June 7, 2007 edition



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COVER STORY:

What a mess!

Call it a different kind of dirty politics.
Torresdale-area community groups, the Philadelphia Water Department, a local university and two City Council members are all sticking their noses into some messy neighborhood business with millions of dollars and public health at stake.
The water department wants to bury a multimillion-gallon storage tank on a local tract of Fairmount Park to manage sewage overflow in the Poquessing Interceptor, a pipe that runs along its namesake creek and takes wastewater from much of the Northeast and four suburban communities.

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EDITORIAL

Follow the leader

Flashback: Monday night, ABC’s Nightline, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson is on national TV discussing the soaring homicide rate — the worst of America’s 10 biggest cities — in what used to be the City of Brotherly Love. The commissioner’s message is simple but potent: When you see suspicious behavior, don’t sit back and do nothing. Take action. Call the police.
Though Margaret Philippi is not reporting murders in progress to the police . . .

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