" I don't see this as the purpose at all. If she wanted to prevent historic designation, she'd have introduced a bill to rescind Section 14-2007 of the Philadelphia Code entirely ... and been done with it. " -AK
Perhaps she would have if she thought it would fly. " Personally, I support Bill 040003 because of the oversight it provides ..." Why would the city council try to take on more "oversight" responsibilities when it has enough to worry about? THERE IS ALREADY AN AGENCY formed to take on these responsibilities. That is the purpose of the Historical Commission. Councilmembers are not particularly aware of the ramifications of historic designation one way or the other, so why would they choose to take on this extra load? The only thing I can think of is that Councilwoman Blackwell has certain constituents with loud voices that she must answer to. Conceptually, this bill is not right from a city-government-efficiency standpoint and should be killed on principal. If the Historical Commission needs reform, that's one thing. Taking away any power it might have (which is not much) makes no sense. ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
