{"id":867,"date":"2009-09-15T13:04:10","date_gmt":"2009-09-15T17:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/?p=867"},"modified":"2009-09-15T13:04:11","modified_gmt":"2009-09-15T17:04:11","slug":"this-town-is-a-sealed-tuna-sandwich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/?p=867","title":{"rendered":"This town is a sealed tuna sandwich"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-769\" href=\"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/?attachment_id=769\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-769\" title=\"fundaberg_flag_philadelphia\" src=\"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/fundaberg_flag_philadelphia-300x200.gif\" alt=\"fundaberg_flag_philadelphia\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/fundaberg_flag_philadelphia-300x200.gif 300w, http:\/\/mpomy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/fundaberg_flag_philadelphia.gif 324w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>September 18 is the deadline for the doomsday budget known as Plan C. \u00a0If that goes into effect, as <a href=\"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/wordpress\/?p=741\">I&#8217;ve mentioned before<\/a>, it will fundamentally change Philadelphia. \u00a0It will be the systematic dismantling of a large part of city government, along with about 3,000 layoffs, including 1,000 police officers.<\/p>\n<p>There has been progress in Harisburg, and I continue to be optimistic that, at least in the short term, disaster can be averted. \u00a0I think it&#8217;s a good sign that everyone is upset &#8211; governor, mayor, unions &#8211; that&#8217;s the hallmark of a decent compromise. \u00a0the ball is still in Harrisburg&#8217;s court as the state legislature tries to reconcile different plans.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philebrity.com\/2009\/09\/15\/letters-we-get-doomsday-letters\/\">Philebrity has a compendium of the ominous letters<\/a> that are starting to circulate about how the city is, to a large extent, getting ready to shut down. \u00a0*gulp*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 18 is the deadline for the doomsday budget known as Plan C. \u00a0If that goes into effect, as I&#8217;ve mentioned before, it will fundamentally change Philadelphia. \u00a0It will be the systematic dismantling of a large part of city government, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/?p=867\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[188],"tags":[810,729,694,727],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=867"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":869,"href":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867\/revisions\/869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}