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Friday, April 25, 2008
From the Dept. of Sour Grapes
Remember Brian Hickey, the former City Paper scribe turned spokesman for John Dougherty? That whole press gig didn't really turn out as planned, since Doc's state senate run failed Tuesday. And Hickey says it's all the media's fault. The following is from Hickey's blog (credit to DMac over at www.philadelphiawilldo.com for finding it.)

"Coming later today, or maybe tomorrow, depending on how much work we have to do today to keep our fledgling organization to push John's initiatives going strong, I'll be offering a full breakdown on why the residents of the First District made out worse on Tuesday than either John or Anne Dicker; complete with a breakdown of how the city's established media used a disgusting, all-out smear campaign to keep a good man down. You'd never believe half of the things I saw to that end; makes me wonder why I got into the press game in the first place."

The post seems to echo Dougherty's final email to supporters, which said, "we ran a positive, issues-oriented, honorable race, despite the biased newspaper coverage and the unrelenting smear campaign orchestrated by Fumo for Larry Farnese's benefit."

Hickey says he needs some sleep before he writes more. So tune in next week for the full expose. We can hardly stand the anticipation....
Posted by Catherine Lucey @ 3:43 PM  Permalink | 2 comments
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Posted 07:12 PM, 04/25/2008
S.J.
Seriously---Where is Dan Gross. This Philly Clout garbage stinks.
Posted 12:46 AM, 04/27/2008
Robert Moran
can..hardly..stand
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About Chris Brennan and Catherine Lucey
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Chris Brennan, a native Philadelphian and graduate of Temple University, joined the Daily News in 1999. He has written about SEPTA, the Philadelphia School District, the legalization of casino gambling, state government, the mayor, the governor, City Council and political campaigns.

Catherine Lucey joined the Daily News in 2002. Since then she has written about murderous drug gangs, political protesters and Harry Potter. For the past two years, she covered the 2007 mayoral election. Now that the battle is over, she has moved down to the City Hall bureau where she will report on the Nutter administration.
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