TESTIFY: M. Nutt’s In Harrisburg To Reform PHA
Mayor Michael Nutter is in Harrisburg today to testify before the Pennsylvania House Urban Affairs Committee. His goal: Getting that whole Housing Authorities Act of 1937 – which makes him “the only mayor in the Commonwealth who does not appoint all or control a majority of appointments to the local housing board” and forces the Mayor to get court approval...
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Horse, Dead, Flogged: 5th Woman Comes Out With Greene Complaint
Wonder if Greene’s hospital has an Internet connection. If so, he’d probably be learning more about himself than he cares to know (It’s been confirmed his lawyer learned of Greene’s firing through the media). We’re not going to bore you with details of that. Search the archives. Just this: A fifth – fifth! – woman has come out and filed complaints...
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Greene Fired, Who Takes Over?
As you have heard by now, Philadelphia Housing Authority head Carl Greene, “The Tiger Woods of public housing,” says former Mayor John Street, was fired by PHA after a magical career in which he, you know, did stuff to women. Barbara Laker at Philly.com has named the potential candidates for Greene’s former coveted $300,000+ job: Phil Goldsmith: Former...
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Carl Greene Fired From Housing Authority
We won’t have Carl Greene to kick around anymore. The Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) board fired Greene this afternoon after considering the results of a month-long investigation of sexual harassment allegations against the PHA’s former executive director. Actually, we retract our own lede because the matter isn’t quite over so we might...
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Just In Case You Need Another Dose Of PHA Grief…
According to an expose in the Inky yesterday (and as found by the mayor’s staff), this is how normal(er) cities’ Housing Authorities work: In New York, the mayor appoints all three housing commissioners, and the chairman of the housing agency reports directly to the mayor. In Boston, the administrator of the housing authority reports directly to the mayor....
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It Begins: Street Did Some Weird Stuff At PHA, Too
All you need to know is that the Inky is writing about former Mayor John Street the same way they began writing about Philadelphia Housing Authority head Carl Greene. Calm, but icy. They’re just saying – for now – that the former mayor, as chairman of the PHA board, “insisted that the agency hire [a female] aide who reported directly to him instead of...
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Greene Saga: After Lawsuit, It. Is. So. On.
Former Mayor John Street feels betrayed. At least that’s what he said outside city hall late yesterday. He told reporters: “I feel betrayed by Carl Greene because we gave him every support any executive director would want or need” – and he added – “I’m not the only one. Governor [Ed] Rendell feels that way.” Where the hell did we put that...
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WTF: Greene Sues Housing Board
The Associated Press is reporting that a federal lawsuit has been filed by Carl Greene’s attorney, Clifford Haines, in which it’s being argued the Philadelphia Housing Authority is “breaching Carl Greene’s contract and violating his due process rights.” Yep, the old “switcheroo.” Here’re the technicalities: • Greene, currently getting...
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The Greene Saga: Two More Women
Move the tally marker up to six. Two more women have approached the infamous Philadelphia Housing Authority Board to informally complain about having been sexually harassed by PHA head Carl Greene. Their complaint is informal, in that, they want to make their situations known in order to put these incidents behind them, former mayor and PHA board chair John Street...
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