This interview marks the beginning of It’s Our City’s monthly sit down interviews with top city officials. The interviews will appear both on the website and later on TV12. In our first installment, veteran Philadelphia journalist Tom Ferrick spends an hour with Commissioner Ramsey about how his anti-crime plan is going.

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§6120. Limitation on the Regulation of Firearms and Ammunition.
(a) General rule. No county, municipality or township may in any manner regulate the lawful ownership, possession, transfer or transportation of firearms, ammunition or ammuni­tion components when carried or transported for purposes not prohibited by the laws of this commonwealth.
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Police are trying to find out who is responsible for spray painting Darrell L. Clarke’s car and two others with racist graffiti. According to the Philadelphia Daily News blog Philly Confidential, Clarke said when he went outside of his home this morning he found his car painted with Nazi symbols and the letters “KKK.”

Now that the Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustments has turned down Unisys’ request for its skyscraper logos lets find a way to keep them in Center City. I applaud the decision by ZBA because, the fact is, having the Unisys signs on the 37th and 38th floor looked ridiculous. But that doesn’t mean the ZBA [...]

The Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustments unanimously voted against a plan by Unisys to put its logo high up on one of Philadelphia’s signature highrise office towers. The board at this morning’s meeting said current zoning does not allow for any sign bigger than 100 sq ft and higher than the bottom of the second [...]

The latest lawsuit alleges that Philadelphia’s Department of Human Services is “an unsafe agency for children” and calls for a federal court to appoint an independent trustee to oversee reforms. It is filed on behalf of 28,000 children who have at one time been under DHS supervision. The attorney David Mildenberg is from the same [...]

U.S. Conference of Mayors President Miami Mayor Manny Diaz will call for more federal investment in cities during his non-prime time spot at 7pm eastern.
The mayors are currently drafting a 10-point plan they want the next president to address within his first 100 days in office. You can see the plan on their website. [...]

Young Philly Politics blogger Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg declared victory today in his campaign to provide a web-based real-time election returns for the general public. Until now, the Philadelphia City Commissioners would only provide access to about 200 people. Urevick-Ackelberg says while the city had said it was committed to making this change he now it is [...]

The Philadelphia region’s most high profile contribution to the Democratic National Convention will, of course, be his democratic vice presidential nominee Delaware U.S. Senator Joeseph Biden. But a few regional politicans will get a chance at the national spotlight including Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell. Here’s a quick guide for some of the key speakers scheduled [...]

This week has been a wild ride for those for and against two casinos planned for Philadelphia’s riverfront. Foxwoods Casino announced it is considering alternative sites and Sugarhouse Casino won a big victory in Pennsylvania Supreme Court to build over submerged land on the Delaware River. And it should be noted that one of the [...]