Philadelphia Public Record

Vol. XV No. 34

Issue 1021

August 22, 2019

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TOUGH ON GUNS

PHILADELPHIA drew national attention in the wake of a horrific seven-hour showdown in Tioga that left six police officers wounded. Politicians from Gov. Tom Wolf and legislators such as State Sen. Sharif Street to City officials met in City Hall to vow a host of steps to rein in gun violence across the city and state. Photo by Wendell Douglas

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Street Offers Legislation on Military-Grade Arms

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tate Sen. Sharif Street (D-N. Phila.) joined Mayor Jim Kenney, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (DPa.), Congressman Dwight Evans (D-Phila.) and then-Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross along with a host of elected officials from every level of government to condemn the inaction of State and federal leaders in the wake of chronic gun violence and mass murder, prefaced by the largest mass shooting of Philadelphia law enforcement in recent history. Six police officers were shot, and dozens more held at bay for hours by a single armed assailant with an assault weapon.

“Good guys with guns couldn’t stop a single wellarmed individual with a military-grade firearm and enough ammunition to endanger countless law-enforcement officials,” Street said. “It is a miracle there was no loss of life. The routine thoughts and prayers have become empty rhetoric and will continue to ring hollow unless substantive changes are made around the proliferation of these weapons. I will offer legislation to restrict the sale and purchase of military-grade weapons and accessories.”

The senator laid out a variety of legislation offered by colleagues in the Penn-

sylvania Senate including safe-storage laws (SB138), extreme-risk protection orders (SB90), firearm safety training (SB196), universal background checks (SB88) and an assault-weapons ban (SB292). Republican leadership has refused to call any of these bills for a vote.

Street gave an impassioned speech on the lack of reform in the wake of chronic gun violence and indicted Republican leadership: “We are derelict in our duties because the majority caucus is afraid of the NRA. They’ve turned their backs on the people murdered in Squirrel Hill, they’ve turned their backs on the people killed in Allentown, Reading, in York, in Erie and the people in North Philadelphia, including the Philadelphia Police Department, who should not have to go up against those who can fire weapons from great distance or with rapid fire.

“There is legislation that has been offered. We have not held public hearings or votes, nor come close to doing what we are supposed to do. The next time my colleagues offer their thoughts and prayers and pretend that they are people of faith, I say until they show me their works their faith is dead.”

Boyle, Kenyatta Want Special Session

Following the recent deadly shootings in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas, State Reps. Kevin Boyle (D-Northeast), Malcolm Kenyatta (D-N. Phila.), and Danielle Friel Otten (D-Chester) were joined by other legislators to call on Gov. Tom Wolf to convene a special session of the House and Senate to address gun violence in the commonwealth.

“From Ohio to Texas, California to Pennsylvania, one shooting is one too many. People should not have to fear for their lives by just walking out of their house, going to the store or attending an event in their community.

These tragedies are beyond commonplace,” Boyle said.

“The continuous lack of action and the thoughts and prayers mentality must be a thing of the past. We can no longer stand idly by and watch communities and families being torn apart by these senseless acts of violence. The time to act on commonsense gun reform in Pennsylvania must be now.”

Boyle added there is legislation pending in both the House and Senate that includes bills to ban assault weapons, close the loophole for gun background checks, and adopt Extreme Risk Protective Orders that equip families, law enforcement, and the courts to temporarily restrict access to guns for people at risk of violence to themselves or others.

Kenyatta said, “I’ve sat with way too many families who have lost loved ones to gun violence. People are dying because of our inaction. My heart is with the people of Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas; and it is also with the people of Philadelphia, who see gun violence on a near-daily basis; and it is with every person whose life has been affected by gun violence. We as lawmakers and leaders owe it to all those whom we can save who are not yet victims of gun violence, but who could be if we don’t act.”

All three representatives are members of the PA SAFE Caucus, which recently sent Gov. Wolf a

letter also calling for a special session. The PA SAFE Caucus is made up of 70 members of the Pennsylvania House and Senate who believe in reducing all types of violence in society through adequate funding for mental health services; stronger tools for law enforcement; resources to curb the effects of addiction and illegal drugs; and solutions that reduce gun violence and promote public safety.

Boyle Targets Large Magazines

Following the Dayton and El Paso mass shootings, State Rep. Kevin Boyle announced he is seeking co-sponsors for his legislation that would prohibit this type of magazine in Pennsylvania.

The legislation would ban the sale, offering and exposing for sale, use, purchase, possession and control of a large capacity ammunition magazine – which is defined as an automatic ammunition feeding device capable of accepting more than 15 rounds of ammunition or five shotgun shells.

“In some cases, large capacity ammunition magazines can hold up to 100 rounds of ammunition and can be used in any semi-automatic firearm that accepts a detachable magazine. Because of this, many automatic and semi-automatic firearms could increasingly become lethal,” Boyle said. “While this type of magazine is illegal to use for hunting in the commonwealth, it is not illegal to use for other purposes.

I don’t see the need for allowing it in Pennsylvania.”

Under this legislation, Pennsylvania would join nine states and the District of Columbia in prohibiting this type of magazine.

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Hughes Decries Toll On City Streets State Sen. Vincent Hughes (D-W. Phila.) said of a rash of weekend shootings in Philadelphia that left 12 injured and one person dead: “I am deeply saddened by the continued gun violence in the city of Philadelphia. This past weekend alone, a dozen people in our community were shot and one person lost their life because of the senselessness happening in our communities. And while all the shootings are tragic and should not be tolerated, the most troubling of the shootings reported happened near McCreesh Playground and Skatepark, which is part of a larger trend of shootings at local recreation centers.

“This is why I will soon introduce legislation that would ban firearms at public parks and recreation areas. State Reps. Donna Bullock and Movita Johnson-Harrell plan to introduce the same legislation in the House and we remain unified in our goal to protect our people.”

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THE ANNUAL District Day celebration was held this year at Tustin Playground in West Philadelphia. State Sen. Vincent Hughes, State Rep. Morgan Cephas and Councilmember Curtis Jones hosted attendees from across the city as they partook of games, listened to live music, gleaned information from the numerous vendors and enjoyed plenty of summer-specific foods. Hughes rocks the mic as State Rep. Morgan Cephas, L, and Superior Court Judge Carolyn Nichols look on.

COUNCILMEM BER Helen Gym helped co-hosts State Sen. Vincent Hughes, L, and Councilmember Curtis Jones make District Day a memorable one.

IN ATTENDANCE at the Ben were, L-R, Jeff Hornstein with African American Chamber of Commerce’s Interim President Malcolm Ingram and its Chairman of the Board Steven Bradley.

MYRA BROWN, CEO of National Workforce OpCYNTHIA & MUSTAFA Rashed of Bellevue Strat- portunity Network, was another winner this year, egies brought their own brand of leadership to the joined here by Roi Ligon, Jr. of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime & Delinquency. affair.

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AMONG the myriad of entertainment at District Day: displays of pugilistic prowess.

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READING Terminal Market General Manager Anuj Gupta, L, was one of several honorees at Philadelphia Business Journal’s Minority Business Leaders Awards gala at the Ballroom at Ben, hosted by Publisher Sandy Smith, R. Photos by Wendell Douglas

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The Guns of August – Political Bullets Now Flying

POLS on the STREET

BY JOE SHAHEELI brazen attack on police officers, wounding six, by an AR15-wielding criminal who probably shouldn’t have been on the streets was not in itself a political act. All Philadelphians set aside partisan views and cringed in horror as one.

But the political implications are many. Indeed, they are too tangled to straighten out neatly at this moment.

But observers are already scrambling to decipher the implications for political futures down the line.

First in line is DA Larry Krasner. While his detrac-

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tors call him many uncomplimentary names, no one has ever called him stupid.

He knows that the moment the May 2019 Democratic primary ended, his 2021 Democratic primary campaign began. Even before the Tioga shooting, Krasner had begun to spend more time around town at other politicians’ events.

He knows he won in 2017 with a radical, easy-on-prosecution message while running against four traditionalists who stressed their prosecutorial skills, thereby splitting the tough-guy vote that elects most district attorneys. That won’t necessarily be the case the next time.

Krasner spent his first two years in office ruffling feathers across the law-enforcement community. If united support for an opponent emerges from that world, his “prosecution revolution” may be imperiled.

Krasner’s race will not be aided by U.S. Attorney William McSwain, a Trump nominee who has made every effort to flood the media

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Boyle, Other Irish Block No-Deal Brexit Congressman Brendan Boyle (D-Phila.) will play a key role in an international drama unfolding across the Atlantic.

The son of Irish immigrants, Boyle sits on the Irish National Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives. He is hardcore when it comes to protecting the Good Friday Agreement, which ended 20 years of “Troubles” in Northern Ireland with an open-border policy within the European Union (Cont.Page 8)

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But the swiftness of this action surprised everyone.

It’s a bit of a predicament because, not just in the wake of the Tioga shooting but long before, Ross had won all-around respect in the political class – from whites and Blacks, Republicans and Democrats.

Now Kenney must navigate the aftermath of the Tioga shooting – which will have long legs – without the support of his staunchest man in uniform. And all eyes will be upon him as he scours the job market for a replacement.

He will be praying that the murder rate dips in the meantime.

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ing to “Paraguay.” Shapiro is Jewish. Counsel should advise Krasner that Jews don’t find Nazi jokes funny.

Emerging relatively unscathed from this maelstrom is Mayor Jim Kenney.

He faces no further elections and will enjoy four lame-duck years to run the City his own way without regard to his future.

But this week’s surprise dismissal of Police Commissioner Richard Ross guarantees him a bumpy couple of months at least.

Ross was summarily trenched after an employee with whom he had once had an affair filed suit charging that Ross had subsequently ignored her report of sexual harassment by another employee. This even after Ross had fired several officers for racist social-media posts, itself a first in departmental discipline.

We don’t yet know in full what heat the mayor was receiving from what incidents. We are assured Ross personally was not implicated in any of these charges.

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for the rest of his life.

In a move that many called amateurish, Krasner picked an unnecessary fight with Shapiro over a measure that allows the AG “concurrent jurisdiction” over certain gun crimes across the commonwealth. This was actually an extension of a pilot policy, the Gun Violence Task Force, worked out for Philadelphia in a bipartisan manner several years ago, which has caused no problems in this city. All this measure, passed and signed in Harrisburg in June, did was extend our successful program to the Commonwealth’s other counties.

But Krasner misread it as a slight on his authority and berated Shapiro for it.

Since Shapiro plans to go places that Krasner never will go, he weaved and bobbed adroitly on this subject. But Shapiro will never again trust his fellow Democrat in the State’s largest DA Office.

Especially after Krasner compared disaffected assistant DAs who left his office for a job with the AG to Nazis fleeState Rep.

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with harsh, pointed criticism of Krasner unprecedented in a U.S. attorney – but then, what isn’t unprecedented these days? It’s in McSwain’s power to keep up this drumbeat at least until the end of 2020. That means 16 more months of attacks on Krasner by a prominent lawman.

McSwain will, if needed, be boosted by his Appointer in Chief, President Donald Trump, who tweeted that the “Philadelphia shooter should never have been allowed to be on the streets.”

“He had a long and very dangerous criminal record,” Trump said. “Looked like he was having a good time after his capture, and after wounding so many police. Long sentence – must get much tougher on street crime!”

McSwain is rumored to have political ambitions of his own. If true, don’t look for him to shut up about Krasner anytime soon.

Then there’s Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, whom no one doubts has loftier ambitions than being attorney general

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OPINION

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ust seven days ago, Police Commissioner Richard Ross was being hailed by Mayor Jim Kenney for his handling of the horrific shootout in North Philadelphia that resulted in six police officers being shot and injured before the successful apprehension of the shooter, Maurice Hill. In the immediate aftermath of the incident, Kenney lauded Ross as “the best commissioner in America.”

That was then. Yesterday, in an announcement that shocked everyone from ca-

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MARK your CALENDAR Aug. 22- State Sen. Christine Tartaglione hosts Community Picnic at Wissinoming Pk., Frankford Ave. & Comly St., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. DJs, refreshments, back-to-school giveaways, child fingerprinting & vendors. Family-friendly and free. For info: (215) 533-0440.

Aug. 22- State Rep. Rosita Youngblood hosts Back to School Event at Mercy Neighborhood Ministries, 1939 W. Venango St., 4-7 p.m. Free backpacks for first 150 people who register, grades K-8 who live in

sual observers to insiders, the mayor announced that Ross would be stepping down as police commissioner, effective immediately in the wake of a federal civil rights lawsuit filed against the city by two female officers in July, naming Ross and 10 other officers as defendants. In April, both female officers filed charges of discrimination with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Ross has been an exemplary commissioner and public servant during his decades working his way up the chain of command in the department. His sudden departure underscores this commitment to his now-former subordinates. In 2019, a leader cannot be tainted by the specter of sexual harassment or misconduct and continue to be effective.

As Ross said yesterday, “I just thought for the greater good of all citizens of Philadelphia, [the] fine police officers here, and the mayor, that it would be better if I just move along. Given everything else that we have to contend with, that this issue would be a distraction that this department and this city don’t need.”

What happens next will be of the utmost importance for a department struggling with any number of issues – including longstanding problems with sexual harassment and a social media scandal – and a populace in desperate need of reasons to have faith in the officers sworn to protect them. Naming department veteran Christine Coulter as acting commissioner is a good first step – hopefully of many to come.

the 198th Legislative Dist.

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Aug. 22- State Rep. Pam DeLissio hosts Town Hall Mtg. at Roxborough YMCA, 7201 Ridge Ave., 7 p.m. Topics: Free & Fair Elections and Convention of States to amend U.S. Constitution. For info: (215) 482-8726.

Aug. 24-Bridgemen’s Local 401 hosts Shore Party at Flip Flopz, Bar & Grill, 106 W. Spruce Ave., N. Wildwood, N.J., 3 p.m.

Aug. 25- Katie’s Komets host Katie Kirlin Day at Keenan’s, 113 Olde New Jersey Ave., N. Wildwood, N.J., 4-8 p.m.

Aug. 28- Councilwoman Cindy Bass hosts “Oldies in the Park” at Vernon Pk., 5800 Germantown Ave., 5:30 p.m. Family activities &outdoor dance party with DJ Gary O. For info: (215) 686-3424.

Aug. 29- State Sen. Sharif Street is hosted “Women

for Sen. Sharif Street” at the Met, 858 N. Broad St., 5 p.m.

Sep. 1- 42nd Ward Democratic Committee hosts Karaoke Music Festival at Sturgis Plg., 200 W. 65th Ave., 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Free back-to-school supplies, food, snacks, drinks & entertainment; bounce house, volleyball, water balloons & more. For info: Pete Lyde (267) 701-4503.

Sep. 2- AFL-CIO hosts TriState Labor Day Parade & Family Fun Day, parade forms at Sheet Metal Workers Ha., Columbus Blvd. & Washington Ave., 8:30 a.m.

Rally 9:15 a.m., march to Columbus Blvd., & Market St. 10 a.m. Family Celebration 11-a.m.-2 p.m. Food, refreshments, kids’ fun, crafts & live music. For info: (215) 665-9800.

Sep. 4- State Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler hosts State House Policy hearing on Fair Education Funding at Furness H.S., 1900 S. 3rd St., 2-4 p.m. For info:

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CONGRESSWOMAN Mary Gay Scanlon Scanlon visited the Mural Arts Program’s Color Me Back work studio in SEPTA’s Suburban Station Concourse to get a first-hand view of the work being done by the legendary nonprofit by offering individuals who are experiencing economic insecurity an opportunity to earn wages. Scanlon did her own work with the artist Alvin Tull.

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Sep. 5- State Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler hosts Practice with New Voting Machines at 2400 S. 9th St., 5:30-7 p.m. (215) 271-9190.

Sep. 6- State Rep. Angel Cruz hosts New Voting Machine Demonstration at 3503 N. B St., Unit 7, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. For info: (215) 291-5643.

Sep. 6- Councilwoman Cherelle Parker hosts Virgo Birthday Party at H&H Ha., 2030 Haines St., 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Tickets $30, RSVP: (215) 500-1679 or http:// secure.actblue.com/donate/virgoparty19.

Sep. 7- 42nd Ward Democratic Committee hosts Cookout at Vaird Boys & Girls Cl., 4800 Whitaker Ave., 12-4 p.m. Free food, fun, games, music, dancing. For info: Sharon Vaughn (215) 329-0462.

Sep. 9- State Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler hosts Older Adults Breakfast at S. Phila., Older Adult Ctr., 1430 E. Passyunk Ave., 9:30 -11

a.m. Free. Help with unclaimed property & SEPTA sr. IDs. For info: (215) 271-9190.

Sep. 11- State Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler hosts Mobile Constituent Services at EOM, 144 Moore St., 6-7 p.m. For info: (215) 2719190.

Sep. 12- State Rep. Mary Isaacson hosts Fundraiser at Cescaphé, 923 N. 2nd St., 5-7:30 p.m. For info: ma r ylou i sei s aacson @ gmail.com.

Sep. 13- State Sen. John Sabatina hosts Family Movie Night at Bridesburg Rec Ctr., 4601 Richmond St., 7:30 p.m. Ice cream, [pretzels, soft drinks, fun for kids. For info: (215) 695-1020.

Sep. 20- Insulators’ Local 14 hosts Mesothelioma Golf Tourney at Philmont C.C., Huntingdon Valley, Pa., register 8:30 a.m., shotgun start 10 a.m., cocktails 3:30 p.m., dinner 4:15 p.m. For info: bmaccari@ insulators14.com.

Sep. 20- State Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler hosts Mobile Constituent Service at Whitman Council, 2455 S. 3rd St., 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Coffee & doughnuts 1011 a.m. For info: (215) 271-9190.

Sep. 20- Sheet Metal Workers’ Local 19 hosts Golf Outing at Pennsauken C.C., 3800 Haddonfield Rd., 11:30 a.m.

Registration, 1 p.m. Shotgun start. Lunch, Dinner, Prizes. Fee: $100; numerous sponsorship levels.

Payable to “Karl Weinberg Scholarship Fund,” 1301 S. Columbus Blvd., Phila., PA 19147. For info: Gary Masino (215) 952-1999.

Sep. 25- State Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler hosts Opioid Healthcare Roundtable at E. Passyunk Comm. Ctr., 1025 Mifflin St., 7-8:30 p.m. For info: (215) 2719190.

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DAN GRACE, R, leader of Local 830 Teamsters, was joined during the crowded Teamsters Unity Day party in N. Wildwood by Delaware County State Rep. Nick Miccarelli, R, and Sean Dougherty, secretary-treasurer of Local 107 Teamsters. Photos by Joe Stivala

Local 98 Makes a Splash

JIM FOY, C, Local 98 business agent, joins with Local 98 volunteers who distributed American Flags to all attendees at their annual Clementon Park picnic. Photos

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LOCAL 98 Electricians members enjoyed their annual day at Clementon Amusement Park and Water World. Big Wave Bay is an “ocean” setting with actual ocean waves,

TEAMSTERS Local 500 members brought a large turnout to Keenan’s in N. Wildwood for Teamsters Unity Day. Local 500 has members in over 25 agencies and firms including Acme, DHL, SEPTA and Sysco.

President Bill Fitzgerald, R rear, is flanked by Frank Gillespie, VP; Bill Danos, communications director; and members Mike Redmond; Joseph Vacoutins; Jeff Sudtenick and Harry Rider.

TEAMSTERS Local 500 President Bill Fitzgerald, L, is greeted by political consultant Karen Sugarman and Michael Huff, Esq. Huff is weighing a run for Common Pleas Court.

The many Teamsters locals in Philadelphia under District Council 9 were in attendance at Teamster Unity Day.

THE TRADITIONAL football pass at the IBEW Local 98 picnic is joined by Boise Butler, 2nd from L, leader of Local 1291 Longshoreman. Boise proudly supported the day with Electricians Business Manager John Dougherty and members. Dougherty also leads the Building Trades Council.

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MICHAEL SULLIVAN joined Commissioner Lisa Deeley in the center with members of Operating Engineers Local 542 at the annual Beach Fest in Flip Flopz, N. Wildwood, for the annual gala. The room overflowed with members. Photo by Joe Stivala

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McClinton’s Birthday Bash at Bartram’s STATE REP. Joanna McClinton celebrated her birthday at her third annual Summer Soiree Campaign Fundraiser. Among the many treats enjoyed by the hundreds of attendees: water ice from Siddiq’s, modeled by McClinton herself. Photos by Brandon C. Ballard

STATE REP. Joanna McClinton took a break from the festivities to take a picture with colleague Malcolm Kenyatta.

LABOR LEADER Ryan Boyer spoke to the crowd during a break in the action.

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(Cont. From Page 4) that brought peace and prosperity to both parts of the Emerald Isle.

Brexit – the departure from the European Union advocated by the new United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson – will destroy the Good Friday Agreement unless Johnson can negotiate its preservation somehow. But he is a lightweight negotiator whom no one trusts.

On Oct. 31, as currently scheduled, the U.K. will crash out of the EU, deal or no deal – with disastrous results for many nations, but particularly for Ireland.

Johnson has offered, as an alternative to trading with his next-door neighbors, a deal for free trade with the Anglo-Saxon USA. Trump’s team has spoken warmly of this.

But any such deal would have to go through the U.S. House of Representatives.

And Boyle, who visited the Northern Irish border with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi earlier this summer, made it clear that no U.S.-U.K. trade deal that violates the Good Friday agreement will pass

the House. Boyle said, “My House colleagues and I, including Speaker Pelosi, have been crystal clear. We will not even entertain a trade deal with the U.K. if they violate the Good Friday Agreement and place a border on the island of Ireland.”

All Democratic Irish American congressmen will roll with Pelosi and Boyle.

In Pennsylvania, the heat will be on Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Congressmen Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Bucks) and Mike Kelly (R-Butler) to go Irish on this vote.

Back from Iowa, Sestak Taps Penna.

Like any sensible candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, former Congressman Joe Sestak is spending most of his time in Iowa small towns these days.

He will, however, be dipping back into suburban Philadelphia, which he once represented in Congress, for a fundraiser reception on Friday, Sept. 6, at Margaret Kuo’s Restaurant in Wayne.

Sestak is still in the lower tier of the two dozen aspirants to carry the Dem banner in 2020. To pull it off, he will need national money – particularly from places where he is already known.

EVERYDAY PEOPLE

BY DENISE CLAY here are days when I miss daily journalism.

There aren’t many of them, but there are days.

I sometimes miss the rush of being in a newsroom when the big story of the day is unfolding before your eyes and it’s your job to take a chunk of it and make it understandable to readers. The last time I had to do that was after the Sept.

11 terrorist attacks. I was covering a teacher’s strike and the district it was in had folks who commuted to New York for work.

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going to have to go before a jury of his peers and explain himself, although I’m pretty sure that his lawyer, Shaka M. Johnson, is having a migraine thinking about this prospect.

District Attorney Larry Krasner, Police Commissioner Richard Ross and Johnson managed to keep a situation so bad that it made it on to CNN from turning into something that could have wound up with us having to play host to Fox News host – and lover of bow ties before they were cool – Tucker Carlson as he spews his special blend of racism.

Now that, at least to me, is pretty cool. There was enough gunplay, injury and bloodshed without there being a fatality in the mix.

Besides, I like seeing people who commit crimes like, I don’t know, answering the door with an AR-15, have to face the music for the dumb stuff they do.

But there are some folks (Cont. Page 10)

BY JOE SHAY STIVALA hen District Attorney Larry KRASNER took office, his ideas for reform upset traditional prosecutors. Many angrily resigned or were let go. Quotes from some of them showed their feelings; they were VOCAL. Some were hired by the new State Attorney General, and still may be upset. But overall the Krasner Administration is doing well. Reform can be a rocky road in the 1st Judicial District – and SLOW. Fiefdoms can feel threatened. But, they can re-

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od bless our Philly police. They always have a dangerous job but this week they came under fire by an urban terrorist with an assault weapon. Six brave officers were shot and they are in our prayers as well as their families.

Just-resigned Police COMMISSIONER RICHARD ROSS always gets a lot of praise but it appeared there were far too many officers at the scene without organized leadership around them. Officers need leaders around them in combat situations so that they can be safe and

Police Commissioner Rich- 9 ard ROSS and DA Larry Krasner for their efforts in negotiating during the TIOGA shootout! A quiet UNITY between police and DA as well as with police and Tioga community can emerge! (Has the U.S. Attorney commented on this?)

Besides the police shooting, we learned of a human-trafficking case in Kensington – a horrible first. Heart pangs should have happened to many on hearing of a three-year-old child slashed several times by her mother. I read the daily press to learn more on the child, but the story was filled with quotes on how good the mother was. Hello, daily press – what about the child, trauma and treatment? Can we help her?

Helloooo.

BIRTHDAYS: Fresh, direct, effervescent Mary FOGG celebrated her day amid many best wishes!!

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effective. The scene looked completely disorganized and officers were cropped together in the most dangerous of positions. Ross needed to do better. The cops deserve it.

Then GOV. TOM WOLF came to town and does a press conference with MAYOR JIM KENNEY about new gun laws. They were joined by CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT DARRELL CLARKE; STATE SEN. SHARIF STREET; STATE REPS. JOANNA McCLINTON, BRIAN SIMS and DONNA BULLOCK; and many other electeds.

The key to stopping what happened last week is regulating the gun shows. This is where shady characters buy tons of weapons and then sell them illegally on the street. Eventually the weapon gets into the hand of an evil person. That’s what causes all the death and carnage.

Then the U.S. ATTORNEY BILL McSWAIN blames the incident on

Philly DA LARRY KRASNER. According to McSwain, Krasner’s soft on crime approach has led to a complete lack of respect for the police. Krasner remarked that the U.S. attorney is an appointee of the executive branch and not a politician, but he appears to want to be in politics.

Last week, Krasner also doubled down on his charge against State ATTORNEY GENERAL JOSH SHAPIRO. Krasner remarked that Former Philly DAs who join the Attorney General’s Office were like Nazis fleeing to Paraguay. He called Shapiro out of touch on criminal-justice reform. This must drive Shapiro insane.

It’s well-known his ambitions are to be governor in 2022 and then run for president soon thereafter.

“Tough on crime” is dead.

Criminal-justice reform is alive. But does Krasner want to run for governor?

If he has the funding of (Cont. Page 15)

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As I watched the coverage unfold of last week’s armed standoff between police and Maurice Hill in North Philadelphia, I imagined the buzz of the newsrooms involved as they dispatched reporters, coordinated coverage, made sure everyone was safe, and otherwise went out and got the story.

The standoff began when police came to Hill’s home to serve a warrant and he responded by shooting one of his many firearms at police through the floor.

(What kind of “Bourne Identity” nonsense was that?!)

Afterward, everyone probably went back to the newsrooms, wrote, broadcast and edited their stories, and went home for the day.

But the big story on Action News – see what I did there – is that instead of going to the morgue, which is usually what happens when a Black man is in the middle of an armed standoff, Hill is in jail, awaiting trial. He’s

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form and still stay alive. The LAST THING we taxpayers want is a revival of the Kathleen KANE vs. Seth WILLIAMS battle across front pages – a long, UGLY night.

City and state law enforcement need to cooperate. We already have to hear the periodic remarks from U.S. Attorney McSWAIN on Krasner. I do not recall much of this happening as a decades-long member of the S.E. Police Chiefs Association. The POL telegraph says that McSwain wants to run for office – maybe against TOOMEY. PLEASE RUN, sir!!

Many may not know that McSwain was a defense lawyer in the Traffic Court matter. I understand that he was livid when an agent was reportedly caught in a fib. He switched to the prosecution side – JUST LIKE DA Krasner. His remark on “Uncle Larry” seems, to me, snide and unprofessional.

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ast week, like many Philadelphians, I watched stunned as the Philadelphia Police Department engaged in an hours-long gun stand-off with MAURICE HILL, who filed over 100 rounds of bullets and injured six police officers. This standoff, as well as the multiple victim shootings in El Paso and Dayton, led to yet more demands for gun control. The cries have been for eliminating assault guns, enhanced background checks and red flag laws.

disingenuous by the left as Toomey has been a supporter of enhanced background checks. Remember that he co-authored a U.S. Senate bill with West Virginia SEN. JOE MANCHIN, that called for more stringent background checks failed in the U.S Senate.

Gun-control advocates did not support Toomey in 2016, but they also did not back his Democrat opponent KATIE McGINTY. It is rumored that their failure to support her was owing to Toomey’s willingness to look into background checks. While Toomey’s gun policies are not left enough for many, he was willing to put his time and effort to control access to guns to questionable arms buyers.

In relation to the standoff with Hill, WILLIAM MCSWAIN, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, attacked DISTRICT ATTORNEY LARRY KRASNER for promoting (Cont. Page 11)

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Pennsylvania GOV. TOM WOLF used an executive order to establish a commission to analyze gun violence. There was a demonstration last week in front of U.S. SEN. PAT TOOMEY’S (R-Pa.) Philadelphia office against him on gun control.

Wolf’s commission will be led by former Philadelphia Police COMMISSIONER CHARLES RAMSEY. However, the governor cannot do much but amass information without the legislature’s support (and laws passed by them).

Frankly, I think STATE SEN. LISA BAKER’S (R-Luzerne) planned hearing on gun violence scheduled for September would be more effective as they are being conducted in the legislature. Also, as the legislature is controlled

by Republicans, I think her hearing results will have greater buy-in by her fellow Republicans.

The demonstration in front of Toomey’s office was

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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Philadelphia COUNTY CIVIL ACTION - LAW ACTION OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE Term No. 190200633 NOTICE OF ACTION IN MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE MTGLQ INVESTORS, L.P. Plaintiff vs.

SEQOUIA MONTGOMERY Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Rhonda Montgomery Deceased & The Unknown Heirs of Rhonda Montgomery Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner Defendant

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The Unknown Heirs of Rhonda Montgomery Deceased, MORTAGOR AND REAL OWNER, DEFENDANT whose last known address is 6141 Old York Road Philadelphia PA 19141 .

THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT OWED TO OUR CLIENT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM YOU WILL BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING THE DEBT. You are hereby notified that Plaintiff MTGLQ INVESTORS, L.P., has filed a Mortgage Foreclosure Complaint endorsed with a notice to defend against you in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, docketed to No. 190200633 wherein Plaintiff seeks to foreclose on the mortgage secured on your property located, 6141 Old York Road Philadelphia, PA 19141 whereupon your property will be sold by the Sheriff of Philadelphia.

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You are warned that if you fail to do so the case may proceed without you and a judgment may be entered against you by the Court without further notice for any money claim in the Complaint of for any other claim or relief requested by the Plaintiff. You may lose money or property or other rights important to you.

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. THIS OFFICE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT HIRING A LAWYER.

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EVERYDAY PEOPLE (Cont. From Page 9) who, and I wish I were kidding here, are blaming Krasner for Harris’s shenanigans. U.S. Attorney William McSwain, who replaced Zane Memeger as U.S Attorney when the Obama administration ended, has been fighting with Krasner practically since he was elected.

Because Krasner, a former defense attorney, has been a proponent of criminal-justice reform and believes that police officers should be held to the same standards that the rest of us are when we shoot someone, he’s drawn the ire of McSwain, who was, well appointed by a man who thinks it’s okay to put children in cages after separating them from their parents.

WALKING the BEAT (Cont. From Page 9) She is one of the top members of the St. Patrick’s Observance Association.... Dr. David TAYOUN Truscello hardly noticed his birthday, as he is filled with JOY rearing his young son.... Yesterday was Henry SIAS, Esq.’s birthday. Here is a guy that would be an excellent judge!... And a Born Day for popular Northeast pol Skip MONTELL! He helps people 24/7. God bless all!

Changes in the Endangered Species Act by the Trump administration can endanger the American Eagle, our nation’s symbol.

While Ben Franklin wanted the turkey as America’s National Bird, recent RULES could have been made by a turkey?

Facebook posts on the Tower Theatre’s loss of the tower felt it had not been maintained or often inspected. Sad loss.

CONGRATS! Hard to believe that Pat BIANCIUL-

“There is a new culture of disrespect for law enforcement in this city that is promoted and championed

by DA Larry Krasner – and I am fed up with it,” McSwain said. “We’ve now endured over a year and a half of the worst kinds of slander against law enforcement – the DA routinely calls police and prosecutors corrupt and racist, even ‘war criminals’ that he compares to Nazis.

This vile rhetoric puts our police in danger. It disgraces the Office of the District Attorney. And it harms the good people in the City of Philadelphia and rewards the wicked. We have plenty of criminal laws in this city, but what we don’t have is robust enforcement by the District Attorney.”

Considering that your definition of “robust” usually involves putting people who look like Hill in jail until they turn to dust, spurred on by a man who

goes around talking about putting his political opponents in jail like we’re some banana republic, I think I speak for a lot of Philadelphians when I say we’ll take a pass here. While he probably had no business being on the street due to his record, criticizing diversionary programs, wanting to fill up the city’s jails and demanding accountability from citizens while not seeking it for the police is gonna earn a hard no from us.

In any case, it’s stuff like this that occasionally makes me wish that I got up every morning, got dressed and went to work in one of the city’s newsrooms. The news gathering and writing part of that job was always fun.

The politics, bad contracts, greed and lack of respect for the journalistic function is why I’m glad I don’t have to do that anymore.

LI, Esq. has 17 years with Saltz, Mongeluzzi – or that Sonte REAVIS, Esq. has 20 years with Reavis & Associates?... Ali AMIR celebrated six years with Touchstone Leadership Institute... And Vincent GHIONNI finished nine years as Project Manager for KPMG. A BOFFO performance, all!

The FEDS seem relatively quiet in summer. Are they looking at new elected officials or union leaders?, a woman wondered aloud to me: How did we get this far that we just meekly ACCEPT elected officials and leaders of labor take federal fire? Are we AFRAID? We should not have to be in the USA. Press reporting of the FEDS in action runs the risk of a juror pre-judging a defendant. What is the sense of running for office? How can unelected spend OUR millions to pursue a case?

We are taught that there are three branches of government. If the press is the 4th Estate, then the FEDS are a 5th branch of government.

Reports say that Judge Abbe FLETMAN presided over a court challenge by Lou AGRE, Esq. over the independent candidacy of Sherrie COHEN for Council at Large. It ended in a ruling taking her off the ballot.

Sherrie cannot get a BREAK in her quest (?). Now the at-large battle zeroes in on four GOP candidates. Wait for ballot positions.

The recent quote by Senior Judge Ben LERNER of the DA went TOO FAR for me. CALM a raging fire instead.

VOTING MACHINE hearings chaired by Judge Giovanni CAMPBELL resulted in a ruling to keep the voting-machine contract. Protestors screamed in the courtroom, but if you know the Judge, he is UNFLAPPABLE. A Father is a best friend in life and after that. Judge Marsha NEIFIELD lost Dr. Martin Neifield recently.

His teachings, support and great genes produced a fine family.

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Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties.

T-Mobile proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 137.5’ and 142.5’) on the building at 12161220 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA (20191173).

Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties.

In Re: Adoption of B.G.H. (aka L.H.)(DOB: 3-20-2019) No. 2019-A0103 Orphans’ Court Division, Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County, PA To: Unknown Birthfather -- A Petition has been filed asking the Court to put an end to all rights (if any) you have to child, B.G.H. (aka L.H.), born 3-20-2019 at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in 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 September 10, 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, Adoptions From The Heart, PO Box 56182, Philadelphia, PA 19130 (215-763-5550).

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offered the perpetrator a deal. McSwain did not “intervene” but filed federal gun-possession charges against this violent felon that involved more jail time. I found it amusing that NPR, of all outlets, left out the fact that a politically conservative attorney prosecuted a criminal under existing gun laws.

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(Cont. From Page 9) what he called a “new culture of disrespect for law enforcement.” McSwain said the standoff between Hill and police was precipitated by “a disrespect so flagrant and so reckless that the suspect immediately opened fire on every single officer within shooting distance.” McSwain accused Krasner of creating “lawlessness” in Philadelphia, claiming that federal prosecutors have pursued 70% more violent crimes this year as a direct response to Krasner’s backing off prosecutions. Homicides increased in Philadelphia since Krasner took office (12% from 315 in 2017 to 353 in 2018). Police officials blamed the opioid crisis for fueling the surge in killings.

After Hill’s arrest, McSwain said federal prosecutors were not confident Krasner would take the case seriously, telling reporters that he was providing “some adult supervision” to Krasner's office. There is precedent for this concern of leniency. Krasner offered a deal to two police killers before asking the family of the officer what they thought of the deal. It is standard practice to check with victim’s families before deals of this na-

ture are made. NPR noted, “In a rare move in February, McSwain’s office intervened in a firearms case in which Krasner had negotiated a plea bargain that McSwain deemed too lenient.”

I think NPR needs to be more upfront with what happened. A gunman shot a storeowner, maiming the victim for life, and Krasner

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Filipinos Enjoy ‘Summer Sinulog’

ANNOUNCING the launch of this year’s PHL LIVE, Councilmember David Oh joined, L-R, composer Louis DeLise, entertainment attorney Bernie Resnick, songstress Carol Riddick and recording engineer David Ivory at City Hall. This talent search will enable rising artists to showcase their talent at prominent venues around town.

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Cohen Vows To Appeal

SHERRIE COHEN’S independent petition to run for Council at large was stricken down by Common Pleas Court Judge Abbe Fletman. But at a rally of her supporters at Stir Lounge in Rittenhouse Square, Cohen vowed to appeal to Commonwealth Court.

FILIPINO AMERICANS paraded the streets of Old City last Sunday, starting from St. Augustine’s Church, to celebrate that nation’s most-popular festival, “Sinulog.” People dance through the streets in honor of Santo Niño, the Christ Child. Usually held in January, Philadelphia’s parade was scheduled for August to enjoy more-tropical weather.

Many Happy (Election) Returns to Lisa Deeley

SUPPORTERS of City Commission Chair Lisa Deeley gathered at the Palm Restaurant for an intimate birthday celebration.

Photos by Wendell Douglas

CELEBRATING along with Lisa were, L-R, State Rep. Ed Neilson, Councilman Derek Green, Deeley, Justin Morris and John Brady of the Young Democrats.

ATTORNEY Kahlil Williams, who ran an impressive campaign for City Commission in the hotly contested Democratic primary this spring, congratulated Deeley, who survived the primary in fine shape.

BALLOT MATES on the November general election Democratic ticket are, L-R, at-large councilmanic hopeful Katherine Gilmore Richardson, City Commissioner Lisa Deeley and Councilmember at Large Derek Green.

CELEBRATING along with Lisa were, L-R, City Commissioner candidate Omar Sabir and City Commissioner Al Schmidt.

TWO STALWARTS of Philadelphia Democratic Party activism: City Commission Chair Lisa Deeley and Democratic City Committee Chair Bob Brady.

WHEREAS, on September 15, 2009, a certain mortgage was executed by Belva Payne, as mortgagor in favor of Metlife Home Loans, a Division of Metlife Bank N.A. as mortgagee and was recorded in Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County in Mortgage Instrument Number 52121200 (“Mortgage”); and WHEREAS, the Mortgage encumbers property located at 2112 West 65th Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19138, parcel number 108N14-134; 171356400 (“Property”); and WHEREAS, Mortgagor/Record Owner Belva Payne died on December 3, 2015 intestate and is survived by her heir-at-law, Lakessia Payne; and WHEREAS, the Property was owned by Belva Payne by virtue of deed dated September 15, 2009 and recorded September 22, 2009 in Instrument #: 52121199; and

WHEREAS, the Mortgage is now owned by the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“Secretary”), pursuant to an assignment recorded on May 7, 2016 in Instrument Number 53054987, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; and WHEREAS, a default has been made in the covenants and conditions of the Mortgage (paragraph 9 (a)(i)), as Belva Payne died on December 3, 2015, and that upon the death the entire principal balance becomes due and owing, and that no payment was made, and remains wholly unpaid as of the date of this Notice; and

WHEREAS, the entire amount delinquent as of August 11, 2019 is $118,124.80 plus interest, costs and other charges through the sale date; and WHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage to be immediately due and payable; NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to powers vested in me by the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994, l2 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR Part 29, and by the Secretary’s designation of me as Foreclosure Commissioner, recorded on September 29, 2011 in Misc. Instrument #: 52395684, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, notice is hereby given that on September 10, 2019 at 10:00 AM at the Southeast Entrance of Philadelphia City Hall located at Broad Street and Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 all real property and personal property at or used in connection with the following described premises will be sold at public action to the highest bidder: All that certain lot or piece of ground together with the two story brick messauege or tenement hereon erected.

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NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE

Situate on the South side of 65th Avenue at the distance of 96 feet Westward from the West side of 21st Street in 17th (formerly the 42nd) Ward of the City of Philadelphia.

Containing in front or breadth on said 65th Avenue 16 feet and extending of that width in length or depth Southward between lines parallel with 65th Avenue 95 feet to a certain 4 feet wide alley.

Parcel#: 108N14-134; 171356400 The sale will be held on September 10, 2019 at 10:00 AM at the Southeast Entrance of Philadelphia City Hall located at Broad Street and Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development will bid $118,124.80 plus interest, costs and other charges through the sale date. Ten percent (10%) of the highest bid is the deposit required at the sale.

The amount that must be paid to HUD by the mortgagors or someone acting on their behalf so that the sale may be stayed is the total delinquent amount of $118,124.80 as of August 11, 2019, plus all other amounts that would be due under the mortgage agreement if payments under the mortgage had not been accelerated, advertising costs and postage expenses incurred in giving notice, mileage by the most reasonable road distance for posting notices and for the Foreclosure Commissioner’s attendance at the sale, reasonable and customary costs incurred for title and lien record searches, the necessary out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure Commissioner for recording documents, a commission for the Foreclosure Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in connection with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement.

There will be no proration of taxes, rents or other income or liabilities, except that the purchaser will pay, at or before closing, his prorata share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure sale.

When making their bid, all bidders, except the Secretary, must submit a deposit totaling ten percent 10% of the Secretary’s bid as set forth above in the form of a certified check or cashier’s check made out to the Secretary of HUD. Each oral bid need not be accompanied by a deposit. If the successful bid is oral, a deposit of ten (10%) percent must be presented before the bidding is closed. The deposit is nonrefundable. The remainder of the purchase price must be delivered within thirty (30) days of the sale or at such other time as the Secretary may determine for good cause shown, time being of the essence. This amount, like the bid deposits, must be delivered in the form of a certified or cashier’s check. If the Secretary is the high bidder, he need not pay the bid amount in cash. The successful bidder will pay all conveyance fees, all real estate and other taxes that are due on or after the delivery of the remainder of the payment and all other costs associated with the transfer of title. At the conclusion of the sale, the deposits of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned to them.

The Secretary may grant an extension of time within which to deliver the remainder of the payment. All extensions will be for fifteen (15) days, and a fee will be charged in the amount of $150.00 for each fifteen (15) day extension requested. The extension fee shall be paid in the form of a certified or cashier’s check made payable to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. If the high bidder closes the sale prior to the expiration of any extension period, the unused portion of the extension fee shall be applied toward the amount due.

If the high bidder is unable to close the sale within the required period, or within any extensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder’s deposit will be forfeited, and the Commissioner may, at the direction of the HUD Field Office Representative, offer the Property to the second highest bidder for an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bidder.

There is no right of redemption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclosure completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure Commissioner will issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire purchase price in accordance with the terms of the sale as provided herein.

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TOGETHER with the free and common use, right, liberty and privilege of the above mentioned alley as and for a passageway and watercourse at all times hereafter forever.

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Being NO. 2112 West 65th Avenue.

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have a tale to tell about a poor Scottish farmer by the name of Fleming.

One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself.

Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow and terrifying death.

The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman’s sparse surroundings.

An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved. “I want to repay you,” said the nobleman.

“You saved my son’s life.”

“No, I can’t accept payment for what I did,” the Scottish farmer replied, waving off the offer.

CITY HALL SAM (Cont. From Page 9) financier GEORGE SOROS as he did in his first run for DA, he could be a good candidate. Of course, he’s probably a little too crazy on criminal-justice reform for the whole state, but he just has to win Philly big in the primary.

It’s hard to imagine a city with a majority of African Americans who have been harshly punished by the criminal-justice

understanding BANKRUPTCY

BY MICHAEL A. CIBIK AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY BOARD CERTIFIED uestion: Why file Chapter 7 business bankruptcy?

Answer: Corporations and LLC’s don’t get a discharge in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, so what’s the point of filing? Ensuring that business assets go to pay payroll, benefits, and taxes is a compelling reason.

Chapter 7 is a liquidation proceeding; the trustee appointed by the court

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system being in favor of a tough-on-crime attorney general. so maybe attorney general is part of Krasner’s long game.

Former MAYOR MICHAEL NUTTER was seen at the new swanky restaurant Spice Finch. Also seen was JUDGE FELICE STACK, celebrating the anniversary of the passing of the great powerful Northeast WARD LEADER MIKE STACK. 58th WARD LEADER JIM DONNELLY was there with his lovely wife TEESA DONNELLY.

will gather up and sell the corporation’s assets and pay creditors in the order of their priority under the Bankruptcy Code.

It is the notion of priority, then, that may make it advantageous for a corporation going out of business to file bankruptcy. The Code’s priority scheme provides that claims with a higher priority are paid in full before claims with a lower priority get anything.

The business owner probably has two personal concerns about what happens to the business assets: they wants to receive payment in their role as employee, and to see that taxes for which the individual might be liable personally get paid from corporate assets to the extent possible.

The owner’s concerns dovetail nicely with the priority scheme: unpaid wages incurred in the 180 days before filing or cessation

of the business, whichever 15 came first, have a priority for payment. Claims are capped at $10,000 per employee.

Taxes owed to governmental agencies have a high priority for payment in bankruptcy. While the shareholder probably isn’t liable for the corporation’s income tax or property tax, the individual may well be liable for any unpaid trust fund taxes (employment taxes) or for unpaid sales tax. The shareholder has a real interest in payment of these taxes before payment of run of the mill business debts.

So one very good reason for a business corporation to file a Chapter 7 bankruptcy is to see that priority claims are paid, instead of the claim of a creditor without a priority who files a collection action.

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dolph Churchill. His son’s name? Sir Winston Churchill.

Someone once said: What goes around comes around – so work like you don’t need the money. Love like you’ve never been hurt.

Dance like nobody’s watching. Sing like nobody’s listening. Live like it’s Heaven on Earth. Pass this on, and brighten someone’s day.

So much for Scotland.

Now for the other Celts!

Here is an Irish friendship wish: I hope it works for you.

May there always be work for your hands to do; may your purse always hold a coin or two; may the sun always shine on your windowpane; may a rainbow be certain to follow each rain; may the hand of a friend always be near you; may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you; and may you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows you’re dead.

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At that moment, the farmer’s own son came to the door of the family hovel.

“Is that your son?” the nobleman asked.

“Yes,” the farmer replied proudly.

“I’ll make you a deal. Let me provide him with the level of education my own son will enjoy and if the lad is anything like his father, he’ll no doubt grow to be a man we both will be proud of.” And that he did. Farmer Fleming’s son attended the very best schools and in time, graduated from St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become known throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of penicillin.

Years afterward, the same nobleman’s son who was saved from the bog was stricken with pneumonia.

What saved his life this time? Penicillin. The name of the nobleman? Lord Ran-

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