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Union Leader: Nutter Drove City Workers Into Poverty

BY PETE MATTHEWS,  President, AFSCME District Council 33/ Mayor Michael Nutter’s stubborn and vindictive refusal…

POLS ON THE STREET: Will House Effort Kill Traffic-Ct. Votes?

POLS ON THE STREET: Will House Effort Kill Traffic-Ct. Votes?

BY JOE SHAHEELI/ The city’s voters will have their say as to whom they wish…

OUR OPINION: Busting The IRS – & The Inquirer

TIME TO REVIEW THE I.R.S.? The Internal Revenue Service is the most-feared instrument of the federal…

Pew Study: AVI Places Burden On Residential Property

As a result of the property tax overhaul known as the Actual Value Initiative, residential…

OUT & ABOUT: Seth Williams, Straight From The Hip

BY DENISE CLAY/ Here are two things you might want to know about Philadelphia’s District…

ELEPHANT CORNER: Detroit’s Fate Could Be Philadelphia’s Next

Normally, events in a city in the Midwest would be of minimal interest to those…

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Union Leader: Nutter Drove City Workers Into Poverty

BY PETE MATTHEWS,  President, AFSCME District Council 33/ Mayor Michael Nutter’s stubborn and vindictive refusal to settle fair contracts with AFSCME District Councils 33 and 47 is driving city workers ever deeper into poverty and negatively impacting the City’s ability to deliver vital services. Many Philadelphia neighborhoods are facing cuts in City services due to…

Pew Study: AVI Places Burden On Residential Property

As a result of the property tax overhaul known as the Actual Value Initiative, residential property will account for a greater share of Philadelphia’s total  property value — and thus the property tax burden — in 2014 than in 2013, according to a new report from The Pew Charitable Trusts. For the residential sector as…

Major Candidates Mingle At Montco Meal

Photos by Bonnie Squires…

Major Candidates Mingle At Montco Meal

OUT & ABOUT: Seth Williams, Straight From The Hip

BY DENISE CLAY/ Here are two things you might want to know about Philadelphia’s District Attorney Seth Williams: One, he’s probably not going to run for Mayor of Philadelphia unless the number of candidates is much smaller than the scuttlebutt on the street says it’s going to be. “Unless the only candidate is Prince William…

Opinion

OUR OPINION: A Mess On SEPTA’s Hands

Our General Assembly needs to realize it has duties which it continues to neglect. A major one of these duties is funding the state’s infrastructure. A corollary is they must fund the public-transit systems on which their voters depend. In…

OUR OPINION: Will Corbett’s Comment Cost Him His Job?

OUR OPINION: Will Corbett’s Comment Cost Him His Job?

Gov. Tom Corbett continues to step on his own toes. He may not be building…

ANOTHER OPINION: Youth Violence Leaves PTSD In Its Wake

ANOTHER OPINION: Youth Violence Leaves PTSD In Its Wake

BY STATE REP. RONALD G. WATERS, Democratixc Caucus Secretary/ Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is most readily…

OUR OPINION: Civil War Cripples The City’s GOP

For three years now, the City’s Republican Party has been in a destructive civil war,…

Pols on the Street

POLS ON THE STREET: Expect A Record-Low Vote Turnout

BY JOE SHAHEELI/ The Red Robin of statistics – new and changeover registrations – determining…

POLS ON THE STREET: Brady Wants A Philadelphian For The 13th

POLS ON THE STREET: Brady Wants A Philadelphian For The 13th

BY JOE SHAHEELI/ It’s getting to be a classic, the 13th Congressional Dist. Race ……

POLS ON THE STREET: Schwartz Sets Off Game Of Musical Chairs

POLS ON THE STREET: Schwartz Sets Off Game Of Musical Chairs

BY JOE SHAHEELI/ Who would believe we’d tune out the College Basketball championship game between Michigan…

POLS ON THE STREET: Canuso Retires As City GOP Chair

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…

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