City Council is back in session today, and didn't you just miss those little scamps over the summer? They've got a ton of business to get through in the next few meetings: charter changes, an hot-button immidgration proposal, eradicating the perils posed by plastic shopping bags, the Convention Center expansion, casinos and so on. In January, three new members will replace Councilmembers Carol Campbell, Daniel Savage and Juan Ramos, and there's bound to be jockeying for leadership positions as well. The Inquirer tells you what to expect here. The Daily News weighs in with a preview as well, leading with Mayor Street's diminishing influence in council.
Remember Sylvester Johnson's big announcement that state troopers would start helping city police get guns off the street? He wouldn't say at the time just how many troopers would be helping out, but the Inquirer has the answer today: five. Interestingly, the guy who let the small number slip was Mayor Street. At the time Street was at a city-sponsored job fair, and he was complaining that the media ignore events like it while giving big play to the state trooper announcement. "It says something about the priorities of the [news] industry," the mayor said.
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