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Megan Shannon

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west philly mom Right-to-know law blog: https://www.meganshannonrtk.com/

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5000 Warrington, Part 6 β€” Government Transparency Blog This is part six in a series of posts about a zoning dispute near my house. I know how to have a good time! (I am on maternity leave with baby #2, writing this while she naps in my arms. It really is...

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08.09.2025 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
City Council’s (100% taxpayer funded) cars β€” Government Transparency Blog While many of our City Council representatives have been vocal about SEPTA funding recently, it’s good to remember that pretty much all of them drive their taxpayer-supplied cars to City Hall and don’...

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06.06.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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5000 Warrington, pt. 5 β€” Government Transparency Blog The City’s Motion for Summary Judgment I wrote about in my last post was denied. So this case will go to trial!! It was originally scheduled for trial on June 2nd, but an emergency motion for conti...

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06.06.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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5000 Warrington, Part 4 β€” Government Transparency Blog The 5000 Warrington spot zoning litigation is almost over. But my blog posts about it aren’t! Previous blogs on this topic here , here , and here . Trial is scheduled to begin on June 2nd. The C...

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22.05.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Traffic Calming Review in Philly vs. peer cities (New York, Boston, Baltimore, Chicago, Minneapolis) β€” Government Transparency Blog Previous related posts here and here . About a year ago, the City announced major changes to the way they review requests for traffic calming/speed bumps. I submitted a new RTKL request to find o...

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05.05.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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@councilmemberjg.bsky.social is your office going to do another report card on the mixed income neighborhoods overlay? I want to see more affordable housing going up in D3!

08.04.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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5000 Warrington, Pt. 3 β€” Government Transparency Blog This is the third post I am doing about this zoning dispute. Feel free to read Part 1 and Part 2 first. Some background: in 2020, a developer put out a proposal to build a 174 unit affordable a...

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19.03.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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germantown ymca β€” Government Transparency Blog A new thing I am trying is getting non-docketed documents from interesting litigation going on around the city. A little background for any non-lawyers reading this blog: when you file a lawsuit, a...

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20.02.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
$5 Million for Vision Zero! Mayor Parker and City Council - it's time for our City to back up its commitment to safety and contribute $5 million to Vision Zero in the Fiscal Year 2026 Capital Budget!

Please sign this petition demanding full funding for Vision Zero in this year’s city budget

apps.bikeaction.org/campaigns/5-...

08.02.2025 01:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
spruce and pine β€” Government Transparency Blog The City held an β€œopen house” and solicited feedback on the plan to install concrete protection for the bike lanes on Spruce and Pine back in October. It was apparently a madhouse with hours-long wai...

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13.01.2025 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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5000 Warrington pt. 2 β€” Government Transparency Blog The first blog post I did about 5000 Warrington is here . I hadn’t been following the zoning dispute over 5000 Warrington that closely since someone appealed the ZBA’s grant of a variance back in ...

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21.11.2024 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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mildly interesting emails unrelated to the topic of a rtkl request β€” Government Transparency Blog The arena is such a contentious topic! I am really interested in how this process is playing out behind closed doors. The Mayor and CM Squilla have to make public statements, and the opposition is v...

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08.11.2024 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1