Sam Katz

Citified

Sam Katz Inches Even Closer to a Mayoral Run

Sam Katz says he has switched his party registration to Independent. Why does that matter? It’s a sign he is considering running for mayor for real, for real […]

Citified

Is Sam Katz About to Run for Mayor?

Sam Katz, who has run for mayor three times and very nearly won once, sounds like a man positively itching to give it a go […]

Foobooz

Limited Tickets Remain to Philly Chef Conference

Drexel University’s second annual Philly Chef Conference takes place this Sunday and Monday. Monday’s chef-only sessions are already sold out but a limited number of […]

City Life

Lynne Abraham’s Message: I’m Still Relevant!

You’d think that a trailblazing female politician with nearly 20 years of service as district attorney would command the respect of the political class and […]

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City Life

Sam Katz Is Right: It’s Time for Philly to Get Creative and Privatize

Sam Katz is right. In a recent Philadelphia Inquirer opinion piece, he urged “creative solutions” to the city’s funding crises. Among his recommendations were the passing of an […]

City Life

Is Sam Katz Running for Mayor Again?

Former Republican mayoral candidate Sam Katz loves to tell the story about when a reporter asked him if the rumors are true that he still […]

City Life

Sam Katz Meets Kickstarter Goal, Will Finish Emmy-Nominated Doc on Philly History

With three days to go, onetime mayoral candidate Sam Katz has met his Kickstarter goal of raising $53,000 to continue making his documentary series, Philadelphia: […]

City Life

Sam Katz Uses Kickstarter to Raise Money For Philly History Documentary

Sam Katz, the failed three-time candidate for Philly mayor, has achieved rather more success creating a 12-part documentary about the history of Philadelphia, but he […]

City Life

Sam Katz Takes on Frank Rizzo (Again)

The next installment of your 12-part history of Philly airs on 6 ABC this month [7:30 p.m., June 20]. Why focus on 1965 to 1978—a.k.a. […]

City Life

Watch the Trailer for Sam Katz’s Philly History Documentary

PICA Chair and thrice-mayoral candidate Sam Katz has, for a little while now, been releasing 30-minute episodes of his multi-part documentary “Philadelphia: The Great Experiment” […]

City Life

What Can Philly Expect From a Second Obama Term?

Local pols broke out their crystal balls for the Inky this morning, offering federal funding prognostications ranging from the platitudinous (“It’s always good for Philadelphia […]

City Life

Elections Unleash Sam Katz’s Inner Hulk

If you think you’re utterly wiped by the end of campaign season, have you ever stopped to consider how it makes candidates feel? Since the […]

The Scene

HughE Dillon: Girard College Film Screening

Last night at the Independence Seaport Museum at Penns Landing, Girard College hosted a screening of the new documentary Stephen Girard: A Philadelphia Legacy. The […]