… include the Bureau of Administrative Adjudication/Philadelphia Parking Authority ticket-fixing scandal, which is available online, and the city’s tax-amnesty program, which isn’t. But, if weed’s your kind of thing, grab the paper itself to read both the District Attorney and…
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Today’s Metro stories …
… are about tomorrow’s state-senate Transportation Committee vote which, presumably, will approve a bill (thus sending it on for full senate consideration) to increase Pennsylvania’s penalties for hit-and-runs from 90-day to one-year minimums for fleeing crashes which cause serious bodily…
Today’s Metro Story …
… is about the bike race, and its importance in East Falls revitalization. Check it out. Be sure to grab tomorrow’s paper: A hit-and-run extravaganza.
Today’s Metro column…
… is the last Metro column I’ll be writing. Why’s that, you ask? Because I’ll be joining the Metro as a reporter next week while you’re enjoying your Memorial Day. And not a moment too soon: Ever since I left…
This Week’s Metro Column …
… is about Specter’s loss. Specifically, why I wish he won. I know, strange. But true. If, in 2005, you proposed a $100 bet claiming I’d even be remotely upset if Arlen Specter’s political career ended in 2010, I’d have…
This Week’s Metro Column (and today’s Inky column)
In the latter, I question the feasibility of the Philadelphia Police Department extracting themselves from the fender-bender business: The same police who concocted this streamlining went into a snit when District Attorney Seth Williams mentioned weakening the city’s marijuana-possession enforcement…
This Week’s Metro Column…
… can be found here. It features a reference to Thunderdome, and this sentence: Each candidate in the May 18 gubernatorial primary has a distinct education-reform position. It’s time to make them the focal issue of an unremarkable campaign.
This Week’s Metro Column (with bonus video and unused quotes)
… is about Bernard Hopkins. Not that he’s fighting Roy Jones Jr. this weekend. But about how he promised to me that he’d pay for a statue to honor Joe Frazier. Class act; true to Philly roots … By Brian…
The Executioner
So, this week’s Metro column will be about Bernard Hopkins in light of his looming Saturday night brawl with Roy Jones Jr. Got a few videos to share as part of it, so I’ll post them throughout the week. (Along…
This Week’s Metro Column
Couldn’t find a link yet, again, so I’ll cut-and-paste the draft right here. In return, I insist you either send me $3 million, or hit metro.us even if just for a moment. Right thing to do, y’know? Gol! Gol! Gol!…