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A scholarship program that has provided cash to nearly 13,000 Philadelphia high school students headed for college is coming to a sudden end. U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah told Mayor Nutter in a letter last week that he was disbanding the program, in part because of the mayor’s decision last month to cut the city’s annual contribution this year by $1 million. “Regretfully, the budget realities for the City of Philadelphia make it impossible to continue this effort,” Fattah wrote.
Police were investigating two homicides and at least two shootings in the city over the weekend.
The FBI is looking for a filthy dude in connection with the robbery yesterday of the Trumark Financial Credit Union at 1811 John F. Kennedy Blvd. He's a black man in his 30s "who was wearing sunglasses, a dirty gray suit jacket and dirty white sneakers." He got away with some cash - and a dye pack, which was later found exploded at a train concourse at 17th and JFK.
Governor Corzine's car was doing 91 in a 65 MPH zone on the night of his recent accident, and although it slowed to 30 before the crash, the trooper driving now admits that his high rate of speed might have been a factor in the accident.
The consensus on our recent storm? It could have been worse! The flooding wasn't as bad as feared.
Also pleading guilty was a man who stole 165 Civil War documents from the National Archives Philadelphia office. He sold between 70 and 80 of them on eBay - which is actually what got him caught. Now he could spend as many as 10 years in jail.
Commonwealth Court upheld Philly's much discussed limits on campaign contributions on Monday, but Chaka Fattah said he would appeal the ruling, which would bring the issue to the state Supreme Court.
Bad news: the postage price for first class mail is going up to 41 cents as of May 14th. Good news: on the same day, the post office is going to start putting out stamps marked with "Forever" instead of a price, which means they'll be good to use no matter how much the price rises in the future. (Although you still have to pay whatever the current price is when you buy it.) And what will adorn the first of these stamps, you ask? Why, it'll be Philly's very own Liberty Bell! Nice.
Hey, what about that other Philly politician with legal troubles, Vince Fumo? The Daily News has rounded up some handy strategies that he might use to beat the rap. Oh, and in case you're having trouble keeping up, here's a cheat sheet listing all of the charges against Fumo and the possible penalties he might face.
A couple of crazy bastards parachuted down off the Comcast Center Sunday morning. Of course, as is requisite these days when you do something stupid and dangerous, a video was taken and promptly posted on YouTube (although sadly, it has since been taken down). Police are looking for the guys, whom they plan to charge with "criminal trespassing, reckless endangerment and risking a catastrophe."
Now it's coming out that Reid's sons have gotten into traffic accidents before and there have been few legal consequences. Are they being shown favoritism?
Despite the promise of more revenue soon, the PA gaming board is in danger of running out of money now, and is negotiating now to increase tax surcharges on gambling revenue.
Some arrests in South Philly early last week led to a big bust in a West Philly apartment Friday, which may have shut down a large music and movie bootlegging operation.
The organizers were apparently trying to keep it quiet, but news leaked that the Union League of Philadelphia was honoring Donald Rumsfeld with its Gold Medal Friday night, and protesters were there to greet attendants with angry words. In fact, it sounds like a lot of people are pretty outraged that Rummy got the award, and oddly enough the Union League refuses to explain why he was chosen to receive it.
Low-income families in the region are being offered cheap oil for the second year in a row, thanks to Rep. Chaka Fattah, Citgo, and Venezuela. To apply, call Citizens Energy Corp. at 1-877-JOE-4-OIL.
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We're sure you've heard by now, but as we haven't had a chance to mention it here yet: on Monday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided that "City Council's longstanding failure to vote on SugarHouse's zoning and land-use requests" constituted "deliberate inaction" and therefore "cleared the way for construction to begin on the $550 million SugarHouse casino in Fishtown and Northern Liberties." SugarHouse officials say they expect to start construction in a matter of weeks. The...
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We're sad to report that Milton Street is no longer running for mayor, but happy to report that he is running for City Council-at-large—against his own nephew! Which means a lot of relatives of mayors and former mayors will be on the May 15 ballot (May 15 being, as the Daily News helpfully points out, the day after Milton is scheduled to stand trial on federal corruption charges). Besides Milton and his nephew Sharif, there'll be W. Wilson Goode, the son of former Mayor Wilson Goode, and Bill Green, the son of former Mayor William Green.
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With Rep. Chaka Fattah announcing he is running for mayor of Philadelphia, his wife, NBC 10 anchor Renee Chenault-Fattah, will remain at the anchor desk, despite a blatantly obvious conflict of interest. Sunday’s Inquirer reports that “her 11 p.m. coanchor, Tim Lake, will handle any stories involving the mayoral race or City Hall.”
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- Pat Robertson calling for his death notwithstanding, Hugo Chavez is showing generosity to Philadelphians by shipping five million gallons of heating oil for distribution to area low-income families, and it will be available at a 40% discount. Mayoral hopeful and current U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah brokered the deal. Chavez, President of Venezuela, recently called President George W. Bush a "genocidal madman".
- In a really stupid move, Pennsylvania lawmakers are mulling over the idea of taxing gym memberships. Granted, Men's Fitness magazine says we've improved since last year - we're the 25th fattest city in America instead of the second fattest city in the U.S. - but we're fairly certain it's not the best idea ever had to penalize people for trying to be healthy. The legislation being considered would also levy a tax on advertising services, campground fees, laundry services, candy, tanning, management consulting, and concert tickets. Yeah, because the Ticketmaster fees don't already make going to a concert annoyingly expensive.
- In sort of related news, people all over town are abuzz with the gossip that 12th Street Gym owner Robert Guzzardi is a big contributor to Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum. 12th Street Gym is smack dab in the middle of the Gayborhood and heavily utilized by the Philadelphia gay community. Santorum is not exactly a friend to the LGBT community.
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