Right-Wing Media Freak Out Over Philly’s LGBT Equality Bill
As PW and every other local media source reported last week, Philadelphia City Council passed a historic bill that would provide for more transgender rights and tax incentives for companies that provide for domestic partners’ health care coverage. That information has gone through the usual Internet outrage cycle and has come out the other side: David Horowitz’s...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Pennsylvania Democrats Come Out For Gay Marriage
The Pennsylvania Democratic Party held a state committee meeting this weekend, in which they decided, as a whole, to come out in support of gay marriage. A motion was made by Adams County Democratic Chair Roger Lung, and was passed with, according to PoliticsPA, about 85 or 90 percent in favor. (That’s good, sure, but when does the Homo Hut start becoming...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Anti-Gay Protesters Crash SundayOUT! Party at the Piazza
Anti-gay protesters showed up at yesterday’s SundayOut! Equality Forum party at the Piazza. It was weird. They misspelled the word “pedophile” on one of their protest signs (Note to anyone there: Was this on purpose as some sort of, say, irony?). If not, sure, you could say, “I’ve seen words misspelled in your newspaper, and on this blog, asshole!”—which...
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DAILY GRINDER: Councilman Holds Twitter Humiliation Beer Summit
Is this Councilman Kenney or the "social media consultant"? You be the judge. Apparently, Councilman Jim Kenney got a beer with the Twitter user – and alleged Philadelphia government employee – who recently told Kenney to go fuck himself. They talked it out! (This is according to public Twitter conversations, by the way. We relate the conversations...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Rick Santorum, Angry Landlord
Imagine Rick Santorum was your landlord. Seriously imagine that. It’d be all crosses in the hallways, paintings of a white Jesus in the lobby, cameras in the bathrooms, etc. Now know this: a bunch of kids at Penn State don’t have to imagine. He owns five State College buildings, each of which net him between $15,000 and $50,000 per year. And here is the...
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The Fun Of Sitting Through A Budget Hearing For A Day
Since late March and until early May, City Council has been sifting through Mayor Michael Nutter’s proposed budget in a six-week process called budget hearings. They’re attempting to comprehensively scrutinize and improve the budget for the city’s best interests, and the public is invited to come along to help them. After-all, the city’s...
Continue ReadingTomorrow’s Festivities: Knox and DROP
You’re likely to wake up tomorrow to Snowmare on Snow Street 3: New Snow. That’s too bad, but fear not: certain things are happening in the general vicinity of City Hall that’ll make you forget all about digging your car out with an ice scraper. Find them below. Tom Knox The Philly business guy who put door hangers on your knob proclaiming now-Mayor...
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Penn State Prof Hits Back at Philadelphia City Council Over Shale Drilling
Penn State Professor of Geosciences Michael A. Arthur has released a statement titled “Philadelphia City Council Misses Mark on Natural Gas” which is in direct response to last Thursday’s unanimous-but-non-binding City Council vote which looked toward imposing a moratorium on gas drilling in the Delaware River Basin. It was seen as a bipartisan issue downtown....
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Council Passes Drilling Resolution, Toomey Teabags, Drunk Mailmen
Philadelphia City Council unanimously approved a resolution in opposition to Marcellus Shale drilling until the E.P.A. takes a looksie and decides drinking acids and flammable, poisonous liquids has no repercussions besides growing a little hair on your chest. [Philly.com] Fox 29 reporter Jeff Cole caught three Philadelphia postmen drinking on the job. I’m...
Continue ReadingDROP Everything: Is Frank DiCicco This Scared?
Councilman Frank DiCicco will apparently do anything to get out of DROP due to its ramifications that could result in the non-re-election of Frank DiCicco for Philadelphia’s First District. The Inky is reporting that he circulated a bill yesterday that “would allow him and other elected officials to exit the controversial DROP retirement program.” DiCicco...
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