Jay A. McCalla
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Fmr Deputy Managing Director & fmr Chief of Staff to Pres of City Council. Published: Philly Mag & The Inquirer. Formerly w/WURD & 107.9 FM
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Cops seem to live for these moments.
Look at the SWAT team they called to indiana university. For students protesting genocide.
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$61,000 - no high school diploma.
Teacher w/Masters starts at $48,000.
A disgrace.
HIRING 👮
@PhillyPolice
is looking for new officers! The starting salary is a little more than $61,000 and there's a $2,000 bonus for signing up. Details on how to apply in the link below.
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City of Philly gives out $200 Mil annually to groups claiming to fight gun violence.
We should get our money back.
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Very cheap shot in the immediate wake of Josh's death.
After claiming that Philadelphia was safe under a Soros DA, Josh Kruger was murdered in his home.
Rest in peace. People need to wake up.
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The lightening fast rebuild of I-95 makes me wonder why it takes decades to remove asbestos from our schools.
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With control of the PA House, Dems can focus on expanding Philly's power to regulate guns.
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Almost all Philly public libraries are closed by 6 pm.
Who are they serving ???
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Philly has a Managing Director whose job it is to deliver city services- clean streets, potholes, inspection of dangerous bldgs, public safety, etc.
Tumar Alexander is his name and he's getting away with murder.
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Helen Gym's "I met with David Adelman but we didn't talk about anything" is disqualifying for its dishonesty.
I can't vote for her.
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On average, Philly cops cost the city $30 Mil yrly in lawsuits.
The tab for this murder will bend the curve, substantially.
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Center City is CLEAN because the City cleans it.
Poor neighborhoods ARE dirty because the City DOESN'T clean them.
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Philly's 6,300 UNVACCINATED cops put the public at greater risk.
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Parker appointing the wife of a Councilperson as City Rep should raise an eyebrow.
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For the life of me, I never thought Biden would support a mass genocide.
But, there he is.
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FOP needs to grow up.
Making fun of an addiction is NEVER cool.
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Allan Domb was the Councilperson who noticed $33 Mil was missing from city treasury.
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This further confirms she WILL NOT be an agent of change.
I’m excited to announce that I have been endorsed by
@Darrell_Clarke
! As City Council Majority Leader, I worked closely with him to ensure that our residents voices were heard! I am deeply honored to know that he supports my vision for a safer, cleaner, greener city.
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Generally, neighbors don't enjoy equal access to these gardens.
Neighborhood "gatekeepers" run the show.
Community gardens can help combat rising food insecurity in Philadelphia, but their future is uncertain
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He's right.
From 1940-1980:
•The wealthiest paid 70-94% marginal tax
•0 of them went broke from taxation
•0 of them left USA
•All remained exceedingly wealthy
•Manufacturing boomed
•AND we also had the strongest middle class growth in US History
Let's do that again.
#TaxBillionaires
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Fattening the police budget to almost $1 BILLION, will have almost zero effect on crime.
We know this.
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The Working Families Party brings the biggest political change since the City Charter of 1952.
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Over a recent 8 month period, the City of Chester REDUCED murders by 66%.
Why won't we ???
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@web3_eth
@HistoryToLearn
@DissanaikeMD
Asians, gays and immigrants are being beaten in the streets and cops still shoot unarmed Blacks.
Nazi parades
You shouldn't brag about our "progress"
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This guy is well- informed and willing to communicate.
Yesterday was the busiest travel day of Thanksgiving air travel, and the system did well.
Sunday's weather led to an elevated but not extreme level of delays (5.3%) & overall cancellation rates held below 1.0%.
Thanks again to America's aviation workers for all that you do.
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Why does Philly media let Philly mayors get away with NEVER holding regular press conferences???
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I was pleased to learn Gov Shapiro opposes Safe Injection Sites.
They're purpose is to help the addict live as an addict.
I prefer helping them get clean & sober.
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Philly pols could create GOOD job opportunities for poor POC if they FORCED the Building Trades to DESEGREGATE.
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School Board IMMEDIATELY hired a $450,000 consultant to "help" new superintendent.
We need a NEW BOARD.
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Cherelle Parker has emerged as the conservative in the race.
Conservative labor support.
NE Ward Leader support.
She favors stop & frisk and hiring more cops.
She's a conservative.
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Why do we trust the folks we trust
Missouri corrections officer, Paul Schofield & his wife, Sara Schofield, have pled guilty to recording themselves raping her 4 year old child & uploading the videos to the internet.
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Derek Green calls Helen Gym a socialist - the language of right-wingers.
For me, that's disqualifies him.
Looks like Derek Green is trying to cast himself as the anti-Helen-Gym candidate in Philly's mayoral race. Here's his statement today...shortly before Gym is expected to formally announce her candidacy:
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As PPD spends $900,000,000 annually, it may be wise to examine their accomplishments.
What problems have they solved?
Do folks feel safe ?
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How long before it's openly questioned.
Everyone seems to take Trump seriously, report on his strange tweets & debate the merits of proven lies.
Yet nobody debates if he is sane?
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Is this "dynamic duo" conducting illegal stops?
Recovering 3 guns in one week makes me wonder.
This "Batman" gun was recovered from the confines of the
@PPD25Dist
, not Gotham. This dynamic duo said it was their 3rd gun pinch this week.
@PPDAnthonyLuca
@PhillyPolice
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More elected officials shd do this.
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Councilperson Cherelle Parker wants to cut his taxes.
Joseph Zuritsky (of
@ParkwayCorp
) owns a $6 million condo at 1706 Rittenhouse Sq. Thanks to the property tax abatement, he avoided over $475,000 in taxes on this property 2013-2020. Does this seem like someone who needs more tax breaks in order to give his workers raises?
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Sen Fetterman's endorsement of the Working Families Party candidates for Council must be driving Bob Brady up a wall.
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Rodney Muhammad is the head of Philly's NAACP.
His obvious antisemitism requires he resign.
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Almost 7 months and STILL no Philly Health Commissioner.
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If Cherelle Parker fulfills her promise to bring in the National Guard and re-institute stop & frisk, she will be the most RIGHT- WING mayor since Frank Rizzo.
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Parker is far more conservative than some folks may think.
The National Guard will be ‘part of the solution’ in Kensington, Cherelle Parker says
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I don't know why Gym doesn't get more "respect".
She's as smart & tough as any of the others.
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Remember when Jim Kenney scrapped the West Philly PPD HQ with ZERO explanation?
That cost US over $100 Mil.
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Both Shapiro & Fetterman have endorsed WFP.
That means neither the Gov nor Senator gave a damn what Bob Brady thought.
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This desire to blame Krasner is IRRATIONAL.
Blame the cops who are OBVIOUSLY falling down on the job.
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Still waiting for Kenney's report on Philly Fighting Covid.
He promised we'd have it within 30 days.
He's hoping we'll forget.
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Philly's Bldg Trades are 95% white & 96% male.
Philly pols ( Black & White) lack the guts to challenge this.
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We're PAYING cops $500 to get vaccinated.
WHY ??!!!???
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Bob Brady has run the Philly Dem Party for almost 40 yrs.
That's 30 yrs too long.
Yes ?
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@nakita1971
@HistoryToLearn
@sf_leilani
It happened because she was Black. Her gender was irrelevant.
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Under the Street Admin, there was a brief experiment w/public restrooms.
Attractive. Self-cleaning.
I guess we didn't deserve them.
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We can never be a 1st Class city as long as Kensington hosts a decades old, outdoor drug market with encampments.
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A member of City Council is on trial and local media won't cover that trial.
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Republican mayoral candidate David Oh is ultra- right wing on:
1. Abortion
2. Police Reform
3. Gay Rights
He cannot be considered.
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Twice, Derek Green (& campaign) have attacked Gym as "socialist", while reiterating a call for increasing PPD budget.
He's a Black man running a right-wing campaign.
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How emotionally stable are cops - generally???
Los Angeles county sheriff’s deputy, Jim Devoe, has been charged w felony child abuse for severely beating his 5 yr old son, punching him in the face, causing serious injuries, including facial bruising and swelling & an eye hemorrhage.
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Why aren't folks demanding to know how Parker will pay for "year round" school?
Asking for Helen Gym.
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The observable truth is Kenney NEVER SERIOUSLY TRIED to curb gun violence.
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I just voted for Allan Domb.
I could not be more pleased.
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Every mayor who neglected education & poor people has endorsed Rhynhart.
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We're the POOREST big city in America.
Why WOULDN'T we have high crime???
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IMO, the majority of voters are deciding between Domb and Rhynhart.
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Helen Gym got clobbered for attending the Union League.
But, Jeff Brown gets a pass after falsely insinuating he had Michelle Obama's endorsement.
?????
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The absence of an independent poll for the mayor's race - at this point - is somewhere between shameful & suspicious.
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Parker shd make Gym Chair of the School Board.
Put her to work.
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Annually, the City of Philadelphia shells out $30 Mil in police misconduct complaints.
Bad cops are very expensive.
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Next mayor shd commit to:
Roosevelt Blvd Project
Chinatown Arena
Broad St Extension to Navy Yard
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Nonsense.
The city can simply plant MORE trees.
Why is everything so complicated?
That’s why as chair of
@PHLCouncil
's Committee on the Environment, I was proud to pass my Tree Canopy Law and establish the Philly Tree Fund. This law requires developers to plant trees when they cut them down. If they don’t, they will have to pay fees into the Philly Tree Fund.
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Cherelle Parker is being endorsed by every crocodile in the swamp.
eg Tartaglione, Darrell Clarke, Bldg Trades.
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It must be frustrating for mayoral candidates to attend 100 forums, only to speak 7 mins, in front of 30 people.
(There's over 1 Mil voters)
Forums don't help candidates & don't influence the public.
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86 schools have closed due to heat.
Will you fix that ???
Today marks one year since I embarked to become Philadelphia’s 100th mayor. Over the past year, there have been wins and losses, endless days and sleepless nights, and times when people wanted to count me out, but the hard work was worth it!
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Philly cops are REFUSING to get vaccinated.
They've gone to court.
Empty-headed thugs.
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Nope.
It's OBVIOUS she engaged the voter.
There's no need to mislead.
🚨 Mayoral candidate Rebecca Rhynhart runs away when confronted about Jeffrey Yass.
Yass dodges his taxes, busts unions, and crushes public schools. He's spent hundreds of thousands of $ on ads smearing Helen Gym.
Rebecca won’t stand up to him. Enough said.
Vote on May 16th 🗳️
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Promoting his own martyrdom.
Thank you to all of the ministers, elected officials and citizens from throughout Philadelphia who came out to Yesha Ministeries in South Philadelphia last night to pray for me, my wife Dawn Chavous, and our family.
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As the poorest "big city" in America, it shouldn't surprise when 26 folks are in one property.
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I fully respect the Chinatown community, but this project is very important.
The arena can't be allowed to fail.
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Philly has the highest murder rate, poverty level and illiteracy rate.
NOBODY should get reelected.
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Philly is NOT full of bad people.
This stuff speaks to poverty, lack of opportunity & injustice.
BREAKING: 2nd Night of Looting Now in Philadelphia. Again PA state liquor store was hit. Bottles dropped outside by looters as
@PhillyPolice
arrived. This is on Adams Ave. Police just made at one arrest where a sneaker store on Torresdale Ave was being looted too.
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Too many councilpersons emphasize constituent services & turkey giveaways.
They lack the skills to actually legislate & provide true oversight.
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This is literally the 1st ray of hope since the charter change of 1952.
Newer voices are needed.
Some Philly Democrats, including a South Philly ward, are breaking with their party to back third-party candidates
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70% of young voters disagree 26th Biden over Gaza.
He'd better figure out which America he wants to lead - yesterday's or today's.
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City cars shd be taken from Councilpeople while they're on Summer Vacation.
FORCE them to ride SEPTA.
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Our expanding mayoral field has been stone silent on the Krasner impeachment.
Zero leadership.
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The WFP offers the beginnings of an alternative to the corrupt & controlled Dem Party.
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I think the best way to disrupt our incestuous 2-party system in Philly is to elect Nicholas O'Rourke to Council at Large.
He's from the Working Families Party and wd squeeze all Republicans off City Council.
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I maintain the REPUTATION of Philly cops is killing recruitment.
We shouldn't have to DESPERATELY SCROUNGE for new cops.
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Parker's glee at defunding help for addicts is Moral Majority stuff.
Stu Bykofsky once called her "Frank Rizzo in a dress".
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Note to Conor Lamb:
If moderates were popular, Biden wouldn't be at 41%.
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Our politicians are afraid to criticize PPD's abysmal arrest rate.
10% for murders.
7.6% for non-fatal shootings.
Philadelphia is lawless right now.
There’s this perception that you can do anything you want and get away with it. When a one-year-old is getting shot, something has to happen. Stuff has to be shut down. (
@thephilacitizen
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When Nutter found corruption at the Clerk of Quarter Sessions, he moved to eliminate that office.
Will Parker act ???
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Yeah.
If you owe $1,000 in back taxes and you're house is worth $100k, the Sheriff takes yrs to return the excess - if ever.
Bilal must go.
For everyday Philadelphians living and dying in poverty, excess proceeds from a sheriff’s sale would change their lives. They’ve already lost their homes—how people build generational wealth—and now they’re being robbed by the very people who are supposed to be protecting them.
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The Working Families Party wants to reduce GOP footprint in Philly.
Dem Party Chair - Brady- opposes them.
Whose side is he on ???
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Every Thursday at 8:25 am, I offer political commentary with Host Solomon Jones on WURD, 900 AM.
Tune in, if you can.
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I just don't understand the open disdain.
.
@HelenGymPHL
supporters are like her: insulated, angry, self-conscious of their own privilege & thus quick to elevate themselves as the saviors of the marginalized, whether or not those people will actually support the policies they’re advocating for ⤵️
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Poor Rebecca Rhynhart has been in the mayor's race for only a few days and has already pissed off the FOP.
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Almost one month ago, State Police shot & killed a teenager.
Their continued silence STRONGLY indicates their guilt.
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Outlaw used tear gas on protesters & couldn't keep her cops from abusing Black folks.
Good riddance.
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