DAILY GRINDER: Camden Officially Poorest U.S. City
Camden is now officially the poorest city in the United States. It was announced late last week that the New Jersey city across the Delaware has replaced the also localish Reading, Pennsylvania in this dishonor—although the margin of error when it comes to measuring poverty could make it hard to tell which is actually the poorest. Not sure how I missed this...
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DAILY GRINDER: Nutter Speaking at Shale Gas Insight Meeting This Morning [UPDATED w/Remarks]
According to his public schedule, Mayor Nutter “will give welcoming remarks at the Marcellus Shale Coalition’s second annual conference in Philadelphia” at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. (By the time you’re reading this, he’s probably done.) Yesterday, several hundred anti-fracking activists marched against the conference, because that’s...
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DAILY GRINDER: Local Voting App Featured in PW Wins Award
The web app developed by Philly Voter activist Faye Anderson, Yo! Philly Votes, recently won 1st place in the first round of Hacks For Democracy, which sought to judge applications that could improve the fall election. Yo! Philly Votes was previously featured in Philadelphia Weekly as one of the best election apps this year. The app allows users to easily report...
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DAILY GRINDER: Nutter Vetoes Finnegan’s Wake Balcony Plan
Regular City Council sessions begin tomorrow. And first things first: Mayor Nutter has vetoed the zoning plan that would have allowed 61-foot balconies on Finnegan’s Wake at 3rd and Spring Garden streets, citing “dramatic dedication of the public right-of-way to a primarily private use” and neighborhood complaints. South Jersey bros revolt! The...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Philly Represented at DNC Convention
The Republican presidential ticket of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan really, really want you to ask yourself: Are you better off now than you were four years ago? But the problem is—or might soon be—that the ship has sailed on the literal answer to that question. September 2008 is when the stock market melted down which led to headlines like, “Is It Really the...
Continue ReadingTom Smith’s Rape Gaffe Offers Insight into Conservative Domination
With each repeated Republican Party rape gaffe, the public is offered a little more insight into the way several party leaders and candidates think about women’s rights. Just yesterday, for example, the virtually unknown U.S. Senate candidate here in Pennsylvania, Tom Smith, compared rape to having a child out of wedlock. “I lived something similar to that...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Still Fighting ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ in PA Senate Race
A group called ‘Defending the Force’ has a new radio ad out hitting U.S. Senator Bob Casey on his vote to eliminate ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t tell’ back in 2010. The ad goes, in part: “Casey wasn’t there for our troops. Instead, Casey was one of the key Democrats who voted to overturn Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, which restricts the expression of...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Former Eagle Touts GOP in Northeast Philly
Former Philadelphia Eagle and current U.S. Congressman from New Jersey Jon Runyan was in Philly this weekend to talk up the Republican Party. At a gathering full of “pulled pork and soft pretzels and plastic pitchers of Budweiser and Miller Lite,” according to the Inquirer, he spoke of Medicare, his current race and other standards. Runyan was representing...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Court Upholds Voter ID Law
According to Philly.com, “A Commonwealth Court judge denied a bid by civil rights groups to block the new voter identification law from taking effect,” and said the plaintiffs hadn’t proven the law would impose “irreparable” harm on citizens. The ACLU is expected to appeal the ruling. But between this, Republicans attempting to kick the Libertarian...
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DAILY GRINDER: Bill Would Encourage Natural Gas Frack Cars
Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey has introduced a bill called the STATE Natural Gas Act. His bill would “encourage the use of natural gas as transportation fuel and encourage private investment in natural gas vehicles and transportation infrastructure.” The legislation would do so by providing grants through the Department of Energy, awarded based on competitive...
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