Like King Belshazzar of Babylon in the Book of Daniel, SunCal saw the proverbial writing on the wall the night before voters went to the polls on Tuesday.

In a press release issued on Monday, Feb. 1, David Soyka, SunCal's vice-president for public affairs said that "despite a vigorous and intensively executed Yes on Measure B campaign, recent polling suggests that the initiative will not secure enough votes to pass on Feb. 2."

At the end of Yo! Philly's First Annual Cheesesteak Eating Competition Jan. 31, the indomitable spirit of Rocky Balboa prevailed. The meaty and delicious Rocky Balboa cheesesteak sandwich — one pound of grilled steak, onions, peppers and Cheese Wiz — eaten in mass quantities for 45 minutes, reduced seven brave men to quivering, queasy, quaky hunks of over-stuffed man-flesh.

The competition was a study in the ineffable nature of the human spirit. At the beginning of the event, all of the competitors shared the attitude of contestant Derek Wilde;