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Why is Mayor Nutter Auctioning Off Chunks of the City in Secret Meetings?

Over at the Comcast Center right now, Mayor Nutter is dressing the city up real nice and showing her off. Because Philadelphia, officially the brokest […]

City Life

Nutter Condemns Boston Bombing; Philly-To-Boston Plane Evacuated

In his role as the president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Philly Mayor Michael Nutter today issued a statement about the bombings at the […]

City Life

Nobody Loves Philly: Maria Sharapova Edition

Philly.com reports that tennis star Maria Sharapova has thumbed her nose at Philly, by declining to sell her new line of lip-themed candies–Sugarpova–to any local […]

City Life

Return of the Teenage Flashmob: 14 Arrested in Massive Center City Brawl [Updated]

They’re baaaack! Yesterday at 3:50 p.m., “100 to 200 young people were seen running near 15th and Chestnut Streets,” as an enormous fight either spontaneously […]

City Life

Add Paid Sick Leave to List of Stuff NYC Does that Philly Doesn’t

For the second time in his Mayoralty, Michael Nutter has vetoed a paid sick-leave bill, claiming it would render Philadelphia’s business climate uncompetitive, especially compared […]

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Mayor Nutter To Decide Paid Sick Leave This Week

NewsWorks reports that Mayor Nutter is expected to repeat his own history this week, and mandate a bill requiring most Philadelphia businesses to offer paid […]

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City Hall: Fewer AVI Appeals Than Expected

CBS Philly reports that just 5 percent of the city’s homewners—22,000 homes in all—have appealed their new assessments made under the recently enacted Actual Value […]

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Is Frank Rizzo Running for Mayor?

Frank Rizzo–fils–is mulling a run for Mayor. And like his father did several times in his career, the 70-year-old former City Councilman plans on switching […]

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As Winter Drags On, Mike Nutter Living it Up in Florence, Italy

Perks of being the President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors: Hanging out in Tuscany. Along with some fellow Mayors from South Carolina, Kentucky, Indiana, […]

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Philly Municipal Unions May Be Ready To Strike

DC33 President Pete Matthews told MyFoxPhilly this morning that the city’s unions may strike, depending on the outcome of a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that […]

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The City’s Sick Leave Bill Is an Insult to Employers and Employees

James is a client of mine who runs a 30-person roofing company in Northeast Philadelphia. Last week, one of the people in his office wasn’t […]

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Why It’s Good to Be Mayor: You Get to Ignore Parking Tickets

The other day, Mike Nutter was parked illegally outside Barbuzzo in an unofficial spot, earning him a ticket. But the fault, apparently, wasn’t his, as […]

City Life

Gov. Corbett Not Such A Fan Of Mayor Nutter’s Being Shouted Down

The Inquirer reports: After performing the gubernatorial role of ribbon-cutter-in-chief at a science conference in Philadelphia Monday morning, Gov. Corbett told reporters he found it […]

City Life

Paid Sick-Leave Bill Now Ready For Mayor Nutter’s Veto

It kind of got lost in yesterday’s union shutdown of Mayor Nutter’s budget speech at City Hall, but the Council actually got some work done, […]

Property

End the Fear: How to Read the AVI Notice That Came in the Mail

We realize that Mayor Nutter’s Actual Value Initiative (AVI) is terrifying to many, so we’ll try to calm things down with regular releases of information […]