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WATCH: John Oliver Talks About Philly’s Crumbling Infrastructure

We missed this earlier in the week, but it’s worth revisiting — John Oliver’s rant about the state of American infrastructure (roads, bridges, etc.) features […]

Things to Do

WATCH: John Oliver on Infrastructure, Featuring Ed Rendell

Posts about John Oliver ethering someone have become an Internet tradition, but please forgive us this week: Last night’s episode of Last Week Tonight featured […]

Citified

The Brief: Doug Oliver Doubles Down on Being Vague

Last night, I interviewed long-shot mayoral candidate Doug Oliver at Venturef0rth as part of Citified’s new Candidate Conversations series. Going into the Q&A, my big question was: […]

Citified

Could Ed Rendell Endorse Long-Shot Candidate Doug Oliver for Mayor?

[Curious about Doug Oliver? Register to attend one of Philly mag’s forthcoming Q&As with the mayoral candidates at this link. On Monday, Feb. 23, Citified’s […]

City Life

Lynne Abraham: Can a Woman Win the Philadelphia Mayor’s Race?

It seems an unlikely thing to be doing with Lynne Abraham. On a cool, breezy Friday in New York in December, we’re at the Frick, […]

City Life

DNC Takes One Last Look at Philly

Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is visiting Philadelphia today, part of a trip to give a last look to the three finalists to host […]

City Life

What’s Ed Rendell Up To?

Just a few minutes ago, Ed Rendell tweeted — or, more precisely, re-tweeted — this: That links to our piece last week about how Rendell […]

City Life

Could Ed Rendell Take Pat Toomey’s Senate Seat?

It’s tough for us to see Ed Rendell in the Senate. The man is a chief — not somebody who would risk getting his voice […]

The Scene

Lobbyist Holly Kinser’s Birthday Party

On Friday night at Stratus Lounge at the Hotel Monaco Holly Kinser celebrated her 50th birthday and marked 25 years as a lobbyist in the Commonwealth […]

City Life

PHOTOS: Mark Segal’s Annual Holiday Soiree

Philadelphia Gay News Publisher and longtime LGBT activist Mark Segal and his husband, Jason Villemez, hosted their annual holiday party, but this year the party doubled as […]

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Cowboys Fan Chris Christie Watches Game from Jerry Jones’ Box

Last night was pretty much a total loss for the Philadelphia Eagles. The team fell into a 21-0 hole in the first half but rallied […]

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Rendell: Christie’s a “Wuss” For Cowboys Fandom

Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell is tearing into Jersey Gov. Chris Christie — not over anything political, but over something really important: He can’t stand […]

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Ed Rendell Is OK with NFL Game Being Moved This Time

Before the NFL moves the Buffalo game, it has to clear things with Ed Rendell first. — Dan McQuade (@dhm) November 20, 2014 I tweeted […]

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City Life

Is Ed Rendell in Ken Trujillo’s Corner?

As the mayoral declaring process works itself out this week, one interesting development: Former Mayor Ed Rendell has hosted a networking event for former City […]

City Life

No, Ed Rendell Doesn’t Want to Be Your Next Mayor*

Over at NewsWorks, Dave Davies speculates on the possibility of an Ed Rendell run for mayor in 2015 — then immediately disabuses us of the […]