Congratulations on your ignorance prevailing in the form of “let’s shoot down school budgets to show those teachers who’s f’ing boss” in Jersey yesterday. Be proud when packs of feral youths climb through your windows and rape your kitchen appliances…
Category: Local Politics
FlashBackward
I never really wanted to wade into this whole Philly flash-mob thing. But then Judge Kevin Dougherty earned my rarely awarded “he’s the fucking man” award for raining justice down upon lying punks’ heads, before two additional things happened that…
Tuesday Reading Roundup (And How Edition)
Clearly, I didn’t read the funnies on Sunday, as I was out in the Nevada desert. But I’m committed to the print cause, so me read ’em on Tuesday. Ergo, the temporary post-title change. Ta-da. And, thank Jebus I did,…
Weekend Reading Roundup (Bulletpoint Edition)
Oh, so that’s why erbody wanted to rally up and get a piece of the Iraqi-reconstruction sandpie. Kind of saw this one coming, didn’t’I?): Investigators looking into corruption involving reconstruction in Iraq say they have opened more than 50 new…
Dear Casino-Free Philadelphia…
Hey, hope you’re doing well. Listen, instead of sending out emails that include the sentence … The media is one of the framers of the public dialogue on the casino industry, and by working with it we can re-frame that…
Programming Note
UPDATE: Obviously, this is after the fact, but the station had a boxing special on during that time frame. We’ll be on air same bat time, same bat station, but on April 24. Lo siento for the inconvenience. The bride…
This Week’s Metro Column …
… doesn’t have a readily accessible link yet. Good thing I still have a rough-draft here for cutting-and-pasting. Enjoy … The Trashman Speaketh By Brian Hickey As the mayor shared his administration’s screenplay for 2010: A Budget Balancing Odyssey, State…
Playing Kick-the-Can, again
You want to know why I’m gathering tons of garbage direct from the landfill, don’t you? Easy to explain: Read this column by Ronnie Polanesky in today’s Daily News. God, it’s almost been a year since I wrote … Listen,…
Weekend Reading Roundup (Kindergarten Cop Edition)
Gots to get myself back downstairs to watch Ed Rendell (D, East Falls) and Arnold (R, Total Recall) discuss how we can all just get along before heading off to Babies R Us (I know, I know). So let’s dispense…
In re City Council drawing Gestapic references
First Kenney and DiCicco came for the bicyclists and I kind of agreed with them, but not entirely, so I spoke out (in a Dec. 15 Metro column for which I can’t seem to find the link; I’ll post the…