DAILY GRINDER: Liquor Control Board Under Attack For Promoting Own Brands
Graphic from anti-PLCB group the Commonwealth Foundation According to the Pittsburgh Tribune Review, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board spent $474,600 to advertise its new in-house state brands of alcohol. Such moves by the LCB (whose chair, Joe Conti claimed he was “99 percent sure” no LCB money was spent to promote or develop the brands) have come...
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New ‘Bicycle Bill’ Coming to City Council Thursday
According to the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, on Thursday we will see the introduction of the much-anticipated Complete Streets Bill, which would provide concessions on the part of bicyclists and motorists to make Philadelphia more bicycle-friendly. The bill, which we wrote about in September, will increase and create fines for both bicyclists and...
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DAILY GRINDER: PA GOP Says Romney ‘Can Be Anything You Want Him To Be’
Pennsylvania GOP Chairman has been ripping into everyone lately over the commonly-held wisdom that Mitt Romney will not with the commonwealth on November 6th. In a recent interview, he addresses the candidate’s modest ad buys, polling which shows the candidate down 8-12 points, internal GOP polling that shows Romney within a point of Obama, and the Romney campaign...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Watch Pa Legislators Debate Voter ID on Fox News
Pennsylvania State Sen. Daylin Leach and Rep. Mike Turzai recently debated the state Voter ID law on Fox News. I know it sounds like it’d be awesome (Leach had currently noted of Turzai’s support of Voter ID, “your ideas suck”), but it wasn’t actually that cool. It feels like they got cut off right as things were about to get out of control. Watch...
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DAILY GRINDER: Democrats Raising Cash on Voter ID Challenge
The Voter ID challenge hearing began yesterday. And with it came a horde of Democratic politicians and organizations asking for either a) You make sure you and everyone you know has ID to vote, but who has the time for that? Not you? Then how about b) A donation? Kevin Washo, executive director of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, sent an email yesterday after...
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DAILY GRINDER: LGBT Group Equality PA Releases Endorsements
Equality PA has released its list of endorsements for the 2012 elections this week. Locally, they’ve put their name behind Michelle Brownlee, of the 195th state House district; Larry Farnese, of the 1st state Senatorial district; Steve McCarter, of the 154th state House District; Allyson Schwartz, of the 13th U.S. Congressional District; Vincent Hughes of the...
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DAILY GRINDER: Stocks Drop on Philly Report
Fer Gregory / Shutterstock The Dow had its second worst day of the year yesterday, and it had a lot to do with Philadelphia. Apparently, a Goldman Sachs analyst told clients to bet against the stock market after two main problems: 1) reports of slumping manufacturing in China and 2) a report from the Philadelphia Federal Reserve bank. The Philly branch reported...
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Rob Zombie Directing ‘Broad Street Bullies’ Film About Flyers
"Hockey is wonderful." Rob Zombie, acclaimed director of House of 1,000 Corpses and The Devil’s Rejects, and writer of that song “More Human Than Human,” is coming to Philadelphia for a new project: Broad Street Bullies, a film about the Flyers. According to Deadline New York, the Flyers are right up Zombie’s ally, as they “evolved from a...
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DAILY GRINDER: Rendell’s Book Tour Devolves into Obama Bashing
Who would have thought former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell’s book tour for his weirdly-titled, Philadelphia magazine excerpted “A Nation of Wusses” would be an Obama-bashing extravaganza? Not us! But when asked about Obama’s prospects in Pennsylvania at a Bloomberg View roundtable (Obama currently leads by double-digits in the state), he wouldn’t...
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DAILY GRINDER: Santorum’s ‘Big Announcement’ Revealed?
For weeks, Rick Santorum has been telling us all about his “big plans” for the future. Personally, we’ve been on the edge of our various seats. THE EDGE, I TELL YOU. What would it be? Hosting his own Bible trivia gameshow? Opening a chain of Christian-themed steak houses? A hot air balloon trip around the world? Sadly, the answer to all three...
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