DAILY GRINDER: Ed Rendell Tells Occupiers to ‘Go Home’
Former Governor Ed Rendell does not think the Occupy Movement has any Flight 93 people on board. All the occupiers need to “go home, clean up, organize and go” he told…Laura Ingraham the other day. Because he assumes the movement is going to turn violent and will be similar to the riots at the Democratic Convention in 1968 where, “everything blew...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Vince Fumo Will Be Re-Sentenced, Haz a Sad
A bearded, tired, depressed, overweight, retired former Sen. Vince Fumo is scheduled to be re-sentenced on November 9 for his part in defrauding, well, just about everyone. Prosecutors are looking to elongate his 4-and-a-half year sentence due to more than $1.5 million in losses “and other mistakes” in calculating Fumo’s original sentence. If it turns out...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Assaults on SEPTA Employees Double
The shooting of SEPTA bus driver Bernetta V. Rambert was the 46th assault of a SEPTA employee this year—more than double from last year’s 20. In light of that, State Sen. Christine Tartaglione has sponsored a bill that would add transit employees to protected workers, like police officers and firefighters, upgrading assaults on them to “aggravated assault”...
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: 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: Ed Rendell Makes a Local Endorsement
Former Governor Ed Rendell has made his decision. He’s endorsing Joe Grace for First District City Council. Now comes the part where we observe and figure out: Does Rendell’s opinion still hold weight ‘round these parts? (Initial reaction: Yes.) [Some press release] A ‘welfare drug test’ bill passed the PA House with colors that fly: 164-23. The bill...
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DAILY GRINDER: Mayor Nutter Makes Endorsements in 1st and 6th
The Nutt has chosen. Mayor Michael Nutter is officially endorsing candidates in the First and Sixth Districts: Respectively, Mark Squilla and Marty Bednarek. “Mark Squilla has shown why he would make a strong addition to Philadelphia City Council,” said Nutter, and “Having coached thousands of local kids over the past 35 years, Marty Bednarek exhibits...
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DAILY GRINDER: Don’t Like The Expressway? Consider Your Opinion Validated
How many times do we need to say it – Pennsylvania loves arson. A small fire at the National Constitution Center, both made and put out last night, is under investigation by the Fire Marshal. [Daily News] We like: Deputy Mayor for Transportation Rina Cutler is so impressed by the East-West Spruce/Pine bike lanes, she’s proposing North-South sister lanes....
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Rendell’s Many Hats
Loopholes are there for a reason: To find a legal way around the system. And on that note, all challenges to get “DROP candidates” — Rizzo, Tartaglione, Tasco – off the ballots have failed. Yeah, it sucks, but here’s the good news: It’s up to you now. [Newsworks] Former Governor Ed Rendell will be on ‘Real Time With Bill Maher’ tomorrow...
Continue ReadingKnox Backs Nutter
C’mon, man. This was your surprise? An aging Tom Knox made it to a Nutter for Mayor presser this morning, joining Ed Rendell and endorsing Nutter for Mayor in a Democrat field of one (unless you count Milton Street, which, well…) Knox’s reasons: He doesn’t want to go negative, he’s got kids, etc. Everything except for the internal polls that...
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