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PICA Deadline Extension Could Resolve City Crisis GERMANTOWN Town Hall is one of hundreds of battered old buildings a new Conservancy wants to take control of and fix up.

Group Eyes Germantown Properties by Tony West A little-noticed Pennsylvania realestate law that went into effect last year will get its first major trial in Germantown today. And what a doozy! If the activists involved succeed in their petition, they will take control of 331 parcels with poorly kept buildings on them, totaling over 5 million square feet, with a potential street value of half a billion dollars. Act 135, which was introduced by Democratic State Rep. Don Walko of Pittsburgh and cosponsored by Republican State Rep. John Taylor of Port Richmond, is entitled, “An Act providing for court-appointed conservators to bring residential, commercial and industrial buildings into municipal code compliance when owners fail to comply”. It enables individuals to seek court authorization (Cont. Page 2)

Marijuana Bill To Get A Hearing

Philadelphia State Rep. Mark Cohen may one day be credited with making “one small step for a man, but a giant leap for mankind” into the world of legalized marijuana. He recently introduced HB 1393 with less than a dozen co-sponsors. It will draw media attention when State Rep. Frank Oliver, chairman of the Committee on Health & Human Services, schedules hearings on the bill in early fall. The bill, if passed and signed into law, will be known as the Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act. Like similar bills passed in 14 other states, it would permit the use of marijuana to alleviate pain and other symptoms associated with certain debilitating medical conditions “as found by the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine in March 1999.” According to Cohen’s bill, “99 out of every 100 marijuana arrests in the nation are made under the laws of states, rather than under Federal law. (Cont. Page 19)

Why Census Is Vital To You? The 2010 Census is a count of everyone living in the United States and is mandated by the US Constitution. Census data are used to allocate Congressional seats among the states and to guide funding decisions and distribution of more

than $400 billion in Federal funds to local, state and tribal governments each year. The 2010 Census questionnaire will be one of the shortest in history, consisting of 10 questions, and will take 10 minutes to complete.

Union Battles For Chief

LEADERS OF Local 22 of the International Association of Fire Fighters protest City’s plan to eliminate Battalion Chief’s Aides. President IAFF Local 22 President Bill Gault is joined by Mike Conroy, Tim McShea and Tom Callahan Tuesday at 4th & Arch Street Fire Station – the Ben Franklin Station – which had its Engine removed last year. Union wrote a letter protesting the cuts, written by Gault and signed by 46 of the 51 Chiefs, and has been hand-delivered to the Mayor, every Member of City Council and Commissioner Lloyd Ayers.

Oversight Group Has The Final Say

Every State Senator is now aware Philadelphia is in a major economic crisis, which could impact negatively on its neighboring counties as well. They remain unsure, though, if the deadline precipitating the crisis remains Aug. 15, or moves to Aug. 31 or even Sep. 15. The final word rests with the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority and its board members, most of whom are from Philadelphia, three Democrat-appointed and two by Republicans. The Philadelphia Public Record believes PICA will not be ordering any cuts over what have been outlined by the budget passed by City Council, (Cont. Page 2)

City Needs To Adopt LVT Now

by Nick DePace, Jr. What can a Land Value Tax do for Philadelphia? This question needs deeper study as its real-estate assessment system demands overhaul. An LVT can bring the City more revenue than its present property tax structure, advocates say. Many square miles of vacant land in the City of Philadelphia are currently undertaxed, according to the LVT principle. If Philadelphia were to adopt the LVT, it would then be able to produce substantial new revenue from this geographic land mass, which comprises 28% of the City. What the LVT does is transfer the weight of real-estate taxes from buildings to the land on which they sit. Instead of taxing land and buildings

separately, this system would serve to create a single tax based on a proportion of land-tax rates to building-tax rates. A look at other Pennsylvania cities gives insight into how it could change the City of Philadelphia. Many other governments already employ this method and their overall report is: It works. It is no secret real-estate taxes in Philadelphia are arbitrary and sometimes unjustified. As the Mayor’s Task Force on Tax Policy & Economic Competitiveness is scheduled to meet today about the City’s tax structure, it is time to examine how other cities do the job. Currently, 17 cities across Pennsylvania utilize a real-estate tax based

on a ratio of land value to building value. The bulk of them lie in the western portion of the State. Typically, these cities decided to implement the LVT to encourage the development of idle, vacant land. But their approaches are diverse. The ratios of land to building tax rates range from 44 in Dubois to only 1.89 in Duquesne. The largest city to implement the LVT is Allentown, with a population of 106,632, which instituted the tax in 1997. In contrast, cities as small as Ebensburg (which added the tax in 2000), with a population just over 3,000, have begun to use it as well. Scranton, who today has a population of over 76,000, became the first (Cont. Page 10)

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City Senate Caucus Blasts Pileggi Showdown (Cont. from Page 1) provided HB 1828 gets through the Senate and is signed into law by Gov. Ed Rendell by Sep. 15. Senate Democrats, and in particular the Philadelphia caucus, believe Pileggi could expedite his schedule. It’s been done before. They accuse him of holding Philadelphia hostage to wring concessions from them and the Governor. The Democrat-controlled State House approved two measures enabling the City to meet its budget needs as passed by City Council. It would give Philadelphia the authority to temporarily raise its sales tax by one penny per dollar and defer pension contributions for two years. The bill was under discussion in the Senate Finance Committee yesterday. Still, the legislation is on a slow track through the Republican-controlled Senate. Mayor Michael Nutter has warned if this legislation is not signed into law by Aug. 15, Philadelphia will be forced to lay off nearly 3,000 city workers, including 1,000 Police Officers and administrators, 150 firefighters and 40 paramedics, and to reduce services dramat-

ically. Surrounded by Police Officers and firefighters at a Capitol press conference on Monday, Senate Democratic lawmakers urged swift movement on legislation to address Philadelphia’s fiscal troubles. “The City is in the midst of deep fiscal troubles and time is running out,” said State Sen. Shirley Kitchen. “This is not tied to the State budget in any way; that’s a separate issue. It does not require the Senate to raise any taxes. We’re simply untying Philadelphia’s hands so the City can make the fiscal decisions it needs to keep operations running. Now is the time to get this legislation on the floor for a vote.” “The fact the Republicans have tied this bill to the State’s budget is unconscionable and unprecedented,” said Senate Democratic Appropriations Chairman Jay Costa, who noted Pittsburgh faced similar fiscal restructuring in 2004, and the State budget was not impacted by the legislature’s decision to allow Pittsburgh to relieve its own deficit. State Sen. Tina Tartaglione commented, “If you take police off the street, we’re going

to have more shootings, more deaths, more innocent bystanders, and we can’t have that. We’ve lost too many cops over the last few years.” State Sen. Daylin Leach, who represents Montgomery and Delaware Cos., noted the entire Philadelphia region will suffer if the City is forced to make drastic cuts.“My constituents rely on Philadelphia for its culture, its economy, its recreation, and to go to work. They deserve a safe city and a city that’s working. My District, and all of Pennsylvania, is going to suffer if Philadelphia suffers.” But Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi has laid out his own specific timeline for consideration of HB 1828. And it is not Aug. 15. “This is significant legislation that proposes changes to one of the largest pension funds in the state, and proposes a sales-tax increase in the largest city in the state,” said Pileggi. “Enactment of HB 1828 is important to Philadelphia, and I understand the City’s need to receive some short-term fiscal relief. “However, this legislation will also have long-term and

statewide impacts. Additionally, the issues raised in HB 1828 mirror issues seen in other counties all across Pennsylvania. It is important that the Senate exercise its responsibility to give full, prompt consideration to this legislation and any proposed amendments.” The Senate Finance Committee will also schedule a public hearing on the county sales-tax issue for the week of Aug. 17. In addition to Philadelphia, many other counties across the state are interested in pursuing a sales-tax increase. Pending the results of the hearings, Chairman State Sen. Pat Browne indicated he will schedule HB 1828 for a committee vote after the public hearings, possibly on Aug. 24. If the bill is approved by the committee on that date, it could be considered by the full Senate as early as Aug. 26. According to PICA’s Jun. 21 approval of the City’s proposed Five-Year Financial Plan, if the legislature has not enacted certain statutory changes by Aug. 15, Philadelphia has until Aug. 31 to submit a revised plan. Pileggi

believes the Senate’s timeframe will ensure HB 1828 is fully vetted without endangering any vital City services. That deadline would have included the Mayor’s estimated income on sales-tax revenue. PICA will meet on Aug. 17. Pileggi wrote PICA Chairman James Eisenhower requesting his Board extend its deadline by a month and has urged Mayor Nutter to do the same. “The only hard deadline in this process is the one determined by PICA,” said the Senator. The approved Plan also requires the City to provide PICA with “a list of items that could generate at least $25 million in savings or recurring revenues each year beyond those already included in the plan.” That list has not yet been provided as of this writing. “The public and the General Assembly should have the opportunity to review the City’s list of cost-cutting and/or revenue-raising measures before final action is taken,” Pileggi said. PICA’s decision isn’t that clear cut. What the Board needs to determine is how

much revenue the City will have lost by the delay in the passage of the enabling legislation. The City will have to show contingency plans to PICA demonstrating what cuts will be made to equate that income loss. PICA was created in 1991 to provide financial assistance to the City of Philadelphia in overcoming a severe financial crisis. The Authority has financial and oversight functions, with the power to issue bonds to grant or lend the proceeds thereof to the City. It also exercises advisory and review powers over the City’s financial affairs, including the power to review and approve five-year financial plans prepared at least annually by the City. The Authority has approved 15 subsequent Financial Plans. Chairman of the PICA board is James Eisenhower, Esq., of the Philadelphia law firm of Schnader, Harrison, Segal, & Lewis. It includes other Philadelphians including William J. Leonard, Esq., Michael Karp, Joseph A. DiAngelo, EdD and Wadud Ahmad, Esq.

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Germantown Group Plans Building Grab (Cont. from Page 1) to take over management of properties with code violations, raise funds to restore them to code – and sell them later, if the owner fails to reimburse all outstanding costs. The Germantown Conservancy, a newly minted nonprofit body, is co-chaired by Republican 59th Ward Chairman Pete Wirs and Democratic 59th Ward Committeewoman Betty Turner. The properties they want to place in conservatorship lie in Northwest Philadelphia, almost all of them in the 12th and 59th Wards. Wirs and Turner have announced they intend to file their petition in the appropriate court of the 1st Judicial Dist. today. Many of the buildings they have targeted are historical landmarks, including Germantown Town Hall, Tulpehocken train station, and several Victo-

rian churches and mansions. They are owned by private individuals, multi-unit corporations and nonprofits. More than 10% are owned by the City of Philadelphia or other public bodies. Vacant lots comprise 69 of these properties. In addition to their code violations, more than half these properties are in arrears for $2 million in real-estate taxes. Act 135 does not specify properties can be grouped in a conservancy petition in this manner, but it does not forbid it either. The planners of the Germantown Conservancy insist, however, comprehensive neighborhood-wide building conservation is the only way to turn around a badly blighted area like Germantown. “The researcher Mary Nenno has shown if you rehab one building on a block while leaving 10 others in bad shape,

the community as a whole makes no headway,” Wirs maintains. Nenno has won prominence in urban-renewal circles for her writings, the best-known of which is Ending the Stalemate: Moving Housing and the Urban Development into the Mainstream of America’s Future. “It is very important the courts figure out an appropriate way to manage conservancy petitions in a manner appropriate to each county,” commented Taylor. It’s a big project the Germantown Conservancy has sketched out for itself. Some of the buildings in question are certified by the Historical Commission, adding an extra layer of cost to their rehabilitation. The buildings vary widely in their style and function. And the scale of the work is staggering.

To be sure, the Conservancy sees this scale as a plus. It estimates $452 million must be spent just to bring these properties up to code and $505 million to make them saleable. It projects 3,479 construction jobs will be generated, boosting City tax revenue by $8 million as a result. Ultimately, it argues based on a 1999 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society study, this concentrated investment will return more than $770 million in economic benefit to the city. Still, a big project calls for big players. Some may hesitate to give Act 135 its first spin around the block with such an audacious venture by newcomers. The newcomers have assembled a team of recognized professionals in large development to help them, however. Joint construction managers are Domus, Inc. and Shoemaker

Construction Co., LLC. The latter handled the rehabbing of the Reading Terminal. Habitat for Humanity has been put forward as an intermediary to arrange for distributing 30% of the rehabbed housing to needy families at below cost, using local churches as referral sources. Nevertheless, buildings in depressed urban areas typically fall into disrepair because realestate investments no longer pay off in them. So where’s all this money to come from? The Conservancy has named The Reinvestment Fund as its financing ace. TRF is a well-regarded nonprofit community-development financial institution with a 34-year track record in Philadelphia. It has shown it can cope with big projects, moving $166 million worth of transactions last year. Even for TRF, though, $500

million would be a big step up. No one disputes Germantown suffers from real-estate blight. Its rate of home-ownership is lower than that of the city as a whole and its residential vacancy rate is higher. The conservancy projects real-estate values across Germantown will climb by 5% if its plan is implemented. Focus of the project is on Germantown Avenue (which is a National Historical District) as well as Wayne, Chew and Stenton Avenues. The Germantown Conservancy proposes a Board staffed by representatives of community groups, houses of worship and historical societies as well as elected officeholders. The team of Wirs and Turner is bipartisan by design. Their aim is to design out political influence in the administration of this mammoth enterprise.

Pacifico Hosts Classics

IT LOOKED like déjà vu when Mayfair Civic Association President Scott Cummings walked to press conference to introduce new book, Former Bodyguard, he’s penned about his life as a bodyguard for celebrities, including the late Michael Jackson. This time, Scott and another bodyguard are escorting a local Michael Jackson lookalike with a death-warmed-over personality.

KERRY PACIFICO, JR. of Pacifico Ford, left, welcomes President Al Bianchi of Historical Car Club of Penna. to Classic Auto Show at Pacifico Ford in Automall. While many were turning in their older vehicles to Pacifico for Federal Clunker rebate, Bianchi’s members were hanging onto theirs!

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COUNCILMAN Curtis Jones, Jr. hosted US Census awareness at Salvation Army, 5501 Arch Street, featuring speakers from the US Census Bureau, community organizations and other elected officials. Here he addresses crowd, reinforcing importance of census to those in attendance.

Michael Jackson? Yes And No

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Palmiere Wants More-Open 2nd Democratic 2nd Ward Leader Anthony Palmiere, Sr. doesn’t understand why people don’t listen. He told the Public Record this week that at one of his ward meetings, he said, “I do not believe Ward Leaders should serve more than two terms (eight years). I explained it was the one way to

insure continued interest in the political system and particularly, in the growth of voter support for the Democratic Party.” He adds, “To those who think I’m running and I’m worried about opposition, they’ve got another guess coming to them. If I wanted to seek reelection, they’d

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Yo! Here we go again. I love to travel – anywhere, any time, alone or with friends or family. Of all the trips that I have taken, I often wondered if I had used good manners in those countries I visited and have not inadvertently offended the natives with my ‘ugly American’ mannerisms. So I inquired on the trusty internet and here are some of the good manners from around the world that I found. In Japan: wear a surgical mask in public if you have a cold. In Korea: allow others to pass between you and the person you are conversing with. Don’t make anyone walk behind you. In China: decline a gift a few times before accepting and use both hands to receive or give someone a gift. In Iran: shake hands with children (it shows respect for their parents). In Jordan: leave small portion of food on your plate. Also refuse seconds at least twice before accepting. In Italy: don’t allow a woman to pour wine. (?) In Switzerland: you are expected to buy wine for your table if you drop your bread in the fondue. In Belgium and Luxembourg: avoid sending anyone a gift of chrysanthemums. They are a reminder of death. In Portugal: signal you enjoyed a meal by kissing your index finger and then pinching your earlobe. In Greece: cheerfully participate in folk dancing if invited. In Spain: say ‘buen provencho’ to anyone beginning a meal. In Norway: when a fisherman walks by, spit after (not at) him. It is a way of wishing him good luck. In Finland: if you pass the salt at the dinner table, don’t put in anyone’s hand; put the salt-shaker down and let them pick it up. In Sweden: wait until you’re outside of your guest’s home before putting your overcoat on. In Samoa: spill a few drops of kava – their national beverage – before drinking it. In Fiji: fold your arms behind you when conversing. And this one especially for me – In South Philly: if someone asks me if I am ready to take another trip, anywhere, I always say yes. I was told if you have the money, the time and good health, never turn down an opportunity to travel. Some day you may not have one of these essential items. Then you will be sorry you did not take that trip when you could have – but didn’t.

There are now casinos in Allegheny Co. (on the waterfront); Erie Co.; Monroe Co. (Mt. Airy Lodge); Delaware Co. (Chester Racetrack); Bucks Co. (Philadelphia Racetrack); Dauphin Co.; Lehigh Co. (Bethlehem Steelworks); the state of Delaware; the state of New Jersey, but not in Philadelphia Co. Apparently the administration of MAYOR MICHAEL NUTTER is at best lukewarm on the casino questions. Since all Pennsylvania casinos got their licenses at the same time and Philadelphia is the only one that hasn’t developed a viable casino, there is a strong inference the Nutter administration is not interested in the casinos as a bountiful source of new tax dollars. On the other hand, it has a passionate interest in developing the waterfront yet no interest in explaining how the grandiloquent development plans will be financed. With the foot-dragging of the current administration, it seems unlikely there will be any casino development in the near future. Perhaps towards the end of the second term of Mayor Nutter, will progress be made? Immediately, though, there is a ground swell of support for moving I-95 away from the waterfront. The cost has been estimated at $1 billion and probably more. With all of the unused Federal stimulus money still available, wouldn’t it be a good idea to get the planners to focus on I-95 since there is a realistic fund of money available to do it? Surely that beats pie-in-the-sky development of the waterfront with no indication of where the money would come from and strong hints casino revenues are not important. That was an interesting vote of the State legislature on giving Philadelphia the authorization to increase the sales tax in Philadelphia County by 1% up to 8%. Twenty representatives who are not in Philadelphia and, in fact, are in the Western and Central part of the state, voted not to give this authority to Philadelphia so it could gain the power balance its budget. Reason: They were worried that in the event sometime in the future the sales tax would have to be raised statewide, having given this authority to Philadelphia might limit the legislature’s ability to increase the sales tax statewide. This is yet another reason to reapportion the Districts within the state. There are a million more Democrats than Republicans. The Senate, nevertheless, has 30 Republican seats to 20 Democrats. When reapportionment takes place, this inequality should be corrected by making the Senate Districts more nearly reflect the partisan enrollment of the voters.

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Snooper’s SPECIAL MESSAGE: This comes from my many E-MAILS and it’s for The Mayor, Michael Nutter. This City is plagued with MURDERS, KILLINGS, GUNS other CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES, and you have the gall to threaten ALL OF US with your nonsense. You want to close FIREHOUSES, you threaten us by telling us you’re going to ‘cut’ our POLICE FORCE. Well Mr. Mayor, try it, and you’ll be in Court so fast your head will spin. Right now, as I see it, you are a ONE-TERM MAYOR. Thank God! I wonder how your family is feeling knowing you are also putting all of them in harm’s way, healthwise, and I might add, safetywise too. Swine flu epidemic and you want to close HEALTH CENTERS. What happened to all the monies you got for MORE POLICEMEN? Snooper’s Recreation Center Fiasco: This is one that is truly unbelievable. Our good friend DOUG HENNIGAR runs this special FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT that commemorates his SON who died as the result of an accident. This year, for reasons none of us can figure out, he was told he could no longer have BEER on THE RAMP PLAYGROUND FACILITIES. Doug asks WHY. It seems no other Charity event, or BENEFITS for POLICE HEROES, ever had this problem. Doug informed us he has held this Football Tournament for SEVEN YEARS. Sean Daley, Peg McCook Tournament, Freddie Adams, all local sports benefits, for those who were brutally killed, never had this problem. They, like Doug, also used Recreational facilities for their many sports games too! Snooper “UPDATE”: We receive a lot of mail and emails and, as you know, I love to answer as many as I can, and I do it with honesty. I received a letter that I really must answer, only because of its content. This woman wanted to know how I select the various people for various AWARDS & RECOMMENDATIONS. Our latest one selected was HON. JIMMIE MOORE of Municipal Court. Again, this is one that was long overdue, because this is one JUDGE who really cares about people, ALL THE PEOPLE. He has this Special Program that gives those who were once incarcerated a chance to make something of themselves. In fact, he gives them a professional skill (PARALEGAL) and an opportunity for L-I-F-E! Snooper’s SOAPBOX: Since I’m beating a “dead horse” regarding GUNS and KILLINGS, let me turn my ‘ire’ to all those IDIOTS who are TEXT-MESSAGING while driving. Hey, if you “idiots” want to KILL yourselves, do it. But why take innocent people with you? How (Cont. Page 17)

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If there’s one thing that I can’t stand, it’s the politics of “politics”. What do I mean by the politics of “politics”? These occur when you have one group of people, a group that’s usually the one that’s out of power or on the opposite side of an issue that almost everyone else agrees on, that tries to keep the policy that they don’t want to happen from happening by doing such things as intimidating folks, retarding debate, and otherwise being obnoxious and uncaring about the hurt they’re causing. As someone who writes about politics, I find myself face-to-face with a lot of the politics of “politics”. But while I generally try not to write about it because doing so only encourages those who practice it, there have been two examples I’ve seen recently that demand I write about them. So here we go. Politics of Politics #1: The Health Care Reform Debate. While I was unpacking in my hotel in Tampa, Fla. last week, I was watching “The Rachel Maddow Show” on MSNBC. One of the things she was talking about was the Health Care Reform town-hall meetings Congressmen were holding during the governing body’s summer hiatus. In case you haven’t heard about them, these are events mostly Democratic congressmen are having in their Districts to check their constituent’s pulse on the subject of health-care reform. There are several bits of reform legislation moving around in Congress and these folks are trying to see what form of health care the voters would be most happy with. (Unless, of course, you count single-payer insurance, which no one in Congress or the White House seems to espouse. I understand you don’t want to tick off the insurance companies, but some of us would like to get rid of a system that licenses insurance companies to make those with pre-existing conditions pay through the nose for coverage.) Anyway, instead of providing a way for constituents to get the knowledge they need about health care and providing them with a way to get their voices heard, these town-hall meetings have turned into places where folks spurred on by voices on the right come to interrupt and intimidate. I have no problem with anyone expressing their views. My friend the 1st Amendment says that’s cool and that no one should take that right away from you. Where I have the problem is when protestors are doing so armed with misinformation or are literally just plain armed. For example, protestors have been parroting former Alaska (Cont. Page 16)

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HOST Ron Donatucci welcomes his cousin Angelo Foglietta aboard River Cruise for fundraiser hoisted by Register of Wills.

GOOD OLE friends Ron Donatucci and Al Frattali talk shop on board River Cruise.

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S. PHILA. attorney Vince DeFino and Al Frattali join DA candidate Seth Williams on Donatucci River Cruise.

JUDGE ANNE LAZARUS and Joe Waters get ready to drop anchor aboard river cruise.

REGSITER OF WILLS Ron Donatucci made sure he got a photo with his beautiful family on board the boat. Photos by Lee Buchanan

Legalizing Marijuana

THEY’RE GOING TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA I’LL BELIEVE IT

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RECENTLY HEARD AT AN UPSCALE RESTAURANT Letters • Letters Wright’s Wronged Is this America or the Middle East? I can’t believe the Feds could “railroad” Chris Wright into a four-year prison sentence. Out of four defendents, three were convicted of only some of the charges. (Fumo was convicted of over 100 charges, Arnao was convicted of dozens of charges. These two got 55 months and 1 year and a day respectfully). Chris Wright’s charges were “invented” by putting together certain facts that really didn’t belong together. My opinion is the crimes that he was convicted of by a jury didn’t even rise to the level of an expired parking meter. Mayer Krain N.E. Phila.

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Aug. 15- Local 98’s annual Down Under Party at Keenan’s, 113 Old New Jersey Ave., N. Wildwood, N.J., 4-8 p.m. Aug. 18- Delaware Valley Community Health sponsors Merck Patient Assistance Program Enrollment Event at Maria de los Santos Health Ctr., 401-455 W. Allegheny Ave., 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Aug.19- “Stu Bykofsky Candidates Comedy Night” ™ at Finnigan’s Wake, 3rd & Spring Garden Sts., 8 p.m. For info or to donate, visit www.varietyphila.org. Aug.20- Fundraiser for Al Schmidt, GOP candidate for Controller, SmokeEaters Pub, 7681 Frankford Av., 6 to 10 p.m., $40. Aug. 27- Judicial candidate Adam Beloff hosts gala at Quartet Club, 1075 Southampton Rd. 7 p.m. $25. Aug. 30- Billy Meehan Clam Bake hosted by Republican City Committee at Cannstatter Volksfest Verein, 9130 Academy Rd. $95. Sep. 5- State Sen. Anthony Williams and W. Phila. Coali-

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State Rep. Mark Cohen will often go where angels fear to tread. But no matter his legislative ups and downs, he’s successfully held on to his seat with little or no competition over the years. So he’s literally impervious to any fallout caused by controversial legislation such as the bill he has introduced which would legalize marijuana for medical use. There are already a host of states that now have such legislation on the lawbooks. They seem to be running well. Cohen’s legislation opens the door an inch to the use of marijuana, which is not considered a “Federal offense” in popular culture although, in fact, it is under current law. But it should not be. If the present law were fully and fairly enforced, half the country would now be in jail for using the weed. Its use is so widespread, it is now more readily available than cigarettes, especially to those minors barred from purchasing cigarettes because of age. Perhaps, if it passes, a new mindset could grow amongst the general population of this state and others as well. We all suffer from the drug epidemic that has inundated this country for years now. It is obvious our prison population, particularly in the state systems, would be reduced if only marijuana were totally legalized, and not just for restricted medicinal use. Extend legalization to all forms of drugs, naturally grown or artificially produced and licit drugs sold illicitly and the epidemic will disappear overnight. This happened when Prohibition was rescinded after literally driving Americans to speakeasies and moonshine-making, leading to the creation and growth of organized crime. Eliminate restrictions on all forms of drugs, no matter how new, whatever the styled use, and place them in pharmacies at very low cost; then the epidemic will dissipate. Like Prohibition, profits will no longer be there for those trafficking in it. Pushers will no longer be on the streets hustling new victims. The money won’t be there. Look at what legalizing the lottery did to the “numbers racket”. We remember when every corner store or bar was occupied by at least one or two number writers or bookies, who turned the bets into a clearing house, which then turned its cash receipts over to an organized crime boss. They are drastically reduced and the door-to-door runners are in the dust of history, thanks to the legal State Lottery. President Barack Obama’s trip to Mexico this past week included serious discussions on how to aid Mexico in its losing battle to drug growers and traffickers. Had their wares been legal, he would not have needed to promise military aid to that country. Three quarters of the Federal prison population would long have since gone back to Mexico, Columbia and other drug-exporting countries. The billions wasted in the national anti-drug effort would have been better used to reduce government expenditures or put to better use in the fields of education and health care. So we look at Cohen’s bill as a first step, but a giant leap toward what needs to become a national goal.

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Taxing Land Higher Boosts Development (Cont. from Page 1) city to institute an LVT back in 1913. Then interest in the idea ebbed, not to return for another 60 years. The next to do so was Harrisburg in 1975. This move propelled a wave of cities to introduce their own versions of the LVT, with 10 more cities jumping on the bandwagon between 1980 and 1993, including Alquippa, Lock Haven, McKeesport, New Castle and Washington.

According to Joshua Vincent, executive director of the Henry George Foundation, this jump in interest in the LVT stemmed from three factors. No other cities in Pennsylvania, aside from Scranton and Pittsburgh, were permitted to use it from 1913 until 1960. Then the Henry George Institute (named after the 19th-century originator of the LVT concept) began pushing the idea across the State. Moreover, as older cities

started to collapse in the mid 1970s, vacant land became a pressing problem. Altoona, the latest city to introduce the LVT, jumped on board in 2002. Even Business Improvement Districts in Pittsburgh, including Downtown, Oakland and West End, have started using it. Philadelphia also has BIDs, but their assessments come from a standard percentage of the straight real-estate tax, which is based

on the value of the property as a whole and disregards the land-value principle. In Harrisburg and Steelton Borough, LVT is known as the “split millage”. One official at the Dauphin Co. Tax Assessment office says the City levies two different millages, one against the land and one against the improvement. They are then required to keep the two assessments at which they arrive, one for land and one based on build-

ing. However, the other taxing districts don’t care much about the split between the land and buildings. They aren’t concerned with how much revenue they’re going to generate from a land millage versus a building millage; they just want to know how much revenue they are going to generate altogether. According to Sandy Borkowski in the City of Washington’s Tax Dept., the main reason for making the switch to a two-tier system where land and building undergo separate taxation was to reduce appeals on assessments, which most of the time relate to the value of the building rather than the land. Dennis Pittman of the Treasury Dept. in McKeesport says the transition to the LVT from the prior “single millage” for both building and land went over smoothly. It was done to encourage development and discourage “land banking”, or letting land lie fallow. At first, there was some opposition to the change, but it was mainly due to a general misunderstanding. As Pittman says, “Any time there are changes in our environment, we get nervous as human beings.” The LVT in McKeesport set a template for urban planning and development. It occurred at the same time the steel industry in its milling valley was vanishing. Afterwards, a penalty was instituted for leaving land undeveloped.

The City of McKeesport wants people to either develop themselves or sell the land to someone who will. Others followed its example. McKeesport convinced the school district along with other surrounding areas to start utilizing certain aspects of the LVT system as well. Additionally, there is a companion process in McKeesport called LERTA, which stands for “local enabling reform tax act” and which provides interim abatement for either new construction or improvements to the existing property. In McKeesport, as in Philadelphia, there is a problem with street parking. The LVT favors construction of parking garages as opposed to surface lots. The City further supports the building of new structures by waiving 100% of real-estate tax on buildings 100% for up to a three-year period. However, because land does not depreciate, there’s no tax write-off from the land. According to Larry Hilliard, director of finance in Allentown, the City’s intent by instituting the LVT, much like that of McKeesport, was to “encourage the development of idle land.” Also, with a large number of rowhomes in town, it skews the tax towards larger tracts of land. However, in today’s market, Hilliard believes the LVT has little impact. “Right now, financing is more important in (Cont. Next Page)

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Admission was on a “first come, first served” basis to see Philadelphia Orchestra Assistant Conductor Danail Rachev conduct a program of popular classics featuring mezzo-soprano Marietta Simpson. Pre-show attendees were entertained by the Deliverance Evangelistic Church Combined Choirs as they performed in the church lobby.

STATE SEN. Shirley Kitchen made sure her key DELIVERANCE Evangelistic Church Combined Choirs performed in staffers manned Phila. Orchestra Night in North lobby of church for pre-Orchestra performance. Phila. last week while Senator was in Harrisburg.

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State Sen. Shirley Kitchen invited the community to see the Philadelphia Orchestra perform at a free concert last week and her constituents came out in droves! The Senator was in Harrisburg working on the Sate budget, but that didn’t stop hundreds of music fans from coming out to Deliverance Evangelistic Church for a free concert.

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STRETCHING for almost a quarter-mile, new Food Distribution Center has seen completion of its metal framing. Being built under oversight of the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority, the new complex will enable produce wholesalers to easily triple their operations.

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Family-style Sunday ‘Suppers’ for Julia Child fan by Len Lear Chef/owner Mitch Prensky of Supper, 926 South Street, which was recently named to Philadelphia magazine’s “Top 50 Restaurants, 2009,” will be hosting a series of family-style “Sunday Suppers” featuring dishes made from local ingredients purchased that morning at the Headhouse Square Farmers Market, 2nd Street between Pine and Lombard. The dinners, which will be BYOB with no corkage fee (anyone who wants to purchase wines from Supper’s wine list will get them at half-price), will take place Aug. 16, Sep. 6 and Oct. 4 at 6:30 p.m. The price is $38 per person, some of which will be donated to The Food Trust, which op-

erates 29 farmers’ markets in the region. Growing up in New York, the 44year-old Prensky used to enjoy watching Julia Child (whose career is chronicled in the current hit movie Julie and Julia) on television, but what really “cooked” the most for him was playing jazz music. However, his parents owned a company that sold quiche to restaurants and gourmet food stores, and eventually music was reduced from a vocation to a hobby as Mitch enrolled in the French Culinary Institute in New York. After graduation, he worked in some of Manhattan’s most impressive palaces of gastronomy, such as L’École, Le Chantilly, Mesa Grill and Daniel. In 1995 Mitch moved to our town with his wife, Jennifer, 40, who grew up in

Northeast Philly. They started a catering firm, Global Dish, which garnered numerous awards and for the past 10 years has been the caterer of choice for many corporate and non-profit clients such as the Philadelphia Zoo. Three years ago, though, they catered an event held in a store at 926 South Street (across the street from a Whole Foods Market) which sold Vespa scooters. “When it was over,” said Mitch, “the owner said he could not pay me, but he would give me a Vespa scooter instead. I really liked the scooter, and what choice did I have?” Several months later, Mitch’s scooter needed repairs, so he took it back to the South Street store. “The owner told me he was going out of business and suggested I take over the property and make a restaurant out of it. I guess you could say that was the last weak

moment of my life. I just couldn’t resist the challenge. “Although I was trained in fine dining, I hate the pretension and stuffiness of so many fine-dining restaurants. And the expectation and prices are so high that you’re disappointed if the food is not the absolute greatest. So I figured we would have a restaurant that looked plain — no tablecloths, no carpets, etc. — but with really fine food. We would underpromise and overdeliver.” Of course, in Philadelphia opening a restaurant is like traversing a series of mazes with the City Hall bureaucracy, so it took 21 months, including a fivemonth renovation, to get the proper zoning and a liquor license, quell the trepidation of neighbors, etc. But the Prenskys, who live in nearby Fairmount with their six-year-old Cockapoo, Benny, finally gave birth to their baby, Supper, in late

Len Lear October of 2007. The “urban farmhouse” (the owners’ label) uses whitewashed brick walls, exposed ceiling beams, seeded glass, charming floating hatbox chandeliers, wood floors and tables and other natural materials to create a rustic look. There is an open kitchen and two full-service bar areas on the first and second floors, both with big picture windows looking onto South Street. Almost every dish on the “new American” menu has an unusual combination of

ingredients, textures, colors and flavors. “When people go out to eat,” commented Mitch, “they want to eat something they cannot make at home themselves. Otherwise, why go out?” Some of the dishes we have loved at Supper were the wild mushroom appetizer with a Spanish cheese and whole grain mustard, boneless Moroccan chicken wings with yogurt and explosive spices, and an entree of red drum filet (a mild bass-like fish) with potatoes, leeks, clams and ginger. At Supper, all breads are made in house. They are spectacularly tasty, and all of those not used on any given night are given away to customers. For more information or reservations, call (215) 592-8180 or visit www.supperphilly.com. To sign up for one of the upcoming Sunday Suppers, you can also go to http://twitter.com/Supperphilly.

The City of Philadelphia, Division of Aviation is updating the existing Noise Compatibility Program for Philadelphia International Airport. The voluntary process develops, evaluates, and recommends actions that the airport, local municipalities, airlines or the Federal Aviation Administration might take to reduce aircraft noise in the vicinity of an airport. A key part of the Updated Noise Compatibility Program will be the 2008 and 2013 Noise Exposure Maps. They detail which communities are im-

pacted by noise levels of DNL 65 dB and higher. The FAA defines the Day-Night Average Sound level of 65dB as the threshold of noise incompatibility with residential land use. These Draft Noise Exposure Maps are now available for public review and comment online at www.phlpart 150update.com, or at one of the libraries listed on that site. This list is also available by calling the Philadelphia Airport Noise Office at (215) 937-6750. The comment period extends from Aug. 5 to Sep. 4, 2009.

phia's 39th Ward that is necessary to expand the Port of Philadelphia. The governor would need to authorize the conveyance. Keller, a former longshoreman, said expanding the port would bring at least 25,000 jobs to the city and allow the Port of Philadelphia to become a leading port in the United States. "Conveying this land from the State to the City is the just first but critical

phase of that process," Keller said. "The Port of Philadelphia needs to operate at its fullest capability. Developing this land would bring tens of thousands of new jobs to the city and to local residents. The potential for economic growth spurred by that amount of job development is undeniable. And it's needed now more than ever, given the City's current financial crisis." Keller noted the Port of

Philadelphia surpasses all ports in the United States based on its rail capabilities. "Three Class A rail lines run through the Philadelphia port area," Keller said. "We can harness the power of those rail lines on port property and make Philadelphia and Pennsylvania the leading industrial port on the East Coast." The 39th Ward is located wholly in Keller's 184th House Dist.

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The State House has approved legislation sponsored by State Rep. Bill Keller which would help Philadelphia expand and develop its ports to more business, bringing tens of thousands of jobs to the city. HB 666 would authorize and direct the State to convey to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development and the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority land in Philadel-

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Out & About (Cont. From Page 7) Gov. Sarah Palin’s assertion the health-care plans include such things as “Death Panels” that encourage euthanasia, and everyone keeps throwing

the word “socialism” around, showing that they have no idea whatsoever what true socialism is. (I won’t get into Rush Limbaugh’s assertion the Obama Administration’s attempts at getting health care

for all are akin to Nazi Germany’s attempts at total control.) But my personal favorite is the dude who came to President Barack Obama’s New Hampshire town hall packing a gun and carrying a sign that

SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA Sealed proposals will be received by the School Reform Commission at the School Administration Building located at 440 North Broad St., 3rd Floor, Office of Capital Programs, Philadelphia, PA 19130-4015, until 2:00 P.M., on Tuesday, September 15th, 2009. A non-refundable fee for each set of bid documents is as scheduled. The School District will only accept bids from companies that have been placed on its current Pre Qualified Contractors List as shown at psit.org. All School District Project require MBE/WBE participation as shown in the specifications.

B- 007 (C) of 2007/08* General Contract Track and Field Improvements

Lincoln High School Athletic Field Roland Ave and Vista St.

BUDGET $2,2,000,000.00

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* A pre-bid conference and site tour will be held at project location, on August 19, 2009 at 9:30 am.

Specifications and/or plans and contract documents may be examined and copies thereof obtained from the School Reform Commission, 440 North Broad Street, 3rd floor, Philadelphia, PA 19130. Information as to contract documents, etc., may be obtained at the above address, or telephone 215-400-5225. Make checks payable to the School District of Philadelphia. The School Reform Commission reserves the right to reject any and all bids and make the awards to the best interests of the School District of Philadelphia.

said something to the effect that the tree of liberty must occasionally be watered with “the blood of tyrants.” Yikes! If you’re going to oppose something, that’s your right. Again, I’d never try and take away anyone’s right to oppose something, no matter how insipid I think their reasoning is. But if you’re going to oppose it, oppose it with facts. Oppose it with an alternative view. Oppose it with simple, basic, common sense, for God’s sake. But opposing it by playing to the paranoia of folks who are still trying to get used to the fact the President of the United States looks more like Will Smith than Harrison Ford only serves to bring us closer to a tragedy that I can assure you America isn’t ready for. So cut it out. Politics of Politics #2: Endangering Owls As anyone who reads this

column regularly knows, I am an alumnus of Temple University. I believe that even if you doubled what I paid to get my undergraduate degree in broadcast journalism from Temple, it would still be a steal because of what that degree has allowed me to do. When I hopped on one of my email accounts last Saturday to see what I’d missed while hearing about the sorry state of my business at the National Association of Black Journalists, I saw an email that detailed a tug of war for state funding that my alma mater is having with State Rep. John Taylor over the closing of Northeastern Hospital. The Temple University Health System decided to close Northeastern to avoid a $15 million loss. Taylor and a group of other legislators representing the area including State Sens. Larry Farnese, Michael Stack and State Rep. Dennis O’Brien are miffed

SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA Sealed proposals will be received by the School Reform Commission at the School Administration Building located at 440 North Broad St., 3rd Floor, Office of Capital Programs, Philadelphia, PA 19130-4015, until 2:00 P.M., on Tuesday, September 1, 2009. A non-refundable fee for each set of bid documents is as scheduled. The School District will only accept bids from companies that have been placed on its current Pre Qualified Contractors List as shown at psit.org. All School District Project require MBE/WBE participation as shown in the specifications.

B-037 C of 2008/09*

Electrical Service Contract George W. Pepper Middle School Fire Alarm Replacement 2901 South 84th Street

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* Pre-Bid meeting August 14 at 12:00 Noon at the project location We Gladly Accept Food Coupons B-002 CT of 2009/10* General Contract New IT Core

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* Pre-Bid meeting will start at Frankford High School located at 5000 Oxford Avenue at 9:00 A.M. on August 12, 2009. B-003 CT of 2009/10* Mechanical Contract New IT Core Site Room

Various Locations Throughout the School District

$525,000

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* Pre-Bid meeting will start at Frankford High School located at 5000 Oxford Avenue at 9:00 A.M. on August 12, 2009.

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because Temple didn’t talk to them about alternatives before making the decision to close the facility. So Taylor has decided to hold up Temple’s $175 million State appropriation in an attempt to get its Health System to change its mind about Northeastern. He says the university and the health system didn’t take him seriously enough when he promised to cut off their funding when they announced Northeastern’s closing. “They took it pretty lightly,” Taylor told the Philadelphia Daily News. “They treated the community like some arrogant, thoughtless private entity, so we’re treating them like an arrogant, thoughtless, private entity.” I’m not going to get into the fact that a fellow Temple alumnus is doing this because it’s not relevant to me. I’m also not going to get into the fact this ties into the whole health-care debate, because insuring everyone could help hospitals that care for the indigent keep from going broke. But what Taylor needs to understand while he’s battling for his constituents by fighting for Northeast Hospital, something he’s supposed to do by the way, he stands to hurt a lot more of his constituents — the parents and students who pay to go to Temple — through his actions. You see if this $175 million doesn’t flow into the Temple budget, tuition is going to have to be raised by about $5,000. One of the kids I mentor at Temple is already scared she’s not going to be able to finish her senior year if tuition goes up even a little. A $5,000 jump isn’t small by any means and will surely lead to her and many of my other kids having to leave school. So on behalf of my Temple kids, I have a favor to ask you, Rep. Taylor. Could you please find another way to express your displeasure with the Hospital system’s decision, a way that doesn’t make it hard for a group of kids who are just trying to get their education to do so? Otherwise, you’re taking out on them something that they had no control over. Where I come from, that’s not cool.

wants to invite all of you, our readers, to come and ENJOY yourselves. See you there too! This will be a SPECIAL REUNION for the 1954 CLASS. Snooper Sightings: Hey Chief, here’s one you’re not going to believe. I had the pleasure of running into both SAL DARIGO and his “singing” sidekick, TONY CARMEN. They were having breakfast at The Casino, along with Sal’s lovely wife. Maltese Room is at 2409 Bristol Pike, Bensalem, Pa. I then stopped into our local SHOPRITE, and here, coming down the aisle, pushing a loaded cart, is none other than HON. GERALD KOSINSKI, well-known Judge of The MUNICIPAL COURT. The Judge stated, “My wife is down the shore on vacation, and as for me, I’m watching THE PHILLIES on TV. Yes, it’s like a vacation for me too.” OK. I also spotted another OFFICIAL, to be unnamed, because he was not with his wife. Snooper’s NORTHEAST SPECIAL: This one is for

SEPTA Launches Renovations

SEPTA broke ground yesterday at Broad & Spring Garden to launch a multi-milliondollar renovation of its Spring Garden and Girard Stations. Congressman Chaka Fattah, who helped bring in money, discusses positive job growth from project, flanked by Councilman Darrell Clarke and SEPTA Mgr. Joe Casey. all of you. CITY YEAR is presenting its 2nd Year of YOUNG HEROES – NORTHEAST! City Year is now accepting applications for YOUTH to participate in the December 2009 YOUNG HEROES program. Call (267) 386-7029 and GET INVOLVED! CITY YEAR is one of Philadelphia’s Best YOUTH PROGRAMS!

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(Cont. From Page 7) can you concentrate on your driving when you are obviously concerned about your TEXT-MESSAGING? You “idiots” must all learn your priorities first, before you go behind the wheel of cars or even trucks. I will never understand their reasoning, for what they do, to me, is RIDICULOUS. Oh yeah, while I’m at it, DON’T USE your CELL PHONES while you’re driving! Snooper Snooping: I started checking out all the TV STATIONS on my digital TV, and I found some very interesting stations. I already mentioned about TV-3, TV6 and TV-10. These all have two other stations connected to them. I then got to find very unusual stations TV-351 (Mind TV), 35-2 and 35-3. I happened to see one of our local celebrities, HON. ZACK STALBERG THE C.E.O of The Committee of Seventy. Zack was quick to praise The City’s BOARD OF ETHICS. He noted its

relentless pursuit of any and all violations, and didn’t hesitate to name names, whoever they were, or wherever they may be. The Board didn’t care! Stalberg seemed pleased and proud to mention “THE CAPS” that have been put on all POLITICAL DONATIONS made to local POLITICIANS. Great! Snooper’s SOCIAL CALENDAR: Sunday, Oct. 25 is going to be a big day for HALLAHAN HIGH SCHOOL. It is going to hold its 55th REUNION at THE MALTESE ROOM in BENSALEM. This information was given me by ELSIE CUNNINGHAM-LYDON, and she told us they’re inviting anyone who attended this famous Philadelphia Educational facility. They’ll have an OPEN BAR, BUFFET, SWEET TABLES, and a lot of other surprises too. JOAN HIGGINS HOGAN (no relation to HULK HOGAN) will be THE HOSTESS for this outstanding event. Please call (215) 393-3458 for any and all INFORMATION! ELSIE also

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