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Current Stories

• A Vision for North Broad
  • Planning commuission announces plan for north broad: http://www.philaplanning.org/plans/nbplan.pdf
• several huge towers might go up in philly
  • http://www.fightthetower.net/index.html
  • http://phillyskyline.com/news/skinny/residentialnew1.htm
• public access tv in philly
  • This is just about to happen or not happen
  • Tribute to Change / Philly Access Coalition - June 8th
• Casinos
  • June 1st Rally
• 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)
  • April 10th rally http://protest.net/philly2/index.cgi?span=event&ID=542572&state_values=
• Mayor's budget includes undoing tax cuts for the poor
  • http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/13700435.htm
  • http://youngphillypolitics.com/node/607
• 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
  • http://www.actionpa.org/fluoride/
• 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
  • http://www.budget.state.pa.us/budget/cwp/view.asp?a=3&q=167632
  • http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/13825277.htm

Saturday, February 25th

• Anti DRM protest on South Street: http://www.boingboing.net/2006/02/22/antidrm_protests_pla.html

Tuesday, Feb 14th

• Immigrants walk-off day, demo at 5th and market
  • http://www.daywithoutanimmigrant.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid=1

Thurs, Feb 16th

• Urban Sustainability Forum: Managing the City's Water
  • http://protest.net/philly2/index.cgi?span=event&ID=538368&state_values=

• PGW trying to install Liquid Natural Gas in northeast
  • http://www.pennenvironment.org/PE.asp?id2=21727
• Bush Budget Cuts Affect on PA
  • http://www.nationalpriorities.org/auxiliary/maps_files/Budget07/PA.pdf

Thursday, Feb 9th

• YIP, Committee of Seventy: How to Run for Office Forum
  • http://www.protest.net/philly2/calendrome.cgi?span=event&ID=538690&state_values=

Mon, Feb 6th

• Shac 7 Trial begins in Trenton
  • http://www.shac7.com/, demos outside courthouse
• Rental Supportability Bill hearing 10am in City Hall
  • http://www.phillyimc.org/en/2006/02/18815.shtml
• Sustainable Water Presentation at Mugshots
  • http://www.protest.net/philly2/index.cgi?span=event&ID=538695&state_values=
• Sustainability Forum: City is the Solution
  • http://www.protest.net/philly2/index.cgi?span=event&ID=538367&state_values=

Tuesday, Jan 31st

• House Bill 1318
  • threatens right to vote for poor and formerly incarcerated
  • meeting and lobby day [contact: aaron]
  • http://www.dfalink.com/event.php?id=4788
• 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
  • http://www.occupationdreamland.com

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)
  • Previous PhillyIMC coverage
• Lack of outrage at Unocal's human rights abuses
  • Oil giant is news item since it might be purchased by china

-- AaronCouch - 07 Jul 2005
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