Pat DeCarlo needs to go

[brandywine]

THIS was posted on Plan Philly today. Councilwoman Sánchez suggests alternate plans for St. Boniface | PlanPhilly: Planning Philadelphia's Future

In the later part of the article Pat DeCarlo makes the following statement:

For her part, De Carlo made it clear that the co-op housing in particular is a way of providing affordable housing for Norris Square residents while keeping out wealthy people looking to speculate on the housing market.

“We’re not interested in gentrification,” De Carlo said. “Gentrification, I define, as people who are of a certain income and thought. Their house is an investment. Their main interest in life is in growing that investment. It is not in the human quality of life. It is not in the neighborhliness. It is in the growth of their investment. So when that’s your reason for buying, then the answer is no, we’re not interested in gentrifiers.”

Aaahhhh, the poverty industry mission: keeping them poor, dumb and dependent. She is one of the leading poverty pimps in this city.

This woman needs to be removed from her position. Her quote is code for keeping whites out of her territory. And ANYONE who does business with her should be ostracized. They are all feeding off the public dole.

[John Goodman]

well at least she comes out and says it instead of dancing around the issue

[eldondre]

I don't know if it's code. Isn't decarlo white? I don't see race in this issue at all...I do see DeCarlo as someone who has built a miniempire out of government money under the guise of helping those in poverty. While I agree with her those kinds of people can be irksome, I tend to doubt that's what she is really against, she's just protecting her turf.

[brandywine]

I don't know if it's code. Isn't decarlo white? I don't see race in this issue at all...I do see DeCarlo as someone who has built a miniempire out of government money under the guise of helping those in poverty. While I agree with her those kinds of people can be irksome, I tend to doubt that's what she is really against, she's just protecting her turf.

No, she is Hispanic....and very angry and nasty for whatever reason.

I have met her and have sat in various meetings with her. She is a racist. Her disdain for anyone not African American or Hispanic is palpable. She is not shy about it either. Times have changed. In the past, she was tolerated because her type of development (heavily subsidized) was the only game in town. Now that the city is growing, we cannot sit back and allow entire neighborhoods to be off limits to those who wish to make private investments. Creating permanent pockets of poverty in the city is not going to increase the tax base and get the services the city needs properly funded. Schools, parks, libraries, police, fire protection all need more funding. people like her always have gotten away with the us against them game. We are all in this together. her desire to self segregate and maintain a section of the city as an enclave for the poor is short-sighted and self serving. She really needs to called to task on this. And Councilwoman Sanchez is doing just that. The Councilwoman is demonstrating her desire to represent what is best for her district and the city.

[ArcticSplash]

Pat's been playing the gentrification card for years now, scaring her supporters into backing her and she gives them a false choice:

If you don't stand behind everything Norris Square Civic Association does, then gentrification will wash over your neighborhood, your rent will sextuple (even though NSCA is the largest landlord in the area), and before you know it, you won't have any services and it will be nothing but vegan restaurants and dog parks for miles around.


Just look at Northern Liberties. Who wants that crap in their neighborhood?

[ArcticSplash]

Under the second plan, Sánchez calls for a redesign of the St. Boniface plan as part of a transparent community input process, including “meetings that are not hosted by any party with financial interest in the development.” Sánchez has repeatedly suggested that NSCA is a conflicted organization, as it acts as both the developer and the civic association on the St. Boniface project. (A provision disallowing this type of conflict was recently written into the Planning Commission’s regulations for implementing the new zoning code.) Under this plan, too, some of the NSP funds would be redirected to infill and rehab sites elsewhere in the Norris Square neighborhood.

[RainboTeabagger]

Her disdain for anyone not African American or Hispanic is palpable.

I thought she hated black people too?

[eldondre]

No, she is Hispanic....and very angry and nasty for whatever reason.

I have met her and have sat in various meetings with her. She is a racist. Her disdain for anyone not African American or Hispanic is palpable. She is not shy about it either. Times have changed. In the past, she was tolerated because her type of development (heavily subsidized) was the only game in town. Now that the city is growing, we cannot sit back and allow entire neighborhoods to be off limits to those who wish to make private investments. Creating permanent pockets of poverty in the city is not going to increase the tax base and get the services the city needs properly funded. Schools, parks, libraries, police, fire protection all need more funding. people like her always have gotten away with the us against them game. We are all in this together. her desire to self segregate and maintain a section of the city as an enclave for the poor is short-sighted and self serving. She really needs to called to task on this. And Councilwoman Sanchez is doing just that. The Councilwoman is demonstrating her desire to represent what is best for her district and the city.

how can she be racist, hispanic isn't a race. her kind was not only tolerated, it is was business as usual. local power brokers created loyal minions, I mean, groups of voters in exchange for grant money to expand the empire. Arctic is right, she is using fear to buttress her case, which is mostly about defending her turf. People in that area don't dare cross decarlo regardless of what they might think. her ilk needs to be shut down wherever they are. at this point, her organizations vast real estate holdings are what is keeping her in place.

[ArcticSplash]

I thought she hated black people too?

She would get in very deep trouble if she did that, because Councilman Clarke lives just a few streets away from Norris Square's catchment for starters, and also there are quite a number of black residents in Norris Square, and also white residents as well.

Pat has dissed hipsters and especially artists for a while, there was an article in CityPaper where she's got some zingers in there:

http://archives.citypaper.net/articl...gonna-use-that

[jaredbrey]

Anyone have any specific examples/evidence of De Carlo or NSCA intimidating or coercing local residents into supporting their plans? These accusations fly, but need to be able to verify ..

[ArcticSplash]

Hey Pat! It's been 2 months now since I last filed my IRS Form 13909.

Tell your CFO the 990s are still not up on Guidestar or on nscaonline.org

[brandywine]

Anyone have any specific examples/evidence of De Carlo or NSCA intimidating or coercing local residents into supporting their plans? These accusations fly, but need to be able to verify ..

You are missing the point. She doesn't have to coerce anyone at the meetings. She self selects and ensures that everyone at the meeting is a drone who will do what she says.

I've been at those meetings and anyone who shows up with a brain and dares to ask intelligent questions is shouted down and treated like an "outsider".

I am sure Tim MCDonald can fill you in on how he was treated by her....and he wants to do sustianable development. But I am sure Pat made sure to treat him like s#@t when he attempted to purchase the bank building at Front St.

[ArcticSplash]

bwine: I'm going to put up another thread about Pat's 990 with instructions on how to send the complaint to the IRS. Can you send in one for me?

[brandywine]

bwine: I'm going to put up another thread about Pat's 990 with instructions on how to send the complaint to the IRS. Can you send in one for me?

Certainly, glad to help.

[ArcticSplash]

Certainly, glad to help.

http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/fo...sociation.html


Just tick the "failure to file" and fill out the rest. If you want to look at the one I filed, PM me your email address and I'll send it over.

[ArcticSplash]

Pat's CFO is telling peeps that the FY2010 return is being amended:

NOTE: The filed form 990 for FYE 2010 is being amended and will be reposted shortly.

That was a couple of weeks ago. The original 990 that was supposed to be filed ages ago is not up; so I don't know how that holds water. Normally one would file and disclose, then if there's an "X" Form, to then re-post the amended return later when it's finished.

[ArcticSplash]

brandy, you'll love this. This was on their FY90 return on Schedule O:

Sch L, Part IV, Business Transactions Involving Interested Persons:
(a) Name of Person: Luis Cruz
(b) Relationship Between Interested Person and Organization:
Board member
(c) Amount of Transaction $ 640000.
(d) Description of Transaction: Board member is the owner of a
construction company that has a subcontract with the general contractor
of a housing construction project.

[BALLZ2BHERE]

would Luis Cruz be related to Angel Cruz ? he does strangely take a sudden interest in defending NSCA

[ArcticSplash]

would Luis Cruz be related to Angel Cruz ? he does strangely take a sudden interest in defending NSCA

That I don't know. But I would love my own "civic" to pay me $640,000 in subcontracts with public pork.

[Bob_Head]

Hey Pat! It's been 2 months now since I last filed my IRS Form 13909.

Tell your CFO the 990s are still not up on Guidestar or on nscaonline.org

There's no requirement that they're posted in either place, only that they be made available upon request.