That's The Way It Works

"Ignoring an entire winter's worth of vigorous public discussion about the reasons for the waterfront's failure, the mayor has just asked a so-called shortlist of seven developers to prepare new schemes for Penn's Landing. The developers have been told to submit detailed plans by Aug. 1 - just around the time that the city's mayoral campaign will be entering its final trimester and Street will be voraciously hungry for ribbon cuttings, photo ops and anything resembling news."