Mummers Parade
In an exclusive (and satirical) response to Major Jim Kenney’s threat to ban the Mummers Parade, the Mummers have demanded an end to the Democratic Party in Philadelphia. In a letter to the four Mummers divisions, Kenney specifically noted two men appearing in blackface, which is prohibited by parade
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Someone (it was Sigmund Freud) once asked, what do women want? The answer is not shoes — and an even harder question is what do city residents want, or at least what do they like and dislike. Philadelphia surveyed 20,000 residents last year — I was one of them — and the
Philadelphia Election
Tuesday was a big day for Democrats, in Philadelphia and around the Delaware Valley. In Chester, Delaware and Bucks counties they took control of county governments. The most historic — and worst — win was in Philadelphia where Working Families Party candidate Kendra Brooks won an At-Large Council seat, traditionally held by
Politics
For the half dozen years he was a craps dealer in Connecticut and Atlantic City, Billy Ciancaglini learned about how odds work. Despite that knowledge, he thinks he will embarrass Jim Kenney on November 5 in the race for mayor. Ciancaglini, 48, as a Republican, is on the short end
ACCT Philly
The woman who just resigned as the leader of the city animal shelter, and the man who oversees it, recently had it out in a brutally frank exchange of guided missives. Firing first was Brian Abernathy, Philadelphia managing director, who supervises the city animal shelter, known as ACCT Philly, located
ACCT Philly
Sing to the tune of Steam’s “Na, Na, Hey, Hey, Kiss Him Goodbye”: Mayor Kenney, Abernathy Fund ACCT Philly Or say goodbye In the 90-plus heat Wednesday afternoon, about 150 animal advocates shouted slogans and chanted in support of ACCT Philly, the city’s dilapidated and underfunded animal shelter.