Part I
Pittsburgh Tribune Review: Rendell told KDKA radio's Marty Griffin last week that there would be "selective enforcement" of Allegheny County's new 10 percent tax on "poured" alcoholic drinks. Big hotels and restaurants will be targeted; neighborhood bars and small restaurants won't be, he said.
"You look the other way, sir?" asked Mr. Griffin.
"You can say that," said the governor.
So, Ed Rendell, all by his lonesome, has amended the Pennsylvania Constitution's uniform taxation clause? And what part of his constitutional oath of office does Rendell not understand? Is it the part about supporting, obeying and defending the state charter? Or is it the part about discharging his duties with "fidelity"?
Part II
Philadelphia Enquirer: [Philadelphia] Mayor Nutter said he would enforce new city gun-control laws even without state authorization to do so - setting up a possible legal and political showdown between the state and the new mayor. The PA Supreme Court has banned such city ordinances.
State Rep. Dwight Evans (D., Phila.), whose bill to give the municipalities the ability to make their own gun laws was defeated in the House Judiciary Committee last year, said, "My position has always been that the city should have the authority to make its own gun policy, and I will try to do all I can do to get the city that authority."
A respectful reminder to Mayor Nutter: In order to enact city gun policies, Articel 1, Section 21 of the Pennsylvania Constitution would need to be re-written.
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