Another Victory for Philadelphia

Thursday afternoon we had a major victory when Mayor Nutter dealt a blow to SugarHouse by revoking the riparian land rights that were issued "based on certain fundamental errors" in the final days of the Street Administration. We have been urging Mayor Nutter to call for an assessment of what type of development we want in our city. Here is what our new Mayor said on Thursday: "There is very little experience across the country with a development of this kind [in a city of this size]… A legitimate review will ask 'What are the real costs? What are the real benefits?'"

Check out the Plan Philly Article and the 51574 [at] kyw [dot] dayport [dot] com"target="_blank">CBS 3 Clip from the 6:00 PM news from Thursday night.

Earlier in the morning a crew of Casino-Free supporters rallied at City Council to monitor and react to an ordinance introduced by Councilman DiCicco that would give Foxwoods zoning approvals if certain conditions were met. While it remains to be seen whether the Councilman's strategy will prevail in the end, at least it affords a starting point for amendments, and to have hearings about the issues addressed in the ordinance such as economic analysis, crime, traffic, environmental impacts and many more.