Hey folks, I'm going to be pretty busy today preparing for our Election Night 2006 coverage (what? you thought I just sat around and blogged all day?) so I'm going to bring up the Name Your Issue thread again and continue to tap you, our readers, for ideas about what issues should be more prominent on our website and in our coverage.
Hopefully this will be citizen journalism at its best. We want to have a full portfolio of issues, stats, and questions to bring to the attention of the candidates once they get their campaigns into full swing. If you want to review the issues that some of your fellow blog readers have already suggested, just click here and read the comments. There's a lot of good stuff there already.
In the meantime, I checked my email this morning and still have no statements or press releases from any of the wannabe mayors in response to the PICA report about the grave fiscal situation facing the next mayor. So the timer continues to tick away - approaching 35 hours.
Comments (4)
Definitely want a guy like Nutter in charge of the City, given PICA's recent report.
Posted by Philly Phantom | September 15, 2006 11:18 AM
Reform the procedures of Philadelphia courts to make the rules for victims and witnesses the same as those in the rest of the state.
Posted by Illiniwek | September 16, 2006 11:13 PM
How are the rules different?
Posted by Dan | September 17, 2006 10:17 AM
I'm sure Illiniwek can come up with orthers but, for starters, Philadelphia requires witnesses to show up at every single court session, regardless of whether they're required to testify. State rules don't have this requirement.
I'll second this issue and add to it the situation with prison overcrowding. Is there anything the mayor can do about it other than put criminals who don't fit in the prisons back on the street?
Posted by Dave | September 17, 2006 12:10 PM