indexHOME  indexTHE PLAN  indexRESOURCES  indexTO DO  indexE-MAIL  indexMEETUP
 

 

 

THE PHILADELPHIA PLAN: Common Sense + New Ideas

    PUBLIC WORKS - GO LOCAL!
 

  1. We recommend a federal "Manhattan Project" to find clean sources of energy, but in the meantime, we support "all the above" sources of energy including: passive, solar, wind, geothermal, fossil fuels, and nuclear energy, etc..
     

  2. Our "public utilities" should be publicly owned & controlled, and not managed by commercial, private, or foreign entities (ex: coal, gas, & electric power stations, plus water, sanitation, streets, airports, ports, highways, bridges, etc.). This is particularly important for energy, so that we don't experience large regional power outages as in The Enron Scandal in California from 1990's-2001.
     

  3. The Philadelphia Streets Departments needs a major makeover: 1) We need engineering alternatives to conventional asphalt roads which are difficult to properly maintain. (See SmallStreetsPhilly.org), 2) Start an "edible city" program to plant edible plants, trees, and bushes (both wild and cultivated). See WildFoodies.org
     

  4. The Philadelphia Streets Departments needs: 1) Year-round on-call pick-up public service for yard waste, and 2) "Recycling" warehouses for items that can be repaired, sold, or given away to individuals, businesses, or charities, such as clothes, furniture, and other household items, 3) Add another crew member to trash collection team so that they can clean up after themselves and not leave a big mess, and lastly, 4) Publish your district's Streets Supervisor's photo and contact information, 5) Get rid of the Big Belly's that stink, jam, break down and are over-all disgusting!
     

  5. The Philadelphia Department of Parks & Recreation needs to comply with the 1st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the PA Sunshine Act, as well as protect public health: 1) Hold monthly public meetings to include open public comment, per the Sunshine Act, 2) End the use of toxic chemicals on public property per the HOPS Act (See ToxicFreePhilly.org), and nd the use of toxic turf (See SaveTheMeadows.com)
     

  6. The Philadelphia Water Department should stop adding the neurotoxin, fluoride, and any other unnecessary toxic chemicals to its water. See: FluorideAlert.org
     

  7. Philadelphia Licenses & Inspection employees need to do their job and ensure properties are properly maintained, or otherwise appropriately fine or even jail non-compliant property owners, if necessary.

 

 

ty, Parks/Recreatio