WATCH: Boobs, Balls, Butts & Bicycles (aka Naked Bike Ride)
The very talented Jeff Fusco went out (fully clothed, we presume?) to document the Second Annual Philly Naked Bike Ride on Sunday. Here’s what he saw: And here’s a video we picked up from YouTube, a compilation of sorts of the journey. And here was the route: Interested in more video? Type “Philadelphia Naked Bike Ride 2010″ into YouTube.com....
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The Greene Saga: Two More Women
Move the tally marker up to six. Two more women have approached the infamous Philadelphia Housing Authority Board to informally complain about having been sexually harassed by PHA head Carl Greene. Their complaint is informal, in that, they want to make their situations known in order to put these incidents behind them, former mayor and PHA board chair John Street...
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More Children Left In Cars At Parx Despite Legislation
This is what you can look forward to Philadelphia: parking lots full of babies left in cars. KYW is reporting that “this is the 7th time this summer police have arrested adults at the Bucks County Casino [Parx] after they left children unattended in the parking lot.” And here’s the irony: State Represetntative Gene DiGirolamo, Bensalem public safety director...
Continue ReadingSchool Reform Commission Task Force: Things Aren’t Good
This headline pertains to the other problems the school district is facing, by the way. Namely: 55 percent of African-American youth don’t graduate from high school in Philadelphia. Fifty-seven percent of Latino youth suffer the same fate. So, the School Reform Commission commissioned a task force to study some of our districts’ problems for the past 10 months....
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Heating Up: Sam Katz Meetups; Bulletin Revisited
Mayoral flirt Sam Katz has been meeting up with influential African American leaders in recent weeks “he would need to win over if he is going to exploit Mayor Michael Nutter’s apparent weakness with black voters,” the Inky reported yesterday. And apparently, they’re either not saying what they’re telling him or telling him to run for the hills: “I...
Continue ReadingWith Gubernatorial Candidates Like These…
Hey, fees are totally different from taxes. TOTALLY DIFFERENT. The biggest difference is that (freedom) fees are what Real Americans pay while taxes are for the french. Just ask Attorney General Corbett. The Daily News is reporting that he’s been contradicting himself lately – especially in his own campaign ads. Corbett touts in his ad the pledge he signed...
Continue ReadingThe School District Needs the Feds to Tell Them What to Do?!
PhillyNow column in our Sept. 1 print edition: If it takes a village, the Philadelphia School District is the idiot. Asian students’ claims of being abused at South Philly High School in December 2009 have merit, according to the Justice Department. The claims are that about 30 Asian students were attacked by a group of mostly black classmates on Dec. 3—and...
Continue ReadingWatch Sestak’s New Ad
We’ve got to hand it to Congressman Joe Sestak. His “I don’t give a shit about this ad; I spent no money on it and that guy’s not even a fuckin’ voice actor; he’s, like, my brother or some shit” approach to commercials is always a hit. His latest, against Pat Toomey, plastered TV screens yesterday, and, like the “re-elected” commercial against...
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Wreck Chasers Coming To TLC
Wanna know more about wreck chasers, the tow trucks that race through city streets looking for accident victims? Don’t want to go so far as to experience the pleasure of meeting them in real life? You’re in luck. The Inky has a blurb about a new series on chasers, set right here in our beloved Philadelphia: Here’s the hook of TLC’s Wreck...
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Sestak In West Philly; Democrats Down In PA
Just yesterday, Democratic Congressman Joe Sestak toured West Philly to play “Mad Libs: Small Business Edition.” “Philadelphia’s at its lowest employment in modern history and it’s because of small businesses,” he told business owners and, really, anyone willing to listen at the 52nd Street Business Corridor. “We have less small businesses...
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