Mayor’s Office Prepares for Occupy Philly’s Demonstration at City Hall
Police Chief Charles Ramsey (left) and Managing Director Rich Negrin. Mayor Nutter met with representatives of Occupy Philly today, including part of their legal team, to discuss their planned occupation of City Hall starting tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. The administration doesn’t seem thrilled about the impending camp-out/demonstration, which is planning on...
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Occupy Philly Chooses Site for Occupation: Thursday, City Hall, 9AM
While people filed into the Arch Street United Methodist Church for the better part of an hour last week, chanters tested the harmony of their voices. Occupy Philly protesters will begin occupying City Hall on Thursday at 9 a.m. In a decision made at the packed, standing-room-only 900-person-capacity United Methodist Church on Arch Street near City Hall yesterday,...
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Tea Partiers Go Unnoticed In Philly Politics
Kyle, Gavin & Lisa Dailey show off their shirts during a Tea Party rally today outside of City Hall (photo: Matt Petrillo) Approximately all thirty of the city’s conservatives may or may not have filed their taxes (yep, today’s the last to do it!), but they managed to assemble at City Hall today, some crying how lonely they are in Philly’s...
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Home Foreclosure Protest At City Hall/HUD Today
The Philadelphia Unemployment Project and the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign organized a rally for those facing foreclosure outside City Hall at noon today. They were joined by Councilpersons Curtis Jones, Jannie Blackwell, Frank Rizzo and Maria Quinones-Sanchez, who were fresh from a unanimous-but-non-binding vote to further delay sheriff’s...
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The Phlog: Nutter Proposes Budget
Mayor Michael Nutter, with his budget in hand, moments before walking into Chambers at City Hall today to propose his financial plan for the city for the next fiscal year (Photo: Matt Petrillo). Outside of City Hall today, a citizen asked a city custodian where the Municipal Services building is located. After she pointed him to the right direction, he told...
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Update: Anthony Hardy Williams Has A Response (Re: Mayor)
Earlier this week we wondered whether Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams had given any thought to his potential run for mayor – considering he promised a decision by the end of January. Well, this morning we got an answer. It was before a City Hall press conference about changing business taxes and it was a non-answer answer, but nevertheless, it’s on record...
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The Phlog: City Hall Sleet and Silhouette
The South Broad Street entrance of City Hall shows that a nasty mixture of snow and rain coupled with bitter winds forced some Philadelphians to either stay inside or bundle up (photo: Matt Petrillo).
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