Philadelphia lawyer Richard Negrin is expected to be ceremonially handed day-to-day control of BRT today and formally begin on Wednesday. Read More
Mayor Nutter received the ethics and campaign finance reform report yesterday. He claims a commitment to the idea of reforms in the subjects presented by requires an undefined amount of time to figure out just what is right for the city. Read More
KYW's report on the Mayor's reception of his task force's findings. Read More
Dave Davies is pretty happy with the report of the ethics and campaign finance reform task force, but he's still disappointed with Mayor Nutter about his unwillingness to commit to one particular pet peeve of his concerning campaign finance. Read More
The upcoming census and redistricting have become fire-starters for the reform of redistricting, the current process of which is known just as well as "gerrymandering." Maybe it's a strange name, but it's also a very strange process. Read More
The Philadelphia Inquirer gives a thorough assessment of the likely BRT reform to be taking place. Read More
The Committee of Seventy today challenged Mayor Nutter and City Council to strengthen the city’s ethics and campaign finance laws. Recommendations to do this are contained in the final report of the Task Force on Ethics and Campaign Finance Reform, which was issued today. While Seventy has some concerns about the report, President and CEO Zachary Stalberg described most of the proposals as “credible, common sense, compelling and costing virtually no money.” Read More
Early this morning, it is reported that BRT has agreed to hand over assessment responsibilities to the city finance department. After BRT's agreement was announced, Council finalized a bill to abolish the BRT, which can be approved for the May ballot by Dec. 17's meeting. Read More
Mayor Nutter will receive the report from the Task Force on Ethics and Campaign Finance in Room 202 of City Hall at 1PM. Read More
The Inquirer takes stock of Mayor Nutter's first term so far. Read More