Free Library Feels Pain of State Cuts, Asks For Help
With all the cuts to welfare, health and schools in Pennsylvania, the library drain has gone mostly under the radar. But under the proposed state budget, the libraries may have lost as much as $330,000 in funds—and here, that’s on top of big city budget cuts. And today, the library sent out an urgent email message noting those cuts and asking the public for...
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DAILY GRINDER: 31 Philadelphia Occupiers Acquitted
Thirty-one Occupy protesters—all of whom were arrested on Occuviction night—were acquitted yesterday on all charges (blocking a highway, etc.). After hearing from Police Captain William Fisher, the judge ruled “prosecutors did not have enough evidence to bring their case to a jury,” similar to the ten Occupiers who were acquitted in February. A new zoning...
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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...
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Miracle? SEPTA Says It Has Funds For Smart Cards
Find SEPTA’s fresh press release copy/pasted below, in full [Emphasis mine]: “SEPTA Board Approves Plan To Advance New Payment Technology” PHILADELPHIA, PA (January 27, 2011) – The SEPTA Board today approved a proposal that will allow the Authority to fund plans for fare modernization under the New Payment Technology initiative. The board...
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