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Counselwoman Guarantees Little in Town Hall Meeting, Comes Through With Snack Table

Town Hall Treats

Regular readers will know that I was more than a little miffed when Councilwoman Maria Quinones-Sanchez bailed on the Friends of Overington Park’s Tree Planting, leaving me hungry for the cookies and orange juice she promised.  But boy did she come through at last night’s town hall meeting.  She promised better interaction with city agencies, a more streamlined communication with our civic associations, and attentiveness when residents bring problem properties to her attention.  But she guaranteed tastiness coming through with that spread.  If she never does another thing for Frankford(or ever starts), her heroics calling in the snack foods will long be remembered.

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Very important Town Hall Meeting Tuesday, February 3rd

There will be a town hall meeting tomorrow  (February 3, 2009) at Saint Joachim’s Church from 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM regarding the rehab situation in FKD. This is the meeting that the NE Times reported would take place. It is the meeting Frankford has been promised since the summer. And it must be important else they would have given the community proper notice so that all could attend.  Apparently they do not want many of us to be there.  Please come and show your interest.

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Next week in Frankford

  • Grand Army of the Republic Museum Open House
    When-Sun, February 1, 12pm – 5pm
    Where-4278 Griscom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19124 (map)
    Description-Presentation at 1:30 PM: Blacks at Gettysburg Jim Paradis
  • Frankford Civic Association Meeting
    When-Thu, February 5, 7pm – 8pm
    Where-Frankford Hospital – 2nd floor conference room (map)
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we are going to have to get ugly

So said Councilwoman Quinones-Sanchez at the meeting last week with Frankford stakeholders.

The Jan. 13 session focused on the number of recovery houses in Frankford, as well as which ones are funded by the Office of Addiction Services (OAS), an agency within the Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Mental Retardation Services (DBH/MRS).

The impact of these substance-abuse treatment facilities – particularly some that residents believe are poorly supervised – has been a source of discussion for months.

City Councilwoman Maria Quinones-Sanchez (D-7th dist.) and state Rep. Tony Payton (D-179th dist.) organized the community meeting in response to ongoing requests from residents of Frankford and members of its civic association.

KatieRose Keenan writes an excellent report this week in the Northeast Times. Follow this link and read. Then take a look at the list of know drug treatment facilities mentioned in the post below this one.  If know of something not on the list, report it.  It’s time to get ugly.  It’s your town.  It’s time to take it back.