With likely-mayor Michael Nutter and his good-government ethics about to sweep into City Hall, City Council is reaching out for part of the action.
A four-bill package - on lobbyist regulation, nepotism prohibitions, outside employment restrictions and a gift ban - has just been scheduled for a Nov. 13 hearing before Council's Law and Government Committee.
That news comes courtesy of Shane Creamer, executive director of the Philadelphia Board of Ethics, which was asked to testify.
Just a few hours earlier, in the board's monthly meeting, board chairman Richard Glazer was wondering if those bills, introduced by Councilman Frank Rizzo, would get a hearing before the year's end.
It's as if someone was listening.
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