Philadelphia has had its share of embarrassing, nation-profile scandals involving high government officials this decade, but none of them comes close to what they have going on in Motown these days.
I'd say the headline to this story is just a little bit of an understatement:
Mayors: Kilpatrick's actions hurt region's image
One could only hope that from now on Philadelphia's scandals are limited to harmless incompetence and not out and out corruption. As this past week's news events has shown us, even incompetence can sometimes be far worse when it leads to the death of one of our most vulnerable citizens.