MLK event canceled at Philly’s shuttered Liberty Bell due to shutdown; corporate rescue runs out of time
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philly.comPosted Jan 20, 2019, 8:46 PM UTC
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A 2017 report by the National Park Service said that visitors to Independence Park spent nearly $300 million in the region, supporting more than 4,000 jobs -- and that each day the park is closed costs businesses and the city’s tax coffers more than $1 million.
Just float another bond, the taxpayers will gladly approve it.
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Maybe the "president" should pay for it; he claims he has the money, and the shutdown is his doing.
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No, it is your girlfriend's fault, Nancy P.
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Paul Ryan was speaker of the house for the first two weeks of the shut down.
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Who is the speaker now Sherlock?
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Not even close. Nice try and stay delusional.
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I'm not the one with TDS.
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He's a womanizer anyway, there's no place for celebrating such misogyny in 2019. - woke Temple freshperson
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This is completely untrue.
It's definitely misleading. The bell ringing ceremony is not cancelled, It's moved to a different location.
I wonder if they made any attempt to get volunteers vs. raise 40k. I feel like a lot of people who have the day off use MLK day as a day of service and would help out.