DAILY GRINDER: Now Philly Wants to Register Bouncers?
Councilman Bill Greenlee wants bouncers—at bars, nightclubs and the like—to register with the city. His motivation: Keeping people safe, of course. “We found instances both in Philadelphia and nationwide where some bouncers, not the majority have gotten carried away in some of their duties and people have gotten hurt,” said Greenlee. ”It...
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State Redistricting Clock Officially Ticking
The Legislature and Governor have just under five months to redistrict the state, which will undoubtedly “redden” us a bit more, if only district-wide. And a group of legislatures have just under 90 days to draw new state House and Senate lines. Here’s what you should know, according to the official Pennsylvania redistricting site: Article 1, Section 2,...
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DAILY GRINDER: State Says, ‘Keep Gambling,’ Citizens Say ‘Yes!’
Your sad, sad gambling habit seems to finally be paying off. July was the best month ever – ever! – for Pennsylvania casinos, bringing in $218 million in slots and $56 million in table games. Gaming Control Board Chair Greg Fajt said there’s been a 45 percent increase in the number of table games played since a year ago, when they were introduced. The good...
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Daily Grinder: You Say ‘Redistricting,’ I Say ‘Keeping Those With Power In Office’
Republican Mayoral Candidate Karen Brown is still taking this election thing seriously. In a strange Barney-the-friendly-Dinosaur-meets-friendless-politicos-gathering every Tuesday in front of the Municipality Building, Brown does this crazy voodoo shit where she holds what is believed to be called a “public discussion,” NewsWorks informs us. That’s...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Flash Mob ‘Control’ Plans Being Revealed…Slowly
Philadelphia’s big, big plans to control the teenage flash mobs are being revealed, little by little, with the spectacular ‘Spectacular’ coming when Nutter gets back from his poolside retreat. CBS-3 “has learned” some police department plans to stop the children in their tracks. They include: Overtime. Additional police officers in Center...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Council So Does Work Over the Summer!
Know how those running for Council this year as ‘reformers’ were pissed at all that vacation time they hope to have if they made their way into City Hall for work? Well, current Councilmembers assure us that even though the media gives this impression of them not working all summer while taking in their 6-figure salaries, they are. And they don’t care if...
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Pennsylvania’s Redistricting – But ‘No One Messes With Bob Brady’
In the wake of the census numbers coming out, redistricting of the state is upon us. This is a bad thing if you’re a liberal, because it happens to coincide with the Republican-ing of the governorship and state legislature. Politico has some good info on how the census will affect our congressional districts with some interesting notes from the site DemConWatch,...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Specter Not For Mayor, New Hands, Students Can’t Afford To Move, Cliff Lee
The whole “Specter for Mayor” thing is a hoax, but it’s still sort of fun. The rumor was apparently started by a reporter named Keegan, though he looked like McLovin, according to Dave Davies of Newsworks. “Nutter stared at McLovin, er, Keegan, like he was from another planet and said he had no idea what he was talking about.” Then emails about a fake...
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