Nutter Still Making the ‘Flash Mob’ Rounds
Mayor Michael Nutter appeared on CNN’s John King last night to talk flash mobs, and send a message. “No one can dispute the fact that it is illegal, inappropriate and ignorant for young people or anyone else to run down the street and attack innocent people who have not done anything to you for which you have no reason to be engaged in that kind of activity,”...
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DAILY GRINDER: Both “Cares” (Obama and Romney) In Town Today
President Barack Obama and Republican manbot Mitt Romney will be appearing in Philadelphia today – unfortunately, separately. They’ll be fundraising for their respective campaigns, and perhaps making snide comments about the other at those fundraisers! Obamacare will be at the Hyatt at 3:30pm, then a dinner in Chestnut Hill later on, with Comcast Executive...
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VP Nutter Takes on Obama at U.S. Mayors Conference
The U.S. Conference of Mayors is in the midst of their 79th Annual Meeting in Baltimore. And to get things started off right, they proposed a resolution calling on Congress to end the war in Afghanistan. It’s the first time they’ve done this since Vietnam, which is noteworthy. Because like then, mayors still have no say over foreign policy. The Conference,...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: 300 Boxes of Rendell Docs is Better than Lame Palin Emails
The media was so busy with Phase III of Sarah Palin’s Revenge (Releasing Selective Emails Edition), they completely forgot to tell you that, oh, 300 boxes of materials former Governor Ed Rendell turned over to the state are now available. Think the Inquirer will ask for readers’ help in going through the docs, the same way the Washington Post did last weekend?...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Brown Calls Fellow Republicans a ‘Disgrace,’ ‘Unruly Kids’
Karen Brown still has a small lead over John Featherman for the GOP mayoral nomination, though Featherman contends he will stick around until every vote is counted. Until then, well, stranger things have happened. Thought munchy: Let’s say two things occur: 1) Brown’s lead holds and 2) the rumors are true and John Street runs for mayor as an Independent....
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DAILY GRINDER: Happy Hour Liberty
They’ve finally done it! Bars will have more say in Happy Hours! (If a bill approved by the PA House is given a Senate nod, as well.) In a bill passed this week by 179-17, the House voted to maintain Pennsylvania bars’ 14-hour weekly limit for happy hours, though the two hours per day don’t necessarily have to be consecutive! This is a win, somehow. [Penn...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: City Doesn’t Etch Joey Vento’s Name into Horse Trailers at Own Risk
English-speaking slum meat dealer Joey Vento isn’t just the city’s most famous radio commercial berfer, he’s also the victim of a citywide conspiracy. See, first the city loses the case against his using that “Speak ‘Merican, scumbags” sign, then, according to the guy, “All of a sudden my tables are illegal, my zoning is illegal. It all started...
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M. Nutt’s STD Plan
Upon announcing the winning city condom design (see below), Mayor Michael Nutter upped his game and tied the whole thing back to his plan for making Philly the healthiest city this side of Upper Darby, and that side of Camden. At a press conference this afternoon, he said his administration’s made health and welfare a top priority, citing the indoor smoking...
Continue ReadingNutter and Ramsey Call For New Ammunition Ban in U.S. Congress
House Resolution 308 just got two local backers: Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and Police Chief Charles Ramsey. The action puts this Philly twosome perhaps even deeper in the gun violence debate, and will earn them their fair share of new critics. HR 308 is a gun violence-related bill which was introduced by New York Rep. Carolyn McCarthy on January 18 and...
Continue ReadingWhy Nutter Wants Street Off Ballot – We Get It Now
It was hard to figure out what Mayor Michael Nutter and his campaign were thinking when they challenged Milton Street’s candidacy on the basis of illegible signatures and invalid dates on his nominating petitions. Was M. Nutt trying to give his opponent free publicity? Legitimacy? We weren’t the only ones baffled. But it hit us square in the face late...
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