This is pretty much the level of discourse in the U.S. One side broke both rules and ruined it for all sides.Īsking for a Q and A and not allowing questions or answers is the very definition of a ruse. Temple set only two ground rules for the meeting and it was no signs were allowed and that civility was expected. I would say there were more pro-stadium people in the house than anti-stadium but the pro-stadium people sat in what only could be described as polite silence mixed with nauseating disgust. They never allowed it to get to a Q and A, with loud shouts of “YOU LIE!!” that would not allow the event to continue. The “stadium stompers” asked for the town hall in the guise of a question and answer session. I left work and made it in time to see a group of clergy urging their congregation to listen and the congregation having none of it. Yet the session they asked for turned out to be a Mitten Hall Fiasco. In fact, Temple has pretty much hit on all of the key bullet points–no one will be displaced, the Amos Recreation Center will stay right where it is and the stadium would be available for community events. The community has legitimate concerns about the new stadium Temple wants to build entirely on Temple property and ask the questions they need to and get their answers. In Philadelphia, what the neighborhood looks like surrounding Temple is certainly not Temple’s fault. It’s not the fault of the people who live in them, certainly. That’s pretty much life in a lot of inner cities in America. That is what the heart of North Philadelphia would look like without Temple University. “Temple should pack it up, move to the suburbs, and leave a hole in the ground and a statue of the Mayor and the Council president holding hands.” _ John Chaney, on the opposition to building what is now the LC

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