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Taxes To Credits To School Aid FAMILIES of 23 local parochial, charter and early-learning center schools across N.E. Phila. received $253,000 in scholarships from Earned Income Tax Credit program, which allows businesses to make donations to scholarship organizations and receive up to a 90% tax credit for their donation. In return, organizations provide scholarships to families to send their children to a school of their choice. Father Judge HS students accept check on behalf of all schools. In photo also are Dr. Joseph Sheridan, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan; State Rep. Brendan Boyle; Joe Gerdes, Bridge Educational Foundation; Michael Dougherty, CSX Transportation; State Rep. John Sabatina; State Sen. Michael Stack; State Rep. Kevin Boyle; Bobby Keyes, Enterprise Rent-A-Car; Dennis Giorno, Bridge Educational Foundation; Brittany Burwell, State Rep. Anthony Payton’s office; Father Joe Campellone, Father Judge; State Rep. John Taylor; and State Sen. Tina Tartaglione. Another Photo Page 21.
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TALKING WITH THE GUYS is State Sen. Anthony Williams as he gets a trim from Chino at Playaz in S. W. Phila. It is part of his get-acquaintedwith-constituents program.
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UFCW leader Wendell Young IV lambasted GOP attempts to sell State liquor stores at Democrat State House hearing in Phila. See Story Page 13
COUNCILWOMAN Jannie Blackwell, seen here congratulating author Craig T. Williams, announced her resignation from PHA Board. Photo by Robert Mendelsohn
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Candidates Go Into Triple Digits If you count in the incumbents who are filing for reelection in the Republican and Democrat Primary races this May 17, there should be well over 100 running for a nomination. That doesn’t mean every polling machine will have a ballot with that many names, since the District Council races will be restricted to specific machines. But, whatever the count, it’s a classic high. Here is who has filed com-
mittees in order to circulate nominating petitions — as of press time this week. Some are expected to withdraw once ballot positions are drawn. Excluded are candidates who filed earlier but are known to have dropped out since. Deadline for filing their petitions is Mar. 8 at 5 p.m. in the Board of Elections, City Hall Room 142. 1st Council Dist. —Democrats: Vern Anastasio, Karen Brown, incumbent
Councilman Frank DiCicco, Joe Grace, Jeff Hornstein and Mark Squilla. Republican: Lou Lanni. 2nd Council Dist.—Democrats: Louis Borda, Barbara Capozzi, Damon Roberts and State Rep. Kenyatta Johnson.
3rd Council Dist.—Democrats: Incumbent Jannie Blackwell and Alicia Burbage. 4th Council Dist.—Democrat: Incumbent Curtis Jones. 5th Council Dist.—Democrats: Suzanne Carn and Incumbent Darrell Clarke.
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Reapportion Commission Members Set Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati (R-Jefferson) and Speaker of the House Sam Smith (R-Jefferson) announced in a press release they have officially certified the four caucus floor leaders – Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi (R-Delaware), House Majority Leader Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny), Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa (D-Allegheny) and House Democratic Leader Frank Dermody (D-Allegheny) – to serve on the 2011 Legislative Reapportionment Commission (LRC). The certification, required by Article II, Section 17(b), of the State constitution, was to Carol Aichele, Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth.
then you won’t want to be anywhere else this Saturday other than the National Guard Armory (Roosevelt Boulevard at Southampton Road). That is where the 7th annual Police vs. Fire boxing matches will take place, starting at 7 p.m. SHADOWBOXER can tell boxing fans firsthand they should expect to see some great action as bragging rights are on the line for an entire year. With the Police winning big last year, the Firefighters are looking to even the score. The card will feature Tom McHale (PD) vs. Dick Fath (FD), Patrick Owens (PD) vs. Tim Dougherty (FD), Shawn Gushue (PD) vs. Tom Howard (FD), Vince Rotondi (PD) vs. Jerry Reed (FD), plus 8 other bouts. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for kids and can be purchased at the door, which opens at 6:30 p.m. All proceeds from this event will go towards the Police and Fire charities.
6th Council Dist.—Democrats: Marty Bednarek and Bob Henon. Republican: Sandra Stewart. 7th Council Dist.—Democrats: Incumbent Maria Quiñones-Sánchez and Daniel Savage. 8th Council Dist.—Democrats: Cindy Bass, Faye Dawson, Jordan Dillard, William Durham, Anita Hamilton, Andrew Lofton, Howard Treatman and Verna Tyner. 9th Council Dist.—Democrat: Incumbent Marian Tasco. 10th Council Dist.—Democrat: Bill Rubin and Phil Hughes. Republican: Incumbent Brian O’Neill. In the Council at Large Races: Democrats—Ralph Blakney, Louis Borda, Karen Brown, Casey Cherry, Lawrence Clark, Aaron Finney, Incumbent W. Wilson Goode, Jr., Incumbent William Green, Incumbent William Greenlee, Christopher Hayes, Incumbent James Kenney, Daryl LaFountain, Donna Gentile O’Donnell, Incumbent Blondell Reynolds Brown, Isaiah Thomas and Andrew Toy. Republicans—Tim Gerard, John Giordano, Malcolm Lazin, Joseph McColgan, State Rep. Dennis O’Brien,
David Oh, Incumbent Frank Rizzo and Alfred Taubenberger. Mayor—Democrat: Mayor Michael Nutter. Republican: John Featherman. Register of Wills—Democrats: Incumbent Ron Donatucci and John Sabatina, Sr. Republican: Linda Bateman.. City Commissioners—Democrats: Incumbent Anthony Clark, Stefanie Singer, Ivy Staten and Incumbent Margaret Tartaglione. Republicans: Marie DeLany, Incumbent Joseph Duda, Michael Guglielmelli, James Mugford, Sr. and Al Schmidt. Sheriff—Democrats: John Kromer, Alan Kurtz, Michael Mormello and State Rep. Jewell Williams. Republican: Joshua West. Green: Cherri Honkala. Judicial candidates: Court of Common Pleas—Democrats: Kenneth Citrino, Mike Fanning, Daine Grey, Sean Kennedy, Sayde Ladov, Harry Levant. Republican: Anne Marie Coyle. Cross filing: Jim DiVergilis and Michael Medway. Traffic Court—Democrats: Charles Gibson, Donna Laws, Marni Aument Loughrey, Frederick C. Mari, Jr. and Omar Sabir. Superior Court—Republican: Paula Patrick.
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES of historic Berean Institute recently honored Pastor Geoff Bradford, of liberti Fairmount Church, for his selfless commitment to Berean. Pictured from left are board members Savonne Douk, Board President Rev. Marie DeLaney, Bradford, Greg Paulmier, Berean President Dr. Loraine Poole-Naranjo and Rev. Karen Dixson. Bradford has served in Phila. for eight years. This group of Presbyterian churches helps volunteer Photo by Jay Barbieri organizations and mercy ministries.
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Campaigning as though he was back in the five-man Primary race of four years ago, Mayor Michael Nutter keeps on pressing the metal, though signs of any major Primary competition have all but dissipated. By now, it is evident his General Election opponent will be John Featherman, known best for his work as a privacy advocate. Notwithstanding this evident lack of serious competition, Mayor Nutter has (Cont. Page 5)
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Jeff Hornstein is sure his petitions will stand the mostintense scrutiny by those in the mix for the 1st Dist. Democrat Primary. He is the first in the 1st to file his qualifying petitions. According to the City Board of Elections, Hornstein is the first to file petitions for any District Council seat. “My campaign is about getting things done, and this is just the first step,” said Hornstein, whose campaign filed 1,067 nominating signatures and who expects to add another 1,000 signatures before the Mar. 8 deadline. Hornstein is a business his-
MAKING KNOWN where he stands was State Rep. Mike O’Brien, right, who came out to FOP Lodge to endorse Jeff Hornstein’s race for 1st Council Dist. in Democrat primary
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torian, author of A Nation of Realtors, a book on the 20thcentury American Dream, and has been a leading labor organizer in the city for the past 10 years, most recently with SEIU Local 32BJ. He lives in Queen Village with his wife Pamela Barnett, an associate vice provost at Temple. He is active on zoning issues for the Queen Village Neighbors Association. (Cont. Page 6)
the status quo.” Though John’s family has the financial ability to give his campaign some serious money, it is very doubtful they will. He understands he is an underdog in the fullest sense of the word, but “intends to raise as much money as I can, while buttressing the campaigns of my fellow Republicans for Council.”
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(Cont. From Page 4) relaunched his NutterforMayor.com website, which has plenty of information, including a rundown of major accomplishments over his first three years in office. The new www.NutterforMayor.com also provides tools for individuals to get more involved in his campaign and stay informed. Through the new site, you can join the Mayor on Facebook and on Twitter. He expects to have gathered close to 30,000 signatures on his petitions. Featherman believes his campaign has taken hold and the Republican City Committee and the Philadelphia State Republicans will join in his support. “My efforts will be to support every Council candidate in the Primary,” he said. “My campaign will be about electing Republican City Council Members and making it into a Council that understands what needs to be done in this city. Nutter’s is a failed administration. We cannot afford to keep
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Lanni Out Of 1st (Cont. From Oage 5) He’s confident of his grassroots support and believes his community leaders will give him way and above what is needed. He has a major fundraiser at the Union League at 5:30 p.m., with more scheduled in March. He knows some ward leaders have not circulated his petitions. Community groups have replaced them. “I have done so much good work in their communities and they want to make sure I keep on representing them.” The incumbent in that District, Councilman Frank DiCicco, also has commissioned a poll which by this weekend will show him where he needs to shore up support, if necessary. For sure, DiCicco will have strong support from long-time ally Rose Anne Pauciello of 39A. But he could lose 39B due to the entry of its favorite son Mark Squilla, who will have the endorsement of his ward leader, Matt Myers. Fifth Ward Leader Mike Boyle’s personal choice is Hornstein, but he is letting the ward committee make the call. The 18th Ward is expected to support DiCicco, though its resident legislator State Rep. Mike O’Brien is on record as supporting Hornstein. With 11 ward leaders in the mix, the edge goes to DiCicco, but that could
DEMOCRAT candidate for 8th Council Dist. Cindy Bass is congratulated by office staff as she opened campaign headquarters. She is senior policy advisor to Congressman Chaka Fattah. serious contention, this week change. Making a strong showing in sadly had to withdraw from the all wards, especially those in the Primary. He is so irate at an article 2nd, 5th and 18th, is Joe Grace, who has pointedly focused at- which appeared in the Feb. 23 tacks on DiCicco’s DROP en- issue of the Port Richmond Star rollment. He considers engaging labeling him a “thief.” The artiin the DROP is an “irrevocable cle accused him of taking a $23,000 check from an insurcommitment to retire.” His website is www.What- ance company for a vehicle he WouldYouBuyWithDiCiccos- owned. In reality, the vehicle DropMoney.com combines turned up a couple months later. substance and some political It had been commandeered by humor to illustrate some of the an old friend, who was kneeessential City services that could deep into addiction and was be purchased or enhanced with beset with a host of legal probthe money that Councilman Di- lems. Lanni, who had 11 unblemCicco is looking to take from DROP. Grace says the bigger ished years on the City’s police point is the DROP payment is force, said, “No check was ever for a promise to retire, even received by me or sought by me though he admits DiCicco from my insurance company.” Ronnie Has Opposition would donate his salary back if For His Register's Seat reelected. Attorney John Sabatina, Sr., GOP's Lou Lanni whose 56th Ward boasts 15,000 Opts Out Of Race Republican candidate for 1st Democrats, has joined the selCouncil Dist. Lou Lanni, who dom-contested race for the Regfeels strongly this is the time the ister of Wills. He is setting Democrats are vulnerable with (Cont. Page 11)
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No wonder, Mayor Michael Nutter, our City Council Members and State and federal legislators have their stomachs churning over the chronic budget crises in which this City and State find themselves. A report by the Government Accountability Office reveals the disgusting tolerated commitment to years of duplicated expensive programs that go nowhere. Both Parties share the blame. Both have their fingers in the inception and creation of programs that are a total waste. The GAO office reports billions of dollars can be saved by scrapping all of them or most of them, and sending their employees packing back to their home states. Here are some of the programs: Twenty separate Federal programs are designed to help the homeless. Yet none of them have proven effective. Fifteen different agencies oversee food-safety laws. Yet we still getting fat. There are 80 federal programs for economic development, so where are the jobs? Look at our poor teachers, everybody’s scapegoats. With 82 federal programs to improve teacher quality, doubt if you’ll find one who has received any of those benefits. Would you believe 80 programs to help disadvantaged people with transportation? What about the 47 programs created for job training and employment? Boy, have they missed the mark. Adding tax pain on tax pain to us poor slobs are 56 additional programs to help people understand finance. So who do we listen to with this one? Maybe it is time to create a “Boil ’Em In Oil Party”.
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You may win reelection, Mr. Nutter, but is that good for Philadelphia? The polls say 45% of Philadelphians would vote for you – but 39% would vote for a “new person.” The latter number says a great deal about what many Philadelphians think of you as a leader. If 11.9% unemployment was an achievement – it would be one of your crown jewels. You now have the support of the unions for this election cycle, but you had their support when you ran for Mayor the first time and yet, once elected, you treated the unions as if they had contracted the Ebola virus. Anthony P. Johnson
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Mar. 3- Reception for Council candidate Verna Tyner and Councilman Bill Greenlee at Ceisler Media, 1525 Locust St., 6th fl., 5:30-7:30 p.m. For info (610) 271-5365. Mar. 3- Happy Hour with Council candidate Bobby Henon at Diego’s Bar, 2676 Bridge St., 6-9 p.m. For info Stephen Pio (267) 320-6639. Mar. 4- Happy Hour with State Rep. John Taylor at Head House Craft Beer Café, 122 Lombard St., 5:30-8 p.m. $75/person, $125/couple. For info (215) 545-2244. Mar. 5- Council candidate Sherrie Cohen opens office at 1221 Locust St., 4-7 p.m. RSVP to (215) 320-7555. Mar. 6- St. Patrick’s Day Parade Fundraiser at Springfield C. C., 400 W. Sproul Rd., Springfield, Pa., 3-7 p.m. Adults $25, Children $10. Live music and stepdancing. For info Linda Bradley (610) 449-4320. Mar. 7- Fundraiser for Councilman Bill Greenlee at Cobre Restaurant, 812 N. Broad St., 5-7 p.m. Donation $100. Mar. 9- Arrangements for An-
Rota Jackson. For info (215) 336-1108. Mar. 10- State Sen. Anthony Williams hosts foreclosureprevention workshop at Ezekiel Baptist Ch., 5701 Grays Ave., 6-8 p.m. Mar. 11- Sen. Bob Casey, John Dougherty and others host St. Patrick’s Day Toast at Finnigan’s Wake, 4rd & Spring Garden Sts., 6 p.m. Contributions $35/person, $60/couple, $250/sponsor. RSVOP recommended. For info rsvp@bobcasey.com. Mar. 12- Nat’l Italian American PAC hosts Carnevale at Loews Hotel, 1200 Market St., 6 p.m-12 a.m. Honoring Risa Vetri Ferman, Marc Vetri, State Sen. Christine Tartaglione, and Richard Kryzanowski. Event co-chairs Donna M. Fluehr, Barbara Augustine, and Anthony DiSandro, Sr., Hon. Amato Berardi, PAC Chairman. Mar. 17- Judge Jimmy Lynn’s Salute to St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast at Plough & Stars, 2nd & Chestnut, 7:3011 a.m. Tickets at door $25. Mar. 17- Public Record invites all to join as it marks its 12th year in existence and its selection of Samuel Staten, Jr., as “Public Servant of the Year 2011” at Galdo’s Cater-
ing, 20th & Moyamensing Ave., 6-9 p.m. Expect a merry good time! Open bar, international buffet. For info John David (215) 755-2000 or (267) 259-6654. Mar. 18 Democratic 57th Ward St. Patrick’s Day Beef & Beer at Paddy Whack’s, 9241 Roosevelt Blvd., 7-11 p.m. Tickets $35. Checks payable to Friends of the 57th Ward, 3810 Dartmouth Pl., Phila., PA 19136. For info 267-773-3251. Mar. 19- 45th Ward St. Patrick’s Day Party at Cannon Ball Tavern, Kennedy & James Sts., 6-10 p.m. Tickets $40. Music, food, 50/50. RSVP by Mar. 12 (215) 743-4703. Mar. 24- Reception honoring Marty Bednarek, Democrat candidate for City Council, 6th Dist., at Historic Glen Foerd on Delaware, 5001 Grant Ave. 7-9 p.m. RSVP by Mar. 20. For info (215) 624-1700. Mar. 25- Gov. Tom Corbett addresses 82nd Airborne Phila. Chapter All American Dinner & Awards Ceremony at Iron Workers Union Hall, 11600 Norcom Rd., 7-11 p.m. Tickets $35. For tickets Eunice Lee at elee@zarwin/ com or (215) 569-2800, ext. 1179, or David Oh, chairman, ext. 1157.
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As both a Republican Committeeman in Philadelphia and a union member, I believe it is imperative for the party to take a stand against efforts by Gov. Scott Walker in Wisconsin to eliminate collective-bargaining rights for union members. Let’s face the facts: Collective bargaining has helped to significantly build and support the middle class in the United States. Republicans ought to
support this, not try to crush it. Today we are outnumbered in the city, 798,037 registered voters to 126,853. Efforts like those in Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, and by some anti-union activists in Pennsylvania to hammer labor will only make our jobs as Republican committeepeople more difficult. The result will be the further hemorrhaging of GOP voters in the city. How can we stand on the doorsteps of union households in this critical local election year to ask for their votes when these same citizens have come to associate Republicanism with union-bashing? I propose that instead of dumping on organized labor, Philadelphia Republicans ought to make it job number one to compete for every vote in the city, especially the votes of union men and women who hear only negativity from our GOP counterparts elsewhere in the nation. We can do this by respecting labor and standing with them in support of collective bargaining. Nathan R. Shrader Republican Committeeman, AFT; former member, UWA and SEIU
thony Zecca: Call at Galzerano Funeral Home, 9304 Old Bustleton Ave., 6-8 p.m. and on Mar. 10 at Our Lady of Calvary Ch., 11024 Knights Rd., 8 a.m., followed by Funeral Mass, 10 a.m. Burial will be in SS. Peter & Paul Cemetery, Marple Twp. Mail the family at 3812 Dorchester Rd., Philadelphia, PA 19154. In lieu of flowers, contributions to one’s charity of choice. Mar. 10- St. Patrick’s Day Parade Luncheon & Sashing of Grand Marshal at Doubletree Hotel, Broad & Locust Sts., 12 m. Tickets $50. RSVP Kathy McGee Burns (215) 872-1305. Mar. 10- Cocktail Party for Traffic Ct. candidate Fred Mari at American Pub, 1500 Market St., in Center Sq. Bldg., 5-7:30 p.m. Donation $50. For info Mark (215) 990-9352. Mar. 10- Fundraiser for Controller Alan Butkovitz at Vesper Club, 226 S. Sydenham St., 5:30-7:30 p.m. Donation $500. For info (412) 721-9489. Mar. 10- South Philadelphia Business Association annual Scholarship gala at Galdo’s catering, 20th & Moyamensing Ave., 6-10 p.m. Honoring DA Seth Williams, and Row Home magazine’s Dawn Rhoades and Dorette
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there is likely no factual dispute involved in this matter. “This challenge is based upon Councilman Rizzo’s election to participate in the Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP). “Certainly the Councilman will not dispute the fact of his entry into the program. “The issue will be a pure legal question as to whether he can run for reelection after his voluntary entry into DROP, which is one of first impression in the state. “I am forwarding this to you in advance in case it makes any difference in your scheduling these matters for hearings. While I currently have only one client who has
retained me to pursue the matter regarding Councilman Rizzo, there are other elected officials in the same situation as him and I have had discussions with a number of individuals and attorneys who have indicated to me that they were considering similar actions against others. “Because it is a matter of first impression on a legal issue of some significance, I would expect that any decision may be appealed by either side to at least the Commonwealth Court. “As election matters are heard on an expedited basis, I thought it better to allow both the court and the litigants see what is going to be filed.“
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Republican Councilman at large Frank Rizzo is being targeted by Republican Ward Leader J. Matthew Wolfe to keep his name from appearing on the primary ballot. Wolfe, in a letter to President Judge Pamela Dembe, charges Rizzo is ineligible to run “due to his voluntary election to enter the DROP Program, which requires that a participant make an irrevocable commitment to separate from City service and retire.” Wolfe charges, “While the City Solicitor has come up with a tortured opinion that an elected official can retire for a day and then be sworn into office for a new term, that view has never been tested in court. The City Solicitor relied upon a re-hire provision in the ordinance, but since elected officials are elected, not hired, we are hopeful that the Councilman will be held to his commitment to retire.” He wrote Judge Dembe his petition, which he will file Mar. 9, is different from many other petitions. “Unlike the traditional challenge, in which factual issues arise due to the question of whether individual signatures or affidavits of circulators are valid,
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It’s nominating petition time, and you know what that means…. It means politicians are going to be offering to buy you lunch, buy you a drink and otherwise accost you in the name of getting your name on a petition that basically says, “Philadelphians say you should get a chance to vote for me, so here I am on this ballot!” I kind of like nominating-petition time, because you get to see who’s serious and who’s just been talking to hear themselves talk between now and Mar. 8, when the petitions have to be in. It’s going to be hard for you to do little things like go grocery shopping, hang out with friends on a Saturday, or even get up and go to your door on a Saturday morning, because folks will be there to meet you, armed with a petition to sign. There are a few things you should know about this process. One, if you are signing petitions for candidates in your District, you can sign as many as you want. But the only one of your signatures that’s going to count is the one that’s on the first petition turned in for that race. Second, if you ask someone to sign a petition, make sure they live in the District you’re working in. If they don’t, that signature is going to get challenged. Third, signing a petition for someone does not obligate you to give that person your vote. I can’t stress that strongly enough. There will be people who will try and make you think signing that petition is the same as pledging your vote, but it isn’t. All you are doing by signing a petition is saying, “You have the right to be on the ballot”. That’s it. I personally plan on being in the Democratic City Committee’s HQ when the signature challenges start, because someone told me that’s pretty interesting to watch. But what I find most interesting was who gave me that bit of insight. It was John Featherman, a real-estate agent who is currently the lone candidate to be the Republican Party’s standard bearer for Mayor of Philadelphia in the May Primary. His Party hasn’t endorsed him. In fact, the Party has tried everything from recruiting one of his friends and colleagues to trying to recruit former City Controller candidate Brett Mandel to find someone who will run against Featherman in the Primary. (Seeing as the City Republicans don’t have much to work with in their coffers, I can see why they can’t find a Democrat to jump ship and run for their nomination. Even if you win, you lose.) (Cont. Page 21)
SNOOPER’S “NIGHT OUT”: Hey Chief, I was invited to THE KESWICK THEATRE in GLENSIDE for a very SPECIAL SHOW. My associate was able to get me a ticket to see this entertainer, who happened to be a mere nine years of age – ETHAN BORTNICK. Whew, he put on one heck of a show – for two straight hours with NO INTERMISSIONS. This youngster, a real pro, also invited people in the audience to ask him questions. He held a contest, and guess what? GERALD SMITH, from Philadelphia won, and he was brought up on the stage to sing and he was tremendous. He stated, “I love to meet people from Philadelphia, because it’s were my Mother and Father lived, before they moved to Florida. All the proceeds from his CD sales went to The Children’s Network! I got to meet a lot of people from Philadelphia, two in particular, Mr. & Mrs. BETTY & CHARLES FULLER, and they told me they couldn’t believe he was only NINE YEARS old! SNOOPER’S BOXING SPECIAL: Hey SHADOWBOXER, here’s one for you. I stopped into THE PALLADIUM BALLROOM for the 15th annual “SALUTE TO PHILLY BOXERS” and the place was packed. DANNY “Swift” GARCIA was named PHILADELPHIA’S BOXER OF THE YEAR for 2010. Yes, he ended a two-year reign of a Philadelphia legend BERNARD HOPKINS, who happened to be a seven-TIME WINNER and I spotted WILLIE TORRES and MARTY FELDMAN, who came to witness all the festivities, and see many of their Boxing buddies too. SNOOPER’S “SPECIAL EVENT”: The 82nd AIRBORNE DIVISION ASSOCIATION will present its “ALL AMERICAN DINNER and AWARDS CEREMONY” on FRIDAY MAR. 25 at the IRON WORKERS’ UNION HALL, located at 11600 NORCOM ROAD. GOV. TOM CORBETT will be the keynote speaker for this special event. One of the ‘honorees’ will be HON. PATRICK DUGAN Municipal Court and also The Veterans’ Court. Their M.C. will be DAVE TOLLEFSON. The chairman of this event is HON. DAVID OH. This event starts at 7:00 p.m. and runs till 11:00 p.m. See you all. By the way, we were told HON. DAVID OH has a tremendous opportunity to be elected as a new COUNCILMAN AT LARGE. We will all wait and see! SNOOPER’ALERT: This is one I really enjoyed hearing about, especially from our good friend LT. RAY EVERS, spokesman for the Philadelphia Police Dept. Criminals – BE(Cont. Page 18)
Yo! Here we go again with these smart answers to dumb questions – smart-alecky but true. Smart answer # 6. It was mealtime during a flight on Hooters Airline. “Would you like dinner?” the flight attendant asked John, seated in tourist class. “What are my choices?” John asked. “Yes or no,” she replied. Smart answer # 5. A flight attendant was stationed at the departure gate to check tickets. As a man approached, she extended her hand for the ticket and he opened his trench coat and flashed her. Without missing a beat. She said, “Sir, I need to see your ticket, not your stub.” Smart answer # 4. A lady was picking through the frozen turkeys at the grocery store, but she couldn’t find one big enough for her family. She asked a stock boy, “Do these turkeys get any bigger?” The stock boy replied, “No ma'am, they’re dead.” Smart answer # 3. The cop got out of his car and the kid who was stopped for speeding rolled down his window. “I've been waiting for you all day,” the cop said. The kid smugly replied, “Yeah, well I got here as fast as I could.” When the cop finally stopped laughing, he sent the kid on his way without a ticket. Smart answer # 2. A truck driver was driving along on the freeway. A sign comes up that reads, “Low Bridge Ahead.” Before he knows it, the bridge is right ahead of him and he gets stuck under the bridge. Cars are backed up for miles. Finally, a police car comes up. The cop gets out of his car and walks to the truck driver, puts his hands on his hips and says, “Got stuck, huh?” The truck driver says, “No, I was delivering this bridge and ran out of gas.” Smart answer of the year. A college teacher reminds her class of tomorrow’s final exam. “Now class, I won’t tolerate any excuses for you not being here tomorrow. I might consider a nuclear attack or a serious personal injury, illness, or a death in your immediate family, but that’s it, no other excuses whatsoever!” A smart-aleck guy in the back of the room raised his hand and asked, “What would you say if tomorrow I said I was suffering from complete and utter sexual exhaustion?” The entire class is reduced to laughter and snickering. When silence is restored, the teacher smiles knowingly at the student, shakes her head and sweetly says, “Well, I guess you’d have to write the exam with your other hand.”
A bright light in the Philadelphia legal community, GERRY SHOTZBARGER went out, by passing away suddenly of an apparent heart attack. Jerry was the Philadelphia Jury Commissioner and on the short list for Common Plea Court Judge. He was expected to be endorsed by the Democratic City Committee in the 2011 Primary for judge. Jerry was a long-time law clerk to the ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE ESTHER SYLVESTER and to Administrative Judge, now Supreme Court JUSTICE SEAMUS McCAFFERY, who at the time served as the President Judge of the Municipal Court. Jerry was an outstanding high-school basketball player for Cardinal Dougherty, and an outstanding college player at Haverford College. He was a graduate of the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania. He was fun to be with, had a wonderful sense of humor and was generous with his legal time on many occasions, servicing a deserving client without charge. With TOM KNOX’S decision not to file for Mayor in the 2011 Primary, it appears MIKE NUTTER will be unopposed for a second term. One of the consequences of a contest-free Primary for Mayor is the effect it has on the voter turnout for the Primary. Other than mayor, there is no attention-getting office on the ballot. As a consequence, the contest for judgeships, with 11 vacancies will require a lesser number for nomination than normally would be the case. It may well be that less than 10,000 votes will be sufficient to win nomination. The Democratic City Committee convened its policy committee with the leadership of BOB BRADY, the chairman of the Party, to hear from prospective candidates. This year, it will wait till after the position on the ballot has been picked by candidates before announcing its endorsements. Philadelphia Park, the race track, has a casino license. It also has a turf parlor in South Philadelphia, Center City Philadelphia and Northeast Philadelphia and on the edge of West Philadelphia, in the form of one located at the 69 th Street Terminal for the Red Arrow Line. It seems only a matter of time before the Senator from Bucks Co. proposes legislation to allow Philadelphia Park licenses to be extended to its Turf Clubs. That would bring on a contest that shouldn’t have to happen, as to where the “tax proceeds” should be awarded, Bucks Co. or Philadelphia Co.
force throughout the city. His son, John, Jr., represents the 174th Legislative Dist. Cindy Bass Opens Campaign Office
Cindy Bass, candidate for the 8th Dist. City Council race, opened her new office at 5539 Germantown Avenue. In her comments to those in attendance, Cindy commended Mayor Nutter for preserving basic services over the past two budget cycles. “I don’t think it’s a secret that our city and other cities and states across the nation are experiencing budget downfalls in these hard economic times,” stated Bass. “Some have cut
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Casey Will Be Hard To Catch
“Maybe Bob Casey isn’t unbeatable, but he’s looking pretty darn good for a Democrat in a swing state that Senate Republicans are supposedly talking about targeting next year,” said Ed Haggerty, president of Municipoll. There is no frontrunner for the GOP nomination to challenge Casey, but the Senator performs well against several of the names that have been mentioned so far. Former US Sen. Rick Santorum presents the stiffest challenge. but Casey bests him 50%-38%. Casey also beats Congressman Char-
lie Dent (R-Lehigh) 51%-32% and Congressman Jim Gerlach (R-Montgomery), 48%-34%. Newly elected Republicans Gov. Tom Corbett and Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) enjoy net favorable ratings, with Corbett at 48%31%, and Toomey at 42%-35%. However, by a 50%-31% margin, voter expect Corbett to break his no-taxes, no-fees pledge. Philadelphia Greens Change Leadership
The Green Party of Philadelphia has nominated Cheri Honkala to be its candidate for Sheriff of Philadelphia. It means she should win the Green Party Primary and appear in the General Election in November, challenging the nominees of both the Democrat and Republican Party. Chris Robinson, Germantown organizer for GPOP, submitted a list of seven nominees to head the new leader-
ship. These include, as Chair, Vivek Ananthan, a founder of GPOP and the treasurer of the Green Party of Pennsylvania, who for the last 12 years has been a member of the International Committee of the Green Party of the US; Treasurer Belinda Davis, 9th Ward; Recording Secretary Michael Nance, 46th Ward; At-Large Member Hugh Giordano, Ward 28; At-Large Member Zach Pelchat, Ward 36; and at-Large member Chris Robinson, Ward 59.
ANOTHER endorsement for GOP at-Large City Council candidate David Oh from Bill Hamilton Teamsters Union, VP of Eastern Region and president of Penna. Conference, JC53 and Local 107.
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services dramatically. Our neighbor, Camden, recently laid off half of its police and fire departments. The Mayor has done an excellent job at maintaining basic services these past few years. “Over the next few weeks, I will lay out my plan to get new revenue into our city, to put people back to work and ways we can cut our budget while maintaining the quality of life all Philadelphians want and deserve.” Bass lives with her husband Scott Bass and their daughter in the Northwest section of the city. She is a senior policy advisor for Congressman Chaka Fattah (DPhila.) and a graduate of Philadelphia public schools and Temple University.
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(Cont. From Page 6) up a challenge to 26th Ward Leader Ron Donatucci, who has been literally unchallenged for the position since 1979. Sabatina registered his campaign this week and intends, according to a close source, to utilize the highpowered services of a wellknown television consultant. Sabatina’s committeepersons have warned him of Democrat voter opposition to anyone on the DROP list, making it difficult for them to get signatures. It is reported that is the single reason behind his decision to run. Sabatina has long been a
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budget address, we will know just how badly this City’s funding will suffer. Concern over the ballooning national debt almost certainly means less money will be coming from Washington.” Seventy urged the City adjust its underfunded pension plans by following the model of labor agreements recently concluded between the Philadelphia Housing Authority and its unions. Their new contracts begin to move from a fixedbenefit pension plan to a 401(k) plan. The City’s fiscal overseer, the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority, calls the City’s growing debt to the pension fund – according to the latest figures, 55% or about $4.9 billion short of its obligations – the City’s “greatest long-term fiscal challenge.” Seventy recommends ending the controversial DROP program. “Though the cost is in dispute, DROP clearly has been misused. At any price, it places further pressure on the ailing pension fund and it has seriously eroded public confidence
in government,” Stalberg stated. Seventy is backing Mayor Michael Nutter’s plan to sell off City assets, in particular its large real-estate holdings. “A better system of disposing of these properties could generate $35 million in tax revenues and save $20 million now spent to maintain them,” the report concluded. The Committee said the City’s 22,000-person workforce should be cut even further, on top of the almost-1,600 job slots the Mayor has already eliminated. Government departments can be consolidated, the report asserted: “Does it make sense to have a Water Dept. and a Water Revenue Dept. – one reporting to the Managing Director and the other to the Finance Director?” It urged the City aggressively pursue new technology that can result in cost savings. PILOT payments (Payments In Lieu Of Taxes) from major nonprofits are gravely low compared to other cities, 70 said.
“The property owned by its big universities, hospitals and religious institutions – property which is, by law, exempt from the real estate tax – represents more than 10% of the city’s total property value. That percentage is larger, by far, than other big cities in the country,” the report noted. In 20089, the City gleaned just $687,000 in PILOT payments. Boston, by contrast, which is much smaller, collected $34 million in PILOTs last year. Seventy called for “meaningful tax changes.” It pushed for large-scale programs to reduce incarceration of nonviolent offenders. City vendors can be squeezed to reduce their invoices and outsourcing of legal services to private law firms can be cut as well, it said. And it is time to consider repatriating the School District from Harrisburg and restoring the Philadelphia Board of education. With the decline in State spending for Philadelphia schools, there is no longer a quid pro quo for State control, 70 said.
GATHERED at Pinn Memorial Baptist church in Wynnefield on Saturday morning was a host of volunteers geared up to fan out over 4th Council Dist. circulating petitions for Councilman Curtis Jones, Jr. (D), shown here with his granddaughter.
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The Committee of 70 has offered Mayor Michael Nutter some tips to use in his state-ofthe-city speech before City Council. In doing so, it noted, “Philadelphia has the secondhighest unemployment rate of the 10 largest cities in the nation, with 24% of its population below the poverty line, where more than half million working-age Philadelphians are barely literate, almost four out of 10 public school kids who enter 9th grade never finish. No major US city has a higher rate of violent crime. “These are tough facts to face. But only by confronting them will we drive real reform.” Seventy’s President Zack Stalberg recommended several strong steps to get City costs and revenue back into line for the long term. “Philadelphia is out of lifelines,” he said. “The financial crisis that is strangling every state in the nation will mean far less support from Harrisburg for Philadelphia. Within days, when the Governor delivers his
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SHERRIE COHEN pumped up her supporters at Tavern on Camac in Center City Sunday, training them in circulating petitions for her Council at-Large effort.
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we have not given any attention to her choice to switch and run for the mayoral primary as a Republican. For sure, we welcome her as an additional Republican, adding to our numbers.” He indicated the endorsement for that office will not come down until all petitions are in. Karen Brown, who has been campaigning as a Democrat for Council at Large and 1st Dist. Council, will meet an expected 200 Republican committeepersons this evening at the Downtowners Club, 2nd & Snyder Avenue. Canuso said the RCC had been was bombarded by a wave of committeepersons
Inside Your Computer Protecting Yourself Against Internet Scams hang up or delete immediately. Scammers are using men, women, older people and people with very sophisticated voices. Do I trust someone because of how they look or sound? If so, don’t trust them. A hook always looks better than a worm to the fish. Finally, if your gut is telling you something is wrong, trust it. Don’t fall for one of these scams and always ring those alarm bells if you detect even a small amount of fear, greed or concern. Fear, greed and the virtue of concern for others are the most common ways of scammers to control people. A good rule of thumb is if you were presented with this by someone you didn’t know, in the street, would you walk away. The sparkle of computers and the internet often makes even weak scams look good. Subtract the magic of technology, and most scams look like scams.
added, “Regardless of how people may view this opportunity, I want them to know this is a record-setter. I will be the first woman Republican nominee for Mayor of this city. There are enough women out there who are fed up with what has become a close club.” Brown, 49, resides in South Philadelphia, and is the mother of three children and a school teacher with experience in parochial, public and charter schools for the past 23 years. She believes, if her petitions withstand the challenges, she will be bringing to the Republican Party hundreds of new registrations. “We will be working all through this election cycle to put a dent into the
Democrat hold on this city.” Brown has met with Canuso and Republican Council Michael Meehan, who warned of the uphill battle she faces in the Primary and General Elections. Canuso added, “She seems undaunted and is looking forward to giving the Republican Primary race for Mayor her strongest effort.” What propelled her to give assent to the requests by GOP Committee rank and file was, she said, “My disgust at the fact the only alternative to a do nothing Mayor was Milton Street. That’s when I said, ‘Enough is enough.’“ Brown has long been a political activist and a key to the success of several candidates.
Sen. Washington Plans Bills To Fight Domestic Abuse State Sen. LeAnna Washington (D-Northwest), a long-standing crusader against domestic violence, has announced she will reintroduce a set of measures aimed to combat that ill, along with several new ones to extend their reach. Back for another try is a bill to require service of a petition to commence a protection from abuse court proceeding to occur within 24 hours after the court orders service via Sheriff. In addition, the bill will require service of petitions and enforcement orders to be served upon the police and sheriff within 24 hours. Another bill will provide additional funding for domestic violence and rape victim services. Under this legislation persons convicted of these crimes would pay an
increased fine. All funds will be deposited in the general fund for the purpose of financing services for victims of domestic violence and rape. New in this legislative session will be five new pieces of domestic-violence legislation. One would create a limited self-defense justification for domestic violence victims who use force to protect themselves. This measure would make some evidence regarding domestic violence restraining orders admissible and relevant in determining whether such force was justifiable. Under the bill, evidence that could be considered includes the existence of temporary or permanent restraining orders, the circumstances leading to those orders and conduct constituting viola-
tions of the orders. Any previous acts of domestic violence also could be considered. Another bill would bar those charged with violating domestic-violence-related restraining orders from having the option to post 10% of their bail to gain their release. This is aimed at deterring future acts of domestic violence by imposing certain bail restrictions for anyone charged with contempt of a domestic violence restraining order. A third bill will extend protections for domestic abuse victims who have had to break leases. It would also prevent a landlord from refusing to lease to or breaking a lease of a tenant who has had to terminate a previous rental agreement based on their or a household mem-
ber’s status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking. Another bill will allow a victim to stay in their home if issued an eviction notice based primarily on the acts of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Domestic violence is a leading cause of homelessness for women and children, and housing discrimination only increases the numbers. A final piece of legislation will protect victims of domestic violence, their families and our communities from potential gun-related danger. The bill will allow law enforcement officers to obtain a warrant to seize firearms or deadly weapons that remain inside a house after a domestic violence or mental health incident.
Sen Kitchen Warns of Erroneous Flyer On Parole Eligibility Legislation State Sen. Shirley Kitchen warns the public a flyer is circulating through the prison system with erroneous information involving parole eligibility for prisoners with life sentences. The flyer states “Support Sen. Shirley Kitchen’s bill for parole eligibility for Pennsylvania lifers.” It also states that the flyer was paid for by Mahanoy Residents Betterment Organiza-
tion. Although Kitchen is a longtime advocate of alternative sentencing and second chance legislation for non-violent exoffenders, she has not introduced a measure involving parole eligibility for prisoners with life sentences. The senator has received numerous letters from prisoners and their families from
across Pennsylvania regarding the information on this flyer. “I want to set the record straight for the prisoners and their families who are receiving this false information because they deserve the truth,” Kitchen said. “I am very concerned about prison overpopulation and ensuring justice for all, but I have not written any legislation involving prisoners
with life sentences. “But rest assured, I am working on second chance legislation that would provide more efficient and effective ways to help non-violent exoffenders gain post-incarceration employment, rent apartments, obtain mortgages and other opportunities that would improve their quality of life,” she said.
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How do you protect yourself? Try to cut through the deception that is so common to all scams. Think about what is going on in a critical way. Ask yourself – How can anyone know what is on my computer or what I am doing? Answer: they shouldn’t. Therefore, this guy has to be up to something. How do I know who this guy is on the phone/email? Just because he said he was with a company name I know doesn’t mean anything. If you didn’t make the first call asking for help, then assume this guy is not who he says he is. Why should I trust anything someone I don’t know who is calling me uninvited says? Just because he can show me some error messages on my computer, that doesn’t mean those messages are meaningful or that they mean what he says. Is this guy attempting to create fear, greed or concern for others in me? If so, then
Karen Brown ...time for women power? who saw Brown as an activist they felt would prove to be a thorn in the side of Michael Nutter. Said one of them, “She definitely will not be an Al Taubenberger, who failed to criticize Nutter four years ago
and earned himself the nickname, the ‘gentle don’.” Brown, when interviewed by the Public Record, said she decided to quit the mad race for City Council as a Democrat. “I have been betrayed by those Democrat leaders I have supported blindly. They have made every effort to thwart my candidacy, so I would not appear as a challenger. “ “It is a shame, a Party with so many gifted people is being led by a handful who do not brook new challenges,” she stated. “My objectives haven’t changed, just my Party.” Brown, who is known as a union sympathizer, said she intends to be pro-union in any deliberations if elected. She
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by Joe Shaheeli Move over, John Featherman! You may have competition in your run for Mayor on the Republican ticket this Primary. That’s because a score of ward leaders and committee people, disenchanted with the fact you are not their choice for the GOP primary run, will gather to endorse Karen Brown, a Democrat candidate for Council until yesterday, and will begin circulating her petitions as she changed her registration yesterday. Republican City Committee chairman Vito Canuso told the Public Record, “We are swamped with petition work for all our endorsed candidates;
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AFSCME Presses Hard For Sick-Day Bill by Kathy Black, Health & Safety Director, DC 47 With support from a wide range of legislators, businesses, labor groups, nonprofit organizations, and workers, a bill to provide earned sick days for Philadelphia workers is set to move forward in City Council. After a hearing on the earned sick-days bill (Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces, Bill No. 080474) this Tuesday, the Public Health & Human Services Committee voted in favor of the measure,
which will now head to the full Council. The legislation would grant workers the modest protection of earning up to 72 hours of sick time at medium and large businesses, and 40 hours to employees of small businesses with 10 or fewer workers. Companies with existing paid time-off and vacation-time policies in the same amounts and conditions of use will already satisfy the legislation. In an already-tough economy, workers without earned
sick days face even tougher choices. Currently in Philadelphia, two in five workers have no earned sick days, and a majority of employees without this benefit work in food-service and care-giving positions. When workers without earned sick time (or their families) become ill, they must make a choice between the jobs they need and the families they love. Workers who choose to stay home often lose their pay, and are at risk of losing their jobs. Earned sick days allow work-
ers to stay economically secure while they keep their families healthy. The fear of job loss when workers have no access to sick time is very real. According to a recent poll, nearly one in four workers without paid sick days (23%) has lost a job or been told they would lose it for taking time to care for a sick family member or a personal illness. There are benefits for both businesses and workers in a sickday policy. Providing earned sick time has proven to be smart for busi-
nesses as well as for workers. Research shows the costs of replacing workers, including advertising, interviewing and training new employees, far outweighs the cost of retaining employees, which is helped by offering earned sick time. Additionally, “presenteeism” – when workers come to work sick – costs the national economy about $180 billion a year more in lost productivity than absenteeism. A recent independent study found significant benefits for workers and minimal impact on businesses from the nation’s first paid-sick-days law, enacted in 2007 in San Francisco. Despite opposition to the law before it was enacted, two-thirds of employers surveyed there now support the law, and six in seven employers say paid sick days have had no negative effect on profitability. People who go to work sick
out of fear of losing a job or a paycheck remain sick longer, potentially infecting co-workers or customers. For instance, in the 2009-2010 H1N1 outbreak, about eight million workers nationally took no time off despite being infected with H1N1. As a result, these workers spread their illness to as many as seven million of their colleagues. Other studies, such as those conducted by the Center for Disease Control, show illnesses such as the norovirus (a type of gastroenteritis or “stomach flu”) are often spread by sick food handlers. There is increasing national recognition of the value of paid sick days and other flexible workplace policies. Momentum is building nationally for this kind of work and family policy. San Francisco, Milwaukee and Washington, D.C. passed paid sick days laws in recent years, and at least 15 other States have been actively debating proposals.
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GREETING one of his youngest supporters is attorney Damon Roberts, first announced candidate to replace Anna Verna in 2nd Council Dist., here at his fourth fundraiser in Jet Wine Bar on South Street. Mother Heather Pieters is delighted, but 8month-old Massimo Alessi seems to take campaigning in stride.
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change in the city’s GOP. The current GOP leadership isn’t really all that interested in helping him because of that. So why run? I’m going to
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, March 15, 2011. 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. FEE BUDGET General Contract F. Amadee Bregy ES $150,000.00 $100.00 Asbestos Abatement 1700 Bigler Street *A pre-bid conference and site tour will be held at the project location, on March 1, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. B-020 (C) of 2010/11
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Snooper (Cont. From Page 10) WARE, they now have CAMERAS that can take your picture, and guess what? It’s crystal clear. The Police Dept. was tired of all these clouded images of criminals in the perpetration of a crime, and in many cases, the perpetrators were not able to be clearly identified. This is a new photo image system that will definitely give you a pristine photo of those committing crimes. LT. RAY EVERS showed us a few of these photos, and they are really remarkable. Let me tell those criminals, there will be NO 8x10s for you either.
fore he goes out to get the signatures he’s going to need to be the Republican candidate SNOOPER SCOOPER: We told you all about the former Court Administrator, HON. DAVE LAWRENCE, who has RETIRED, and now THE PRESIDENT JUDGES, along with The Chief of The Supreme Court, JUSTICE RONALD CASTILLE, will decide who will replace him. Last time we heard, their choice has been narrowed down to THREE CANDIDATES. The one candidate I keep hearing about is HON. DAVID WASSON Chief Deputy Court Administrator. The consensus tells us it will probably be this fine gentleman, who also has served The 1st Judicial District with great INTEGRITY, LOYALTY
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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, March 29, 2011. 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. FEE BUDGET B-062 (C) of 2009/10 Electrical Contract James J. Sullivan ES $200,000.00 $100.00 Fire Alarm 5300 Ditman Street *A pre-bid conference and site tour will be held at the project location, on March 11, 2011 at 1:00 p.m.
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Ah, To Be Politicking In Paris In The Spring! by Tony West Some folks say Philadelphia’s City Council, with 17 Members, is too big. All right; so how would you like to have 163 of them instead? That’s what citizens of Paris deal with all the time. And they love Mayors so much, they have 21 of them. People from all over will be flocking to Philadelphia this week to marvel at the sights and sounds – and smells – of Paris. This will happen when the Flower Show opens this Sunday, as this year’s theme is “Springtime in Paris”. One feature of French life that probably won’t be coming to Philadelphia soon, though, is its unique soufflé of government and politics, which is nothing like ours. That’s so even though the two cities have a lot in common. Both cities are large (theirs, 2.2 million; ours, 1.6 million), dense, diverse, historic cradles of liberty. Each is host to world-class science, culture and wealth – as well as world-class problems. But the tools of governance the two cities employ to deal with city life are very different. That’s because France and the United States have very different approaches to governing. As Philadelphia approaches the Flower Show,
it also is approaching its biggest municipal election, with the Mayor, the Council and most other offices at stake. Paris’ next municipal election will be very different from Philadelphia’s, though. “Civic government gets a little convoluted in France,” notes Diana Regan with a grin. “Leave it up to the French to make simple matters complicated.” Regan is a French professor at La Salle University and skippers the Alliance Française in Philadelphia. She runs frequent tours to Paris and knows that city well. Where we have Municipalities, Counties, States and the federal government, France has Communes, Departments, Regions and the national government. But the powers of each level differ dramatically between the two nations. Departments are stronger than Counties, Regions are weaker than States. No City Cops So in Philadelphia, if we want to affect police or fire policy, we vote for a Mayor, who then picks his police and fire chiefs. But in Paris, armed cops and firefighters are run by the national government, so you must vote for your Senator or Deputy in the National Assembly to lobby
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the President to change them. Traffic cops, on the other hand, are run by the City of Paris. So are meter maids – who in Philadelphia, through an accident of history, are run by the State of Pennsylvania! Every great city’s government is weird in different ways. One feature both Paris and Philadelphia share (aside from beautiful women and fabulous food) is that each city is two levels of government rolled into one. Philadelphia is both a City and a County; Paris is both a Commune and a Department. Because it’s a Department, it gets national legislators of its own assigned to it. Paris also happens to be the national capital – as Philadelphia once was, but no longer is. Yet Paris is governed much more like the Quaker City than like Washington, D.C. Parisians have a say in both national and local affairs just like every other Frenchman, whereas Washingtonians complain they have “taxation without representation.” It gets weirder. Philadelphia has no true political body below the City. Wards are mere hollow vessels for datacollecting and political organizing. Civic associations are self-anointed private bodies which the City may reach out and kiss if it wishes. Paris, on the other hand, is
divided into 20 Arrondissements (translating this as “Wards” would be misleading). These are powerful independent governments in their own right, with locally elected officials, a common office (Mairie) for lots of public services, headed by neighbors you can easily meet on the street every day, where big-city citizens get smalltown service. In part, that’s because they can’t afford to meet you only in their Mairie office to survive. While French politicians do get paid to go to work, few elected jobs pay a full-time salary compared to the US. It’s part-time work, like a small-town public official. So a pol has two options to feed his family: either wear many public hats at once, or keep a business on the side. At the Arrondissement level, it’s mostly the latter. “The Arrondissement’s Mayor could also be your butcher,” Regan says. The result is an urban society that is very comfortable with politicians because it has lots
of small-timers – people whose lives are very similar to their voters – who are very easy to reach. For everyday paperwork and neighborhood crises, no Parisian has to go downtown to “City Hall”. Instead, they pop into their neighborhood Mairie. It could be a combo post office/police station/health center/records department, all within walking distance. All French couples are married at their Mairie. Your license plate tells the world which Arrondissement you live in. All political power flows upward from the Arrondisse-
ment. This unit varies greatly in size, but its representation is proportional to its population. The average Arrondissement harbors about 105,000 people, midway between a Philadelphia State Rep District and a City Council District. In your Arrondissement – and at every other level of French society – you don’t have “legislators” and “executives”. Those categories are as American as apple pie. Instead, you have “Councilors.” The Councilor is the basic building block of public (Cont. Page 25)
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more political choices than Philadelphian ones do. Pennsylvania’s government, in practice, permits only two political parties to survive and prevents Philadelphia voters from having any other options. France’s government encourages many political parties to organize, to reflect all “shades of public opinion.” This important concern is baked into French law. The French hold it illegal for a government not to include a space for minority views. “Winner take all” is not the French way. So Parisians are represented in City Council by not one, not two, but six different parties. Many more parties are allowed to run for office. As a result, none of their elections are like the typical Philadelphian show, where you get two party choices at most, and only one choice more often than not. There are laws forbidding one-party contests and compelling competitors even in “safe Districts”. This regulation
guarantees all political views in a diverse neighborhood will always be heard. What about intraparty power struggles? Primaries like the one we’re facing this spring don’t exist. However, Party discipline often breaks down and candidates in the General Election often put together rival slates, or “lists”, that can split parties or mix parties. You don’t vote for the man, you vote for the list, on which each candidate is numbered in order. Then the electoral commission sees what percentage of the vote your list got. Say your team is campaigning to fill 12 seats with 12 candidates. If your list gets two-thirds of the vote, the top eight candidates on your list will be elected. If a less-popular list gets only
8% of the vote, only one of its candidates – the “head of the list” – will be elected. With all these players and all these rules, Parisian elections can get wild and wooly. Runoffs, one week after the first round, are often necessary. Lists for the second round may change as a result of deal-making after the first round. Elections are always held on Sundays, to make it as easy as possible for citizens to vote. Americans often accuse the French of loving government too much, and that may be true. However, what Parisians get in return for their strange and complex system, is – well, Paris. So they must be doing something right.
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politician at the same time. Parisians never get to vote for their executives directly. In theory, the only City officials you can choose are your Arrondissement Councilors. These vary with size, but a typical part of town might have 12 Councilors. You elect these Councilors, but the Councilors elect your local Mayor from amongst themselves. Then the 20 Arrondissement Councils select a handful of their Members to form the City Council, which, as I said, had 162 Members the last time they anybody counted. These City Council Members in turn elect the Mayor of Paris – not you. Voters get many more choices That’s in theory. In practice, political parties make clear who they’re planning to have run the City; voters get this and vote accordingly. Once installed, this Mayor then chooses his cabinet from amongst the other City Councilors. Parisian voters get a lot
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