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There were some who thought that this week would be the one where Michael's legacy would truly begin, as the City Council's budget hearings got underway. Among the major issues to be addressed were Michael's tax plan, which includes a scaling-back of the city wage tax. Talk to us when it's being eliminated altogether.
Michael blasted Safe and Sound, the organization that Mayor Street had reallocated $75 million to in the twilight of his administration. Michael said Safe and Sound shouldn't have assumed they would get the money, because it wasn't designated to them in the city's budget, and you know what happens when you "assume." ZING! But he did pledge to work with Safe and Sound leadership to find more financial support for the organization.
Insiders say Barack Obama is the favorite to win the endorsement of the Philadelphia Building Trades Council, which would represent a striking break with Governor Rendell and Mayor Nutter, who are supporting Hillary Clinton. The trades council, which includes 37 locals of building and construction trade unions, was scheduled to meet this morning in Northeast Philadelphia to decide the issue.
You can catch a film profile of Allen Iverson by rapper Nelly tonight at 10:30PM on IFC. The Inquirer has a short interview with A.I. about the project.
At least one of those New Year's arrests that we posted about yesterday was a complete disaster. Not only was it police gunfire that injured a 9-year-old boy at the scene, the cops arrested the wrong man and let the right man go free. They did eventually get the real culprit Tuesday night.
After a three month pause, a grand jury resumed its investigation yesterday into wealthy businessman, and owner of the Mount Airy Casino Resort, Louis A. DeNaples. DeNaples is suspected of lying to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board about his connections to organized crime. DeNaples' brother Eugene, a former state gambling investigator, showed up at the proceedings yesterday.
The search for John Lewis, the suspect in the murder of Officer Chuck Cassidy, is over. Police apprehended him at a homeless shelter in Miami at 7AM. They tracked him down after learning that a relative had bought a bus ticket to Miami for him.
250 artists, prison officials and criminologists are coming together for the first-ever Arts in Criminal Justice National Conference, which is being held today through Friday at the Sheraton Center City hotel.
Some big traffic messes this morning: I-95 North in Delaware County is backed up due to an accident, which also created a gaper delay on the southbound side, and slowed things up on the southbound Blue Route. To make things worse, as of 8:15AM the Ben Franklin Bridge is backed up westbound due to some malfunctioning traffic signals. Motorists are advised to take the Walt Whitman instead.
There aren't many details available, but a schoolbus accident occurred before 8AM yesterday morning at 28th Street and Passyunk Avenue, injuring nine of the passengers, six of them children. All passengers were taken to area hospitals - the uninjured for evaluation and the injured for treatment.
About 12:45 AM yesterday morning, cops pulled over a car in the 6000 block of Master Street in West Philadelphia because the vehicle had a light out. The driver - Kevin Fletcher, 44 - was incoherent, officers smelled alcohol, and there appeared to be narcotics in the car. When they tried to get Fletcher out of the vehicle, he drove off, leading police on a chase through Delaware County and into Chester County. The chase finally ended on Baltimore Pike in Marlborough Township when the police made use of a spiked device to flatten the tires on the car. Fletcher was charged with aggravated assault on an officer, driving under the influence, and related offenses.
Early yesterday morning, a man driving a stolen BMW crashed into a Honda at Susquehanna Avenue and 18th Street in North Philadelphia. The driver of the Honda is in critical condition, and the passenger was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the BMW has been arrested. Unconfirmed media reports say the crash was the result of a police chase.
A report to be released today by City Controller Alan Butkovitz shows that two decades of expensive attempts to build a new computerized water billing system have achieved little, and the system will almost certainly not be done by the time Mayor Street leaves office, as the administration promised.
As if too many drivers doesn't create enough gridlock, yesterday's traffic jam on 95 was caused by an injured hawk on the road. We're kind of surprised no drivers just blew over the thing thinking it was an oversized pigeon.
Still on the subject of Philly's violence problem: Mayor Street and top law enforcement officials said yesterday that the attitude in the city needs to change before the violence will stop - meaning, more witnesses have to find the courage to step forward. Probably true, but... well, that's easy for you to say.
The Inquirer has started a fascinating series about a woman who hunts terrorists online. Check out part one, and part two.
Neighbors of the Barnes Foundation, who were once all for it moving out of their neighborhood, are now joining county commissioners and Lower Merion Township in their efforts to stop it. Yet another lawsuit may soon be filed in a last ditch attempt to keep the Foundation where it is.
The city's relatively new campaign finance laws are under attack on two fronts: briefs in the state Supreme Court, and consideration by the Legislature. Nutter will be doing his best to fight off both attacks and preserve the laws that (theoretically) helped him get the Democratic nomination for Mayor.
In vaguely similar news, the Silk City diner reopened last night.
"A recently completed 'citizens' inspection' of a third of the 140 parks operated by the Fairmount Park Commission and the city Recreation Department" revealed that said parks are in bad shape, and that the park system itself needs a lot of work. There seems to be some argument, however, over whether this means the charter should be changed, or whether it just means they need more money.
To cheer us up, how about some news of a hometown hero getting honored? "Rabbi Philip Warmflash, executive director of the Jewish Outreach Partnership in Philadelphia, is one of three Jewish educators nationwide selected to receive a Covenant Award in recognition of their original and effective educational achievements."
The Veterans Center at Fourth and Florist Streets in Old City is in trouble due to federal funding cuts. It seems pretty odd to be cutting funding to veterans services during wartime, but what do we know?
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Last Friday & the weekend: Michael probably doesn't know it, but he got a shout-out from Hot Hot Heat frontman Michael Bays at last week's FREEZEtival before the band played "Bandages." What the connection between the song and our mayor is, we have no idea. And in real news, Michael named his appointees to the Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority board.
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Last Friday & the Weekend: Michael must have had a low-key weekend, as the Nutter newswires were fairly quiet. He probably needed the rest, though, as he had a pretty hectic week last week, and it may only now be sinking in that he's the mayor.
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Monday: Michael was officially sworn in as the 98th mayor of Philadelphia at the Academy of Music. His inaugural address was more or less a regurgitation of everything he said during his campaign. ::yawn:: But at least he got down at his inaugural party, as proven by the insert video.
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If you still aren't bored of stories about Jocelyn S. Kirsch and Edward K. Anderton, then by all means, read on. Meanwhile, other rather more dangerous criminals are still on the loose. Police still have little to go on in the brutal November 25th murder of John Bartram High School sophomore Antonio Q. Clarke, who was last seen alive trying to catch a trolley in Southwest Philadelphia. Call police at 215-686-3334 or -3335 with...
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The fact that this morning's article about "Bonnie and Clyde" turning themselves in starts with a story about Kirsch's tits would be funny anyway, but we find it particularly amusing given the focus and title of our post on the subject yesterday. Yesterday's snow storm didn't cause too much trauma, besides a few accidents, some icy roads and sidewalks, and some school delays. The developer working on the Girard Warehouses ("the historic complex of early...
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Use caution if you're travelling around the area this morning - there's actually snow on the roads north and west of the city, and 2 to 7 inches in northeastern parts of the state, and the weather has already caused some accidents and downed power lines. Some schools are opening late or canceling their morning kindergarten; check out NBC10's full list of school closings here. Mayor Street, "once regarded as Public Enemy No. 1...
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Mayor Street was out in force today on the streets of Philadelphia... at least the one in front of the AT&T store. Seems the iPhone is the great equalizer, sending our mayor out to wait shivering in the drizzle (he's number 3 in line, so no need to feel too bad for him - or rather for the male aide who is currently standing in his stead). We wonder who he'll call first. "Hey Nutter, I got your budget right here!" Or maybe he'll try a knock-knock joke on Tom Knox... or let Lynn Abrams know what to do if her refrigerator is running...
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