New Way to Get Rich: Work for the City
LA Times Attacks the Phanatic. They include him on their All-Ego sports team and refer to him as “a Muppet on meth.” This is war! [LA Times]
The New Way to Get Rich: Work for the City. The DN rounds up the top city salaries today, and there are some eyepoppers, including the medical examiner making $239,000, the chief technology officer making $209,000, and the library director making $192,500. [Daily News]
DROP Gold Rush Continues. Since the Mayor announced on August 3rd that he wants to deep-six the controversial DROP program, 542 city employees have signed up to cash in. How come even when Nutter does the right thing, it gets screwed up? [Inquirer]
Philly Budget Director Leaving for Federal Job. Steve Agostini will resign at the end of the month to take a position with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in Washington. Presumably they don’t have a DROP program, which should make their budget a little easier to balance. And then there’s the fact that they can print their own money. [Business Journal]
Lower Merion School District Paying Big Legal Fees. The Webcam-gate snooping case and the school redistricing case have already cost Lower Merion more than $2 million this year. Law firms benefitting are Morgan Lewis and Ballard Spahr. [Main Line Times]
White Dog In Wayne Set to Open in Late September. Plus updates on a couple of other Main Line restaurants, and changes at the Westin in Center City. [Philly.com]
Get SEPTA Schedule Updates on Your Phone. It’s now possible. Amazing. [Business Journal]
Delco Woman Says Donald Duck Groped Her. An Upper Darby resident has sued Disney, saying a Disney World employee in a Donald Duck costume touched her breasts. She claims post-traumatic stress disorder and permanent maladies. [Daily News]
