On Thursday, legislators from Philadelphia continued their efforts to impair President Donald Trump, adopting legislation condemning the president for “comparing himself and behaving like a king.”
To a gigantic extent, the Democratic City Council voted for the most part to adopt a resolution, which says that the president, who began his second term in January, “brings our nation closer to the constitutional crisis” and “will bring the United States of America closer to tyranny than from 1776”
A member of the Council Brian O’Neill, the only republican of the chamber, objected.
Also on Thursday, a member of the council introduced an invoice for adding automated speed cameras to five school zones in the city. Here’s what went.
What was the most vital event this week?
Trump’s condemnation for “behaving like a king”: Members of the City Council took a handful of actions to express contempt for the president, including interrogation about how the city should protect residents against administration policy towards immigrants and LGBTQ people.
The action this week was more or less ceremonial and set the legislators in the files condemning the president for admitting to the monarch.
Member of the council Jamie Gauthier, a democrat who represents the parts of Western Philadelphia, presented the legislation after Trump at the beginning of this month published in social media about his efforts to end the efforts in the valuation of embolism in New York, writing on his social site in the truth: “Long live king!”
Official accounts on the social media of the White House continued the posts that say the same And it included Trump’s works in the Crown.
Gauthier said that officials elected in Philadelphia have exceptional responsibility for Trump’s call through the regulations, taking into account that the city is a “place ratified constitution.”
“From the beginning of our democracy we had every president … He respects the separation of power,” she said. “The entrance of this president and in such a short time try to destroy it and be completely in front of his intentions, is disturbing.”
The ceremonial legislation of the City Council condemning the national republicans did not stop Trump. Also on Thursday, a member of the Council Jim Harrita, a democrat with deep connections with an organized working force, which represents the city, introduced the legal legislation to the National Act on the Law of Labor, an act introduced by two American senators this week.
»Read more: Empty chamber? Philly legislators continue in particular the sluggish pace of the provisions
Legislation, author: Senator Rand Paul (R., Ky.), guarantees employees the right to fall in a relationship If their workplace is associated.
What else happened this week?
Adding speed cameras to school zones: A member of the Isaiah Thomas council introduced a bill on Thursday to enable the installation and employ of automatic speeds of speeding speeds in five school zones to limit fatalities.
Thomas replaced seven possible locations that were established by the City of Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems’ Data assessment for speed cameras: speed cameras:
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Visit BVM: East Lehigh Avenue between B Street and Kensington Avenue
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John B. Stetson Middle School: East Allegheny Avenue between the streets A and B
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Kipp North Philadelphia Charter School: 16th Street between Cumberland and Huntingdon streets
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Memorial School Widener: West Olney Avenue between wide and 16 streets
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Northeast High School: Cottman Avenue between Algon and Glendale alleys
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High School of the Future: West Girard Avenue between 39 and 40 streets
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William L. Sayre High School: Walnut Street between 58 and 59 streets
The Act, if adopted, will implement a five -year pilot program authorized by State law adopted at the end of 2023. The City Council may authorize all seven locations to receive ASE cameras, but the state law prohibits more than five under this pilot program at a given moment.
Thomas said in an interview that legislation is a way to solve the death of movement, while the city is looking for “greater flexibility and freedom” from the state to add the cameras themselves.
He said that the city “constantly” must seek permission from you to add speed cameras, even on the roads on which there are documented problems with speeding, such as Roosevelt Boulevard and Broad Street. Because the cameras were installed on Roosevelt Boulevard, accelerating violations and failures on the road fell sharply, according to the data from Pennsylvania of the Transport Department.
Quote of the week
“[Resolutions] They are part of a public record because the language matters. What we say matters. Where we stand in matters that matter. “
Council member Nicolas O’Rourke
He was a member of the Council Nicolas O’Rourke, why he sees value in ceremonial resolutions, which the council was increasingly consisting of, because legislators are considering fewer bills than in previous years.
O’Rourke from progress Progressive Working Families defended a resolution, which is called by immigration and enforcement of customs law to issue a resident of Philadelphia Sereyrath “One” van from custody.
Staff writer Jake Blumgart brought reporting.
