Sad news for those who knew and worked with Democratic 1st Ward Leader George Badame. He passed away at age of 69. He is survived by his son Paul, wife Mary and mother Emma. Funeral services are scheduled this Monday at Monti-Rago, with Mass following the same day at St. Rita Shrine, Broad & Ellsworth […]
Philadelphia Traffic Court is the objection of disaffection by the Republican controlled General Assembly and proved it as the House voted 117-81 to approve a constitutional change to eliminate the court. It was strictly a party-line vote as far as the Republicans were concerned. The bill had passed the Senate easily last month. It must […]
Rep. John Taylor, Joe DeFelice To Lead Unified City GOP by Joe Shaheeli Almost two years to the week on a dismally rainy day in early June, the City’s Republican Committee found itself at the beginning of a two-year civil war as the result of a decision to “weight†the vote of each ward […]
Leon A. King II, well known for having been an innovative Commissioner of the Philadelphia Prison System, believes his third-time run for the position of Judge in the Court of Common Pleas will prove to be the winning effort. Though he’s not gotten a lucky top-of-the-rung ballot position, he believes there are enough people he […]
City Controller Alan Butkovitz flexed his political muscle as he officially kicked off his reelection campaign on Monday. The two-term controller kicked off his campaign Monday morning, ending the day with a lavish fundraiser hosted by the IBEW Local 98 union leader John Dougherty at the Union’s headquarters. Flanked by some of the city’s most […]
The Philadelphia Public Record and its sister publication, the South Philadelphia Public Record, this week announced State Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams has been named to receive the newspapers’ annual award as Public Servant of the Year 2013. Sen. Williams joins a prestigious list of honorees since the Award was initiated 12 years ago. They include […]
BY TONY WEST/ The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has a few problems with its public pension plans. To be precise, 827,773 of them. That is the number of members in the State Employees’ Retirement System and the Public School Employees’ Retirement System combined, according to a report released by State Treasurer Rob McCord on Jan. 31. Retirees […]
Kenyatta Johnson Wants Noisy Neighbors To “Stop The Boom” In South Philadelphia
January 30, 2013 2 Comments
Johnson, South Phila. Residents Protest Car Crunching Scrap Yard by RORY McGLASSON AN ANGRY GROUP of South Philadelphia residents threw the first punch in what might be a long scrap with a noisy neighbor tonight. At a rally on Wednesday, around 50 neighbors from the Packer Park area stood with Councilman Kenyatta […]
BY JOE SHAHEELI/ The axiom in the world of politics is “money talks and everything else walks.” This has been so, both national and statewide, for elections at the federal level. Candidates can control the outcomes with their huge buys on television, thanks to the couch potatoes of America. Increasingly, they have set their sights now […]
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