Chaka Con

Do you believe the won tons on this guy?

"Chaka Fattah's proposal that Philadelphia consider a fee on cars entering Center City at peak hours may have won him some nods of approval from environmental activists."

Oh joy, the hippies love the "car tax."

"But a day after Fattah included the "congestion charge" proposal in a long list of policy ideas about transportation, the idea had a lot of people fuming - particularly those outside Center City who own cars and those inside Center City who own businesses."

I know that the local media doesn't want to hear this, but most people come to my city because they work here. That's all.

"Fattah's idea of charging drivers a fee for using congested streets at peak hours is modeled after a successful program in London, where a daily fee of roughly $16 on private cars in the city's core has slashed commute times and the number of vehicles on the street." (H/T - Philly.com)

Look, there's no way in hell I would vote for a mayor named "Chaka." There's certainly no way I'd vote for a man named "Chaka," who also believes that convicted Philly cop killer Mumia abu Jamal didn't get a fair trial. And there's absolutely no way in hell that I would vote for a man named "Chaka," who wants to charge motorists a city entrance fee.

That being said, he'll probably win the 2007 election in a landslide.