Vol. III No. 123 (488)
Keeping You Posted With The Politics Of Philadelphia
August 2, 2012
Philadelphia Daily Record
Bring Back Prohibition!
NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER previewed what promises to be another blockbuster exhibition for the fall: “American Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition.” Seen here at preview are, from left, prize-winning author Daniel Okrent, who serves as consultant for exhibit; Ashley Berke of NCC in her Flapper costume; and David Eisner, CEO of NCC. The preview offered an advance view of video plus artifacts like Carrie Nation’s hatchet, transmittal letter of Prohibition Amendment, and a phone used to tap line of a policeman who ran a bootlegging business from his office! Exhibit, which opens in October, will also feature a speakeasy. Photo by Bonnie Squires
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Aug. 3- Councilman Curtis Jones, Jr., to open second 4th Distric Officed at 5462 Ridge Av., corner of Hermit st. at 12 noon. Aug. 3- State Rep. Rosita Younblood hosts County Resource Fair at Caanan Baptist Ch., 5430 Pulaski Ave., 11 a.m.2 p.m. For info (215) 849-6426. th
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Aug. 3- Arthur Green’s 14 Ward Cool Summer Madness Night at New Barber’s Hall, Broad & Oxford Sts., 9 p.m. $10 admission. Aug. 4- State Sen. Anthony Williams hosts Family Fun Day with Keystone Mercy at Vare Rec Ctr., 2600 Morris sSt., 11 a.m.-4 p.m. For info Don Cave (215) 492-2980.
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Aug. 4— White Linen Birthday Celebration of Councilman Curtis Jones, Jr., at Miss Tootsie’s Restaurant, 1312 South St., VIP reception 6 p.m., general ticketholders 8 p.m. For info Ajeenah Amir (202) 468-6936. Aug. 4- 2nd annual Hunting Park Family Fun and Fitness Day at Hunting Park Recreation Center, 901 W. Hunting Park Av., from 11 am to 5 pm. Aug. 6- Golf Outing to support Charles Gehret, Penna. State Senate GOP candidate in 17th
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Dist., at Sand Barrens G.C., 1765 Rte. 9 N., Swainton, N.J. Registration 9 a.m. For info Judy Camiel (610) 668-1730. Aug. 10- 11 Two day Give Back Festival hosted by Nicetown CDC marking its 10th anniversary, 4300 Germantown Av. Aug. 15- Happy Hour Fundraiser for City Commission Chairwoman Stephanie Singer at Happy Rooster, SWC 16th & Sansom Sts., enter Sansom St., 5:30-7:30 p.m. $100-$500. Checks made out to Friends of Stephanie Singer, 250 S. 17th St., #701, Phila., PA 19103. Aug. 16- Mt. Airy Night Market will take place on Germantown Avenue from Carpenter Lane to Mt. Airy Avenue from 6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Aug. 17- Bobbie Carter Foundation Diabetes Games Night, 6:00 to 8:30 pm at Park Avenue Banquet Hall, 4942 Parkside Av. Buffet and wine sampling $5. For info call Yanina Carterf at 267-586-2268. Aug. 18- Barrett Rec Ctr. Advisory Board Community Day, 8th & Duncannon Sts., 11 a.m.-3 pm. No charge. Family fun day. All invited. For info Sheila Bellamy (215) 457-4079.
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Lost Your Home? Take Action Now, Casey Urges US Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) this morning alerted Pennsylvanians who may have wrongfully lost their homes that they could qualify for financial compensation via the Foreclosure Review Process. The program is set to expire in Sep. 30. There are potentially 100,000 Pennsylvanians who could be eligible for an independent foreclosure
review which could result in compensation up to $125,000 if they lost their homes due to unscrupulous foreclosure practices by banks. With the program set to expire on Sep. 30, only 4.6% of eligible Pennsylvanians have taken advantage of the Foreclosure Review Process.
Corbett Quits DRPA Board, Names His Replacement Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett announced that he will be stepping down later this month as chairman of the Delaware River Port Authority Board of Commissioners. The Governor also announced he would name Andrew J. Reilly of Middletown Township, Pa. to succeed him on the board. The Governor will recommend that at its next regularly scheduled meeting on Aug. 15, the board elect sitting Commissioner David F. Simon of Gwynedd Valley, Pa. to serve as chairman. “Leading the DPRA through a period of transition has been a welcome challenge,” the Governor said. “When I joined the Board of Commissioners last year, I said I would remain only as long as it took to return the authority to its core mission: Providing safe, reliable, customer-friendly transportation to the people of southeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey. I believe the board is reliably committed to that mission, and the time has come for me to leave it in the board’s care.”
Corbett appointed himself to the board and was subsequently elected chairman in March 2011. During his tenure, the DRPA has ended the controversial policy of issuing bonds to fund economicdevelopment projects unrelated to transportation, reduced its aggregate debt to just over $1.2 billion from a high of about $1.45 billion, moved forward on the Walt Whitman Bridge redecking and PATCO passenger car renovation projects, decreased the authority’s 2012 debt service by approximately $2.5 million per month, increased its operational liquidity, created the DRPA Office of the Inspector General to fight waste and abuse, completed its first reverse auction for electricity at an estimated annual savings of about $1.3 million and kept spending in check by submitting nearly flat annual operating budgets for two years in a row. The incoming chairman and the Governor’s latest board appointment both have extensive experience (Cont. Page 5) • PHILADELPHIADAILYRECORD.COM
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THE PHILADELPHIA DAILY RECORD in government, trial law and non-profit corporate governance. Simon, 59, is VP and general counsel for Jefferson Health System, based in Radnor, Pa. A graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo and the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Simon was appointed in March 2011 to the DRPA Board of Commissioners, where he has served as both vice chairman of the finance committee and an active member of the audit committee. In 2010, Simon chaired incoming Gov. Corbett’s transition teams for the Dept. of Insurance and the Dept. of Public Welfare. He also chaired former Gov. Tom Ridge’s transition teams for the Dept. of Health & Aging. Simon later served in the Ridge Administration as chief counsel for the Dept. of Insurance. “As chairman, Gov. Corbett has given the DRPA every tool it needs to become one of the most efficient, customer-focused and respected transportation agencies in the country,” Simon said. “I intend to put those tools to work. We will continue to focus our mission on transportation. We will con-
tinue to strengthen management controls and pursue management efficiencies. Most importantly, we will add value on our customers’ terms, not our own.” Reilly, 49, is a partner in the law firm of Swartz Campbell in Media, Pa. He specializes in municipal liability, personal injury, products liability, real estate and commercial litigation. His clients include the Delaware County Redevelopment Authority, the Delaware County Economic Development Oversight Board, the Brandywine Conference & Visitors’ Bureau, IBEW Local 654 and the Township of Aston, Pa. He also represents the Pennsylvania Veterans’ Museum and the Lenni Heights Fire Co. on a pro bono basis. Reilly is a former chairman of the Delaware Co. Council and the sitting chairman of the Republican Committee of Delaware Co. He also serves on boards of directors of the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Riddle Hospital and the Delaware County Solid Waste Authority. He is a graduate of Susquehanna University and the Widener University School of Law.
Stack: Pa. Infrastructure Needs Immediate Action Exactly one year after the Corbett administration’s Transportation Funding Advisory Commission released its report on Pennsylvania’s underfunded and ailing transportation infrastructure, State Sen. Mike Stack (D-Northeast) said the Governor’s inaction on the report’s findings continues to jeopardize the safety of motorists and pedestrians. Stack sent a letter today urging the members of the General Assembly who have not signed his petition to join him in calling on the Governor to convene a Special Session to properly address the state’s infrastructure issues.
“The Governor indicated during his budget address in February that he wished to deal with transportation separate from the budget. Since then, we continue to hear nothing from his office about direction on this situation. His inaction on this serious matter is putting all of Pennsylvania at risk,” Stack said. “I urge my colleagues to join me in calling for a Special Session so that we come up with a viable, long-term solution to the infrastructure crisis.” One year after the release of the TFAC report, Pennsylvania has fallen further behind. Roads and bridges continue to deteriorate, which means the • PHILADELPHIADAILYRECORD.COM
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THE PHILADELPHIA DAILY RECORD cost to repair them grows, and mass transit systems operate underfunded. According to the report, the inaction on the infrastructure crisis costs Pennsylvania $1 million per day. “The Governor has failed to lead on this issue for
over a year. Now is the time for state lawmakers to work in a bipartisan manner to address this issue,” Stack said. “I urge my colleagues to support this call for a Special Session this fall so that we can help put Pennsylvania back to work and keep our roads safe.”
Williams Offers Reward For Home Invasion Case
STATE REP. JIM ROEBUCK, left, and Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell, 2nd from right, join 18th Dist. police officers in advertising reward for attacker of belovèd Committeewoman Yvonne Gaines and her son.
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THE PHILADELPHIA DAILY RECORD Announcing a $5,000 reward, State Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams (D-W. Phila.) is calling upon the public to help catch the man who assaulted two seniors in their Catherine Street home on Tuesday. “There is no way anyone should think that this kind of violence is acceptable, not here or anywhere in the city,” said Williams. “And it’s up to all of us to show that we will not accept this kind of behavior, or harbor anyone who would inflict this kind of harm on our most vulnerable residents.” Police have named Jimmy Morrison, 41, as the suspect in the assault, battery and home invasion that sent 87-year-old Yvonne Gaines and her son, cited as a disabled Vietnam veteran, to the hospital with severe cuts and bruises. According to reports, Gaines, who knows Morrison, responded to his knock on her door, when he asked to use the bathroom early Tuesday morning. Upon forcing his way inside, he attacked both of them, with robbery the chief motive. The assailant left with nothing of value, however.
former block captain and has been a member of the 5600 block of Catherine Street for more than 40 years. Police describe Morrison as 5-foot-9, 190 lb., with black hair and brown eyes. Williams responded immediately with a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the assailant. “Hard economic times are nothing new. People struggling with addiction are nothing new. But to have someone feel as though they can wantonly abuse and rob an elder is a moral failing of epic proportions,” Williams said. “There is no excuse for these actions, and the guilty must be punished to the fullest extent of the law. We must demonstrate who we are as a community, not just here in Cobbs Creek, but across the city. “We have to say, ‘Enough!’” Anyone with information on the crime can contact Southwest Detectives at (215) 686-3183 or the citizens Crime Commission at (215) 546-6532.
Gaines, a Democratic committeewoman, also is a
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