The 8:30 Report: What Philly’s Talking About
CHUCK RAMSEY TO THE RESCUE: Incoming police commish Charles H. Ramsey says he has no problem with declaring a “crime emergency” situation in the city. Just how he’s going to tackle the problem is still a mystery, however. Right now, he’s still looking for a place to live, but come January 7th, his first official day, he says he’ll be ready to start decreasing the body count. [Inquirer]
STU BYKOFSKY’S WAR AGAINST CHINESE TOYS: Crusty ol’ columnist takes aim at China-made toy products this Christmas (don’t buy them, he says) in an effort to apply pressure to the country to make some serious human rights reforms. As much as it sounds like he hates the Chinese, he assures you he does not. He just hates their evil little toys. [DN]
SHINY NEW FUMO: DN Columnist John Baer says there’s something new and improved about Vince Fumo — he’s a good guy. He may do some sleazy things, but Baer makes out that, for the most part, he’s been a white-hatted hero for many of the little guys in this city. Plus, he’s dating women within his age group. [DN]
SNOW PATROL: The Delaware Valley’s amped up about a possible snow dusting, and already local TV news reporters are doing the “What are people buying?” stories at local super markets. Here’s a guess: bottled water, salt, snow shovels, bread, milk, porn … [KYW]
DIBRUNO’S ENGAGES IN NUTELLA HUCKSTERISM: DiBruno’s, the fantastic and fantastically expensive Italian meat palace/cheese castle has been having an in-house challenge with its employees to sell an 11-pound carboy of Nutella. So fa, they’ve sold two. Holiday cheese shoppers beware of aggressive cheese mongers pushing the chocolaty-nutty goop on you. [Inquirer]
