Jim Kenney took his oath of office yesterday, officially launching his second term as Philly’s mayor. With it, he made some promises for the next four years, including one that would require Philadelphians to do something that many don’t want to do.
We also heard from the Eagles yesterday, a day after their season-ending loss to the Seahawks. There was some talk about Carson Wentz’s injury and the futures of some key players.
“Talking to the moms and dads, brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, of the young men and women cut down on the streets of Philadelphia has left deep scars on our communities, and, frankly, on me personally," he said in his inauguration speech.
Kenney also had another point to make after his speech: “If you don’t want to move your car, tough.” Every Philadelphia neighborhood will have sweet sweeping in the next few years, he said. If that becomes a reality, it would fulfill a campaign promise Kenney made when he ran for his first term as mayor in 2015.
Kenney didn’t offer specifics, but his biggest hint about the program dealt with the sometimes controversial car-moving issue. It’s a sore subject in neighborhoods with especially tight street parking.
But not everyone agrees. Sports columnist Bob Ford writes that neither Wentz nor the player who tackled him is to blame for Wentz’s concussion. Rather, he writes, it’s the nature of the sport itself.
And columnist David Murphy comes at Wentz’s injury from another angle: the hit that knocked the QB out should have been a penalty, and when the refs didn’t throw a flag, the NFL failed Wentz, the Eagles, and their fans.
- Mike Fitzpatrick, a former Republican congressman who represented areas of the Philly suburbs, died yesterday at age 56.
- Workers from Philadelphia’s Department of Parks and Recreation cleared a homeless encampment from the walkway along Vine Street between 17th and 18th Streets yesterday morning.
- Another Democrat is lining up to take on Dem-turned-Republican Jeff Van Drew in South Jersey’s 2nd Congressional District. She’s a Kennedy.
- The murder trial for an ex-Philly cop accused of shooting a man during a traffic stop in North Philadelphia in June 2017 has been delayed indefinitely. He was fired over the shooting later that year.
- Some chocolate makers want U.S. and European Union regulations after failing in self-regulation to curb child labor for two decades. Hershey hasn’t yet taken that step but says it supports regulations aimed to decrease child labor.
- A Chinese scientist has been extradited from Switzerland to stand trial in Philly for a plot to steal valuable cancer research from a pharmaceutical giant’s Montco facility.
Anybody else get outside yesterday to enjoy the sun and some warm-ish temps? Great shot, @menuka_basnyat.
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“Now the end is clear, and the time is near. To be in place for the next census count, which will be delivered in March 2021, a new process for drawing election maps will have to be approved by early this spring. Who will lead the parade that has formed?” — David Thornburgh, president and CEO of the Committee of Seventy, about why 2020 is the year of the voter.
At 87, Jack Scheuer believes he’s attended more Big 5 hoops games than anybody ever. And, if you throw in the 76ers, he’s been at more than 3,500 local basketball games. Scheuer is a staple of Philly basketball, a legacy he cemented during his 50 years working for the Associated Press. And another “stat” he claims to have the record for: most points ever scored at the Palestra. You’ll have to read the story to find out why that is.
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