SABATINA’S JUSTICE-REINVESTMENT INITIATIVE NOW LAW State Rep. John Sabatina (D-Northeast) celebrated the Governor’s signing into law his Justice Reinvestment Initiative bill. HB 135 authorizes the reinvestment of 25% of the savings under the recently enacted prison-reform law to programs that would further help public-safety efforts and lower rates of recidivism. Out of 171 House bills […]
STACK CALLS CITY TAXES ‘NATIONAL JOKE’ Calling the City of Philadelphia “a national joke†on property-tax collection, State Sen. Mike Stack (D-Northeast) has again called on Mayor Michael Nutter to focus on collecting delinquent property-taxes rather than continue to pursue the Mayor’s Actual Value Initiative property-tax overhaul plan. Stack sent a letter to the Mayor […]
BY RORY McGLASSON/ Councilman Kenyatta Johnson wants to sit down with developers who are concerned about the City’s plan to acquire property through eminent domain in Point Breeze. Johnson has come under-fire from some local developers after introducing a bill – on behalf of the Mayor and the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority – to acquire dozens of properties […]
STATE REP. Jim Roebuck presented citation from Penna. legislature congratulating Terri Lynne Lokoff Child Care Foundation at its 25th anniversary Rose Gala. Roebuck praised foundation for raising public awareness and supporting efforts for quality early-childhood education. Seen here at the gala are, from left, founders Fred & Kay Lokoff with Rep. & Mrs. Cheryl Roebuck. […]
State Sen. Anthony Williams (D-W. Phila.) will host a free foreclosure- and tax-sale prevention workshop operated by Sheriff Jewell Williams on Oct. 20 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Boy’s Latin Charter School, 5502 Cedar Avenue in West Philadelphia. Sheriff Williams welcomed the collaboration, saying, “Rarely is one thing responsible for the start […]
BY TONY WEST/ So who’s a community organization? A movement by community organizers in protest of a regulation in the new zoning code has drawn the attention of City Council, which will hold a hearing on the issue on Oct. 29. Under the new zoning code, neighborhood block organizations have no say in zoning any more. […]
Superintendent William Hite has joined those who supported 16-year-old who was ridiculed by a teacher and students because she wore a Romney-Ryan t-shirt to her classes at Carroll HS, labeling the event as a “teachable moment.†In a statement he said, “Community – students, teachers, administrators, parents and neighbors – recently has been pulled into […]
Closeup pictures of President Bill Clinton are hard to come by. Our Contributing Editor Bonnie Squires pulled off this coup – but it was a struggle. She even had her camera confiscated for a while – despite the fact she was a paid attendee at Democrat Attorney General aspirant Kathleen Kane’s gala fundraiser at the […]
For Jakob Klemash-Kresge, 11, a 6th-grade student at the William M. Meredith School, Sep. 19 was a day he’ll remember for a long time. That was the day he held down the office of Sheriff of Philadelphia for the day. It was a whirlwind experience as Philadelphia Sheriff Jewell Williams exposed him to the variety […]
Two South Philadelphia high schools are no longer deemed dangerous enough to be on a state list of scary schools. Southern High, 2101 S. Broad Street., and Universal Audenried Charter HS, 3301 Tasker Street, have been removed from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s “Persistently Dangerous Schools†list. There has been a reduction in disruptive behavior at […]
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