April 12, 2007 edition


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COVER STORY:

Lien on me

Stanley Brodheim spent 33 years serving the City of Philadelphia as a uniformed beat cop.
But for most of the last year, Brodheim has been trying desperately to get some decent service from the same bureaucracy for which he risked his life for so long.
A litany of apparent administrative ineptitude by the folks in charge of the city’s delinquent property tax accounts has cost Brodheim thousands of dollars and left him shaking his head in frustration and disgust.

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EDITORIAL

Donald, duck!

Global warming. A war in Iraq that continues to go from worse to atrocious. A possible nuclear war with the fanatics in Iran. A red-hot race for mayor of Philadelphia. A record number of murders. Taxes. Health care.
Look at all these burning issues. And look at what everybody’s been focusing on: A radio personality whose alleged bigotry is even less important than Anna Nicole Smith’s sexual escapades.
Gentle readers, the Politically Correct Police Department has arrested Don Imus, and he’s in trouble. Big trouble.

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