Breaking: Contrary to popular belief, City Council has indeed heard of the Internet

More than 20 months after Mayor Street first announced plans to blanket the city with wireless internet, today City Council finally approved the project as currently proposed.

"Philadelphia is a city of many firsts and this is a first as well," said Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown.

Yeah. Right.

At this rate, we can expect Mogadishu to have WiFi before Philadelphia.

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