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Rolling on a River: Nutter Kills Penn's Landing Corp., Creates New Corp. with Longer Name

Rolling on a River: Nutter Kills Penn's Landing Corp., Creates New Corp. with Longer Name

It takes an awfully dysfunctional organization to make the Mayor of Philadelphia blush. But it happened this past Friday morning, when Michael Nutter disassembled yet another corrupt combination of former mayoral appointees, this time the board of directors of the Penn's Landing Corporation (PLC). After apologizing for his tardiness, he dryly noted, "Since the board has not had a meeting in more than two years, what's another 10 or 15 minutes?"

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By Andrew Goodman in on February 3, 2009 2:15 PM

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Can't Miss This!

It should never be 74 degrees when you leave for work in the morning. Ever.

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By Joe Ross in on June 26, 2008 12:30 PM

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Yo, Philly in the News

  • Pacifico Ford in Philadelphia and Springfield Ford in Delco have made an agreement with the government to reimburse African African customers who allegedly were charged higher interest rates than white buyers. Neither of the Ford dealerships are admitting any wrongdoing, but, hey, they're also paying up, so...

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    By Jim Genzano in on August 22, 2007 9:00 AM

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  • Police are saying that 18-year-old Charles T. "Chuckie" Meyers was driving in South Philly on Saturday when he shot and killed a bicycle-riding 14-year-old boy when the boy wouldn't get out of his way fast enough. But friends and relatives of Meyers can't believe he would do such a thing.

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    By Jim Genzano in on July 18, 2007 9:00 AM

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