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Same As The Old Boss: Familiar Faces Dominate Philly Primaries
MyFox Philly reports on Tuesday’s city primary election: Philadelphia City Controller Alan Butkovitz has faced down two challengers for the Democratic nomination in his campaign […]
Election Day: Brett Mandel Kicked Out of Polling Place [Updated]
City Controller candidate Brett Mandel has been slapped on the wrist. A complaint filed this morning in Election Court by City Controller Alan Butkovitz’s campaign […]
Mayor Nutter Has a $2,950 Pen (But He Doesn’t Use It)
On May 1st each year, the city’s elected officials are required to tell the world how they make their money, and what kind of gifts […]
Don’t Forget To Vote on Tuesday
Time to see what the city’s creaky election machinery can do in an off-year primary election: Tuesday, Philadelphia voters—we’re presuming at least two—will go to […]
Bill Green Basically Calls His Job a Waste of Time
According to the Daily News‘s math beat reporter, at-large Councilman Bill Green has missed 15 of 16 budget hearings in the last two months. Brian […]
Pew: AVI Shifts Tax Burden to Homeowners
A new study from Pew Charitable Trusts shows that—surprise!—the city’s tax burden will shift away from businesses and to residential property owners under the new […]
Philly Has Its Very Own Crime-Fighting Cory Booker
Finally, in the form of District Attorney Seth Williams, Philadelphia has its very own vigilante crime-stopping Cory Booker doppelganger: Williams was driving along the 500 […]
Hundreds of Philly Students Walked Out Of School Today. Here’s Why.
Protesting looming cuts to school programs and staff that many have described as disastrous, hundreds of Philadelphia students marched to City Hall, and then up […]
Butkovitz: AVI Assessments Worse Than Old, Bad Property Tax Assessments
CBS Philly reports that City Controller Alan Butkovitz has declared the city’s new AVI property tax assessments —designed to more fairly tax owners on their […]
Swedish Royals To Visit Philly
NBC 10 reports: Local residents are preparing for a royal visit this weekend. A delegation of senior diplomats from Sweden and Finland will visit Philadelphia, […]
So There’s An Actual Socialist Running for Controller
Since 2008, there’s been a lot of loose talk in Washington about the socialist imperatives of a certain Kenyan president of ours. But even in […]
Council Approves Sale of Digital Ads on City Property
Today City Council voted 15-0 on a bill to approve digital ads on city-owned property. Bus shelters, garbage trucks, heck, public schools. You name it, […]
Philly’s War on Outdoor Dining Begins
It’s an annual rite of spring. Restaurant and bar and cafe owners plunk down tables on their sidewalks, legally or not, and the city vows […]
City To Reveal its AVI Dark Magic to the Public
It’s become Philadelphia’s favorite political parlor game: bashing AVI. So, in an attempt to quell the criticism over its mysterious property assessment methods, the city […]
City Passes Groundbreaking LGBT Bill
By a vote of 14-3, City Council has passed what is thought to be the most expansive citywide LGBT rights bill in the country. At […]