Tuesday, March 11, 2008

The Daily Numbers -- March 11

The Daily Numbers: 500,000 dollar bribe, what Haverford Commissioner Fred Moran was convicted of extorting from the developer of the Haverford State property. He’s now seeking to have the conviction tossed or be granted a new trial.


3 hours today that Ridge Road in Lower Chichester will be closed for the funeral service for firefighter Nicholas Picozzi II.


5 Delco school districts that have received the state OK to raise taxes higher than the inflationary index. They are Haverford, Radnor, Rose Tree Media, Wallingford-Swarthmore and Springfield.


4,300 dollars, what New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is believed to have arranged to pay for sex with a “petite, pretty brunette.”


3 daughters, all in their teens, along with a wife, who are now splattered in Spitzer’s mud. How do you think those kids feel today?


54 years that Hillary Clinton’s father spent working in the lace mills of Scranton. She kicked off her Pennsylvania campaign in her dad’s home town last night.


25,000 dollar grant for Drexel Neumann Academy school in Chester, granted by the Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Memorial Fund. It will be used to upgrade the school’s technology offerings.


56 drugs or byproducts found in the Philadelphia drinking water supply. It was part of the findings in a probe by the Associated Press. Officials stress they don’t believe there is any danger in the minute amounts.


30, age of victim who was tied up for over 12 hours after being attacked in his apartment in the 4300 block of Spruce Street in Philadelphia. A suspect is now under arrest.


1 suspect shot in a confrontation with police outside a Dunkin Donuts store in Woodbury, N.J.


55, age of supermarket executive Gary Redner, who was found slain in his Berks County home Monday. Police are calling the killing a “mystery.”


30 million bucks, what it would cost to re-do the contested Democratic primaries in Michigan and Florida. Party officials ruled their delegates would not count as punishment to state officials for moving up the date of the voting. Now those delegates could be key in the razor-thin Obama-Clinton battle


1 person struck and killed by a train last night in Bristol, Bucks County.


4.03 per gallon, price for diesel fuel in the Philadelphia region yesterday. That’s an all-time high.


1 penny increase in price of regular gasoline. Price in the Philly region now stands at $3.18. Statewide it will cost you a penny more, at $3.19.


15 straight points scored by the Celtics last night to start the game against the Sixers. Boston won, 100-86.


44 all, the Sixers actually fought back to tie the score before running out of gas.


4 game win streak for the Sixers that was snapped by the Celtics, who have the best record in the NBA.


4 goals for Monsignor Bonner last night, but not enough as they fell in ice hockey to St. Joe Prep, 7-4.


8 hits and five runs surrendered by Phils starter J.D. Durbin yesterday. Anyone noticing a pattern here?


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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Repeat after me: It’s only spring training …. It’s only spring training … It’s only spring training. OK, we still have two weeks for the Phils to get their pitching in shape. Why do I think it’s not going to happen?
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I Don’t Get It: What exactly allows a man in Eliot Spitzer’s position to put himself in the kind of position he found himself in yesterday? I don’t get it.


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Today’s Upper: Welcome to Dr. Marie George, who will become the next president of Cabrini College, succeeding Dr. Antoinette Iadarola.


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Quote Box: “If this be bribery, every negotiated sale of real property by a public official is tantamount to bribery.”

-- Tom Bergstrom, lawyer for Haverford Commissioner Fred Moran, on his bribery conviction.

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