Two Republicans and seven Democrats running for reelection in the General Assembly can book around-the-world travel accommodations, not campaign at all, and come back just in time to be sworn in the first week in January.
They make up the Lucky House 9.
The Republicans are long-time seat-holders State Rep. Dennis O’Brien in the 169th and...
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LUCKY 9 GET FREE RIDE – But Record Nos. File In Other Races
Philly Goes Fishing For Google High-Speed Net
BY TONY WEST/ Philadelphia has launched a two-week sprint to file an audacious bid to land an experimental broadband system being considered by Google.
To pull it off, the Division of Technology, led by Allan Frank, has assembled an ad-hoc team of volunteers from the city’s free-wheeling computer community, as well as Councilman Bill Green,...
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UFCW Gives Sestak A Boost
Democratic Congressman Joe Sestak’s US Senate campaign scored a major endorsement from one of the biggest names in organized labor when the United Food & Commercial Workers International Union officially backed Joe’s candidacy.
(UFCW’s Pittsburgh Local 23 leader Kevin Kilroy, left, beams approval as Wendell Young, IV, who heads powerful Local 1776, claps hand on...
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Art Museum Terminates Guards Who Sought A Union
A recent rash of disciplinary warnings and even terminations have cropped up at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, causing the recently formed Philadelphia Security Officers Union to believe the actions are targeting workers who are union supporters.
Walter Lunsford, shop steward for the Philadelphia Security Officers Union and latest victim of anti-union actions, said, “They...
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POLS ON THE STREET: Specter’s Campaign A Re-Run
US Sen. Arlen Specter may have his share of critics, but there is no taking away his ability to campaign … and to do so effectively. He comes in a close second to Gov. Ed Rendell, who is busy trying to get his last budget through the General Assembly.
Ignoring fretting over polling data which,...
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SOCKS OR SHOES: Sheriff Aids Homeless
BY R. GEORGE LINTON/ Sheriff John Green’s Office has long taken a special interest in the needs of the homeless. Last Christmas, he and his staff found out the most-pressing need of homeless families was footwear. So they collected hundreds of pairs of socks and shoes to distribute to two homeless-family shelters.
Presenting appreciation awards...
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