DAILY GRINDER: City’s Violence Does Not Begin and End with Flash Mobs
Is Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey tired of this yet? He had to describe a scene to reporters late last week in which an on-duty Philly cop allegedly picked a woman up on the street, said he’d drive her home, but sexually assaulted her, instead. According to sources, says CBS, she told investigators the officer forced her to perform a sex act, then dropped...
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How Far Will Debt Default Trickle Down?
Turns out, Ronald Reagan, Milton Friedman, the Heritage Foundation and Joe the Plumber were right: Trickle Down Economics is real, and it’s here! You’ve probably seen it in action over the past few years, as Wall Street Greed trickled down to mass layoffs, unemployment and union busting. Federal tax cuts with increased spending trickled down to state and...
Continue ReadingPhilly Tax Collections Are Up
Tea Partiers, it’s time to revolt with more sparsely-attended rallies. Because Philadelphia is bringing in massive tax revenue, and moreso in the last two years than since the recession’s sad beginnings. This is proof of socialism, no doubt! That’s all according to a new Pew report email they’re sending out today (other than the right wing generality...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Does Your Name Appear on Trash? That Might Be a Littering Fine
Ever troll Ripoff Report? We do! It’s fun! Especially when you find a complaint from someone who says the city of Philadelphia is allegedly fining them $150 for “littering” because a piece of trash was found with their company’s name on it. Seriously! (And no, Mayor Nutter, those are not Philadelphia Weeklies strewn up and down Girard Avenue.) Here’s...
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DAILY GRINDER: Pennsylvanians No Longer Have ‘Bath Salt’ Option When Mulling Night of Brutal Violence
Terrible ax-wielding parents of six are going to have to find new ways to entertain themselves, because Governor Tom Corbett has banned bath salts. [CBS] And Corbett is a Twitterz! His first Tweet was on June 16. Follow him! [PoliticsPA] Like Joseph Stalin and Hamas before them, companies drilling the Marcellus Shale are trying to get the serfs on their side...
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Mayor Nutter Says Soda Tax Not Defeated & Touts Himself As the ‘Low-Tax-Guy.’ For Realz.
Mayor Michael Nutter This past weekend, Mayor Nutter was voted as the vice president of the United States Conference of Mayors, where he and dozens of other mayors partied in Baltimore and gossiped about federal spending cuts, investing too much overseas and political ideology. Or not. Nutter said on C-SPAN’s NEWSMAKERS Sunday that party lines “do...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Dozens of Cats Rescued From South Philadelphia Home
If you were walking by the 2100 block of South Chadwick Street last night, yes, those were dozens of cats being taken out of that house. Yes, the place was full of “feces and urine” according to PSPCA Director of Law Enforcement George Bengal. And yes, the owner of the house “had to be doused with flea spray and put into protective gear that workers were...
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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Tea Partiers Go Unnoticed In Philly Politics
Kyle, Gavin & Lisa Dailey show off their shirts during a Tea Party rally today outside of City Hall (photo: Matt Petrillo) Approximately all thirty of the city’s conservatives may or may not have filed their taxes (yep, today’s the last to do it!), but they managed to assemble at City Hall today, some crying how lonely they are in Philly’s...
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Have a Hybrid? How About a Vehicle-Mileage ‘User Fee’?
In case you were thinking buying that fuel-efficient car was the right move – both for your pocketbook, and the earth – my God, were you wrong. Because Pennsylvania Rep. Rick Geist wants to make you and your pinky-waving, tote-bagging, Prius-driving, long-term-thinking friends pay up for all the money that’s not coming in to the state. And he plans on doing...
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