Fumo [Pennsport] Stands Up [Pennsport] For ... Pennsport

State Sen. Vince Fumo was watching a City Council hearing on Foxwoods, a proposed casino in South Philly, from home this morning while recovering from a recent heart attack.  Under orders to rest from the doctors who discharged him from the hospital yesterday, Fumo still got a little exercised by a notion that Foxwoods might want to have buses waiting to pick up patrons park under Interstate-95 across Columbus Boulevard from the casino.

Fumo, in a statement read by Councilman Frank DiCicco, vowed to "vigorously oppose" letting that happen.  Fumo mentioned defending Pennsport, the Foxwoods neighborhood, three times in that five-sentence statement. One of Fumo's three challengers in the April 22 Democratic primary election is John Dougherty, a Pennsport native who is president of the Pennsport Civic Association.

UPDATE: Foxwoods spokeswoman Maureen Garrity said the proposed casino has no interest in parking buses under Interestate 95.