Think Nutter’s Veto Ended the Paid Sick Days Crusade? Think Again.
In June, after years of hard advocacy on behalf of working groups, City Council passed paid sick leave legislation, that’d give employees of companies with 11 or more up to seven days per year; those with ten or fewer employees, four days. That bill was passed by the slimmest of all margins (9-8) and had been modified a reported 19 times to meet the demands...
Continue ReadingSchool District Forced to Scale Back Summer School
Two weeks ago, Philadelphia School District Superintendent Arlene Ackerman urged City Council to give $21 million to the school district’s Summer Learning And More (SLAM) program, a summer school for failing students that doubles as a summer camp for kids interested in art, music or sports. But last week, when Council voted on how much the district would get...
Continue ReadingCapozzi Still Challenging 2nd Council District Election Results
Barbara Capozzi, the candidate for Second District City Council who lost to State Rep. Kenyatta Johnson by a mere 40 votes in the May primary, is still fighting for the seat. In an email to supporters this afternoon, she says she’s readying for an “upcoming trial” in which she will apparently present evidence of election day fraud, and that this shows leadership,...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: ‘Start Snitching’
Radio DJ, Star, who’s got a morning show on 100.3 The Beat has started what he’s calling the ‘Start Snitching’ campaign. He hopes passing that message along to city youth will help reduce neighborhood violence and murders. He says he’s taken on the cause personally and when asked about his street credibility with regard to the campaign, he gave this...
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City Officials Take On Twitter
Despite how old you are, you must now know what Twitter is by now. Sometimes scandal sprinkles within a twitter stream, causing catty teenage drama for society’s elite. This happened when a congressman recently Tweeted a picture his cock a few weeks ago. Recently, the president has been tweeting his own heartfelt thoughts. Here’s a gem: “Being a father...
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DAILY GRINDER: Pennsylvanians No Longer Have ‘Bath Salt’ Option When Mulling Night of Brutal Violence
Terrible ax-wielding parents of six are going to have to find new ways to entertain themselves, because Governor Tom Corbett has banned bath salts. [CBS] And Corbett is a Twitterz! His first Tweet was on June 16. Follow him! [PoliticsPA] Like Joseph Stalin and Hamas before them, companies drilling the Marcellus Shale are trying to get the serfs on their side...
Continue ReadingPaid Sick Leave Bill Passes
And, it’s been done. By a 9-8 tally, City Council passed the paid sick leave bill. The legislation’s been debated and changed several times now, but, according to the Philadelphia Business Journal, here’s what the final version looks like: Under the bill, businesses with 11 or more employees would have to allow workers to earn up to seven sick days a year....
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Look at Rep. Chaka Fattah on ‘Morning Joe’
Rep. Chaka Fattah went on ‘Morning Joe’ this week to tout his ‘Debt Free America Act.’ Part of his plan includes a 1-cent fee on all financial transactions. Watch: [Morning Joe] Obama polls around 50 percent in Pennsylvania. He is finished! Game over! [Some poll] The Federal Reserve says our local Philly economy is slow. Slowing. Not...
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Ed Rendell: If Philadelphia Can’t Afford DROP (It Can’t), Then It Has To Go (But It Won’t)
City Council yesterday debated whether the city’s deferred retirement option plan, known as DROP, should be eliminated or modified. They, of course, chose in the best interest of themselves and passed a bill that would have it modified. Former Gov. Rendell says "we never intended for DROP to be available for elected officials ." Philadelphia’s...
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...
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