The Larry Kane Report

What’s the buzz?

I’ll tell you. Political insiders are wondering what impact the latest Bob Brady, Chaka Fattah and Tom Knox manuevers will have.

First , we’ll talk Brady and Knox. Brady’s all star lawyer Steve Cozen has decided to ask the Pa. Supreme Court to rule on Tom Knox’s appeal of a judge’s decision to keep Brady on the ballot. This would avoid an appeal to Commonwealth Court and speed up the process. In a great show of chutzpah, Knox and his lawyer took a swipe at the legal system when they lost round one to a judge from out of town. We’ve learned that some supporters of Knox think he should give the appeal up. Others, in the legal community, are enraged at the tone of the Knox attack on the judge’s decision. This reporters assessment: The court decision will be upheld. Brady gets more attention as long as the case continues.

The second item: Renee and Chakah. The TV anchor has decided not to allow the joint tax return she filed along with the Mayoral candidate to go public, even though her station says there is no problem with that. Is this good for Fattah? The anchor has her rights. Are those rights forfeited when your husband runs for Mayor? Personally, I always hated it when people tried to guess my salary, but then again, I didn’t have to make my tax returns public. And I wasn’t running for office.

Third item - Michael Nutter. The former councilman is running against John Street. His ads attack the current Mayor, and spotlight Nutter’s independence. The spots are good. Nutter is gambling that he will attract voters who are unhappy with eight years of arrogance. Will it work? It just so happens that a key survey will be out this week. Nutter’s timing is interesting.
We will find out soon if the above moves are acts of great wisdom or possible blunders.

My continuing prediction is a close race at the finish with a few percentage points separating all of the Big Five.

A news alert - STANDBY. The coming week will be one of new revelations and accusations. Fasten your seat belts.