Lots of things I’m hoping to write about over the next few days (want to touch on the Cherry Hill school funding activism, the methadone clinic, some broader thoughts on the Camden County Democratic Party, and maybe, maaaaybe get to Camden High), but first some spin-offs from yesterdays discussion about the proposed closing of Sharp … Continue reading Is it wrong to pay parents to attend school board meetings?…
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Last night’s Camden school board meeting was ugly. It was painful to watch. And it was particularly painful because it featured Camden parent against Camden parent and a Cramer Hill community sharply divided against itself. The battle lines were clear: these parents and community members were divided based on which schools they attended. This is … Continue reading Camden is Sharply Divided Over Proposed School Closure…
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Last night, Rutgers-Camden hosted the State of the City. This was progress. Over the past few years I’ve joined in the tradition of criticizing the State of the City for being held at a private event (The Coopers Ferry Annual Meeting) at a price point that prohibited residents from attending ($125). Coopers Ferry insisted that … Continue reading The State of Camden City 2017…
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So tonight (Thursday) is Camden City Mayor Dana Redd’s State of the City Address. The event is at Rutgers, in the Multi-Purpose Room in the Campus Center (326 Penn Street) and starts at 5:30pm. You can register here. All my students are registered — we’re going together, and it’s brought up an interesting question for me. … Continue reading Coopers Ferry’s Annual Meeting: How Should We Talk about Camden?…
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A few things on the docket to write about (and some great comments from our discussion about universities to highlight), but I wanted to write a quick post about a brief twitter convo I had with Dr. Keith Benson last night. Keith is one of my favorites people here in Camden. He juggles so many … Continue reading This is Not Normal: the Subtle Effects of Disenfranchisement…
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Even as there are legitimate signs that private investment is being attracted to downtown Camden (see Kevin Shelly’s piece on 121 Market Street — which has potential buyers without subsidies) there are signs that this development will be fractured and existing residents will turn out losers. In particular, the use of eminent domain with property … Continue reading How Urban Universities Get a Bad Name…
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