Bike lanes
Fighting City Hall takes money, and will
FOPS has the will to fight the fight for everyone who feels abused by the city’s betrayal.
Sanctuary City
I hope Trump cuts millions from Philadelphia
By now we have anywhere from 10 to 20 million illegals among us. Is 20 million a lot? Only California, Texas, and Florida have that many people.
Cherelle Parker
Nonprofit launches to fight City Hall on no-stop bike lanes
The other shoe has dropped, with an all-too-predictable thud, on city streets. In order to patch its idiotic law that prohibits even momentary stops in bicycle lanes, the city is proposing to create loading zones by eliminating 5-6 parking spaces on every block between Front and 22nd streets. That’s
Bicycle Lanes
Nonprofit launches to fight City Hall on no-stop bike lanes
The other shoe has dropped, with an all-too-predictable thud, on city streets. In order to patch its idiotic law that prohibits even momentary stops in bicycle lanes, the city is proposing to create loading zones by eliminating 5-6 parking spaces on every block between Front and 22nd streets. That’s
Bicycle Lanes
Wow! Inquirer finds opposing viewpoint on bike lanes
Well, the temperature makes it feel like Hell has frozen over, and another sign of the apocalypse is the Philadelphia Inquirer publishing an op-ed that opposes the demands of the bike cult. This is a first in my memory. Well, at least since I stopped working there. The newspaper gives
Bicycle Lanes
Dilemma: Bikeheads would have to obey law
Considering that, statistically, no one commutes to work by bicycle, it’s amazing how much of the government's time, effort, and finances are directed toward bike lanes. City streets are more likely to be torn up for underused bike lanes than for repair. But hark! I can hear
D.A. Larry Krasner
Mary Sunshine Krasner sees no evil
Some days you really have to work hard on this job, to do hard digging, research, and interviews. Other days, it just drops into your lap. (Following are stats from the 22nd Police District. Citywide was not available) Such as the day tone deaf Philadelphia progressive D.A. Larry Krasner
Police
Why Philly won’t stop ‘stop-and-frisk’
Stop-and-frisk. Hot topic and getting hotter. Three things to know: 1- It has been around forever. 2- When done properly, it is constitutional. 3- It is hard to do it right. On the national stage, Mike Bloomberg is getting hammered for New York City’s former s&f policy,