Positive Thinking
May 7, 2008
The Philadelphia Weekly reports, “Reports about Philly’s lagging economy are misleadingly negative.”
Source: Positive Thinking
Changing Skyline: Three little words hint of a heartening change
May 2, 2008
An Inquirer editorial reads, “Who would have thought that yanking Philadelphia’s city planners out of their 16-year-long politically induced coma would have been so easy? But it took just three choice words to set them on the road to recovery: ‘plan of development.’”
Source: Changing Skyline: Three little words hint of a heartening change
Editorial: Affordable Homes
April 30, 2008
An Inquirer editorial reads, “The nation’s sputtering real estate market hasn’t been the good news one might expect for low-income Philadelphians looking for affordable housing.”
Source: Editorial: Affordable Homes
Editorial: Safe and Sound
April 29, 2008
An Inquirer editorial reads, “Neither the city’s at-risk children nor its taxpayers should miss Philadelphia Safe and Sound when the agency closes its doors.”
Source: Editorial: Safe and Sound
Candidates must stop ignoring cities
April 29, 2008
An Inquirer commentary reads, “We are mayors. And, although we supported different Democratic candidates in the Pennsylvania primary, we are firmly united in our commitment to ensure that all the presidential candidates address a topic critical to the future of our state and our country: America’s cities.”
Source: Candidates must stop ignoring cities
Improving our schools is a smart way to empty our prisons
April 14, 2008
An Inquirer editorial reads, “n the same week this month, a study by a Washington criminal-justice think tank revealed that Philadelphia has the highest rate of incarceration in the country, while another study, by a Maryland-based nonprofit, reported that only half of Philadelphia’s students graduate from high school.”
Source: Improving our schools is a smart way to empty our prisons. Education - not incarceration
The city has lost control of its sidewalks
April 11, 2008
An Inquirer editorial reads, “There are close to 1.5 million people living in Philadelphia, and every one of them is a pedestrian at one time or another. Yet City Hall sometimes seems surprised to learn that people travel on two feet.”
Source: Changing Skyline: The city has lost control of its sidewalks
Changing Skyline: Campaigns ignoring city issues
April 4, 2008
A Philadelphia Inquirer editorial reads, “There are three times as many urbanites in America as country folk, yet you wouldn’t know it listening to the three main presidential candidates, or perusing their Web sites. Instead, you might come away thinking the United States is a collection of Norman Rockwell small towns surrounded by picture-book farms.”
Source: Changing Skyline: Campaigns ignoring city issues
Don’t give up on Wireless Philadelphia
March 31, 2008
Chris Satullo of the Philadelphia Inquirer writes, “The nonprofit grew out of a fetching vision: Take a city with a huge digital divide, half its households strangers to the Internet. Use a partnership with a visionary company to propel it to the front of the connected pack.”
Source: Chris Satullo: Don’t give up on Wireless Philadelphia
Getting more from a stadium
March 28, 2008
According to a Philadelphia Inquirer commentary, “Amid all the justifiable enthusiasm of this region’s getting another major-league sports franchise, an important issue seems to have been lost. Part of the reason for spending Delaware River Port Authority and state dollars to attract the new soccer team and build a stadium has been the potential economic development for the waterfront in Chester, one of the nation’s most impoverished cities.”
Source: Getting more from a stadium
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