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The Pennsylvania House has approved Philadelphia's proposal to raise the city's sales tax from 7% to 8%. The proposal will now move to the state Senate, where lawmakers say they will not approve the increase until a final state budget is in place.
The Inquirer updates readers on the imminent eviction of the Cradle of Liberty Council Boy Scouts chapter from their downtown headquarters. In response to what it deems discriminatory behavior by the organization against gays and atheists, the city recently required the group to pay a fair-market value of $200,000 in rent—up from $1 per year—in order to stay in the building it has occupied since 1937.
The PA budget got held up a bit yesterday by some further discussion, especially about the Senate plan to fund hazardous-sites cleanup by taking $40 million from a land preservation fund. Lawmakers have made the wise decision to not decide on the most contentious bits until later, so the budget did indeed get through both Houses yesterday and will be signed by Rendell later today... hopefully, anyway.
Yet more information is coming out about that shooting in South Philly (a story which has now been appearing on national cable news stations). It turns out the victim, Steven "Butter" Miller, was high on marijuana laced with embalming fluid ("wet") and that he called his brother shortly before the incident to tell him "I can't take it anymore." A series of stresses in the man's personal life apparently led to him snapping. Which still doesn't explain why the cops fired so very many bullets, more than 20 of which struck Miller.
What with the current increase in violence, this would seem like a particularly bad time to have fewer police on the streets; unfortunately, that seems to be exactly what we have. The number of Philly police listed as injured on duty (IOD) and unable to work has gone up from 64 at the beginning of January in 2005 to 245 as of yesterday. Some are blaming the increase on a change in the law that has changed how injuries are treated. Officials at the Fraternal Order of Police say the brass is overstating the impact, and it's the city's fault if the new law is being implemented poorly.
Bill Cosby gave another of his patented controversial talks at a Save Our Children forum at the Community College of Philadelphia on Wednesday.
Hey, Sidney Poitier was in town Tuesday night to receive the Marian Anderson award at the Kimmel Center! The award "honors artists who are also humanitarians," and is named after a famous opera singer from South Philly.
Despite being named among the top U.S. leaders last month, the Philadelphia school district's chief executive, Paul Vallas, got raked over the coals on Friday by the School Reform Commission for the district's $73.3 million deficit.
The recent surge in violence in the city just may have something to do with our little gang problem.
Yesterday was Unity Day in Philadelphia, the 28th occurrence of this yearly event celebrating families and community pride, featuring dozens of free musical performances. Unfortunately, Unity Day also means lots of road closings: MLK Drive, Kelly Drive around the art museum, and the Ben Franklin Parkway from Eakins Oval to 20th were all closed until 9PM. Hope you found your way to where you needed to go anyway...
Hundreds of Jews rallied in Philly on Monday around lunchtime, most to support Israel in their current actions against Hezbollah, although there was also a small group there to protest the use of violence by both sides of the conflict.
It's not so shocking that somebody would be caught dealing cocaine in Philadelphia. The surprising part of Idris Enlow's story is that he was doing it out of a van belonging to the City of Philadelphia Managing Director's Office. He drove the van for his job, trucking prison work release gangs around the area to clean up litter and remove graffiti, but also used it as part of a large-scale drug operation of which he was apparently the kingpin. He was sentenced Tuesday to up to 14 years in prison. Cheeky bastard.
Okay, time for a weird crime story. Kevin Eckenrode (25-year-old new employee of the state Gaming Control Board) and Rachel Kozlusky (his 23-year-old girlfriend) were apparently quite drunk (and possibly also high - a marijuana pipe was found on the premises) when Eckenrode allegedly decided it would be fun to dangle Kozlusky, in just a sweater and underpants, from the 23rd-floor window of Eckenrode's apartment in Harrisburg. She fell 230 feet, crashed through a skylight, and died. Eckenrode has been suspended without pay, arrested, and charged with murder. Even if the death does turn out to be an accident, the homicide charge will probably stand, "because it covers deaths caused by intentional, reckless or negligent acts," says the County District Attorney.
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add to facebookDoug Benson (Best Week Ever, Last Comic Standing, Marijuana-Logues, Doug Benson's I Love Movies) took a joke from his stand-up act about Morgan Spurlock’s documentary, Super Size Me and made it into his own movie called, wait for it, Super High Me.
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This week's quote comes from David Sedaris, the writer of The Santaland Diaries, opening this week. It runs in full: "Seven beers followed by two Scotches and a thimble of marijuana and it's funny how sleep comes all on its own." Now, on with the listings! The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) - Melt would flesh solid too too this that, oh! Through December 23. Tickets online. Holiday Show at the Swing Club -...
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Happy first weekend of September - and happy Labor Day weekend, too, for our American cities! Let's take a look at what's been happening around the Ist-a-verse.
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While SFist cringed at the fatal dose of crime littering the Bay Area, it found solace in Hillary Clinton's San Francisco campaign headquarters opening, which featured loads of exposed mammary glands. In other news, SF Taxi Commission ruled that Satan's cab must keep its (in)famous medallion number, 666; and in an un-fashion-forward frenzy, San Francisco Fashion Week (chortle) bars bloggers from covering and getting smashed at their shows and parties, respectively. Also, they found a picture displaying the woes of cruising in a tacky limo on the streets of San Francisco.
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Happy Father's Day! For those of you who have dads, are dads, or know dads, this one's for you, from all of us at the Gothamist network.
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No, we did not get a Wii this weekend. Yes, we are exceedingly depressed about it. Regardless, we're still going to bring you the best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. It's just not going to have anything to do with video games.
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It's been a while since any of the Sixers got in legal trouble, so I guess we're due: forward Lee Nailon remains in prison in Lower Merion right now on charges that he assaulted his wife. Arraignment on the simple assault and harrassment charges is expected today.
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