The Daily Numbers: 621 state stores in Pa. that would be sold off under a bill proposed by Rep. Mike Turzai, R-Allegheny.
22 state stores in Delaware County.
5,000 state workers who could lose their jobs if the bill becomes law.
1,250 retail licenses that would be auctioned off under the bill.
18 percent Johnstown flood tax on alcohol in Pa. that would be axed under the plan.
49 new units being constructed in a $17.6 million project at the site of the old Penn Hills apartment complex in Ridley Township.
19,100 Pa. homeowners who have received a foreclosure notice in the period January through June. That’s actually down 38 percent.
15, age of teen exchange student who drowned after jumping into Blue Marsh Lake in Berks County.
5 dead newborns killed by a Berks County woman. She’s been ruled competent to stand trial.
348,000 dollar annual salary for Philly schools boss Arlene Ackerman.
She’s in line to get a $150,000 annual retention bonus, starting next year.
104 summer school teachers being laid off by the Philadelphia School District.
280 million dollars, believed to be the selling price for the Sixers, sold by Comcast to an investor group headed by New York billionaire Joshua Harris.
15 year stint running the Sixers for Ed Snider and the folks at Comcast.
55 million dollar payroll for the team next year.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Forget the new owners. What the Sixers could use is an old face.
Lansdowne home boy Pat Croce. The team has not been the same since he left. The new owners would do well to bring him back.
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I Don’t Get It: A woman in California has been charged with tying up her philandering husband, cutting off his penis and then running it through the garbage disposal. Ouch!
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to state Rep. Mike Turzai, for his call to sell off the state stores and get Pa. out of the booze business.
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Quote Box: “This is absolutely insane to think this could be a good thing for Pennsylvania.”
- Wendell Young IV, president of the union that represents 5,000 state store employees.
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