Good Dad Vail News Coming?
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Good Dad Vail News Coming?
Catherine Lucey
It’s ba-aack?
U.S. Rep Bob Brady just spoke to reporters before heading to a morning meeting with Mayor Nutter and Dad Vail organizers. The congressman said he was confident that the longstanding regatta would be held in Philly in 2010 after all.
“I’m confident that in another hour there’s going to be a press conference to say Dad Vail is back,” Brady said.
The Dad Vail organizers last month announced plans to move the event to Rumson, N.J. for 2010, saying they had lost sponsors and were promised $250,000 in support to hold the race there. The announcement angered city officials, who said were never offered an opportunity to negotiate with Dad Vail.
This week Brady released a statement questioning whether Dad Vail organizers could really raise the promised cash.
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David Gambacorta spent a small eternity writing about cops, drug dealers and serial killers. Now he’s writing about power and politics – which sometimes reminds him of the old crime beat. He joined the Daily News in 2005. And yes, he knows you’re not quite sure how to pronounce his last name. E-mail tips to gambacd@phillynews.com
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Jan Ransom, a native New Yorker, joined the Daily News in 2010 after graduating from Howard University. She has since written about the difficulty of filing police complaints, tax deadbeats and life after violent home invasions. She joined the Daily News City Hall Bureau in 2011 and has plunged headfirst into reporting on administration budget battles and City Council shenanigans. E-mail tips to ransomj@phillynews.com
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Sean Collins Walsh is from Bucks County and went to Northwestern University. He joined the Daily News copy desk in 2012 and now covers the Nutter administration. Before that, he interned at papers including The New York Times, The Dallas Morning News and The Seattle Times. E-mail tips to walshSE@phillynews.com
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