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October 17-23, 2002 the bell curve City Paper's weekly gauge of Philly's Quality of Life Street administration admits mayor cited inaccurate statistics when lauding success of Operation Safe Streets. Mayoral misstatements are up 30 percent. Minus 3 School district CEO blasts Edison for spending $300,000 on principals' retreat in Colorado. How wasteful -- airfare to Vegas would have been cheaper. Plus 1 Daily News' "Joe Sixpack" named beer writer of the year. Acceptance speech replete with slurred "I love you, man!" declarations. Plus 3 On the stand, Ira Einhorn claims, among many other things, to be "leader of a community that didn't exist yet." Not unless Graterford's building a new wing. Minus 2 CEO of financially troubled Edison proposes putting students to work in schools. Idea came from recent tour of a Malaysian Nike factory. Minus 3 Woman found guilty of stealing purses from Catholic churches in Northeast. Police say her house was packed with pocket-sized Kleenex packets and old hard candies. Plus 1 X Games organizers say the event won't return to Philly next year. Considering the mayor's contempt for Love Park, we're still trying to figure out why they came back this year. Minus 1 Philly schoolteacher charged with robbing three banks in Jersey, and using proceeds to pay property taxes. Claims it was an effort to teach kids the meaning of irony. Minus 5 South Philly pro wrestler chases purse-snatcher nine blocks clad only in boxer shorts. We shudder to think what the Comics will do with this in the next New Year's Day parade. Plus 5 Total pluses: 10 Total minuses: 14 Score for the week: -4 Last week’s score: 1 
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