Tomorrow, Governor-Elect Tom Corbett will be inaugurated, and the long reign of Ed Rendell — eight years the mayor of Philadelphia, and eight years the governor of Pennsylvania — comes to an end.

Friends, the time has come to eulogize the guy and his impact, for better or worse, on PA and our beloved city. Love him or hate him, Rendell's remarkable stint deserves at least 140 characters' worth of contemplation, don't you think?

And yes — that does happen to be the maximum length of a Twitter post. So we hereby announce the Ed's Dead Twitter Obituary Contest.

Tweet your responses at me (@isaiah_thompson) and/or CP (@citypaper) using the hashtag #edsdead.

Got it? #edsdead

We'll try to post submissions — at least the better ones — below.

Oh, and the winner(s) will get something. Like maybe their obits published in the paper, or a chance to read it for our next podcast, or maybe one of those "nut loaves" the casinos are always sending Meal Ticket's Drew Lazor ... or something.

Recent Submissions (after the jump):

@TheRealSidLee: as a state employee who worked w/o pay during the budget impasse of '09, am just elated to finally say #edsdead

@joshpincus: Eddie, we hardly knew ye. #edsdead

@apocalypsepony: After DA, Mayor, and Governor, I think Eddie will get a job where he's truly happy: Eagles commentary on CSN. #edsdead

@SynthSircus: Bye cyclehelmets, deathwarrants signed, hi gaming, legistaltive pay-raise=undermined. Libraries too. F Corbett -we <3 u! #edsdead

@theericschuman: "Whose motorcycle is this?" "It's a chopper, baby." "Whose chopper is this?" "It's Ed's." "Who's Ed?" "Ed's dead, baby. Ed's Dead." #edsdead