Wednesday bits

• School kerfluffle: apparently the School Reform Commission commissioned a pricey advisory report on management and finances of the District, only to shelve it (or at least the preliminary report) unconsidered.
  
  
  
  1. Inky: District report a study in disarray: Consultants painted a bleak organizational picture - in a report that largely went unnoticed.
     
     
  2. DN: School panel scraps study costing $470G (Note that the Inky said 700G!)
  
  
• Bill: Hospitals must offer Plan B in rapes -- this seems like a long-shot in Harrisburg, not least because the politics of the pro-life movement always trumps the science showing that Plan B prevents conception, rather than ending pregnancies...
  
  
• Casino bits
  
  
  
  1. Casino firms must pay fees despite delays
     
     
  2. Casino foes have their say before board
  
  
• Democrats target Saxton over insurance for children -- really, anybody opposing this deserves repurcussions!
  
  
• Street's son, law firm out of River City plan
  
  
• PW: Diving for Answers: L&I strikes again, with the usual random demands and bank-breaking requests. They may be quick off the mark for folks with connections, but they're almost impossible to reach, let alone use, for anybody else...
  
  
• New Jersey news:
  
  
  
  1. A.C. mayor goes AWOL: He is facing questions about his service in Vietnam and hasn't been seen for a week.
     
     
  2. Report: $13.6 billion needed to fix deficient state bridges -- major hikes in tolls also suggested...
  
  
• AAJane notes some local officials doing military service, in Reserved Officials
  
  
• Editorial | Health Department's Disarray
  
  
• Opinion: PLASTIC BAN
  
  
• Opinion: EVANS RAISES INTEREST OF BANKS: BILL WOULD LURE MORE TO LOW-INCOME AREAS
  
  
• Opinion: Fumocracy for judges (suspicious of the effects of appointments)
  
  
• YPP: Why do these Philadelphia Democrats Have a Problem With Gay Kids? (votes against a bill to protect foster kids)