Huggie’s New AVI Street Art: ‘I would be very surprised if it lasts 24 hours’
Last week we told you about Huggie, the guerrilla street artist who specializes in ripping down “bandit signs” and remaking them in his own image. Lately, he’s been reworking his signs into messages concerning the city’s Actual Value Initiative, a government project in which all city property is being reassessed, then re-taxed accordingly. We...
Continue ReadingPhillyNow Calendar: This Week in Civic Events, Feb. 25-March 1
Good morning, PW readers! Here’s what’s going on this weekend if you’re of the civic-minded. Lots of good readings, community meetings and Council sessions to check out this week. Remember to email civics@philadelphiaweekly.com if you want your event listed. Monday, February 25 Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe Center Groundbreaking Ceremony....
Continue ReadingPropaganda Film Exploits Gosnell Tragedy to Promote Conspiracy Theory
A new documentary film on the Kermit Gosnell case, titled 3801 Lancaster, was recently released online and can be viewed at 3801Lancaster.com. It’ll receive a Philly premiere screening Sunday night as part of The Justice Conference’s Justice Film Festival. On the website, the filmmakers claim that the goal of the project is to “make the public aware”...
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Q&A: Marianne Bellesorte of Pathways PA on Paid Sick Leave
Advocates for paid sick leave in Philadelphia went door-to-door through City Hall on Valentine’s Day, hitting the offices of freshman City Councilmen Bobby Henon, Denny O’Brien and Mark Squilla as part of a community lobbying effort for voters to “show their love for sick days.” They delivered more than 500 hand-written letters from voters, calling...
Continue ReadingPhillyNow Calendar: This week in civic events, Feb. 19-22 (Updated)
Tuesday, February 19 Philadelphia Job Commission: Mayor Nutter and City Council President Darrell Clarke will receive the Philadelphia Jobs Commission report in City Hall; both will deliver remarks. 12:30pm. City Hall Mayor’s Reception Room; 202. 1 Penn Square. Phila.gov Black History Month Celebration: A panel will convene to speak on the civil rights movement....
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Q&A: Philly Guerrilla Artist Huggie on Mayor Nutter AVI Art
This spring, the city is expected to overhaul our property tax system. Instead of tax rates that are based on property assessments from 2004 and, in some cases, the 1980s, each city property has been re-assessed and likely taxed at around 1.25 percent (though the final number is still unknown). What that means, in layman’s terms: your taxes are probably...
Continue ReadingPhilly Politician Wants Drone Rules
With the Cabinet nominations of Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense and John Brennan for the CIA director has come a heightened talk of drone warfare and the fear that governments could soon be using the technology here, on us. But state Rep. Angel Cruz (D-Philadelphia) isn’t taking any chances. He’s reintroducing legislation that would put harsh restrictions...
Continue ReadingPhilly Passes Resolution Calling for Reproductive Healthcare Funding
Last night, Philadelphia became the third U.S. city to pass a resolution calling for federal and state funding of reproductive healthcare services, including abortion. From the resolution: “Resolution calling upon President Obama, the US Congress, Governor Corbett, and the Pennsylvania General Assembly to maintain existing public funding for comprehensive reproductive...
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Noted Local Survivalist Arrested in New Jersey on Weapons Charges
Noted local survivalist, gun enthusiast and subject of a 2009 PW cover story by Steven Wells, 39-year-old Fernando Antonio Salguero was arrested in Somerdale, N.J., yesterday on charges of possession of destructive devices, possession of “certain weapons” and transportation of weapons, according to the Somerdale police department. From PW’s profile...
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PA Republicans Ripped for Hosting Virginia Governor at Lincoln Dinner
Virginia governor Bob McDonnell was in Pennsylvania on Friday to speak with the local Republican Party for their Lincoln Dinner and plenty of opposition party members had reason to question why that was the case. For one, McDonnell had instituted something in his home state in 2010 called “Confederate History Month,” meant to “understand the sacrifices...
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