When Bureaucracies Attack: Destroying the Environment, One Can at a Time
Yesterday, the City’s well regarded recycling coordinator quit in a huff. Seriously, a huff. This is not the farewell of someone who cares whether or not she burns bridges:After only 18 months on the...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Smoking Ban 101!!!!!
Has it been a year already? If it is HAPPY BIRTHDAY SMOKING BAN!!!!!! Time flies when your not smoking in public places anymore. I doesn't even seem like a year now since City Council ,headed by then...
View ArticleGovernor Rendell and the Hidden Costs of Casinos
Governor Rendell has grown increasingly isolated as a politician still openly advocating for the development of SugarHouse and Foxwoods casinos in Philadelphia. Not only has he dismissed and become...
View ArticleCall Mayor Nutter for Wi-Fi on May 21
From a press release from the Media Mobilizing Project:Local residents urged to call Mayor Nutter May 21 and demand his administration block Earthlink from dismantling the city's WiFi networkWhen:...
View ArticleInteresting report on Councilman Green on WHYY radio
There was a very interesting piece today on WHYY radio about Councilman Bill Green, with his first year behind him, the issues he's championed and his perspective on the way in which council, and city...
View ArticlePlan a Progressive Philly for 2011
July frequently is the sleepiest month, especially when the thermometer hits triple digits.In the lull before the hugely important fall elections (Governor, U.S. Senate, Congressional seats all over...
View ArticleTalking young people and government tonight: State of Young Philly
State of Young Philly: Imagining Philly's FutureWhy do elected officials consider the youth perspective a secondary concern? How can we get more young people to vote? What can the city do to make...
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