XPost: phl.media, phl.housing, pa.politics   
   From: kybyrd@pobox.upenn.edu   
      
   On 14 Aug 2003 05:20:09 -0700,   
    Senator Palpatine  wrote:   
      
   >BTW, its the News Gleaner or "Gleaner" as we called it.   
   >I think the days of better schools and a better all over city are just   
   >about done for now. High taxes, low school standards, corrupt unions   
   >have chased many a tax payer and bussiness away. Some call it racist   
   >white flight, but if you look at it, minorities have left too.   
      
   I laughed outloud when I read this.   
      
   Pal, if you only knew! The reason I grew up in the 'burbs   
   is because of *black* solid working class/middle class   
   flight in the 1950s/early 60s!   
      
   And the reason? *Phila. schools*! The fact that they   
   are still a mess isn't news to me.   
      
   KByrd   
      
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