Daily Record

Vol. II No. 189 (349)

Keeping You Posted With The Politics Of Philadelphia

November 28, 2011

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Park Free!

HO HO HO! Executive Director Vince Fenerty has instituted free meter parking citywide on Saturdays during the holiday season. See story page 3.

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Dec. 1Reception honoring US Sen. Bob Casey with Special Guest James Carville, at Racquet Club of Phila., 215 S. 16th St. 6 p.m. Friend $250/person. Committee Person, Young Professional $100/person. RSVP (267) 601-4450 or rsvp@bobcasey.com.

Dec. 2Local 98’s Turkeys and Toys Party, Finnigan’s Wake, 7 p.m.

Dec. 310th Ward’s Christmas Holiday Gospel Breakfast hosted by Edgar Howard at Imhotep Charter HS, 6201 N. 21st St., 10 a.m. (Welcome home from hospital, Edgar!)

Dec. 4Fundraiser for Tracey Gordon at 1033 Christian St., 5-5:30 p.m. For info (215) 5012197.

Dec.4Ward Leader Bob DellaValla, Esq, hosts 55th Democrat Executive Committee Chistmas Party from 2 to 6 p.m. at Knights of Columbus, 3300 Knorr Street( at Rowland).

For info call (215) 335-4004.

Dec. 7United Republican Club celebrates 131st birthday at Sheraton Society Hill, 1 Dock St., 5:30 to 7 p.m. For info (215) 545-2244.

Dec. 8State Rep. W. Curtis Thomas hosts Weatherization and Energy Forum at Temple’s Dentistry Student Faculty Ctr., 3340 N. Broad St. (Broad & Ontario), 6-8 p.m. For info Natalie Davis (215) 560-3261.

Dec. 15Christmas Celebration in 6300 block Germantown Avenue, 6-7 p.m. Corporate and community donations are welcome! For more info to make a donation A. Neal (215) 4381768 or A. Alexander (215) 844-9345.

Dec. 17Black Professionals Christmas Party at African American Museum, 7th & Arch Sts., 8 p.m.-1 a.m. $50 includes live music, entertainment. For info Earl Harvey (267) 2443860.

Dec. 29Friends of Council-elect majority leader Curtis Jones host “Black Out Party” at 4130 Main Street, next to Manayunk Brewery.

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PPA Announces Free

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Saturday Parking for Holiday Shoppers Philadelphia Parking Authority Executive Director Vince Fenerty has announced, free meter parking citywide after 11:00 a.m. every Saturday between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day.” Fenerty said while “meter parking will be free on Thanksgiving and Saturdays after 11:00 a.m., all other non-meter violations such as stopping prohibited, or other unauthorized parking infractions will be enforced.”

FRENCH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF PHILA. celebrated its 20th anniversary with gala at Fenerty also announced discounted parking every SatComcast Center earlier this month. Seen were, from urday for $8 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the folleft, Michael Scullin, Esq., Honorary Consul of lowing Parking Authority parking facilities in Center France in Phila. and Wilmington; Deborah Willig, City: Esq., board chair of school and head of Willig, • AutoPark @ Olde City (2nd & Sansom) Williams & Davidson, a prime sponsor of gala; and His Excellency Francois Delattre, Ambassador of • AutoPark @ Independence Mall (5th & Market) France to US. Photo by Bonnie Squires • AutoPark @ 8th & Filbert • Auto Park @ the Gallery (10th & Filbert) • AutoPark @ Jefferson (10th & Ludlow)

Casey Legislation Would Fix Holes In SSA System

• AutoPark @ JFK Plaza (underground garage 16th & US Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) unveiled legislation this afternoon that would close the loopholes in the Social Parkway) Security system which allowed the suspects in the If the patron exits after 5 p.m., the regular posted rates Philadelphia basement case to bilk their captives of will apply. their Social Security benefits and avoid police for “The Philadelphia Parking Authority is pleased to join years. with Mayor Michael Nutter and be a part of spreading the holiday joy and encouraging shoppers to patronize local merchants during the holiday season,” Fenerty said.

The Senator’s bill would finally allow the Social Security Administration to access existing government databases that identify violent criminals who would not be eligible to serve as representative payees, the status the suspects in the Philadelphia basement case used to bilk their captives of their benefits.

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USA Legalizes Horse Slaughter

very few, very low-wage jobs. This so-called business brought in virtually no tax revenues and local governments incurred substantial enforcement costs in trying to regulate environmental problems with these facilities. The standard of living dropped during the time horse slaughter facilities operated. Having a horse slaughter facility drove away good businesses.”

Equine welfare organizations are denouncing the actions of three legislators (Congressman Jack Kingston (R-Ga.) and Sens. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.), who, in a closed-door process, stripped language from the Agriculture Appropriations bill that prevented equine slaughter for human consumption in Equine slaughter has also been found to increase and America, thereby legalizing the practice. abet horse theft in areas where facilities are located or President Barack Obama signed the bill into law on where horses are held for transport to slaughter. In adNov. 18. dition, American horses are not raised, fed, or medFor the first time since 2006, and in the midst of the icated in accordance with the FDA and European Union worst recession since the Great Depression, Americans guidelines established for food animals, making them unfit and unsafe for human consumption. are required to subsidize a foreign-owned industry that exports horsemeat, which is served as a delicacy Equines are given many drugs banned in food animals such as pain killers, steroids, dewormers and ointments in fine restaurants in some throughout their lives. A 2010 study published in the European and other countries.

Food & Chemical Toxicology Journal showed phenylbutazone or Bute, a drug given routinely to Americans don’t consume horsemeat. Polls have conequines like aspirin, is a carcinogen and can cause sistently revealed over 70% of Americans oppose horse aplastic anemia in humans. The FDA bans Bute in all slaughter. food-producing animals because of this serious danger “It is outrageous,” says Vicki Tobin, VP of Illinois- to human health. based Equine Welfare Alliance, “that American taxpayers would be required to subsidize foreign-owned businesses that Americans oppose and that produces meat from animals that are not raised for food.”

Simone Netherlands, founder of Respect4Horses, added, “In this time when the focus of Congress is supposedly on reducing spending and creating jobs, it is a ludicrous measure to spend tax dollars in order to reinstate an inherently cruel predatory business, from which Americans stand to gain nothing. Horse slaughter plants operating until 2007 have never created a total of more than 178 jobs.”

President: Gov’t Records Must Go Digital Last week, President Obama took what he called “the most significant steps since the Truman Administration” to improve the management of federal records.

Wednesday’s Presidential Memorandum directs agencies to move into a digital-based record-keeping system, a move that will save taxpayer dollars, promote accountability, and increase government transparency.

Today’s action delivers on a commitment the President And, they are not good jobs, according to Paula Bacon, made in September 2011 when the White House put former mayor of Kaufman, Tex., where a horse slaugh- forward the Open Government Partnership: National ter facility operated for years. “Horse slaughter means Action Plan for the United States.

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THE PHILADELPHIA DAILY RECORD “The current federal records management system is based on an outdated approach involving paper and filing cabinets. Today’s action will move the process into the digital age so the American public can have access to clear and accurate information about the decisions and actions of the Federal Government,” said the President Obama.

Over the last 10 years, the National Archives & Records Administration has taken in an average of 475 million pages of records per year. Recently there has been significant growth in the volume of electronic records being accessioned, and total archival electronic holdings currently total 142 terabytes. According to a recent report by NARA, agencies have done a poor job of managing the increased volume and diversity of information that come with advances in information technology. Many are unlikely to fully comply with legal requirements under the Federal Records Act.

key provision, the President has required the director of OMB and the National Archivist to consult with those inside and outside the government – including public stakeholders interested in improving records management and open government.

DoJ Chiefs Cheer Fattah On Law-Enforcement Funding Officials of major federal law-enforcement agencies thanked Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-Phila.), the top Democratic appropriator for the Justice Dept., for leading the successful effort to fund federal enforcement agencies for the coming year.

Director Robert S. Mueller III of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and US Marshals Service Director Stacia A. Hylton, on behalf of 17,842 FBI agents and marshals, thanked the Philadelphia Congressman for his leadership and advocacy of law enforcement funding The Records Management Presidential Memorandum as part of the “minibus” appropriation bill President responds to this underlying problem. It initiates a com- Barack Obama signed last week. prehensive assessment of agency systems for collecting, maintaining, and preserving the records that Fattah responded it was a “bipartisan effort,” with the House Appropriations Subcommittee for Commerce, document the operation of our democracy.

Justice, Science and related agencies, under Chairman Specifically, it calls for reports within the next 120 Frank Wolf (R-Va.), working together to provide necesdays, by each agency head, describing current plans for sary resources for law enforcement. Fattah consulted improving records management programs; outlining with Mueller on Capitol Hill earlier this fall on the current obstacles to sound, cost-effective records man- FBI’s budget needs. agement policies; and cataloguing potential reforms and improvements. The agency reports will inform, and Fattah has been active in visiting law enforcement be followed, by a Records Management Directive, to agencies and meeting officials in his capacity as the be issued by the Director of OMB and the National senior Democrat on the CJS subcommittee. On Nov. 17 Archivist of the United States that will identify specific he visited newly-opened facilities of the FBI’s Terrorist steps agencies must take to reform records-manage- Screening Center in Vienna, Va. He will visit the FBI Academy training facilities at Quantico, Va. Earlier this ment policies and practices. month Fattah met with and was briefed by Acting DiThe Management Directive will focus on making rector B. Todd Jones of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tax, records management more cost-effective and accessible Firearms & Explosives in the Justice Dept. to the public and on transitioning from paper-based records to electronic records where appropriate. In a The multi-agency “minibus” appropriation provides increases for federal law enforcement above the FY 2011 • PHILADELPHIADAILYRECORD.COM

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THE PHILADELPHIA DAILY RECORD level for the FBI, U.S. Marshals Service, Drug Enforcement Administration, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms within the Justice Department. In addition, the legislation provides $198.5 million for Community Oriented Policing Services, mostly for COPS hiring, and $2.2 billion for state and local law-enforcement grants.

Clarke Clocks 500 Turkeys In One Morning

Clarke.

Since 2007, over 2,500 turkeys have been donated via the Clarke-Walmart partnership.

Seniors receiving the turkeys were pre-identified and picked up their bird at one of three locations: Lutheran Settlement Home, Martin Luther King Older Adult Center or Hartranft Community Center.

However, Clarke, who was joined by Councilman Bill Greenlee last Tuesday, decided to make extra stops to in Strawberry Mansion to families who could not attend the three pick-up locations in his District. Greenlee personally delivered turkeys to six different families in the fifth district.

Don’t Let The Bedbugs Bite During The Holidays

RESIDENTS IN North Central Philadelphia are all smiles at Hartranft Community Center, 9th & Cumberland Streets, as they pick up Thanksgiving turkey from Councilman Darrell Clarke (with Councilman Bill Greenlee at left). Photo by McGlasson Photography

This Christmas season, BedBug Central will coordinate with pest-control companies in Pennsylvania and New Jersey to provide charitable bed bug services for those who are suffering from bedbug infestations and do not have the means to improve their situation.

The charitable event is titled, “Taking the Bite Out of the Holidays,” and is being organized by BedBug Central, an authoritative information resource developed by entomologists to provide accurate information about bedbugs to the public and organizations.

Councilman Darrell L. Clarke partnered with Walmart to distribute 500 turkeys to Philadelphia seniors in his The charitable event was created by nationally regarded research entomologist Jeffrey White of BedBug Cendistrict. tral. Having researched bedbugs for more than 10 The event marked the fifth year Clarke and the retail years, White has been particularly concerned with the giant have worked together to help some of North rising cost of bedbug treatments.

Philadelphia’s most in need families.

“Bedbugs can be very expensive to eliminate, and with “It’s great to assist our seniors during a time of eco- the effects of this economy, we knew we had to give nomic distress, and it’s also humbling to help make the back,” said White. “We understand the importance of Thanksgiving Holiday season less burdensome,” said 6|

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THE PHILADELPHIA DAILY RECORD giving back and we wanted to continue the tradition and provide some relief to those in need. Ultimately, an individual’s money should be spent on creating a happier holiday season, not dealing with the frustration of bedbugs.”

Applications for candidates seeking bed bug assistance are currently being accepted. For more information or to apply, visit BedBug Central at www.bedbugcentral.com/holidays or email beddy at beddy@bedbugcentral.com.

In addition to aiding those in need throughout the coun- Recipients will be announced on Dec. 2 and bedbug try, BedBug Central is focusing their efforts on individ- treatments will be rendered the first three weekends of uals and charities in the tri-state area. BedBug Central December. will partner with local pest control company, Cooper Pest Solutions, to provide charitable bed bug treatments to those in need in New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania.

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