Philadelphia Daily Record

Vol. II No. 104 (264)

Keeping You Posted With The Politics Of Philadelphia

July 20, 2011

Philadelphia Daily Record

Not In My Backyard

WORKING together to rid the neighborhood of a methadone clinic located directly across from a school and a Church were GOP’s Joe DeFelice and Democrats Bob Henon and Rep. Kevin Boyle. (Page 3)

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20 JUNE, 2011

Northeast residents, led by their elected officials, came out en masse to protest a methadone clinic approved by the State and the City in the 7900 block of Frankford, across from a day care, a middle school. and a Church. Leading the rally were Democrats State Representatives Kevin Boyle and Michael McGeehan and Bobby Henon, candidate for City Council’s 6th District, and Republican leaders Joe DeFelice and Ward leader Cris Vogler. Councilwoman Joan Krajewski was represented as was Sen. Mike Stack, through his aide Ken Bode. It was an oddity and a pleasure to see the local leaders of both parties working in tandem.

The crowd of 200 listened as Milton Martelack introduced the leaders who have already contacted the State Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Programs to withhold the license from the protested site at 7900 Frankford Avenue. They justifiably voiced their anger and dismay at the lack of transparency regarding the process used to determine the end-use of this vacant property. They are pressuring the state not to approve its licensing.

Over the years, such efforts by the communities around this city have proven in vain, since where ever you look there are not only methadone clinics, but half way houses dotting the landscape. The city continues to use several, less organized, neighborhoods to distribute free needles to junkies in a proven failed effort to stop the transmission of the HIV/AIDS virus. Junkies, instead of using the new sterile needles gifted them by that city program, which happens to be in violation of state law, keep on using the old, contaminated needles. They’ve sold the new needles to fellow junkies who have not yet bottomed out to where it doesn’t matter what they get, as long as it is the fix.

This effort by the community will succeed. It is obvious Mayor Nutter should have had a spokesman there assuring the 20 JULY, 2011

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crowd the necessary city permits would be withdrawn. That has been the mayors prerogative since way back when.

Sen. Stack has demanded a state hearing and the community, rallying next Tuesday, July 26, at Lincoln High School, will demand no less.

The company, which has a slew of clinics to its credit, knew the location would be easily accessible from various transportation hubs, since few, if any, junkies have the means to own their own transportation. But they did not respect the fact they were located across from the Holmesburg Baptist Church and its Christian Academy nor its principal Linda Lewis, with whom they did not confer ahead of time.

We know the community will succeed.

It’s one small victory. But we are losing the community spirit that once marshaled many neighborhoods around the city. We wonder what it will take to get that spirit back into this city’s neighborhoods.

LENDING SUPPORT at Tacony Rally to fight Methadone Clinic is FOP President John McNesby, seen here with Rep. Kevin Boyle.

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Phillies Need To Beware Of Pirates

by Adam Taxin

Young Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen has 58 RBIs so far this year and just went to Phoenix as a member of the National League’s All-Star team.

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It is within realm of possibility Phillies could be upended by upstart Pittsburgh Pirates during t2011 Major League Baseball postseason. Nevertheless, the Pirate Parrot is no Phillie Phanatic. Kent Tekulve photo PNC Park in downtown Pittsburgh is considered by many to be the most aethetically pleasing stadium in Major League Baseball. Photo by Dailysportsfantasy.net

: Submarine-throwing and thick glasses-wearing bullpen closer Kent Tekulve was a critical component of the 1979 World Series Champion Pittsburgh Pirates, before he eventually moved on to both the bullpen and broadcast booth of the Phillies. Photo by Baseball Images via flickr 4|

Manager Mike Urion and general manager Jason Paxson, inside the Fox and Hound restaurant and bar at 15th and Spruce, local destination of choice for Pittsburgh Steelers and (should the success of the team continue:) Pittsburgh Pirates games. Photo by Adam Taxin.

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