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phillycheeez OP t1_jeaxbyk wrote

Your daily dose of senseless violence with a little bit of municipal corruption sprinkled in.

From another article:

In Philly, eviction court orders are handled by a private attorney's office handpicked by the Philadelphia Municipal Court. Since 2017, that contract has been held by Marisa Shuter, whose firm hires and trains private security personnel — often retired police officers — to serve as deputy landlord-tenant officers, the Inquirer reports.

Shuter was awarded the contract, which has paid millions of dollars in fees collected from landlords, in a private, noncompetitive process, the Inquirer reports. Her husband, David Shuter, sits on the municipal court and has presided over eviction hearings that have produced work for his wife's office, WHYY reports. Marisa Shuter's father, Alan Silberstein, formerly ran the municipal court system as president judge.

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Lorenaelsalulz t1_jeb1w3z wrote

I’m hoping this puts an end to her gravy train.

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Johnnygunnz t1_jebcnet wrote

Lol. Ok.

I mean, I REALLY do, too. But... lol... ok. I won't hold my breath.

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AbsentEmpire t1_jebuyio wrote

The only way gravy trains like this along with other corrupt and unethical city government deals are coming to an end is when we stop reelecting corrupt machine candidates, and only vote for people who pledge to reform the charter to end practices like this .

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BureaucraticHotboi t1_jed230m wrote

With stuff like this, it only comes up when absolutely egregious situations arise and the public protests. The reason we have these “agents” is because until the 60s Philly had elected constables like the rest of PA. They were basically eviction mercenaries and the final straw was one selling the furniture of a destitute family that was evicted without cause and became a public outrage. This type of work is dirty and should only be carried out by public servants who answer to a public office that has the ethics rules of city government. Sadly the sheriff’s department is not really that either

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Jericho-941 t1_jed87go wrote

I read that to the tune of Ozzy Osbourne's Crazy Train.

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Badkevin t1_jebxudv wrote

Yeah, we are talking about the freeload squarer?

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blodreina_kumWonkru t1_jeb9po3 wrote

Why was she even allowed to be awarded this contract given her husband's position?!

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cerialthriller t1_jebivzd wrote

Why would her husband even take that position if he couldn’t funnel money through his wife!

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BureaucraticHotboi t1_jed2c0g wrote

This is one of those areas that is just such a dark corner of municipal government that only effects poor people so it hasn’t been subject to the scrutiny that the rest of our government (which definitely still has massive issues) has. This is old school corruption and abuse of power

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porkchameleon t1_jeb10ur wrote

> Shuter was awarded the contract, which has paid millions of dollars in fees collected from landlords, in a private, noncompetitive process, the Inquirer reports. Her husband, David Shuter, sits on the municipal court and has presided over eviction hearings that have produced work for his wife's office, WHYY reports. Marisa Shuter's father, Alan Silberstein, formerly ran the municipal court system as president judge.

Corruption at worst, nepotism at best.

You also have lobbying legal in this country^TM that is essentially bribing your elected officials, nothing too shocking here (unless they broke the law; I don't think ethics committee would even bother).

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VicWoodhull t1_jebtsro wrote

This has been known for a long time and allowed to continue

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docterry6973 t1_jecw10e wrote

What? I refuse to believe that such corruption could exist in Philadelphia. No!

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Ultimating_is_fun t1_jedizq9 wrote

Does corruption get easier to track down than this? It's literally a one step connection lol.

It's like playing connect the dots, and the goal object is a straight line.

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Norman_Door t1_jebl2a6 wrote

Source?

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