POLS ON THE STREET: Dems Must Blame Themselves For GOP Redistricting
ENJOYING LDC’s celebration of season were Sheriff-Elect Jewell Williams, State Rep. Ron Waters, State Sen. Shirley Kitchen, Local 135 Business Mgr. Daniel “Tiger” Woodall and PHA Executive Director Mike Kelly. BY JOE SHAHEELI/ Those Democrats jumping up and down claiming the Pennsylvania redistricting plans approved by the General Assembly were “misrepresentations, frauds, unfair to voters, [...]
BY DAVID LYNN/ Are campaign-finance fines collected by the Philadelphia Board of Ethics low? The Philadelphia Board of Ethics exists as a watchdog to City elections. Among other things, it monitors the amount of money that candidates and committees accept, contribute and report electronically. When a campaign falls into violation, the Ethics Board is supposed [...]
TRAFFIC COURT HAS A PROBLEM It is obvious from details leaking out of the federal investigation at Traffic Court, more is at stake than whether or not its judges honored requests for leniency from third parties. Not part of the investigation is the most recent charge of sexual harassment against the court’s youngest judge, William [...]
BY PETER V. RADATTI/ CEO, CyberSoft Operating Corp. www.cybersoft.com There is only one thing more fun that watching our politicians squirm when they get caught in dirty play, and that is watching someone else’s politicians get caught. This time, the country is South Korea and the politician is ruling Grand National Party’s Rep. Choi Ku-sik, [...]
Barbara Ann Deeley, a very young 63 with the vitality of a teenager, can look back on a career that spans three decades in public service, the last year, setting a record as Pennsylvania and Philadelphia’s first female Sheriff. She didn’t move up to that post without having a background of 23 years working in [...]
Yo! Here we go again with these New Year thoughts. This will boggle your mind! In the year 1911: The average life expectancy for men was 47 years. Fuel for this car was sold mainly in drug stores. Only 14% of the homes had a bathtub. Only 8% of the homes had a telephone. There [...]
POLS ON THE STREET: Castille, The Pot, Calls Traffic Ct. Kettle Black
December 22, 2011 Comments OffMAYOR MICHAEL Nutter and Councilman Wilson Goode, Jr. share moment with Councik President Anna Verna’s aide Maryann Mahoney. BY JOE SHAHEELI/ If State Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald Castille can prove beyond a doubt he has never had outside influences help decide some of the cases over which he has presided in his entire political [...]
QUAKER CITY STRING BAND serenade dignitaries and guests at City Hall during news conference on Monday to announce details of 112th Mummers Day parade. Photo by McGlasson Lens Photography BY RORY G. McGLASSON No matter how you slice and dice it – or ‘strut and cut’ it – there is only one vantage point to watch [...]
COUNCILWOMAN Jannie Blackwell checks over one of two huge serving lines before opening to over 3,000 who attended Convention Hall Christmas Party. Meet Philadelphia’s undisputed Mrs. Santa Claus, the lady who for the past 14 years, has invited to the Convention Center for a sumptuous dinner and toy-giving over 3,000 of the city’s homeless. And [...]
FIRE FIGHTER & MEDIC UNION President Bill Gault met with members and staff of Philadelphia’s City Council this morning to seek a delay in implementation of the City’s proposed mass transfer of all Emergency Medical Service personnel, the City’s medics. Fire Fighter and Medic Union President Bill Gault met with members and staff of Philadelphia’s [...]