Thursday -- Tartaglione Scandal Heats Up
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Thursday -- Tartaglione Scandal Heats Up
Catherine Lucey
Things take a weird turn in the Tartaglione story, when City Commissioner Marge Tartaglione threatens to "punch out" a reporter.
In the wake of Inquirer reports that schools Superintendant Arlene Ackerman redirected a contract to a minority firm, supporters crowd a meeting of the School Reform Commission.
How will Camden manage with fewer cops?
Reports of the Kensington Strangler haunt hookers who work the streets.
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This is what happens when you have one party rule. Corruption is the norm and anyone who does not play a part in it is cut out of the pie. Philly is dying as a major city, following Detroit down a dark and fatal path. it remains to be seen if anything can save it.— Dutch-wayne
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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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