Last week IV: Cops, judges, and schools

• City Council is considering the stop-and-frisk idea
  
  
  
  • Council airs 'stop and frisk' views: The Nutter crime-fighting proposal got its first public-safety hearing.
    
    
  • Brass: Cops already stopping & frisking (surprise!)
  
  
• Lots of judges on the ballot, and nervous
  
  
  
  • High court candidates face pay-raise fallout: Three of four hopefuls, meeting in a Phila. forum, also addressed high campaign costs.
    
    
  • CityPaper: When Pigs Drive: PACleanSweep is back with a bus.
  
  
• School District developments
  
  
  
  • SRC holds off on charters, buys Kensington school land
    
    
  • SRC won't commit to Masch (as budget director)
    
    
  • Action on charter schools delayed
    
    
  • More teachers needed for Phila. schools: The district has 112 openings - 40 more than it did this time last year.
    
    
  • Schools: Hire CEO or $ chief first?