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This Week's Issue
What Happened Next?
The conclusion of our annual story-update package
If there's something good to be said about an online-media culture that lets anybody with fingers wax philosophical about the day's "news," it's that people like us can regularly update stories we've already written about.

The Bell Curve
City Paper's Quality-o-Life-o-Meter: The Street Era Remembered
Mayor Street blames violence partially on "a lack of 'love' in the city." Then he looked up "love" on Wikipedia, to make sure he was thinking of the right word. Minus 3

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Two Hours With... John Street
A full transcript of City Paper's exit interview with the man who ran the city for the past eight years.
by Wafa R. Musitief
citypaper.net exclusive 
JS: I think the only statewide office I would be interested in running for is governor, but that would be the natural office that I would run for. But by the time that election comes, I am three years older and I have four children and four grandchildren and, at some point in time, I got other stuff that I want to do. I don't know there's any John McCain in me, you know?

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Philly on the Potomac:
Sister Cities
D.C.'s former top cop heads north while Philly lawmakers gain Hill clout.
by Paul Fain
Philadelphia's incoming police commissioner is a veteran cop who looks just as comfortable chatting up President Bush as he does making routine traffic stops.

Political Notebook:
Who Was In and Who Was Out in '07
City Paper takes a look at the politically hot and cold players in the year that just ended.
by Mary F. Patel
In: Joe Grace | Out: Mayor Street | In: State Sen. Vince Fumo | Out: Change candidates with no agenda other than change | In: The Campaign Group | Out: PACleanSweep...

 
 
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