City Hall
Want Some Flu in Your Fries? The Case for a Sick-Leave Bill
Thanks to my four-year-old son and his preschool, our household has been hotbed of disease and pestilence this winter. In the last six weeks, we’ve […]
Can the Philly Bike Race Be Revived?
Manayunk won’t go down without a fight. Turns out neighborhood leaders love those beer-soaked crowds that show up every year to watch the Philadelphia International […]
Someone Figures Out Just How “Underfunded” Philly’s Pension Fund Is
One hears the term “underfunded pension” thrown around quite frequently. And if you read Patrick Kerkstra’s May piece on Philly’s pension problem, you know the […]
Butkovitz: City Paid Banks $1 Million in Fees
City Hall paid more than $1 million in fees to three separate banks in 2011, but City Controller Alan Butkovitz says nobody knows what the […]
Another Thing Philly Does Poorly: Ambulance Care
Today’s Daily News cover story by Sean Collins Walsh will probably make you terrified ever to sneeze in this town ever again. Plainly put: The […]
After Quaker Meetinghouse Site Arson, Who Will Stand Up to Unions?
Illegally blocking vehicles. Threatening people with physical harm. Distributing vulgar, sexist fliers. Frightening residents. This is an abbreviated, understated list of union workers’ tactics employed […]
Good News About Horrible Deaths in Philadelphia: City Sets Record for Fewest Fire Fatalities
Usually there’s one story to tell about death in Philadelphia: There’s more of it, and it’s usually more awful than it used to be. So […]
City Hall Aims to Punish Loyal Philly Homeowners
2013, big deal. Anything to look forward to? I don’t think so. In fact, I think the whole world is going to hell in a […]
Drivers: You Can Now Appeal Parking Tickets Online
You know, instead of asking your buddy on the state Supreme Court to take care of it. Don’t think Philly’s totally ready for the space […]
City Hall Carolers Make Up Song About the Fiscal Cliff
A group of City Hall carolers have achieved something I thought impossible–they breathed a flicker of life into the most ill-named and over-covered political story of […]
City Council Passes Point Breeze Eminent Domain Bill for Affordable Housing
Thanks to Bill 120755, eminent domain is alive and well in Philly, with City Council passing the measure through its chambers today. The bill, which […]
City Employee Allegedly Netted $550,000 in Ink and Toner Scam
Sure, it’s just .1 percent of last night’s lottery jackpot, but it wasn’t bad scratch for 61-year-old Calvin Duncan, who, according to a release from […]
Philly Democrats Are More Than Capable of Conspiracy
“Myth is the hidden part of every story, the buried part, the region that is still unexplored because there are as yet no words to […]
100 Properties, $32 Million, 1,102 Years
View Philadelphia’s Biggest Real Estate Delinquencies in a full screen map The above map features the 100 properties that represent the 100 largest real estate […]
When Voter Turnout in Philadelphia Really Matters
Polls were crowded and lines to vote were long on Election Day here in Philadelphia. Unfortunately, that is not always the case. It is a […]