and what is that I hear??

Another person gets popped as mayor street waits in line for an iPhone.

I just got back and the mayor's press secretary (who's standing in line on taxpayer money) is the one in line. FYI, it's the AT&T Store on 16th between market and chestnut right across from two liberty place

Yeah, sorry, I should have noted that. Obviously, it's a store about 2 blocks from the PW offices, or else I wouldn't have had the energy to go take a photo.

Way to spend the taxpayers money there Johnny - cause you know he isnt paying for that thing out of his own pocket and i also bet he isnt taking "vacation time" to sit there and waste his whole day - why he didnt just send one of his lackeys over there to wait is anyone's guess - seriously, this man is the WORST MAYOR EVER (and to beat out a guy who blew up an entire city block is pretty hard to do)

Why is everyone so angry? This is hilarious!

Street's leaving. Alycia Lane for mayor!

To be fair to the guy, at least he's accessible. Any Philadelphian in the area can come say hello.

Oh, wait. He's having his press secretary wait for him? Okay, yeah, dick move. Nutter would have been there himself the whole time, brought snacks for the other people, and set up a desk to do work.

Actually, Nutter would probably just go there tomorrow and get one... I mean, they won't sell out, right?

I also love the fact that he's third in line. Nobody respects him enough to let him to the front.

I just stopped by on the way back from lunch and asked these folks where the Mayor went (I hadn't read the comments so I didn't know it was one of his staffers sitting in). They looked apprehensive at first and then told me there's a "don't ask, don't tell" policy about who's in whose spot in line.

They seemed pretty psyched about the media coverage. Every six-o-clock news broadcast has their vans parked out front.

I actually went down there myself after reading about it here and confronted him. Good times!

Larry, you're my fuckin' hero

Thanks!

I'm heading back down there at 3PM, and I want as many angry citizens as possible to join me! Feel free to come along! :)

I just went back again,and how it's the mayor's dog standing in line for him

oh yeah, and theres some guys staning there handing out papers on how at&T is taking jobs away from the city

I just walked by and Alycia Lane's standing in for Street. She's wearing a bikini.

Mayor Waits for IPhone, Then Leaves Line
Jun 29 02:23 PM US/Eastern
By RUBINA MADAN
Associated Press Writer

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Mayor John F. Street abruptly ended his wait in line for an iPhone Friday after a passer-by asked him about the city's murder rate.

Street, who showed up outside an AT&T store at 3:30 a.m., left shortly after a 22-year-old sporting a mohawk asked him, "How can you sit here with 200 murders in the city already?" The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on its Web site.

Street told the man: "I'm doing my job," the newspaper said.

Street had planned to stay in line for most of the day, waiting for Apple Inc.'s iPhone to go on sale at 6 p.m. When he left at 11:30 a.m., Street said he planned to return to his spot.

The mayor said he wants the new device because he loves trying out the latest technology. Apple's new handheld would allow him to work some of the day outside the office, he said.

"We don't have to be sitting in City Hall to be conducting city business," he said.

Philadelphia recently had its 200th slaying of the year. Its murder rate is up from last year, the deadliest in nearly a decade.

Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

To: Larry

...dude.

I walked by there after work and Street was being interviewed by some reporter (maybe Alycia Lane, but she wasn't wearing a bikini). Sharif was also there for some reason... don't know why. Didn't look like he was doing anything useful.

And how exactly do you think that John Street NOT standing in a line on Friday would have kept anyone else from being murdered? That's just stupid. I'm no big Street fan, but WTF?

He's talking to the head of the Firefighters union, Brian McBride. Wonder if he got us a raise...?

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