DAILY GRINDER: ‘Junk’-Exposing Traffic Court Judge Removed—For Something Else
Remember Willie Singletary? We mentioned him yesterday as the Traffic Court judge who allegedly exposed himself to a fellow government employee? Well, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has suspended him for remarks he made back in 2007 – which just recently found their way onto YouTube – asking inhabitants of a biker rally for donations and, in exchange, he’d...
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Report: Mayor Nutter, Council, Other City Officials Inaugurated
Today’s inauguration, which cemented the Nov. 8th elections was anything but city-like. For one, the Academy of Music event started on time – 10 a.m. For another thing, it was all smiles. I live-tweeted the thing earlier, but here’s another rundown in another spot on the Internet with full sentences, for those who missed it. (OK, mostly full sentences.) Toward...
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DAILY GRINDER: Mayor, Councilmembers Sworn in Later Today
This is a guy with a keg backpack at 2 Street Mayor Michael Nutter will be inaugurated for his second mayoral term today. As will all newly-elected and re-elected Council members. The ceremony will take place at the Academy of Music at 10 a.m. “Following the inaugural address,” writes a mayoral email, “the Mayor will visit communities across the city to...
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Top 5 PhillyNow Personalities of 2011 (and Occupy Philly is Number 2)
Here comes another end of the year list—duck! Seriously, though, this list below is Philadelphia Weekly’s news blog’s ‘Top Personalities of the Year,’ which is code for the topics we wrote about most often, as configured through ‘tags,’ on a daily basis. Most tagged: City Council. Fifth most tagged: Tom Corbett. Also, Occupy Philly, Mayor...
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Councilman Bill Green’s Legislative Agenda Includes Hiring More Local Workers, Exploiting Technology
Bill Green City Councilman at-Large Bill Green, seen by many as a frontrunner for the Democratic mayoral nomination in 2015, released his second-term legislative agenda today. Green, who recently advocated doing away with the School Reform Commission, says he’s going to introduce bills in the first 60 days of Council which will put “laser-like focus on the...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Councilwoman Discriminates Against Jehovah’s Witness?
Jehovah’s Witness and former Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell assistant Tyeisha Boulware has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Philadelphia and City Council for unlawful religious discrimination. Boulware claims being a Jehovah’s Witness barred her from wearing a Christmas-themed sweater to a holiday party and voting. Blackwell didn’t like that,...
Continue ReadingPCCY Makes Final Push for Council Lead Poisoning Legislation (Updated)
It’s been a long, tough battle on both sides of Bill 100011, “Lead Paint Disclosure and Certification,” in City Council. For about two years, some of the city’s rental property owners have been viciously fighting against a bill they say unfairly targets landlords, and will force them to raise rent on the city’s poorest, most vulnerable residents....
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Ex-Philly Police Captain Told to Stop Wearing Uniform at Occupy Protests
Philadelphia Police Chief Charles Ramsey sent a cease and desist letter to retired Philadelphia Police Captain Raymond Lewis, who was recently arrested at an Occupy Wall Street protest. Ramsey would like you to take off your shirt, Mr. Lewis. “It could give the mistaken opinion that somehow this is a statement being made by a member of the police department,...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: ‘Bounce TV’—Aimed at Black Audiences—Comes to Philly
Atlanta, Georgia-based Bounce TV, a station geared toward black audiences, of which Martin Luther King III is an executive, has landed in Philly. In this press release of an article at the Huffington Post via the Associated Press, it’s said that the network (not cable) station was basically demanded since, “According to Nielsen’s latest annual television...
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