BY DENISE CLAY A whole lot is about to change in Philadelphia City Council. There are going to be two minority parties instead of one, thanks to Working Families Party candidate Kendra Brooks’s upset win over first-term Republican Al Taubenberger. With two Republicans – Councilmen Brian O’Neill and David Oh managed to find a place […]
BY JOE SHAHEELI The victory of Working Families Party candidate Kendra Brooks in the at-Large City Council race will upend the traditional bipartisan organization of Philadelphia City Council – or at least make it irrelevant. Now that there are not one, but two minority parties, does that mean there will be two minority chairs? Will […]
BY CARLO ARAGONCILLO The City of Philadelphia offers a wide range of services to residents who have served in their nation’s military. It is my privilege to share some insights we operate by, as director of the Office of Veterans Services. If you ever served in the army, this article about the rights of a […]
BY JOE SHAHEELI A city that within living memory was run by a Republican machine has just seen an at-large Republican expelled from City Council. How times have changed! Minority Republican Councilmember Al Taubenberger (at Large) was turfed out of office by the Working Families Party’s Kendra Brooks. As of yesterday morning, Brooks had won […]
BY JOE SHAHEELI The first independent to make a serious, professionally planned run for City Council at Large was Andrew Stober in 2015. A “moderate progressive,” if there is such a thing, an experienced nonprofit manager, Stober raised in excess of $100,000 yet still fell well below the Republican at-large ticket. After his race, Stober […]
BY BONNIE SQUIRES Thank you, Anne Ewers and Ed Cambron, for the Kimmel Center Cultural Campus and the Broadway Philadelphia series which just opened with the outstanding musical production, Come From Away. If your spirits need lifting – and whose don’t in these trying times? – then hurry to buy your tickets before the sold-out […]
BY JOE SHAHEELI How about this: A fundamental overhaul of Pennsylvania taxation that splits the state almost down the middle – while being completely bipartisan? You don’t pass this convoy on the turnpike very often, how to be more mindful with tax filing. Eliminating the school property tax is that cause. This method of funding […]
BY JOE SHAHEELI While the ordinary voter tends to sleep through a November municipal election, given that the Democratic slate is sure to sweep in an increasingly one-party town, political insiders are agog this year as they watch an unprecedented effort by progressives to knock two Republicans off their at-large perch on City Council. This […]
BY JOE SHAHEELI For the first time in a long time, two affable colleagues but ideological opposites came down on the same side on a fundamental policy issue. Pennsylvania’s two U.S. senators, Pat Toomey (R) and Bob Casey (D), joined in denouncing President Donald Trump’s sudden decision to withdraw troops from Northeastern Syria, where they […]
BY LOU BARLETTA What does an international quarrel between the world’s two largest aircraft makers have to do with Italian pasta and coffee? Besides Americans smuggling back some stuffed shells in their luggage on the flight back from a trip to Rome, absolutely nothing. That’s why you might be surprised to find out that Italy […]
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