Thursday late edition

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  • Are the federal investigations of Fumo about to bear fruit? Dan thinks this sounds serious.
    
    
  • Evans vows to to reintroduce gun legislation, with a commitment that it would at least be brought up for a vote. More on the story here; the bills wouldn't be introduced until late February.
    
    
  • More mutterings about Perzel's new emeritus Speaker position...
    
    
  • Lots of mayoral candidates have heaps of cash on hand already.
    
    
  • Charles at YPP reflects on the mayoral candidates and wishes he could vote none of the above. This turns out to be not a universally popular stance...
    
    
  • AAJane summarizes some Q&A with Patrick Murphy about the Military Commissions Act and habeus corpus.
  
  
• I guess they meant it, at least for now: health inspectors drop in on bars, give out some tickets and citations.
  
  
• The developers of the proposed 47-story tower that caused such a controversy in the Springarden neighborhood (see prev. here) appear to have reached some kind of compromise with the neighborhood that might allow a smaller tower complex to be built. However, Vince Fumo (currently on vacation) might still stand in its way...
  
  
• The head of the state House GOP suggests doing away with proxy voting in that chamber. Sounds civilized, but why only now?!
  
  
• The CityPaper provides an overview of Philadelphia's DHS and its current struggles to reform itself.
  
  
• A Daily News opinion piece compares the budget cuts at the PHA with a Katrina-like disaster for the region.
  
  
• A YPP poster has been to a Great Expectations discussion and found it hopeful. I look forward to taking part this weekend!
  
  
• Supermarket chains' desire to offer beer and liquor in PA considered an uphill battle.
  
  
• Two from Inga Saffron: one about a new piece of public art headed for the Parkway, and the other about the ins and outs of life with SEPTA.