John Street To Boy Scouts: "Drop Dead!"
By Wyatt Earp | July 22, 2006
Break out the duct tape. Philadelphia mayor John Street is up for the Ray Nagin Award again:
“Mayor Street will evict the Boy Scout’s Cradle of Liberty Council from its city-owned headquarters, or make the organization pay fair-market rent, unless it stops discriminating against gays.”
The Scouts have been ensconced in their Center City HQ rent free – a result of a City Council decree – since 1928. Unfortunately for them, they are sitting on prime real estate that Street would like to bulldoze in favor of luxury condos. As if anyone in their right mind would willfully live in Philadelphia for a cool million dollars!
Jeff Jubelirer, the Cradle of Liberty Council spokesman gave The Inquirer the quote of the week:
“With an epidemic of gun violence taking the lives of Philadelphia’s children every day, it is ironic the administration chose this time to destroy programming that services 40,000 children in this city.”
When I last checked the city has already had 219 homicides this year. We’re on a pace break the 400 mark. Thankfully, our jackass mayor has his priorities in order.
(H/T: The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Topics: Philly | 7 Comments »
July 22nd, 2006 at 6:39 pm
Lame-ass. I wish someone would evict his arse.
July 22nd, 2006 at 6:55 pm
He’s always been an a**hat mayor, but that’s a new low – to kick out an organization that instills moral values, good character, and teaches good skills. The man ought to be ashamed.
This coming from the mayor that started “Operation Safe Streets” to get illegal drugs off the streets. What better organization than the Boy Scouts, to help keep kids away from such things? No?
July 22nd, 2006 at 7:46 pm
The boy scouts keeps kids way from drugs? Certainly not in the troop I was in. Other talents learned from scouts: Hiding your beer in a creek will also keep it cold.
The Boy Scouts are a private organization that openly discriminates. That means they can’t conduct business on public property. He is only telling them to get there own place, not disbanding the actual scouts.
July 23rd, 2006 at 2:56 am
Oh come on! No alterior motives doming from City Hall, nope, completely altruistic.
July 23rd, 2006 at 2:11 pm
John Street could give my wife one of his kidneys, and I still would never say one good thing about the man. The original decision by City Council in 1928 was that the Scouts could stay there rent free “in perpetuity.” I guess “in perpetuity” means different things to different people.
And, for the record, the Scouts are responsible for utilities and upkeep.
July 23rd, 2006 at 6:41 pm
Street was a member of the council that plundered Franklin’s money to the city, too. (Isn’t he part of the reason this city is cursed? I.e…..the really big buildings shadowing Penn’s hat?)
July 27th, 2006 at 11:46 am
John Street prefers Lance Bass to the Boy Scouts. Wonder what THAT says?