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Old 11-13-2018, 04:50 PM
 
Location: Cumberland County, NJ
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I would rather have home grown companies excel rather than the giant corporate entity that is Amazon come here and inflate real estate prices
Gopuff will build a new Philly headquarters adding 500 jobs
https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/20...-philadelphia/
I guess Gopuff is Philly's consolation prize but adding more jobs in Philly is never a bad thing no matter what the number is.
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Old 11-13-2018, 05:01 PM
 
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It certainly will not be bad for Philadelphia, but also sad that the area was completely overlooked...

Karen and I agree on this, we don't care in the end that Amazon chose NYC and DC, but having a year of all the "visiting" cities crap and having cities put together incentive packages when Amazon knew all along it was going to pick NYC and DC was ridiculous and I think amazing that what they did is legal.

Not like Bezos sat down and was like "okay I think we are going to pick DC and NYC" I bet he had those two cities planned since 2010.

At least it doesn't matter much for PHL because we didn't really think we would win. I bet its a huge shock for Atlanta though.

Funny the difference between NYC and DC reactions... NYC people are like o great another huge company that will further congest public transit and make LIC a corporate center. DC... O great! DC is becoming the greatest city in the world, we are surely the golden child now, lol.


My hope is that this will somehow create new business ties or somehow increase tourism in Philadelphia since its in the middle of NYC and DC, so we will see.
Lol, just was about to say that Atlantians are probably going bonkers about it. I have not looked on their board, btw.

Yeah, it may be a bit of blessing in disguise for Phila. We'll see. Philly commuters to NY has gone on for years so there may be opportunities for folks with stamina.
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Old 11-15-2018, 07:37 AM
 
Location: New York City
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http://www2.philly.com/philly/news/p...-20181115.html

Alan Butkovitz for mayor... Thoughts?
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Old 11-15-2018, 08:09 AM
 
Location: Germantown, Philadelphia
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Alan Butkovitz for mayor... Thoughts?
Why, Lord, why?
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Old 11-15-2018, 08:50 AM
 
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Why, Lord, why?
Because he can't be worse than Kenney?
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Old 11-15-2018, 09:11 AM
 
Location: East Aurora, NY
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Alan Butkovitz for mayor... Thoughts?
I don't like Kenney but Butkovitz is even worse. I can't imagine he has any support. He is one of the most unpleasant persons I have ever met.
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Old 11-15-2018, 10:40 AM
 
Location: New York City
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I don't like Kenney but Butkovitz is even worse. I can't imagine he has any support. He is one of the most unpleasant persons I have ever met.
Great options to choose from.

The city needs a progressive yet hard core mayor who will elevate Philadelphia. A Guiliani type (my opinion).
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Old 11-15-2018, 11:27 AM
 
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Great options to choose from.

The city needs a progressive yet hard core mayor who will elevate Philadelphia. A Guiliani type (my opinion).
In the case of local politics, what does progressive mean (or what policies)? I say this considering that Kenney is probably the most progressive mayor we've had. John Street was a conservative by comparison.
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Old 11-15-2018, 11:59 AM
 
Location: New York City
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In the case of local politics, what does progressive mean (or what policies)? I say this considering that Kenney is probably the most progressive mayor we've had. John Street was a conservative by comparison.
Kenney is a part of the city's Democratic machine, and that is the single biggest problem with this city. It's machine politics at its finest.
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Old 11-15-2018, 12:36 PM
 
Location: New York City
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In the case of local politics, what does progressive mean (or what policies)? I say this considering that Kenney is probably the most progressive mayor we've had. John Street was a conservative by comparison.
I guess I use the word progressive slightly differently. Traditionally it would mean social rights, workers rights, LGBT rights, etc.

I am viewing it as a 21st century thinking mayor bringing Philadelphia to the forefront in attracting businesses and economic revenue for the region, growing the city's national and international profile, tapping into wealthy philanthropists and organizations to invest in the city or locate projects here, a forward thinking tax structure, public works project, infrastructure improvements, and so on.

Adding a brown stripe to the LGBT flag, worrying about a transgender bus pass, increasing parking minimums and fear of hurting peoples feelings should not be the focus of the mayor or city government in my opinion. Maybe if Philadelphia were a Utopian city those caviar issues would be number 1, but its not.

That is what I mean by progressive leadership. I want a mayor with balls (figure of speech, could be a woman) who will get Philadelphia's act together.

Philadelphia is an incredible city and could easily be number 2 to New York, but it's not and city leadership is largely to blame.
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