Registered Philly voters required to cast provisional ballots in large numbers Registered Philly voters not showing up on rolls. Provisional ballots are not counted until up to seven days after the election. 4 comments email Tuesday, November 6, 2012 Registered…
Follow on Twitter @DanielDenvir Civil rights and other progressive groups have sent a letter to Assistant U.S. Attorney General Thomas Perez alleging that the Pennsylvania Republican Party and Pittsburgh Tea Party are targeting Pittsburgh precincts with large numbers of black…
GOP poll watchers allegedly targeting black precincts in Pittsburgh Civil rights and other progressive groups allege PA GOP and Pittsburgh Tea Party targeting precincts with large numbers of black voters “under the guise of combating alleged voter fraud.” Back to…
The message was straightforward at a recent press conference for U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (co-starring Mayor Michael Nutter and what the release generically billed as a local senior): Republican challenger and Tea Party activist Tom Smith is bent on destroying…
Follow on Twitter @DanielDenvir Vernon Clark, a city writer at the Philadelphia Inquirer, will now pen obituaries. Meanwhile, obituary writer Walter Naedele is shipping out to report on Chester Country, Pa. Projects editor Kathy Hacker will, well, write obituaries. Endings…
Follow on Twitter @DanielDenvir Philadelphia Public School sophomore Samantha Pawlucy has received nationwide and even global attention after a teacher allegedly mocked her for wearing a Mitt Romney T-shirt to class. This, if proven true, clearly merits some outrage. Samantha’s…
A crowd of more than 100 recently crammed the second-floor ballroom of the William Way LGBT Community Center to celebrate the life of John Bell, a longtime leader of the rowdy AIDS activist group ACT UP and an employee of…
Neal Santos Jose, 36, of North Philly received a notice from a collection agency contracted by the Philadelphia Courts, demanding payment of $6,000 in 15-year-old fees and fines. Its been well over a decade since Jose, 36, of North Philly,…
Follow on Twitter @DanielDenvir Gov. Tom Corbett quietly appointed Republican City Commissioner Al Schmidt to the Philadelphia Parking Authority board on Friday, delivering a boost to insurgents taking on the Republican Party establishment led by Michael Meehan. The PPA has…
Follow on Twitter @DanielDenvir District Attorney Seth Williams was lauded as a progressive after his 2009 election. Today, he is pushing hard to ensure that Terrance Terry Williams, a man who, according to his lawyers, murdered two men who had…
