DAILY GRINDER: Santorum’s Freakonomics
In case you missed it: Philly journalist and PW contributor Daniel Denvir had a great piece and slideshow at Salon.com yesterday titled, “The 10 most segregated urban areas in America.” The Philly metro area – which the writer detailed a few weeks back in a cover story – ranks number 9. Number 1: Milwaukee. [Salon] The FBI is still investigating that...
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Gov. Corbett Was Only Joking About ‘More Transparency’
At least Vice President Joe Biden has the common decency to let reporters in. Sure, he locks them in closets and only allows them a sippy cup of water, but they’re there, aren’t they? That’s more than Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett can say. Maybe you can chalk it up to a lack of closet space but the new Pennsylvania executive-in-chief is becoming known...
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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WATCH: President Obama on Corbett’s Cuts
ABC’s Jim Gardner sat with President Obama for an interview yesterday. He asked about the usual – Libya, the greater Middle East, Japan – and got your typical plead-the-fifth/read my statement stuff. A point of interest, though, was Obama’s response when asked directly about Governor Tom Corbett’s budget proposals. Gardner asked the president what he...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: New Black Panthers Off The Hook?
It’s been about a year since someone died on a SEPTA bus. This time, the bus stopped and paramedics were on the scene. It appears to be of natural causes. [Daily News] Everyone, including Republicans, hate Tom Corbett’s budget. Seventy-eight percent of Pennsylvanians don’t like his crippling education cuts. So what’s he say? “The final number of...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: ‘Responsibility’
Actual headline: PHA took luxury trips to discuss city’s poorest. Actual text from article: “In 2009 alone, the Philadelphia Housing Authority spent more than $76,000 on two retreats, not including $3,350 paid to Ballard Spahr for one of its partners to advise senior staff on government housing regulations.” [Inky] Reps. Bob Brady’s and Chakkah Fattah’s...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: The Casey Dilemma
Bob Casey’s fundraising has been dismal to say the least, but Reps. Jim Gerlach and Charlie Dent probably aren’t running, which leaves few prominent Republicans in the state. Says Rick Santorum: “He doesn’t have me to run against.” [Politico] Meanwhile, Casey’s taking on someone his own size: School bullies! “Bullying and harassment affect millions...
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The Corbett Budget of Reckoning
Were you as afraid as we were when Governor Tom Corbett made those strange analogies toward the beginning of his budget address? “In many ways what we need to do is the same as reviving an abandoned apple tree. If the tree isn’t tended and the branches pruned, that tree will grow into a tangle of limbs and leaves. But it will bear no fruit. We need to...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Budget Today
Democratic City Committee deal broker and sometimes-Congressman Bob Brady brokered the deal for DiCicco to step out of the race for First District Council and back Mark Squilla. [Daily News] Another man has come forward, accusing a priest from the Philadelphia Archdiocese of rape and torture. His lawsuit alleges “Archdiocese officials conspired to endanger...
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