BY RORY McGLASSON/ HUNDREDS of  Philadelphia-area Chick-fil-A supporters boosted sales, as they showed their support of the fast-food chain today. Customers turned out in their droves to eat chicken sandwiches, and waffle fries on “Chick-fil-A Day†at the Columbus Boulevard eatery in South Philadelphia. Former Arkansas Governor and former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee had […]
Continue reading …By RORY McGLASSON Mayor Michael Nutter can probably throw an American football easier than he can kick a soccer ball, but that didn’t stop him trying to bend a ball like David Beckham down the art museum steps on Friday. In 2021 fantasy premier league players from Asia are expected to increase by 20%. The […]
Continue reading …City Commissioner Al Schmidt believes running an investigation of voting irregularities after each election will eventually eliminate many of the sources creating those reports. Schmidt released a report on Tuesday afternoon, completing an investigation of primary reports of irregularities. “We identified hundreds of cases of voting irregularities that warrant further investigation,” Schmidt said. As our […]
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Continue reading …by RORY McGLASSON If Mitt Romney is looking for a Vice Presidential candidate who can double as a secret service agent, he might find the right guy in Philadelphia. Saying that government has become too isolated from the reality most American families face today, Scott Cummings, a longtime Northeast Philadelphia resident, threw his hat in […]
Continue reading …The story least reported in the press is that last year, 148 workers in the tri-state area went to work, but never returned home alive. They were killed on the job. Just this week, a construction worker fell to his death at a construction site at 20th & Parrish. If you lost a loved one in […]
Continue reading …Philadelphia’s property-tax collections are a mess. So are its land records. So is its building-code enforcement. So is its bail enforcement. Do we see a pattern here? All these monetary woes stem from two things: vast amounts of data poorly managed, and collaboration between different agencies poorly managed. The resulting losses are staggering: $470 million […]
Continue reading …By RORY McGLASSON It’s been 23 days since the city lost two firefighters in a Kensington blaze, so this year’s tribute to fallen police and fire officials was more somber than usual. Two Philadelphia Fire Department firefighters – Lt. Robert Neary and Firefighter Daniel Sweeney –died in the line of duty, following a five-alarm fire […]
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