Philadelphia Daily Record

Vol. III No. 99 (465)

Keeping You Posted With The Politics Of Philadelphia

June 13, 2012

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VISITING Franklin Institute last night for fundraiser was America’s Chief of State Barack Obama. His talk focused on nation’s economy. Photo by Rory McGlasson

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Jun. 14Fundraiser for Councilwoman Cindy Bass at Tavern 17, Radisson Warwick Hotel, 220 S. 17th St., 5-7 p.m.

Ticket levels $50 to $1,000.

RSVP by Jun. 7 to Fran Fattah at RSVP@CindyBass.com or (215) 370-9883.

Jun. 14Creative Class Fundraiser for Councilman David Oh at the Walnut Room, 1709 Walnut St., 5-8 p.m. Tickets $50 up. Special for Artists, $5 at the door. For info John Katrina (215) 252-6918.

Jun. 15State Rep. John Myers hosts his final Senior Health Fair at Center in the Park, 5818 Germantown Ave., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. For info (215) 849-6896.

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Jun. 15Celebrating 60th anniversary of SS United States celebration and stack lighting at Independence Seaport Museum, 211 S. Columbus Blvd., 6:30-9 p.m. Tickets $30.

Jun. 15-16-7- Annual St. Maron Church Lebanese Festival on Ellsworth St. between 10th and 11th. Friday from 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m.

Admission free. All welcome.

Authentic Middle East cuisine and entertainment.

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Jun. 15-17- Remembering Juneteenth (Freedom Day, Jun. 19), three-day celebration hosted by Berean Baptist Ch., 2425-33 W. Indiana Ave. Rev. James Henry Buck, Jr., pastor.

For info (215) 229-8048.

Jun. 16Pre-Father’s Day Brunch sponsored by State Rep. W. Curtis Thomas at St. Paul Baptist Ch. Callahan Ha., 10th & Wallace Sts. All in 181st State House Dist. are welcome to come honor men aged 90 and up. For info Rev. Donna Jones (267) 886-3139.

Jun. 16Sen. Anthony Williams 5th gun buy back at Vare Recreation Center, 2600 Morris St. $100 gift cards exchanged. No starter pistols, flares or air guns accepted.

Jun. 18— The Phila. TEA Party Patriots - South Philly Group Meeting, 7 PM, Prudential Bank Bldg,1834 W Oregon Av. Entrance through rear parking lot.

Jun. 20Oxford Circle Chapter 1301 of Nat’l Active Retired Federal Employees Ass’n meets at N.E. Older Adult Ctr. at 8101 Bustleton Ave., 12 noon.

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Master Painter

JANE GOLDEN, Executive Director of Mural Arts Program, adds a splash of paint to a mock-up of the soon-to-be-completed “Trades and Unions” mural, which will grace a wall at intersection of Ridge Avenue, Spring Garden Street and 12th Street. Fundraiser, hosted by John Dougherty, business manager of IBEW Local 98, and City Council President Darrell Clarke, was held at IBEW Local 98 conference room Monday night. Photo by Rory McGlasson • PHILADELPHIADAILYRECORD.COM

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Daily Waffles From Joe Sbaraglia (The Waffleman) An older lady decided to give herself a big treat for her significant 70th birthday by staying overnight in an expensive hotel.

When she checked out next morning, the desk clerk handed her a bill for $250.00. She exploded and demanded to know why the charge was so high. "It's a nice hotel but the rooms cer-

tainly aren't worth $250.00 for just an overnight stay! I didn't even have breakfast."

The clerk told her that $250.00 is the 'standard rate', so she insisted on speaking to the Manager. The Manager appeared and, forewarned by the desk clerk, announced: “This hotel has an Olympic-sized pool and a

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huge conference center which are available for use."

"But I didn't use them," she said. ''Well, they are here, and you could have," explained the Manager. He went on to explain that she could also have seen one of them-hotel shows for which the hotel is famous. "We have the best entertainers from the world over performing here," the Manager said.

"But I didn't go to any of those shows," she said.

"Well, we have them, and you could have," the Manager replied. No matter what amenity the Manager mentioned, she replied, "But didn't use it!" and the Manager countered with his standard response.

After several minutes discussion with the Manager unmoved, she decided to pay, wrote a check and gave it to him The Manager was surprised when he looked at the check. "But madam, this check is for only $50.00."

"That's correct. I charged you $200.00 for sleeping with me," she replied.

"But I didn't!" exclaims the very surprised Manager.

"Well, too bad, I was here, and you could have."

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Toomey Takes On Sugar Subsidies That Hurt Pa. US Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) has co-sponsored a bipartisan amendment to lower sugar prices and reduce restrictions on the sale and trade of sugar.

The amendment, introduced to the pending farm bill (S 3240), would roll back costly changes made to America’s sugar program in the 2008 farm bill.

“I have long advocated for reform of the government’s wasteful sugar program, which hurts consumers, candy companies, food manufacturers and the suppliers that depend on them,” the Senator said. “I’m confident this bipartisan approach to reform will provide important relief to a prominent sector of Pennsylvania’s economy and help protect taxpayers.”

The amendment would: • Repeal the Feedstock Flexibility program, which will cost $193 million in the next 10 years. The program was added to the 2008 farm bill and requires the federal government to buy surplus sugar, which is then sold to ethanol companies at a loss.

• Repeal unnecessary trade restrictions, freeing up the Agriculture Secretary to increase sugar imports when domestic supplies do not meet demand.

• Give the USDA more flexibility in administering the import quota system, allowing qualifying counties to trade their quotas among each other, ensuring that American companies receive an adequate supply of sugar.

• Reform domestic supply restrictions, giving the USDA more flexibility to modify or suspend marketing allotments. The 2008 bill set an artificial guarantee of 85% of consumption. This amendment would give the USDA more flexibility to determine how much sugar producers can sell.

• Eliminate higher price support levels, reducing taxpayers’ liability. The 2008 bill increased loan rates, driving up prices for sugar-consuming industries.

The amendment was introduced by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and is co-sponsored by Sens.

Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.).

Toomey is also a co-sponsor of Shaheen’s SUGAR Act (S 25), which would eliminate the entire sugar program.

Pennsylvania confectioners have joined Toomey in supporting this amendment “Hershey strongly supports the efforts of Sen. Toomey and his colleagues to advance market-oriented reforms of the U.S. sugar program by rolling back the costly provisions added in the 2008 farm bill. Sen. Toomey’s amendment would benefit American consumers by providing the food and beverage industry with much-needed relief from tight sugar supplies and artificially high prices,” said Terry O’Day, senior VP of global operations at The Hershey Co. “Sugar subsidies artificially inflate the price of one of the staples of the candy industry and force us and many other companies to choose between absorbing the higher costs, passing the costs on to consumers or producing elsewhere. The relief this amendment would provide is direly needed and will help us maintain our operations in the United States,” said Ross Born, co-CEO of Just Born Candy in Bethlehem.

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Mass. Guv Keynotes Penna. Dems’ Meeting MASSACHUSEETS GOV. DEVAL PATRICK, left, was keynote speaker for Penna.

Democratic Committee state meeting at the Valley Forge Casino Resort in Radisson ballroom Friday night. US Sen. Bob Casey, Jr. escorted Patrick from VIP reception to ballroom. Over 300 enthusiastic Democrats from across state attended the event. Photos by Bonnie Squires

WAITING to welcome Gov. Deval Patrick to dinner were Mark Segal, one of cohosts of dinner, and Rep. Mike O’Brien and a group of friends.

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COUNCILWOMAN Marian Tasco enjoyed hearing Gov. Deval Patrick’s stirring address to Penna. Democratic Committee crowd and she told him so.

AMONG DIGNITARIES delighted to host Gov. Deval Patrick were Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz and her former colleague Patrick Murphy.

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Controller’s ‘WatchDog’ App Wins National Award City Controller Alan Butkovitz’s Philly WatchDog app is now available for Android users to report fraud and waste in Philadelphia. The release of the Android version is in addition to the Controller’s WatchDog app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod that was launched April 2011.

The National Association of Government Communicators recently honored the Controller’s Office with an Award of Excellence for its iPhone app.

The Philly Watchdog app was recognized for being a special purpose product that according to one judge, “…was very impressive… and took advantage of new technology to reach out to and connect with citizens.”

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“Our Office continues to be a leader in providing citizens with all the necessary tools to fight fraud and waste in Philadelphia,” said Butkovitz. “This is a great honor, not only for our office, but for the City of Philadelphia to be recognized nationally for its ability to meet today’s technological demands.”

When the Controller launched the Philly WatchDog app for Apple devices, it was the first app of its kind in the nation that focused on reporting fraudulent incidents directly to a government entity.

The Android app will have the same fraud-reporting capabilities as its Apple counterpart, such as the ability to record video and pictures or upload stored media, anonymous reporting, GPS to pinpoint location of incident, and a one-touch button to call the Controller’s Fraud hotline. The free app can be downloaded from Google Play (Android market).