http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/filthydelphia/ en-us Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:23:49 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2207871/posts Freeper chris_clemency is going to be interviewed by WPHT-AM talk show host Dom Giordano. Dom is the only local conservative talk radio host in Philadelphia. He's behing us- in fact, he's going to speak at Philadelphia Tea Party II. You can listen live at the link. WPHT-AM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2207871/posts#comment Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:23:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2202105/posts The tax increases and new fees that Mayor Nutter is considering to close a yawning budget deficit could raise as much as $270 million a year for the city, while costing most homeowners hundreds of dollars annually. It is too soon to say precisely how heavy the new tax and fee burden will be, since the administration has not yet settled on its proposals and City Council has yet to weigh in. But it is clear that if the city raises the property and sales taxes and simultaneously creates a trash fee, the new costs for Philadelphia residents would be... Philadelphia Inquirer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2202105/posts#comment Sun, 8 Mar 2009 22:57:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2124961/posts A poll observer in Philadelphia called police after witnessing what appeared to be voter intimidation by two members of the Black Panthers. The two Black Panthers stood in the doorway of the polling location where the observer attempted to enter. One Panther was brandishing a nightstick, Fox News reported. The observer reported that one of the Panthers members said to him, “black people are going to win no matter what,” and stood shoulder to shoulder so that the observer had to push his way through. “Anyone . . . in front of a polling place with a nightstick, that is... Newsmax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2124961/posts#comment Tue, 4 Nov 2008 20:28:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092105/posts PHILADELPHIA—Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin takes her cheesesteak with Cheese Whiz and onions. The Republican vice presidential candidate made a brief campaign stop at Tony Luke's steak shop in South Philadelphia on Saturday evening. Wearing jeans and a beige raincoat, Palin greeted curious onlookers, signed autographs and posed for pictures before ordering two steaks to go. "Sarah, your steak is ready," a cashier said over the loudspeaker a few minutes after she ordered. As dozens of onlookers crowded around her, Palin headed back to the window to pick up the order. The cashier told her the order was on the house,... The Evening Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092105/posts#comment Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:54:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060950/posts Parents Of Starved Teen Suing City OfficialsPHILADELPHIA (CBS3/AP) ― The parents charged along with city workers in the starvation death of a bedridden teenager have sued Philadelphia officials in her death. A prosecutor blasts Andrea and Daniel Kelly for trying to profit from their daughter's August 2006 death. Andrea Kelly is charged with murder in the death of her 14-year-old daughter, Danieal, who suffered from malnutrition and severe bedsores. The father, Daniel Kelly, is charged with endangerment. Kelly, who suffered from cerebral palsy, was found starved to death in a sweltering, filthy West Philadelphia home in August 2006. "It's absurd,... CBS3-TV Philly http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060950/posts#comment Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:12:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049335/posts It's 6 a.m. in Rittenhouse Square, one of Philadelphia's most elegant parks. As the sun rises, its overnight summer residents - more than two dozen homeless men and women - are asleep on benches. --snip-- And while homeless people say they like the comforts of the high-end neighborhood, the Rittenhouse Square residents, managers of nearby businesses, and Fairmount Park Commission employees who maintain the grounds complain that the resulting problems have gotten worse this summer, making their jobs and neighborhood life more difficult Philadephia Inquirer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049335/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:44:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034718/posts Philadelphia has one of the most backward and incompetent city governments in America. It suffers from a combination of failed civic institutions, a deeply embedded racial paranoia that undermines law enforcement, and a local culture that has come to shrug at the urban chaos this produces. In 2006, the one-or-two-a-day-and a-dozen-on-weekends murder spree that earned "Killadelphia" its rap as an urban abattoir resulted in 406 people dead. It's clearly not all about poverty. Miami, America's poorest major city, saw 79 homicides in all of 2006. In March 2006, more Americans died violently on the streests of Philadelphia than in Iraq... National Review magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034718/posts#comment Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:58:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021997/posts The Boy Scouts of America's Philadelphia chapter has sued the City of Philadelphia in federal court to block the city's May 31 deadline for the scouts to open membership to gays and atheists, or vacate their historic 1928 headquarters off Logan Square. The civil rights lawsuit, filed Friday in federal court in Center City, contends that the city's ultimatum violates the scouts' rights under the U.S. and Pennsylvania Constitutions. "The City has imposed an unconstitutional condition upon Cradle of Liberty's receipt of a benefit that Cradle of Liberty has enjoyed for nearly eight decades, and that many other organizations that... The Philadelphia Inquirer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021997/posts#comment Tue, 27 May 2008 18:00:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006348/posts It's time for Philadelphia leaders to understand that lawlessness by the city government is one of the many factors contributing to the city's culture of crime and violence. The lack of respect city officials have shown for the laws of Pennsylvania by passing illegal gun-control ordinances sets a tone for residents that honoring the rule of law is optional in this city. When the City Council passed and Mayor Nutter signed a package of gun-control bills that limits the ability of law-abiding citizens to purchase and possess firearms, they brazenly declared themselves independent from the laws of the commonwealth. It... Philadelphia Inquirer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006348/posts#comment Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:51:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004126/posts Rendell joins Chelsea Clinton for 'gay pub crawl' in Phillyby BRETT LIEBERMAN, Of The Patriot-News Saturday April 19, 2008, 4:22 PM Christopher Murray embraces Chelsea Clinton Friday night when the former first daughter campaigned with Gov. Ed Rendell and actor Rob Reiner during a pub crawl of gay bars in Philadelphia. They loved her hair; they smacked her butt; they hooted and hugged Friday night as Chelsea Clinton hit Philadelphia for what campaign aides called a "gay pub crawl." BRETT LIEBERMAN, The Patriot-News "Chelsea, the gays love you!" Jeff Guaracino, 35, shouted as the former first daughter took the stage... Pennlive http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004126/posts#comment Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:08:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000081/posts The Los Angeles Times: "Flush with payments from well-funded campaigns, the ward leaders and Democratic Party bosses typically spread out the cash in the days before the election, handing $10, $20 and $50 bills to the foot soldiers and loyalists who make up the party's workforce. It is all legal -- but Obama's people are telling the local bosses he won't pay. That sets up a culture clash, pitting a candidate who promises to transform American politics against the realities of a local political system important to his presidential hopes.” “Obama's posture confounds neighborhood political leaders sympathetic to his cause.... MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000081/posts#comment Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:34:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1998796/posts A Philly Tax Cutter Can Mayor Nutter cure the city’s cancer? With 380 homicides recorded already this year, a spate of recent cop shootings, and one particularly gruesome cop killing that led to a nationwide manhunt, Philadelphia is among America’s most dangerous big cities. The crime issue dominated this year’s mayoral race, which Michael Nutter, a blunt and sometimes histrionic former councilman, eventually won. But while crime gets the most attention, Nutter’s success as mayor will ultimately rest on improving the city’s dysfunctional economy. Notwithstanding the glitzy renaissance taking place in its center, Philadelphia is an economic basket case. The... City Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1998796/posts#comment Wed, 9 Apr 2008 02:58:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996924/posts BY Tyesha Tazwell's count, there were a dozen of them - six girls, six boys - hanging around together. One of the girls tried to get Tazwell's attention by uttering a polite-sounding "Excuse me." Then they pounced. Tazwell, 24, said it took only a few seconds for the teens to knock her to the ground. They pounded her face with a barrage of kicks and punches, stole her purse and chanted "Watch your mouth! Watch your mouth!" when she finally got to her feet and tried to get help. It might sound like Tazwell received this brutal beating in some... Philadelphia Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996924/posts#comment Fri, 4 Apr 2008 23:18:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992148/posts The incident occurred at about 2:35 p.m. before the turnstiles on the Market-Frankford Line concourse at 13th and Market streets, police said. One adult male was taken to Jefferson University Hospital but was later pronounced dead. Police said homicide investigators have been summoned to the scene. A transit police sergeant was on patrol on the eastbound platform at the time of the incident. "While on patrol, he notices across the way, on the westbound concourse, a white male adult, about 30-years-old, and he's being confronted by four, young black males. A disturbance is obvious to him. He goes to investigate,"... nbc10.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992148/posts#comment Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:38:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988435/posts PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia agency has ruled that English-only signs at a famous cheesesteak shop are not discriminatory. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988435/posts#comment Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:26:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1970996/posts PHILADELPHIA -- A teenager riding SEPTA home from school said Wednesday she was attacked by a group of teenage girls over french fries, and wanted to thank the good Samaritan she said stopped the beating. The 16-year-old girl, who was not identified, told NBC 10 News she knew others had been attacked on SEPTA, but said she had no idea she would be the next victim. "It was just astonishing to me that many girls would come after just the three of us," she said. "I didn't think that was possible that me and my friends would be jumped on... NBC-10 News (Philadelphia, PA) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1970996/posts#comment Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:56:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1962662/posts <p>Imagine living in a city with the country's highest rate for violent crime and the second-highest unemployment rate. As an added kicker you need more Superfund dollars allocated to your city to clean up contaminated toxic waste sites than just about any other metro.</p> Forbes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1962662/posts#comment Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:39:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1939742/posts PHILADELPHIA - A small sign that asked customers to order in English at a famous cheesesteak shop was never meant to be offensive, the shop's owner testified Friday at a hearing to decide whether the policy was discriminatory. Joe Vento, the owner of Geno's Steaks, defended his policy before the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations, which filed the discrimination complaint. "This country is a melting pot, but what makes it work is the English language," Vento told the commission. "I'm not stupid. I would never put a sign out to hurt my business." Vento posted two small signs in October... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1939742/posts#comment Sat, 15 Dec 2007 02:38:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1934179/posts Until eclipsed by the murder of Officer Chuck Cassidy, it was a jarring crime that rattled Center City - and seemed to signal a kind of open season on police. In an apparent hit attempt, a gunman fired into a parked car at 15th and Sansom Streets, wounding two men and a woman, then shot three times at a pursuing police officer. --snip-- Convicted of killing a 6-year-old girl in a 1994 shooting, Whitaker was released after serving 11 years. Several weeks before his Center City rampage, narcotics cops had locked up Whitaker again, this time when he was found... Philadephia Inquirer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1934179/posts#comment Mon, 3 Dec 2007 23:38:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1934543/posts PHILADELPHIA, (AP) -- It's a case that has been examined and re-examined for more than two decades: the murder of a white police officer by a former Black Panther. Mumia Abu-Jamal's fatal shooting of Daniel Faulkner has become one of the most prominent death row cases in the world. But throughout 26 years of litigation, one part of the story has been largely overshadowed. The officer's widow, Maureen Faulkner, talks about her side of the case in "Murdered by Mumia: A Life Sentence of Loss, Pain and Injustice," a book written with political pundit and conservative radio talk-show host Michael... AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1934543/posts#comment Tue, 4 Dec 2007 16:56:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1909553/posts COMMITTEE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL JUSTICE P.O. Box 306, Cheltenham, PA 19012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 10, 2007 Contact: Don Adams, ###.###.#### Teamster Beating Victims Appeal Judge’s Order To Pay Union $15 Grand Philadelphia – Two Clinton protesters, viciously beaten up by a group of pro-Clinton teamsters outside Philadelphia’s City Hall during a presidential visit nine years ago, last week appealed a federal judge’s order to pay two teamster unions $15,000.00 in legal costs stemming from an October, 2000 Federal Civil Rights suit. Five members of Teamsters Local 115 eventually pled guilty to criminal assault, conspiracy, and various other charges in the... Committee for Constitutional Justice http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1909553/posts#comment Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:32:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1866501/posts PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Through the last-place finishes, September collapses and every agonizing failure over the past 125 seasons, no team has lost quite like the Philadelphia Phillies. Futility has followed them since the day they were born, and Sunday night was no different for the losingest team sports history. Loss No. 10,000 came when Albert Pujols hit two of the St. Louis Cardinals' six homers in a 10-2 rout. Not surprisingly, this defeat resembled the thousands that came before. Bad starting pitching, brutal relief and hardly any hitting. And, of course, lots of booing. "I don't know too much about... Fox Sports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1866501/posts#comment Mon, 16 Jul 2007 05:54:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1859953/posts Philadelphia has big city problems. The murder rate is on the rise, and gangs make some areas unsafe even in the daytime. It’s no secret that fatherless, undisciplined boys are the main reason the streets are deadly. So what is the city doing about it? Let’s imagine for a moment that we’re in a Philadelphia City Council discussion. “How about a crackdown on gangs? Or a crackdown on drug dealers?” “Nah. Those people shoot back. I’ve got it! Let’s persecute the Boy Scouts! They won’t give the police any trouble.” “Yeah, this will be a great way to pay back... Human Events Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1859953/posts#comment Tue, 3 Jul 2007 01:43:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1856261/posts THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BOY SCOUT STORY http://www.philly.com/dailynews/opinion/8161352.html By MARK CHILUTTI Posted on Mon, Jun. 25, 2007 I'M WRITING THIS filled with disappointment due to the actions of the leadership of the city that I love. While in Atlanta several weeks ago on Boy Scout business, I was pulled aside and told we'd been blindsided, again with regard to the office that the Scouts have occupied and maintained in Philadelphia since 1928. I get frustrated when I read the side of the story that our city solicitor tells, as it seems to not fall in line with the first... Philly.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1856261/posts#comment Tue, 26 Jun 2007 02:29:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1854943/posts On the first day of summer, two violent outbursts less than 15 hours apart and about two miles from each other left five people dead and a sixth person clinging to life. And before the night ended, another homicide was recorded, this time in Kingsessing. Thursday's six slayings - three young men gunned down in North Philadelphia in the early hours; two people killed, one critically wounded, in Kensington in the afternoon; and an unidentified man shot to death about 10:30 p.m. in Southwest Philadelphia's Kingsessing neighborhood - pushed the year's homicide total to 195, compared with 177 at the... PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1854943/posts#comment Sat, 23 Jun 2007 03:09:53 GMT