Vern Anastasio

Philadelphia lawyer who likes to help people build things, hooked on hugging my kids, long-time Phillies fan, traveler, ocean lover & a bit of a news junkie.

[Vern Anastasio @vernanastasio]

@Pi1991Matt Most of the people who work in meds are working class folks. There’s more housekeeping jobs and janitorial jobs than doctors.

[Vern Anastasio @vernanastasio]

Let’s see a BSL to the Navy Yard. A Roosevelt Blvd line through NE Philly. Free Septa passes for all Penn (and Penn Medicine) Temple & Drexel employees, as well as all of Philly’s kids under the age of 18. We can fund this! #phillybuilt

[Governor Josh Shapiro @GovernorShapiro]

Mass transit is absolutely critical for all 67 counties across our Commonwealth. It’s not just SEPTA in Philly or PRT in Pittsburgh — it’s also the buses and shared ride services in our suburbs and rural communities that get folks where they need to go every single day.

With a Democratic trifecta, we will FINALLY deliver mass transit funding for the nearly 1 million Pennsylvanians who rely on it every single day.

[Vern Anastasio @vernanastasio]

@aajane Love that idea

[Vern Anastasio @vernanastasio]

@micahmj11 A good part of it, yes. Wait till the muni primary next year.

[Vern Anastasio @vernanastasio]

@TicketBidz We’re with you. 💪

[Vern Anastasio @vernanastasio]

The battle of the meadows @ FDR; the new plans for Lemon Hill & the power & popularity of the Wissahickon Valley.

[Vern Anastasio @vernanastasio]

@jongeeting Love this

[Vern Anastasio @vernanastasio]

Protests and boycotts are part of being an American. But demanding stores be closed down - or cutting business ties with them - simply because the owners are Jewish is economic ethnic intimidation. We cannot tolerate the intolerable. #lovethyneighbor

[Vern Anastasio @vernanastasio]

@pipN_ainT_EZ Couldn’t agree more. No Philly small business owner is responsible for those atrocities. Love thy neighbor.

[Vern Anastasio @vernanastasio]

For 8 years I investigated hate crimes @ Philly’s Human Relations Commission, so I know what hate looks like.

Anyone targeting/calling for the closure of a Philly small biz owned by our Jewish neighbors is engaging in ethnic intimidation.

This boycott ride is WRONG.

[Vern Anastasio @vernanastasio]

@aBagorn I call bullshit. Sorry.

[Vern Anastasio @vernanastasio]

@WarFrontIntel Any individual demanding theee small shops be closed; any business owner using commerce to “punish” these small buiness by cutting ties; any group demanding these business be no more….are ALL practicing hate and economic ethnic intimidation.

[Governor Josh Shapiro @GovernorShapiro]

My Administration has been in touch with local officials in Philadelphia ahead of the planned protest on Sunday that’s designed to intimidate and drive Jewish businesses out of our communities.

Hate and antisemitism have no place in our Commonwealth. And I’m grateful to state and local law enforcement who will work to make sure our neighborhoods remain safe this weekend.

https://t.co/9ABm9kGyyv

[Vern Anastasio @vernanastasio]

@StephenRBurns These small businesses do nothing but serve our city. And they just happen to be owned by Jews. Philadelphians can oppose what’s happening in Gaza and still love thy neighbor. This is hate and intimidation and anyone aligned with it should be run out of town.

[Vern Anastasio @vernanastasio]

@PeterSullivan4 100%

[Congresswoman Madeleine Dean @RepDean]

I am disturbed by reports that businesses in Philadelphia are being targeted for boycotts because they have Jewish owners.

We are guaranteed the right to peaceful protest and to freedom of speech. It is fundamental to who we are as Americans. That includes the freedom to oppose the war in Gaza, and the actions of the Netanyahu government.

Yet we must speak clearly when confronted with blatant antisemitism. Targeting businesses simply because they are owned by Jews — and on the eve of Kristallnacht, when Nazis terrorized Jewish families, businesses and synagogues — is unacceptable.

I believe protesting in this way is harmful and misguided, and I urge the organizers to desist.

[Vern Anastasio @vernanastasio]

@BrettJohn17 I protest war, casinos, Netanyahu, sports arenas and the govt all the time. But real Philadelphians don’t try to close our neighbors businesses or practice economic ethnic intimidation against our own small business people. It’s shameful.

[Vern Anastasio @vernanastasio]

@JJisAMarxist2 These little shops do nothing but serve our city. And the timing of this action is even more offensive.

[Vern Anastasio @vernanastasio]

@vavoice27 Peaceful protests are great…and encouraged. Demanding businesses be closed down because they’re owned by our jewish neighbors is hate. And anyone engaged in this economic ethnic intimidation should be ashamed of themselves.

[Vern Anastasio @vernanastasio]

@aBagorn Calling for Jewish businesses to be shut down is dangerously hateful. These small businesses should be supported and embraced. Not targeted with hate.

[Vern Anastasio @vernanastasio]

@theErdTirdMans My only party is Philadelphia.