Phil Goldsmith: If it's really about the kids, then we need some controls
IF ELECTED OFFICIALS donated $100 to the school district every time they said, "It's about the children," we could close the district's canyon-wide financial gap without resorting to raising taxes. But...
View ArticlePhil Goldsmith: Hit the road, Ack: Superintendent needs to be shown the door
SCHOOLS MAY BE CLOSED for the summer, but Mayor Nutter and Gov. Corbett still have some homework to do: They need to find an exit strategy for Superintendent Arlene Ackerman.
View ArticlePhil Goldsmith: Fears drive gold to $1,600
NEW YORK - Gold's reputation as a safe place for your money sent it above $1,600 yesterday for the first time.
View ArticlePhil Goldsmith: THERE'S BILLS IN THEM THAR GOLD
NEW YORK - For what is normally a sleepy month, there are so many customers at the Gold Standard, a New York company that buys jewelry, that it feels like Christmas in August. Uncle Ben's Pawn Shop, in...
View ArticlePhil Goldsmith: Time for SRC members to make a good decision for once & step...
FINALLY, some good news has emerged from the Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight, a/k/a the School Reform Commission. The four-member gang canceled its regularly scheduled meeting this week. It couldn't...
View ArticlePhil Goldsmith: For a better SRC, get better members
IN SUDDENLY stepping down as chairman of the beleaguered School Reform Commission, Robert L. Archie is no doubt licking his wounds, muttering the adage, "No good deed goes unpunished."
View ArticlePhil Goldsmith: And the 'Charlie' goes to ... the adept Gov. Corbett
BASEBALL has its Cy Young Award for best pitcher; football, the Vince Lombardi Trophy for the Super Bowl champs. There's a Bill Russell award for the NBA's most valuable player, and hockey has a Prince...
View ArticlePhil Goldsmith: Analysts: The gold rush is over
NEW YORK - The price of gold, which has climbed for years like a blood-pressure reading for anxious investors, plunged Wednesday to its lowest level in three months.
View ArticleDeveloper Tony Goldman, 68, led 13th St. transformation
VALERIE SAFRAN and her partner, Marcie Turney, were in desperate straits. They were running a home-decor store called Open House at 107 S. 13th St., which they had financed by maxing out their credit...
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