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The Fumo Theorem
What Philly loses — or gains — when it loses Vince.
by Tom Namako
The majority of politicians in this great state are, by definition, somewhere in the middle of the pack in terms of professional quality. Some are scrubs, incapable of really doing their jobs. And a few are stars: They take the game seriously and they've mastered it. For better or worse, for the past two decades, Vincent Fumo has been regarded as the imperator of this final category.