Update: Mumia Abu-Jamal Transferred to General Population
According to supporters of convicted Philly cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal, he has been transferred to the General Prison Population at SCI Mahanoy, the Frackville, PA prison in which he’s currently being held. It marks the first time in Abu-Jamal has been in General Population in his now-30 year prison stint. As we previously reported here, Abu-Jamal’s supporters...
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Report From Fight For Philly’s Wells Fargo Rally
Local community activist group Fight For Philly held a series of rallies yesterday opposing Wells Fargo bank. Specifically, the corporation’s role in the “school swaps” deals which have become the subject of public scrutiny since a report was released last week, partially blaming big banks for the Philadelphia school district’s money woes. The main rally...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: GOP Cries Foul After their Gerrymandered Map Gets Thrown Out
See what happens when you act like children? The Pennsylvania Supreme Court threw out the GOP’s legislative redistricted map because it was redrawn in pretty outrageous ways to favor a reddened Pennsylvania in U.S. Congress. Even more than it already was. Now, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Max Baer says it’s possible the 2012 elections will be voted...
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Election 2012: The New War on Newt
Don’t look now, but Newt Gingrich is exactly where John McCain was at this stage in the game, back in 2008—and Republicans are doing their damndest to make sure they don’t get another old, white-haired 90s throwback as their nominee in 2012. Back then, once-frontrunner John McCain had crashed and burned during the debate process in favor of younger, conservative...
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Drink to Your Schools: Councilwoman Brown Introducing 3 a.m. Bar Curfew Bill
Blondell Reynolds-Brown City Council is back in session, and for bargoers around the city, that means one thing: Time to get on that 3 a.m. bar bill Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown floated early last summer. It began like this: She posted to her Facebook page, “Do you support extending weekend bar hours in Philadelphia to 3AM & sending proceeds to...
Continue ReadingCity Council to Introduce ‘Land Bank’ Bill
After tons of debate and activists’ push regarding a potential Philadelphia land bank to deal with vacant property and blighted land, City Council is expected to introduce a Land Bank Bill in one week, on February 2. The bill, co-sponsored by Bill Green and Maria Quinones-Sanchez, is similar to what activists had been pushing for and may solve the city’s...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: State Welfare Adviser who Hates Welfare Still on Payroll
That state welfare adviser, Robert W. Patterson, who put in his resignation for working as the editor of a religious magazine that says welfare is the devil and sperm lunches can be good for you…the guy the Corbett Administration has been distancing themselves from? He’s still on state payroll and takes in almost $105,000 per year. And there’s no end date...
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Ex-Philly Police Captain Lewis Resolves Occupy Wall Street Case
Photo: Michael Alan Goldberg Former Philadelphia Police Captain Ray Lewis, who was arrested participating in an Occupy Wall Street protest in November, has accepted a deal from Manhattan prosecutors which will allow him to avoid probation and jail time. Lewis had been arrested for blocking a street during the height of the Occupy Wall Street protests in the fall....
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Milton Street to Run for PA House of Representatives
Former State Rep. and candidate for Philadelphia Mayor Milton Street says he’s running for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, again. A few minutes ago, he posted a Facebook message saying, “To all my facebook followers… I DECLARE MYSELF A CANDIDATE FOR THE 195th DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE OF REPRESTATIVES !!! IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP ME...
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“This Lady Was Brave, and She Paid For It With Her Life”
Over the past two years, Philadelphia anti-crime activist Greg Bucceroni would occasionally drop into the Caribe Mini Market at 3300 Mutter St. in Kensington—just down the street from his Crime Victim Services offices—to grab a soda or a candy bar and clear the drug dealers away from the sidewalk. He’d talk to clerk Reyna Aguirre-Alonso, whom he affectionately...
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