The Daily Numbers for Dec. 4

The Daily Numbers: 168,754 dollars a year for John Cleghorn, appointed interim superintendent in Interboro School District.

300 pounds of pot seized by police from a house in Upper Darby.

2 of Pa.’s 20 electors that would remain in the at-large election in presidential races, under plan co-sponsored by Sen. Dominic Pileggi. The other 18 would be divvied up on a percentage of the statewide vote.

255 dollars that came into the Merry Christmas Fund, which benefits the Salvation Army in Chester. The collections are lagging a bit this year as we inch toward our goal of $50,000.

59 million dollar renovation project at Marple Newtown High School recently shown off to alums.

3 million dollar settlement in suit filed by family of student who was killed in a drunken fall at a U Penn frat house.

59.98 point decline for Dow yesterday, snapping a streak of up days.

6.5 months in prison for ex-Phil Lenny Dykstra in a fraud scam tied to his bankruptcy claim.

8 straight losses for Eagles, while both the Redskins and Cowboys are now just 1 game back of the Cowboys.

0 free agents signed so far by the Phillies.

38 home runs last year at AA Reading for Phils young slugger Darin Ruf.

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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Anyone else think it might not be out of the question now that he has started cleaning house and committed to Nick Foles as his starting QB that Andy Reid is planning on being back next year?

 

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I Don’t Get It: Bob Costas’ gun rant. Even if it was the right message, it was not the right forum to air it.

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Today’s Upper: Kudos to Republican Pa. Sen. Pat Toomey, one of the few people in Washington who really seems committed to solving the ‘fiscal cliff’ dispute.

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Quote Box: “I feel justified and pretty happy. I’ve been waiting three years – it’s just been a really long time.”

- Chester resident Nicole Cogdell, on learning the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has backed her discrimination complaint against retailer Wet Seal.

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