Crap, There’s A Crack In I-95

Here, Action News‘ Dann Cuellar reports on the crappy support beams of Interstate 95.

And Now, The Exciting Video

Yeah, just watch this for the quote.

“They range from seedlings up to full grown marijuana plants with really nice-size buds,” said Sgt. Joe Bologna.

Okay, and for Dann Cuellar’s always dead-on Walter Winchell impression.

Marijuana Farm Discovered in Philly Rowhome [6 ABC]

Reason #7 To Love Philadelphia: Dann Cuellar

In some other dimension, Dann Cuellar’s job is to sit in a recording studio and say things like “Meanwhile, back at the hideout.” Fortunately for us, we live in this dimension, where Cuellar’s job is to go out on the street and cover stories. (Hopefully, one day he’ll cover something about a crime hideout, too, and then he’ll be the new announcer for a new Untouchables series.)

Cuellar’s big story each year is, apparently, to cover the Thanksgiving Day Parade. Rather, he does a preview of the 6 ABC-sponsored parade each November. And according to an Action News executive producer, Cuellar and photographer Yuri [x] “start brainstorming about their parade preview months in advance and they spend many weeks putting it together.”

Why do this extensive preview on the parade every year? (Well, besides the fact 6 ABC sponsors it.) Why not spend almost seven minutes — perhaps the longest Action News report ever — on investigating crime, or a report on the city’s hippest bloggers?

I think the video speaks for itself.

God bless you, Dann Cuellar. We are all now totally into the Christmas spirit.

Dann Cuellar’s Parade Preview [6 ABC]

Clear And Eminent Danger

Over the river in Barrington yesterday there was a contentious community meeting about an issue that kinda-sorta had residents a little upset. The county had was housing registered sex offenders in a motel near a school.

Now, you might be thinking, “But, isn’t it good to have all the sex offenders in one place so you can keep an eye on them?” Uh, maybe. But it’s understandable that the residents were a little peeved that the county was housing homeless sex offenders in hotels, and then ignoring a law passed by the City Council essentially forbidding the practice.

Action News‘ Dann Cuellar, however, lets us know that the residents were more like soldiers at the recent meeting:

Residents in Barrington showed up en-masse and they were ready for war if council did not take action against convicted sex offenders who are homeless and are being placed by Camden County at the Barrington Motel on White Horse Pike.

For two years now, residents have expressed outrage upon learning the county was placing homeless convicted sex offenders at the Barrington Motel which is near an elementary school. For two years they’ve been raising cane with borough council. [...]

In addition, Tuesday night, council unanimously voted to use imminent domain laws to take possession of the Barrington Motel along with four other properties and plans to demolish them for re-development purposes.

Raising cane! Ready for war! Sounds like changes were imminent last night!

Sex Offender Motel Out Of Commission [6 ABC]