La Salle Takes Four Days to Notify Students of Off-Campus Gang Rape
Around 10 p.m. on Easter Sunday, four men reportedly kidnapped and gang-raped a 20-year-old La Salle University student who was walking along 10th and W. Louden streets, approximately a mile and a half from campus. Police say the assailants pulled the student into a black van and drove her to a second location, where they “subjected her to a series of brutal...
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Poll Finds 77 Percent of Philly Supports Paid Sick Days
Supporter Janet Filante of Childspace Daycare City Council has until Thursday to find the 12th vote which would override Mayor Michael Nutter’s veto of the latest paid sick days bill, which passed through City Council by a vote of 11-6. In light of that, supporters held a rally in front of City Hall yesterday afternoon urging at least one of the six City Council...
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Dead Milkmen Frontman Rodney Anonymous Wins PW’s Mayor Madness 2013!
That’s right, people. Thousands of you voted and came to one obvious conclusion: Never doubt the aging punk rocker demographic. Dead Milkmen frontman, music critic and notorious tweeter Rodney Anonymous has won our first-ever Mayor Madness elimination tournament! Sorry, Bill Cosby. We still love you! But not as much as we love this dude! Anon’s official...
Continue ReadingVIDEO: Mayor Nutter Urges Sen. Toomey to Support Background Checks
Because the world is a mysterious place, the stars have aligned so that conservative, tea-party backed Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey, he of the “A” rating by the NRA just may be “gun control’s unlikely savior.” From the Washington Post this morning: Toomey, as The Washington Post’s Greg Sargent reported last week, is currently in talks with West Virginia...
Continue ReadingIs Rick Santorum Pitting Social Conservatives Against the GOP Itself?
The national Republican Party may be looking to modernize itself, but former Pennsylvania senator and presidential candidate Rick Santorum seems to have other ideas. “An alliance of political consultants and unprincipled politicians want to throw social conservatives like you and me out of the Republican Party,” he wrote by email to supporters of Patriot...
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Have You Seen Any “Stop Rape” Signs Around Town?
Photo by Tim “Shots Fired” Blackwell Some sick-of-it anti-rape radical went and got themselves a roll of stickers with the word “Rape” on it, and have been busy slapping them on the lower half of Stop signs in a rush of old-school guerilla media activism. How delightful! This one here was spotted down Souf at 7th and Reed. Have you seen...
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PhillyNow Calendar: Civic Events, April 8-12
It’s a quiet week unless you’re really passionate one way or another about casinos. There will be two chances for casino input at the Pennsylvania convention center, beginning on Thursday and going into Friday. As usual, let me know if I missed anything by hitting up civics@philadelphiaweekly.com or tweeting me: @RandyLoBasso Monday, April 8 Safety...
Continue ReadingReport Finds “Clear Link” Between Gun Violence and State Gun Laws
The Center for American Progress has just released a new report titled “American Under the Gun,” analyzing the link between gun violence and state gun laws in all 50 states. From the 72-page report: “Despite this complex web of factors that influence the rate of gun violence, this report finds a clear link between high levels of gun violence and weak state...
Continue ReadingNutter Vetoes Paid Sick Leave—Again
Mayor Michael Nutter vetoed the paid sick leave bill this morning, claiming it would hurt “the very workers this bill is intended to help” via job cuts from local businesses who can’t pay for it. The decision is not a surprise, but a disappointment for the Philadelphia Coalition for Healthy Families and Workplaces, a collective of community organizing groups...
Continue ReadingNutter’s Paid Sick Leave Decision is Nigh
Mayor Nutter has until tomorrow to make a decision on earned paid sick leave for workers in Philadelphia. On March 14, City Council passed an earned sick leave bill by an 11-6 vote. The bill, introduced by Councilman Bill Greenlee, would allow workers without paid sick time to earn one hour for every 40 hours worked. It has a history of controversy amongst some...
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