Just how is Marge doing?
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Just how is Marge doing?
Jan Ransom
PhillyClout tried to track down crushed political icon City Commission Chairwoman Marge Tartaglione at her Northeast home today.
A man answered the door and said Tartaglione -- who appears headed for a re-election defeat -- was at City Hall but a small girl who crept up beside the man blurted “she’s in the kitchen.”
For now Tartaglione appears to be in hiding. PhillyClout can’t confirm whether she showed up for work today.
Tartaglione, a former DROP participant, collected $288,136 in pension perks in 2008, retired for a long weekend only to return to work. She likely lost her battle for reelection yesterday. Stephanie Singer, a ward leader and math professor, who targeted Tartaglione over DROP finished first in the Commissioner race and the other spot on the Democratic ticket will likely go to incumbent Anthony Clark.
Spending taxpayers monies..hopefully karma catches up to her and she doesn't last long enough to spend her pension. Untill then I'm SOOOOO glad I'll be paying for her retirement...Enjoy Marge.— RandyFloyd- not a Marge fan at all, but this sure is some slimeball reporting— thermal321
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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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