THE 8:30 REPORT: This Morning in Philly
Of course it’s going to take two hearings: The two hours allotted by the Zoning Board yesterday for discussion of Unisys’s petition to slap two two-story glowing red logos on Two Liberty Place (man, someone should set that to music) didn’t even give the company enough time to air its side of the case, so a second hearing has been scheduled for September to give opponents — including occupants of the building’s new residential spaces miffed that it will look like they live in an office building (which, in fact, they do) — their chance. [Inquirer]
I’d be OK with them going on permanent vacation, myself: No idea if this was a ploy to enact a pay increase without actually increasing the numerical wage or something more high-minded, but one county’s request to operate its courthouse on a four-day schedule has been quashed by state Supreme Court chief justice Ron Castille. There’s probably a case to be made for keeping the courts on a five-day schedule, but the legislature? Now that’s a different story. [KYW]
Yet another way computers make life easier — for cops: Interesting piece in the Metro this morning about the digitization of gang culture. Heedless as every other 20-year-old about the openness of the web, members of street gangs are documenting their nefarious doings on MySpace and YouTube, practically handing the police an evidence folder that’s only a print key away. [Metro]
