“But is that Good for Philadelphia?”

You may win re-election, Mr. Nutter, but is that good for Philadelphia?

Polls, polls, polls! The polls say 45% of Philadelphians' would vote for you--but 39% would vote for a "New person". The latter number says a great deal about what many Philadelphians' think of you as a leader. Imagine the possibility that if the "New person" was "Skree Rock" from the corner of "Boo Boo" Street, they could achieve 39% of the vote.

You may win re-election, but is that good for Philadelphia?

In an "alternate" city of Philadelphia; schools and statues would be erected in your honor for the horrendous rise in unemployment that has enveloped our great city. If 11.9% unemployment was an achievement--It would be one of your crown jewels.

You may win re-election, but is that good for Philadelphia?

You now have the support of the unions for this election cycle, but you had their support when you ran for mayor the 1st time and yet, once elected you treated the unions as if they had contracted the Ebola virus. My, my, my, how soon they forget.

You may win re-election, but is that good for Philadelphia?

Candidly speaking, your fiscal portfolio and Jurassic budget remedies hearken back to a time which led to America's Great Depression and why our city cannot break the grip of financial ruin that has plagued us since 2007. You, sir, are the quintessential, modern day, "Rip Van Wrinkle of Economics".

Alas, you may win re-election for mayor, but damn it--Is that good for Philadelphia?



"Progressives will bring balance to the Republic."
Anthony P. Johnson

"Chasing Windmills."

I am always open to having an intelligent dialogue with those that disagree with what they term "Obamacare," and how in their opinions the law "kills" jobs, the environment and a host of other issues. But the stark reality is that many of those that are complaining, including their elected officials (which is equally unnerving) is that they haven't read the bill.

For the record the health care legislation will NOT:

* Increase the deficit
* Hinder job creation
* Bankrupt small businesses

nor will it:

* "kill" Grandma, Grandpa or Aunt B

The GOP recently patted themselves on the back for voting in the House of Representative to repeal health care despite the fact that the legislation itself will--wait for it, never be repealed.

Now that they've vanquished this windmill, what will Don Quixote, aka the GOP tackle next--repealing DADT?




"Progressives will bring balance to the Republic."
Anthony P. Johnson