Campaign Season: PA Sen. Casey Breaks With Obama on Jobs Bill
Answer: Probably not. Look at how independent he is, all the sudden! After a poll found Senator Bob Casey around the 30 percent mark with Pennsylvanians and a number of potential Republican challengers are finally stepping up to the plate, Pennsylvania’s senior senator has decided to take a stand and oppose the president’s jobs bill. Heroically, he told...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Nutter Booed at Labor Day Parade
During yesterday’s Labor Day Parade, Mayor Michael Nutter “marched in solidarity” with the 10,000 or so union members and others who showed up. This took place despite three of the four municipal unions in the city not having a contract. Oh, and Nutter was booed. “I’d love to have full, multi-year contracts with the other three unions,” Nutter said,...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Should Hurricane Irene Have Caused More Damage?
Hurricane Irene did more than give you the excuse to sit inside all Saturday getting drunk and eating Oreos. It actually flooded Main Street Manayunk and Kelly Drive (like many said it would) and brought Gov. Tom Corbett to town, so he and Mayor Nutter could walk down the streets, pointing at stuff. Four Pennsylvanians died in the storm and there are still flood...
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J Street Activists Call for Ending Israel-Palestine Conflict With U.S. Support
Before the tremors of the earthquake were felt in Center City yesterday, a group of activists with an international agenda met to discuss other land issues, perhaps of a greater magnitude. Backing President Obama’s vision for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict, which has roots over 100 years old, J Street Philadelphia, a branch of a national...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Is Wine Kiosk Nightmare Ending?
The wine kiosk disaster (already called it a nightmare, above; it can be both), which only had one actual location in Philly anyway, may soon be coming to an end. The contractor that owns the ridiculous machines owes the state $1 million, and Rendell, who helped subsidize the whole thing, is no longer the governor, so, uh, who really cares? Those things are lame....
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Guess Who’s Leading the Republican Race for President in Pennsylvania?
Seriously, guess. OK, we’ll give you some hints. This candidate thinks homosexuals can be “cured.” This candidate’s spouse likens homosexuals to “barbarians.” This candidate said the federal government owns 51 percent of private businesses in the U.S. This candidate said the founding fathers ‘worked tirelessly’ to end slavery…Oh, God, we cannot...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Philly Lunch Ladies to be Replaced with Frozen Brooklyn Warehouse Food
Wondering what your kids are going to be eating next school year? Try this: “meals cooked, plated, and frozen several days before consumption and trucked in from a warehouse in Brooklyn, N.Y.” Why? Because it’ll save money, of course. The city believes not paying workers to staff functioning kitchens in 26 elementary and middle schools throughout Philadelphia...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Internal Poll Calls Nutter Odds-On Favorite, Not Too Bad On Eyes
It’s internal poll publicity time. Which means politicians will throw numbers at you, which will amount to, uh, absolutely nothing! Check this out: A Nutter Administration internal conducted by Garin-Hart-Yang finds Nutter’s got a 67 percent approval rating in the city (snort) and only 16 percent in the negative! (snicker) If he went up against Republican...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: City Doesn’t Etch Joey Vento’s Name into Horse Trailers at Own Risk
English-speaking slum meat dealer Joey Vento isn’t just the city’s most famous radio commercial berfer, he’s also the victim of a citywide conspiracy. See, first the city loses the case against his using that “Speak ‘Merican, scumbags” sign, then, according to the guy, “All of a sudden my tables are illegal, my zoning is illegal. It all started...
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Anonymous GOP Aide Proven Correct as Casey Joins Effort to Weaken EPA
Look at how bipartisan he is! Just like an anonymous GOP aide said he would back in January, Senator Bob Casey joined with Republicans and some “centrist” Democrats on Wednesday in the greater wingnut effort to destroy all regulations and progressive laws the extreme right doesn’t like. Though there are bigger fish to fry in light of today’s looming...
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