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Keep Your Veto Power Off My Bike Lanes

Last week, Coucilman William Greenlee reintroduced legislation that would give City Council veto power over any new bike lanes in the city. Here’s hoping that, […]

City Life

Councilman Wants to Focus on Collecting Back Taxes

Philly could stand to gain $12-28 million if the city can catch-up with people who have been cheating city taxes. Councilman Curtis Jones wants to […]

City Life

City Council Mulls Veto Power on New Bike Lanes

Councilman-at-Large Bill Greenlee has re-introduced his proposition that City Council should have to approve any new dedicated bike lanes in Philadelphia. Greenlee made sure to […]

City Life

Philly Needs Tax Plan to Encourage Entrepreneurs, Homeowners

I will testify before City Council next week on Mayor Nutter’s proposed legislation to implement a back-door tax increase by setting real estate tax rates […]

City Life

Councilman Bill Green Creates Storify for Online PPA Protests

Councilman Bill Green created a Storify of tweets about how people might find online appeals of PPA tickets helpful. There is literally no way to […]

City Life

Remember That Time Councilman Jim Kenney Called Some Guy a “Very Large Asshole” on Twitter?

Councilman Jim Kenney is up on the Twitters. You probably know that because everyone was super jazzed to learn that $29,000 of city money was […]

The Scene

HughE Dillon One-Shot: Marian Tasco Wins Dance Event

Last night was the fourth annual Dancing With the Philadelphia Stars. The event was held at the glamorous Crystal Tea Room, and benefited the Sickle […]

City Life

Councilman Jim Kenney Thinks Verizon Is Too Slow to Reach Low-Income Neighborhoods

Councilman Jim Kenney said today that City Council has information suggesting that Verizon is not following through on its promise to outfit lower-income neighborhoods with […]

City Life

Have a Complaint for City Council? There’s an App for That.

Freshman City Councilman Bobby Henon has created an app that may be available for iPhone users as soon as Tuesday. The app will allow city […]

City Life

Here’s How Jim Kenney Can Save Money on Tweeting

There are few things more satisfying to a journalist than watching events unfold that validate your work. After my blog post last week about the […]

City Life

Councilman Jim Kenney Spends $28,800 of Taxpayer Money for Help With the Twitter

Councilman Kenney’s Twitter Firm. Councilman Jim Kenney is up on the Twitter, but needs help to ensure that he’s using it properly. That’s why he’s […]

City Life

Mayor Nutter and Others at City Hall Are Social Media Savvy

So says University of Illinois at Chicago in a new study that ranks the 75 biggest cities in America on how social media savvy its […]

City Life

Six New City Council Members Must Stop DROP

It was supposed to be a change election in Philadelphia. November 8, 2011, the day a city electorate finally awoke from a 50-year coma to […]

City Life

Bad Fiscal Policy to Blame for Current School Budget Problems

School Reform Commission Chairman Pedro Ramos noted that “bad fiscal policy” by previous administrations have left the Philadelphia School District in its current economic dilemma. […]

City Life

City Missed Out on $70 Million in Unpaid Fines

From 2008 to 2010, unpaid fines in Philadelphia increased by 38 percent. Last year, the city missed out on nearly $70 million in funding because […]