Philadelphian Politics
Philly, get ready to move your cars. Citywide street sweeping is coming by 2023, Kenney says.
Thank god this is finally happening - but why start in 3 years instead of sooner? |
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It’s very unacceptable that Kenney ran on street sweeping in 2015 and not only didn’t deliver in his first term but is now saying it won’t be fully rolled out until the end of his second term. We deserve better leaders who are held accountable for not delivering on their campaign promises.
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I suspect Alan Domb would get tons of pushback from the socialist taking over Philly government. Last summer, I had a socialist canvassing for the Dem primaries show up at my door begging me to vote for anyone but Domb. She then proceeded to tell me she was against the tax abatements, has 7 cats, is a grad student studying philosophy, and wants Philly to provide houses for everyone. I told her to look at the schools, roads, and trash as the city can’t do the basics right but less manage housing. Anyways, the point is he’d have lots of pushback, though I’d love to see him run. Make Squilla has been a great ward leader for us. I’d be interested in seeing him run. |
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There’s street sweeping now and it’s already been expanded to a larger portion of the city. Great to see it further expanded
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Kenney did a pilot to expand last year which consisted of a truck they spent a million on and then it was oversized and couldn’t fit down many streets in the pilot zones. When neighborhoods have tried to start their own street cleaning, Kenney shut it down saying it was hurting the unions. So think about that. The city wouldn’t provide this basic service that every other major city has nor would they let neighborhoods do it themselves. Absolutely shameful. |
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CBD's are generally clean like sidewalk sweeping and the streets are clean as a consequence. But some main thoroughfare like Broad Street, Washington Ave to name a couple could benefit from street sweeping.
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Street sweeping was always going to be a second term thing - no one wanted to deal with potential political blowback, especially after doing something as controversial as the beverage tax. But the money has been allocated in the budget and it's coming, they just need to hire people and get the equipment.
Re: street paving, page 19 of this shows things are getting better: https://www.phila.gov/media/20200106...ERM-REPORT.pdf Just anecdotally, still plenty of improvement needed, but the roads do seem a bit better than they were 2-3 years ago. |
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It's incredible how some people just can't help themselves. |
^Amen, that guy is pretty triggered. I noticed "Dread---" was banned, tensions are running high on the old SSP boards! :notacrook:
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I think there also needs to be a push for more community involvement as well. Encouraging residents to participate will foster more respect for the cleanliness of their neighborhood. This can be done by just having more cleanup days through out the year. Right now it's very hard to organize block cleanups based on the timeline (I think just a couple days a year) and everyone's schedule, not to mention that the city doesn't really make it easy collecting the trash that gets bagged (you need to walk it several blocks in some cases to a pickup point). Quote:
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Crime is up in basically every major way, those paying the lion's share of taxes are tired of worrying about danger everywhere. So yes, supplying houses for everyone is not at the top of my mind. Sustainable and non-alienating revenue growth is at the top of my mind. Is it really difficult to understand that if Center City loses it's appeal the entire city will fail? |
It must be exhausting to be so miserable all of the time.
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I have heard him say he thinks he can lift 100,000 people out of poverty in Philadelphia. Guess what? He will have a plan to do it that doesn't just involve spending more money with zero accounting (Kenney's answer to everything), and he will hold himself accountable. I think when you hear goals like that. Very specific goals. Not just "we're going to improve education", it will be hard to ignore him. He has some unlikely allies from the "socialist" wing...i.e. Gym etc. They've always had a good working relationship on council. He will surprise you. |
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