Street Inaugurated for Second Term: Rendell Away on Vacation

Various Philadelphia news Sources | 5 January 2004 | Various Philadelphia News Sources

[Intolerant in NJ]

Mayor John Street was inaugurated for a second term today after winning over Sam Katz in last November's election. Perhaps the real news, though, was that Governor Ed Rendell, Street's predecessor and mentor, was absent from the ceremony, supposedly "on vacation". City council members were also sworn in; noteworthy was a power play by the newly installed members who, in an eleven to seven vote, stripped many of the powers from council president Ann Verna and transferred them to the mayor's office.

[Intolerant in NJ]

Is Rendell trying to stay away from a potential politically poisonous situation? Is council jockeying to keep power in the hands of the Street gang should he leave office? Can indictments be far away?.....

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[Born Conservative]

Governor Ed Rendell, Street's predecessor and mentor, was absent from the ceremony, supposedly "on vacation".

We can only hope and pray that Fast Eddy stays on vacation until his term ends...

[jerseygirl]

Maybe he's hiding in a bunker near Harrisburg (!)