Blogging In Philly? Break Out Your Wallet

City officials in Philadelphia want to make sure that all businesses inside the city have paid their $300 business privilege fee, and they plan on combing through federal tax records to catch scofflaws.

In May, the city sent Marilyn Bess, a blog operator and eHow writer who’s made $50 over two years, a bill for $300 to cover her business license, the Philadelphia City Paper reported last week. Yesterday, the Philadelphia Daily News got