Mayor Nutter Takes Flash-Mob Message to the Streets
By Michael Alan Goldberg Amid the heaviest Center City police presence in recent memory and a freshly enforced curfew, Mayor Nutter hit the streets with Deputy Mayor Everett Gillison, Town Watch Integrated Services Director Anthony Murphy, top police brass, community activists and kids (about 30 people in all) last night at 10 p.m. in a show of unity and strength...
Continue ReadingMayor Announces Curfew Enforcement, Reminds Parents to be Parents
While awaiting word on Mayor Nutter’s elaborate plan to fight flash mobs, a press release sent out by his office today reminds the city that his team won’t put up with the the youth’s nonsense any longer. At least after 10 p.m., that is. This weekend, there will be increased police presence in Center City, which will be strictly enforcing the...
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Tom Knox Gets His City Job
Tom Knox is officially “involved” in city government, and this is a cool thing for him. Because for the past, say, five months or so, the “millionaire businessman” has been pissed off at so many people who kind of did him wrong. He threatened to run for mayor, changed his party registration and made out like his passive aggressive campaign to defeat Milton...
Continue ReadingWATCH: Nutter Goes on Rachel Maddow Show to Talk Debt Ceiling
Mayor Michael Nutter was on a debt limit-related conference call yesterday hosted by President Barack Obama. Later that night, he appeared live via satellite on Rachel Maddow’s moderately-watched news television show to talk about it. It’s typical Nutter stuff, but, since his cable news trials brought him to Maddow instead of basically anyone else aside...
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Mayors’ Report: Don’t Worry, Only 2 More Years of Economic Depression!
Given the many, many successes of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, including having conferences and allowing mayors to attend those conferences, we assume a new report to come out of this weekend’s fantasy camp is right on the money. It says everything’s going to be fine by the fourth quarter of 2013, at which time Philadelphia region unemployment will reach...
Continue ReadingQ&A with Action United’s Craig Robbins over Paid Sick-Leave Fight, Criticism
Last week, paid sick leave legislation, which would require Philadelphia businesses to give their workers a standard number of sick days based on how many employees they hold, was passed in City Council by a close 9-8 vote. And Action United, a Pennsylvania low wage workers advocacy group, was one of the groups at the forefront of the grassroots fight to get...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Look at Rep. Chaka Fattah on ‘Morning Joe’
Rep. Chaka Fattah went on ‘Morning Joe’ this week to tout his ‘Debt Free America Act.’ Part of his plan includes a 1-cent fee on all financial transactions. Watch: [Morning Joe] Obama polls around 50 percent in Pennsylvania. He is finished! Game over! [Some poll] The Federal Reserve says our local Philly economy is slow. Slowing. Not...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Internal Poll Calls Nutter Odds-On Favorite, Not Too Bad On Eyes
It’s internal poll publicity time. Which means politicians will throw numbers at you, which will amount to, uh, absolutely nothing! Check this out: A Nutter Administration internal conducted by Garin-Hart-Yang finds Nutter’s got a 67 percent approval rating in the city (snort) and only 16 percent in the negative! (snicker) If he went up against Republican...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Philly To Be Used as “Ban the Box” Model for Other Cities?
Note: This is a “numbers” edition. We have fun here. 1: Cities that may use Philadelphia’s recent “Ban the box” job-application provision as a model for those with a criminal history. It’s Durham, N.C., and they’re doing so at the urging of the Second Chance Alliance, an advocacy group for formerly incarcerated persons. Durham’s mayor...
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