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Philadelphia School Year Delay, I-495 South Opens Early, Philadelphia Police Corruption

by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 08/01/14 12:59 am | updated: 08/01/14 12:59 am

A timely start to the Philadelphia school year is even more uncertain at word the state house wonâ€™t consider the cigarette tax on Monday. Superintendent Dr. William Hite has said 1,300 layoff notices would go out August 15 without money from the cigarette tax. He says a cash advance from the state doesnâ€™t solve the districtâ€™s $81 million deficit. Mayor Michael Nutter said schools wonâ€™t be opening on time in September because of the inaction by the House Republican leadership. Hite says everything is on the table at this point, including shrinking the work force and shortening the school year.

Part of Interstate 495 has been reopened nearly a month ahead of schedule. Traffic started flowing along the southbound lanes at 5 p.m. Thursday â€” welcome news for commuters and those heading to Delaware beaches. 495 has been a ghost road for nearly two months. Itâ€™s been closed since June 2 for emergency construction to fix a tilting bridge over the Christina River in Wilmington. Labor Day was the original target for those lanes. The northbound side will take another two to four weeks. That was more heavily damaged by the tons of dirt dumped alongside the span.

Mayor Michael Nutter and Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey spoke out at a City Hall press conference condemning six indicted narcotics officers and refuting suggestions that corruption in the department is widespread. Mayor Nutter vowed he would not allow the alleged actions of â€œsix sick scumbagsâ€ to impact the reputations of officers who risk their lives everyday. The six officers, indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday, are accused of beating and robbing drug suspects, keeping them imprisoned without being charged and, in two instances, dangling them over the balconies of high-rise buildings in efforts to get information.

Weather, August 1

Scattered showers and thunderstorms. High 85 in Center City.

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