I saw the below collage floating on Facebook publicly. The above photo was shared by a friend of mine.
And Cherellle Parker? She is just the way I thought she would be. She be the Queen of PHILTHADELPHIA, hear her roar, and I am sure she has a dozen more pressers planned.
Big mouth do nothing PHILTHADELPHIA politician.
People in that city had the opportunity for better mayoral choices but no….and here we are….July 4th weekend….good job (again) Cherelle…you are trashy, indeed.
The City of Filthadelphia is destroying a gem: the meadows at FDR Park in South Philadelphia are being destroyed for turf fields. The irony is, of course, the City of Philadelphia can’t even take care of the parks they have, but they’re going to add very expensive turf fields. Turf fields contain forever chemicals. Nature is being destroyed for that? Animals and birds are losing their refuge and what about the natural water sources?
This needs to be STOPPED.
You know, everybody thought Mayor Cherelle Parker was going to be like the second coming of Christ. Except I thought was she’s a Wiley Coyote of a politician who’s going to play everyone. How am I doing so far?
https://www.inquirer.com/news/fdr-park-heritage-trees-philadelphia-20240504.html
https://www.inquirer.com/news/fdr-park-orphans-court-renovation-lawsuit-20240502.html
https://www.phillymag.com/news/2024/03/27/fdr-park-renovation-neighbors/
https://wapo.st/4bldXRO (Click to read article about turf fields and forever chemicals.)
I had not been to FDR Park before the Philadelphia Flower Show self-located there a couple of years ago now. And I have to be honest, that park made it a better flower show. After all, it was outdoors the way flower shows are supposed to be. I found the park to be amazing and interesting and home to quite the array of flora and fauna.
But of course, the City of Philadelphia seems to not be able to get out of their own way and want to create a turf field paradise there….which obviously would destroy the nature of it all. Turf fields are toxic in my humble opinion. Apparently some neighbors and Philadelphia residents also have that opinion because they have retained West Chester Attorney Sam Stretton and filed suit yesterday.
Here is what I have seen about this:
Published Mar. 21, 2024, 5:30 a.m. ET
by David Gambacorta and Barbara Laker
Updated Feb. 23, 2024, 11:52 a.m. ET
Published Feb. 23, 2024, 5:00 a.m. ET
Here’s a novel idea for Filthadelphia: clean up the streets. That means trash, potholes, broken sidewalks, the smell of human urine. Clean up crime. Clean up Fairmount Park and other parks and let them be parks. It’s not a greenspace Madam Mayor if it’s artificial turf. It’s just colored green and smells like plastic. I have to be honest that I am shocked that even from a fiscal aspect that the City of Philadelphia would even think of spending crazy money to in effect, destroy a park, can’t you agree?
