DAILY GRINDER: Food Stamp Chaos Extended
Don’t tell Matt Drudge, but as it turns out, those people whose food supply was destroyed in Hurricane Irene will have more time to apply for Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance, also known as D-SNAP, also known as free ride food stamp chaos! Victims from Bucks, Chester, Philadelphia, Montgomery and Northampton Counties have until October 4 to apply...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Mayor Nutter’s Infomercial Protested by Off-TV Opponent
NBC 10’s infomercial for Mayor Nutter went off without a hitch! He urged people who sent in questions by e-mail and Twitter to pay their taxes and don’t cheat and generally be a good person, just like him. There were actually too many questions for him to get to. But know this (as NBC does): Mayor Nutter tweets! Meanwhile, Republican mayoral candidate Karen...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Vince Fumo Will Be Re-Sentenced, Haz a Sad
A bearded, tired, depressed, overweight, retired former Sen. Vince Fumo is scheduled to be re-sentenced on November 9 for his part in defrauding, well, just about everyone. Prosecutors are looking to elongate his 4-and-a-half year sentence due to more than $1.5 million in losses “and other mistakes” in calculating Fumo’s original sentence. If it turns out...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Traffic Court Raid Spreads to Bars, Tow Trucks
The FBI raided Philadelphia traffic court judge Michael Sullivan’s office last week. Now, it’s said by Fox 29, the investigation is expanding to State Rep. William Keller (whose offices were raided by the FBI last summer) and watering holes—Cannonball Tavern in Northeast Philly and Fireside Tavern in South Philly—where Sullivan and traffic court administrator...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Council Takes on Tough Issues: Satellite Dishes
Councilman Darrell Clarke will not stand for your DirecTV satellite dishes! He’s trying to pass legislation that would force new dishes to be the same color as the roof of the house on which they’re mounted. Real quote: “Having these satellite dishes on the facades of properties when they don’t have to be there is something we don’t think is acceptable.”...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Police Union Clout Going Up?
The police officer’s union could potentially get a lot more money—and by extension, a lot more power. The union is suing to require the city collect contributions directly from police officers’ paychecks (payroll deductions, if you will), instead of 50-50 raffles and the like. Union lawyer money quote: “In the real world in which we live, in order to...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: More Philly Casinos Will Surely Solve Our Problems
Keep gambling…Pennsylvania says there’s room for a fifth Philadelphia-area casino. A state-commissioned study (they’re never wrong!) says a good place for said house of poor might be either West Philadelphia or City Line Avenue, both of which will soon be called “The next Philly neighborhood” at some point soon, by some publication, we’re sure. Added...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: GOP Won’t Allow Hearings on Expanding Human Relations Act to Gays and Transpersons
State Rep. Dan Frankel has reintroduced legislation that would expand the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act to sexual orientation and gender identity. What that means is you can currently be fired from your job in Pennsylvania if you are gay or a transperson and Frankel has been on a decade-long crusade to want to stop just that. Currently, says Frankel, 21...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Now Philly Wants to Register Bouncers?
Councilman Bill Greenlee wants bouncers—at bars, nightclubs and the like—to register with the city. His motivation: Keeping people safe, of course. “We found instances both in Philadelphia and nationwide where some bouncers, not the majority have gotten carried away in some of their duties and people have gotten hurt,” said Greenlee. ”It...
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