Corbett can't visit state's largest city without mass protest
Source: Philadelphia CityPaper
Gov. Tom Corbett can't visit Philadelphia, his state's largest city, without facing mass protest. Recent appearances here have been clouded in secrecy, subject to last-minute change and rare.
This evening, hundreds of students, teachers and parents gathered in front of the Comcast Center to protest Corbett's deep cuts to public education funding as the governor (reportedly) held a fundraiser with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie inside. Demonstrators blocked the street, and police arrested a handful of activists committing civil disobedience without incident.
Members of the Philadelphia Coalition Advocating for Public Schools (PCAPS), Youth United for Change, Philadelphia Student Union, the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers and the Caucus of Working Educators chanted "What do we want? Fair funding!" and "arrest Gov. Corbett!"
Activists initially believed that Corbett and Christie would appear at the Union League, the city's traditional venue for high-end Republican fundraisers. But the Republican Governors Association, which also organized a Christie-Corbett fundraiser in Pittsburgh on Friday, refused to make the location of his Philadelphia fundraiser public. Christie serves as the RGA's chairman.
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rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)SunSeeker
(51,367 posts)blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)blue neen
(12,306 posts)Can't wait til November when we get to vote for Tom Wolf.
watoos
(7,142 posts)They went to a local restaurant where they were supposed to eat but with all of the protesters outside they passed on eating at the counter. Christie did get a sandwich to go.
I particularly liked one of the protesters signs which read, Hey Christie keep away from our bridges.
gopiscrap
(23,673 posts)as much grief as possible!