http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/29/philadelphia-mayor-caught-camping-for-an-iphone/ Engadget Mobile Comments for Philadelphia mayor caught camping for an iPhone http://www.engadgetmobile.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgetmobile.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/29/philadelphia-mayor-caught-camping-for-an-iphone/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/29/philadelphia-mayor-caught-camping-for-an-iphone/Jun 29th 2007 11:38AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/29/philadelphia-mayor-caught-camping-for-an-iphone/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/29/philadelphia-mayor-caught-camping-for-an-iphone/Jun 29th 2007 11:44AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/29/philadelphia-mayor-caught-camping-for-an-iphone/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/29/philadelphia-mayor-caught-camping-for-an-iphone/Jun 29th 2007 12:48PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/29/philadelphia-mayor-caught-camping-for-an-iphone/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/29/philadelphia-mayor-caught-camping-for-an-iphone/
"Philadelphia currently has one of the highest murder rates in the country. What is our dead beat mayor doing? Sitting in line for an iPhone."

Here's a mayor that had the FBI bug his office, has seen half his staff go to jail, has been implicated by just about everyone that WENT to jail with being complacent if not outright a participant in criminal activities, etc. Philadelphia grew by -60k people last year. We're in a housing crisis - million dollar condos everywhere, and 200+ murders already keeping people out of the city.

If you want to give Street props for anything, how about landing himself a cushy job, getting paid by my taxes, averting criminal charges (which I still don't understand) and having the balls to be out waiting for a damn iPhone.

When I first woke up this morning and saw that he was out there, naturally I assumed that he had solved the murder crisis, along with the looming public transportation crisis, budget problem, and the city's numerous other problems. Then I read the rest of the news, and realized that he's just a jerk.]]>Jun 29th 2007 1:03PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/29/philadelphia-mayor-caught-camping-for-an-iphone/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/29/philadelphia-mayor-caught-camping-for-an-iphone/
Then his brother tried to run for office (2x) even though he doesn't live in Philadelphia (kind of illegal)!

Street would be in jail now if his lackey fund raiser didn't die before he went on trial.

Also when Rendell left office he had a $100 million in budget surplus, guess what in the 7 years Street has been there, he blew that into a deficit.

But you are right, the worse thing about this guy is that Philly's murder rate is 5x the rate of NYC, per capita. And Street originally represented the most oppressed sections of the city - everyone had hope he would do something when he became mayor. He bided his time, planned well and got a cherry spot in line for the iPhone! Good job Mayor!

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