The Daily Numbers: 0 tax hike in the 2016 Delaware County budget.
2 straight years the all-Republican County Council has held the line on taxes.
3 seats up for grabs in the November election, with 3 Dems challenging 3 incumbent Republicans.
127-73 vote in the Pa. House rejecting Gov. Tom Wolf’s budget package of tax hikes.
0 Republicans who voted for the plan.
9 Democrats from western Pa. who voted against increasing taxes.
27,000 dollars, how much Chester Upland School District would reimburse charter schools for special education students. Currently the district is on the hook for $40,000 per student. Several cyber charter schools are opposing the deal.
33 years, how long Pat Ciarrocchi has been a reporter and anchor at Channel 3. She is leaving the station next week.
45, age of Chester County cop now charged with harassing a former girlfriend.
4th inmate on death row who got a reprieve from execution from Gov. Tom Wolf.
2 defendants who pleaded guilty in the abduction and torture of a jewelry store worker in Philly.
110,000 knots that were tied onto the “Mary, Undoer of Knots” shrine erected in Philly for the pope’s visit. They will now go into insulation as part of an affordable housing project.
1 million dollars raised by U.S. Senate Democrat hopeful Katie McGinty.
170,000 dollars raised by Braddock mayor John Fetterman.
1.2 million dollars in his war chest at the last reporting deadline by Joe Sestak, who is the other Dem seeking the nomination to challenge incumbent Republican Sen. Pat Toomey.
33 crew members from the El Faro, which sank in Hurricane Joaquin, now feared lost at sea.
1, as in the 1st game for the Flyers under new coach Dave Hakstol, tonight in Tampa.
4-0 win for ace Jake Arrieta and the Cubs over the Pirates to advance to the NLDS. They’ll face the Cardinals.
Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
The Flyers open a new era - and season - tonight under new coach Dave Hakstol. It will be the 1st NHL game for the successful college coach.
I Don’t Get It: Vandals trashed the dugouts at a Ridley park. I don’t get it.
Today’s Upper: Kudos to Delco’s own Audra McLaughlin. The Glenolden songstress has been tapped to sing the National Anthem on national TV before the Eagles-Giants Monday Night Football game on Oct. 19.
Quote Box: “Only David Landau and his cohorts would be disappointed that there is no county tax increase for the second year in a row.”
- County Republican Chairman Andy Reilly, on his Democratic counterparts.
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