About a year ago City Controller Alan Butkovitz released a highly critical report of Philly’s surveillance camera program. It turned out that just about 100 of the over 200 cameras were actually working–and Butkovitz voiced that that money should have been used to hire walking, talking police officers. Now a Continue reading »
If you’re interested in checking out some pretty killer, off-the-beaten-path art you wouldn’t typically find at a First Friday installation, you should definitely consider attending this year’s Hidden City Festival. Over the course of six weeks (May 23-June 30), nine unique historical sites will feature the work of 10 different artists. The aim of the Continue reading »
Back in February, former Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella Jr. was convicted of racketeering, money laundering, mail fraud and tax evasion in what was arguably the most grotesque misuse of power the state of Pennsylvania has ever seen. Dubbed “Kids for Cash,” Judge Ciavarella Jr. apparently struck a back room deal Continue reading »
It’s not uncommon to hear about people accidentally leaving their children alone in malls, hot cars, or other public areas… and that’s pretty much what happened after two women allegedly tried to avoid paying the fare for the Market-Frankford line. Cameras showed the child’s mother and grandmother trying to use the Continue reading »
Sure, they helped the city save $900,000 in one year, but are our super-fancy, solar-powered trash cans really all they’re cracked up to be? That’s a question TreeHugger contributor Michael Graham Richard recently asked after Motherboard posted a glowing review of the environmentally friendly disposal system. In case you’re unaware (or Continue reading »
Don’t you just love when civil servants try to get cute? (Yeah, neither do we.) Ohio prosecutor and overall barf-worthy person Michael T. Gmoser has decided to indict Punxsutawney Phil in what we’re calling the dumbest story of 2013. Gmoser’s beef with the legendary marmot is that he wrongly predicted spring Continue reading »
Former officer and sexy single Lt. Jonathan Josey achieved infamy back in September when a YouTube video depicting him straight up slugging an innocent women during Philly’s Puerto Rican Day Parade went viral on the interwebs. Josey was subsequently released from the force and charged with simple assault, while the Continue reading »
