Just Another Day at City Hall ...

Seventh District city councilman Rick Mariano -- facing an imminent federal indictment -- will remain hospitalized under psychiatric evaluation at least through the weekend, after being talked down from the City Hall Tower by Mayor Street.

Mayor Street and others rushed to the observation deck at the top of City Hall after learning that a depressed Rick Mariano had made his way there.

A massive emergency response shut down City Hall and police commissioner Sylvester Johnson helped convince Mariano to come down.

And, in great Philadelphia style, evening rush-hour traffic was ground to a halt around city hall raising complaints from drivers trying to make their way through the winding streets to wind up sitting in their usual traffic jam on the Schuylkill Expressway.

I personally feel that, with a looming transportation strike on the horizon (October 31st), the head honchos at Septa and the union representatives should use this tactic as a way to settle their endless dispute. Let's see if anyone would try and talk them down.