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Current Stories
- A Vision for North Broad
- several huge towers might go up in philly
- public access tv in philly
- This is just about to happen or not happen
- Tribute to Change / Philly Access Coalition - June 8th
- Casinos
- Violence in Philly
- A number of community meetings coming up
- Mayor just announced Safer Streets initiative
- Campaign to Restrict Hand Gun Sales in Philadelphia
- Elections May 16th
- Story on new committee people
- Eminent domain / gent issues (several stories to write)
- PECO shutting off utilities, event may 12th
Previous Ideas
- Immigrant Issues (several stories here)
- Mayor's budget includes undoing tax cuts for the poor
- Right's Recipe for a Red Pennsylvania
- HB 1318 is just one ingredient in the right wing recipe for a Red Pennsylvania by 2008, serving to suppress Democratic votes. Seniors and disabled, who have enough trouble getting to the polls, may be turned away if they don't have ID.
- Consider the math:
- HB 1318 (to suppress Democratic votes)
- + TABOR consitutional amendment referendum (to bring out fiscal conservatives)
- + Anti-Gay Marriage Amendent (to bring out religious conservatives) could...
- = A Red Pennsylvania.
- Democrats have won the past four Presidential elections. Republicans want to change the rules and stack the deck to win in 2008. Let's stop them now!!!
- Mayor announces ten year plan to end homelessness [contact aaron]
- an analysis of this (some of the mayor's promises aren't what they seem)
- Flouride legislation moving in PA
- Analyses of hearings on Katrina response
- possibility to articulate some of the viewpoints we heard on the trip
- Rendell's PA Budget Announced 2/8
Saturday, February 25th
Tuesday, Feb 14th
- Immigrants walk-off day, demo at 5th and market
Thurs, Feb 16th
- Urban Sustainability Forum: Managing the City's Water
- PGW trying to install Liquid Natural Gas in northeast
- Bush Budget Cuts Affect on PA
Thursday, Feb 9th
- YIP, Committee of Seventy: How to Run for Office Forum
Mon, Feb 6th
- Shac 7 Trial begins in Trenton
- Rental Supportability Bill hearing 10am in City Hall
- Sustainable Water Presentation at Mugshots
- Sustainability Forum: City is the Solution
Tuesday, Jan 31st
- House Bill 1318
- State of the Union
- break down Bush's state of the union
- some local groups are watching it and holding forums (Project HOME)
- Occupation Dreamland screening at I-House
Wednesday, Feb 1st
- Skaters in LOVE screening at Friends Select
- should try and cover forum afterward
- budd street commmunity garden sherrif's sale
- upcoming november 8th election
- Growing greener legislation just passed
- Review of Rick Santorum's new book (jenn)
- Mainstream media finally acknowledging global warming
- Winners and losers in new PA budget
- Community fights railroad for access to river http://www.freetheriverpark.org/
- History of the african debt relief crusade by grassroots organizations, especially local ones
- Cuts and proposed cuts in the Phila Public Libraries (jenn)
- Lack of outrage at Unocal's human rights abuses
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AaronCouch - 07 Jul 2005
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