‘Phillymag’ On Brady: ‘An Angle Of Significant Obtuseness’

In a profile in next month’s issue of Phillymag, Dan P. Lee writes about Bob Brady and the mayor’s race.

There’s a few nice items about the way Jonathan Saidel exited the race — “People were saying not only would they make sure that [Saidel] wouldn’t win the race, but that he’d have trouble finding work in Philadelphia, period.” — and includes a stellar description of Bob Brady’s belly:

His stomach is rotund, though firm and wonderfully shaped. It begins just below his large chest and stretches out and down at an angle of significant obtuseness.

Note to self: If Dan Lee ever asks for a quote, make sure to suck gut in first. (Did he also write that Bob Brady has big boobs, too?)

But Brady gets into the fun, too:

“Jon is home right now with a cold pack across his tummy. He had a hernia operation yesterday. And I talked to him yesterday and I talked to him in the hospital, and I’m going to see him late tonight. Jon Saidel’s my dearest friend in the world. He’s going to be my driver, my confidant, my David L. Cohen, my pillow to cry on, my crutch to crutch on.”

Boy, I bet Jon Saidel is really rooting for Bob to win the mayor’s race! What could be better than driving Bob Brady home so he can cry on your shoulder?

The Maybe Mayor [Phillymag]

Deal Approved; Management Returns To Private Islands

Last night, the Newspaper Guild ratified its new agreement, 498-69, ensuring no work stoppages ’til late 2009. Although the agreement passed, the Guild decided to also issue a vote of “No confidence” on management’s commitment to producing quality newspapers.

From Steve Volk’s The Daily Strike blog:

That motion “instructs the Local 10 Executive Board to discuss - and pass — a resolution saying the following:

“1- Because of their tight-fisted, slash-and-burn, anti-labor tactics, we have NO CONFIDENCE in the new owners’ actual desire to publish great newspapers

“2- Because of the new owners’ recent record of poor business decisions, which includes hiring executives while promising layoffs of union workers, we have NO FAITH in their desire to treat employees with fairness and dignity

“3- Because of the yawning chasm between what the new owners promised and what they now are delivering, we have NO STOMACH to hear any more of their cheerful prattle.

“For the new owners we have
“No Confidence,
“No Faith,
“No Stomach.”

An amendment, which was accepted, asked that the new owners be mentioned by name.

Afterward, the union workers returned to the offices with a ralling cry of, “Okay, now let’s go put out a crappy product for owners we hate!”

No Confidence, No Faith, No Stomach [The Daily Strike]
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