Philadelphia’s big, big plans to control the teenage flash mobs are being revealed, little by little, with the spectacular ‘Spectacular’ coming when Nutter gets back from his poolside retreat. CBS-3 “has learned” some police department plans to stop the children in their tracks. They include: Overtime. Additional police officers in Center City. And suing Twitter warning kids on Facebook and Twitter that they’ll get in big, big trouble if they beat people up at random. [CBS]

This Ed Rendell as sports columnist thing is a little odd. And we’re glad those rumors of him being involved in national governmental role, which he claims to have fanned, were just that. He says Philly – in sports, and only sports – is a “city of winners and optimists.” And that if fans in Seattle are upset with their teams, “the fans just have a little more smoked salmon and white wine.” That’s why the U.S. is a “nation of wusses.” [Daily News]

City Council says it’s going to hold public hearings on redistricting. Then it just starts doing it itself and announces it’s going to hold its first public hearing on August 16. Then the Committee of Seventy puts out a news release saying Council has reneged its pledge. “Holding one public hearing in City Hall . . . essentially says to the public, ‘We really don’t care what you think,” is the way they put it. [Inky]

Everything they say about the Philadelphia Parking Authority is true. And, uh, double-you, tee, eph? Valet zone fees on restaurants, which last year were $250 per 20 feet of curb space, are now $2,500 – because of an ordinance passed in April…and received “little publicity”…sorry! [Philly.com slash food]

School choice – truly the argument/issue that will never, ever die, or live. Or do much of anything. More hearings have been held this week, is the point here. [Newsworks]

Turns out, he’s not too bad on the eyes, either. Governor Tom Corbett’s approval rating with the ladies is going way up. Although, women like Corbett more as a person (48 percent) than his policies (43 percent) which is usually said about most prominent politicians. [Inky]

In other polling news, President Barack Obama, hated by millions, is now disapproved of by 54 percent of Pennsylvanians. Although, Keystoners also believe he acted more responsibly than Republicans did in the debt ceiling horror. The winner in all this: Mitt Romney, who leads Obama in a horserace hypothetical no-meaning PA crapshoot. Because Mitt Romney has no job or responsibility and can therefore decide if he’s “for” or “against” something – like the debt ceiling – after the issue has come and gone and the polls tell him what the majority, and by extension, he, believes. [Quinnipiac]

Oh, right: Rick Santorum is tied with President Obama in Pennsylvania, factoring in the margin of error-business. [Seriously]

Things are generally looking very bad if you’re liberal. [That's the truth]