February 20, 2008
Tour Guide Regulation Moving Along
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"Right now anybody can be a guide in Philadelphia... A test on those facts at least gives them the basics -- so they'll know that Betsy Ross did not sew half the uniforms for the American Revolution, as one guide told me."
Oh. So will the tour guides be required to tell everyone the Betsy Ross story is a complete fabrication? Hopefully.
Also, the Inky's Jeff Shields reports there's still a little work to do on the bill: "Brown said the bill still has work to do -- defining what exactly constitutes a tour operator, what types to exempt (such as foreign-language or out of town interpreters)." So, you know, a large majority of the bill. Unless the history tests are already written!
Tour Guides moves out of committee [Heard in the Hall]
History Tests May Soon Be Required for Philadelphia Tour Guides [KYW 1060]
Posted by D-Mac on February 20, 2008 02:33 PM
Posted to Blondell Reynolds Brown
, City Council
, Tour Guide Regulation
, Tour Guides
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Geez I am only a volunteer, my people like the story of how William Penn looks like he is peeing on the city when it rains, in retaliation for facing his ass facing Center City and that the sun never warms his face.
Posted by: Philly Chit Chat at February 21, 2008 04:25 PM
Geez I am only a volunteer, my people like the story of how William Penn looks like he is peeing on the city when it rains, in retaliation for his ass facing Center City and that the sun never warms his face.
Posted by: Philly Chit Chat at February 21, 2008 04:26 PM
The most amusing part of that hearing was Councilman Jones quizzing the tour guide operators about who the Fresh Prince is and exactly where he is from.
Posted by: Anonymous at February 20, 2008 04:13 PM