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   Sancho Panza to hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com   
   Re: 30th St renaming for Rep Gray moving   
   01 Aug 14 16:31:42   
   
   From: otterpower@xhotmail.com   
      
   On 8/1/2014 10:27 AM, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   > On Thursday, July 31, 2014 4:12:55 PM UTC-4, spsffan wrote:   
   >   
   >> Of course, Pennsylvania itself is named after William Penn.   
   >   
   > IIRC, it's actually for Penn's father.  Penn himself objected to having   
   something named for him as it violated his Quaker beliefs.   
   >   
   > "Philadelphia" stands for city of brotherly love, brought home every night   
   on the local news with the shootings and carjackings of innocent little kids.   
   >   
   Maybe they should seek asylum in Texas.   
      
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