Lightning round

Here are some highlights from last week. It appears that I'm in a period without time for daily roundups...

• Monday: John Baer | The 'New Vince' tastes suspiciously refreshing
  
  
• Tuesday: Blackwell out; Tasco new Council majority leader
  and also Blackwell drops leadership post
  
  
• Wednesday: Rendell playing tough with insurance -- might some new health plan get put to a vote?!?
  
  
• Thursday: Black Caucus walks out over guns
  
  
• Friday: Opening doors to nonunion workers -- probably just a threat, but a bold one!
  
  
• CityPaper: Vincent's First: Fumo prepares for a fight in the First District.
  related: Clout | A tour of Fumoland: Who's in, who's out?
  
  
• YPP wonders what Nutter is up to in making nice with Brady: Crickets and then Let's make this simple: what is Michael Nutter's agenda for party reform? -- much chatter ensues
  
  
• Albert: three installments of great coverage of the Great Expectations citizens' convention: I (plenary and first issue break-out), II (2nd break-out), III (final break-out and wrap-up)