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‘Tiny Rascal Gang’ Growing Menace Community Takes Them On

GENERAL ASSEMBLY swore in its members Tuesday, including these ladies of the Philadelphia caucus. From left are State Reps. Cherelle Parker, Kathy Manderino, newcomer Vanesssa Brown, Louise Bishop and Photo by Donald Terry Rosita Youngblood. More pictures on Page 7.

Security Clampdown Screws Port Workers

The Transportation Security Administration, in an effort to increase security at the Port of Philadelphia, has unwittingly sabotaged the Port’s efforts to handle its commitments to shippers using the Port’s facilities.

It did so by insisting that effective Dec. 30, 2008, no one would be admitted into Port facilities without a Transportation Worker Identification Credential. In effect, it has banned them from reporting to restricted security areas without an escort. Involved are well over 300 stevedores, all of whom are members of International Longshoremen’s Association Local 1291, all still waiting for their TWIC identification cards.

Though the process for application is well over a year old, and handled by long-time government contractor Lockheed Martin, it hasn’t gone well.

According to TSA spokeswoman Ann Dafis, “A typical turnaround is 10 to 25 working days.”

Some of that time is due to the fact fingerprints taken are forwarded to the FBI for evaluation and record CRANE operator Dan Collins remains perplexed as to why the checking.

TSA reports over 700,000 have re- Transportation Security Administraceived TWIC cards since the applica- tion didn’t tell him for a year it had tion process began a year ago. Based messed up his application for TWIC (Cont. Page 2) card, without which he can’t work.

by Rory G. McGlasson A group of civic leaders has banded together to stop a violent gang that continues to terrorize South Philadelphia.

The gang known as the “Tiny Rascal Gang” or TRG has seen its membership rise in the last 10 months.

Now it is targeting schools and public parks to recruit members, take over area gangland and reap havoc across one of the city’s most populous areas.

The City’s Criminal Intelligence Unit targeted TRG members last summer and warned individuals and their leaders they were being watched, but it hasn’t stopped the gang from violently patrolling South Philly.

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COUNCILMAN at Large Bill Greenlee listens to concerned residents at Kaffeeklatsch meeting at 9th & Sigel Streets. Neighbors are concerned block is being overrun by “Tiny Rascal Gang”. Greenlee said he will look into putting up fence around demolished house on that block used by drug takers and dealers to run and hide from Police.

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The Philadelphia Housing Authority has no plans to slow down its robust pace of building affordable housing for low-income seniors, disabled citizens and families in the New Year even in the face of the weak economy.

The agency has announced its schedule, which includes beginning and completing development of the first phases of a 101-home site called Mantua Square in West Philadelphia (where PHA demolished an 18-story high-rise in 2008) and a 95-unit complex with commercial space and a senior center in Germantown called Warnock Street.

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by R. George Linton The Philadelphia Parking Authority activated its new red-light cameras yesterday, at intersections in North and West Philadelphia.

The three intersections are located at 58th & Walnut Streets, Broad Street & Hunting Park Avenue, and 9th Street & the Boulevard. With the two-month grace period over, drivers found in violation will now face a $100 fine.

"We are doing everything possible to create a safe environment for the city's drivers and pedestrians," said Councilman Darrell Clarke. "The evidence shows this program makes tra(Cont. Page 2)

PHA IMPLODED 18-story Mantua Hall high-rise on Mar. 30, 2008, clearing way for new low-rise Mantua Square which will feature 101 homes. Phase I will be complete in fall 2009, Phase II mid-2010.

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‘Tiny Rascal’ Gang Big On Crime Violence (Cont. From Page 1) After nine months, TRG has increased in its numbers.

Now a group of community leaders has stepped in to help the Police bring them down.

The six-month-old Southwark Civic Association has devised a local “Crime Map” to monitor crime it believes is directly connected to TRG. The SCA launched its own website last month (www. southwarkcivic.com) which directs you to a crime map where residents can report their crimes. Then the group sends this information to the 3rd and 4th Police Dists.

Neighbors can go on line and detail any crime they witness or fall victim to.

The Crime Map is almost two months old. It has recorded 13 incidents thus far, including two muggings.

Vandalism, however, dominates the chart. Two Christmas trees were set on fire in

the Point Breeze section.

There have been eyewitness reports of cars vandalized by the TRG, according to the Crime Map data.

“The Police are not doing enough,” charges Gene Van Arsdale, a member of the SCA and the person who devised the Crime Map. “That’s why we have joined together a coalition of civic groups, public and private schools have come together and try and solve the problems.”

Elected officials like Councilmen Bill Green and Bill Greenlee and State Rep. Bill Keller are all behind the Crime Map. They have attended civic meetings hosted by the local crime fighters.

However, Police officials believe the map risks causing “hysteria,” as one departmental insider put it.

They note the Philadelphia Police Dept. already provides

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COUNCILMAN Darrell Clarke believes new red-light cameras in his District will create a safer environment.

(Cont. From Page 1) versing Philadelphia's streets less dangerous."

In May of last year, Philadelphia City Council approved legislation sponsored

by Councilman Clarke and Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell giving the green light for expansion of the City's redlight camera enforcement program into their districts. On Apr. 28, 2008, this measure gained approval from the Mayor's office.

"Drivers who run red lights are a leading cause of Philadelphia traffic accidents," said Blackwell. "We believe new cameras will help us to save more lives."

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Assembly gave PPA the power to establish a Red-Light Camera Program in the city of Philadelphia. In 2005, PPA began equipping intersections with cameras that monitor traffic and automatically photograph vehicles that drive into an intersection after the light has turned red. The first cameras were installed at Grant Avenue, Red Lion Road and Cottman Avenue along the Boulevard. Since the program's inception, cameras have also been installed at 34th Street & Grays Ferry Avenue, Broad Street & Oregon Avenue, as well as at Welsh and Southampton Roads, and Mascher, Levick and Rhawn Streets along the Boulevard.

LOCAL CRIME map created by Southwark Civic Association gives residents opportunity to reports crime in neighborhood. online and paper reporting them of quality-of-life comoptions you can use to inform plaints and to alert narcotics

activity occurring in your neighborhood.

The "Tiny Rascal Gang" is the largest Asian American street gang in the United States. The gang originated among Cambodian refugees living in Long Beach.

TRG has roots in South Philadelphia dating back to the mid ‘90s. Gang tags have popped up on corners near 16th & Moore and 6th Street, near another gang known as D-Block. The TRGs are now targeting D-Block and another Asian gang, Asian Boyz, for their territory.

According to residents, TRG is based out of two South Philly rowhomes, one at 7th & Emily Street, and

the other at 16th & Moore.

Gang members have moved into Marconi Plaza and are targeting area schools.

Police District officials say the gang is being monitored by the Criminal Intelligence Unit.

But the SCA, school Principals at Bok HS and Southwark ES and neighboring townwatch groups say that’s not enough.

“We’re all afraid,” said SCA group leader Karen Brown. “People are really afraid of this gang. If we don’t nip it in the bud now, it will escalate in the spring and once the weather gets better it will be out of control.”

Port Security Card A Problem

(Cont. From Page 1) on local port figures of applications issued and pending, an estimated 200,000 nationally are awaiting this credential before they can go to work without restrictions.

The program has been marred by miscues. Yet administrators have turned a blind eye to them, since the TSA has not seen fit to issue a temporary card, even when it is obvious the person waiting for accreditation is well known and has an excellent work history.

This became obvious Dec. 30, when eight ships came to the Port at the same time to load and unload cargo. Veteran stevedores assigned to gangs reporting to ships found themselves turned away. They had no TWIC cards.

The refusal to extend the deadline, even to allow familiar faces to take their places alongside the ships, crippled, but did not stop, ILA Local 1291 and the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority from teaming together to keep the Port from imploding.

“We were scratching, working overtime to be able to fill the gaps created by the TWIC deadline,” said Boise Butler, president of Local 1291. “We managed, working with PRPA and some of

the Port operators, to get those ships serviced and out in record time. That’s the one hallmark that has made us such a viable port. We save shippers and operators time and money.”

Tumbling into unemployment that day was Dan Collins, 55, a Two Streeter from Second & Fernon and a lifelong stevedore. He has worked the Philadelphia waterfront since the age of 18.

He started as a “hole man”, going down into the bowels of ships to handle cargo. He moved up to “deck man” and eventually found himself looking down on it all from 100 feet off the ground as a crane operator.

Collins can’t remember a day he hasn’t worked. “In fact, I’ve never missed a day when the ships were in and the cranes needed to load and unload them. Whether you felt sick or not, your duty was to get that ship in and out as fast as possible. If we dragged our heels, we’d lose future business.”

Collins applied for his TWIC card on Dec. 23, 2007, a year before the deadline. The TWIC office is on the third floor of the DRPA Administration Building.

Come Dec. 30, he was denied work, not given an escort from the Terminal operator.

THIS SIGN is keeping a couple hundred Port employees from reporting to work.

Calls up to the top of the Collins diminishes his value regional ladder elicited the to them. news “his fingerprints had Thousands of trailers not taken and could not be flock to the piers of the Port read.” He was given a prom- in any week. Some of them ise his new application would line up for hours to get or unbe rushed to the top of the load cargo. Those drivers list, to which he stoically without TWICs are forced to replied, “I had been told that get out of line and into anfact every week for the last other line. Those with TWIC three months until now, credentials go in first. when they finally claimed my TSA’s contractor Lockfingerprints were not read- heed Martin told Collins they able.” had sent his fingerprints up Lockheed Martin didn’t on Dec. 19, which had answer a question: “Could Collins shaking his head. the fingerprints have been “They could have told me lost and why wasn’t Collins months earlier they had told earlier?” screwed up my application.

“It’s a serious job with a Now I’m left without a job lot of responsibilities,” ad- and many dollars short.” mits Collins. “You can kill All this high-security hulpeople, if you don’t know labaloo went unnoticed by what you are doing. There the shippers. They did not reare just so many people alize the special effort poured working below you and you into loading and unloading need to watch them and the their ships on the 30th. cargo you are handling at the One member of the ILA same time.” said, “If we had a way to get The program does allow aboard the ships without pier operators to escort in using the piers, we would not anyone without a TWIC need TWIC Cards.” Of all card, but since the escort the port facilities, he exmust remain with that indi- plained, the only areas not vidual, the cost to the opera- considered a security risk are tors for an individual like the ships themselves.

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PHA Lays Plans For New Growth (Cont. From Page 1) “We have found a way to leverage and stretch our dollars through good economic times and bad over the past 11 years. The citizens of Philadelphia have come to expect, and have a right to expect, that PHA is going to continue rebuilding distressed communities,” said PHA Executive Director Carl Greene.

Mantua Square, a $27 million development, will be located in the area of 35th Street & Fairmount Avenue.

Warnock Street, a $38 million project, is located off Germantown Avenue and the 1000 block of W. Cambria Street. Both projects will be funded through a combination of public housing dollars and private investment through the Low Income Housing Tax credit program.

Aside from the two announced construction projects for 2009, PHA is working on a plan for a major transformation in Southwest Philadelphia of the high-crime Paschall neighborhood. A major benefit to PHA reconstruction at previous sites such as Martin Luther King, Richard Allen, Cambridge, and Greater Grays Ferry Estates has been a dramatic drop in the crime rate.

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Seth Deals His Cards At Office Opening Seth Williams opened the campaign office for his second try at the District Attorney’s job with a fine eye for symbolism.

The office, at 1500 Sansom Street, was headquarters for the Obama for Change volunteer organization in Philadelphia. Williams, who was an enthusiast for Obama as early as 2004, played a key role in the local Obama campaign in 2007-08. Many of his former allies from that campaign have been recruited to support Williams as he seeks to replace his former boss Lynne Abraham, whom he narrowly missed toppling in the 2005 primary.

Williams also attracted to his opening 22nd Ward Leader Vernon Price from Northwest Philadelphia and State Rep. Tony Payton, Jr. from Frankford. An important contingent of followers from the South Philadelphia business community showed up, as did a number of Center City-based attorneys.

Union strength was evident also as Transport Workers

Union’s Jim McBride vowed Williams would get his members’ backing. Former Councilman Angel Ortiz introduced the candidate.

Williams made clear his campaign will echo Obama’s call for change. Under the current DA, he charged, “Philadelphia has one of the highest murder rates in the country – and one of the highest rates of murders not cleared by the DA’s Office.”

Dan McElhatton Issues Challenge In Preparation for the May 19, 2009 Democratic primary, former Philadelphia Assistant District Attorney and Philadelphia District Councilman Daniel P. McElhatton issued a challenge to his potential Democratic rivals, “let’s go out into the community and talk with voters about our qualifications, experience, integrity and judgment. Then let them decide who they want to be responsible for fairly administering criminal justice in Philadelphia for the next four years and beyond.”

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TAKING his seat in House of Representatives is Robert Donatucci. Photo by Bonnie Squires

WAITING to congratulate newly installed members of legislature are, from left, Bill Dando, AFSCME; Bethany Bob, AFL-CIO; Rick Bloomingdale, AFL-CIO; and Pat Halpin-Murphy, AFT-PA. Photo by Bonnie Squires

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PENNA. AFL-CIO’S Bill George finds himself flanked by State Reps. SENIOR State Rep. Jim Roebuck welTony DeLuca, left, and Rep. Mike comes newly installed colleagues Vanessa Brown and Kenyatta Johnson.

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As a result, physicians are now in greater jeopardy and patients will pay the ultimate price.

Tayoun said Pennsylvania is at a juncture where “we can fight for the restoration of Mcare – which has no certainty of surviving from one year to the next – or instead fight for meaningful legal re-

forms that will put an end to rampant lawsuit abuse.”

Those reforms include capping non-economic damages on medical-liability jury awards as well as capping attorney contingency fees.

In the meantime, high rates of medical insurance continue to take a toll on health quality and service.

The market for credit postbankruptcy is huge. Moreover, you are a better credit risk to lenders after you file than you are before you file.

Although bankruptcy may legally be reported to your credit report for up to 10 years, you can begin to reestablish your credit immediately. Remember, "credit" is your ability to borrow money. Lenders consider many factors while determining whether to loan you money, but most importantly, they consider your debt-toincome ratio. Some financial institutions actively solicit

business from people who have filed. Lenders are in business to make money by lending you money and charging you interest. Lenders know that once you have filed, you will not be able to file again for eight years.

Many lenders have programs that provide for postbankruptcy borrowers to obtain home financing within a year or two after a discharge.

Many of our clients even receive solicitations for unsecured credit cards right after receiving their discharge.

Just please be advised you need to be careful not to fall into the credit-card "trap".

Next week’s question: Can I put my assets in someone else's name before filing?

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Judiciary Hard Pressed

Another Opinion Is First Amendment History?

think of the hurt feelings of non-Christians in the stands who feel excluded when the Christian hordes launch into the Lord’s Prayer!

“It’s not a legal issue, but a sensitivity issue,” says Jay Kaiman of the Anti-Defamation League in Atlanta. So the Lord’s Prayer is now insensitive? Interesting. Lots of people take the Lord’s name in vain without worrying about Christian sensitivities; Christians seem to be the only minority Hollywood doesn’t mind offending — or positively delights in offending.

If only liberals would read the 1st Amendment as closely as they do the 2nd Amendment. They insist “the right to keep and bear arms” is qualified by the purpose of “a well- regulated militia.”

Why, when it comes to separating church and state, do they ignore the words “Congress shall make no law respecting”? Why do they think “Congress” — the legislative branch of the Federal government — means state and local governments and their schools? Why do they pretend the slightest encouragement of religion amounts to an “establishment of religion,” when

the specific historical meaning of “establishment” is so clear — as witness the fact Congress itself has always had chaplains to open sessions with a prayer?

Which suggests another question. Why don’t liberals fret about transgressions of the 10th Amendment as much as they worry about transgressions of the 1st? Is that limitation on the Federal government’s powers less important, less comprehensive, less binding, less central to the very nature of this Republic?

While the 1st Amendment has become the subject of Talmudic elaborations, the 10th Amendment has dwindled into a dead letter. The great principle of dividing and dispersing power — the very genius of the original American system — is at least as vital to freedom as the specific protections of the 1st Amendment; in fact, it includes them, since if the Federal government were confined to its enumerated powers it would have no authority to infringe freedom of religion, speech, press and assembly.

If we took the 10th seriously, we wouldn’t need the 1st.

Calendar Jan. 8- 37th Ward’s El Amor Mapenzi Brawne Ali honors Police Officers Tyshaan Williams and Annamae Law at 1007-A W. Lehigh Ave., 4-7 p.m. RSVP Diane Bridges (367) 441-0899.

Jan. 17- Mothers United Through Tragedy leads Walk For Life marching to City Hall from Broad & Spring Garden Sts., assemble 1:30 p.m. Rain, shine, sleet or snow! For info call (215) 227-5331.

Jan. 17- State Rep. Ron Waters presents 191st House Dist.’s Community Service Awards Gala & Banquet at Renaissance Philadelphia Airport Hotel, 500 Stevens Drive, 5 p.m. For info (215) 748-6712.

Jan. 19- Earthquake Moore leads community cleanup at New Fellowship Missionary Baptist Ch., 66th & Woodland Ave., 10 a.m.; Playing For The King youth basketball, 1 p.m.; historical reenactment march, 5 p.m.

For info call Paul (215) 3862696.

Jan. 28- Phila. Commercial Development Corp. presents Retirement Planning for Small Businesses at 1441 Sansom St., Suite 300, 6-7:30 p.m. For reservations call (215) 790-2200 or email events@pcdc1.com.

Jan. 28- Fundraiser for Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell at Maggiano’s Little Italy, 1201 Filbert St., 5:30-7:30 p.m. Call Jeff Felder for info (267) 8092626.

Jan. 29- State Sen. Shirley Kitchen hosts Standards of Excellence accountability training for nonprofits in 3rd Senatorial Dist. at Learning Center/Temple Univ. Health System, Hunting Park Ave. & Stokley St., 9 a.m.-12 m., registration 8:30 a.m. Free for 3rd Dist. nonprofits, $30-40 for others. To inquire about registration call (215) 2276161 or email to kwaters@pasenate.com.

Jan. 29- State Rep. Babette Josephs, Councilwoman Maria Quiñones-Sánchez, others on redistricting public forum at 1st Unitarian Ch., 2125 Chestnut St., 7:30-9:30.

Jan. 30- Grand Opening Community College Ctr. for International Understanding and Biennial Magazine Breakfast, 8 a.m., Ctr. for Business & Industry Rm., C2-5, 18th & Callowhill.

Apr. 25- German American Police Association honors Geno’s Joe Vento as Man of Year at Cannstatter Volksfest Verein, 9130 Academy Rd. For details call President Jim Schwartz (856) 236-2286.

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by Joe Sobran At times you get the feeling liberals regard prayer as a threat to the 1st Amendment.

The US Supreme Court has led the way, moving from the position public-school prayers are unconstitutional to its latest refinement, the view student-led prayers at public high-school football games are also, by extension, unconstitutional. After all, the loudspeakers are paid for with public money and the prayers are uttered with the implicit

approval of the school.

This new addition to the liberal Deposit of Faith has provoked a reaction, especially in the South, where folks tend to feel separation of church and state must not be construed to mean separation of church and football. Now the people in the stands are praying aloud together in defiance.

Needless to say, the New York Times is in an editorial lather about it, seeing these prayers as the seeds of another Spanish Inquisition. The Paper of Record admits voluntary prayer is probably constitutional, but feels that that doesn’t make it less menacing. Or less unmannerly: Just

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Pennsylvanians have the unique ability to directly elect their representatives to the judiciary from the District Court level up to and including the Supreme Court.

Every year someone, usually a self-proclaimed ‘blueribbon’ panel, decides it is time to push legislation through the General Assembly to end our right to vote for the judiciary. They suggest other blue-ribbon panels that will make choices from those seeking ascension to the various benches. They claim this will remove partisanship and end the influence of the political parties over the tenure of the judges. Under the current system, they say, judges need constantly to curry favor from their political parties in order to insure their reelection efforts.

We expect these meritorious-selection committees to bang the cymbals and press harder for their way of selecting judges. They have the ammunition. Several members of the 1st Judicial Dist. (Philadelphia) have been reprimanded. These include Judges on the District (Traffic) Court, Municipal Court and Court of Common Pleas.

Only one of them was accused of indiscretion in judicial rulings, however.

The Philadelphia Judiciary is peopled with jurists who have earned stellar reputations throughout their tenure.

They have brought a great deal of credit to the Philadelphia bench and justified the wisdom of the voters in electing them to the bench.

This will not stop those who would use the recent decisions handed down concerning a handful of our judges to campaign against voter selection of all our judges. We ask our readers, all voters, and many of them involved in the election of judges, to continue to defend the right of the voters to make the choice of who sits on our judiciary.

We don’t need to see that process taken from public scrutiny and hid behind a select-panel procedure. In elite, closed-door arenas like these, it’s whom you know, not what you know, that will determine who gets to don a judge’s robe.

FROM ILLINOIS TO PENNSYLVANIA

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Page 11 Usually, the first few weeks of the New Year make most Americans (and even naturally pessimistic Philadelphians) feel at least cautiously optimistic.

On first blush, though, the beginning of 2009 isn’t looking so hot. The Gross National Product is down. Unemployment is up. Philadelphia is looking at some serious financial setbacks, which will be made even worse by the fact the current version of the Pennsylvania Legislature has folks from the Alabama Section of Pennsylvania running the Senate’s Appropriations Committee.

To make things worse, Congress can’t seem to decide whom to seat, and every time I turn around another building on the Gaza Strip has been leveled by an Israeli rocket, leading to the deaths of hundreds of people who were doing mundane things like shopping for groceries, taking their kids to school, or finding shelter because their house was leveled in the last bomb blast.

That the skies have been gray and cloudy over our fair city the last few days appears to be an omen.

But even though it’s hard to be a “glass is half full” kind of person in this current environment, Americans really need to try at this point.

Why? Because only the optimism of common Americans is going to save our bacon here.

So....

I’m going to be optimistic about the fact at least for now the City isn’t shutting down 11 libraries. Sure, Mayor Michael Nutter is mad about this and says it’s not a good thing because now he’ll have to cut staff at all of the city’s libraries and may also have to lay folks off.

But I see it as a chance for him to do something he didn’t do before he made this decision: talk to people about other alternatives. Instead of complaining about how unwilling these folks are to compromise, Mayor Nutter, how about engaging them? In the end, you all might be able to do something that benefits everyone. It’s a new year. Give it a shot.

I’m also going to be optimistic about the new State Legislature. Sure, we no longer have State Sen. Vince Fumo to make sure Philadelphia gets its fair share of Pennsylvania’s tax monies. Nonetheless, I’m going to believe, at least for right now, we’ll have folks in charge who realize if you let the City fall because you believe all it needs is to be leveled by a nuclear warhead – then you’re screwing over the entire state. You may not like this, but Pennsylvania needs Philadelphia to survive.

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Yo! Here we go again with this tale that was sent told to me by one of my readers, Joanne P. Are you ready?

Once upon a time, in a small town in South Jersey a fire started inside a local chemical plant and in a blink of an eye it exploded into massive flames. The alarm went out to all the fire departments for miles around.

When the volunteer firefighters appeared on the scene, the chemical-company president rushed to the fire chiefs and said, “All of our secret formulas are in the vault. They must be saved. I will give $50,000 to the fire department that brings them out intact.” But the roaring flames held the firefighters off.

Soon more fire departments had to be called in as the situation became desperate. As the firemen arrived, the president shouted out the offer was now $100,000 to the fire department who could bring out the company’s secret files.

From the distance, a lone siren was heard as another fire truck came into sight. It was a volunteer fire company composed mainly of Italians, all of whom were over the age of 65.

To everyone’s amazement, the little run-down fire engine, operated by these Italians, passed all the newer sleek engines parked outside the plant ... and drove straight into the middle of the inferno.

Outside, the other firemen watched as the Italian old-timers jumped off, almost inside the flames, and began to fight the fire with a performance and effort never seen before. Within a short time, the old-timers had extinguished the fire and saved the secret formulas. The grateful chemical-company president joyfully announced for such a superhuman feat he was upping the reward to $200,000, and walked over to personally thank each of the brave, tough, elderly Italian firefighters.

All the local TV news reporters rushed in after capturing the event on film, asking, “What are you going to do with all that money?”

“Lemme tella you,” replied Lorenzo, the 70-year-old fire chief, “da firsta ting we a gonna do is fixa da no-good brakes on dat sonna-ma-beecha firetruck!”

Snooper’s Salutations Bureau: It is with great pleasure, that I wish ALL OF YOU, our loyal readers, “A HAPPY NEW YEAR”. My sincerest thanks for your loyalty. Yes, this old newspaper has survived another successful year and I would be the first to tell you, without you, this would never have happened. We welcome all those readers from The Olney Times, The News Gleaner and The Breeze. PLEASE consider us as your NEW NEWSPAPER. We welcome your participation, and also ALL your insights into making us a better newspaper for all of you!

Snooper’s New Year Predictions: The Mayor, HON. MICHAEL NUTTER, can expect more problems and these will come from a very unexpected source. The Mummers’ fiasco will continue to ‘haunt’ him, and will leave him vulnerable in a lot of other new situations. City Council will have a lot to answer for this year, and they will not get away with what happened last year because they will be held accountable for all their nonsense. I also see some serious problems for them too. HEY, the former Mayor, John Street, will have problems with some of his own ridiculous actions, especially those involving THE CASINOS! Snooper’s EMAILS: Here’s one I just had to pass along to all of you. IS FUMO GOING TO JAIL? My answer is quite simple. I can’t see him getting away with these indictments against him. My answer is he definitely will be going to JAIL. For how long?

Snooper’s MEMO: To all of my loyal readers: Yes, you can get me on my new Email address – ‘snooper2@live.com’. Please send me your comments, your local news and especially anything the rest of my readers would be interested in knowing about, like GOSSIP! Remember, anything you send me is between both YOU and ME. I will NEVER reveal any of my EMAIL sources, so don’t be afraid to send it to me. Thank You! Snooper’s F.Y.I. Files: I must let our misinformed Mayor know he has his facts concerning The HOMICIDE RATES all wrong. Mr. Mayor, where do you get your facts from? Because the last figures we have contradict what you have been telling us. The Homicide Rates are ‘skyrocketing’ and it’s not getting any better, Mr. Mayor. How can you tell us ‘the crime rate’ has decreased since last year? What medications are you on? Yes, you speak with ‘forked tongue’. You don’t fight crime by cutting Officers of the Police Dept. MAKES NO SENSE TO ME! (Cont. Page 18)

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The candidates for Appellate Judge positions are starting to emerge. Common Pleas JUDGE TERESA SARMINA, who has been a Common Pleas Judge for 11 years (how time flies), is seeking election to the Superior Court. JUDGE JIMMY LYNN has declared for the Commonwealth Court and well-known trial lawyer STEVE POLLACK is a candidate for Superior Court. Philadelphia trial lawyer JOE WATERS is a candidate for Judge of the Municipal Court. Sitting JUDGE PAT DUGAN, who is just back from his second tour of duty in Iraq, is seeking a full term as a Municipal Court Judge. JIM LLOYD, the brotherin-law of former CONGRESSMAN BOB BORSKI, plans to fill for Municipal Court. Also seeking a full term is JUDGE TOM NOCELLA. For Common Pleas, TOM MARTIN, who has been longtime volunteer attorney for City Committee, is seeking a 10-year term.

For District Attorney a former City Councilman, DAN McELHATTON; the brother of Supreme Court JUSTICE SEAMUS McCAFFERY, DAN McCAFFERY; and SETH WILLIAMS are all seeking the spot for District Attorney which is being vacated by LYNNE ABRAHAM. JUDGE LEON TUCKER has expressed an interest in the office in the event a vacancy occurs and it is filled by the Board of City Judges choice. Rumor has it Lynne Abraham will be an active candidate for the US Senate in 2010. This would be difficult for her, since she has a longtime friendly relationship with the Republican incumbent ARLEN SPECTER. Also mentioned for the US Senate are STATE SEN. MIKE STACK and the host of the network news show “Hardball” CHRIS MATTHEWS. The members of the General Assembly who were elected in November were all sworn into office in Harrisburg. Among those taking the oath of office were State Sen. Mike Stack, who has recently been designated vice chairman of the minority on the Appropriations Committee, and newly elected STATE REP. BRENDAN BOYLE, who won a highly contested seat vacated by longtime incumbent GEORGE KENNEY. With the death of veteran public servant KATHY BAKER KNOLL, the presiding officer in the Senate is now the leader of the Republican majority. It is an interesting anomaly that in the event the office of Governor is vacated, presently occupied by Democrat Ed Rendell, a Republican would take over as Governor.

As each day passes and the change of leadership in the White House becomes more certain, the expectations for Barack Obama increase (some would say unrealistically) to effect the commencement of the recovery of the economy. Obama is more and more expected to be a “miracle worker.”

Stay well in the New Year. Look out for “black ice.”

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CitiLife King Day service, African American exhibit & weekend options

by Ruth R. Russell When a local civic leader came into the newspaper office where I worked in 1996 with the suggestion of a ‘Day On’ for Martin Luther King’s birthday, we were all rather dubious. Would people with a holiday on King Day be willing to give up their leisure to work in community service?

The answer has been a resounding “yes,” and over the last 13 years more than 400,000 volunteers have participated just in this region.

Plans are already underway for January 19, 2009. In addition, this year MLK 365 will begin to give people a chance to volunteer all year round, according to Todd Bernstein, president of Global Citizen and director of MLK 365 & the Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King Day of Service.

Call 215-665-2475 or visit www.mlkdayofservice.org to learn how to become involved.

‘America I Am’ Just in time for King Day on the 19th and the presidential inauguration on the 20th is the opening of a major new exhibit, ‘America I Am: The African American Imprint,’ at the National Constitution Center (NCC), 525 Arch St. on independence Mall, on Thursday, January 15. The show will focus on contributions of African Americans to the USA and feature more than 300 artifacts including a first edition of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin, the personal effects of Malcolm X and the door key to the cell where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” Between January 17 and 20, NCC will present a celebration of African American “firsts,” while on January 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., NCC is offering a variety of activities for all ages as well as a chance to help

Ruth Russell the needy. For more information about the exhibit and the many events planned, call 215409-6700 or visit www.constitutioncenter.org.

Helping pure water A different way to be a Martin Luther King Day helper is to come to the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center (FWWIC) on Monday, January 19, between 10 a. m. and 1 p.m. Here volunteers will focus on environmental health issues related to

water by creating a temporary art exhibit, ‘Caring for Your Watershed,’ for visitors to view. FWWIC is located at 640 Waterworks Drive and is generally open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. To learn more, and for directions, visit www.fairmountwaterworks.com or call 215-685-0723. W e ’ l l h a v e some more King Day o pt i o ns next week.

Swordfighting Day Meanwhile, looking to this weekend, we see that the popular Narnia Family Fun Days continue at the Franklin Institute, 222 N. 20th St., with ‘Swordfighting 101’ on Saturday, January 10, at 11 a.m.

Also featured will be live Caricature Painting at noon, Cross & Shield and Eco-wheel craft activities and ‘Chronicles of Thunderstorms’ at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. All events are keyed to Narnia and include live ani-

mals, music, face painting and a children’s book hour. Admission is free with general Sci-Pass tickets. Call 215448-1200 or visit www.fi.edu for more information.

Preview & Poe 200th The Free Library of Philadelphia will present noted Edgar Allan Poe actor David Keltz, as the famed author, and Park Ranger Helen McKennaUff, as his fiancée Helen Whitman, at the Central Branch, 19th and Vine Streets, this Saturday, January 10, at 1 p.m., in anticipation of Poe’s 200th birthday celebration. The official Friends of Poe bicentennial birthday party will take place next Friday evening, January 16, from 6 to 8 p.m., in the building of the German Society, at Seventh and Spring Garden Streets, across from the Poe House. There will be a performance and a tasting of wines mentioned in Poe’s

works as well as a look at the exhibit, which opens on Saturday, January 17, at 2 p.m., with a talk by a Poe scholar.

This heralds a year of events.

For complete information, call the Poe National Historic Site at 215-597-8780 or visit www.nps.gov/edal.

Secret Agent 23 Skidoo Dodge Caravan Peanut Butter and Jams will welcome Secret Agent 23 Skidoo at World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., on Saturday, January 10. The show starts at 11:30 a.m.; doors open at 11.

This performer mixes traditional funk, blue grass, reggae and blues with classic hip hop, and adds a cast of entertaining characters, for a sound that parents and kids can relate to. Admission is charged and a kid-friendly buffet is available (not included in ticket price).

For complete details, call 215222-1400 or visit www.worldcafelive.com.

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For $25, Mexican dinner and dance the night away

by Len Lear Beginning on January 18 (and continuing every third Sunday of each month) Paxia will be offering a three-course meal for $25, with a chance to dance it off with dance instructor Tim Cartlidge, of Society Hill Dance Academy.

Dinner begins at 6 p.m. with dance lessons to follow.

Space is limited, so reserve your spot early and put on your dancing shoes! Paxia is a Mexican BYOB which opened July 8, 2008, at 746 Christian St. in the Bella

Vista section of South Philadelphia, formerly home to another Mexican eatery, Molcajete Mixto.

Paxia also has a monthly house music party on the last Monday of every month, beginning at 10 p.m. For just a $5 cover, they have a disc jockey, free beer while supplies last and a late night menu until midnight. Housemade mixes are also available. Outside alcohol is permitted for guests 21 and older.

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New photographs by David Graham will be on exhibit at in the Carolyn Fiedler-Alber Gallery at Allens Lane Art Center, 601 W. Allens Lane, January 9-February 20. An artist/lecture fundraiser ($20) with Graham will take place at 6 p.m. on the 9th, followed by

the opening reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Visitors and prospective students will be welcome at an open house on Saturday, January 10, from 2 to 4 p.m. For more information about classes and programs, call 215-248-0546 or visit www.allenslane.org.

Mexican cuisine with a focus on the flavors of Mexico City. The menu was created by co-owner Chef Dionicio Jimenez and executed by co-owner Chef Ismael Torrez.

Paxia, which means “peace” in Spanish, uses the vivid colors of Mexico both on the walls and tablecloths.

Large enough to seat 100 guests, it has a cozy feeling with hardwood floors, adobe pottery, woven Aztec tapestries and Mexican figurines.

A small shop in the back of the restaurant sells Mexican imports — glassware, bowls, artifacts and artwork.

It also offers brunch on Saturday and Sunday with a help-yourself Bloody Mary, Mimosa and Sangria bar for $8 per person. (You provide the alcohol, and they provide the rest.)

For more information,

Len Lear call 215-413-0171 or visit www.paxiaphilly.com.

Prime Rib at sub-prime price The Prime Rib, 1701 Locust St., is one of the area’s top steakhouses where you can normally pay between $35 and $50 just for an entrée, but starting this week until January 24, you can enjoy a three-course meal for $35 every evening starting at 4:30 p.m. You can start your

dinner with a Caesar salad or roasted tomato soup with choices of entrée including roast prime rib of beef or grilled Atlantic salmon, all served with string beans and mashed potatoes.

For dessert you can pick from an assortment of housemade desserts including chocolate mousse and cheesecake. For more information or reservations, call 215-7721701 or visit www.theprimerib.com.

Beer-Tasting Saturday World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., which is known primarily for their live music concerts but which also serves up some pretty good vittles, will be conducting a “Winterfest Beer Tasting” this Saturday, January 10, from 1 to 4:30 pm. Tickets are just $30, and admission will include lots of local and national brews as well as a self-serve buffet.

Many of the dishes will also be made with beer; for example, Victory-braised short ribs; Flying Fish-steamed fennel sausage; Not your Mom’s pot roast; brisket with Riverhorse; Dogfish chicken wings; Sierra Nevada potato salad; Yards’ chocolate cake; hot dogs, Bavarian-style; pretzels, vegetables with dips, and assorted cheeses.

A variety of stouts, porters, winter seasonals, and special holiday brews will be available for your consumption. There will also be live entertainment.

All customers will also be given a complimentary sixounce World Café Live logo pilsner glass.

A World Café Live spokesman told me that only 100 tickets would be sold for this beer-tasting/pigout. For more information or to get tickets, call 215-222-1400 or visit www.worldcafelive.com.

Now it should be easier to reach the person you need or to get information from the City of Philadelphia. You now need

only to dial 311 or by walking into Room 167 of City Hall during normal business hours.

“311 will reassert customer

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OPENING door to better communication between City Hall and citizens, Mayor Michael Nutter snips ribbon on new 3-1-1 call center in Room 167.

MAYOR inspects new 3-1-1 operator’s computer terminal. System aims to improve citizens’ connections with appropriate City government branch and track responses.

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service as the foundation of City government. Now all Philadelphians can access information or City services day or night,” said Mayor Michael Nutter. “Residents, businesses, or visitors – no matter who you are, you can get help whenever you need it.”

311 is intended to increase internal and external government accountability. 311 callers and walk-ins will receive a tracking number, allowing them to follow-up on their service request. They will also be given a specific time frame in which to expect the service to be provided so that they have clear expectations of when and how their request will be answered.

“By clarifying customer service standards and streamlining the service order process, 311 will provide information and City services smarter, faster, and better,” said Managing Director Dr. Camille Barnett. “All citizens deserve a government they feel they can rely on for information and service requests. 311 is a simple way to meet that need.”

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Ringside With The Shadowboxer Cunningham Wants Rematch!

On Dec. 11, 2008, boxing fans witnessed arguably one of the fights of the decade when Philadelphia’s Steve “USS” Cunningham defended his IBF Cruiserweight Title against Poland’s Tomasz “Goral” Adamek at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. After 12 amazing rounds of action, Cunningham relinquished his championship by a closely split decision.

Cunningham, who started boxing in the Navy, wants to prove while his ship may have been hit, it wasn’t sunk.

SHADOWBOXER has learned only three weeks after this epic battle, he has returned to training at the James Shuler Memorial Gym in West Philly and wants an immediate rematch.

The problem is the fight was Cunningham’s mandatory defense and there was no automatic rematch option in the contract. Therefore, the only way he will be able to get a chance to re-

gain his title is if the boxing public demands one. And it appears that is exactly what is happening.

Because boxing fans deserve the opportunity to see two of the best cruiserweights in the world go at it again, a petition for an immediate rematch has been posted on the website www.wewantarematch.com. So far, signatures have been collected from all over the United States, the United Kingdom, Poland, Canada, Australia, France, and Germany.

Speaking of Philadelphia fighters who have returned to training, SHADOWBOXER has also learned John Pawlowski has resumed training at the Harrowgate Boxing Club following his impressive win on Vernoca Michael’s annual Holiday Children’s boxing show at the legendary Blue Horizon. Pawlowski stole the show that evening with his 23-second knockout of fellow Philadelphian John Goldwire.

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COUNCILMAN Frank DiCicco, 2nd from left, in Comic garb, is congratulated as he marked his 50th year as a marcher in the Mummer’s Parade. Saluting him are Dan McCaffery, Jim Harrity, Jr., and Jim Harrity III.

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On The Streets During New Year’s Day Celebrations Down With Two Streeters

VIPs TRAVELING down to famed Two Street Parade included John J. Dougherty, Sr., Charles Bernard, Dan McCaffery and Judge Kevin Dougherty.

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CONGRESSMAN Bob Brady, who led drive to fund Mummers Parade, led the String Band division up Broad street. With him are Bob Shannon of Quaker City, and Golden Slipper’s new Capt. Anthony Mazzone.

A TOAST to readers of Public Record was given by J u d g e Michael Sullivan and Hon. C h a r l e s Bernard at the conclusion of 2 Street parade events.

ENJOYING New Year’s Day gala at home of Henry Nicholas, head of Local 1199C, are Council Members Bill Green and Blondell Reynolds Brown.

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Sensing they need to keep their anti-casino options open, State Sen.-Elect Larry Farnese, State Rep. Mike O’Brien and other State legislators have filed a petition with the State gaming board.

They are objecting to a request filed by HSP Gaming L.P., the developer of the SugarHouse Casino in Fishtown, which seeking an additional year to get slot machines in operation.

The lawmakers believe HSP has not timely addressed foreseeable challenges involved in developing the present waterfront site.

Their petition asks the Pennsylvania Gaming Control

Board to deny HSP’s request for the extension, saying it has not complied with the law requiring the company to get 1,500 slot machines up and running at the former Jack Frost Refinery, or at a temporary location within one year after getting its license.

State Sen. Michael Stack and State Reps. Bill Keller, John Taylor and Mike McGeehan were those joining O’Brien and Farnese in the petition.

Farnese explained, “SugarHouse has steadfastly insisted on developing the proposed site and has not considered exploring another location or a temporary site. HSP should have foreseen certain major

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land-use problems and planned and acted accordingly. Meanwhile, the people of my District are not benefitting from the revenue the slots should have been generating.”

According to O’Brien, HSP has made little progress developing the proposed site or exploring a temporary site in order to comply with the law.

“HSP always had the right to ask for a temporary site, as other licensees have done,” O’Brien said. “But they did not.

“The problem with this particular licensee is their site has major land-use problems that in all likelihood will not be resolved quickly, if at all. HSP is an experienced gaming business that should have foreseen these issues.”

Bob Sheldon, president of SugarHouse, sees their action as counterproductive to the intent of the gaming legislation.

“With the City finding itself in financial distress and having to close pools, libraries, etc., those legislators should be fighting on our side to allow us to create jobs and produce millions in tax dollars.”

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The City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia International Airport, is requesting PROPOSALS for “PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING SERVICES” (PHL No. 0109.21). A Pre-proposal Informational Meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at 10:00 AM at 2 International Plaza, Suite 450, Route 291 at Bartram Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19113.

All proposals are to be submitted to www.phila.gov/contracts/ by 5 pm Wednesday, February 4, 2009 and also as directed in the RFP. Interested firms are invited to download the RFP directly from http://www.phila.gov/contracts/ (click under “eContract Philly”) or request the RFP by email to rfp@phl.org .

Local Pols Keep Pressure On SugarHouse

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Out & About (Cont. from Page 11) I’m even going to be optimistic enough to think the Philadelphia delegation is going

to have a strong enough spine to remind their colleagues of this fact when Budget Appropriations time happens. I’m going to believe they’re going to say stuff like, “Hey, you jok-

ers took over the School District of Philadelphia. If it’s yours, you’ve gotta pay for it,” or, “Would you rather have the kids learning stuff in the libraries and possibly heading to Penn State or Kutztown State to go to college, or would you rather have them come to Reading, start drug labs, and make their money that way?” (Having lived in Reading for a while, I know for a fact that this last one is possible.)

I’m going to be optimistic enough to believe the 111th Congress is going to take enough time out of its personal game of musical chairs to realize getting President-Elect

Barack Obama’s economic stimulus package together and passed as soon as possible is necessary for us to even begin the climb out of the grandiose financial hole in which we find ourselves as a nation. While I personally believe it’s too taxcut-heavy at a time where folks need to pay for what they use, it’s a start.

Like I said, we’ve gotta be optimists here, or we’ll be royally screwed. So, despite my being a transplanted Philadelphian, embodied with all of the pessimism that includes, I’m going to be optimistic about what’s ahead.

SNOOPER (Cont. from Page 11) Snooper’s “HIGH FIVE”: How about those MUMMERS? They did show this City just how important they are, and they put their monies where their mouths are. The ordinary folks of this City of Brotherly Love did it for them, not anyone from “The City”. Congressman Hon. Bob Brady really embarrassed the Administration, along with Joey Vento of the famous Geno’s Cheesesteaks. Hey, why not share the millions of dollars they made for this City with their PARADE? Let’s give them 75%; after all, “The City”

contributed NOTHING to it.

Snooper’s Good Charm Bureau: Tell me, what got into those EAGLES? I have never seen them play like they did against DALLAS, and score as easily as they did against them.

McNabb really showed ALL OF US what he’s really all about, and that’s being one of the best you can be! Hey, I don’t care what they do in the upcoming PLAYOFFS, just remembering proudly what they did to DALLAS. Yes Philadelphia, hold your heads up high.

Who knows what can happen, and how far they can go? Hey, all of you, just remember what THE PHILLIES did this year.

total $287.5 million. Gaming Fund receipts include taxes, fees and interest. Of the total for the month, $45 million was collected in State taxes for property-tax relief, bringing the year-to-date total to $286.1 million.

Other gaming-related revenues collected for December included $5.3 million for the Local Share Assessment, for a net total of $23.5 million for the year; $6.6 million for the Economic Development &

Tourism Fund, for a year-todate total of $42.1 million; and $15.9 million for the Race Horse Development Fund, bringing the total for the year to $101 million.

Acting Secretary of Revenue Stephen H. Stetler said sales tax receipts totaled $638.1 million, less than anticipated.

Personal income tax (PIT) revenue in December was $734.3 million, $58.1 million below estimate. This brings

year-to-date PIT collections to $4.6 billion, which is $134.7 million, or 2.9%, below estimate.

December corporation tax revenue of $547.5 million was $14.9 million above estimate.

Year-to-date corporation tax collections total $1.4 billion, which is $134.7 million, or 9%, below estimate.

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Pennsylvania collected $2.1 billion in General Fund revenue in December, $156.6 million, or 6.9%, less than anticipated. Fiscal year-to-date General Fund collections total $11.2 billion, which is $814.5 million, or 6.8%, below estimate.

What did continue to grow was the Gaming Fund’s receipts. That totaled $45.3 million in unrestricted revenues for December. Fiscal year-todate collections for the fund

million, which is $13.1 million below estimate.

Non-tax revenue totaled $16.5 million for the month, $13.4 million below estimate, bringing the year-to-date total to -$107.4 million, which is $266.6 million below estimate.

In addition to the General Fund collections, the Motor License Fund received $177 million for the month, $12.6 million above estimate. Fiscal year-to-date collections for the fund total $1.2 billion, which is $99.9 million, or 7.6%, below estimate.

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Other General Fund tax revenue including cigarette, malt-beverage and liquor taxes totaled $95.2 million for the month, $2.3 million below estimate, bringing the year-to-date total to $538.9

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