DISTRICT DRAMA: Moffett Causes Tension At School Reform Meeting
Former Audenried High School 11th Grade English Teacher Hope Moffett spoke up today to Superintendent Arlene Ackerman. Former school teacher Hope Moffett today showed up at a scheduled School Reform Commission meeting and caused so much heat that Superintendent Arlene Ackerman left the room for almost a half hour. After an Audenried High School student delivered...
Continue Reading21 Suspended Priests Named
And…the names of 21 Archdiocese of Philadelphia priests recently suspended for allegations of raping and torturing children, only to be covered up by higher-ups in the church, have been released. This comes to us the same day Cardinal Rigali apologized for such “evil acts” (again) during an Ash Wednesday homily. Via the Inquirer: 1. BARR, Rev. Philip...
Continue ReadingPhilly Census Results
Ladies and Gentlemen, Mayor Michael Nutter is set to give a presser at a quarter-to-four regarding Philly’s Census. But Census.gov has got some basic info to keep you occupied until then. Your big number is 1,526,006. That’s how many of us live in Philly, excluding undocumented workers, refugees and those living off the grid, of course. As you may remember,...
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Will You ‘Friend’ Milton?
After a strange Twitter debacle, official Mayoral candidate Milton Street now says he plans a Facebook-heavy campaign. Or something. While we have no reason to doubt the now-official ‘ex-con-not-just-the-president-but-a-client’ mayoral candidate, there’s a problem, as pointed out by CBS3: no Facebook page yet. His official word on the potential for an online...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: The Casey Dilemma
Bob Casey’s fundraising has been dismal to say the least, but Reps. Jim Gerlach and Charlie Dent probably aren’t running, which leaves few prominent Republicans in the state. Says Rick Santorum: “He doesn’t have me to run against.” [Politico] Meanwhile, Casey’s taking on someone his own size: School bullies! “Bullying and harassment affect millions...
Continue ReadingFresh Produce Rare in ‘Smart’ Philly
Half of you are eating fewer than three servings of fruits and vegetables a day, according to the Public Health Management Corporation. Among those, 66.5 percent are below the Federal Poverty Line and Philly residents are far less likely to have access to fresh produce than, say, “suburban adults.” The PHMC released these and other 2010 findings in recognition...
Continue ReadingOn Welfare? How About a Drug Test?
A Central PA lawmaker thinks it’s about time supposed welfare kings and queens start getting drug tested because, c’mon. State Senator Richard Alloway introduced a bill to the state legislature which would require five percent of welfare and other cash recipients to take a drug test every six months. If you fail, you’re put into a rehab facility until,...
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The Corbett Budget of Reckoning
Were you as afraid as we were when Governor Tom Corbett made those strange analogies toward the beginning of his budget address? “In many ways what we need to do is the same as reviving an abandoned apple tree. If the tree isn’t tended and the branches pruned, that tree will grow into a tangle of limbs and leaves. But it will bear no fruit. We need to...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Budget Today
Democratic City Committee deal broker and sometimes-Congressman Bob Brady brokered the deal for DiCicco to step out of the race for First District Council and back Mark Squilla. [Daily News] Another man has come forward, accusing a priest from the Philadelphia Archdiocese of rape and torture. His lawsuit alleges “Archdiocese officials conspired to endanger...
Continue ReadingJewell Williams Announces Sheriff Bid
You might remember State Senator Jewell Williams from such incidents as the time he was probably racially profiled by Philadelphia police in May 2009, then sued the Department. Or, maybe you just know him as the Democratic City Committee’s pick for sheriff, now that John Green and any sense of dignity that might have remained in that office is gone. Williams...
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