Today's news is all about the swine flu and Arlen Specter, not that they are related or contagious. It now appears that Joe Torcella, who had announced his run for the Senate, will stay in the race on the Democratic side, although he is also rumored to be the leading candidate to replace Mark Schweiker as President of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. And Pat Toomey has attracted competition on the Republican side of the Senate race with Pat Luksik (sp?) who is even further to the right than Toomey. Republicans in Pennsylvania have definitely entered the nut case realm.
The Swine flu has made its appearance in Delaware at the University, where more than 20 cases are reported. Should we quarantine Joe Biden?
It is nice to know where to go to reach your elected representatives. Councilman Jim Kenney, for example, holds forth nightly at the bar of the Palm in the Bellevue, 230 South Broad Street, where you can engage him on any subject you'd like and be entertained by his frank and sometimes outrageous opinions about the buzz of the moment. The Bellevue, of course, provided our own pandemic several years ago when its ancient air conditioning system incubated and brought forth Legionnaire's Disease.
Panic ensued, as formerly jolly veterans shrivelled up and died across the country, with the only connection among them that they had visited Philly. Our town can do that to you sometimes. Ask George Washington why he ended up in Valley Forge....
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