2 Men Killed In Shooting Outside Club Risqué In Philadelphia's Wissinoming Section, Police Say
Police say the shooting stemmed from a physical altercation outside of Club Risqué.
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Police say the shooting stemmed from a physical altercation outside of Club Risqué.
Philadelphia's ban on smoking in public places is now seven years old and City Council finds itself in a quandary over whether to grant exemptions to four bars that want patrons to be able to light up.
One of the most unusual tax battles in Philadelphia history has come to an end.
The Nutter administration has lost in its legal battle to tax lap dances performed in the back rooms of strip clubs.
The Nutter Administration raised eyebrows when officials tried to bring in a new source of revenue by taxing lap dances at strip clubs.
The Nutter Administration has decided to appeal the Tax Review Board's ruling that such a tax is out of bounds.
The Nutter administration earlier this year had sent tax bills in the hundreds of thousands of dollars to three gentlemen's clubs, with city officials contending that the amusement tax applies to lap dances performed in back rooms.
Two dancers from Club Risque explained to the Tax Review Board how they perform and charge for lap dances. And that club's attorney, George Bochetto, pointedly accused the city's attorney of trying to intimidate other witnesses by bringing up their own tax status.
The great Philadelphia lap dance tax battle is firmly underway. Three strip clubs are challenging the mayor's plan to slap a tax on lap dances.
The Nutter Administration's controversial decision to start taxing lap dances at gentleman's clubs will be challenged this week by the club at the start of what could be a lengthy legal battle.
George Thomas Fadgen III was 46 when he was killed in a car crash last September. An attorney says his blood alcohol content was 0.19 percent.
