Mayor Street Strikes Again!

Well, Philadelphia Mayor John Street (he of the infamous "brothas and sistas are in charge'" speech) has done it again. The Philadelphia Fire Department was only one of two major unions in Philly not to support him in last year's election. So, Mayor Street first tried to get his revenge on the PFD by moving companies around and creating phony manpower needs to justify eliminating companies. That didn't work after several city councilmen and the IAFF Local 22 raised a ruckus and won an injunction.

Now, comes Round 2 - outright layoffs. And who will bear the brunt of this? Yep, the PFD! (The Philly PD will also get some axe cuts, too).

Y'know,..maybe the City should just seize the bank accounts of thieves like Ron White (who died before getting a trail for racketeering) and Faridah Ali (see my earlier posts on her). Hell, I'm sure there's plenty of my 3.5% wage tax SOMEWHERE in their accounts.