There is no duty to protect.

As long as a cops actions dont put you in a worst position, you cant sue them for failing to do their job. Is it stupid? Yea, but thats the law.

Welcome to Philly!

I 100% agree, but this city does not efficently allocate resources in anyway. We pay extra due to politican incompetence and corruption.

I also have no problem paying for a service i get, but paying for parking does not get me anything except saves me from getting a ticket. Lived in this city my whole life and the streets have always been shit, trash collection awful, and the city sucks as dealing with adverse weather events. The money the PPA generates literally first and foremost goes to supporting the PPA and very little, if any, actually gets us better services.

Like i said, increase property taxes, because we already have the highest wage tax in AMERICA. If that helps get good streets and proper maintence, im all for it. However, right now, all we get for paying for parking is saving ourselves a fine, and that is what pisses me off about the PPA.

Except where you pay for parking, you can literally park there all day everyday if you pay. With the new apps, you can literlly park in a metered spot and never move your car again. Metered parking id not about efficent use of space, its about $$$. This again drastically favors wealthy people.

Only places its for efficency is where its 2 hour parking but free. This requires you to move your car every two hours. Those are found in certain neighborhoods aka nicer neighborhoods that have congestion, or where devlopers pushed to make their upcoming projects worth more to buyers.Most of CC is pay for parking, so it has nothing to do with efficency.

In the nice places, like queens village or other areas around the city, the 2hour parking is for efficency, and due to homeowners pushing so they can have their own spot as they get a permit, and other ppl have 2 hours to use the street that day.

Because the idea i have to pay for parking, or be fined to park on streets we all literally pay for is a joke. They dont fix these streets nor actually take care of them during weather. However, I need to pay extra to use the streets when I already pay taxes for the streets? If they want to up property taxes, fine, but dont fine me for parking on a street we literally already pay for.

It's just the city double dipping, and its the poor citizens that a 50 dollar ticket hurts. Rich assholes already have driveways, or a spot in a lot in center city. So the majority of these fines go to people already struggling. Taxing the poor disporportionally for something the highest wage tax in the country already makes them pay for is ridiculous.

I see why its controversial, because when I see PPA writing tickets, I get pissed off lol

Wait, now we like PPA?

Lol yep forgot Willison park projects are in Glenside.

Lol I'm a barred attorney, don't worry, I think I understand how constitutional law works.

You think an assembly using power given to it by voters is disenfranchising voters.

I can tell you're probably not even from this city, probably some yuppie transplants or out in the burbs. Krasner making the city more dangerous than when I was running on the streets in the 90s is like the defitnion of "misbehaving" but hey just a few more dead minorities probably doesnt bother you lol

Have a good one man, keep fighting the good fight of being righteously indignant.

An impeachable offense is literally any offense the assembly determines, which is what you don't understand.

Impeachment is a POLITCAL TOOL. Therefore, if everyone in PA asked the assembly to impeach a county official because he's a cowgirls fan, that's literally allowed lol

Again, you don't understand politcs nor where powers come from. They come from the people, and the people determine what is impeachable, by voting for assemblyman/women that agree on what is impeachable.

It's why in PA constitution all is needed to be impeached is "misbehaving" which the assembly, via the voters, can determine drinking coke instead of Pepsi is impeachable. It's why all impeachment does is remove you from office not send you to jail, it's PURELY POLITCAL, and any action can be found to be politcal in nature for voters to say yea impeach him.

Whatever have a good day, it's clear you have no interest in understanding state law or how politcal powers operate in our liberal democracy lol

Lol it's like arguing with a brick wall.

I'm explaining that the congress had the power to impeach Nixon because every US citizen gives it that power via the constitution. That's why it wasn't "disenfranchisment".

Similarly, the assembly has the right to impeach any county official because every PA resident gives the assembly the power to do so via the PA constitution.

Please read about political powers and learn where our rights come from.

If the assembly is using a power granted to it, which comes from the PA constitution, which ultimately comes from every PA citizen, how the fuck is it stealing your rights if you gave it the power to do what it is doing?

You really should read on how politics actually works on our system if you're interested in understanding the political process lol

No, impeachment is literally a political tool. Why the hell do you think its requirements are so broad and not well defined?

Again, balance of powers lesson incoming, congress /assembly can impeach someone for anything, as the purpose of impeachment was for the voters to Have a check on a run away executive. If congress/assembly improperly impeaches someone's, the public can easily vote him back in and then vote the congress/assembly out.

This is all basic social studies stuff.

And the PA constitution says the PA assembly has ALLL the business doing that because they have the power to do so. It's factually wrong.

By using the word disenfranchised it's implied the PA state is violating the people of Philadelphia. No, it's not doing that, it's invoking the will of Pennsylvanians via the state constitution.

Again, imagine saying impeaching trump disenfranchised voters lol

Lol yes down vote me for explaining how state constitutions work. Let's continue to be ignorant on those things becuaae we hate Republicans, good grief.

Ok, but this has literally 0 to do with what I responded to .

What I responded to was the false and incorrect notion that the state assembly has no right or say in what a county does, which is clearly wrong. That is all I was pointing out.

Where did I say what the assembly was doing was right or the best thing? I was simply saying it is a thing they are entitled to do as they have that power.

The assembly has the power to impeach krasner, is simply my point, and I'm being down voted to hell becuase our school system never taught people how state power actually works lol

Again, it's factually wrong to assert: the state assembly has no business interfering with county politcs. No, thats wrong as fuck, the county's powers literally could be taken away in a heart beat by the assembly becuaae the surpreme law of PA, the PA constitution, grants them supremacy and power over the county.

Sorry for trying to explain how state politics work, but I'll take the downvotes so people can remain ignorant on how our state operates.

Lol I'm sorry I understand how the political process in a state works.

The state assembly could pass a law that says Philadelphia's DA is picked via state wide vote, and guess what? It would then become a state wide vote because they have the ultimate authority on state law.

Just like if congress passes a law, it applies to everyone even if you state never passed it. It's why the feds can still bust you with weed even when your own state says it's legal.

Sorry you don't like how state powers work in America. I have no problem saying the republican led state house was doing this for it's own personal reasons, but that doesn't change they have the constitutional right and power to do so lol

You literally think a county trumps state power, idk how you think states work if that's the case bro lol

If you were on the sidewalk, you did no wrong. It is illegal to ride your bike on the sidewalk unless there are specific signs allowing you to do so, or your under 13.

Ok, someone's angry.

The state assembly is the head of the state, and all counties. While counties have powers themselves, they are ultimately lower in the chain than the state assembly. Therefore, when a PA law is passed, your ass has to follow it in Philly, even if Philadelphia county did not pass an ordinance regarding it.

The state level is the top of the local level food chain. Federalism is the understanding that state powers and federal powers are different. But still, even federal law trumps state law, so there's areas where even federal power eeks into the state level.

However, the state assembly is the top boss for all the counties. There's no such challenge out there akin to federalism of state vs local, the state level is the local level, it's just the highest power in the state.

I think they kind of do, isn't that how state politics works? Lol the state house oversees and is in charge of all the counties, as each county must follow the laws passed at the state level.

That's like saying regardless of what you thought of Trump, congress members should have no business in impeaching him because they aren't apart of the executive the people voted for lol

Edit: I can tell many here have no clue how state politics actually work if they think your state capitol is not Supreme and over you county's local powers lol

You have to love this thing only came out becuase one of the scammers tried to file a civil action for a bigger share of the fraud money.

That's like calling the cops on your drug dealer for selling you weak stuff lol

The Great Giant Meteor, it is the only one that can save us.

Your lost lol

Lol ok so when someone says get a cheeststeak with fried onion you must know the cheesesteak actually sucks because why add onions.

Or when someone tells you to get the filet and get it rare you must know it's a bad cut of beef because why specify the way its cooked?

I'm literally saying add extra sauce and make the pizza crispy, which is the same as adding a condiment or what temp to cook your steak at.

So you never had it?

Not to be an asshole, but you can't talk about a food you haven't had.

The reason for well done is because it makes it extra crispy, which I think makes for a good pie, and their sauce is delicious so it's worth getting extra.

Best pizza spot is right outside the city in Delco called Emilio's. Make sure to order the pizza well done with extra sauce, and you're welcome.