In an unprecedented development that has shocked the entire Philadelphia political establishment, freshman City Council at Large member Bill Green has been sent down to the minors.

Green will serve on the Allentown City Council at least for the month of September. If all goes well for him there, Green is expected to return to the “show,” the Philadelphia City Council, no earlier than the beginning of October but probably towards the end of that month.

While this is an unusual move, Philadelphia politicos quickly understood the logic of it. “Like a lot of rookies, Green suffers from a problem with both his confidence and his mechanics,” one long time observer of Philadelphia politics pointed out.