In other Friday news

• Nutter gets tips of the trade on NYC visit and
  NYC mayor shows Nutter how its done (let's hope he takes the right subset of the advice!)
  
  
• Schools take ‘corrective action’ after progress report (stay tuned for more details)
  
  
• A fight over bid to move homeless meals indoors -- the ongoing onslaught of misplaced charity
  
  
• Phila. schools lay off 53 more aides -- attributed to decisions at individual schools, not district-wide budgeting
  
  
• Pa. probing House aides' bonuses
  
  
• Philadelphia hosts EPA’s smog hearing
  
  
• Real story of citywide wi-fi (lauds from the CEO of Wireless Philadelphia)
  
  
• Back Channels | Regarding toll booths: Why stop with I-80? snark alert
  
  
• AN ORDINANCE also snarky, but it's hard to disagree
  
  
• YPP: Support Inclusionary Housing -- petition and rally opportunities (and much good discussion too)
  
  
• YPP: Back to Philadelphia's Economic Future -- Ray Murphy reports from a panel discussion and goes from there to talk about strategies for taking the region forward
  
  
• AAJane is surprised to get a freebie from SEPTA (even though I'd say it was a long overdue aid to using their service).