Image courtesy Jeffrey Bouchard of Bleached Black.
This entry was posted on Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 at 4:04 pm.
13 Responses to “Readers Photoshop: At Long Last, The Mighty Face Of… Bizarro Nutter!”
1. CityMaps Says:
December 3rd, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Yeah yeah, Nutter planned big cuts all along and he was lying to you when he campaigned about how much he was looking out for the best interest of the city. Let it go…
The “cool kids” in Philly are mad because their beloved Fishtown lost a library, a pool, AND a firetruck while most other places just lost 1 thing. Sucks, eh? Ever think that maybe 1. your hood was over-represented by those things according to planning stats used for cities nationwide or 2. City Hall thinks you’ll be just fine without them, probably by showing some damn initiative and creating community-run programs to cover gaps in learning and recreation?
2. Allan Smithee Says:
December 3rd, 2008 at 6:55 pm
HaHa CityMaps Sux!
This response posted from the Fishtown branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia.
Long Live the Free Library System!
3. Patricio Says:
December 3rd, 2008 at 8:03 pm
It would be nice if all the people angry about the cuts the city is going to have to make actually heard sustainability director Mark Allen Hughes eloquent and sobering opinion on the matter a while back at JB’s.
Just sayin’.
4. julie.t Says:
December 3rd, 2008 at 8:31 pm
amen to that, Patricio. thanks for the sanity check.
5. gtownradioboy Says:
December 3rd, 2008 at 9:22 pm
Looks a little like MF Doom.
6. Grapesoda Says:
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:45 pm
please. fishtown..cool? LoL. what is this like the 5th spot in the city that is classified as “cool” in the past what 8 years since, living in the city was relevant to that.
7. jrpettit Says:
December 4th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
I can’t stop looking at this
8. John Lightstone Says:
December 4th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Wouldn’t Bizarro Nutter be . . . . John Street?
9. jeffreybleachedblack Says:
December 4th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
@ John Lightstone:
Yeah, but then I wouldn’t get to play with Photoshop.
10. Allan Smithee Says:
December 4th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
re: “It would be nice if all the people angry about the cuts the city is going to have to make actually heard sustainability director Mark Allen Hughes eloquent and sobering opinion on the matter a while back at JB’s.”
Hmmm, wonder if he has any influence in the Nutter Administration about what firms the city uses for financial planning and/or investments. I’m sure both ING & Barnes Noble would be up to being the new corp. public library branch for the Rittenhouse Sq. area.
Or is that branch sustainable and not needing synergy?
11. John Lightstone Says:
December 4th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
@jeffreybleachedblack: but you can’t possibly photoshop anything better than this photo. You just can’t.
http://www.philebrity.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/mayorstreet.jpg
12. CityMaps Says:
December 4th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
1. Yes, the photo is quite awesome
2. Fishtown is not “cool” and neither is any city hood more so than another. Mmy point was that it is recently heavy with activists who feel slighted by Nutter after supporting him for election.
3. I’m also saying we shouldn’t think Nutter is duplicitous just because we may not agree with a tough decision that had to be made. Hey library closings make a nasty soundbyte, but compare to the burbs:
Cherry Hill has ONE public library for 71,000 people
Philadelphia AFTER cuts will have 43 for 1,450,000 people
So, either Philadelphia will STILL have more than twice as many libraries per person as some so-called affluent towns who seem to be doing quite well at cranking out productive members of society…OR Cherry Hill has 1/3rd as many as some people would say they need, and I don’t see their kids running wild in the streets from boredom.
Don’t talk size of library branches either, because a book at one can be ordered from another.
Some of the decision to close libraries came from numbers like these, showing that we can do without a few of them.
13. Allan Smithee Says:
December 4th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
re: “I’m also saying we shouldn’t think Nutter is duplicitous just because we may not agree with a tough decision that had to be made.”
Nutter fucked up. He and Council decided things behind closed doors without involving the public in the process or in plain view of the press.
More:
Nutter not heeding Council's cuts advice
Budget plans moving ahead despite lawmaker's protests
Mayor Michael Nutter quickly turned down a request from City Council on Thursday to hold off on closing 11 libraries, standing firm on his decision to close the city's $108 million budget gap.
Nutter's office, however, wasted no time in crushing the hopes of those that seek to put off the closures.
"We have it as abundantly clear to all who were [at a Council briefing] that we have a responsibility and obligation to close a $108 million budgetr gap in the next six months," said Douglas Oliver, Nutter's press secractary. "To dalay is to make the situation significantly worse for [the 2010 fiscal year]."
excerpt from article/reportage by Solomon D. Leach
article published Friday, December 5, 2008
page 02
Metro Newspaper
Weekend Edition, December 5-7, 2008
One Reader's View
Give all a say in library closings
Re: "Delay library closings, Council says," published yesterday:
We recognize that it may not be possible to keep every library branch open. However, we strongly believe the debate should take place in a public forum.
Our resolution creates that public forum. All of the stakeholders will be allowed to weigh in, and the administration will have to finally share data, such as what it costs to operate each library, which could help us formulate alternative cost-saving measures to prevent some or all of the closures.
"Right-sizing" is a catchy phrase but means nothing if there is no debate about what we need to right-size and if City Council does not receive the data that will allow us to offer alternatives if we believe different choices should be made to save money.
Who knows? After getting the facts, we may end up agreeing with some cuts.
A vote for the hearings was a vote for an open, transparent and accountable government. A vote against the resolution was a ratification of, and a vote to continue, the back-room dialogue.
Councilman Bill Green
Philadelphia
published Saturday, December 6, 2008
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Letter to The Editor
page A10