Committee of Seventy: Voter Claims Babette Josephs Is Campaigning Inside Polling Place
As Philadelphia Weekly has been telling you about since forever, there is a tough race going on between State Rep. Babette Josephs and challenger Brian Sims in the 182nd District. Earlier Today, the Committee of Seventy sent out their Election Day report with complaints they’ve been receiving. One of which was about Josephs possibly violating campaign rules. “A...
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Election 2012: Rick Perry Endorses Open Relationships
We are going to miss Rick Perry. So much! This George W. Bush impersonator and guy who is not ashamed to say he’s a Christian (an openly persecuted minority in the U.S.) has decided to drop out of the race today, even though we thought he’d already dropped out weeks ago. Either way, this is big news, and now he’s throwing his “support” behind Newt...
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Occupy Philly Suggests Nutter, City Are Exploiting Negative Issues
Occupy Philly working groups held a press conference today at 1 p.m. in response to Mayor Michael Nutter’s weekend comments, in which he came out with a new, harsh tone toward the movement, saying they had changed and become radicalized. He also expressed worry about an alleged rape which occurred Saturday night. Today’s press conference, it was said by Occupy...
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Update: Philadelphia Muslim Man Claims Discriminatory Firing From Whole Foods
The Council on American-Islamic Relations-Philadelphia held a press conference at the corner of 21st and Pennsylvania Avenue, a spot within eyeshot of the Callowhill Whole Foods, where, they allege, former employee Glenn Mack, 24, was fired because of his Muslim faith. Mack was terminated on February 21, 2011. He approached CAIR-Philadelphia in March, who did...
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