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September 24th, 2009

The Negotiator

Annette Rizzo

Back in 2008, at the height of the foreclosure crisis, an order was issued postponing all foreclosure proceedings in Philadelphia. And a special court was set up by Common Pleas Judge Annette Rizzo to try to prevent as many of those foreclosures as possible.

by Doron Taussig

April 30th, 2009

City Employees

Who They Are, What They Do, What They Make

Public opinion about city workers ranges from "selfless public servants" to "lazy good-for-nothings," but a lot of those opinions, it seems to us, aren't based on much. We wanted to know more.

by Doron Taussig

March 26th, 2009

We Could Do Worse

A City Paper Editorial

Contrast Nutter to what might have been had he lost the election. Bob Brady could be sitting in the mayor's office right now, threatening to bang people's heads together until they figure something out. Tom Knox could be leasing out City Hall, running the government from inside his Two Liberty Place apartment. Chaka Fattah could be in his second year of trying to lease the airport. We will all be rich when we lease the airport.

by Doron Taussig

March 12th, 2009

The Mayor's Ear

Is it Nutter's job to listen to us?

Do the findings from the workshops really represent public sentiment? And with a week to go before Nutter proposes his budget to City Council — and drafts of his proposals leaking already — what's the mayor's responsibility to take public sentiment into account? Should he listen at all?

by Doron Taussig

December 11th, 2008

The Nutters

In the midst of the budget crisis, which mayor do you see?

The mayor went on TV, two days after the presidential election, to disclose the scope of the city's budget crisis and announce drastic cuts. It was, in a sense, his coming-out party. Since then, Philadelphians have begun to see one of a few different versions of Michael Nutter.

by Doron Taussig

November 6th, 2008

Webb's Wonderment

A civil rights-era veteran on Election Day.

"We were fighting to sit in the movies other than downstairs. To make sure that the people who worked in factories wasn't getting intimidated. Not to be accepted, but respected."

by Doron Taussig

October 30th, 2008

How This Feels

It can be hard to get our heads around the fact that Barack Obama is winning.

Personally, I've reached a point where I can't really imagine John McCain giving a concession speech. I feel like I've seen this movie before, and it doesn't end happily.

by Doron Taussig

June 12th, 2008

The 18-Month Sprint

Arthur Evans' uphill run at the Department of Human Services comes to an end.

In one sense, there were 10 million things that needed to be done at DHS. But in a broader sense, there were two. The first was crisis management, which is what Dr. Arthur Evans thought he'd be doing when he accepted the job.

by Doron Taussig

May 29th, 2008

What Bassam Sees

Bassam Sebti lived through the first three years of the war as an Iraqi in Baghdad. He's watched the last two from Philadelphia.

Bassam Sebti's morning routine, this flogging of himself with information, is a sort of daily rite of passage. He does this despite the fact that everyone around him knows he's already absorbed more than his share of the world's pain; despite the fact that, when he was actually at the pain's source, he simply turned numb.

by Doron Taussig

May 8th, 2008

Two Minutes With...: William Burrell

Corrections Consultant

Is there a better way to do this? Or is this parole thing essentially a crapshoot?

by Doron Taussig

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