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IT'S BEEN 26 years since Geraldo Rivera breathlessly opened mobster Al Capone's "vault" in front of live TV cameras at a Chicago hotel, finding only a few empty liquor bottles.
MAYOR NUTTER took a little break from budget headaches last Friday to take on what some might call a more important international diplomatic mission:
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IT'S SUMMERTIME. Is the City Council living easy? Do the 17 members spend their three-month recess drinking wine coolers in Wildwood, or hunkered down in their offices working on legislation?
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MAYBE it's a good thing that City Council just broke for a three-month recess. We think a little cooling-off time might be in order for some members who are seriously whipped up about the Board of Ethics.
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A MAILING from the Great- er Philadelphia Association of Realtors caught PhillyClout's eye this week with its big bold warning that "Philadelphia's budget 'Compromise' is a budget sham!"
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LOVE HER or loathe her, you have to admit that Latrice Bryant knows how to get noticed. City Hall was abuzz this week over postings on a private Facebook page that appeared to belong to the controversial aide to Councilman W. Wilson Goode Jr. Several posts from the page were provided to PhillyClout by multiple sources.
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DEEP DOWN, PhillyClout just wants everyone in the city's political community to get along. So, we're now offering PhillyClout Mediation Services, for those oh-so-frequent times when political pals become sworn enemies.
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IT'S A financial leap of faith to run as a Democratic-endorsed judicial candidate in this city. First, the City Committee collects $35,000 from each endorsed candidate for an "assessment" that gets spread around to ward leaders, who drive voter turnout by printing up sample ballots.
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CLOUT'S BEST wishes go out to judicial candidate Beverly Muldrow, who collapsed while speaking at a candidates' forum Wednesday night, and whose life may have been saved by two rival candidates.
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CLOUT FIRMLY believes that there is no greater joy than finding out what your friends and enemies are worth.
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CITY HALL insiders have been buzzing for weeks over what might be in a story Philadelphia Magazine has been pursuing about Mayor Nutter.
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WAS ELECTRICIANS' union leader John Dougherty trying to spy on his political rivals by seeking their E-ZPass records? That accusation prompted an angry confrontation between City Councilman Frank DiCicco and Dougherty at a recent caucus of Pennsylvania members of the Delaware River Port Authority.
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