City Hall
7 Revelations About Who Sits in “The Mayor’s Box”
Not all that long ago, it took a team of gumshoe reporters and endless following up on right-to-know requests to figure out who received tickets […]
Philly, Your Streets Are About to Get Smellier
Old people! Why are you always ruining everything? Starting tomorrow, Philadelphia’s trash-infested streets are about to get more trash-infested. Right now, the Streets Department will […]
A New Pew Poll Says Philly is More Negative Than in Historically Bad 2009. Really?
C’mon, Philadelphia. It’s not that bad. Sure, the schools are underfunded. Yes, the General Assembly seems to want to kill our transit system. Fine, the […]
NBC 10 Compiles List of Philly’s Top Tax Deadbeats
And here it is: NBC 10 reports on the $200 million in back taxes owed to City Hall: The top scofflaw, according to city records, […]
Butkovitz: Be Careful Which Philly Bridges You’re Using
City Controller’s office press release: City Controller Alan Butkovitz today released a follow up review of the Department of Streets’ Bridge Maintenance Unit that found […]
Wilson Goode Jr. Wants to Crack Down on City Hall Lobbyists
WHYY’s Dave Davies reports on a proposal by Wilson Goode Jr. to crack down on City Hall corruption: He’s introducing a bill which would take […]
Kenney Wants Philly to Sever Ties With Russia
Josh Middleton at our sister blog, G-Philly, has the scoop: A few weeks ago I reported on a petition that called on City Council to sever Philly’s […]
Schoolmageddon ’13: Nutter Wages YouTube Counterattack
First came the new ad from the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, claiming Michael Nutter and Tom Corbett were in kahoots, conspiring together to cut school […]
Proposal: Get Parties Out of Philly Politics and Reorganize Around Issues
NextCity.org has an interesting proposal to fix the never-endingly sclerotic nature of doing business at City Hall: Get the parties—Democrats and Republicans—out of local governance […]
Video: City Sanitation Worker Caught Peeing in Public
A woman in South Philly caught this sanitation worker pissing away in an alley outside her home. Here is the footage you’re dying to see. […]
What A-Rod and Jonathan Josey Have in Common
What do A-Rod and Jonathan Josey have in common? They’re both still in the game — and neither should be. A-Rod probably needs no introduction: […]
Nutter Borrowing $50 Million to Ensure Schools Open On Time [Updated]
Update [1:30 p.m] City Council President Darrell Clarke, inevitably, disagrees with the plan. One, he says the city needs permission from Council to borrow. Two, […]
William Hite Wants to Suspend Teacher Seniority
Hooboy, this oughtta go over well with Jerry Jordan and co. Because the district is still facing a deficit of more than $270 million and […]
Tom Corbett Is Not Moved By Your School Budget Crisis, Philadelphia
Speaking Tuesday, Tom Corbett rejected a desperate plea for $45 million in state funds to help close Philly’s gaping school budget hole. Corbett’s budget secretary, […]
Power Crowd Attends Arthur Makadon Memorial
The Inquirer reports on Monday’s memorial for Arthur Makadon, the Philadelphia lawyer who was connected just about every insider in town. Roughly 300 people showed […]