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Vol. XV No. 23

Issue 1010

June 6, 2019

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OUR CITY’S port is poised for major growth in imports when the Delaware River channel deepening is completed this year. It can bring new prosperity to the region.

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P.F.T. PRESS FOR SCHOOL FIXES P. 2

PFT Drives ‘Fund Our Facilities’

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he union leaders and legislators who comprise the Fund Our Facilities Coalition met at Richard Wright Elementary School to announce legislation sponsored by State Sen. Vincent Hughes (D-W. Phila.) that would invest $85 million to make critical repairs to Philadelphia’s school buildings.

The dollar amount in Hughes’ companion bills – SB 555 and SB 556 – represent exactly half of the $170 million the coalition has said is needed to address immediate health and safety concerns, and to ensure every Philly school building is safe, clean and healthy.

Funding for SB 555 would come in the form of a $125 million grant from several Commonwealth

special funds with outstanding balances. SB 556 is an alternative proposal that would secure the $125 million from the current State budget surplus.

With each bill, Hughes proposes directing $85 million to the School District of Philadelphia; $30 million to 134 school districts throughout the state with a significant number of students experiencing poverty; and $10 million to the remaining public schools in the state.

“We are in a position to fix a critical structural need and we cannot afford to lose this opportunity to provide thousands of teachers, students and school staffers with a healthy, safe environment each day,” Hughes said. “The investments I am proposing would help fund the critical maintenance and repair and provide those conditions. We must act now and repair the unhealthy and unsafe conditions for the future of our students and our education system.”

Targeted repairs include lead and asbestos abatement or remedi-

ation; HVAC repair or replacement; electrical system repair or replacement, plumbing repair or replacement, roof and window repair or replacement; and other repairs or replacements that present a health or safety issue.

Jerry Jordan, president of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, which convened the coalition, applauded the bill as a major step in the right direction. “The bills sponsored

by Sen. Hughes send the message that the Fund Our Facilities Coalition is actively working and making real progress toward improving teaching and learning conditions in Philadelphia,” he said.

One sure “yes” vote for the bill will come from State Sen. Larry Farnese (D-S. Phila.), who said SB 555 and 556 represent a “milestone” in the coalition’s efforts to improve school buildings. “The development of a solid and workable plan to fund our facilities and provide long-awaited upgrades that our schools need and our students deserve,” he said.

In Re: Adoption of Baby Boy S (DOB: 12-28-2015) No. 2019-A0037 Orphans’ Court Division, Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County, PA To: Unknown Birthfather / “Nico” -- A Petition has been filed asking the Court to put an end to all rights (if any) you have to child, Baby Boy S, born 12-28-2015 at Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. The Court has set a hearing to consider ending your rights (if any) to the child. The hearing will be held in Courtroom 15 before Judge Austin at One Montgomery Plaza, 4th Flr, 425 Swede St, Norristown, PA on July 9, 2019 at 1:00 pm.

Your presence is required at the hearing. You are warned even if you fail to appear at the scheduled hearing, the hearing will go on without you and your rights (if any) to the child may be ended by the Court without your being present. You have a right to be represented at the hearing by a lawyer. You should take this paper to your lawyer at once.

If you do not have a lawyer or cannot afford one, go to or telephone the office set forth below to find out where you can get legal help. Montgomery County Lawyer Referral Service, 100 W Airy St, PO Box 268, Norristown, PA 19404 (610-279-9660). Law Offices of Deborah E. Spivack, Atty for Petitioner, Bethany Christian Services, PO Box 56182, Philadelphia, PA 19130 (215-763-5550).

BY THE COURT: HON. CHERYL L. AUSTIN

Several state representatives attended the press conference, including Elizabeth Fiedler (D-S. Phila.), a founding member of the coalition.

Fiedler also announced that she will be introducing “companion legislation in the House to make this funding a reality for our schools.”

State Rep. Donna Bullock (D-N. Phila.) represents the neighborhood where Richard Wright Elementary is located. She pointed out that when schools aren’t adequately and fairly funded, these inequities show up in overcrowded classrooms, underpaid teachers and crumbling schools. “These conditions wouldn’t be acceptable in any other district and we shouldn’t accept them in Philly’s public schools,” she explained to those in attendance. “The State has a responsibility to provide the resources to make every school building a clean and safe environment.”

Several members of City Council were also on hand to praise the work of

Hughes and the Coalition.

Council President Darrell Clarke thanked Hughes and Fiedler for “pursuing a necessary course of action to ensure school buildings across the Commonwealth are safe for students, teachers, and support staff,” adding, “These bills must lead to the restoration of consistent, predictable PLANCON funding so that we never fall this far behind in our responsibility for Pennsylvania’s children ever again.”

The sentiments of all of the coalition members and press conference attendees were summed up by State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (D-N. Phila.): “Our kids have waited long enough for learning environments that are safe and clean. Since the formation of the coalition we’ve worked at a state and local level to remedy the crisis in our schools. Now is the time to get it done and today’s announcement of significant money toward the outlined goal moves us in the right direction.”

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t’s time to move to nonpartisan municipal elections for the City of Philadelphia, says State Sen. Anthony Williams (DW. Phila.).

Williams announced he will introduce legislation to eliminate our two-round partisan elections with a single-round nonpartisan election, whereby the mayor and City Council would be elected by ranked-choice voting.

Nonpartisan municipal elections are common in many major cities across

the United States.

Ranked-choice voting is spreading around the world’s democracies. San Francisco and Minneapolis also use it.

Voters rank all candidates from first to last choice. The candidate with the fewest first-choices is dropped; their first-choice voters’ votes then go to their second choice; and so on, until a winner emerges.

Williams has put some thought into municipal elections, having run for mayor twice.

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Governor’s Message: Pennsylvania Stands Behind Port

BY GOV. TOM WOLF y administration is working to improve the transportation infrastructure of Pennsylvania, and the Port

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of Philadelphia (PhilaPort) is no exception. More than $300 million in infrastructure, warehousing, and equipment investments are underway at PhilaPort

through my Capital Investment Program and port development plan.

The arrival of two super post-Panamax cranes last year increased PhilaPort’s

capacity and reduced its turnaround times to just 40 minutes, leading to a record-breaking 2018. Two more super post-Panamax cranes arrived at Phi-

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ENERGIZING PHILADELPHIA’S WATERFRONT SINCE 1958

TRANSPORTATION UTILITY SECURITY COMMERCIAL PHILADELPHIA, PA HUNTINGDON VALLEY, PA CAMDEN, NJ

GOV. TOM WOLF laPort in March, bringing to use our resources wisely the port’s total operational and invest in opportunities cranes to six. A seventh that will have outsize imsuper post-Panamax crane pacts on the growth of our due in August will further economy, and of jobs. Key build the port’s capacity and investments in industry, reputation. and in critical components PhilaPort has made prog- of our infrastructure, not ress on the 103-mile project only provide jobs, but also to deepen the Main Chan- provide improved efficiennel of the Delaware River, cies – helping businesses reaching 42 feet. The next grow. step, going to 45 feet, is anPennsylvania’s location ticipated to be completed on the east coast with ample later this year or early in road and rail transportation 2020. The combination of and easy access to major larger cranes and increased metropolitan cities provide accessibility has already led us with an incredible opto the arrival of the largest portunity to play a key role container vessel to ever call in the movement of goods. at the port last year.

PhilaPort is an important Development is slated to piece of this puzzle. By upcontinue through 2020 and grading and moderning is projected to support thou- PhilaPort to make it the sands of jobs and generate strongest port on the East an increase of more than Coast, we can strengthen $100 million in state and the economy of our entire local tax revenues annually. commonwealth and make Investments like this one Pennsylvania a top player in are a key part of my strategy world trade.

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FRANK BANKARD, ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER ROBERT T. WALSH, REC. SECRETARY JAMES REILLEY, PRESIDENT JAMES JONES, TREASURER JAMES GITTENS, VICE PRESIDENT VINCENT ASCIONE, FINANCIAL SECRETARY BUSINESS AGENTS & EXECUTIVE BOARD

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Students Get Crash Course at Maritime Exchange

What do you do when a busload of 9th-graders

Maritime Exchange, you show them the tech you use

to ensure information about ships, crews, and cargos

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shows up at your office?

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Waterfront Facilities, Planning, and Design Container Terminals Dry, Break, and Liquid Bulk Terminals Marinas, Ferries, and Recreational Boat Harbors Rehabilitation of Docks and Piers Evaluation of Existing Structures Intermodal Facilities Diver Condition Surveys and Soundings Dredging Services Industrial Buildings and Foundation Design Construction Management and Inspection State and Federal Permitting Claims and Litigation Support

gets where it needs to go.

On Apr. 11, cadets from the Maritime Academy Charter High School eager to learn about port operations and cybersecurity spent a morning at the Exchange to do just that. The goal was to help the charter school instill in each cadet an appreciation of the nation’s maritime heritage via hands-on access to the global transportation industry, particularly as it relates to the ports of the Delaware River and Bay. Michael LaGrassa, charter-school maritime-studies instructor and curriculum specialist, and Eugene Mattioni, Exchange director and long-time supporter of the academy, coordinated the visit to give the students a first-hand look at the iconic maritime organization and an opportunity to interact with staff.

“It was a true pleasure hosting the students,” said Exchange President Dennis Rochford. “The maritime industry provides many excellent career paths for the next generation of mariners, engineers, ship build-

ers, agents, security specialists, and attorneys, just to name a few. The students were very attentive and challenged us with a lot of insightful questions.”

Exchange Operations Director Paul Myhre provided an overview of day-to-day operations and an in-depth demonstration of the Exchange’s port community system, Maritime On-Line.

He emphasized the important role the Exchange plays to facilitate the movements of ships and cargo through the port, the types of information the organization is responsible to maintain, and the critical communication functions of the organization.

IT Director Michael Fink followed up with a discussion of the redundancy and cybersecurity measures the company uses to protect its systems, its infrastructure, and the mission-critical data stored and processed by the Exchange.

“The visit was awesome – the explanation of vessel tracking, images of the river traffic, and the amount of (Cont. Page 9)

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THE MARITIME ACADEMY Charter School provides students in grades 2 through 12 with a rigorous academic program, focusing on maritime studies. High-school students work with the latest technology to learn maritime content, such as nautical science and maritime business, while achieving high standards in English, mathematics, science, social studies and the arts.

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KEYSTONE SHIPPING REPRESENTING MORE THAN 100 YEARS OF SERVICE L-R, CONGRESSMAN Dwight Evans, Congresswom an Mary Gay Scanlon and State Rep. Madeleine Dean participated in the event.

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Scanlon Seeks Shipyard Jobs

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alling attention to the Philly Shipyard’s candidacy to construct state-of-the-art ships for the U.S. Maritime Administration, Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Phila.) coordinated a March tour and press conference at the venerable shipyard. For over two decades, the facility has served as a major infrastructure and workforce driver for the region through the leadership of labor and economic stakeholders. It has produced world-class ships and is home to the most-qualified shipyard workforce in the country.

“Nearly half of all the U.S. large commercial vessels built since 2003 were constructed right here in Philadelphia,” Scanlon said.

This [MARAD] project could help put many workers who have been laid off back to work.”

Reprinted courtesy of the Maritime Exchange for the Delaware River & Bay Beacon.

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n Mar. 27, 2019, the M/V Zhen Hua 25 arrived in South Philadelphia to unload two behemoths at the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal.

These new cranes, identical to two that arrived in 2018, make for a total of four super Post-Panamax cranes – capable of handling the largest ships in the world

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(Cont. From Page 6) valuable information available to members of the Exchange, extraordinary,” Mattioni said. “Paul Myhre, Michael Fink, and Dennis Rochford were exceptional and knowledgeable hosts getting many questions from MACHS cadets. The tour of the computer room was an eye opener, and the redundancy of the systems and its importance well explained. We all learned a lot during the visit.”

The Maritime Academy Charter School provides students in grades 2 through 12 with a rigorous academic program, focusing on the special theme of maritime studies.

High school students work with the latest technology to learn maritime content, such as nautical science and maritime business, while achieving high standards in English, mathematics, science, social studies, and the arts.

“We hope to have the opportunity to host future visits,” Rochford said.

Reprinted courtesy of the Maritime Exchange for the Delaware River & Bay Beacon.

TEUs per year. Terminal-wide improvements at Packer Avenue have paved the way for increased international business and imports through PhilaPort.

In early March of this year, representatives from Holt Logistics and PhilaPort gathered with officials from the Argentine Embassy to the U.S. to welcome the first shipment of Argentine beef into the United States since 2001.

With help from PhilaPort and Holt Logistics, the Argentine Agricultural Ministry successfully acquired the necessary approvals from the US Department of Agriculture to begin import of bovine meat products. Now, Argentina expects to export about 20,000 tons of beef products – primarily used for higher-end cuts and ham-

burgers – into the U.S. every year.

The reintroduction of Argentine beef products marks another success in maintaining Philadelphia as the largest port for imported beef by volume in the United States.

A 21st-century port operation requires a 21st-century workforce, and the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal will soon be utilizing a new program that will greatly expand opportunities for local residents to attain family-sustaining jobs at the port.

In December 2018, officials from Citizens Bank, the Collegiate Consortium for Workforce & Economic Development, PhilaPort, and Philadelphia Works, joined Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney at the Terminal to announce the opening of

the new Citizens Bank Regional Maritime Training Center. The new center will offer hundreds of current and future workers within Greater Philadelphia’s growing maritime industry access to specialized training programs and enhanced training opportunities such as forklift certification and recertification, yard jockey training, and OSHA safety training.

With an eye towards the future, more changes will be seen across the terminal in the coming year.

2019 will mark completion of comprehensive technology improvements, re-paving and electrification of the terminal yard, and the arrival of one additional super post-Panamax crane, bringing the total number of cranes on the terminal to eight. Additionally, en-

gineering is currently underway for a new off-site replacement for the terminal’s refrigerated and dry distribution center. This new center will greatly increase terminal flexibility and efficiency in bringing a wide variety of products to market.

With steady increases in cargo volume and major improvements to visual infrastructure, the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal is poised to be the crown jewel in Philadelphia’s resurgence in the global shipping market. Holt Logistics and its client companies are proud partners in these efforts with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, PhilaPort and other stakeholders to ultimately drive economic growth that benefits workers, consumers, businesses and government.

45 Feet: Within Range

THE MARCUS HOOK Range of channel deepening presents the last obstacle to completion of the project.

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rogress toward a 45-foot main channel in the Delaware River continues.

During a March analysis of the final stretch of waterway yet to be deepened, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers discovered

additional rock outcrops in the Marcus Hook Range. As a result, the project was not completed by the end of the first quarter of this year as anticipated. The Corps is conducting further investigations, includ-

ing additional surveying and reviewing the areas adjacent to all known rock outcrops.

Working with local sponsor PhilaPort and the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., the Corps will finalize a plan to remove

the rock, which should bring this all-important project to completion.

This article and accompanying map reprinted courtesy of the Maritime Exchange for the Delaware River & Bay Beacon.

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THE NEW post-Panamax cranes will enable Packer Avenue Marine Terminal to handle an expected surge of new business when channel deepening is completed.

– now operating at the Terminal.

The arrival marked another milestone in the comprehensive modernization project underway at Packer, a demonstration of the competitive advantage the Terminal offers to shippers looking to improve time to market on the U.S. East Coast.

With a total of seven operational cranes and improvements in lighting, electrification, and warehousing, Packer Avenue Marine Terminal offers carriers unparalleled efficiency in reaching the Mid-Atlantic region and beyond. The Terminal is nearing completion of a comprehensive modernization, which will result in an increased overall throughput capacity for PhilaPort to one million

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MORE CRANES MORE CAPACITY ZERO CONGESTION Holt Logistics and its client companies are proud partners in the $300 million modernization of the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal in South Philadelphia.

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EVERYDAY PEOPLE

BY DENISE CLAY hese days, every company has a policy on what their employees should and shouldn’t do on social media.

Because company brands are so reliant on platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, these companies stay on top of what their employees do when they’re on the ’net, even if they’re on their own personal pages.

Putting the wrong thing on your personal Facebook page or sending out a bad Tweet can cost you your

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had been the subject of federal police-bias lawsuits. And of that 139, 100 of them wound up costing the City of Philadelphia money when the lawsuits were settled.

Now, if you’ve been here for a while, finding out that the Philadelphia Police Department has an element of racism and other bad stuff isn’t a surprise to you. It’s also not a surprise to find out that the jokers making up this element have no problem taking their venom to the internet for all the world to see. Remember the website “Domelights,” anyone?

It’s also not a surprise to find out that we have folks in the department who look down on the people that they police. But there are a couple of things that make this stand out to me.

One, unlike other jobs where you could feasibly say, “I’m a private citizen and these are my private (Cont. Page 15)

BY JOE SHAY STIVALA AY WINDOWS: Is the City Council “Bay Window” ordinance of Councilman Kenyatta JOHNSON much ado about nothing? Millennials, Point Breeze newbies and some developers mock it. But we without bias must weigh it. Some of the new homes built are just TOO LARGE for the block or land area.

A big home brings BIG PROFITS for builders, but look incongruous. Stop it before it gets out of control!

Plus, bay windows can be high-maintenance later on,

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nfluential ward leader and register of wills RON DONATUCCI is neither Macbeth nor Henry V. But his electoral loss is Shakespearean in many regards.

Donatucci has always presented an affable and down-to-earth image. His public image has always been respectful and reflective of the 26th Ward that he leads. But behind that image has always been a diligent and meticulous leader.

He has known how to count votes since he was in his early 20s. He was mentored by one of the legendary

be an independent candidate 12 for City Council in the fall. So you thought the dust had settled? Sherrie has a lot to give to our city and will have her day. Meanwhile, her brother Judge Denis Cohen presides over an action brought by business against the Office of Property Assessment. Expect an equitable outcome.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Judge Mark COHEN – looking robust! More ageless persons claiming birthdays are Media GREAT Donna Gentile-O’DONNELL; Tom MARTIN, Esq., friend of animals; Joshua ROBERTS, Esq. – almost Judge-elect; and Sharon VAUGHN, energy-filled 42nd Ward Leader!

Hey TRUMP! The Economist ran a briefing on the intense deliberations in early history to build the GREAT WALL of China.

The wall failed to keep IMMIGRANTS out.

KIM Jung Un, North Korea leader, had nasty things (Cont. Page 19)

vote-counters in Philadelphia political history. CONGRESSMAN BILL BARRETT represented South Philly for decades and was one of the few elected leaders who actually returned to his district every night to talk to constituents. Ron has often imitated the mannerisms of the late congressman, who would perch both thumbs on his chin as he asked a jobholder how many votes his precinct would deliver.

As register of wills, Ron Donatucci oversaw unprecedented amounts of patronage. And for many years, he was able to utilize his patronage to ensure his electoral safety. Patronage employees are aware of why they are there. First it’s to make sure that their boss gets re-elected and second is to serve the people of the city of Philadelphia.

Donatucci is a victim of historic change. Leaders can no longer legitimately make an employee’s job dependent on electoral performance.

The grievance procedures and media scrutiny dictate employees must be pampered and never threatened.

So just like in “Othello,” the king is the last one to know that his minions have lost their edge and/or their loyalty. But the fact of the matter in the crumbling empire of Philadelphia machine politics is that it’s hard to control everything block by block.

Those that stress the importance of millennials in recent elections are overstating facts. Younger voters have always risen up for a couple of elections and then gone back underground.

This goes back to the ’60s and the ’70s with flower power and hippie activism.

City Hall Sam has always urged younger voters to get involved. Most political people know it’s like pulling teeth. So the recent burst of millennial activism is sadly only temporary.

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job. The Road to Unemployment is littered with the careers of people who have misused social media.

If you’re in a job that requires the trust of the public to do it effectively, you really need to be on top of how the people who work for your use social media. Especially if that use can make it harder for the people you’re supposed to be serving to trust you.

That goes double if you’re a police officer, especially in Philadelphia.

On Saturday, the Plain View Project, an advocacy group that keeps track of police bias, published a database of examples of police officers using social media in ways that were racist, dehumanizing, supportive of violence against civilians, and well, bad.

Three-hundred and thirty Philadelphia Police officers – an inspector, six captains and nine lieutenants among them – were cited in the study. Of these, 139

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Anton MOORE began a summer jobs program down in South Philly’s 48th Ward.

For this, Moore was rightfully praised in the daily press.

They LEFT OUT that Anton is the Ward Leader. Would the writer get scorn from cool friends if she had mentioned it? My scan of ward leaders indicates that many are engaged in social, civic and legal work that benefits constituents.

Does MAYOR KENNEY owe Philly a debate with his GOP challenger? NOPE! The contender should stand up and let us know his program and issues – not lean on Kenney to help his campaign.

Disclosed gifts to lawmakers mentioned State Sen. TARTAGLIONE. I have seen the donated items Sen. Tina has given to school kids and seniors at her many health, job and school town meetings.

SHERRIE COHEN will

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s we plunge into those long, hot summer days, some of the more-active Republican ward leaders are already preparing for 2020 and PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S run.

On the horizon is also a drive toward running more citywide candidates. This past election saw major surges with increased Republican turnout compared to four years ago. Approximately 4,200 more Republicans came to the polls while 10,000 fewer Democrats chose to vote. Statewide and

get ugly.

MATT WOLFE in West Philly will look to expand on his winning of half the Republican wards in Philly and COUNCILMAN DAVID OH will likely start firing on all cylinders to show his strength.

Rumors of independent candidates jumping in have also now become a reality.

So Republican at-large candidates must run not only against each other but also against the Other.

The mayor’s race has become a circus with our candidate seemingly doing everything to ensure a MAYOR JIM KENNEY victory through his online antics. If he’s planning on staying in politics, he should dial down whiny and abrasive behavior by the time the race wakes up the general public starting September.

June begins the silly season. Politics 101: Get the sillies out of your system after Labor Day.

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national agents for President Trump are watching the City of Brotherly Love more than ever as a consistent amount of Republican voter registrations have steadily been coming in for over two years now.

The majority of those have come from the young ward leaders running South Philadelphia and the operation under STATE REP. MARTINA WHITE in Northeast Philly.

River Wards, Center City and West Philly are growing nicely as well.

So is there a Republican renaissance occurring quietly in Philly? I would say yes and this is key to winning in 2020 as long as year-round activism is occurring.

As for this year, the general election and the period leading up to it will sadly be a Republican slaughterhouse as the three Northeast candidates (COUNCILMAN AL TAUBENBERGER, BILL HEENEY and DAN TINNEY) will fight for those top two spots and that will likely

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any higher next year. They have every incentive to give a gift to their loyal, but often low-wage, constituents.

But a cost-of-living increase alone probably won’t be enough for voters to notice in 2020.

Central High Breaks Ground

GROUND was broken on major renovations at Central High School.

L-R in the shovel brigade were Gov. Tom Wolf, Mayor Jim Kenney, Central Principal Timothy McKenna and School Superintendent Dr. William Hite. Photo by Dustin Morris

Hmm … How About ‘Council Beings’?

Say goodbye to your favorite City councilman or councilwoman. By the time the last firecracker dies in the sky on New Year’s Eve, they will all be gone.

In their place will be a new “councilmember.”

For the most part this won’t involve an actual gender reassignment, merely a change in title.

On May 21, primary voters approved Proposition 1 by 68%, which amended the City Charter to address all Council members officially as “Councilmembers.”

Processing the new language through all City documents and signs will keep teams of clerks, lawyers and maintenance workers busy for the rest of 2018. So look State Rep. Jason

Dawkins District Office:

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for lots of overlap.

When it comes to formal address, people who write things to councilmen or councilwomen should probably start getting in the habit of calling them “councilmember.”

For constituents who can’t be bothered to learn a newfangled word, however, the old terms will still serve fine for years to come.

And Councilmember Joe Smith, if he or she is a wise politician, will probably just say, “Call me Joe.”

Abortion Wars Heating up As a spate of abortion restrictions in various red states advance toward the U.S. Supreme Court, look for Pennsylvania politicos on both sides to make hay of the issue.

Actual changes in Pennsylvania’s abortion laws are impossible until 1923 at the earliest due to the veto power of pro-choice Gov. Tom Wolf over the pro-life (Cont. Next Page)

Always Hard At Work for You! State Senator

Anthony Hardy Williams

State Rep.

Donna

Bullock

8th Senatorial District

195th Leg. Dist.

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T: (215) 684-3738 F: (215) 235-4629

State Rep.

Kevin J.

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7420 Frankford Ave. Phila., PA 19136

215-331-2600

Councilman At-Large

DEREK S. GREEN City Hall, Room 594 Philadelphia, PA 19107

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City Councilwoman Cherelle L. Parker 9th District

District Office 1538 E. Wadsworth Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19150 Phone: 215-686-3454 Fax: 215-685-9271. www.phlcouncil.com/CherelleParker

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BY JOE SHAHEELI here are increasing signs that lawmakers in the General Assembly may be girding themselves to do what was once unthinkable: Accept a hike in the minimum wage.

In fact, some influential Republicans are talking of putting their names on such a measure.

The Keystone State’s minimum wage has not been raised since the federal minimum wage was raised to $7.25/hour in 2009. All surrounding states have enacted higher rates.

The classic conservative argument against minimum-wage bumps is that they will price low-value, entry-level workers out of the job market altogether. In addition, the cost of living can vary widely from one part

The majority leader, State Sen. Camera Bartolotta (R-Washington), is working on a “cost-of-living increase.”

State Sen. David Argall (R-Schuylkill) has implied the GOP might go even further to meet the Democrats, provided they can arrange some givebacks in other areas.

A hike may make sense for Republicans now for a couple of reasons.

Nationally and statewide, the unemployment rate is low and the labor market tight. That is when a floor boost in wages is least likely to hurt employers or employment, because it goes with the trend of the market at the time.

However, some parts of the state aren’t doing as well as the state average unemployment rate of 3.9% in April or even poor Philadelphia’s rate of 4.1%. And those parts, chiefly in the mountains, vote Republican in the Trump era.

Looking back at the Democratic wave in 2018, their representatives want to stop that wave from mounting

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of a state to another; thus, a low income in Schuylkill County may go farther than a low income in Montgomery County. So Republicans prefer to argue that the market should be allowed to set wage rates without government interference.

In practice, though, no Republican advocates a minimum wage of $0.00.

At some point, human politics will push them to buy a minimum-wage hike – or at least not vote against it, in an election year particularly.

With the municipal primaries over, the bills State legislators pass (or vote against) this year will be cited for them or against them next year.

On the Senate side, State Sen. Christine Tartaglione (D-Kensington) has been Minority Chair of the Labor & Industry Committee for years and it was she who pushed through the last State-based minimum-wage hike. She is going all out this year behind a bill that would increase the minimum wage to $12 an hour, effective immediately, and to $15 an hour by 2025.

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(Cont. From Prev. Page) General Assembly. But that won’t stop activists in either party from running on the issue.

On the pro-choice side, State Sen. Vincent Hughes (D-W. Phila.) launched an online donation pitch to an “Accountability Fund” to

oppose his Republican colleagues’ “trend in unconstitutional and extreme legislation” that is “chipping away at our constitutional rights.”

He believes he can rouse his districts’ voters by focusing on this issue.

On the anti-choice side, the State House Republicans’ campaign committee has been weaponizing State Rep. Brian Sims’ (D-S. Phi-

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la.) recent encounter with pro-life protestors outside a Center City pregnancy-services clinic. This won’t hurt Sims in his progressive inner-city district, whose majority views on abortion he ably represents. He will be invoked countless times in Pennsylvania’s hinterland in 2020, as an example of what all Godfearing souls must turn out to vote against.

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t’s getting to be a bit of a broken record to say that the Port of Philadelphia, or PhilaPort, is poised to have another record-breaking year. And based on the news coming out of the Delaware River waterfront, the tune won’t be changing anytime soon – a good thing for those paying attention, as well as for those who should be.

The numbers alone are worth trumpeting as an indicator of just how crucial the port is to the city’s

EVERYDAY PEOPLE (Cont. From Page 12) thoughts,” police officers don’t necessarily stop working when they take off their uniforms and put their guns away. A big chunk of what police officers do is public relations and that extends to all aspects of the gig, even the off-duty ones. When a police officer does something wrong off-duty and it ends up on the news, the fact that he’s a police officer is what leads the story.

The police officers involved here not only should know better, but they have rules that tell them exactly what the social-media rules of engagement are for the department and they say, surprise, surprise, that you’re not supposed to use racial or ethnic slurs, personal insults, harassing language, or any of the other stuff that showed up on

these posts.

How will the Police Department and Commissioner Richard Ross handle this? They made the folks at “Domelights” shut down the site after the word got out about it, but the sentiment it broadcast is obviously still there. District Attorney Larry Krasner has already said that these officers will be put on the “do not call to testify” list, meaning that their cases are being looked over by defense attorneys as we speak for the bias needed to get them overturned.

Personally, firings make sense to me. People with less-important jobs have been fired for social-media blunders less egregious than the ones committed here.

I respect the FOP’s job to stand up for its members.

At some point, though, it must advise its members how they must behave in order not to have to be defended.

MARK your CALENDAR Jun. 6- Phila. Housing Authority hosts “Doing Business with PHA” at PHA HQ, 2013 Ridge Ave., 1st fl. Multi-Purpose Rm., Registration 5:30-6 p.m., Presentation & Networking 6-7 p.m. For info: Nicole Tillman (215) 684-4139.

Jun. 6- State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta hosts Public Safety & Quality of Life Town Hall at Lutheran Settlement Hop., 1340 Frankford Ave., 6-8 p.m.

Cybersecurity, senior services & more. For info: (215) 978-0311.

RELEASED after 40 years in prison for the murder of a policeman in the first MOVE siege in Powelton Village, Janet Holloway Africa, L, and Janine Phillips Africa reunite behind their comrade Ramona Africa.

Photo by Wendell Douglas

Jun. 8- Councilwoman Cherelle Parker hosts Shredding & E-Cycling Event at Hill-Freedman World Acad., Lowber St. & Sedgwick Ave., rear, and Eugenio Maria de Hostos Charter Sch., 6301 N. 2nd St., 9 a.m.-12 m. All documents and recyclable electronics. No major appliances, magazines, books or trash. Limit: 2 garbage bags per person.

Jun. 8- State Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler hosts Shreda-Palooza at S. Phila. H.S., 2101 S. Broad St., 10 a.m.-1 p.m. For info: (215) 271-9190.

Jun. 14- Phila. Unemployment Project hosts Jazz Fest in honor of Councilman Bill Greenlee at 1st Unitarian Ch., 2125 Chestnut St., 6-10 p.m. Tickets: Members $25, others $60.

Program book ads available. For info: (215) 5570822 or Craig crobbins@ philaup.org.

Jun. 20- Phila. Public Re-

cord hosts “Salute to Labor” at Phila. Joint Board, 22 S. 22nd St., 5:307:30 p.m. Honoring five of the region’s most-influential union members: Lifetime Achiever, Rising Star, Organizer/Activist, Management Leader & Good Deeds. Premium open bar, hors d’oeuvres.

Tickets: $40 in advance, $50 at door, 10 for $350.

Purchase online: https:// tinyurl.com/salutetolabor2019. For info: (215) 755-2000.

Jul. 6- DCC Chairman Bob Brady hosts “The Brady Bunch at Flip Flopz, Bar & Grill, 106 W. Spruce Ave., N. Wildwood, N.J., 3-7 p.m. Tickets: $35.

Jul. 7- Carpenters’ Union hosts Shore Party at Keenan’s, 113 Olde New Jersey Ave., N. Wildwood, N.J., 3-7 p.m.

Jul. 14- Whitman Council hosts Shore Party at Keenan’s, 113 Olde New Jersey Ave., N. Wildwood,

N.J., 3-7 p.m.

Jul. 14- Teamsters Union hosts Shore Party at Keenan’s, 113 Olde New Jersey Ave., N. Wildwood, N.J., 3-7 p.m.

Jul. 21- Glaziers’ Union hosts Shore Party at Keenan’s, 113 Olde New Jersey Ave., N. Wildwood, N.J., 3-7 p.m.

Aug. 3-Local 14 Insulators Union hosts Day at the Beach at Keenan’s, 113 Olde New Jersey Ave., N. Wildwood, N.J., 3-7 p.m.

Aug. 4- Firefighters Union Local 22 Union hosts Shore Party at Keenan’s, 113 Olde New Jersey Ave., N. Wildwood, N.J., 4-8 p.m.

Aug. 5- Veterans Comfort House Union hosts Shore Party at Keenan’s, 113 Olde New Jersey Ave., N. Wildwood, N.J., 3-7 p.m.

Aug. 10- Councilman Mark Squilla hosts Summer Soirée at Keenan’s, 113 Olde New Jersey Ave., N. Wildwood, N.J., 7-10 p.m.

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Training Center, at 61st & Essington near the Philadelphia Airport, launched

by PhilaPort and paid for in part by $100,000 from Citizens Bank as well as funding from Philadelphia Works, the city’s workforce board, is projected to train some 200 new and current workers for jobs at the port.

With numbers like these, it’s easy to see why the port is so important to the current and future economic health of the city, the state and the country. It’s easy to see why local, state and national politicians have continued to ensure it is a top priority. And it is easy to see why, almost 337 years after its founding, Philadelphia and its port continue to be integral to each other’s success and future.

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– and the region’s – economy. A 14% rise in revenue from 2017 to 2018 resulted in $24.7 billion worth of goods being brought into the U.S. via PhilaPort.

The magic number of 45 feet – the depth needed in the Delaware River’s main channel to accommodate Post-Panamax cargo ships, the largest such vessels on the seas – is, after 30 years and 16 million cubic yards of dredging, finally in sight.

Those ships will be unloaded with virtually no delays, thanks to the recent addition of two post-Panamax cranes delivered earlier this year – part of the State-backed $300 million revitalization of the port that is also doubling cargo capacity and adding thousands of jobs. The new Citizens Bank Regional Maritime

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JULY 4th ISSUE The Philadelphia Public Record will proudly publish its

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Independence Day, July 4th, 2019 Please send your ad to mbarrett@phillyrecord.com or call Melissa Barrett, 215-755-2000 Ext. 5 21 S. 11th Street, Suite 205 • Philadelphia PA 19107

Words like “DynaFlow” and “Electrolux.” Introducing the 1963 Admiral TV, now with “Spectra Vision.”

Food for thought: Was there a telethon that wiped out lumbago? Nobody complains of that anymore.

Maybe that’s what castor oil cured, because I never hear mothers threatening kids

17 with castor oil anymore.

Some words aren’t gone, but are definitely on the endangered list. The one that grieves me most: “supper.”

Now everybody says “dinner.” Save a great word.

Invite someone to supper.

Discuss fender skirts. Pass it along to others of “a certain age.”

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put-down that was.

Here’s a word I miss: “percolator.” That was just a fun word to say. And what was it replaced with? “Coffee maker.” How dull. Mr. Coffee, I blame you for this.

I miss those made-up marketing words that were meant to sound so modern and now sound so retro.

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o! Here we go again with some stuff that rings a bell with me.

I came across this phrase, “fender skirts,” in the dictionary. It’s a term I haven’t heard in a long time and it got me thinking about about other words that quietly disappear from our language.

A reader sent me some ideas for other words like “curb feelers and steering-wheel knobs.” Since I’d been thinking of cars, my mind naturally went that direction first. Any kids will probably have to find some elderly person over 70 to explain some of these terms to you.

Do you remember “Continental kits?” They were rear-bumper extenders and spare-tire covers that were supposed to make any car as cool as a Lincoln Continental.

When did we quit calling them “emergency brakes?”

At some point, “parking brake” became the proper term. But I miss the hint of drama that went with “emergency brake.” I’m sad, too, that almost all the old folks are gone who

all.

I always loved going to the “picture show,” but I considered “movie” an affectation. And forget about ever using “film”!

Most of these words go back to the ’50s, but here’s a pure-’60s word I came across the other day: “rat fink.” Ooh, what a nasty

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would call the accelerator the “foot feed.”

Didn’t you ever wait at the street for your daddy to come home, so you could ride the “running board” of his Plymouth up to the house?

Here’s a phrase I heard all the time in my youth but never anymore: “storebought.” Of course, just about everything is storebought these days. But once it was bragging material to have a store-bought dress or a store-bought bag of candy.

“Coast to coast” is a phrase that once held all sorts of excitement and now means almost nothing. Now we take the term “worldwide” for granted.

This floors me.

And speaking of floors on a smaller scale, “wallto-wall” was once a magical term in our homes. In the ’50s, everyone covered his or her hardwood floors with, wow, wall-to-wall carpeting. Today, everyone replaces their wall-to-wall carpeting with hardwood floors. Go figure.

When is the last time you heard the quaint phrase “in a family way?” It’s hard to imagine the word “pregnant” was once considered a little too graphic, a little too clinical for use in polite company. So we had all that talk about stork visits and “being in a family way” or simply “expecting.” And “brassiere” is a word no longer in usage. I guess it’s just “bra” now. “Unmentionables” probably wouldn’t be understood at

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On June 20th, The Philadelphia Public Record will publish its second annual Salute to Labor Special Issue and award ceremony. We will recognize five labor leaders who have each made significant contributions to the labor movement and to the community as a whole.

Lifetime Achiever

Rising Star

Organizer-Activist

Management Leader

Good Deeds

Daniel Grace, Teamsters Local 830

Todd Farally, Sheet Metal Workers Local 19

Ken Washington, Laborers Dist. Council of the Metropolitan Area of Philadelphia and Vicinity (LDC)

Kevin Boyle, Ironworkers Local 401

Nicole Fuller, PhilaPOSH

Please join us for cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and awards, emceed by Jonathan Saidel Thursday June 20th, 2019 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

at the Philadelphia Joint Board 22 S. 22nd St. Philadelphia, PA 19103

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Please join us in honoring their accomplishments by purchasing a congratulatory ad in the Salute to Labor Special Issue Publishing June 20th, 2019 Please send your ad to mbarrett@phillyrecord.com or call Melissa Barrett, 215-755-2000 Ext. 5 21 S. 11th Street, Suite 205 • Philadelphia PA 19107

BY MICHAEL A. CIBIK AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY BOARD CERTIFIED

WALKING the BEAT

(Cont. From Page 12) to say about Joe BIDEN. Maybe he finds TRUMP more malleable? Does anyone remember the rumor about Biden when he visited Iraq as vice president? Did he have the Iraqi president against a wall with a few choice words on non-cooperation with the USA (?).

LOSSES: Many Philly residents were unaware that a former Philly police commissioner lived in a Fairmount Park historical house. JOE O’NEILL served under Mayors Jim TATE and Frank RIZZO. He was an upright guy that demanded the best from cops.

Garfield DeMARCO owned much of the Pinelands and was GOP leader of Burlington County. You sensed power in his pres-

specified in section 542(d) of this title, in any accrued dividend or interest under, or loan value of, any unmatured life insurance contract owned by the debtor under which the insured is the debtor or an individual of whom the debtor is a dependent.

So, what’s the bottom line of these exemptions?

First, an unmatured life-insurance contract is one in which the insured person hasn’t died yet. These insurance exemptions have at times provoked controversy,

but the gist is that subsection (7) protects the basic insurance contract, i.e. the right to receive proceeds on the death of the insured.

Consequently, it is a good idea to claim an exemption in any term life-insurance policy under this subsection so that if the insured dies within a period which would give the bankruptcy estate an interest in the proceeds-for example, in the 180 days after the filing of the petition-these proceeds would be exempted without need to resort to the

alternative exemption for life-insurance proceeds under subsection 11 of Section 522 (which includes a reasonableness cap).

Similarly, the basic insurance contract of a whole life-insurance policy situation should also be exempted with subsection (7), but since a whole life policy has an additional facet to them, a savings or cash surrender value, this additional value is addressed in subsection (8).

Subsection (8) provides an exemption for this cash

value of the insurance pol- 19 icy but a monetary cap of the amount that can be exempted in bankruptcy. It is important to note that, depending on the other property of the debtor, it may be possible to exempt additional value under the “wildcard” exemption, but the current $12,625 is the only insurance-specific exemption for whole life cash value.

Next Week's Question: Can a bankruptcy continue after death of debtor?

ence. DeMarco was anti-preservation while young yet gave 18,000 acres to the Sierra Club in later years.

District Attorney Larry KRASNER went PUBLIC with a call to have Judge Genice BRINKLEY out as Meek Mill judge. A BAD MOVE when there are better ways to make a point. He is correct on capital cases.

POLICE POSTS on Facebook regarding people they arrest became a major news item. It seems like a lot of hatred. People arrested PAY TAXES for cops’ guaranteed biweekly pay checks. If you hate – then RESIGN. CONGRATS!! To Joe DeFELICE on two years at the U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development!...

To John STEVENSON on 27 years with the North Wildwood Police Department.

To Angel ALAMO with four years at the Camden Park-

ing Authority.

Philly’s Super Senior Hal Rosenthal, Esq. celebrated his birthday in Charleston, S.C. during a reunion of his old Navy ship: USS JOHNSTON – the first time in 60 years that he voted by absentee ballot.

MEMORIAL DAY daily press coverage showed

events AFTER they occurred.

Vets want advance notice of services and observances.

Our region has the nation’s third-LARGEST veteran population. They buy papers, and patronize advertisers.

A daily paper called itself the Voice of Philadelphia.

No; the elected officials are the TRUE VOICE.... An member of Temple University and chairman of the board of City Trusts, just to name a few. He’ll continue to have an impact in Philly politics from his South Philly ward and his numerous friends and connections around town.

The media are finally getting what they want. Recent city elections have led to the emergence of officials with absolutely no background in leadership or political activism. Therefore they don’t know anybody or anything.

In short, they are often not even qualified for the job.

editorial-page guest writer wrote that new elected officials will work for the people, not AGAINST – as others have done. Too SILLY. A needed feature told of the many stolen homes in Philly. Decades of fake deeds were filed in the City Department of Records. But the media wasted weeks The Inquirer calls this new and refreshing. To those that actually know anything, it’s ridiculous and regressive.

Congressman Barrett would be proud of Ron Donatucci’s ability to count votes and win elections for more than 40 years. Ronnie has always been a gentleman and a student of politics.

One of his greatest teachers in addition to Bill Barrett is Machiavelli. He will continue to be an ardent practitioner of the fine art of politics and perhaps the more-ancient art of revenge.

telling of one property lost by a fake will. And it was PROVEN not to be the fault of the Register of Wills!

CITY HALL SAM

(Cont. From Page 12) of register of wills? Nobody even knows what the job does.

It just so happened that after 40 years, Ron Donatucci ran into a perfect little storm at a bad time. He came up against three opponents with one representing the majority constituency in Philadelphia Democratic politics.

But Donatucci has made the most of his political life as a ward leader, elected official and businessman and board

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uestion: Are there any federal bankruptcy insurance exemptions?

Answer: There are two main federal bankruptcy exemptions for “unmatured” insurance contracts, 11 U.S.C. § 522(d)(7) and (d)(8): (7) Any unmatured life insurance contract owned by the debtor, other than a credit life-insurance contract.

(8) The debtor’s aggregate interest, not to exceed in value $12,625 less any amount of property of the estate transferred in the manner

PUBLIC NOTICE DECREE NISI – Phila. Orphans Court Div. O.C. No. 4 DE of 2019/ Control No. 190028, Estate of Judy Harris-Hairston: Notice is hereby given that on 1/23/19, it was decreed nisi that title to the interest of Judy Harris-Hairston in real estate situate 1015 S. 60th St., Phila., PA 19143 is in Khadijah Harris, Administrator.

If no exceptions to the decree are filed within three months, the decree shall be confirmed absolutely. By the Court, John W. Herron, J. Karen Conn Mavros, Esquire.

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