., 11/07/12 - 22:16 PM

Ding! That's a correct answer. Thank you. Your comment is most earnest, Hemingway.

Blog Post: Top Republican: "questionable" that Philly turnout was so high - 1 out of 67 total comment(s)

Wed., 11/07/12 - 18:46 PM

I think that voter fraud and stuffing ballot boxes in traditionally low turnout prestincts like in pre-Obama black neighborhoods was routine. Therefore, I take this allegation seriously and not just sour grapes. I wish someone would investigate.

Blog Post: Nutter Douses Rumor: He's Staying in Philly - 1 out of 6 total comment(s)

Wed., 11/07/12 - 18:09 PM

No, he won't do that. Obie wants him to stay in Philly for now and has secretly promised Nutter for a late term appointment. Everybody knows that all of the up and comers jump ship early. The leftovers in the bag, like Nutter, will get their chance toward the end of Obie's term. He's going to stack the deck with brothas and sistas as a reward for their loyality. Remember that Nutter was on the Hillary Clinton ship back in '07-'08. He'll get a late term appointment.

Blog Post: Stephanie Singer ousted as City Commission chairwoman - 1 out of 26 total comment(s)

Wed., 11/07/12 - 17:21 PM

For real, what a schlep.

Blog Post: District hopes for $40m from feds - 3 out of 17 total comment(s) (View comments

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Tue., 11/06/12 - 20:13 PM

Did y'all see that photo of Nutter descending on that line with that goofy look on his face?
I came up with the perfect caption - "Rope A Dope"
Can anyone think of a-nutter?

Mon., 11/05/12 - 23:15 PM

I see what you are a say'in but you are wrong. I've experienced the inside for a while now. I've been at a lot of fiduciary meetings. They plan to fail. They never stay within their financial constraints. There is a lot of phantom, pyramid-scheme style rob Peter to pay Paul tactics going on there. It's quite fascinating and scary at the same time. The plan always depends on coming up short because they knows that they will cry crocodile tears and somebody will give them the extra money. I has a sister-in-law like that. She always is short and begs the rest of the family for money. She gets it because we all feel sorry for her even though we know what she is doing. Same deal with the school district and the politicians.

Blog Post: Vick points finger at media - 1 out of 87 total comment(s)

Sat., 11/03/12 - 23:51 PM

Stuff-it Vick. You used the media on your way to redemption and they tried to make everybody feel guilty for not giving you a second chance after you murdered those puppies. You reap what you sow in this life.

Article: Inside the Phillies: Phils will have to spend to re-create the '4 Aces' - 1 out of 46 total comment(s)

Sat., 11/03/12 - 23:03 PM

Shilling might be poised for a comeback. Old bloodysock may come cheaply.

Blog Post: Psychoanalyzing Christie: Why the love for Obama? - 1 out of 25 total comment(s)

Thu., 11/01/12 - 19:25 PM

Christie is smart to praise Obama. He helps Obama win the election and slyly helps knock out Romney without actually being overtly disloyal. Christie looks Presidential and positions himself to run in 2016. Very very smart.

Blog Post: Coco delivers a revealing Hurricane Sandy forecast - 1 out of 3 total comment(s)

Tue., 10/30/12 - 19:14 PM

ewwwww

Blog Post: A Hurricane Sandy playlist - 1 out of 1 total comment(s)

Mon., 10/29/12 - 19:05 PM

I've been humming "Sandy" all day.

Blog Post: Deflated Andy, Dispirited Vick - 1 out of 58 total comment(s)

Mon., 10/29/12 - 18:36 PM

I believe that Lurie should make coaching changes BEFORE the end of the season. Apparently Lurie has already announced that this is Reid's last chance at glory or he is fired. As soon as we are mathematically eliminated we should definitely be going to an interim coach getting ready to bring in the new guy so we can get him involved in player evaluations and the draft. Hope springs eternal. I am so very tired of Reid.

Blog Post: John Bolaris, girlfriend Erica Smitheman get engaged on Howard Stern show - 2 out of 33 total comment(s)

Mon., 10/29/12 - 12:04 PM

He is Fifty-five years old. His reputation has already been built.

Mon., 10/29/12 - 11:59 AM

Well if you would then she must be good. I mean you are so discerning and particular with whom you are with.

Article: Ronnie Polaneczky: He has money. Schools need it. WTH? - 3 out of 19 total comment(s) (View comments

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Sat., 10/27/12 - 00:02 AM

Hey, Okay I was just bored on a slow news day and I'm glad that I came back. The Inky should have us linked to email so we can respond if necessary. Well, the slippery slope is that money is power in the school district. I've seen how companies have weaseled in just on normal contracts. Take 440 Headquarters. Elliot-Lewis Inc. is the building manager. A couple years ago when Ackerman was paranoid about outsiders coming into her office, she sat a security guard up on the third floor in Accounts Payable just outside her office suite. That was the most boring job. The guards would actually fall asleep. I can still envision one guy sound asleep with his head back and mouth open. Elliot-Lewis found a way to install One Million Dollar badge reading turnstiles at the entrances. Somehow these were installed e ven before they were brought before the SRC for a vote. That is the slippery slope. You get your foot in the door, you get access, you make friends, and you get more. There is so much under the table quid pro quo suspected. DO WE KNOW? NO. WHY? BECAUSE IT'S ALL DONE IN SECRET. LET'S JUST SAY THAT I KNOWS SOME OF THE PEOPLE AND I'VE BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK A FEW TIMES. THAT IS THE SLIPPERY SLOPE MY FRIEND. THEY PAY MONEY TO RENT GYMS AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT THERE WILL BE MORE AND MORE INVOLVEMENT.

Fri., 10/26/12 - 20:47 PM

Look at Hite. He looks just like a light bulb with a smile face and glasses drawn in with a sharpie. The question is: Just how bright is that light bulb? We hope 100 Watt, but we suspect a 25 Watt dim.

Article: Changing Skyline: High-quality homes for low-income Philadelphians - 1 out of 111 total comment(s)

Fri., 10/26/12 - 18:27 PM

First three rules of real estate:
1- Location
2- Location
3- Location

A dung pile by any other name will still smell like a dung pile.

Blog Post: DeSean: Eagles ready for "hot streak" - 1 out of 25 total comment(s)

Fri., 10/26/12 - 18:19 PM

We'll gets a "HOT STREAK" one way or another. A winning one is the preferred way but if we don't wins then we be roasting Andy on a rotisserie for a different kinds of "HOT STREAK".

Article: Annette John-Hall: Sexist views worthy of cave men in election season - 2 out of 43 total comment(s)

Fri., 10/26/12 - 09:20 AM

Professor- Cuddles is really Grandpa Tank - formerly Tanksleyd who was kicked out of Philly.com for repeated hate-speak. He is even more clueless than Annette, who by the way still couldn't fit in a rowboat. Pound for pound she is about on equal footing with Chris Christie.

Fri., 10/26/12 - 09:16 AM

You like to know what woman say huh. You are a buxome woman trapped in a whimpie mans body. Pay your taxes Gramps.

Blog Post: Obama, the NHL and a new target date - 1 out of 80 total comment(s)

Thu., 10/25/12 - 22:02 PM

My advice is don't buy it. Obie is behind in the polls to to white men. A couple of key states are northern Hockey states. White men in those states like hockey. Do the math- Obama is just being a PANDER BEAR. He can't bowl. He has no clue about hockey. However, when you look at Romney, he is no closer to hockey either. This is just a publicity stunt.

Blog Post: Sophie Bryan to leave City Council for School District - 1 out of 7 total comment(s)

Thu., 10/25/12 - 19:23 PM

The people that I knew that moved from City Hall to The School District did so as a punitive measure. It was either The School District or unemployment. Nobody does this by choice. Good luck in being miss know it all there. That place is like a Chinese Puzzle Box.

Article: Monica Yant Kinney: Victory for 'N.J. Weedman' is short-lived - 1 out of 30 total comment(s)

Wed., 10/24/12 - 19:16 PM

Were talkin' WEED a BLACK DUDE and NEW JERSEY. There is NO WAY that this dude ain't going to jail.

Article: Mirror, Mirror: Fashion politics: What they wear could sway whom we elect - 2 out of 5 total comment(s)

Wed., 10/24/12 - 17:17 PM

At least she wears sleeves. I can't tell you how tired I am of looking at those bare Obama arms.

Wed., 10/24/12 - 17:15 PM

Don't worry. There are no Jackie Kennedy's in this race. Attention K-Mart shoppers.

Blog Post: The wrong explanation for Clayton's tragedy - 1 out of 239 total comment(s)

Wed., 10/24/12 - 15:48 PM

Don't be so fast to toss out race as a factor. This goes to the core values and teachings of the parents. The fact that Autumn was murdered is likely proof that these two hooligans are raised as social misfits. LeT us get more details of exactly what happened, of course it will be the versions of the murderers, so perhaps we will never know. My guess is that race id a factor.

Blog Post: Member of Mayor's security detail in car accident - 1 out of 8 total comment(s)

Tue., 10/23/12 - 13:27 PM

Yea, but we are dealing with The Mayor's office and police in an accident. They have to cover-up and massage the facts and the details about what actually happened first. Then once they have concocted them, they will release the "truth" abouts what happened.

Blog Post: Tweets from the presidential debate - 1 out of 7 total comment(s)

Mon., 10/22/12 - 21:29 PM

Foreign Policy is tough. Mitt is a numbers guy. He just has to survive this last debate and project the illusion that he can be presidential. He's dropping names unlike Bush who would refer to foreign dignitaries as "those fellas".

Article: Street Gazing with Big Rube: Boots - 1 out of 4 total comment(s)

Fri., 10/19/12 - 15:40 PM

Look at those gorgeous animals!
And look at those dogs with them.

Article: Monica Yant Kinney: Putting Romney's 'binders full of women' in a song - 1 out of 148 total comment(s)

Thu., 10/18/12 - 17:36 PM

Look, forget about what is perceived that Romney did or did not do. How can anybody be real and seen as themselves when they are under such over scrutiny?

Article: Op-ed: Even good teachers have bad days - 1 out of 12 total comment(s)

Thu., 10/18/12 - 00:15 AM

Oh please. Defending Lynette Gaymon for her specific act of bullying bordering on a racial hate crime by writing a long winded essay painting with the broad brush about the selflessness of teachers is just wrong. Nice try. It would be like defusing Jerry Sandusky's crimes by writing a piece about how wonderful College Sports are in America.

Instead of pulling back the camera and looking at the big picture, investigators need to zoom in and determine if Lynette Gaymon was a serial bully...and if so was it racist bullying? We need to hear from Lynette Gaymon's colleagues, her students and former students. Sandusky raped children, and we need to know if Lynette Gaymon was an chronic serial bully or as the writer Jeff Rosenberg suggests, she is just good teacher that had a bad day.

Article: More Testosterone, Less Deceit? - 1 out of 3 total comment(s)

Tue., 10/16/12 - 23:34 PM

This is one reason that organizations like The School District of Philadelphia is so mired in troubles. It's the chicks running the place that have totally messed it up. Not only is there little or no testosterone there but the joint is run mostly by post menopausal angry broads. Not politically correct, but factually and physiologically correct. Sorry girls.

Blog Post: South Jersey Marijuana Dispensary Won't Open Until Next Year - 1 out of 3 total comment(s)

Tue., 10/16/12 - 21:22 PM

Makes my eyes red just looking at those beautifully delicious looking buds. Maybe I'ze gots glaucoma.

Blog Post: Wally Joyner hired as assistant hitting coach - 1 out of 23 total comment(s)

Mon., 10/15/12 - 20:08 PM

One to tell Rollins to be patient and swing for hits not homers and the other to hold his arms back for the first couple of pitches.

Article: Sitting Can Harm Health, Even for Those Who Exercise - 1 out of 3 total comment(s)

Mon., 10/15/12 - 19:11 PM

I hereby request that The School District of Philadelphia remove all of the chairs at 440- District Headquarters because the folks there are mostly fat sit on their butts all day types. These people are at risk.

Article: Jenice Armstrong: Forget the Milk-Bones - it's a sweet snapshot of Michael Vick and his daughter - 1 out of 43 total comment(s)

Sat., 10/13/12 - 01:19 AM

I knows exactly whats kinds of breeds that dog is.
It's most indubidibly a Jenice Armstrong. Jenice Armstrong is a hybred breed lapdog whose dumb parent could have used a baby name dictionary when filling out the birth certificate application so they could spell JANICE with an A and not an E. Poor girl, something happens to a girl when no one can spell or pronounce your name correctly throughout your lifetime.

Article: Christine M. Flowers: When the playing field is level, who'll still be climbing uphill? - 1 out of 117 total comment(s)

Sat., 10/13/12 - 00:37 AM

You're right Mike. Clarence Thomas is Antonin Scalia's Muppet. What an affirmative action joke. He is the poster child of why we should abandon affirmative action quotas.

Blog Post: Speed reading! - 2 out of 7 total comment(s)

Fri., 10/12/12 - 18:50 PM

She sure is.

Fri., 10/12/12 - 16:23 PM

I do so like green eggs and ham. Thank you, thank you, Sam-I-am.

Kristen, thanks for the mammaries!

Article: Romney calls, but she’s not home - 4 out of 172 total comment(s) (View comments

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Thu., 10/11/12 - 21:13 PM

So you are sayin that the people who wear BO Atire are racists?

Thu., 10/11/12 - 21:10 PM

Don't diss Penny. She is just playing her roll. Her character often says Golly Gee in the performance.
It's hairspray.

Blog Post: Michael Vick confirms he has a dog - 2 out of 101 total comment(s)

Thu., 10/11/12 - 17:22 PM

EXACTLY...Good one!

Thu., 10/11/12 - 17:22 PM

There was a box of MILKBONE on the table on that photo. Milkbone? Really? That is the Kraft Macaroni and Cheese of dog treats - and I'm talkin about that fifty cent box not that deluxe version with the can of sauce. Vick could afford to give that loved pouch a bit more upscale. Miklbone? Really? I feels sorry for that poor dog.

Blog Post: Penny Nixon leaving district - temporarily - 4 out of 25 total comment(s) (View comments

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Sat., 09/29/12 - 11:47 AM

I doubt it. I just think they are looking for a face saving way to get rid of her that disguises that she is fired. SDP has a long history of granting executive positions a graceful exit as they are being tossed to the curb. There was so much flack about the Ackerman exit that they just found a more conventional device as to not attract too much attention. Sabbaticals are for teachers. I don't know any principals or administrators that have played the sabbatical card. This sounds like the public is being bamboozled once again.

Sat., 09/29/12 - 09:03 AM

hmmm - Good point. Yes, Nixon will no longer be an unreasonable thorn in our side at 440. That part is gone. She is fired on that count. But, you are right about the money. Read that essay above by DUMP NIXON. That guy knows his stuff about the way 440 works.

Article: Stu Bykofsky: In Fla., Byko kin get down to business - 1 out of 9 total comment(s)

Fri., 09/28/12 - 21:59 PM

Stu, Sounds like you have a Bronx Cheer Gallery. Stewed Prunes, Stewed Tomatoes, Stu Bykofsky. All overcooked and soft dishes.

Article: Annette John-Hall: Romney would undercut lifeline to college students - 2 out of 105 total comment(s)

Fri., 09/28/12 - 17:48 PM

Don't worrys none. Annette is such an established racist writer thats she don't evens haves to mention race. She implies race just by being here. Annette's got race dribbling down her chins right along with her lunch. She may not have mentioning it. I heards a rumor that the Inquirer Editors have been putting the squeeze on Annette to tone down the racist rants. Theys gots to start giving her warnings so they can justify firing her later on.

Fri., 09/28/12 - 08:33 AM

Yea Annette. WHy don't you write about those hos?

Blog Post: Phila. school gets funding to plan for expansion, new MS - 2 out of 9 total comment(s)

Mon., 09/24/12 - 21:37 PM

Now now Ceage. You make it really difficult for me to type my response while I'm playing my violin. What you are commenting about is my teenie-tiny sound bite above. I'm sure that you are familiar with teenie-tiny things, now aren't you? LOL

So don't fret none. You are too quick to assume that I do not offer solutions, I have and often do offer solutions. They never listen though. My biggest suggestion is that the School District needs to make big changes. The people who run it need to go. Therefore, I have to offer constructive criticism and spread the word of truth so people won't buy all of this horse manure that they are being fed.

Mon., 09/24/12 - 20:45 PM

Sounds too good to be true. The District is starved for any shred of good news. This is just a side car...a distraction to the real crisis that is going on right now. We are talking about a national embarrassment. The latest released information is pretty conclusive evidence that there has been substantial cheating going on. We're not talking about one or two rogue principals. That's what they want you to believe. The District tried to paint the Roosevelt principal as a single bad apple last year. It just ain't that way, we are talking about sanctioned cheating. A true widespread conspiracy right here in Philly. By the time this is over, The School District of Philadelphia will be a national disgrace. Don't pay attention to these little tales. They won't be able to survive because the cheating story will bring the whole district down.

Blog Post: Hite hits the ground running - 2 out of 12 total comment(s)

Wed., 09/19/12 - 21:15 PM

err... capital T that is.

Wed., 09/19/12 - 21:12 PM

I likes the headline "HITE HITS THE GROUND RUNNING". He best be careful, peoples are very suspicious of brothers on the run. But seriously folks. I don't have this brother's back. I have been reading up on him and he is Trouble with a capitol T. That's why I always say sometimes...Philadelphia's School District's new low is our man Hite!

Article: Annette John-Hall: Angry about voter ID? Do something! - 1 out of 62 total comment(s)

Sun., 08/26/12 - 10:47 AM

Annette is a Pander Bear. She is an inferior journalist with a limited imagination. Columnists need to have an active brain and posses creativity to keep things interesting for the readers. Annette is a dolt with only one mission. She is a shill for black people. That is a loosing formula because most black people do not read the paper. She is writing to a real minority. And as we all know, she can not fit in a rowboat. Don't be fooled by that old airbrushed photo.

Article: Up in the air over the ride of a lifetime - 1 out of 1 total comment(s)

Sun., 08/26/12 - 09:22 AM

Great story. Thanks for the bodacious mammaries too!

Blog Post: 'Welcome Back, Kotter' star Horshack dead at 63 - 1 out of 18 total comment(s)

Tue., 08/14/12 - 14:58 PM

OOOOOOHHHHH! OOOOOOHHHHH! OOOOOOHHHHH!

Blog Post: Chickie's & Pete's settles with 'Crabby Fries' - 1 out of 70 total comment(s)

Tue., 08/14/12 - 14:54 PM

I'll never eat there again. These so called originals are just frozen fries, usually undercooked, and sprinkled with old bay. Big whop. I'm going to sprinkle some horse turds with old bay and trademark it as Pete's Crabby Droppings.
There. I'll sue him for copywrite infringement each time he goes.

Article: Judge repeats: Parkway feeding can go on - 3 out of 17 total comment(s) (View comments

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Sat., 08/11/12 - 10:41 AM

It serves the city right. They pushed the homeless to the Parkway because they were not wanted in the city near the businesses and workplaces where they could beg for money and food and seek shelter in the outdoor nooks and crannies of the buildings. Plus, they turned over the Central Library bathrooms to the homeless. Try taking a leak in the library without choking on the odor. The homeless don't want to live in North or West Philly or Kensington because it is even too run down and dangerous for them. The Parkway was the perfect place to coral the homeless and that plan has now backfired because the Barnes revitalizes the Parkway.

Sat., 08/11/12 - 10:38 AM

It serves the city right. They pushed the homeless to the Parkway because they were not wanted in the city near the businesses and workplaces where they could beg for money and food and seek shelter in the outdoor nooks and crannies of the buildings. Plus, they turned over the Central Library bathrooms to the homeless. Try taking a leak in the library without choking on the odor. The homeless don't want to live in North or West Philly or Kensington because it is even too run down and dangerous for them.

Article: Giordano versus Johnny Doc in Chick-fil-A cluster-cluck - 2 out of 44 total comment(s)

Fri., 08/10/12 - 21:07 PM

Hey Lopez, Dum talks a big game like he was some kind of big teacher. He was a bit player in some politically appointed job from the Catholic power brokers at some little Catholic school. He was not a real teacher.
Johnny Doc is a thug too. It's a tough call, but like Penny...if I have to choose I would say Dum is the winner of the idiot contest.

Fri., 08/10/12 - 21:04 PM

Hey Penny you are spelling it incorrectly. It's Dum not Dumb. The b is silent.

Blog Post: Breastfeeding is up — but not enough, especially in Pennsylvania - 1 out of 11 total comment(s)

Wed., 08/08/12 - 14:29 PM

I'ze dispute these findings!

Article: Pennsylvania's readiness to implement voter ID law questioned - 2 out of 48 total comment(s)

Sat., 07/28/12 - 22:24 PM

Is that houses or caves? I don't believe it. This is 2012. Go to PENN DOT and get a free one. I went with someone and she got a temp ID in a few minutes. The ID was mailed to her in a couple of days. I think that historically, minority voter turnout has been low so folks got in the habit of voting for other people who were too lazy to come out and vote. Now, that the status quo is being changed, pols are up in arms because they know they will never get a legitimate turnout. So, they do what they know so well. They play the race card. They drag out all of the platitudes and cry foul. Don't believe it for a moment. Just make the accommodations for the few truly disenfranchised. It will take a while for folks to get used to the new system that actually will help preserve integrity and make an individuals vote more valuable.

Sat., 07/28/12 - 22:02 PM

Grandpa Tank, you sound like a broken record. Relax, not your police record, that round thing that play's music and gets stuck on one spot and keeps playing the same stuff over and over again. My friends have emailed me and told me that you still have not paid your taxes Grandpa Tank. You should worry less about voting and more about being a good citizen. Pay your property taxes Tank.

Article: Annette John-Hall: Jack and Jill a shining example - 3 out of 25 total comment(s) (View comments

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Fri., 07/27/12 - 09:32 AM

Thank you. I've been banging that drum for a long time myself. Annette is terrible. She is blind. She uses tactics that are thirty or forty years old. It goes like this: Counter all of the negative news abouts brothers, all of those black faced mug shots in the crimes sections and manufacture any positive black news to make the blacks feels good about themselves and to show white people that not all black people are bad. That is all that she writes all of the time. Dear Annette, HEY MORON WAKE UP! We are past that. We have a brother who is the President of The United States. We know that black people are good and bad just like everybody else. So stop giving us this bad journalism. We deserve interesting pieces abouts black people, not this stuff. And you still can not fit in a row boat baby!

Fri., 07/27/12 - 09:31 AM

Thank you. I've been banging that drum for a long time myself. Annette is terrible. She is blind. She uses tactics that are thirty or forty years old. It goes like this: Counter all of the negative news abouts brothers, all of those black faced mug shots in the crimes sections and manufacture any positive black news to make the blacks feels good about themselves and to show white people that not all black people are bad. That is all that she writes all of the time. Dear Annette, HEY MORON WAKE UP! We are past that. We have a brother who is the President of The United States. We know that black people are good and bad just like everybody else. So stop giving us this bad journalism. We deserve interesting pieces abouts black people, not this crap. And you still can not fit in a row boat baby!

Blog Post: Phila. SD deficit has grown to as much as $282m - 2 out of 82 total comment(s)

Fri., 07/06/12 - 19:17 PM

This is what is wrong with years and years of Affirmative Action. Instead of an equalizer, it is viewed as an entitlement in the AA community. So everything starts with that advantage and they don't even notice and they still blame people that look like Romney for all of their lazy habits. Affirmative Action is like a drug. A needle in your arm that you can't shake off. Chaka Fattah and his wife Rene Chanault, for all of their affluence insist that they and their children still require the Affirmative Action Advantage. That is a fact. Case closed.

Fri., 07/06/12 - 19:07 PM

GP Tank, if they were a real business they would have gone into bankruptcy hundreds of times over. The problem with these folks is that they have no clue. I've concluded that the Superintendent and CFO and including whatever the heck kind of hybrid Kneudsen is - they are just figureheads. They do not have control over the entire operation, especially the thick layer of high level bureaucratic incompetence there. It is simply stunning. I have witnessed it first hand working at 440 for a few years. They keep many things secret from the Superintendent. Take Ackerman, for instance. There is so much to digest, they just spoon fed her information. She wasn't smart enough to know that she didn't know that. She was blamed for things that she really never knew about. We all laughed at her being too dumb to not even know what was going on right under her nose. We had a $3.2 Billion annual budget in her years. One person can not possibly know it all, and especially her. She had no idea on how the budget ran, and the budget book was kept deliberately cloudy so things could be done. Look where that got us. Vendors got rich and the school district was thrown into virtual bankruptcy.

Investigators were duped.

Mr. Butkovitz, Hint- Look more closely at the bond swaps and follow the money on the contracts.
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Blog Post: Audit: Poor oversight of police payroll, overtime - 1 out of 13 total comment(s)

Mon., 07/02/12 - 19:00 PM

Poor oversight my foot. It's just the exposing of another of the many look-the-other-way perks of being a cop. It's ironic that the most consistent chiseling, conniving group that I have ever known are Philly cops. There are some rare good individuals, but as a whole, I would say this group is so acustom to special treatment and entitlements that it becomes part of who they are to get something for nothing. The irony? Cops are crooks. The put away criminals for a living all the while performing criminal acts themselves. There are so many that don't get caught because of the cop's code of covering up for a brother.

Article: Fattah's son hit with tax lien on business - 2 out of 62 total comment(s)

Mon., 07/02/12 - 16:23 PM

His Daddy and his step Mommy, Rene have gone on record that their kids, in particular, still need all of the benefits of every affirmative action program that there is even thought they are a Congressman and a TV News Anchor. We all say, "Really"? I guess that's they don't get free orthodontics on the public dime. Yet.

Mon., 07/02/12 - 16:18 PM

That is dead and burried. But a tax lien in Philly ain't nuttin'. It will do nothing. So many properties have liens. There will be an amnesty someday soon.