Carlos Matos, ward leader and friend to the city's political elite, was sentenced to three years in prison yesterday for bribing three Atlantic City councilmen. Mayoral nominee Michael Nutter had some frank words for black police officers last night. More good news for the city's Health Department, as a former inspector is charged with stealing $1,200 from a Chinese restaurant during a routine inspection. Inky columnist Dan Rubin introduces us to the Nick Naylor of plastics, an implacable foe of a proposed ban on plastic grocery bags. Stu Bykofsky takes a couple of shots at Mayor Street's seeming inability to keep up with his bills. And Shawn Fordham, one of Street's top former aides, testified before a Harrisburg grand jury yesterday investigating alleged ties between a slots parlor licensee and organized crime.
City Council meets today. Mayoral nominee Al Taubenberger has an 11 a.m. Scrabble match at the Free Library and plans to show up at an evening fundraiser for GOP City Councilman Jack Kelly.
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