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Article: Mandatory 2-year prison term proposed for illegal firearm users in Phila. - 2 out of 74 total comment(s)
- Fri., 04/05/13 - 08:48 AMWell, I'm not stupid enough to not know when my LTCF expires so I won't be carrying on the street w/o an expired license. The date is on my electronic calendars. I don't drive with expired drivers licenses either.
- Fri., 04/05/13 - 05:15 AMYou get a notice in the mail notifying you when your concealed permit is up for renewal. I own plenty of guns. I see absolutely no problem with this law whatsoever. I am also a member of the NRA and also the GOA. This bill is a no-brainer. For one thing: it takes judges off the hook and the blame for lax enforcement of gun laws then shifts squarely to the DA's office. We have people who have visited a judge for sentencing on their 2nd, 3rd, 4th and even 5th VUFA charge. And wind up with ankle bracelet costume jewelry. That's absolutely ridiculous.
Article: S. Jersey man gets visit from cops after posting photo of son with rifle on Facebook - 1 out of 207 total comment(s)
- Wed., 03/20/13 - 09:39 AMAhh, the people panicing over the Scary Black Gun society rears its head again. Glad I don't have kids. I have a .22cal AK-47 made in Germany that I love to shoot at the range. Shooting a real AK-47 costs like a $1 a trigger pull and isn't quite in my budget.
Article: Traffic Court prospects face legal challenges - 1 out of 1 total comment(s)
- Tue., 03/19/13 - 20:47 PMTraffic Court... free job with no skills and almost impossible to get fired (unless of course, the FBI hauls you off the bench) == lifetime paycheck.
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Article: His mansion's crumbling - but city can't seem to take him down - 1 out of 28 total comment(s)
- Mon., 03/11/13 - 13:58 PMYeah this story just stops in the middle. The real story is that Byrne got into a dispute with his neighbors a long time ago and he's been spiting them ever since. He's also the publisher of the Irish Edition which you might see at some Philly newsstands. I have more on him here: http://www.philadelinquency.com/?p=1690
Article: Property-tax debt is ravaging Philadelphia - 3 out of 28 total comment(s)
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)- Sun., 03/10/13 - 23:57 PMWhy---is the problem with 1 out of every 5 property tax accounts being delinquent, the highest rate of property tax deadbeats in America of any major city, a problem you're too frightened will be fixed?
- Sun., 03/10/13 - 14:35 PMWRONG. I would believe this argument if the taxes were a large some of money, but we have plenty of active property owners who have taxes of less than $500/year. A YEAR. And when you drive by you see a DishTV bolted to the side of the house... the MINIMUM plan at Dish with the first-year sign up and discounts is $50 a month. A MONTH. That's $600 for the year. If you have Comcast that's closer to $942 a year.
So your property taxes cost less than subscriber TV, but you CAN'T EVEN GET ON A PAYMENT PLAN? GIVE ME BREAK! YOU BETTER BE PAYING SOMETHING OR YOU SHOULD GET A SHERIFF'S SALE NOTICE SLAPPED ON YOUR DOOR. Here's a hint: If you have a payment plan and you're paying at least SOMETHING, the City will never, EVER take your property to Sheriff's Sale. EVER.
Why is the illegal multifamily rental property up from my street not paying taxes and there's at least 9 people crammed into that house and half the siding has fallen off? A Jersey dude who lives in a cul-de-sac owns it.
Sorry, it's time to pay these taxes. For a lot of houses that have less than $1,000/year in property taxes, if you can't pay that, perhaps you shouldn't own a house. Homeowner's insurance costs more than the property taxes do in this town for most people. You have no right to complain about the state of the School District of Philadelphia and at the same time condone this crap. NONE.
Article: In tense meeting, SRC votes to close 23 schools, spare 4 - 1 out of 16 total comment(s)
- Fri., 03/08/13 - 01:37 AMThe reason why folks live in Cherry Hill and Chadds Ford is so they don't have to worry about school closures when they're conceiving their children.
It's not the SRC's fault that City Council over 45 years has chased much of the tax base away. The pie has been shrinking for years and the local pols continue to fight over slicing up the shrinking pie rather than trying to make the pie bigger.
Article: Jury acquits Occupy protesters - 1 out of 36 total comment(s)
- Tue., 03/05/13 - 13:39 PMWell you always have your chance to vote to not retain her, like I know you won't.
Article: An army of transgenders with AK-47s? - 1 out of 42 total comment(s)
- Fri., 03/01/13 - 11:56 AMI'm gay and I already got an AK-47 and an FNAR .308 Yawn. Like Segal's bloviating even matters anymore. Don't you have some airport consulting to go do or Sheriff's Department checks to cash?
Article: Philly begins sending out new real estate assessments - 2 out of 20 total comment(s)
- Fri., 02/15/13 - 15:29 PMWay around that... if your computer can handle a giant CSV file -> http://www.opendataphilly.org/opendata/resource/225/opa-property-assessments/
- Fri., 02/15/13 - 15:28 PMI have direct links to the calculator (working for me) and also to the complete 2014 database which you can download that has everyone's assessments in it: http://www.philadelinquency.com/?p=2044
Article: Trump Plaza casino bought for $20 million - 1 out of 11 total comment(s)
- Thu., 02/14/13 - 18:51 PM""Trump Plaza is one of the world’s most recognized gaming resort destinations" -- yeah if you're an aficionado of pink granite and brutalist architecture.
Article: ALL LOCKED UP - 2 out of 38 total comment(s)
- Mon., 02/11/13 - 07:17 AMOur congressmen: Toomey, Brady, Fattah and Casey.
Why would calling any one of those four matter? - Mon., 02/11/13 - 07:15 AMWell, it doesn't work. Great intentions, makes everyone feel good, but the only thing it does with great gusto is drive up graft (and why are Administration people not talking? Probably embarrassing kickbacks.)
Article: Nutter swears to crack down on delinquent taxpayers - 1 out of 25 total comment(s)
- Tue., 02/05/13 - 12:57 PMThis announcement is mostly BS:
http://www.philadelinquency.com/?p=1939#more-1939
Article: Squilla wont move to override billboard veto - 1 out of 3 total comment(s)
- Wed., 01/30/13 - 20:56 PMThe last paragraph doesn't make any sense at all. Frank DiCicco did not put up any ad. It was an ad for Maker's Mark.
Article: Rep. Parker found guilty of DUI - 1 out of 38 total comment(s)
- Wed., 01/16/13 - 16:32 PMSince she cannot drive for one year... I suggest she start using a bicycle (can the Bike Coalition get her a nice 10 speed?) A foldable bike for use on Amtrak so she can get to Harrisburg (the train station is located within easy distance of the Capitol and state offices).
Article: Reassessing city services - 1 out of 13 total comment(s)
- Tue., 01/15/13 - 15:45 PMBecause he's only an At-Large Council member, which is way less influential than a District Council member, and you have 10 cats in a bag called District Council members who basically call all the shots on Council.
Article: Report: Philly youth have 'greater chance' of being shot than soldiers - 1 out of 67 total comment(s)
- Tue., 01/15/13 - 01:45 AMLook at the shooting in Old City over the weekend. The dude was let out on bail after seeking an AK, a Glock a Hi-Point and a revolver. LET OUT ON BAIL. He's lucky he didn't kill somebody. Will the Philly DA be asking for a light bail on this guy? We have a huge load of people walking around on parole and probation with court dates for violence and for gun charges.
Article: Daniel Rubin: Bucks landscaper's website lets contractors blow off steam - 1 out of 29 total comment(s)
- Mon., 01/14/13 - 15:39 PMSo... the picture the Inky used is the owner with a smug expression on his face and if you look carefully, he's holding a beer (which one could guess he drinks on the job). Yeah... great site. Also tried to click on sign up and got HTTP 404. He may want to hire (HAH!) a better web guy.
Article: Former Philadelphia Controller's Office staffer takes on Butkovitz - 1 out of 59 total comment(s)
- Mon., 01/14/13 - 08:57 AMYou get what you pay for. On the other hand though, Alan Butkovitz resorting to SWATing ex-employees to send a message is rather hilarious. I can only picture it now. "Yeah when he left he took his cardigan, adding machine and I THINK he had a gun with him!!! OMG!!! He lives at XXX YYY Drive officer make sure he's OK!"
Article: Talking Small Biz: Goldman Sachs, Philly: Perfect together? - 1 out of 5 total comment(s)
- Fri., 01/11/13 - 12:18 PMI bet most of this money is just sucked into non-profits and doesn't generate much in the way of economic activity in Phila vs. background noise.
Blog Post: Firefighters say 'never mind' on recall - 1 out of 13 total comment(s)
- Thu., 01/10/13 - 11:53 AMI think someone told IAFF22 that when the recall petition for Mayor Rizzo went to the PA Supreme Court and the Court ruled that recall elections are unconstitutional in PA, that might have had something to do with it.
Article: Home sellers can keep murders, suicides secret - 1 out of 13 total comment(s)
- Fri., 01/04/13 - 00:06 AMIf I have a stigmatized house, can I use that to knock down my property taxes that the City plans to suck out of me when AVI hits?
Blog Post: 2013 off to violent start in Philly with three homicides, fatal hit-run - 1 out of 45 total comment(s)
- Tue., 01/01/13 - 15:35 PMChicago had 500 homicides yet Illinois has the toughest gun laws in the nation, even more restrictive than New York State. Meh.
Article: Possible Russian ban on U.S. adoptions rankles many here - 1 out of 6 total comment(s)
- Thu., 12/27/12 - 21:41 PMRich suburbanites would rather pay dearly for the Eastern European baby rather than the criachead's baby from Philly.
Article: Sales jump at some local gun shops after Newtown - 2 out of 95 total comment(s)
- Thu., 12/20/12 - 12:33 PMMonk just realized this now. Apparently when the Kensington Stranger was running loose Monk hadn't yet made up his mind.
- Thu., 12/20/12 - 11:49 AMYeah when gold was rising fast past $400 people were calling the buyers nuts. Now it's been over $1,600 for a while. Who's the fool now?
$1,600 semi auto rifle, if it's a popular version, will probably net a lot more down the road--$4,000-$6,000. No way a ban will pass without a grandfather clause, so that means transfers will still have to be permitted. And there you go--guaranteed instant triple-digit return on investment. You don't even have to take it out of its case. Thanks for the profit, gun grabbers.
Article: Ramsey fires cop who scammed city out of real-estate tax - 1 out of 8 total comment(s)
- Thu., 12/20/12 - 02:06 AMCan't wait to see FOP5 try to justify her re-instatement.
Article: Officer accused over deeds taxes must turn in badge - 1 out of 29 total comment(s)
- Wed., 12/19/12 - 08:05 AMIt's more than just not paying the real estate transfer tax--it's that she forcefully got her way in to do these property sales, which brings up the major question of deed theft. The District Attorney's office doesn't prosecute deed theft worth anything: it's a complicated white-collar crime. WC crime is not something the City is not that great at prosecuting. The trials are long, the details elaborate and the jury must be made to understand it all. The State AG's office is also not really around to help, either. I'm glad it finally at least got this far. Hope she enjoys the profits off her house now with no job for at least a year, providing that FOP5 doesn't pull out the arb contract and sue to get her reinstated. I hope McNesby isn't that stupid to defend a cretin like this.
Article: Cops: Explosive material found in S. Jersey teen's home - 1 out of 9 total comment(s)
- Wed., 12/19/12 - 06:22 AMSurprises await you when you send your kid off to grandma's house so you can tear apart their rooms. I'm sure some parents out there have similar Children of the Korn they should probably check up on.
Article: Is the Supreme Court partly to blame for Newtown? - 1 out of 35 total comment(s)
- Tue., 12/18/12 - 16:39 PMJudge Butchart in Phila Common Pleas court gave a crappy sentence to a man who shot a child. Concurrent sentencing for gun crimes is a big problem. Consecutive sentencing for gun crimes is what we really need. The defendants being sentenced need to know precisely how much extra time they are getting because of carrying an illegal firearm. When the Assault Weapons Ban eventually passes, it only touches 2% of all the gun violence out there. Does NOTHING for all the handgun fire going around Philly, Camden, Oakland, Detroit, your suburb, etc.
Blog Post: I'm sure this is what Thomas Jefferson and James Madison had in mind - 3 out of 47 total comment(s)
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)- Sun., 12/16/12 - 21:34 PMAwesome... go take your argument to 38 states AFTER you get Congress to draft and pass-out an amendment repealing the 2nd Amendment. 26 states won by Obama, so that should be easy (hmm, maybe not PAGOP-dominated Pennsylvania) plus 12 more deeply-red states. I guess Alaska is out (Sarah Palin shoots meese from helicopters up there), Texas definitely, the rest of the house... Kansas (where Westboro lives in open impunity), Indiana (hardcore GOP)... hmm... that's a toughie. Oh well, GOOD LUCK! Call me when you get it done!
- Sun., 12/16/12 - 17:45 PMA bill that I would NOT mind seeing: Gun offender registration. Similar to Megan's Law, but for those who are known gun offenders. In PA this would be anyone convicted of a PUFA charge. This data should be quite public and wide open. I would have no problems knowing where all the gun offenders in Philadelphia live, mapped out, their photos available for everyone to see. Why not? We're not locking these people up, we're handing them ankle bracelets like it's costume jewelry. Might as well let the public know the faces of these people and where they live and who they are. Sure, it puts these people at risk for retaliation---SO WHAT. If we have to live in fear of them, they should have no problem living in fear of their picture being exposed and their home address updated by their parole officers every time they move being exposed to the public. Let them live in fear, like they force so many of us to.
Blog Post: Debate: Why own a .223-caliber semiautomatic rifle like the one used in Newtown, Conn.? - 1 out of 116 total comment(s)
- Sun., 12/16/12 - 18:44 PMIt may come down to requiring more stringent securing of firearms such as gun lockers/safes if there is anyone else living in the household other than the gun applicant. But more importantly, we have to look at the totality of gun violence not just the one-off school shootings. MOST of the danger in gun violence is coming from handguns. Semi-auto pistols are just one type of handgun. Talking about magazine types and round counts and caliber strengths is missing the point: the shooter himself. In Philadelphia we have people sitting at home, right this minute, under house arrest with an ankle bracelet, who have already shot a gun in public in the past. That's insane but it's reality. And we don't really know who all of these people are and where they are right now, only law enforcement does. Maybe we should start talking about a Gun Offender Registry that includes the mugshots, the parole officers data of where the offender currently lives, and the VUFA charges the offender committed. This is similar to Meagan's Law and I believe the constitutionality of an offender registry is already well-tested. It's time to start talking about this, because this is where the biggest problem actually lies. It's the repeat gun offenders who have no fear of gun laws because they have nothing to lose--they don't worry about background checks, because they don't apply for white collar work where clean backgrounds are a must. We don't think about this population that much except for the fleeting moments when they cause damage and wreck more lives. That has to stop right now. I am sorry Newtown happened; and there's a big question mark over what could have been done to stop that tragedy. If we took Adam's Bushmaster away, that still leaves the Glock and the Sig he brought with him as backup, and the Glock he used is common in law enforcement. We need to start talking about humanity for a change.
Article: Dan Gross: Shallow send-off for NBC10's Lake - 1 out of 41 total comment(s)
- Mon., 12/10/12 - 16:26 PMNever. Look at her marital surname and you can quickly see why the station will NEVER touch her.
Article: Officials: Boy, 7, fatally shot at Pa. gun store - 4 out of 14 total comment(s)
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)- Mon., 12/10/12 - 06:52 AMAbortion kills. Want to add another non-sequitur to your list?
- Mon., 12/10/12 - 06:51 AMCall me when you've disarmed all the drug addicts in Kensington.
When you're done with that, then start on getting rid of all the Common Pleas judges who keep putting ankle bracelets and home monitoring on the idiots who repeatedly violate UFA (you know, the gun laws we already have).
- Mon., 12/10/12 - 06:48 AMStupid comes in all forms. Although there's more of it from your walk of life.
- Mon., 12/10/12 - 06:43 AMStupidity has consequences. If you're not carrying (which should be holstered or boxed), your range guns or guns you are going to sell at a shop should be boxed or in your range bag. There's all sorts of FAIL written all over this. The father didn't check the receiver to verify if there was a round in the chamber. He put his finger INSIDE the trigger guard, which you should NEVER do unless you are ready to shoot or dry fire, and then of course he pointed the muzzle in an unsafe direction. And so he has paid far too high a price for ignoring these rules and he is going to live with this forever. I can't even begin to wrap my brain around the emotional baggage this consequence has on the father. I hope the dad never touches a firearm ever again because he clearly cannot demonstrate aptitude in handling them.
Article: Numbers don't add up in disputed $1M grant to Beloff facility - 1 out of 32 total comment(s)
- Sun., 12/09/12 - 08:57 AMHarlee Manor owes income tax on all the money it got from UAC. Hopefully the IRS picked up my complaints and has started sniffing around. Who at UAC facilitated the transfers to the Beloffs? How was that carried out?
Article: Curse of the traffic courts - 1 out of 1 total comment(s)
- Fri., 12/07/12 - 09:01 AM"Car culture" causes traffic court judges causes them to take calls from Ward Leaders to let their friends and kids off easy? Wow... Bob Costas reaching for "gun culture" to describe-away a mental health issue in the same week for what was patently a mental-health issue... I want those 4 minutes of my life back. No, the real reason why Traffic Court is the way it is in Philadelphia is because the judges that were elected to this court only have one qualification to dispense any justice: you have to be breathing. Lawyers worry about being disbarred because that ends their whole careers and throws away a half-decade of education they paid for. A hack who was lucky to win the longest straw out of a hat to get first ballot position on the voting machine is how we really pick our traffic court judges in this city. This puts people on the court who don't know what the law is or what the rules are. I got tickets, in Texas... racked up fines and had the book thrown at me (I now have to keep SR-22 insurance current in Texas... if Texas ever suspends my license, which hasn't been renewed for 12 years... they put you in a national database that causes Pennsylvania to not-renew your PA drivers license). Sorry bro; I'm part of the large group of people who will never get the pleasure of being able to call a Ward Leader in this great city to spend their day harassing traffic court judges to let me know what a great upstanding guy I am. But hey--if I run for ward leader I can take comfort in knowing all my future traffic tickets will be $0.
Blog Post: Cops: 7-year-old finds grandpa's gun, shoots sister - 1 out of 19 total comment(s)
- Thu., 12/06/12 - 12:16 PMShould have got the version of the gun safe that presents you with math problems involving fractions in order to unlock it. 1/8 1/3 == ????
Article: Officer faces hearing on charges of falsification for deeds - 1 out of 43 total comment(s)
- Thu., 12/06/12 - 08:02 AMPretty much. When it comes to white collar crime and property crime--the DA's office doesn't know how to do it. Philadelphia is the best place to do investment scams and in this case, not pay property taxes or even the pithy Real Estate Transfer Tax. The State AG's office won't bother, either. YET---the City wants more $$$! What a pickle. What must it be like when you raise your taxes on your constituents knowing full well you can fill several football stadiums of people who pay zero who live all around you?
Article: City approves wall-ad legislation for Electric Factory - 1 out of 20 total comment(s)
- Wed., 12/05/12 - 07:30 AMIt's time to send the City back into the courtroom again.
Article: Karen Heller: Pa. justices let infighting come before Traffic Court action - 1 out of 10 total comment(s)
- Wed., 12/05/12 - 07:23 AMWhat a "Shocker" that FJD party hacks and the PA Supremes blew up angry-faced over the Traffic Court report seeing the light of day. Because you know, an honest account of what goes on behind closed robes is just "too much" for the public to bear. Philadelphians have known that Traffic is a Kangaroo Court and the people who sit on the bench aren't qualified to dispense justice. The only thing missing from the Chadwick Report is the names of specific Ward Leaders who were picking up the phone and trying to call in favors. I would have loved to find out that list. Amen to the preacher who had been calling in to have tickets fixed for his congregation for eons--he has more than just a friend in Jesus.
Article: Vincent J. Fumo has a new legal adversary: His daughter - 1 out of 22 total comment(s)
- Tue., 12/04/12 - 11:09 AMIsn't it funny that all these Philly pols who owe Vince their careers and their station where they are right now... haven't ponied up that much to help defend their man? Hilarious. When the ship sinks, everybody runs for the lifeboats.
Article: Six dead in one of Philadelphia's bloodiest weekends of 2012 - 2 out of 64 total comment(s)
- Mon., 12/03/12 - 09:27 AMWell, we had the Philly Hoody Solidarity march. Because you know... a kid being shot in Florida and the shooter getting his day in court is worth marching for, but a march to keep VUFA offenders away for longer is met with crickets.
- Mon., 12/03/12 - 09:11 AMWhat I would LIKE to see Philly.com do is look at the victim and suspect and indicate if either has been in court before on VUFA charges and whether the judge issued a wrist-slap.
Article: GOP lawmaker in Pa. says he's gay - 1 out of 38 total comment(s)
- Mon., 12/03/12 - 04:36 AMLast I checked, this article is about a STATE legislator, not a member of Congress. Hopefully his announcement doesn't have a parallel to former NJ Democrat Gov. McGreevy who came out to deflect attention from his patronage and sex scandal. I've heard others theorize that he times this to steal Sims' thunder as the first serving PA General Assemblyman who's out. Maybe so. The fact that he went to a "gay camp" run by Jerry Falwell strongly indicates that he's pretty conflicted about his own feelings and he's finally over it. Good for him. He's better off staying in the Republican Party because A) he has a better chance at influencing views statewide if he remains with his party and B) he will irritate the left by softening and hopefully pushing out the disciples of the "Focus on the Family" crowd, like PA Rep. Darryl Metcalfe who is obsessed with gays. That's something PA Dems have never been able to do at all. A Republican legislator who is gay, out and also from a rural county will have far more impact I predict than an urban, ultra-left out gay person; particularly a pragmatist.
Article: John Baer: Cutting isn't everything, Corbett - 1 out of 41 total comment(s)
- Mon., 12/03/12 - 04:23 AMHey Councilwoman Blondell-Reynolds-Brown tried to get an extra hour added to bars and to direct the projected revenue increase over to the nearly-bankrupt SDP, but it was shot down as just being too "out there". Maybe auctioning off state stores and opening up licensing for more privately owned ones can be used to repair bridges and also pay down pension obligations? Jersey and Delaware seem to be doing great with private stores--they get lots of Pennsylvanians as customers.
Article: Deep split on probe of Traffic Court - 1 out of 33 total comment(s)
- Sun., 12/02/12 - 10:41 AMThese "judges" were also too stupid to realize that the 5th Amendment was available and open to them.
Article: Republican Pa. lawmaker announces hes gay - 1 out of 52 total comment(s)
- Sun., 12/02/12 - 01:49 AMYeah ugh... wrong, go back and try really hard to finish your G.E.D., JonKap. As a gay, the fact that you even insinuate something as gross as that is just absolutely repulsive and a sign from God that you are not worthy of His love. And as a gay libertarian registered-Democrat-so-I-can-have-a-say-in-the-Philly-primaries, I certainly hope that as a gay man, Rep. Flack realizes that hate crime legislation is absolutely useless at stopping hate crimes from happening, the actual benefits at sentencing to get hate crime treatment to attach to sentencing hardly ever happens, and it's just easier for gays to just openly make a choice at embracing 2nd Amendment rights if they want to protect themselves from actual, lethal, hate. Because to get the gay bashing to stop, it's going to have to take a few people to get shot before the average public STOPS assuming that a) all gays are extremely-left in their politics b) they're all unarmed and some of them could shoot you if you threaten their lives. Gay people are individuals who make their own decisions and have a unique upbringing and we're not all the same even though media and society likes to place us all in a basket and categorize us. So yes--there ARE people who are libertarian or conservative and they are gay. GET OVER IT.
Article: Critics say Point Breeze affordable housing plan is a 'land grab' - 3 out of 33 total comment(s)
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)- Fri., 11/30/12 - 18:17 PMDo you know why the number dropped? It was originally 93. Because when the City threw the list together, it didn't actually physically inspect any of the properties on the list and discovered that some of them had already broken ground. The City wants to make out like the entire list was all abandoned property. It wasn't. It was darts thrown on a map.
- Fri., 11/30/12 - 08:19 AMThis housing is not low income. Have you looked lately at the circulars in your WRB water bill? $133K houses. The affordable housing developers get to set the market price of these houses and some have been letting houses list for a lot higher, like $200K. If we are talking people who would generally have the lowest-qualifying credit scores, who would be paying the highest interest rates on mortgages, around 4.3% right now for a 620 FICO score, the mortgage plus insurance and taxes will come out to a $1,000/mo housing payment. Equivalent to renting a market-rate apartment in quite a large part of Philadelphia. The problem I have with this design is that we are not talking about targeting INFILL development and on CITY OWNED LAND... and you're not creating affordable housing in EXISTING VACANT HOMES which cost LESS to rehab than new construction if you look at REO property, etc. I have a former City-owned 3 story house just up the street from my own home. The City owned it since 1979, it was finally picked up by a Fishtown rehabber who turned it into an amazing, and huge house that sold immediately. This is in Kensington where this occurred.
- Fri., 11/30/12 - 08:10 AMYes.
Article: Leak of Traffic Court report stirs fury in Pa. high court - 1 out of 59 total comment(s)
- Wed., 11/28/12 - 08:09 AMI imagine this City to be full of political hack families with VERY poor driving skills driving up the wrong way up one way streets--and their only hope is a group of 30+ ward leaders and some other political hacks making quick phone calls for the idiots who CANT LEARN HOW TO DRIVE. I have the full copy of the Chadwick Report posted to Philadelinquency.com if anyone wants to read it.
Article: Phila. firefighters heckle chief at Council hearing - 1 out of 20 total comment(s)
- Wed., 11/28/12 - 07:57 AMIsn't it strange how the City can bend over backwards for the building trades, but when it comes to the union that represents the people who protect OUR lives and OUR property--this is what happens?
Article: Charter schools blast SRCs move to limit enrollment - 1 out of 16 total comment(s)
- Mon., 11/19/12 - 21:59 PMWhat the hell... do the charter school owners think the SRC spins yarn into gold? They just took out a $300 million dollar bond just to keep the lights on and the boilers going, for THIS school year, and their credit rating is now junk. If the junk bond market dries up, and it's the first to go when a recession hits--then no more borrowing by the SRC. How do the charters like to see the checks start bouncing? Bet they'll love that.
Article: Funds frozen to nonprofit tied to Evans - 1 out of 48 total comment(s)
- Sun., 11/18/12 - 09:03 AMLooks like it's time to file good 'ol IRS Form 13909. Here's my version. You can do your own and fax it to the IRS Criminal Investigation Division down in Dallas. Let's see what a full IRS audit turns up.
http://www.philadelinquency.com/?p=1600
Article: Phila. Council agrees on 50-foot buffer for streams, rivers in zoning code - 2 out of 9 total comment(s)
- Thu., 11/15/12 - 13:01 PMLast we checked, nobody's house in Fishtown fronts the shoreline. But you might not remember--since you live in FLORIDA.
- Thu., 11/15/12 - 12:59 PMHas anyone else noticed that the 3 Council members that are pushing for changes are all old-schoolers? Clarke, O'Neill and Blackwell. Hint: When both Civic organizations for the most part and most developers are willing to wait on the new zoning code---don't screw with the code. Clarke now has Civics upset, developers and zoning applicants all on the same side of this issue.
Article: 83-year-old fights back against home invading punks - 1 out of 24 total comment(s)
- Tue., 11/13/12 - 17:14 PMITS ALL BECAUZ OF OBAMA WE MUST ELECT ROMNEY TO SAVE OUR RETIREMENT!!!!
Article: Cops: Rite Aid's GPS device helped nab pill robbers - 1 out of 8 total comment(s)
- Tue., 11/13/12 - 09:45 AMThere's no way around not telling them because their defense attorney will have to know how the cops tracked them down and confirmed the crime was caused by them.
Article: Stu Bykofsky: Others are finally noticing a bicycle problem - 1 out of 79 total comment(s)
- Mon., 11/12/12 - 08:30 AMStu you definitely have paranoia. Do you have bicycle nightmares at night?
Article: Camden records 58th homicide, ties with 1995 record - 1 out of 17 total comment(s)
- Sat., 11/10/12 - 17:21 PMSomehow life in Florida must be so boring for coder, that he sits on philly.com all day. We know who you are coder.
Article: Brady says city should build its own casino - 2 out of 116 total comment(s)
- Fri., 11/09/12 - 08:44 AMhttp://www.philadelinquency.com/?p=1548
The rate the School District is borrowing just this year would be 3 times the estimated revenue from this proposed casino from Bob Brady. So it wouldn't even really come close to dousing the debt hole created by the SDP, much less the City's pension fund demands. - Fri., 11/09/12 - 08:23 AMThis is how desperate our regional/local pols are for cash. It's kinda like the numbers games the mob used to run in Chicago.
Article: Steve Wynn proposes riverfront casino in Fishtown - 1 out of 52 total comment(s)
- Thu., 11/08/12 - 16:08 PMThis casino cannot be built fast enough. Hotel tower needs to be more rooms, at least 400. Preferably at least a 35+ story building so that it's visible from Center City. Forget the Disney Hole at 8th and Market, nobody wants to gamble next to all the pandhandlers and CASH 4 GOLD stores. There is already an overlay banning check cashing and pawn shops over Fishtown, so this will be a nice area with no nuisance businesses popping up. Add the Shamshick mega-entertainmentplex that's proposed across the street and there will be JOBS JOBS JOBS. Let's build now!!!!
Article: Clarke proposal on parking would change new zoning code - 1 out of 21 total comment(s)
- Thu., 11/08/12 - 11:11 AMOk, let's start with condemning your house, demolishing it and putting in a surface lot with a curb cut. There. More parking.
Article: His goal: Build a better Point Breeze for all - 1 out of 3 total comment(s)
- Wed., 11/07/12 - 13:06 PMKenyatta: I guess you haven't realized yet that the reason why you have opposition to your bill is that you blithely decided to go after properties in cases that were already owned by developers wanting to erect new housing at the same time YOU ALREADY ARE THE LARGEST LANDOWNER IN POINT BREEZE. And your letter clearly spells out that you have sided with Concerned Citizens of Point Breeze in totality and will hear nothing else from those who cannot qualify for low-income housing because they live above the limits. For instance, a single mother of 2 who earns $60K as a legal aide doesn't qualify for any of the low-income housing up on offer. But her finances will probably qualify her for a $175K house in your neighborhood at market-rate. If you ever paid attention to real estate transactions that occur in your neighborhood, you should be able to see what houses ACTUALLY settle for vs. the listing. You're also throwing away all the people in your neighborhood who have worked hard to buy their first home in Point Breeze. You count them all as irrelevant. I hope they remember that in 2015 when it's time to elect members of City Council.
Article: N.J. agonizes over whether to rebuild Shore - 1 out of 45 total comment(s)
- Thu., 11/01/12 - 10:11 AMNJ spending money to rebuild oceanfront houses... is that another form of spend-just-to-spend welfare? Interesting question.
Article: Philadelphia's Post Brothers expanding - 1 out of 36 total comment(s)
- Thu., 10/25/12 - 22:04 PMUnionization from the period of the Pullman Strike to the 1940s behaved as you described. If it weren't for capricious management, they wouldn't have organized to begin with. But the unions of the 1970s to today are a totally different animal than 3-5 generations ago. The most powerful union, Local 98 IBEW, 70%+ of their men are suburbanites. Sorry, but your political clout should pretty much stay with where you live. The fact that 98 balked the way it did when the City asked them and Gillespie how many minorities actually have cards is telling. Unions in the private sector disappeared because company after company pulled the bankruptcy lever and let Federal judges wipe away pensions to the Pension Benefit Guarantee Program while the rest lost their jobs. The building trades only have the rapport that they do because they still comprise most of the trades labor force and you can't outsource construction to India, otherwise it would be gone by now. Instead of working within economic boundaries, they scream like children and then try to mook everyone out. Mook behavior might work for old Philadelphians but it doesn't intimidate any of the new people who have moved to the City over the last decade.
Blog Post: City Commission staff disses outsiders AND bosses now - 1 out of 14 total comment(s)
- Wed., 10/24/12 - 15:13 PMThis is the same Commission that can't seem to do a thing about the overvoting that goes on at some polling stations in Philadelphia.
Blog Post: The wrong explanation for Clayton's tragedy - 5 out of 240 total comment(s)
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)- Wed., 10/24/12 - 14:37 PMThen put all your bikes in the house and when the teens break in (if you're in PA which has Castle Doctrine), shoot the kids once they get into the house. Then, you won't have to worry your 'lil head about it ever again.
- Wed., 10/24/12 - 14:34 PMYou seriously are smoking some bad weed. I suggest you start buying it from someone else.
- Wed., 10/24/12 - 14:32 PMOK... I am going to step up for the "White Community" and apologize to the rest of this Nation for being such fat, ignorant slobs.
See how ridic. that sounds, now? - Wed., 10/24/12 - 14:30 PMApparently you have no grasp of what verbal tense is. There's a difference between 'is' and 'was'. But whatevs... keep blabbering away like the rest of the people on here desperate to get their $0.02 in.
- Wed., 10/24/12 - 12:24 PMYou know what the funniest thing is; is that Philly.com commentors on-the-whole are too dumb to read the other article where it's explained that Autumn Pasquale was friends with the two boys who are being charged with her death.
Article: GUN SHY: City published personal information of some gun owners - 2 out of 55 total comment(s)
- Mon., 10/22/12 - 12:38 PMYes. Arrest records are recorded in Municipal Court, but ONLY if they are brought to arraignment, and most of those cases then go to Common Pleas. However, if you're detained by the police temporarily and then let go with no arraignment--no you don't have access to that (nor should you).
- Mon., 10/22/12 - 09:34 AMI am not sure that I agree with this (I am a gun owner). If you have to file in Common Pleas against the City of Philadelphia/PPD/L&I over a gun permit appeal, ALL OF THAT BECOMES PUBLIC RECORD because it's in a court docket, involving you. I think L&I could publish the data but not affix the applicants to a map, but rather just provide a list including surnames-only and some boilerplate reason why the application is denied on appeal and don't include the statement from the gun permit applicant as to why the decision should be overturned. That satisfies the right to know reasonably without putting people in unreasonable danger that felons will be searching the database looking for people who they know cannot obtain a LTCF. Similarly, it's quite a difficult situation where you are denied a LTCF but also cannot purchase or own a firearm, either. If you're being denied by the Gun Permit Unit, conditions are favorable that you're also not permitted by PUFA to own or possess a gun either [i.e. felony convictions]. I would balance that on the public's right to know what's going on with these gun permit applications. We should also have a right to have a full copy of what the PPD Gun Permit Unit is keeping on file about us.
Article: Philly gets authority to move ahead on AVI - 1 out of 18 total comment(s)
- Thu., 10/18/12 - 09:08 AMSo when is the City going to move ahead on any of these LANDLORDS who have ACTIVE rental licenses but owe the City thousands in back property taxes?
I've got two maps---one shows the Sheriff's Sale eligible landlords, the other is every landlord in the city that owes more than $100 to the City. It's millions of bucks that could go to all sorts of things, like snow removal, or building affordable housing. What's the matter City Hall... these are INCOME generating properties that landlords will be motivated to save from Sheriff's Sale if you take them away!
http://www.philadelinquency.com/?page_id=1406
Article: City leaders form agenda to seek property tax relief - 3 out of 57 total comment(s)
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)- Wed., 10/17/12 - 14:33 PMPhiladelphia has some of the lowest property taxes on residential in the entire Commonwealth. Name a suburb in PA that's cheaper, besides Chester. The City doesn't rely on property taxes to run itself, it relies heavily on the Wage Tax. It makes more sense to rely on property tax than it does Wage Tax because jobs can run out of the City. Property can't.
- Wed., 10/17/12 - 14:29 PMYeah, but most Philly landlords don't live in the City--so I can't wait to see what happens when their personal homes in PA are suddenly subject to liens. The majority of Philly landlords are also outside Philadelphia but still inside PA. The highest concentration of landlord domiciles just outside City limits is... you guessed it... Huntingdon Valley and Southampton, PA.
Blog Post: Police: 1 dead, 1 hospitalized in apparent overdose - 1 out of 8 total comment(s)
- Tue., 10/16/12 - 02:42 AMSo a junkie dies and the best Philly.com commenters can come up with is to blame it on Bobby Henon who's been in office for 10 months. Who'd you rather have as 6th District Councilman? Kenyatta Johnson? ROFLMAO
Article: Plymouth Twp. officer's killing renews pressure on straw-buyer gun bill - 1 out of 20 total comment(s)
- Mon., 10/15/12 - 10:54 AMI don't see any new law here. Only languages changes to PA C.S. to reinforce mandatory minimum sentences for straw purchasing in STATE law. This is a STATES RIGHTS issue, is it not? If Feds/ATV don't pursue a prosecution, then lying on 4473 has no teeth. I don't see how this inconvinences current or future gun owners either. Spoiler: I'm not an anti and I own multiple firearms.
Article: Rev. Jackson fires up Philly voters - 1 out of 27 total comment(s)
- Sun., 10/14/12 - 22:12 PMMy redux: Jesse Jackson has no clue what a semi-automatic weapon is. That 100 year old Colt 1911 antique from your grandpappy in WWI? That's a semi-auto. I'd like to see a semi-auto ban, which covers a huge portion of all handguns sold in the USA, get past the Roberts Court. Then the lady who is complaining about married people being only considered middle class: Does this woman not know that filing Head-of-Household is WAY better off financially than filing married? You are hit with the MARRIAGE PENALTY when you file married. File Head-of-Household and you get a bigger Earned Income Tax Credit. And you still get to claim the Childcare Credit. Duh. And the rest of it was basically Jesse talking to an echo chamber. Will have no effect on voter participation in November. New registrations are down vs 2008.
Article: Philadelphia Housing Authority will nearly triple its police force - 1 out of 16 total comment(s)
- Fri., 10/12/12 - 22:00 PMPHA has been doing some of that, but only when owner-occupied neighbors nearby scream loudly enough. In certain places where PHA is concentrated and there's drugs flowing out like a sieve, nearby neighbors just outside the complex are in on it too and they don't talk.
Article: Hurt? 6 who sued never on bus, says D.A. - 1 out of 39 total comment(s)
- Fri., 10/12/12 - 08:27 AMThis is a time-honored tradition known as the "SEPTA Powerball". Bus/trolley has a fender-bender then suddenly people come out of nowhere trying to get on the vehicle.
Article: Raid of N.E. Philadelphia stash house surprises neighbors - 1 out of 16 total comment(s)
- Thu., 10/11/12 - 16:02 PMThere will be a rush of new business to the metadone clinics in the coming weeks until someone fills the void.
Article: CityHall App is smart(phone) way to report trouble - 1 out of 41 total comment(s)
- Thu., 10/11/12 - 10:06 AMThere's not that much Section 8 in Mayfair. I should know, because I'm a typical Huntingdon Valley Slumlord. Property is so cheap, I can rent for Section 8 prices, not pay any taxes other than the Transfer Tax, and ignore everyone's complaints, until Bobby Henon tells me he just put in a request to push my rentals into Sheriff's Sale.
Article: Controller blasts developers disrespect for Temple neighborhood - 1 out of 10 total comment(s)
- Wed., 10/10/12 - 22:37 PMHow hard is it to tell L&I there's a problem with a construction site? Go to Philadelinquency.com, go click up on the top where it says "How To Get L&I Complaints Heard" and read it. It's so so easy and it works. L&I has even read it, and it works.
And you can use Phila.gov/LI to look up EVERYTHING that L&I has on any address in the City. Think someone doesn't have permits? Go to the site and look for them. If they aren't there, then there's no permit. File a complaint with 3-1-1. Easy peasy.
Trust me, before the Kensington Fire--L&I was a lot more user-unfriendly. They've fixed that now.
Article: New controversy for Redevelopment Authority in Point Breeze - 1 out of 5 total comment(s)
- Wed., 10/10/12 - 08:16 AMChange.org petition against the PRA Land Grab: http://www.change.org/petitions/no-to-120755-stop-the-land-grab-in-point-breeze
Article: Developers call city's Point Breeze eminent domain move a land grab - 2 out of 64 total comment(s)
- Wed., 10/10/12 - 08:15 AMTell Council NO to the PRA Land Grab - Change.org Petition: http://www.change.org/petitions/no-to-120755-stop-the-land-grab-in-point-breeze
- Wed., 10/10/12 - 07:57 AMPatrina's property taxes are $332 a year. She's on an installment plan, so she's paying $27.67 a month in property taxes.
To keep her from being forced out--Council has plenty of authority to freeze assessments to 2010 levels on those who have owned a home in Point Breeze beyond 5 years. It can set varied assessments thanks to a bill that Vincent Fumo passed through Harrisburg allowing the City to differentiate the property tax. Darrell Clarke used it as the basis for his Gentrification Protection Plan bill. So, would it make more sense to let Point Breeze renew, or must the City use all of what's left of its budget to buy up every single empty lot all across Philadelphia on the off-chance that someone might lose their home because their property tax rises from $200 to $300? Certainly the more sensible thing to do is to freeze her tax account. DUH.
http://www.banditproject.org/ZBABot/PropertyDetail.aspx?OPA=365317200
Article: Pa. Turnpike chief resigns - 1 out of 8 total comment(s)
- Tue., 10/09/12 - 18:46 PMDear Inquirer & Daily News Readers who have never experienced Philly.com comments before -- Usually in short order, a morass of trolling racist questionally-educated suburbanites and retirees from Florida will descend into the comments section. Expect odd connections and blame to Obama where there is no direct connection. Other key phrases: "Obama Solyndra, birth certificate, brothas and sistas, usual suspects, why won't they tell us what race the shooter is, etc." It's normal and expected from ex-Philadelphians who moved out ages ago and lost their home's value and will be bitter until they're dead, or for some, missed out on gentrification and home price appreciation. That is all.
Article: Teacher in T-shirt case reads letter at assembly - 1 out of 96 total comment(s)
- Tue., 10/09/12 - 18:45 PMDear Inquirer & Daily News Readers who have never experienced Philly.com comments before -- Usually in short order, a morass of trolling racist questionally-educated suburbanites and retirees from Florida will descend into the comments section. Expect odd connections and blame to Obama where there is no direct connection. Other key phrases: "Obama Solyndra, birth certificate, brothas and sistas, usual suspects, why won't they tell us what race the shooter is, etc." It's normal and expected from ex-Philadelphians who moved out ages ago and lost their home's value and will be bitter until they're dead, or for some, missed out on gentrification and home price appreciation. That is all.
Article: Cherry Hill alum comes home to head Episcopal - 1 out of 3 total comment(s)
- Tue., 10/09/12 - 18:45 PMDear Inquirer & Daily News Readers who have never experienced Philly.com comments before -- Usually in short order, a morass of trolling racist questionally-educated suburbanites and retirees from Florida will descend into the comments section. Expect odd connections and blame to Obama where there is no direct connection. Other key phrases: "Obama Solyndra, birth certificate, brothas and sistas, usual suspects, why won't they tell us what race the shooter is, etc." It's normal and expected from ex-Philadelphians who moved out ages ago and lost their home's value and will be bitter until they're dead, or for some, missed out on gentrification and home price appreciation. That is all.
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