And that train left the station in the late 1980s.

None of those are PPA's job. PPA is doing PPA's job. Stop whining.

Especially if there were no limit to how many hours in a 24h period you could leave your kid there.

The problem is that once Foxwoods opened in CT and broke the Vegas/AC monopoly, it was more or less inevitable that everyone else was going to compete for that revenue and not lose it to other states.

The best we can do is keep the casinos in places that won't impair better development -- and I think we're okay on that front in Philadelphia -- and tax the shit out of it. And we do: "Total tax revenue generated collectively through all forms of gaming and fantasy contests was $188,976,155* during February 2023."

Obviously, they can be doing better on gambling addiction, especially given how much is spent to promote sports betting at this point, and probably should be more aggressive at banning people from gambling who ever pull shit like this.

Hell yes. We need a Mayor who'll be persistent on this.

Derek Green and Jimmy DeLeon, too.

And to think that there were some people here a few weeks ago carping about why oh why can't we still have the old Civic Center? CHOP/HUP are huge economic drivers for this region, and innovators for the world, and we need to help them thrive.

Yes, I am the fictional White House Counsel from a tv show which went off the air in 2006.

the case was brought by Jeff Brown's campaign lawyer.

Central Bucks School District has been sued for being hostile to LGBTQ+ students. Rather than accommodate students and make everyone feel welcome, the Republican school board is spending $1M+ on lawyers to defend their policies.

Even after Trump decried him as "a coward, who let our Country down," McSwain still campaigned as being the most MAGA and refused to endorse Lou Barletta as the final "gotta stop Mastriano" option. It was all ego, and still is.

Here's the complaint. Remedy sought is not in any way seeking money damages:

>The students and families who are submitting this complaint would like USDOJ and/or U.S. Department of Education OCR to investigate the hostile environment at CBSD and the recent overtly discriminatory actions by the school board and upper administration, assert jurisdiction, order CBSD to take the measures recommended by the U.S. Department of Education for supporting transgender and other gender-nonconforming youth in school, https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/ed-factsheet-transgender-202106.pdf, order CBSD to implement mandatory training for staff, administration, and the school board on supporting LGBTQ+ youth, order CBSD to take any other actions necessary to eliminate the hostile environment for LGBTQ+ students, and order CBSD to rescind its discriminatory policies and directives.

So if a public school (a governmental body) invites a drag performance, that's bad, but if parents bring their kids, that's also bad, so if neither government nor parents can make that decision, who can?

Conservatives have always decried our culture as too tawdry. It's kinda their thing. (Except for anything Trump does; that's classy.)

I agree that the National Museum of American Jewish History or any local synagogue (or campus Hillel) would be a good first step. Don't blow this opportunity; loudly sound the alarm.

On that, I have to disagree. Gorgeous building, hell yes, but the City needed a larger, modern Convention Center and CHOP/HUP needed the land to expand. Lord knows their success has been a boon to the region.

Our prior Convention Center, the Civic Center, occupied land that's now all CHOP/HUP property.

We need a large convention center because that's what fills our hotels and restaurants. And unlike other amenities (perhaps), it's one which really does need to be in Center City because that's where all the hotels and restaurants are.

Also, many of its events are not public-facing; it's trade groups and business associations. So, like, thousands of nurses or trial lawyers coming to town. It's a big deal.

Looks like Jeff Brown no-showed.

Looking at the Baltimore menu and not impressed. Very crab/shellfish-centered with few fish entree options, and you have got to be fucking kidding me with $66 crab cakes. It looks like McCormick and Schmicks with an even narrower menu, and while the quality and M&S was really poor the last time I ate there, nothng about Loch's excites me. If I want shellfish I'm going to Sansom Street ten times out of ten.

Bring me the second coming of Striped Bass, a place which had a lot of high-quality entrees with fresh fish from all over the world, and barely any non-seafood options at all. That would excite me.

It's not bad at all.

You'll find it for all of them on their websites, and none of them are all-white or even close.

People have talked about Open Houses, but I think it's just as important to send your kids their to shadow another student for a day or even half-day.

Most do at all these schools, but all of them have significant financial assistance available.

And, look, this is a key thing which distinguishes the private schools: they don't have to educate each kid. They are free to expel (or not invite back) anyone who isn't meeting standards academically or behaviorally.

But that's not what we're talking about when it's parents in desirable catchments like Meredith and Greenfield sending their kids elsewhere. I absolutely agree that schools which can't replace that enrollment with students from outside the catchment will suffer.

Yeah, does the notarization need to be in Chinese or is it just that the document is? Because all the notary is doing is affirming that the the signer presented valid ID and signed the document in front of the notary.