Remember that zoning code we've been working on for four years? Just finished and about to become codified? Well, city council wants to make some changes.
If you recall, our old code was a byzantine disaster area, from so many changes and caveats, from 50 years of city councils claws sinking in... Get ready to start that process again!
"This does not bode well," says Harris Steinberg, executive director of nonprofit design group PennPraxis. "Council had their fingers in the old zoning code so deep that nothing could get done, and that's one of the reasons why we had to have a new code."
Council President Darrel Clark's amendment was the most interesting, making it more difficult and making punishments more severe for working as a nonunion contractor. Punsihments now include siezing your truck and all your tools! I guess the Post Brothers are really scaring the shit out of Union City....
City Planning commision, you know, the people who study this issue, make it thier career to understand all related issues, look to other cities for working examples, and then try to guide our city forward, were, understanably, nonplussed.
Friday, November 9, 2012
Casino Royale
Bob Brady proposes the city build its own casino...
"Its a no brainer. Theres no downside, that I can think of." -Rep B Brady
I do believe this requires no brains to love and that Rep Brady cannot think of a downside. Let me help with that, this city is notorious for corruption, casinos are corruption magnets. This city has a serious problem with nepotism, (hiring your brother for a job he's barely qualified for just because he's your brother) which means you have people on the payroll who are difficult to fire, and not so great at thier job, this is a recipie for waste, which means less money for the school district (after all, these casinos are all about the school districts and lowering taxes, so efficiency and high profits should be paramount). Thank god the Mayor agrees...
But dont tell that to City Council!
Councilman Jim Kenney calls Nutter's rejection of the idea "shortsighted."
Councilman Mark Squilla asks: "If we can do it and the city can profit, why not?"
Councilman Kenyatta Johnson repeatedly said he is keeping an open mind about what he called an "interesting concept."
Brady said Council President Darrell Clarke was interested in exploring the city-owned casino concept after the two spoke on the phone Thursday morning.
"Its a no brainer. Theres no downside, that I can think of." -Rep B Brady
I do believe this requires no brains to love and that Rep Brady cannot think of a downside. Let me help with that, this city is notorious for corruption, casinos are corruption magnets. This city has a serious problem with nepotism, (hiring your brother for a job he's barely qualified for just because he's your brother) which means you have people on the payroll who are difficult to fire, and not so great at thier job, this is a recipie for waste, which means less money for the school district (after all, these casinos are all about the school districts and lowering taxes, so efficiency and high profits should be paramount). Thank god the Mayor agrees...
But dont tell that to City Council!
Councilman Jim Kenney calls Nutter's rejection of the idea "shortsighted."
Councilman Mark Squilla asks: "If we can do it and the city can profit, why not?"
Councilman Kenyatta Johnson repeatedly said he is keeping an open mind about what he called an "interesting concept."
Brady said Council President Darrell Clarke was interested in exploring the city-owned casino concept after the two spoke on the phone Thursday morning.
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