BY TONY WEST/ Decline. That is the chief picture to emerge from City Commission Vice Chair Al Schmidt’s 20-page report on the history of voting in Philadelphia. Turnout at the polls has been steadily slipping since the 1940s and ’50s. This fact and many others are documented in Commissioner Schmidt’s report “Voter Registration and Voter […]
Rev. Terrence Griffith was installed for a third term as president of the Black Clergy of Philadelphia & Vicinity last Sunday at the 1st African Baptist Church, 16th & Christian Streets, where he is the senior pastor. Reelecting Rev. Griffith for a third time is a history-making move for BCPV, the first in its 33-year […]
Political Action Committee spending in Pennsylvania during the 2011-12 election cycle was again dominated by unions and liberal organizations, according to a biennial study released by the Pennsylvania Business Council and reported by MediaTrackersPA. The Top Ten PAC spenders in the state, according to the report presented to state business leaders by PBC President David […]
RADIO HOST for the day Juan Ramos broadcasts live from Relish with WURD 900 team on election day. Photo by Rory McGlasson Send article as PDF
Many dignitaries attended the funeral of EILEEN BOYLE on Sunday. Eileen was a lovely and proud mother of STATE REPS. KEVIN and BRENDAN BOYLE, and the wife of FRANCIS BOYLE. The elected officials that paid their respects included City COUNCILMAN DENNY O’BRIEN, CONGRESSMAN BOB BRADY, STATE REP. BILL KELLER, STATE SEN. MIKE STACK and his […]
BY JOE SHAHEELI/ What makes this general election for District Attorney and City Controller different from its predecessors over the last three decades in this city? It’s not the probability the Republicans could score an upset. After all, they are outregistered eight to one, a registration edge literally guaranteeing wins for Democratic candidates in citywide […]
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