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I’ve got a new recipe for you, although not for your oven. It’s called Chicken Cherelle, and it’s for your political pot. Cherelle Parker can’t hear calls for more debates. (Photo: CBS News) The dish is named for Cherelle Parker, the entitled and privileged Democratic candidate
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Happy Columbus Day. Yes, I said it.. Men of controversy: Christopher Columbus (left); Frank Rizzo Mayor Jim Kenney acted outside his authority by killing Columbus Day and declaring it Indigenous People’s Day. Contracts with city unions make Columbus Day a paid holiday, so it is “official,” while Indigenous People’
Journalism
Sorry, Cherelle, “pissed and angry” won’t cut it. Democratic mayoral candidate Cherelle Parker has a mess. (Photo: The Daily Pennsylvanian) That was what Democratic mayoral candidate Cherelle Parker said when the Inquirer revealed emails from her campaign staffers that belittled and were dismissive of reporters. Her staffers made an
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This never-published column was written he night before the mayoral primary in fear of a Helen Gym victory. It would have been published Tuesday morning, once the margin of victory was announced. To my relief, there was no victory, but the observations remain true. It’s not the outcome I
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There is a path to victory, Republican mayoral candidate David Oh was explaining to about 100 supporters at a fund-raiser Tuesday night in the stately Lincolncentric Union League on Broad Street. David Oh (left) joined by supporters Marina Kats, Tom Caramanico, Matt Wolfe The road will be as long and
Journalism
They say inquiring minds want to know, and there are few minds as inquiring as Ralph Cipriano's. Ralph Cipriano is Larry Krasner’s worst nightmare (Photo: Stu Bykofsky) His long journalistic career as a muckraking reporter was capped by two things — pulling back the curtain on corruption in
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Whatever else is said about the mayoral primary, it was a setback for Philadelphia progressives, which had recent wins with the election of D.A. Larry Krasner, state rep Elizabeth Fiedler, state senator Nikil Saval, Council member Kendra Brooks, and others. The progs were on a roll. Hoping to capture
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The progressive wave that had been sweeping big cities across America hit a sea wall in dear old Philadelphia. Democrat Cherelle Parker is likely to be Philadellphia’s 100th mayor It is with relief and gratitude that I can say Cherelle Parker will be the 100th mayor of Philadelphia, and
Culture
If you are a Mummer or a fan of the Mummers, you might want to know that a Mayor Gym would likely spell the end of the 123-year-old parade, whose roots go back two centuries before that. What makes me think so? This tweet that she shot out after the
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I don’t recall a mayoral election in which I was undecided just days before Election Day. Can this Rebecca Rhynhart (left) beat that Helen Gym (right)? I usually vote for the person I like best, irrespective of their “electability” or political party. Not this year. This year we have
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Well, this is not how I wanted my interview with Rebecca Rhynhart to go. Along with other candidates, I contacted her more than a month ago to sit down for an interview. Rebecca Rhynhart: Missing in action (Photo: NBC10) She agreed and turned it over to staff to arrange. Many
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Helen Gym “doesn’t play nice in the sandbox.” -- Progressive former Councilwoman Maria Quiñones Sánchez. ---- And Sanchez is a friend of Gym’s (but she endorsed Cherelle Parker for mayor). Helen Gym with her favorite fashion accessory (Photo: Philadelphia Inquirer) Another progressive admirer is Larry Platt, headman at