The Joker has sent out this message to all the active cell phones:

OK clowns, are you ready for some laughs (y/n)?
You put a smile on my face. Hope you’re not superstitious

Superstition relates to the day - Friday 13th June. We already know that’s when “Gotham Tonight” will premier, maybe The Joker has something in store for them?

Other Viral Updates

A new email from Harvey Dent:

It’s been an incredible last few weeks. Ever since the vicious smear campaign collapsed and Harvey Dent’s remarkable courage at the hostage crisis at Rossi’s Deli, our campaign has ridden a wave of support I have never seen in all my political life.

Our Headquarters reopened and thousands of volunteers show up here every day, every night, fighting for change. Fundraising has reached incredible heights, with over 100,000 Gotham citizens contributing their hard-earned money in support of Harvey Dent’s vow to take back Gotham.

We’ve expanded our reach, opening branches in neighborhoods that haven’t seen political campaigns take them seriously for decades. And we’ve harnessed the incredible grassroots support by sending volunteers to knock on doors throughout the city. Amazingly, we will achieve our two millionth door knock sometime in between now and Election Day.

Harvey Dent has committed himself to lead the charge to take back our city, face down the criminal and corrupt and restore hope for our future.

Now, we need your help. We need to get out the vote!. And we need you to vote yourself. If you can’t make it to the polls, go to http://www.gothamelectionboard.com and find out how you can vote online. Working together, we will take back Gotham!

Allan Cypes Media Manager

Maiden Avenue Report - Shuts Down, writer sells out

Gotham City Rail:

Gotham City Rail Announces Satellite Tracking and Communications System

To better serve our customers, GCR has completed its transition to a satellite tracking and communications system (STCS). Using cutting edge ultra high frequency technology, STCS will give GCR the real-time ability to track exact positioning of all its trains. This will allow for more accurate scheduling and should increase GCR’s already impressive safety record.

Citizens for Batman - Introduction updated:

For the first time, we have hope. Batman proves we can fight back against the sociopaths, thugs, and scum that have ruled Gotham for too long.
And now, City Hall wants to arrest Batman!

Gotham Police - Annual Policeman’s Ball
Gotham USD - News area updated
Internal Affairs of Gotham Police Department - Internal Affairs Officers of the Month added
Trust Garcetti - Updates with info about election
Dana Worthington - “Yes for Batman”

And of course you can still vote in the elections.

Thanks Pierre!

Pierre informs us that the viral website “Citizens for Batman” has just updated, adding a link to a set of forums on the right hand side, beneath the news column. This is not a forum you can sign up to - rather a forum posted to by citizens of Gotham city with their Batman experiences. Welcome their new acronym, “WWBD” or, “What would Batman do?”

Poster Reddy-Steddy has started a topic “I got a picture”, which contains a blurry Batmobile shot taken by him at “5th street“:

And here is an interesting extract from the topic “Garcetti is wrong”:

I support Batman but Garcetti, as a representative of the established civil authority really has to take that position. Batman exists outside the established authority and is therefore a threat to it. Think about it, there are over four hundred citizens for every cop, so the system works only if 1. the police are the only ones to enforce order and 2. most of us follow the rules and the police only have to deal with a few people who deviate.

The alternative is a world where anyone who has a grudge takes care of it themselves. That means that a person who feels wronged deals directly with his neighbor, shoots them if they feel its necessary. You get feuds and lawlessness and a survival of the fittest. The strong dominate the weak. By taking the law into his own hands, Batman threatens the police monopoly on maintaining order and could be seen as taking the first step towards that kind of lawlessness.

The problem is that the police are not keeping their end of the civil contract. We give them power with the understanding that they will maintain order. But anyone who lives in Gotham can see that order and safety are breaking down. We are already in a state of lawlessness. Batman is responding to the increasing disorder. And so are we by joining Citizens For Batman.

Pierre has also spotted that the name “Larry” posted in the Neighborhood watch thread refers to Larry Coniglia, entering this name in the record search at St Swithuns reveals his marriage certificate - which we have previously discovered by searching for Salvator Maroni (he is the witness)