Go, Inqy, Go! - Political contributions and the Parking Authority
I love the way THE INQUIRER is pounding the quote-unquote "Philadelphia" Parking Authority. City GOP benefits from Parking Authority. It needs it. The story starts off promisingly:Though the...
View ArticleCampaign contribution limits hurt Republicans
From the DN:In a telephone interview yesterday, Taubenberger said the city's new campaign finance rules "will make it very difficult for a Republican to mount a significant challenge" in a citywide...
View ArticleProtest McCain TOMORROW
John McCain is coming to town tomorrow. Supporters of peace, womens rights and a fair economy must raise our voices against his retrograde politics and the Third-Bush-PresidencyFor more info contact...
View Article"Police State of Mind" at Collateral News
Jennifer wrote about hired police informers that join resistance groups a while back. I just thought I'd let everyone know that a new Philadelphia news and video effort is following the ongoing stories...
View ArticleDominic Pileggi is on Facebook
Bravo to Sean Dorn for his open letter to Dominic Pileggi:http://www.youngphillypolitics.com/open_letter_state_sen_dominic_pileggiand his related petition, calling for the Guv and the DRPA to cut off...
View ArticleCalling Out Dominic Pileggi
As everyone knows, Dominic Pileggi has decided to hold up a one-cent sales tax hike in Philadelphia because he's in a pissing match with Governor Ed Rendell. Pileggi says Philly wants a bailout, which...
View ArticleGOP- KKK, same thing, now!
In the middle of a very contentious political battle over civil rights legislation, President Lyndon Baines Johnson muttered prophetically about the ugly political schism that would shape America's...
View ArticleIf you want to help the working poor, then for God's sake gouge the rich
If you haven't seen it, have a look at this quote from President Obama's press conference on the deal he cut with the Republicans. So this notion that somehow we are willing to compromise too much...
View ArticleSen Casey seen as a swing vote on climate change
It continues to blow my mind that so many legislators are willing to stake their legacies on denying climate change. Just because you can find some well paid off scientist in some nothing university to...
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Republican Governors Opt-In to Medicaid Expansion
By Sharon Ward, Third and StateThere is growing bipartisan agreement that the optional expansion of Medicaid provided by the Affordable Care Act is too good an opportunity to pass up.This month, the...
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