June 15-21, 2006
Naked City
Running Numbers5 Maximum number of Hooters this city needs. To commemorate the band's hometown gig at the Electric Factory June 16, let's make a gentlemen's agreement of sorts: no lecherous-goon-frequented establishments bearing their name within city limits. Don't forget what happened the last time, Del Ave.
53 Number of forecasters surveyed by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia for the second quarter 2006 publication Survey of Professional Forecasters, the oldest quarterly survey of macroeconomic forecasts in the United States. Among their predictions: "Inflation will average 3.4 percent this quarter, an increase of nearly a full percentage point over the previous survey's projection of 2.5 percent." Man that's gonna be spooky if it comes true.
$100 Annual license fee for billboards in Philadelphia according to Mediatank.org's local media guide, which reports that "there is no record of the exact number of billboards each company owns in Philadelphia because many throughout the city are not licensed or regulated. The city estimates that over half the billboards in Philadelphia are unlicensed (and are therefore illegal)."
$313,000 Total profitsa recordearned from the sale of 350 works of art during The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts' 105th annual Student Exhibition.
$540,000 Total amount of money spent on lobbying in 2005 by Sunoco, as reported by the Center for Responsive Politics at opensecrets.org. You know, Sunoco, you could be buying art with all that money. But that's just my 2 9/10 cents.

