No he's not a jerk, he's a fucking asshole! You forgot the part where he tried to get his brother and wife no bid contracts at the airport, even though they don't have the requisite experience.
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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keithwwalker @ Jun 29th 2007 3:28PM
No he's not a jerk, he's a fucking asshole! You forgot the part where he tried to get his brother and wife no bid contracts at the airport, even though they don't have the requisite experience.
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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