POLS ON THE STREET: Canuso Retires As City GOP Chair
BY JOE SHAHEELI/ Republican City Committee chairman Vito Canuso, Esq., brought an end to the civil war that has stymied the growth of the Republican City Committee in a city its young Turks believe is ready for wholesale conversion by disenchanted Democratic voters. He did so Tuesday night at the annual pre-primary gala at Cannstatter [...]
BY JOE SHAHEELI/ The Red Robin of statistics – new and changeover registrations – determining what kind of a turnout will mark this May 21 primary, has lost the bright red chest it had at the beginning and now shows a very dull red. That’s because just over 12,500 new and changeover registrations have appeared [...]
BY JOE SHAHEELI/ It’s getting to be a classic, the 13th Congressional Dist. Race … a war between counties. Montgomery Co. Democratic leadership doesn’t know it yet, but Philadelphia’s wards in the Northeast are being told by Democratic City Chairman Congressman Bob Brady, “It’s time to support one of our own for the District. The [...]
BY JOE SHAHEELI/ Who would believe we’d tune out the College Basketball championship game between Michigan and Louisville to catch Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz discuss her announcement she would run for Governor of the Commonwealth on MSNBC? But that is what her email to us and others requested we do. She did well, was all smiles, and [...]
BY JOE SHAHEELI/ The endorsed slate of judges has something for every segment of the Democratic Party this primary. But the possibility not all of that ticket will reach the finish continues to grow. Irish eyes belonging to third-time-running candidate Anne Marie Coyle may continue to smile at the end of primary night. For two [...]
BY JOE SHAHEELI/ We laud members of the Philadelphia Legislative Caucus who did their best to slow down the rush to judgment created by State Sen. Dominic Pileggi’s (R-Delaware) legislation to downsize the three seats under contention this primary by their testimony before the House Judiciary Committee here in Philadelphia. This particular bill is one [...]
by JOE SHAHEELI/ The Boyle Brothers are at it again. This time they’ve reached across the aisle and the county line to form a coalition with Republican State Reps. Thomas P. Murt and Todd Stephens. According to its chairman, State Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-Northeast), the organization will call itself the Eastern Montgomery Co./Northeast Philadelphia Legislative Alliance with [...]
BY JOE SHAHEELI/ He’s been out of the political circuit, but an active audience participant for over two decades. He couldn’t be active in politics, but there was nothing to stop him from applauding for those he supported. But now, look for Philadelphia Arraignment Court Magistrate Timothy P. O’Brien finally to become an active participant in [...]
The melodrama of Allegheny Co.’s legendary Orie sisters has already enlivened the proceedings of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and the Senate as well. Soon the House of Representatives too may get a taste. Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin was recently convicted by an Allegheny Co. jury for using her judicial staff and the Senate [...]
No Sugar In Kane For Battered Guv BY JOE SHAHEELI/ 2014 could be a women’s year in Pennsylvania politics. This is not good news for Pennsylvania’s first-term Gov. Tom Corbett, since he is (a) not a woman and (b) unpopular, especially (c) with women. There are ways the Governor can overcome this, and his [...]
