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Browse This Issue: September 20th, 2007

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Health Plan B
Gov. Rendell wants everybody to be insured, but his isn't the only proposal.
by Tom Namako
It's a nice debate to have, especially considering that nearly 800,000 out of 12 million Pennsylvanians are uninsured. Ideally, the concepts should battle it out in the legislature with the best plan garnering the most votes.

The Bell Curve
City Paper's Quality-o-Life-o-Meter
When news breaks in Philadelphia, we make jokes.

Philly on the Potomac:
Craig's Missed?
While others shun him, an embattled "not-gay" senator has a friend in Arlen.
by Paul Fain
"Arlen Specter is now willing to come out in my defense, arguing that it appears by all that he knows that I've been railroaded and all of that," Craig said in a voicemail obtained by Roll Call, the Washington newspaper that originally broke news of Craig's bathroom arrest.

Philly Blunt:
Beating the Rap Beaters
Justice has yet to be served in the Pierson case, but accusations still fly.
by Brian Hickey
These missives purport to be from a "Tiffanie McCall," aka "Q's Big Sis," from 29th and Jefferson. Q, it would seem, is short for Quinzell McCall, the now-18-year-old North Philadelphia "man" who was found not guilty last month of murdering Fairmount teen Robert Pierson.

Political Notebook:
Smiling for Dollars
The fundraising endgame.
by Mary F. Patel
In the waning days before November's general election, campaign fundraising efforts for mayoral candidates Michael Nutter and Al Taubenberger have increased.

 
 
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