Did the ADA ‘Endorse’ or ‘Recommend’ Two Candidates for Council 8th District?
The Southeast Pennsylvania chapter of Americans for Democratic Action recently announced that they were backing two candidates for City Council 8th District: Nutter-approved Cindy Bass and *former* (see comment below) Ward Leader Greg Paulmier. The wording of such affiliations, however, caused a weekend scuffle. The ADA’s vote took place on April 4, with the...
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No Love: Rizzo DROP Case Going to PA Supreme Court
On popularity alone, Councilman Frank Rizzo, Jr. doesn’t seem to be going away. At least, that’s what a McLaughlin & Associates poll said when it found 57 percent of the city good with the name-branded spawn of Frank Rizzo, Sr. But that’s not going to stop many-a-city Republican from trying to get him kicked off the ballot on the basis of his enrollment...
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Squilla vs. Grace: A Tale of Two Council Reform-Jobs
One thing you can say about First District City Council candidate Joe Grace is that he thinks outside the box. And in this case, the box is the district he wants to represent. His numerous, seemingly weekly press conferences outside City Hall/all over the city and his resume, which includes working for a statewide gun control advocacy group (and earning statewide...
Continue ReadingSheriff Candidate Kromer On Funds Request
Acting Sheriff Barbara Deeley has gone before City Council and asked for more funds to run her office, particularly $2.8 million to hire new staff, a scene the Daily News this morning called a “lovefest.” In spite of the office’s seemingly endless scandals and strange operations, it was noted that Councilpersons Curtis Jones, Jannie Blackwell and James...
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Union To Protest Against Art Museum Funding
On April 11, the Philadelphia Museum of Art will request $2.4 million in city funds for ongoing security at the Parkway endzone. They’ll do so before City Council at 12:45 pm and will be met by a mass protest organized by the Philadelphia Security Officers Union. For over a year now, the union has been fighting with the subcontracted security company AlliedBarton,...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: More Green Guilt
Philadelphia City Council supported a resolution that calls for renewing Growing Greener – a funding source to preserve “open space and farmland, protect water quality, provide parks and recreation,” etc. The resolution, though worthless (the Growing Greener Fund is going to dry up unless renewed by Governor Tom Corbett, and, c’mon) was applauded by,...
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Grace Defeats Residency Challenge, Rages Against Machine
There have been public and private showings of doubt on First District candidate Joe Grace’s residency (his wife apparently owns a home in Chestnut Hill) and, therefore, his legitimacy to appear on the ballot for First District City Council. By the time he brought in his petitions, circumstances were coming to blows. That’s over though, and now self-declared...
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Jack Kelly: License Your Bitches, Bitches
Is it just us, or is Council legislation getting more and more bizarre? If you’ve been up to speed, we were completely dumbfounded when Councilwoman Joan Krajewski said she was looking to ban some T-shirt from some store. And before that, there was Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell’s ongoing attempt to put prayer back in Philly schools. Now, retiring Republican...
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Councilwoman Krajewski Takes On Spencer’s Gifts For Fun
And with all other problems solved, Sixth District Councilwoman Joan Krajewski has taken to the Inquirer’s Opinion section to argue against Spencer’s Gifts’ right to sell a mock-Irish T-shirt. Specifically, the Spencer’s Gifts in the Franklin Mills Mall. Specifically this shirt: She writes: But then there’s a T-shirt with the image of a leprechaun,...
Continue ReadingCity Council: D.C. Hearings Unfairly Attack Muslims
Philadelphia City Council is publicly denouncing this week’s Congressional hearings on Radical Islam put together by New York Representative Peter King in collusion with Delco Rep. Pat Meehan and others. They even adopted a resolution, co-sponsored by Councilwoman Maria Quinones-Sanchez and Councilman Curtis Jones, rejecting the hearings. Several Councilmembers...
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