What You Should Know About This Week’s Potential Liquor Vote
Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Mike Turzai has taken it upon himself to make the privatization of the state’s liquor industry his pet project. And on Friday, he promised a vote on a bill which would do just that. The vote is set to come up this week—possibly today. But like the history of this issue, from prohibition’s demise to the present, it’s...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Will Ret. Philly Police Captain’s Occupy Arrest Influence Law Enforcement?
Former Philadelphia Police Captain Ray Lewis was arrested at Occupy Wall Street last week and then went on MSNBC’s weekend liberal nerd show “Up with Chris Hayes” to talk about it. He went so far to say, “Corporate America is using our police departments as hired thugs.” Earnes A. Canning at Brad Blog thinks Lewis’ point has the potential to “spread...
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DAILY GRINDER: City’s Violence Does Not Begin and End with Flash Mobs
Is Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey tired of this yet? He had to describe a scene to reporters late last week in which an on-duty Philly cop allegedly picked a woman up on the street, said he’d drive her home, but sexually assaulted her, instead. According to sources, says CBS, she told investigators the officer forced her to perform a sex act, then dropped...
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