“Bell spotted a billboard for FDR’s New Deal, which included the insignia of a bald eagle, and decided this new team should be called the Philadelphia Eagles.”

Just cut the damn BIRT already www.inquirer.com/politics/phi...

It's frankly mind-boggling that we've only had 11 murders in Philadelphia so far this year. At this point last year—the year with the lowest murder rate in 60 years—there were 21 murders. In 2021 we'd already had 52! The mayor, the tourism bureaus, everyone should be talking about this non-stop.

I started my 2025 filing today and, yeah, this BIRT change is a HUGE local tax hike on Schedule Cs in Philly. I owe double what I paid last year, after making less money. Plus, it ends up being even more than that substantively because you have to pre-pay all of 2026.

This is why Philly is not an obvious candidate for full-cordon cong. pricing, as the region's existing job sprawl landscape could see induced reverse commuting instead. Instead, radial highway tolling on 76 and 95 gets the benefit of revenue source while moderating highway as opposed to local VMT

Our obit: www.inquirer.com/obituaries/d...

Excited for the day when we get one of these stories about a Philly city government-led economic development success story www.inquirer.com/transportati...

Scrolling through Twitter, finding the ancient texts, discovered a quintessential Dan tweet.

All the chicken littles who were predicting that we’d get at least an inch of ice have gone awfully quiet

There’s nothing like the quiet of a snowstorm in the city

A video of ICE agents apparently killing a man, shooting him several times while he's on the ground. They run away from his corpse.

“The seizure of the Grinch” www.wsj.com/world/europe... (🎁)

Our city’s highest-in-the-nation business taxes create a dependence on the PA suburbs and neighboring states for jobs for city residents. If we ever want to truly control our own destiny as a city that’s got to change

Probably one of the worst decisions made by this administration to date. And a huge chunk of the revenue will just go to enforce the BIRT onto microscopically small businesses. If you're not going to even try to fight uniformity clause then you don't care about the economic future of the city

I've seen lots of people sharing this and none of them are from Philly, which should probably give others pause! (Bilal is wildly, historically corrupt and her office isn't actually responsible for any kind of meaningful law enforcement. She's a cosplay sheriff.)

“Aggregators” have ruined the news business

Philly drivers man smh no place is safe

I know this is heresy but quikchek’s better than wawa and it ain’t close

Congestion price the Schulykill and send SEPTA the revenue

BIRT is the biggest culprit in Philadelphia not being the city it should be... it's a strong disincentive for companies putting offices in the city. This has downstream effects--e.g. causing a lot more reverse commuting, which makes it impossible to build an efficient transit system.

Happy “today is 3 minutes longer” to those who celebrate.

You begin to wonder why Councilmembers like Young only consider preserving jobs AFTER the building empties out (and it's been closed for 6 years!!), and simply don't give a shit about preserving active jobs in offices that go remote or to the suburbs

And send the proceeds to SEPTA

Apparently this whole property on the 100 block of WashAve is a Vietnamese coffee shop 🤯

“Over the past several decades we’ve not only built an economy in which far too many people struggle to make it through the month; we’ve built an economy barely capable of standing on its own two feet.” www.phillymag.com/news/2025/12...

“If we get it right, people come back and they spend their money here in Philadelphia. If we don’t, then they won’t,” said Zakary Pyzik, of the Pennsylvania Restaurant & Lodging Association.

Makes absolutely no sense that pumpkin beer is nowhere to be found the weekend before the pumpkin pie holiday

Public safety costs must be shared more evenly. www.inquirer.com/opinion/even...

Some old-school Philly corruption that selects winners and losers based on their personal relation or lack thereof to the police. In a city with a $1.2 billion surplus, apparently street festivals just aren't important to the Mayor www.inquirer.com/news/philly-...

Municipal treasure

Fifteen months after an SUV assigned to a top deputy in the sheriff’s office blew a red light in West Philly and caused a four-car wreck, promises of accountability have not yet been fulfilled.

And the corollary to this: Mamdani's win doesn't happen without a massive influx of Millennial/Gen Z seeking job opportunities bsky.app/profile/thec...

Voted for a bunch of judges even though it’s crazy we have to do that!

There’s a guy walking down south broad wearing an andy dalton bengals jersey right now. No idea why anyone chooses to live anywhere else

Put yourself in the shoes of a small business owner who wants to relocate HQ and has gotten down to a short list of Boston and Philly. They're going to have to work that much harder to turn a profit if they choose Philly, solely because of the difference in tax rates. 🧵

Taxing paper bags is dumb. Who amongst us has never forgotten to bring their reusable bags to the grocery store?

SEPTA's 260 transit cops catch a total of ~24 fare evaders and ~6.5 smokers a day. They call this "enforcement" 🙃 If SEPTA riders want to fight antisocial behavior, the first step is demanding transparency on what the hell SEPTA's 260 police actually *do* all day. wwww.septa.org/news/first-h...

Cut the BIRT. Reduce our dependency on the suburbs for good jobs. Grow the tax base. Rinse and repeat. www.phillyvoice.com/philly-budge...

The city has got win this FOPS lawsuit. An unelected group of residents from a wealthy neighborhood shouldn't be able to use their spare time and cash to block road safety improvements that we know will save lives.

Absolutely deadly behavior causing another crash on Spruce Street at 5th st early this morning. This is on the busiest bike lane in Philly with over 1,500 riders who use it daily. We deserve so much better than paint and flexposts, we deserve real protection.

Blown away by how lively downtown London is on a chilly Tuesday night in October. I haven’t felt pre-covid happy hour vibes like this in any city since March of 2020

The neighborhood’s internecine circular firing squad politics are probably a contributing factor! www.phillymag.com/news/2025/10...

If CP Thomas can actually get this rez scalper ban passed and enforced we should pedestrianize sansom street and name it after him

"Near “significant data center activity,” electricity now costs up to 267% more per month than it did five years ago, according to a Bloomberg." www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Open Streets is coming to Queen Village on the next two Saturdays as the neighbors association seeks the business boost and relaxing car-free vibe of the widely popular original version on West Walnut Street.

“It ends up hurting SEPTA because when you go to the state to ask for help, they say ‘Why should we give you any money when people aren’t paying?’” said Brendan Dougherty, a patrol officer who was working the fare-evasion detail.

This is sneaky great news

Love to see it www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia...