I agree with you, this is tiresome nonsense, the Council should have better things to do, and I'm sick of hearing about this stuff.

I disagree with you on how that should be achieved.  Instead of trying to put a gag order on the PDN,  I'd like it if the Council would deliver the admonishment the Ethics Committee wisely recommended, amend their new rules to restore the First Amendment rights of Council members AND the public, run their meetings by Roberts Rules like every other organization in town, and get on with their real work.

However, while the PA City Council remains mired in this "protect Cherie's delicate feelings" nonsense, I definitely want the PDN to keep reporting on it.