DAILY GRINDER: Democrats Raising Cash on Voter ID Challenge
The Voter ID challenge hearing began yesterday. And with it came a horde of Democratic politicians and organizations asking for either a) You make sure you and everyone you know has ID to vote, but who has the time for that? Not you? Then how about b) A donation? Kevin Washo, executive director of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, sent an email yesterday after...
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DAILY GRINDER: DN, Inky Owners Demand Union Concessions
The new owners of the Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com have demanded immediate concessions from the union that represents the publications’ employees. According to Poynter, “In a letter to employees last month, IGM CEO Bob Hall told employees revenue at the company was down $16 million from the year before. It told the Guild the same day it would seek...
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DAILY GRINDER: Nutter Vetoes Finnegan’s Wake Balcony Plan
Regular City Council sessions begin tomorrow. And first things first: Mayor Nutter has vetoed the zoning plan that would have allowed 61-foot balconies on Finnegan’s Wake at 3rd and Spring Garden streets, citing “dramatic dedication of the public right-of-way to a primarily private use” and neighborhood complaints. South Jersey bros revolt! The...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Is Philly Plane Bomb Hoax Just Like the Taliban?
In light of the Facebook/Philadelphia airplane debacle which occurred over the past week (a call was made to Philly airport police warning that a plane headed from Philadelphia to Dallas had explosives on board…the plane turned around, landed, and it turned out to be a hoax…Then the person who was accused of having said fake bombs in the first place...
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DAILY GRINDER: LGBT Group Equality PA Releases Endorsements
Equality PA has released its list of endorsements for the 2012 elections this week. Locally, they’ve put their name behind Michelle Brownlee, of the 195th state House district; Larry Farnese, of the 1st state Senatorial district; Steve McCarter, of the 154th state House District; Allyson Schwartz, of the 13th U.S. Congressional District; Vincent Hughes of the...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Philly Childhood Obesity…Drops!
Childhood obesity is down in Philadelphia! [Cue U2's "Beautiful Day"] That’s according to a new analysis recently published in Preventing Chronic Disease, our favorite journal about preventing chronic disease. Since 2006-2007, the study shows, obesity has dropped more than 4.5 percent, and, get this: It’s across age, gender and racial lines. Officials can’t...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Mayor Nutter Speaks to America TONIGHT
First off, I think we can agree that this is what right wing pundits were doing last night as Bill Clinton spoke: Still my favorite GIF (and a quality film that still holds up). Moving on. Mayor Nutter was originally scheduled to speak last night, around 8:30—exactly three hours before President Clinton would end his own speech. But he got a call from the...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Philly Represented at DNC Convention
The Republican presidential ticket of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan really, really want you to ask yourself: Are you better off now than you were four years ago? But the problem is—or might soon be—that the ship has sailed on the literal answer to that question. September 2008 is when the stock market melted down which led to headlines like, “Is It Really the...
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