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Lurie the Liar?
Street: “I never agreed to a deal with the Deadbeats Eagles:
Former Mayor John Street denied claims yesterday by the Philadelphia Eagles that he quietly agreed to and then reneged on a deal to settle an $8 million dispute with the city for less than $1 million during his first term….
Lurie and Banner said that they [...]
Philadelphia Eagles: Secret Unwritten Deal to Not Pay Back City?
here we go again…
Lurie claims to have a “secret deal”: isn’t that conveeeeeeeenient!
THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES, mired in a legal battle with the city over an $8 million debt, now claim that former Mayor Street agreed to settle the dispute quietly for less than $1 million as part of the deal to build Lincoln Financial Field.
And [...]
The Philadelphia Eagles Are Bums.
OK, let’s review the Philadelphia Eagles for a few minutes, shall we?
Here’s a team that last won the Super Bowl… oh, right. They’ve NEVER won a Super Bowl.
The head coach embarrasses our city with his “family in crisis”, his home characterized as a “drug emporium” by the judge handing down sentencing. Later, one of the [...]
Eagles Reaction
Apparently, our video left a mark
The Eagles have thrown the challenge flag at the suggestion that money they owe the city could spare the libraries Mayor Nutter wants to cut.
I’m told they didn’t appreciate the headline I slapped onto my blog after posting a video that questions the team’s citizenship:
“Eagles to Libraries: Drop Dead.”
I think [...]
Another Positive Story
The scene: Kingsessing Library
The players: Mayor Michael Nutter, Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell, Eagles owner Jeff Lurie, team members Donovan McNabb, Brian Dawkins, Brian Westbrook, numerous tv stations and media outlets.
“It’s a beautiful day in Philadelphia,” says the mayor to a crowd from all over the neighborhood. “And I know we got things off on a bad [...]
WHEN WILL THE EAGLES SETTLE THEIR DEBT AND SAVE OUR LIBRARIES?
D-E-A-D-B-E-A-T-S!
If Jeff Lurie and the Eagles won’t settle the team’s debt, the mayor, everyone on city council, every paper in town, and every fan from every neighborhood should be screaming bloody murder until they do.
The Daily News has printed one single editorial about this. To the best of my knowledge, the Inquirer has said nothing [...]
MAYOR NUTTER BLOWS OFF LIBRARY SUPPORTERS
As I’ve written a few times, Philadelphia is facing a budget shortage of $1 billion dollars over five years. In response, the Mayor is cutting services, including closing 63 of 72 community pools, 11 branches of the Free Library (most of which are in low-income neighborhoods), and even the city’s nature centers. Meanwhile, despite [...]
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Boycott the Birds
A blast from the recent past:
AMOUNT OF money the city will save by shutting 11 libraries: $8 million.
Amount of money the Eagles have owed the city for years: $8 million.
It’s a tie!
Actually, it’s more than a tie. It’s an outrage. Back in 1985, when the Eagles were struggling financially – yes, back in the olden [...]
“Men Can’t Keep their Hands Off It.”
I’m not angry the way Aravosis is about the homophobic Snickers ad during the Super-Bowl (I also didn’t know there was an online interactive partner to the ad either), but I will note that there was a widespread gay theme running through pretty much all the ads, ranging from men bitch-slapping each other over a [...]
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