Democrat Alan Butkovitz has toyed with the idea of running for mayor for years. On Thursday morning, he’ll finally make it official: At the Courtyard by Marriott across the street from City Hall, the former city controller plans to announce that he’ll challenge Mayor Kenney in 2019. His campaign will attack Kenney over the city’s […]
The FOP is suing Mayor Kenney, District Attorney Larry Krasner, and Police Commissioner Richard Ross, claiming that a “Do Not Call List” meant to keep tainted cops from testifying in court damages the officers’ reputations. The lawsuit filed Tuesday by Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5 also claims that Kenney, Krasner, and Ross failed to […]
The Made in America dust-up that embroiled hip-hop mogul Jay-Z mounted in a public relations war against the Kenney administration was about much more than the festival being held on the Ben Franklin Parkway. It was about the ongoing fights that are driven by gentrification, race, and class. In communities across the city and the nation, black residents […]
The “Soda Tax” proposed by Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney has ignited a war of words in the city both pro and con. Mayor Kenney came to Philly’s Inspiration Station, Praise 103.9 on Tuesday, June 14th to set the record straight about what it is and what it’s supposed to do. He talked with Jerry Wells […]
