The Philadelphia government watch dog website hallwatch.org, maintained by Ed Goppelt was shut down February 2009, but a new website, Hallwatch 2 , looks to take its place. Hallwatch 2 aspires to make it easy to stay informed about Philadelphia politics by bringing visitors to the latest information. There is also a subscription service for Philadelphia tax records, deed information and other real estate records, but information about that is scarce at this time. It will be a long time before Hallwatch 2 reaches its stated goal of becoming "the new Hallwatch," especially in terms to Ed Goppelt's success in suing and getting records from the city and bringing the whole community together. >> You can find the latest updates in Philadelphia politics from Ed Goppelt on Twitter . >> See other tributes to hallwatch.org's 8 years of success at http://citypaper.net/articles/2009/01/29/the-end-of-hallwatch-philadelphia