Philly tells nonessential construction firms: Stop building or we’ll shut you down

Philly.Com ^ | 04/17/2020 | William Bender,

[Kid Shelleen]

Mayor Jim Kenney’s administration has a message for construction firms that continue to work on nonessential projects during the coronavirus pandemic:

Stop building. Or pay the price.

In a letter sent Wednesday to Philadelphia’s approximately 6,000 registered contractors, the Department of Licenses and Inspections warned that they could face stop-work orders and $1,000-a-day fines, and lose their licenses if they continue to flout city and state orders to halt most construction to slow the spread of the virus.

[Kid Shelleen]

Apparently some of campers weren't going along with the program so the mayor (who told everyone to go to China Town) has to lay down the hammer.

Drug corners still up and running.

[Buckeye McFrog]

6000 guys who can no doubt beast the living snot out of him.

[RedStateRocker]

I’m sure if you were building an abortion clinic, or a needle-sharing site, it would be OK

[The_Media_never_lie]

How dare you defy the mayor!

[Kid Shelleen]

**** Pennsy Ping ****

[SkyDancer]

DemoRat?

[Buckeye McFrog]

Those guys should all head to the protest in Harrisburg.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

Contractors should surge around City Hall and weld all the doors and windows. Contain the virus inside the Hall

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

👌

[From The Deer Stand]

Tell the mayor to go to he**.

[dandiegirl]

Rapidly turning democrat voters into R voters.

[Paladin2]

Penn. looks to have peaked.

It’s too late to lower the peak by further clamping down on activity.

[Da Coyote]

So, the People’s Republic of Philly vants you to haff ze required papers in order to work, eh?

Where’s the real resistance? Who’s doxing the gubmit vermin?
Who monitors their correspondence?
Where do they live?

Just asking, mind you. No harm intended.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Is Bernie a socialist?

[CondorFlight]

Construction in my state is pretty much continuing. These guys have contracts and dates to meet, and their equipment is needed on other jobs later.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Same here. Most construction sights aren’t high person density anyway. More people at Lowe’s than a construction sight.

[Bonemaker]

Democrats will be democrats.

[shanover]

I seriously doubt the red ruddy drunken scumbag pos means UNION jobs.

[Keyhopper]

That’s not counting the hundreds, if not thousand of guys working for them. I’m telling you, they ain’t gonna be happy!

[tbw2]

First, this will hurt the economy even more.
Second, it will contribute to housing shortages in the long-run.