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Butkovitz rolls after nasty Philly controller race

May 21, 2013
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After a bruising primary campaign, Philadelphia's Democratic City Controller Alan Butkovitz easily won renomination over two-time challenger Brett Mandel and former city attorney Mark Zecca in a low-turnout election. With over 95 percent of the vote in, Butkovitz held a nearly a two-to-one lead over Mandel (61 percent to 31 percent). Zecca was a distant third with about eight percent. More »

The IRS scandal - Chicago politics?

May 20, 2013
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I covered a handful of Obama campaign events in 2008 and 2012 and concluded I'd never dealt with a presidential campaign that was so heavy-handed in trying to control media coverage. More »
City Controller slugfest to finally end

May 20, 2013
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Tuesday is primary election day in Pennsylvania, which will bring a merciful end to a bitterly contested battle for the Democratic nomination for Philadelphia City Controller. More »

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Emergency plan for Philly schools

May 15, 2013
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Seen this movie before? I know I have. The Philadelphia school system is broke, in a financial crisis even worst than the last one, and, with the clock counting down on fiscal Armageddon, we have to ... More »
Philly political operative gets a year in jail

May 14, 2013
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John McDaniel, the former campaign manager for City Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown who was appointed by Mayor Michael Nutter to a job at the airport, got a one-year prison sentence late Tuesday ... More »
Sestak aiming for Senate, not governor

May 14, 2013
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The admiral has set his course. Former Delaware County U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak has decided not to run for governor of Pennsylvania next year, and seems to have his eyes set on a 2016 re-match with U.S. ... More »
Fattah legal fund raises questions

May 13, 2013
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In the movie "Dumb and Dumber," the numbskulls played Jim Carey and Jeff Daniels find a suitcase of money they know isn't theirs. After getting a fancy hotel suite and buying a Lamborgh... More »
Philly controller candidates go at it one more time

May 10, 2013
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The three Democratic candidates for Philadelphia city controller faced off Friday in their final debate of the campaign, an event sponsored by the League of Women Voters and the Committee of Seventy. ... More »

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Philadelphia's Republican civil war is over - why it matters

May 9, 2013
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Did you even know that for years now an insurgent group of Republicans has waged pitched battles to overthrow the leadership of the Philadelphia party? No, you say, and why should I care? All right,... More »
Cracking a minority contracting scam; Corbett still in trouble

May 8, 2013
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When Philadelphia began requiring minority participation in city contracts in 1982, the enabling law had a sunset provision shutting the program down in 10 years. The idea was that the preference for ... More »