Dead Milkmen Frontman Rodney Anonymous Wins PW’s Mayor Madness 2013!
That’s right, people. Thousands of you voted and came to one obvious conclusion: Never doubt the aging punk rocker demographic. Dead Milkmen frontman, music critic and notorious tweeter Rodney Anonymous has won our first-ever Mayor Madness elimination tournament! Sorry, Bill Cosby. We still love you! But not as much as we love this dude! Anon’s official...
Continue ReadingVIDEO: Mayor Nutter Urges Sen. Toomey to Support Background Checks
Because the world is a mysterious place, the stars have aligned so that conservative, tea-party backed Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey, he of the “A” rating by the NRA just may be “gun control’s unlikely savior.” From the Washington Post this morning: Toomey, as The Washington Post’s Greg Sargent reported last week, is currently in talks with West Virginia...
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Have You Seen Any “Stop Rape” Signs Around Town?
Photo by Tim “Shots Fired” Blackwell Some sick-of-it anti-rape radical went and got themselves a roll of stickers with the word “Rape” on it, and have been busy slapping them on the lower half of Stop signs in a rush of old-school guerilla media activism. How delightful! This one here was spotted down Souf at 7th and Reed. Have you seen...
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PhillyNow Calendar: Civic Events, April 8-12
It’s a quiet week unless you’re really passionate one way or another about casinos. There will be two chances for casino input at the Pennsylvania convention center, beginning on Thursday and going into Friday. As usual, let me know if I missed anything by hitting up civics@philadelphiaweekly.com or tweeting me: @RandyLoBasso Monday, April 8 Safety...
Continue ReadingReport Finds “Clear Link” Between Gun Violence and State Gun Laws
The Center for American Progress has just released a new report titled “American Under the Gun,” analyzing the link between gun violence and state gun laws in all 50 states. From the 72-page report: “Despite this complex web of factors that influence the rate of gun violence, this report finds a clear link between high levels of gun violence and weak state...
Continue ReadingNutter Vetoes Paid Sick Leave—Again
Mayor Michael Nutter vetoed the paid sick leave bill this morning, claiming it would hurt “the very workers this bill is intended to help” via job cuts from local businesses who can’t pay for it. The decision is not a surprise, but a disappointment for the Philadelphia Coalition for Healthy Families and Workplaces, a collective of community organizing groups...
Continue ReadingNutter’s Paid Sick Leave Decision is Nigh
Mayor Nutter has until tomorrow to make a decision on earned paid sick leave for workers in Philadelphia. On March 14, City Council passed an earned sick leave bill by an 11-6 vote. The bill, introduced by Councilman Bill Greenlee, would allow workers without paid sick time to earn one hour for every 40 hours worked. It has a history of controversy amongst some...
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PhillyNow Calendar: Civic Events, April 2-5
Hey there. I’m totally a day late on your weekly civic meeting schedule—but no worries; you only missed Monday. Plus, it was April 1st, and you may have been all “This civic meeting is probably just an April Fool’s joke” or something. Or not. Anyway, over the course of the week, several active neighbor associations (especially those in South Philly)...
Continue ReadingBob Casey Backs Marriage Equality
Well, that took long enough. After being one of just nine U.S. Democratic Senators who still opposed marriage equality, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-Pa.) came out today in favor of the LGBT community enjoying equal rights on that front, in an interview with the Morning Call and a public statement released to the press. “After much deliberation and after reviewing...
Continue ReadingWhat does Prop. 8 mean for LBGT couples in PA?
Last week, the Supreme Court of the United States took up two cases that effect LGBT equality by way of same-sex marriage: Proposition 8 out of California and the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). After the Prop. 8 arguments on Tuesday, Philadelphia Weekly talked to Philadelphia-based attorney Angela Giampolo of Giampolo Law Group to make sense of what...
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