Wednesday headlines

Really. Exerting every bit of will not to read more than the headline and first paragraph before linking these. Blame a breakfast meeting and too little sleep.

• Politicians
  
  
  
  • Ferrick describes Rendell attempting to woo the heartland.
    
    
  • Bob Brady is arranging a summit on violence, a move many are reading as the launch of a run for mayor. Brady career highlights here.
    
    
  • Chaka Fattah is continuing to flout campaign contribution limits in the mayoral race, accepting another monster donation from a philanthropic individual. He says when he declares, he'll conform.
    
    
  • AAJane alerts us that Joe Sestak was interviewed on Radio Times. You can listen for yourself.
  
  
• Other
  
  
  
  • Apparently not wanting PA to fund stem-cell research if the feds won't, conservative Democrats are becoming the blockade to research funds.
    
    
  • The Philadelphia School System will partner with the Department of Justice to follow up on guns brought to school, holding their (adult) owners accountable. More on the story here.
    
    
  • At the same time, the prosecutor's office is shrinking through attrition and federal budget cuts.
    
    
  • The Daily News opinion page agrees that it's time to stop subsidizing the Boy Scouts in the city.
    
    
  • The Philadelphia Weekly's cover story slams the Trump casino proposal and its promises. Dan at YPP approves of their take.
    
    
  • A second PW story looks at an integrated housing development that dates from a period when integrated housing was an alarming prospect to many.
    
    
  • Handy resource: Tom Ferrick provides the key dates in this next election cycle, from petition delivery dates to voting day.
    
    
  • A new blog in town: Greenadelphia will discuss environmental issues in the Phila region.
    (via PhillyFuture)