Wednesday gleanings

Not sure how well I can keep up over the next week, with energy a bit low and lots going on around the house, etc. But still reading, so worth highlighting at least the most interesting stories.

• Three bits on casinos
  
  
  
  • After a year, slots look like a big winner for Pa. -- money pouring in, but may still fall short of Rendell's predictions
    
    
  • Key SugarHouse hearing tomorrow -- trying to avoid paying the state for some riverfront rights
    
    
  • Monica Yant Kinney | A sure bet to be losers -- gambling addicts and the pittance being set aside for the inevitable increase in this problem statewide
  
  
• Nutter's pitch for jobs brings 1,000 resumes
  
  
• A walkable waterfront? PennPraxis will urge the city to reshape 7 miles along the Delaware as a pedestrian-friendly zone. Related opinion piece here.
  
  
• City arts groups to share $7.2 million: The grant money will help build marketing skills and audiences, and set up a system for sharing information.
  
  
• Two festivals pitched to rock Fairmount Park -- will we play host to the next Lalapalooza?
  
  
• SWEET FLEET FOR PPA ELITE -- as city government goes for greener cars and a smaller fleet, the PPA is outfitting its executives with free SUV's...
  
  
• Opinion: SHAME OF THE CITY: MBEC: STUDY DETAILS FAILURE OF MINORITY CONTRACTS
  
  
• Travails of modern life
  
  
  
  • Home-price drop in Philly 1st since '02
    
    
  • YPP: Healthcare: if you're waiting for a market solution, the market has already made it's opinion pretty clear.
    
    
  • YPP: Charity is not a Substitute for Real Public Policy (a good discussion ensues)