Apologies for the late posting, we had some technical problems this a.m.
City Council is shooting down Mayor Street's plan to transfer an additional $34 million to the Department of Human Services. Councilman Jim Kenney summarizes the objections: "It's such a large number, at this point in the administration it doesn't make any sense." A good chunk of the $34 million would have been funneled through DHS to Safe & Sound, a favored Street non-profit that focuses on youth-violence prevention.
The Street Administration raised at least a few eyebrows around town with a batch of recent police promotions as well, but it actually looks as though the promotions are pretty routine.
Elsewhere: Clout takes a look at how U.S. Rep. Bob Brady is building a D.C. empire on sfogliatella. A group of community groups known as the Multi-Community Alliance is opposing the city's plan to temporarily move the Youth Studies Center to the old Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute. And Dan U-A, founder of Young Philly Politics and the son of former 8th District Council candidate Irv Ackelsberg, looks back at the May primary and the district's compulsion to nominate 22 candidates to run each election against Councilwoman Donna Reed Miller. He has some gentle criticism for the media in general and the Inquirer in particular, wishing that the press had paid more attention to council races. We wish there were more of us so that we could.
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