Update: Rescued Chihuahuas Will be Available for Foster and Adoption Soon
After 85 Chihuahuas were rescued from a hoarder raid on Earp Street in South Philly Wednesday night, PSPCA vet nurse Jessie Leighton jumped in her car with 27 of the dogs and rushed them over the bridge to the South Jersey home of Anne Trinkle, founder and president of the Animal Alliance of New Jersey (AANJ) in Lambertville to expedite the adoption process. The...
Continue ReadingNo New Car Insurance Discounts in PA, For Now
Progressive Insurance wants to bring habit based insurance rates to Pennsylvania, but city and state officials say no-go for now, citing lack of information. The new rates would give drivers discounts for driving less, using the car during less dangerous hours, and not slamming on the brakes. Wait, what? How would they know? Apparently the insurance company afixes...
Continue ReadingMedicaid Funding Looking Bleak; State Budget To Get Revamped
The passed state budget looks like it’s going to fail (that was quick), forcing Mayor Nutter to possibly be cleaning up a lot of shit. While the chairman of Philadelphia Magazine was kissing way too much ass for Rendell to run for Mayor in 2011, which his office told PhillyNow isn’t gonna happen, Rendell was rushing to sign a messy state budget to...
Continue ReadingSEPTA No Longer Wants Passengers to be Confused
By Lucas K. Murray Just when you thought you mastered negotiating the Delaware Valley’s regional rail system, the powers-that-be at SEPTA will roll out new names for the lines at the end of July. The old “R” designations (which went into effect in the early 1980s and were based on German commuter-line designations) will go the way of the steam locomotive...
Continue ReadingPolice to Continue Sharing Info with Feds After All
The city may have reached a compromise on the controversial Preliminary Arraignment Reporting (PARS) sharing deal with federal Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Per the agreement, ICE can access the nationality of anyone entered into the city police database. Immigration officials use the information to identity likely illegal immigrants. Local immigrant...
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More Voices Pile On Against Illegal Immigrants
The backlash is heating up. In reaction to the city’s move to stop giving federal immigration officials access to a police database with arrest info, politicians and cheese-steak vendors are speaking out. The controversy over Arizona’s law requiring local police to check the immigration status of people they suspect are in the country illegally only...
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UPDATE: 85 Dogs Seized in PSPCA Raid on South Philly Home
The total number of animals rescued last night are 85 dogs (all Chihuahuas and Chihuahua mixes), two cats and two deceased dogs. According to the PSPCA, animal cruelty charges pending include unsanitary conditions, lack of veterinary care with a potential misdemeanor charges pending cause of death for the dead dogs. All animals are now being held at PSPCA...
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Poll: Pa. Voters Want Immigration Bill Like Arizona’s
Those commercials that Geno’s Steaks owner Joey Vento broadcasted over the last few years, which demand that customers “speak English” because “this is America,” have actually paid off. According to the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, “Pennsylvania voters say 47-34 percent they want the state to adopt an immigration...
Continue ReadingNutter’s Budget Cuts $47 Million, Preserves Library Services
Yesterday Mayor Nutter announced $47 million in cuts to the budget passed by City Council earlier this spring, taking big chunks out of police and firefighter money but backing off on his threat of mass layoffs and major library cutbacks. The cuts do include eliminating two classes of police recruits, and reducing police overtime to the tune of $6.3 million....
Continue ReadingBREAKING: PSPCA Raid on Earp Street Worst Ever, 69+ Dogs Seized So Far
The stench surging out of the house was an ungodly combination of feces and urine, and the noises were the cries and howls of what PSPCA Director of Law Enforcement George Bengal estimates could be up to 100 animals living in squalor at 739 Earp St. in South Philadelphia tonight. The PSPCA began the raid around 3 p.m. today. By 8:30 p.m., they had already rescued...
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