DAILY GRINDER: Green Guilt, School Vouchers, Private Booze
A new poll released yesterday re-iterates what the Pennsylvanian people overwhelmingly want: Private liquor sales. [Quinnipiac] We barked too soon: Michael Vick actually will not be on Oprah “for unspecified personal reasons.” [Fox 29] Can we get an Amen (eventually)? 476 is being widened to six lanes! And it will only take five years of construction before...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Sheriff’s Department, State, Philadelphia Families Who Eat, All Need Some Money; Rick Santorum Needs a Hug
The Philadelphia Sheriff’s Department has until April to print up fake money, put it in a fake bank account and write a fake check for $45 million to the state Treasury Department. Well, it’s either that or tell the truth about where all that money went, right? Nah, we’re joking. Start the presses! [Daily News] Set your whatever the new version of taping...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Welcome To Camden; On The Right You’ll See What Used To Be Our Police, Firefighters and Libraries
Camden, the city across the Delaware that won America’s heart, has now closed their downtown library. Yeah, that happened. What else could they possibly do to that city? [Fox News] On Friday, students at West Philadelphia High staged a walkout with a list of demands. Because West Philadelphia High ranks as a “Promise” school, they’re given tons of extra...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Lies, Damned Lies and DROP Studies
According to a new study, DROP costs about half what Nutter’s Baltimore consultants said. Based on an initial knee-jerk reaction, we don’t really know what to think, either. Except we know Frank Rizzo, Jr. is probably happy. And maybe Frank DiCicco will scrape that silly legislation and keep his money, after all. [Philly.com] The Union League of Philadelphia...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: When Sarah Palin and Rick Santorum Feud Over Trivial Garbage, Everyone Wins
Where have we heard this before: Corbett is going through the budget “line by line.” [Tribune Review] McFaddens Bar…spin the wheel…and…wait for it…sex abuse. Keep up all the good work guys! [AP] Conservatives are obsessed with “how conservative” members of congress really are. So, every year they create these ridiculous rating systems based on...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: “Things Happen” – Especially Bob Brady, Chaka Fattah and Mike Fitzpatrick Voting Against the Patriot Act
If you illegally injected silicone into a British woman’s buttocks at a South Philadelphia Hotel Sunday as a means to enhance said buttocks, and the woman you injected was found dead yesterday, police would like a word with you. [Fox] Dick Armey, former House Majority Leader and current funder of the Tea Party, has written a piece for Forbes all about how it’s...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: PPA, Chris Christie, Reagan Day, Wingbowl, Shootings – Terrible Friday
Wow, PPA. In addition to hitting us up for hundreds of dollars that could’ve been spent on…let’s go with “books”…you’re getting control of the city’s tow truck drivers? What could possibly go wrong here? [Inky] Angry foodmongering bully New Jersey Governor Chris Christie hates Pennsylvania, for some reason. [Fox] Official: This Sunday is Reagan’s...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: All About the Money
Senator Bob Casey has $1.3 million in the bank. Will it buy a personality? [WaPo’s The Fix] Corbett’s got $620 thousand cash money on hand. Will it buy a soul? [Morning Call] First District Council candidate Joe Grace is at City Hall this morning – 9:30 am – and will be denouncing Frank DiCicco and his DROP bill. [Some Media Advisory] Then, at 10 am,...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Hunting, Eating, Watching the SOTU – What To Plan For Tonight
NOTE: All blogs will return to their regular schedule tomorrow. The PhillyNow blogger you’re currently reading is dealing with other shit this week. He apologizes. Well, you can officially hunt deer in Fairmount Park now, but only in the dead of night, from 8pm-6am, when no one’s watching. What could possibly go wrong? [NBC] The TV show Bizarre Foods is coming...
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