DAILY GRINDER: Nutter Staying in Philly Despite ‘Rumors’ Otherwise
"You're awesome." "No, you're awesome." Mayor Michael Nutter told reporters he is staying in Philadelphia and will finish up his mayoral term. “Absolutely, 100 percent, I’m not going anywhere,” Nutter said outside his office in City Hall. “I love this job. I love this city. I have work still to do. And I...
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Dispatches From the Philadelphia Obama ‘Victory Party’
By 11:30, the 300 or so people at the Obama party at the Warwick Hotel in Center City had completely lost it. In a good way. They’d been partying with live DJs—playing all your favorite wedding and Bar/t Mitzvah hits—since Obama had been declared the winner of Pennsylvania about two hours earlier. Mayor Nutter spoke from a small stage in the hotel’s ball...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Mayor Nutter to Rappel Down Side of Building Later Today!
Mayor Nutter will rappel down a 20-story Center City office building later today! Seriously. 1515 Market Street. He’s doing it to promote something called the “Outward Bound” program, a group which organizes “wilderness trips” for underprivileged teens and war veterans. “I’m not afraid of heights,” Nutter said. “It’ll certainly be different....
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DAILY GRINDER: Read this Account of Fracking in North-Central PA
A farmer in Bradford County, Pennsylvania has written an essay about what it has meant to “sacrifice” for the public good, and allow her land to be fracked. Then she sent it into the Public Herald. You should read it. It’s devastating. Here’s a piece: “My water changed March 15, 2011. It now turns white, with a green moss settling on top of sand....
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DAILY GRINDER: So, Hurricane Sandy Gave You the Day off Work…
We hear many of you have off work today (and some of you, tomorrow) because of Hurricane Sandy. That is awesome. Except when nothing else is open, what’s the point? If you’ve been outside yet, you might have been all, “This is it?” Unfortunately, it’s expected to grow. According to a weather report at Philly.com, by 10 a.m. today, winds will get up...
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DAILY GRINDER: The Debates Are Over—Here are Five Takeaways
...The debates are over. God bless America. Like many of you (I assume), I am very happy the debates are over and Mitt Romney and Barack Obama will never, ever have to publicly speak to each other again. The general consensus of last night’s debate was that the president won pretty handily, but whatever. Who cares? It’s just a foreign policy...
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DAILY GRINDER: Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Off Philly TV
They send this in their emails. The national Democratic Party—specifically, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, or as I like to call them, “D-Trip,” are not going out of their way to help their candidates in the Philadelphia area with TV ads, which is why it’s basically only Tom Smith for Senate and Americans for Prosperity (against...
Continue ReadingHow State Republicans Blocked an Investigation into Gov. Corbett’s Handling of Sandusky
On Monday, state House Republicans pulled a ridiculous parliamentary parlor trick in order to defeat a resolution calling for an investigation into Gov. Corbett’s handling of the Jerry Sandusky investigation while he was state attorney general. Since the resolution was blocked, House Democrats are now calling on U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder directly to...
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DAILY GRINDER: After Debate, Mayor Nutter Calls Romney ‘Make Believe Mitt’
Mayor Nutter had a thing or two to say about Mitt Romney after last night’s debate. Here are parts of a Nutter transcript sent last night from the Obama Campaign (italic emphasis mine): “Tonight we also saw the real Mitt Romney—not the phony ‘moderate Mitt’ we’ve seen in recent days, spewing lies that Americans with pre-existing conditions will...
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DAILY GRINDER: Libertarian and Green Parties on Pennsylvania Presidential Ballot
The Libertarian Party will stay on the ballot in Pennsylvania, despite Republican lawyers doing their damndest to kick candidate Gary Johnson off. Commonwealth Court Senior Judge James Gardner Colins said the Libertarians have at least 20,730 signatures, which is 129 more than the law requires. So now what? Now what is, you get the choice in November between...
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