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What is Stockton University and the DEP Hiding?
Last year a group of Stockton professors were paid by the NJDEP to write an investigative paper into Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s time in the Southern NJ area from 1948-1951. They were to study the research that I have been doing in regards to trying to save the former home where Dr. King was…
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NJ Lawmakers hypocritical on Marijuana reform.
In July of this year Jersey City voted to decriminalize marijuana and allow for civil citations rather then arresting people for small amounts of pot. It was hailed by many as a big step in the right direction for a state that has a massively high racial disparity in the enforcement of it’s marijuana laws. …
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More sweet deals for friend of Councilperson Johnson.
Recently the Philadelphia Inquirer reported on some deals that involved Philly Councilperson Kenyatta Johnson and his friend Felton Hayman that netted Hayman a cold hard $165,000 from a couple of real estate flips involving some properties purchased from the city. The kicker was that on the properties there were 16 other bidders that were willing…
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Black Preacher fights against memorial for MLK.
On August 21st at 3pm Vince Squire entered the township building in Maple Shade on a mission to stop the installation of a plaque that was set to honor the first civil rights incident that Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr was ever involved with. Vince was armed with a 68 year old document that…
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Eulogy I gave for my Grandfather.
On the day that my Grandfather died I got the chance to talk to him and be with him one last time. I could tell he was in a lot of pain but he was holding on to make sure everyone, especially me, was OK, because that’s just the kind of guy he was. I…
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Tawkin Philly Style.
I have been an avid listener of talk radio in the Philadelphia area for many years. It all started with my Mother and her own love for the art of talk. The station that she always had on was 96.5 WWDB, and the host that I remember the most, was a fellow named Irv Homer,…
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It’s never sunny in Philly city hall.
Where The Sun Don’t Shine. Philadelphia is a place where the constitution and the bill of rights are not just a part of a history lesson, but it is where they were born and where they still live. Every year millions of people from all over the world come to witness the place that…
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3/5ths of a voter…
During the last presidential election we learned that somehow each vote doesn’t count, because even though 3 million more people voted for Hillary Clinton than Trump, Trump somehow still won. This was now the second time in my lifetime that I was asking myself just how this could happen, how could less people vote for…
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Cave diver called pedophile by Elon Musk was also freed from a cave as a teen.
The Guardian, 19 Aug 1974, Mon, Page 18 Vernon Unsworth has had an interesting couple of weeks. First, he was part of the team of cave divers who rescued 12 boys and their coach from a deep cave in Chang Rai, Thailand. After the rescue Vernon was praised by the media and people around the…
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Starbucks 911 logs show hundreds of calls made.
“911, what’s your emergency”, is usually the way a 911 call begins. But that’s not what happened when Holly Hylton made the now infamous 911 call on two black men from the Philadelphia Starbucks. Instead, the 911 operator said, “Good Morning, how can I help you”, as if Holly was calling to order a Latte…