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The Daily Numbers - July 15
The Daily Numbers: 55 months in jail for former state Sen. Vince Fumo on corruption charges.
10 years doled out to former city Treasurer Corey Kemp, who also was caught with his hand out. How’s that work?
0 calls that have come in to Darby Borough Police in the investigation of the murder of Ollie Cloyd, this despite a $10,000 reward in the case.
50 state workers who rallied yesterday outside the state Welfare Office in Darby, protesting the lack of a new state budget that means they face payless paydays.
33,000 state workers who are staring at pay cuts beginning Friday if a new budget is not in place. That would grow to 44,000 the following week. 77,000 workers would get no pay at all if a budget is not in place by July 31.
0, how much our state legislators are being paid in lieu of a budget deal, but they do retain their per diem expense fees.
1 million dollars raised in the second quarter by likely Senate candidate U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak.
1.7 million raised in the same period by his likely foe, Sen. Arlen Specter.
7.5 million dollars now in Specter’s war chest, compared to $4.2 million for Sestak.
4 terms in Congress for Rep. Jim Gerlach, R-6, of Chester County. He’ll give up his seat to seek the Republican nomination for governor.
8 families left homeless after fire roared through a home in Roxborough last night.
24 live chickens, a dead snake and a box marked “black bunny” found dumped along a road in Bucks County. There’s a $500 reward for information.
50 percent increase in recycling reported in Philadelphia in the past 12 months.
13.6 percent dip in revenue for Atlantic City casinos in June, compared to a year ago.
300,000 dollars in damage to a barn near Lewes, Del., in a fire that for a time blocked traffic on busy nearby Route 1.
365 tickets doled out for speeding during a recent crackdown by police in Delaware.
1 hit for the 5 Phils in last night’s All-Star game. That belonged to Shane Victorino, who also scored a run.
1 million dollars for Pedro Martinez, who will be unveiled by the Phils today as their newest pitcher.
13 straight losses for the National League.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Vote for Pedro. It’s not like we have a choice. The Phils today will formally announce they have signed Pedro Martinez. He will make a couple of minor league starts, then likely assume the fifth starter’s spot in the Phils’ rotation.
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I Don’t Get It: 55 months in jail for Vince Fumo. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Five Phillies in the All-Star game and one hit. Hey, it was still refreshing to see all those Phils at the game. And another president who can’t throw.
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Quote Box: “He didn’t need to steal. He stole because he could, because he was drunk with power.”
- Federal prosecutor John Pease, before Vince Fumo was sentenced to 55 months in jail.
10 years doled out to former city Treasurer Corey Kemp, who also was caught with his hand out. How’s that work?
0 calls that have come in to Darby Borough Police in the investigation of the murder of Ollie Cloyd, this despite a $10,000 reward in the case.
50 state workers who rallied yesterday outside the state Welfare Office in Darby, protesting the lack of a new state budget that means they face payless paydays.
33,000 state workers who are staring at pay cuts beginning Friday if a new budget is not in place. That would grow to 44,000 the following week. 77,000 workers would get no pay at all if a budget is not in place by July 31.
0, how much our state legislators are being paid in lieu of a budget deal, but they do retain their per diem expense fees.
1 million dollars raised in the second quarter by likely Senate candidate U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak.
1.7 million raised in the same period by his likely foe, Sen. Arlen Specter.
7.5 million dollars now in Specter’s war chest, compared to $4.2 million for Sestak.
4 terms in Congress for Rep. Jim Gerlach, R-6, of Chester County. He’ll give up his seat to seek the Republican nomination for governor.
8 families left homeless after fire roared through a home in Roxborough last night.
24 live chickens, a dead snake and a box marked “black bunny” found dumped along a road in Bucks County. There’s a $500 reward for information.
50 percent increase in recycling reported in Philadelphia in the past 12 months.
13.6 percent dip in revenue for Atlantic City casinos in June, compared to a year ago.
300,000 dollars in damage to a barn near Lewes, Del., in a fire that for a time blocked traffic on busy nearby Route 1.
365 tickets doled out for speeding during a recent crackdown by police in Delaware.
1 hit for the 5 Phils in last night’s All-Star game. That belonged to Shane Victorino, who also scored a run.
1 million dollars for Pedro Martinez, who will be unveiled by the Phils today as their newest pitcher.
13 straight losses for the National League.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Vote for Pedro. It’s not like we have a choice. The Phils today will formally announce they have signed Pedro Martinez. He will make a couple of minor league starts, then likely assume the fifth starter’s spot in the Phils’ rotation.
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I Don’t Get It: 55 months in jail for Vince Fumo. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Five Phillies in the All-Star game and one hit. Hey, it was still refreshing to see all those Phils at the game. And another president who can’t throw.
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Quote Box: “He didn’t need to steal. He stole because he could, because he was drunk with power.”
- Federal prosecutor John Pease, before Vince Fumo was sentenced to 55 months in jail.
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