Heating Up: Sam Katz Meetups; Bulletin Revisited
Mayoral flirt Sam Katz has been meeting up with influential African American leaders in recent weeks “he would need to win over if he is going to exploit Mayor Michael Nutter’s apparent weakness with black voters,” the Inky reported yesterday. And apparently, they’re either not saying what they’re telling him or telling him to run for the hills: “I...
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Nutter vs. The World (w/Report)
What do Sam Katz and John Street have in common? They’re both being weighed by local media as opponents of the one and only Mayor Michael Nutter. They also both ran for mayor of Philadelphia in 1999 and 2003. Against each other. And, “sources close to the men” have revealed that it’s Street who’s courting Katz to run for mayor – as a Democrat. The...
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Oh No: Now PHA Head Greene Accused of ‘Serial Predatory Sexual Misconduct’
“I know you don’t want to kiss me,” Philadelphia Housing Director Carl Greene allegedly told Elizabeth Helm, a PHA architect, on April 12 at the bar of the Prime Rib restaurant. And though Greene allegedly understood Helm’s lack of mutual attraction, he “grabbed her and forcibly did so,” according to a letter from Helm’s attorney, John M. Elliot. You...
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U.S. Conference of Mayors 2nd Vice President M. Nutt To Host ‘Digital City’ In October
It’s been announced that on October 4-5, Mayor Michael Nutter, joined by the Fox School of Business, will host the Mayors’ Technology Summit here in Philly. The mayor’s site promises local, regional and national “policy makers” to share in the excitement and joy – 30-40 mayors and CIOs of “major American cities,” 10-15 technology company executives...
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Mayor Nutter’s Spokesman Douglas Oliver Says ‘Buh Bye’ to City Hall Position
Here’s to a job…done. Mayor Michael Nutter’s spokesman Doug Oliver is quitting and moving on, or, rather, moving back to his old job at Philadelphia Gas Works. Heard in the Hall reports Oliver will take the new job in October and that the senior vice president of marketing position at PGW comes with “a big pay increase, from $114,000 to $160,000.” Oliver...
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Too Early To Talk About The Mayoral Race? Not According To Us And An Unknown Guy With A Phone
Some of you were a little peeved when we released our list mentioning the Top 5 most intriguing mayoral candidates. We listed Alan Butkovitz, Amy Kurland, Bill Green, Maria Quinones-Sanchez and Clay Armbrister. We’re sorry we didn’t mention the Tea party wingnut candidate (whoever he or she is). It just wasn’t in the cards at the time. The Inky reported...
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Fire Department ‘Rolling Brownouts’: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
The rolling firehouse brownouts are happening. Last night Deputy Mayor Everett Gillison and Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers gave a press conference explaining that next Monday (August 2), in the interest of reducing overtime costs (and cutting $3.8 million), certain companies would close every so often, its members peppered to other companies throughout the city....
Continue ReadingWingnuts: Philly is a Sanctuary City! Except…
If you’re to believe a growing number of right wing bloviators and websites, including America’s Worst Website, The Fox Nation, Philadelphia has ended its slow bleed into hell, becoming a piece of asphalt Real Americans feat most: A sanctuary city. We weren’t sure of the Real American definition of sanctuary city, so we went to “The Conservapedias,”...
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City Hall Denies ACT UP Protesters Access Inside [With Video]
ACT UP Philly protesters demand access inside the "people's building" to confront Mayor Nutter. (Photo: Matt Petrillo) Dozens of rightly vehement ACT UP Philly protesters rallied at City Hall yesterday and demanded Mayor Nutter to address the city’s housing crisis for people living with AIDS. While other cites’ budgets across the country...
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Philly Allocates $200,000 to Help Protect Witnesses
Photo by Matt Petrillo PhillyNow made it to the city’s witness protection presser, in which we were told “Mayor Michael A. Nutter, State Senator Anthony Hardy Williams, State Senator Shirley Kitchen, District Attorney Seth Williams, State Representative Brendan Boyle and Councilman Curtis Jones [would announce] an enhanced response to prevent witness intimidation.” The...
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