BY TONY WEST/
Will the region’s nuclear power industry, which is eyeing a new era of expansion, collide with a wall in the form of a fear of spreading cancer?
PSEG has begun public rollout of its plan to build a fourth reactor at its Salem/Hope Creek complex in South Jersey. If it is approved...
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Archive for January, 2010
Thyroid Cancer Explosion Could Slow Nuclear Plants
192nd Dist.: Old And Young Go Toe To Toe
BY JOE SHAHEELI/
The 192nd House Dist., which embraces Overbrook, Wynnefield and Carroll Park, is poised for a primary dustup on the Democratic side this spring. Will Mega, a 37-year-old community organizer, has launched a drive to unseat veteran legislator State Rep. Louise Williams Bishop, four decades older than Mega, who has served that District...
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Agre Moves To Take 194th Dist. Seat
Lou Agre is the odds-on favorite to succeed retiring State Rep. Kathy Manderino as the Democratic nominee in the May primary for the 194th House seat.
It was obvious from the opening of his campaign headquarters Lou Agre had the support of his huge 21st Ward as well as committee people from Wynnefield, Lower Merion,...
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Israeli Agent: US Is Ripe For Terrorist Attack
Juval Aviv, who was the Israeli agent upon whom the movie Munich was based, predicted the London subway bombing on the “Bill O’Reilly Show” on Fox News a week before it happened.
At the time, O’Reilly laughed and mocked him, saying that in a week he wanted him back on the show. Unfortunately, within a...
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The Waffleman On Tweety Bird
Yo! Here we go again. While I was watching television one night, a Tweety Bird cartoon came on. You know the cute little yellow bird that says, “I tawt I taw a puddy-tat?” I wondered just how this character and classic phrase were created. So off to my trusty computer to look it up...
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Another Opinion: A Bad Gamble
by State Sen. Mike Stack
The new table-games law is a bad gamble for Pennsylvania. It was pushed through following the governor’s threat he would lay off state workers if a bill wasn’t signed by the first week of January. The political process should not operate that way.
There are too many holes in the legislation,...
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Green’s The Law For City Projects
by Tony West
Philadelphia took a big step forward into the world of green design when Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown’s Bill on LEED Standards for construction and renovation of City buildings was signed into law Tuesday by Mayor Michael A. Nutter. Its purpose is to save utility dollars, big time.
The measure, which was a year...
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Hardy Williams: Champion Of Change
by Tony West
Martin Luther King drew his power from other people. When he came to Atlanta or Chicago or Birmingham, he came not just as himself, but as many.
In Philadelphia, some say, he arrived as Hardy Williams.
The former State Senator, a native son of West Philadelphia, was a pioneer in the Northern civil-rights movement....
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Is Goode Positioned For Mayoral Race?
by Joe Shaheeli
With the main media warning Mayor Michael Nutter he’s “running out of time” to get into place the many changes he pledged to make when he first took office, the political rumor-mill has it as a fact he will face a primary foe or foes. That is, unless he stabilizes the “good...
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Williams Formula May Lighten Court’s Load
by Tony West
If incoming District Attorney Seth Williams has his way, the torrent of new felony cases that pours into Municipal Court every year may drop by as much as one-half. Paradoxically, though, this move could result in more and swifter convictions for serious violent crimes. Williams, who will be sworn into office on...
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