Good Job, Guys

yesterday bunim/murray productions announced that they would not be filming the mtv series "the real world" in philadelphia, after all. i stopped watching the real world when i got older than everyone on the show, but it's enormously popular and it isn't hard to figure out that it would have been a good thing for the city of philadelphia. however, after successfully building, filming, and working in 13 cities over the history of the show, this city proved to be too much. why? well, to quote tony frasco, vice president of teamsters local 107, "...this is a union town."

for the past two weeks, union members have picketed the site where the real world house was being renovated. leery of what might happen on the "live" show once the cameras were rolling and tired of dealing with the union bullshit, mtv is picking up the toys and going to another town that is presumably more friendly toward business.

one union rep said it was a matter of "preserving the way of life in philadelphia." i assume they haven't taken a look around philadelphia lately and compared it with other modern cities. i'm not so sure the way of life around here is worth preserving. labor disputes have run business and companies out of town for years. it's no wonder the place is falling down around them.

Wednesday 17-Mar-04