October 30-November 5, 2003

the bell curve

City Paper's weekly gauge of Philly's Quality of Life

Mayor Street appears in an episode of HBO's K Street about a law firm under federal investigation. And yes, that was Sam Katz at the end of Six Feet Under.
Even

Southwest Airlines announces it will begin service at Philadelphia International, which should mean cheaper flights to and from Philly. But it won't.
Plus 2

Whoever wins [the election] is going to continue the attack on the working people of this city, Socialist mayoral candidate/Germantown meatpacker John R. Staggs tells Inky. Even me. I'm not a very good socialist.
Minus 1

Man dressed as armored-car driver steals $114,000 from Wal-Mart in the Northeast. This is just going to have to come out of the savings, says floating price-slashing happy face.
Minus 2

South Philly mobster John Johnny Gongs Casasanto allegedly stabs Jonathan Chico DeBarge at an Old City nightclub. When DeBarge regains consciousness, he claims he has no memory of the incident, asking Who's Johnny? He is promptly informed that wasn't his song.
Minus 2

Small fire breaks out in Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell's City Hall office in the middle of the night. Turns out she'd been coating her office in highly flammable bug repellent.
Minus 1

Superior Court panel rules that the owner and operator of Pier 34 South shouldn't face felony charges following the Club Heat collapse in 2000. But that's only because the DJ's set list was inadmissible as evidence.
Minus 2

Inquirer endorses Katz, Daily News endorses Street. Bell Curve staff endorses that guy we talked about earlier but forgot his name. The communist.
Even

Total pluses: 2

Total minuses: 8

Score for the week: -6

Last week's score: 5

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