The Bell Curve
City Paper's Quality-o-Life-o-Meter
-4 Police Commissioner Ramsey apologizes to state Rep. Jewell Williams after he is reportedly roughed up by police officers at a traffic stop. Then Ramsey goes back to his desk and pours himself a scotch. Seems like every day he has to apologize for something. He goes to his Twitter and stares at the blinking cursor. Finally, he types: "Nobody tell me what happened on Lost yesterday. I taped it. "
-5 SugarHouse unveils a new design for less ambitious, temporary waterfront slots parlor in 2010. Tentative name: Splenda Hut.
- 2 Latino groups seek a meeting with Commissioner Ramsey after narcotics officers allegedly steal money from bodegas during drug raids. CommishTweets: It never ends. I'm sorry. I'm always sorry forever.
-1 A small fire breaks out in the Municipal Services Building. "Hopefully some librarians can take care of that for you," says fire chief.
+1 Michael Nutter establishes the VIP Program, which will reward public school students with tickets to the mayoral box at sporting and music events. "Why only public school students?" says R. Jameson Goldbritches of Germantown Friends. "My family's luxury box is much worse positioned than the mayor's. It's in right field. Right field!"
-3 Flavors of the Avenue, the annual Passyunk Ave. street fair, is canceled after the Fumo-backed Citizens Alliance is disbanded. The first casualty of corruption is stuffed shells.
+3 Police bust a cock-fighting ring held outside a North Philadelphia auto shop for the second time. CommishTweets: Hey, @NPhillyCockRingerz: Move the game indoors, geniuses.
+5 A new affiliate of the Innocence Project, which works to exonerate the wrongfully imprisoned, opens at Temple. Temple's not a prison, guys. Common mistake.
-1 Charlie Manuel will become a weekly guest on Michael Smerconish's radio show. For a preview, imagine Larry the Cable Guy talking to a wiener dog.
This Week's Total: -7 | Last Week's Total: 4
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