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Is Frank Rizzo Running for Mayor?
Frank Rizzo–fils–is mulling a run for Mayor. And like his father did several times in his career, the 70-year-old former City Councilman plans on switching […]
See Philadelphia’s Middling Review On Google
Here’s the single review of Philadelphia by a Google user: “Good city, would live here again. Service is just okay” Well, that’s far from being […]
Vince Fumo Faces A Big Tax Hike On His Big Mansion
The Inquirer’s Miriam Hill reports that Vince Fumo—once the city’s most powerful politician, now serving five years in federal prison on corruption charges—is yet another […]
Philly Municipal Unions May Be Ready To Strike
DC33 President Pete Matthews told MyFoxPhilly this morning that the city’s unions may strike, depending on the outcome of a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that […]
Councilwoman Owes Back Taxes On Property
More bad news for Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown. City Paper reports: Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown has had a rough few years. In the midst of […]
The City’s Sick Leave Bill Is an Insult to Employers and Employees
James is a client of mine who runs a 30-person roofing company in Northeast Philadelphia. Last week, one of the people in his office wasn’t […]
Why It’s Good to Be Mayor: You Get to Ignore Parking Tickets
The other day, Mike Nutter was parked illegally outside Barbuzzo in an unofficial spot, earning him a ticket. But the fault, apparently, wasn’t his, as […]
Gov. Corbett Not Such A Fan Of Mayor Nutter’s Being Shouted Down
The Inquirer reports: After performing the gubernatorial role of ribbon-cutter-in-chief at a science conference in Philadelphia Monday morning, Gov. Corbett told reporters he found it […]
Paid Sick-Leave Bill Now Ready For Mayor Nutter’s Veto
It kind of got lost in yesterday’s union shutdown of Mayor Nutter’s budget speech at City Hall, but the Council actually got some work done, […]
Photos: Nutter Bails Mid-Speech After Being Drowned Out by Clowns, Rats, and Unions
Michael Nutter was literally screaming his budget address today in City Hall, trying to drown out the whistles, boos, and chants emanating from a spectator […]
Council Nears Vote On Sick Pay For Restaurant Workers
NBC 10 reports: “Members of the Philadelphia City Council are set to vote this week on a divisive bill that would require paid sick days […]
Investigation: City’s Tax Delinquency Problem Way Worse Than We Thought
Except for Detroit, no city in America is more inept at collecting its property taxes than Philadelphia. A mega-investigation by the Inquirer and Plan Philly […]
Turns Out City Probably Will Make a Profit Off AVI
Profiting off our property tax increases?! Outrageous! Oh wait, that’s what we want. When the Nutter administration decided that his AVI plan would be revenue […]
A New Twist in Seamus McCaffery’s High Court Shenanigans?
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Judge Seamus McCaffery has an unusual professional relationship with his wife, Lise Rapaport. Rapaport, for one, is his chief judicial aide. Two, […]
Philly to Tax Delinquents: “Here’s Some More Free Money”
File this one under the Department of Adding Insult to Injury. As if it weren’t bad enough that they were not paying property taxes, 1,700 […]