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Ban road diets Major kudos to Robert Rudnitsky for fighting the road diet planned for Castor Avenue. Road diets (and traffic “calming” and Vision Zero and Complete Streets) are an anti-automobile/anti-driver urban planning tool used to make driving so inconvenient, expensive and unpleasant that people will abandon their cars en masse to walk, bike or take […]

Best president ever The reason for this letter is that I’m so sick of Democrats putting my President Trump down, as he has done very great things for us American people and is still doing very great things. I think the Democrats are jealous of Trump because they could never be like Trump, as Trump […]

By William M. Cotter President Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association Legislation in the Pennsylvania Senate risks allowing local governments to operate in the shadows, leaving taxpayers unaware of decisions affecting their pocketbooks, their communities and their quality of life. State Senate Bill 194, sponsored by Sen. Doug Mastriano (R-Adams/Franklin), would allow school districts and municipal and county […]

Holy Unpaved Streets, Batman Let’s see. Mayor Parker had a $6.8 billion budget handed to her. So, please tell me why the streets department scraped the top layers off the streets in my neighborhood over two months ago and they haven’t repaved it since then. The current rains have caused deep holes to form in […]

Impeach Trump I recently heard and saw President Trump speak at West Point’s graduation ceremony. As a daughter of a World War II veteran, I was appalled and disgusted to see the president wearing a red MAGA hat and inveighing against “diversity, equity and inclusion” while glorifying “crushing and killing.” A few days later, he further disrespected and sullied […]

By Patrick Sandone, Robert Brooks and Heather Nuske Each May, Mental Health Month offers us a much-needed reminder: Wellness isn’t a luxury — it’s a lifeline. For first responders, veterans and frontline workers, that lifeline is stretched thin. Every day, these heroes answer calls for help. But when it comes to seeking help themselves, many […]

A waste of money The city wellness court is more money for a program that was doomed from the get-go. Arresting a druggie in the morning and taking them to court in the afternoon is such a worthless concept. The only thing the druggie wants by the afternoon is to get high. They will lie, […]

Closed libraries I recently read in your paper about the more than $4.5 million spent on the rehab of the Lawncrest Library. It reopened with a lot of media and political attention. Recently, I went to the Northeast Regional Library — the major library hub for NE Philly – and once again, it was suddenly […]

Safety and accessibility As a lifelong resident of East Passyunk Crossing in the East Passyunk Avenue neighborhood, it was very encouraging to read Mark Zimmaro’s report on the planned project to improve connection between South Philly and the Delaware River (“Construction begins on Washington Ave.,” April 30). It is called The Washington Avenue Connector Project – and […]

Boondoggle Mayor Cherelle Parker announced an $800 million Housing Opportunities Made Easy (HOME) to build or repair 30,000 homes. It’s going to be interesting to see how many houses become available out of the $800 million. Splitting it among 7 different agencies becomes rather costly. Each agency has its own staff with payroll, benefits and […]