Addicts already have no freedom; mandatory treatment is a chance for them to get it back.

Hidden city about to make a go fund me to preserve this historic establishment

Heroin dealers are technically small businesses too. Do you support them?

Way to support small businesses!

It’s one of the last pay by the hour hotels in Philly. Can only imagine all the crazy shit that happened in there over the years

Shootings and violent crime went down significantly from the 90s to the mid 2010s, with increases in poverty in some places.

The problem with saying “gun violence won’t go down until we alleviate this other problem” is that you’re trying to affect the problem indirectly.

Alleviating poverty is a worthy goal in itself. Alleviating violence is a worthy goal. They are not necessarily that causal. There is correlation certainly, but you can work on either one by itself

Local Philly politics will NEVER be dull.

"my entire administration has been hard at work...

...completing my new house, it's shaped like a pint glass and it's in napa valley."

>Bloom, a block captain and minister who vowed as mayor to visit each of the city’s 900 schools (there are 216)

fucking lmao

They should protect the surrounding building but probably let the fire take its course through burning down that pile of garbage.

Imagine saying "the best way to help alcoholics is by giving them free, government paid for alcohol and a place to vomit until they make the personal decision to be sober." Staggering the lengths people will go to justify their hypotheses.

I've already read that. Just because some psychopaths have some niche "treatment" does not mean we cannot develop an open and transparent approach to involuntary commitment. I'm not saying bring on nurse ratchet, but some sort of mental illness/addiction treatment approach combined with therapy and housing is obviously the way forward.

Simply put, we cannot allow people to live like they are living on the streets of Kensington. How we should go about rectifying that is up for some discussion.

Trump losing re-election really shown even more light on Kenney’s complete incompetence. Took away like 90% of his talking points and left him bumbling and stumbling even during his sober hours.

I highly suggest listening to this multi part podcast by Reveal News. They do amazing investigative journalism on many topics but their work on American Rehabs has lead to many, many lawsuits and federal investigations since it aired.

Reveal exposes how a treatment for drug addiction has turned tens of thousands of people into an unpaid, shadow workforce.

He will point to republicans in Harrisburg and explain how it wasn't his fault.

When it comes to positions like mayor or PotUS there's not really an option.

Who's gonna get the votes? Candidate A who says "I will do what I can to work with City Council, municipal agencies, and the State, but I can't promise anything, since the Mayor's office has limited powers to..." or Candidate B who says "Mexico will pay for the whole thing!"

Candidate A doesn't even get trotted out

You're totally right.

This problem won't go away without alleviating poverty and sustained longterm investments in the hardest hit communities. As long as we're just willing to farm out the job of government to grieving parents, non-profits and an endless list of foundations, we'll get a new version of this every three years

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This is EXACTLY why I hated working on Rebuild "community outreach"

Politicians overpromising "you'll get a new library and a new rec center!" when the reality was "new carpet and less asbestos"

That was my immediate thought. I’m not even going to read the article. Who the fuck thought this was a good idea?

This reads like SEO copy.

Please don’t lie to these children! Mayors are powerless!

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