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And now, Helen Gym begins to reveal her true self. The true self that is consumed with nonessentials and superficials. She lifted the curtain at a Thursday forum sponsored by the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists in an exchange with Jeff Brown, another mayoral candidate. They were asked how they
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The conventional wisdom, among Left-leaning journalists, was that Jeff Brown committed an unforced error in a response to a question about Philly’s use of a trash-to-energy plant in Chester, an armpit along the Delaware. The chattering class had their say, followed by an op-ed Monday in the Philadelphia Inquirer
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Over at Cherelle Parker’s headquarters, they started playing “Oh Happy Day” as soon as they heard Derek Green had dropped out, unable to compete with the flood of money and deep-pocket endorsements captured by the front runners. Green told me he had no regrets, and he had not made
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The highlight of Tuesday night’s mayoral debate carried by Fox 29, came around the mid-point when the bon homme slipped and candidates slapped at each other. By my count, supermarket CEO Jeff Brown took four shots, uber progressive Helen Gym got slapped twice, Allan Domb once, not counting reporter
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The front page of Tuesday’s Philadelphia Inquirer provided ammunition for those who feel politics and politicians are residents of -- dare I say it? -- the swamp. Here’s a link to one of the stories, https://www.inquirer.com/news/rochelle-bilal-philadelphia-sheriff-budget-funding-raise-20230411.html but I know if you are
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There’s a truism around City Hall, that Allan Domb was the only member of City Council with experience at running a business. Like many other political truisms, it is false. Well, it was false until Derek Green resigned from Council to run for mayor. Before running for Council, Green
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Either I’m missing something, or most of the media and other observers, such as Barack Obama, are missing something about why the Tennessee Three got spanked, creating such a national crisis that Vice President Kamala Harris was sent to Nashville to administer first aid. Here are the facts as
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Jeff Brown is a hugger. He got that from his father, along with the family business. Like his father, he is a grocer, an unapologetic businessman, straight up. Like his father, he sees business as a way to make money, sure, but also to help people. The help his ShopRite
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The man who crowned himself a king says that he has no ego. A graduate of Washington D.C.’s American University with a degree in marketing, Allan Domb coined the term Condo King to brand himself. Unlike brands that are built on bologna, Domb’s walk backs up his
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He never voted until he was 30, former City Councilman David Oh tells me, sheepishly, as he sits for an interview in Chinatown’s EMei restaurant. Voting wasn’t a thing in Southwest Philadelphia where he grew up, he says, adding that he was intimidated by the voting procedures. His
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No, I am not going to run for mayor (again). While a Daily News columnist I ran several times as a satire of mayor elections. It gave me a platform from which I could put some ideas on the table. I am going to do that again, without the political
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Regulars here know that I have been a defender of John Fetterman on several issues. One was on the issue of the parole board, which he headed as lieutenant governor. Some characterized him as wanting to turn all prisoners loose. That’s unfair, with a tiny drop of truth. The