<iframe src="//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-PLKVN8" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden">

Patrick Kerkstra

City Life

Actually, Voter Turnout in Philly Stank

A hated governor, perfect weather … and the lowest turnout in 16 years.

City Life

What Governor Wolf Means for Philly

Kerkstra: All he has to do is save the schools, social services and the economy.

City Life

Riding With Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey

PGW sign
City Life

Analysis: What the PGW Flop Means

Kerkstra: Energy hub, or energy flub?

City Life

Helen Gym and Bill Green Try to Find Common Ground (or Not) on Education in Philadelphia

City Life

Philadelphia + a Pipeline (or Two) = America’s Next Energy Hub

City Life

John Grady Profile: The Dealer

City Life

Another Warehouse Fire, Another Tax Delinquent

Listed owner of Kensington property owes over $30,000 citywide in taxes

City Life

Mayoral Wild Card Ken Trujillo Enters Race

Kerkstra: Lots to like, lots to question.

City Life

Election 2015: Who Wants to Be Mayor?

Kerkstra: Seriously, anyone interested?

City Life

City Picking Up the Pace on Tax Collection

Tons of money is still being left on the table, just not as much as before.

City Life

If Fattah Goes, Who Fills the Void?

Kerkstra: Chaka Fattah’s political organization is one of the few left in the city. Can it survive a resignation, or worse?

City Life

And in the Second Round, Buzz Bissinger Selects Nick Foles

“I imagine he is quite flattered I drafted him.”

City Life

“Wannabe” Anarchists Taunt Police in West Philly

Lefty neighbors roll their eyes.

School District of Philadelphia
City Life

For Schools, “A Vortex of Political Hell”

How a deal on the cigarette tax fell apart.