Gleanings from last week

(Sans Monday, which I had off in every sense...)

• Nutter revokes casino's license -- His reversal of Street will add to SugarHouse delay. More here. An unexpected move, to me at least, revolving around the riparian rights issue. Expect to hear more!
  
  
• City Council seeks fresh start with Nutter -- Today, with three new members, Council will begin tackling major holdover issues from 2007. An interesting preview of what's likely to get early attention in this new Council session. More here.
  
  
• Ex-prosecutor now city insider -- Integrity officer worked on "bug" cases.
  
  
• Ex-Rep. Fitzpatrick running for state House seat in Bucks -- I guess the state GOP is pretty worried about the Philadelphia suburbs, to convince a former US Rep. to run for a state legislative seat
  
  
• Ronnie Polaneczky: To save those who live here, hire those who live elsewhere -- a fairly convincing argument that we need to allow a year for emergency workers to take up city residency, lest we always run short
  
  
• Medicaid will not cover errors in Pa. -- Gov. Rendell said hospitals will no longer be paid for costs to correct serious medical mistakes. Is this a clever part of a larger incentive program, or just a big stick likely to cause doctors to try to hide their errors rather than brainstorming systemic solutions?
  
  
• A warning on Philadelphia's pension and health costs -- A Pew report says health and pension costs will drain Phila.'s resources to tackle other problems.
  
  
• Nutter: Enforce Phila.'s gun laws -- The mayor is setting up a legal showdown with the state Supreme Court, which banned such city ordinances.
  
  
• Editorial: Transportation Funding -- Taxes, tolls - something
  
  
• Opinion: PHILLY LIVE! COMPLEX: INVITE THE PUBLIC -- PLANNING SHOULD BEGIN WITH CITYWIDE DISCUSSION I'm intrigued that there are thoughts of expanding the Great Stadium Desert into a more integrated complex, but I hope calls for community input are heeded.
  
  
• TO HONOR MLK, MAYOR PROPOSES NEW WAY TO SERVE
  
  
• YPP: Subprime Lending in Philly: Same Old, Same Old -- that is, crappy loans and high foreclosure rates have been a steady problem here for some time...