City Hall
Why Philadelphia Should Just Go Bankrupt Already
Last week, as Philadelphia’s Mayor Nutter held an unprecedented closed-door session with a number of investors looking to raise money to help fix the city’s […]
City Hall Plans To Issue $400 Million In Bonds. That’s A Lot.
An article at Bloomberg makes more clear what city officials were doing last week in their closed-door meeting with prospective bondholders: The city wants to […]
D.A. Seth Williams Blasts Nutter Over Budget
Just going to prove that no budget news is good news these days, both the local and federal court systems in Philadelphia are facing problems […]
City Council Threatens to Subpoena Mayor Over AVI
Certain City Council members, frustrated at the at-times erroneous nature of the city’s new AVI property assessments, are asking the city to reveal their exact […]
After Website Snafu, City Extends Online Tax Filing Deadline
Good news! Remember how on Sunday, the day before taxes were due, City Hall took down the website that let people pay their city taxes […]
This Is Probably The Most Hilarious Tax Day Protest In Philadelphia
Kae Lani Kennedy, a Philadelphia freelancer who writes the A Travel Broad blog, explains the image she made to, um, celebrate Tax Day: I seriously […]
Public To Be Consulted, Disregarded On Comcast’s Pact With City
It’s that time of decade again: City Hall is now starting the process of deciding whether Comcast will continue to hold the cable TV franchise […]
Does Philadelphia Need Gentrification Relief?
We all know that Philadelphia is a city of neighborhoods, and that the constant push-and-pull between forces that would preserve those neighborhoods and their identities […]
On Tax Day Eve, Philly’s Revenue Department Goes AWOL
In the quiet early hours on Sunday morning, my wife sat down at our family computer to do our civic duty and electronically file our […]
Alan Butkovitz Loses It, Tries to Get Writer Arrested [Updated]
City Controller Alan Butkovitz, Aviator-style specs in tow, has been on something of a whirlwind tour these days, bashing Michael Nutter and his Actual Value […]
Now the City Wants to Tax You Even More to Drink Alcohol
Mayor Michael Nutter and City Council President Darrell Clarke are leaning toward raising the tax you pay when you drink in bars and restaurants. Their […]
Tom Knox Running For Mayor Again (Probably)
Well-to-do businessman Tom Knox, who ran for Mayor in 2007, and has made a habit of mulling and embarking on various runs for various things, […]
VIDEO: How Ugly Old Dilworth Plaza Is Becoming Beautiful New Dilworth Plaza
This video was actually made a year ago, but while Dilworth Plaza remains in its endless state of construction, the folks at Center City District […]
Mayor Nutter To Decide Paid Sick Leave This Week
NewsWorks reports that Mayor Nutter is expected to repeat his own history this week, and mandate a bill requiring most Philadelphia businesses to offer paid […]
City Hall: Fewer AVI Appeals Than Expected
CBS Philly reports that just 5 percent of the city’s homewners—22,000 homes in all—have appealed their new assessments made under the recently enacted Actual Value […]