Tuesday roundup

• Around the politicians:
  
  • Commissioner: 'Stop-and-frisk' risks unrest -- the best sentence here is this one:

    Departing Police Commissioner Sylvester M. Johnson said the presumptive mayor's promise to invoke the more aggressive law enforcement strategy would undermine the community rapport that Johnson feels he has developed in six years on the job.

    "community rapport"?? Does Johnson have any sense of how widely reviled he is?
    
    
  • Drexel cramming to ace debate preps -- putting engineering know-how to use in preparing for the logistics of a hoarde of press, etc., accompanying tonight's Democratic Presidential debate.
    
    
  • For some, Bush visit comes at a bad time: GOP leaders are fretting over the president's fund-raising trip. Democrats hope his unpopularity in the region will help them.
    
    
  • Plugging tirelessly toward high court -- Seamus McCaffrey's run for Supreme Court (to be one of few from this part of the state).
    
    
  • Va. group's $ behind high court candidate: Maureen Lally-Green is beneficiary -- a bit of a mystery behind another Supreme Court run.
    
    
  • Editorial | County Elections -- Inquirer recommendations in the suburban Commissioner races.
  
  
• Strange gaming development
  
  
  
  • Casino operator may bypass state: SugarHouse says a 1907 law lets it seek approval from city officials rather than state lawmakers. I thought they were suing in order to bypass the city...?!
    
    
  • A new tack for SugarHouse: Seeks OK from city Commerce Dept.
  
  
• Pa. Senate closer to broadening open-records law
  
  
• Parking execs called to task: Rendell: Explain those 6-fig salaries
  
  
• 2 loan plans in play for Pa. homeowners -- cheap refinancing for a fraction of those being crushed by subprime loans.
  
  
• Tom Ferrick Jr. | A lot is riding on SEPTA cash: Users want more and better service.
  
  
• Sandra Shea | RIVERFRONT PLANNING: YOU'RE INVITED!
  
  
• Albert: Rendell's Healthcare Plan: Town Hall at WHYY
  
  
• YPP: Electing a Woman Mayor in 2015
  
  
• America's Hometown: A Transit Customer Advocate? (New Jersey has one -- why not here?)