Posts Tagged ‘Ed Rendell’
Rendell and developer try opening illegal drug house in Kensington. What’s safe about that?
Now that developers have succeeded in making Philadelphia one of the most gentrified cities in America, they’re partnering with current and former city officials like Ed Rendell to open a drug house for mostly white addicts. Rendell and Safehouse, the non-profit he chairs, are finalizing a deal to get a free lease from a major…
Read More Green gets his walking papers at SRC
“Just wanted to give you a heads-up. Tom Wolf is replacing Bill Green as chair of the SRC…” When my friend Vince called me with that bit of news early Sunday evening, I said, oh, okay. While it was interesting on one level that Wolf decided to put Commissioner (and former School District of Philadelphia…
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