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The Daily News has a run-down of some of the crime that occurred in the city this past weekend, and it includes a story about a potential burglar getting his head caught in a trapdoor and suffocating to death while trying to rob a bar. In other crime news, a man followed up a bungled attempt to rob the PNC Bank on 19th near Chestnut last Thursday morning with a more successful robbery of the TD Banknorth on Chestnut near 5th some 75 minutes later.
It's Rendell and the environment! He's championing the environment by sending a strongly worded letter to the EPA, criticizing their choice to allow two Montgomery County manufacturing firms exemptions to reducing their emissions. And some say he's going against the environment by championing the Delaware River dredging project, a project over which there's currently a standoff between PA and NJ. Rendell is refusing to call a board meeting of the DRPA until the dredging is agreed to, which means no money can be spent and no projects can continue.
Bad news: the postage price for first class mail is going up to 41 cents as of May 14th. Good news: on the same day, the post office is going to start putting out stamps marked with "Forever" instead of a price, which means they'll be good to use no matter how much the price rises in the future. (Although you still have to pay whatever the current price is when you buy it.) And what will adorn the first of these stamps, you ask? Why, it'll be Philly's very own Liberty Bell! Nice.
In yet more local school news, the faculty and staff at the Community College of Philadelphia went on strike yesterday morning, as threatened, when an agreement could not be reached on their new contract.
The snow led to some school closings and flight delays, but it doesn't look like anybody got trapped on a highway for over 24 hours this time, so it's all good.
Villanova heiress Susan Tabas Tepper was sentenced to a year of probation, $2,800 in fines, mandatory anger management classes, and community service on Monday for assaulting Xiomara Salinas, her nanny and housekeeper, in the summer of 2005. Apparently Tepper got angry about a messy refrigerator and, in the grand tradition of both crazy rich bitches and kung fu masters, she used whatever was nearby as a weapon, throwing carrots at Salinas, and then striking her with a telephone handset, before pulling her hair, breaking her glasses, and even trying to push her down the stairs.
Mayoral candidate Dwight Evans has decided to embrace wholeheartedly a demographic the other candidates have so far ignored: the LGBT community. He promises to support openly gay political candidates, support legislation protecting equality for gay people, and even create a special police unit for dealing with LGBT issues. This isn't coming out of nowhere; Evans has a history of supporting gay rights. And this is a pretty safe play in historically liberal, gay-friendly Philly. But we're still impressed.
On February 11th, the Independence Branch of the Philadelphia Free Library on 7th between Market and Chestnut was flooded when a sprinkler pipe burst. It was the third flood of the library since last summer. Thankfully this one didn't damage any books, like the last two, but it will force the library to close for about a month.
Two Philly Dems, State Reps. Dwight Evans and James R. Roebuck Jr., are proposing a $14 million initiative to get teachers into urban and rural districts in PA and keep them there.
Are we heading toward tougher gun control laws in Philly? The Police Commissioner and various gun control advocates are calling for them, after the release of a report that highlights two dozen cases around the country, and nine in Pennsylvania, where criminals got their guns by way of legitimate dealers. And Mayor Street, along with the other members of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns coalition, went to Washington to push for new, tougher gun control laws.
Speaking of cool local music stories, check out this article about an 11-year-old sixth-grader who's a talented and accomplished jazz pianist, with his own band and everything.
Fighting crime is clearly going to be the big issue in the 2008 mayoral race, so two candidates - Fattah and Dwight Evans - are already trying to gain some credibility in that area by relating stories about how they were shot as teens. But one local expert says Fattah's actual plan for making the city safer doesn't go far enough.
The recent death of President Gerald Ford has Philly.com and Philadelphia Will Do thinking back on Mr. Ford's local connections.
Looks like the region's flu season for this year is going to be a mild one, but the CDC warns it's not over yet.
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We're sad to report that Milton Street is no longer running for mayor, but happy to report that he is running for City Council-at-large—against his own nephew! Which means a lot of relatives of mayors and former mayors will be on the May 15 ballot (May 15 being, as the Daily News helpfully points out, the day after Milton is scheduled to stand trial on federal corruption charges). Besides Milton and his nephew Sharif, there'll be W. Wilson Goode, the son of former Mayor Wilson Goode, and Bill Green, the son of former Mayor William Green.
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Common logic dictates that if, mere months ago you were indicted for tax fraud, your chances of winning a mayoral race are slim. Same for if you don’t live in the city where you are seeking office. Or the same state in which that city is located. Or if your brother is the much-maligned outgoing mayor.
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