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What To Expect From Next Sheriff STATE REP. Jewell Williams, front-runner for Democrat Sheriff nomination, gives a lucid analysis of that Office’s mission. See page 2.
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Sheriff 's Office Between Citizens and City by Tony West The Sheriff’s Office is a funny animal. It’s about two seemingly different things which cannot be peeled apart in real life: law and money. The Party-endorsed candidate for Sheriff in the Democrat primary has spent a lifetime getting ready to tackle this job. State Rep. Jewell Williams (DN. Phila.) came out of law enforcement, on the Temple University police force. He worked for seven years at the Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office, as chief of criminal operations. He has served for 10 years in Harrisburg as State Rep, where he’s the Democrat chair of the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice Appropriations and is Deputy Minority Whip. Translation: Williams is a workhorse who gets things done. Sheriff John Green held this office for 23 years before retiring last year. His place was taken by his chief deputy, Barbara Deeley, who swore not to seek election this year. If Williams, now 53, wins this office in November, he will be set to shape Sheriff’s sales and manage prisoner traffic at the CJC for many years to come. He will step on stage at a moment of epochal change. While Green drew nationwide applause for his innovative outreach to common people, help-
BACKING State Rep. Jewell Williams, 3rd from left, at his campaign fundraiser were NAACP head J. Whyatt Mondesire, left; Traffic Court candidate Omar Sabir, 4th from left; and attorney Sharif Street, right. ing them save their homes from foreclosure and also gaining them entry into the buyer’s end – the closed world of Sheriff’s sales – his bookkeeping was weak. He outsourced a lot of tasks, and a lot of money from big-time real-estate transactions is hard to account for. A forensic audit is underway right now. That’s what awaits Williams if he becomes the new Sheriff in town. Interviewed last week, he had a clear vision how to cope with the challenge. “The problems we’ve had in the past will be in the past,” he averred. “The Sheriff’s job is no more than a mediator when the going gets rough between the people and their government,” Williams said. “He must see to it that a mortgage sale or an eviction is fair. Without this process, folks would definitely get evicted illegally. The Sheriff must see to it people get a
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chance to retain their homes. He must also see to it tax debts are paid.” Williams said he will organize the Sheriff’s Office according to two principles: transparency and efficiency. “I will be open to all persons of good faith,” he vowed. “I want to be public-friendly.” Williams stated community outreach will remain a cornerstone of his mission. For the huge volume of real-estate business that flows through the Sheriff’s Office (18,000 properties a year), Williams promises streamlining. “We’ll set a process, implement a program and maintain it. Sales will be advertised, both owners and city departments will be reimbursed. And we’ll keep it on time.” The first thing the Sheriff needs is up-to-date information technology. That’s the only way to move numbers around these days. “Too much data is still handled manually,” he said. Like many other branches of City government, the Sheriff’s IT has been starved and laggard for decades. Williams wants it made better. He’d prefer this to be done by the Mayor’s IT department – there are great economies of scale in IT – but he notes, “The Sheriff’s Office can survive on its own, properly managed. It generates its own fees.” So upgrading its IT need not be a tax beggar’s request. Money is important; but cost-cutting is not the only goal in an agency’s mission. “The mortgage companies are upset they have to pay for the fees of advertising,” Williams noted. “They’d like a quieter marketplace for a small club of shoppers. But my mission is to invite all the people of Philadelphia to participate in
these sales.” Williams would offer free community meetings on mortgages – how to manage your money and not get in trouble, how to set money aside. It’s a message he thinks is the City’s duty to get out, especially to low-income and poorly educated property owners. Williams was on the ground floor of much community outreach by the Sheriff. “Many of the programs Green ran, I started,” he says. Some critics say the Sheriff should do a better job of recycling the city’s mind-boggling number of abandoned properties. Williams is sympathetic to this concern but he stresses it’s not the Sheriff’s job to plan housing policy. “Legislation is needed to speed up the sale of eyesores to the community,” he said. The other side of the Sheriff’s business – the criminal side – is less understood by the public. But it matters a great deal to the public nevertheless. The Sheriff transports prisoners between jail and court, and maintains order in the Criminal Justice Center. It’s a fullservice criminal-justice mission, with an industrial volume in a big city like Philadelphia. Criminal justice was Williams’ turf when he worked for the Sheriff and he’s confident he can handle it. In fact, the Sheriff’s Office has an excellent record here. There have been escapes from police and escapes from prison – but no escapes from the Sheriff in recent memory. But management gains can be made in other areas, Williams said. Prisoner transport is a chronic sore spot. There isn’t much coordination between the branches of the criminal-justice system as they shlep their wards back and forth. Prisoners show up at 9 a.m. for judges who have no intention of starting court until 11. A million maneuvers take place between jurists and attorneys which lead to Sheriff’s deputies hauling prisoners back and force for no good reason – but for serious costs, in overtime and in risk. Williams proposes to zoom in on this area. “I will navigate
the supply and demand in CJC,” he says. “I can track how long it takes to get a judge’s team together, and I can direct my staff accordingly. This will reduce overtime and make money for the system.” One of Williams’ opponents, John Kromer, a former Office of Housing & Community Development head, is campaigning on a platform to abolish the Sheriff as an elected office. Kromer would like this Office’s duties to be handled by appointive officers who report to the Mayor. This approach appeals to Mayor Michael Nutter, who has endorsed it, although without endorsing Kromer himself. Williams isn’t endorsing it. “If you appoint the Sheriff, the Mayor can’t be a plaintiff in tax sales. It’d be a conflict of interest. An independent official is needed to ensure neutrality. “The Mayor should spend more time trying to upgrade the City’s IT and less time trying to do the Sheriff’s job,” Williams advised. Neither is Williams a fan of term limits. “Term limits is when you lose an election,” he shrugged. Williams will be supported by the Democratic City Committee, African American Ward Leaders, AFSCME DC 33, AFSCME Local 1199C, Laborers Local 332, Fire Fighters Local 22, the Fraternal Order of Police, the Guardian Civic League, the Black Clergy of Philadelphia & Environs, the Philadelphia Council of Clergy and the Pentecostal Clergy. The Philadelphia Inquirer endorsed him last Sunday.
SOMETHING IS FISHY about Jewell Williams’ campaign – but that’s all right, if it’s his Fish Fry funder at Lou & Choo’s in Tioga.
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More Judicial Bar Recomendations election. The investigation was conducted by the Association’s Commission on Judicial Selection & Retention. The ratings by the 30member Judicial Commission follow extensive study and investigation by the Commission’s own 120-member investigative division, which includes 30 lay members. Following is the updated list of ratings: The following judicial candidates, listed alphabetically, were found “Recommended” for election to the Court of Common Pleas: Drew Aldinger, Giovanni O. Camp-
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The Philadelphia Guardian Civic League has endorsed Pennsylvania State Rep. Jewell Williams (D-N. Phila.) for Sheriff. Williams, who is also a graduate of the Philadelphia Police Academy, considered it a special honor to be recognized by such a group. “I have a long history with the Guardian Civic League,” that spans over 20 years, said
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responsibilities, Commissioner Tartaglione moved the Commissioner to procure a custom document-imaging system for use with its voterregistration data housed in the city’s mainframe. It eliminated one of two mandated files of 1 million duplicate paper registration records. The old heavy binders judges of election had to deal with were gone. In their place were original registration applications with computer-generated District Poll books used to determine voter eligibility. Her experience was tapped by the Pennsylvania Dept. of State, which, from 1993 to 1994, established an advisory task force to implement the NRVA. The Secretary of the Commonwealth asked Tartaglione to designate a management employee to the Task Force. Through her efforts, a State law was passed enabling all counties to use similar poll books which allow the use of digitized images.
Margaret Tartaglione ... always a reformer Within a year after NRVA took effect, Mayor Ed Rendell called an Election Reform Task Force to rethink registration and voting technology as well as election laws. Tartaglione assigned two to the Commission. In 1995, the City Commissioners had fully implemented the Federal mandates. They were able to utilize every registration, voter-removal and addressupdate program required by Federal and State law. In a case which challenged the changes, the City Commissioners procedures were af-
firmed by the US 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals. The Task Force report in the fall of 1995 recommended Chairwoman Margaret Tartaglione and her Commissioners continue to work to procure and implement an imaging system that would digitalize voter registration, streamlining it and cutting costs, while deterring registration abuses. Tartaglione led the other Keystone State Counties in being able to fully implement this system. Under her push, voters approved the purchase of an electronic voting system. The City formed a Procurement Committee and, after a sevenmonth process of evaluating four vendors’ proposals, while Chairwoman Tartaglione assigned staff to check 26 other jurisdictions which used more than 21,000 full-face electronic voting machines, Danaher Controls was awarded the contract for its Guardian Electronic Voting System.
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If Chairwoman Margaret Tartaglione were told to give a detailed accounting of the last 17 years of her stewardship of the Philadelphia City Commission, whoever asked her will find their eyes opened by the scores of changes made under her leadership. Her mark on the lives of every Philadelphia voter, as well as the ward leaders and committeepersons of both major parties and the thousands of polling-place officials, is evident. They will attest to the changes and improvements made to the voting process under her chairmanship. In 1993, the National Voter Registration Act was signed into law. That law made it easier for individuals to register, proving them the ability to register by mail, at many State agencies and at drivers’-license bureaus. It also kept non-voting voters on the eligibility lists longer. To cope with the huge increase in the Commission’s
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Apr. 28- Congressman Bob Brady and Sam Staten, Sr., host cocktail fundraiser for State Rep. Jewell Williams for Sheriff at Vesper Club, 233 Sydenham St., 5:30-8:30 p.m. Suggested donation $250. Apr. 28- Robert Archie hosts Fundraiser for Councilman Darrell Clarke at Duane Morris, LLP, 30 S. 17th St., 5:307 p.m. Contributions $100/ $$250/$500. Checks payable to Friends of Darrell Clarke. RSVP swilliams98@hotmail.
com or (215) 631-4939 Apr. 28- State Rep. John Taylor hosts Historical Site Cigar & Wine Tasting at Colonial Dames of Phila., 1630 Latimer St., 5:30-7:30 p.m. For info (215) 545-2244. Apr. 28- Fundraiser for 1st Dist. Council Democrat candidate Mark Squilla at McFadden’s, Citizens Bank Pk., 5:30-7:30 p.m. For info (267) 290-8836. Apr. 28- Fundraiser for judicial candidate Vince Giusini at Galdo’s Catering, 1935 Moyamensing Ave., 5:30-8:30 p.m. Open bar, cigar bar, buffet, music. Minimum at door $100, 18-25 young adults $25. Make checks payable to Vince Giusini For Judge.
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Please explain to me how Darrell Clarke can rebuild the Roberto Clemente ballfield in North Philadelphia, then give $300,000 to the Fairmount Sports League, and we don’t have money for libraries and schools. I also heard Pat Friedland bent his arm for the Roberto field, and she is a Fumocrat. I think it’s vote-buying time all over. I remember when John
Street spent a fortune on the concession stand at Von Colln Field, at the bequest of thenWard Leader and now Traffic Court Judge Bernice DeAngelis. Tell me these monies aren’t being used to get elected. Clarke was Street’s aide, he had to learn from John. Vote the Council incumbents out once and for all, don’t be a part of this kind of leadership. Frank Graff
Apr. 28- Phila. Children’s Alliance Bear Affair at Crystal Tea Rm., 9th floor, Wanamaker Bldg., 6-9:30 p.m. Awards to be presented. For info Dennille Varney 1 (610) 597-9092. Apr. 29- State Rep. Rosita Youngblood hosts Senior Fair at NewCourtland Life, 5457 Wayne Ave., 10 a.m.-3 p.m. For info Rochelle (215) 8496426. Apr. 29- Friends of State Rep. Cherelle Parker hold Fish Fry at Champagne, 21 E. Chelten Ave., 5:30-8 p.m. Tickets $10. For info (215) 437-3925, ext. 202. Apr. 29- S. Phila. Realty Board fundraiser for Barbara Capozzi, 2nd Dist. Council Democrat candidate at Galdo’s Catering, 20th & Moyamensing, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Tickets $100. Open bar, buffet, food stations open all evening. For info (267) 888-6045. Apr. 29- Fish Fry Fundraiser for City Commissioner candidate Michael Bell at Scotty’s Bar, 1420 Ellsworth St., 6-10 p.m. Tickets $10. For info Kajet Washington (267) 2536970 or Julius Bell (215) 3809709. Apr. 29- 59th Ward Dem Committee holds Pre-Primary Beef, Turkey & Beer at Elks
Lodge, 210 E. Haines St. Donation $15. Apr. 29- Fundraiser hosted by Dan Pellicciotti for Judge Sean Kennedy at Keenan’s in Roxborough. SOLD OUT! Apr. 29- Ed Rendell Is special guest at Fundraiser for Joe Grace at Pyramid Club, 52nd fl., 1735 Market St., 5:30-7:30 p.m. Guest $250, Sponsor $2,600, Host $1,000, Supporter $500. Apr. 29-30- 2011 Libertarian Party State Convention at Conference Ctr., 1411 Liberty St., Franklin, Pa. Apr. 30- Fundraiser for City Commissioner candidate Ivy Staten at Integrity, 6633 Germantown Ave., 10 a.m.-12 m. Donation $20. Apr. 30- Barbecue Fundraiser for 8th Council candidate RobinTasco at 25 E. Walnut La., 4-8 p.m. Donations $10. For info Ros (267) 593-1571. May 1- Mark Green’s 38th Ward Cool Jazz fundraiser at Kroc Ctr., 4200 Wissahickon Ave., 2-5 p.m. $50 to $150. For info Monica Djerassi (215) 260-4899. May 1- Networking Fundraiser for judicial candidate Carolyn Nichols at Au Naturale Hair Salon, 501 E. Chelten Ave., 5-7 p.m. Food, (Cont. Page 35)
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The continued intrusiveness into the political system by the federal courts should be challenged by both the Democrat and Republican City Committees. We would hope the Committee of 70 would join in, but they don’t seem to like party organizations. The latest federal ruling ordered a Democrat ward leader, still on probation, to give up his leadership. Yet a score of years back, no federal judge would dare issue an order when it had the opportunity to do so. Had he done so, State Sen. Henry Cianfrani, who returned to his ward with the acclaim of his committeepersons and served in that capacity until his death, would have been denied that opportunity. The Democrat and Republican City Committees are private entities. There is no legal precedent for what has occurred. What makes the decision still more ludicrous is the fact the judge was from New Jersey. Where are all you goodgovernment types, now that jurist has proved incompetent in making that ruling?
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They could care less polls show a distinct distaste for politicians and their maneuverings on all levels of government. Their efforts show why public distrust is at an all-time high. The flyer above is an example. It found its way into the homes of the voters of the 2nd Council Dist. It was designed to give the immediate impression one of the candidates, Barbara Capozzi, had commissioned it. It states, of the four candidates running, the three African American candidates would do little for Packer Park if anyone of them were elected. That’s Capozzi’s back yard. All political material must have an identity line at the bottom indicating the source of the material. This one’s bottom line stated, “Not affiliated with or paid for by Capozzi for Council.” Why they bothered to put that in at all casts but a dim light upon their intelligence. It was immediately obvious to the other candidates – State Rep. Kenyatta Johnson, Tracey Gordon and attorney Damon Roberts – Capozzi was not the author, but the victim of a racist defamation. They issued immediate denunciations of this effort to create racial division in a race that has been totally free and above board ... with each candidate respecting the other. The authors must have a low-grade mentality, since any high-school student would have seen through it ... an obvious attempt to create a racial divide. We urge the Feds to investigate and come up with the authors of this political garbage and to do it quickly. They stink up the primary. Adding to their efforts is a rash of mudslinging flooding the internet for this primary, coming, surprisingly, from camps whose candidates who should know better. Exposing the problems of a family’s candidate will only cost them votes. A candidate’s family may have problems. That proves they are as human as the rest of us and more likely to get sympathetic votes because of those problems. Some candidates are adding to the mudslinging which now appears more frequently in this primary. Bringing up the problems a candidate’s family may be suffering at this time does no one any good. Those who use mudslinging as a way to edge out a candidate, may find similar mudballs – some with rocks inside – will be hurled back at them in due time. Sad to say, both the Republican and Democrat Parties are experiencing the same problem. We refuse to honor them as newsworthy items for our readers, who, above all, understand the political process better than most of the candidates now seeking public office.
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dorsements have gone to more people successfully elected, than to those who lost. In the 8th Council Dist., Cindy Bass was the Inkie’s endorsement in the crowded seven-contestant primary. They said, “Bass is poised, professional, and outspoken. She served as a community loan officer for almost a decade, has extensive on-theground involvement with highly praised nonprofits such as Mount Airy USA, and has a wealth of contacts from Harrisburg and Washington.” In that race, Verna Tyner continues to enjoy the support of a majority of the Democrat Ward leaders in that District. Howard Treatman continues to “grassroots” his campaign and has posted a third policy paper on his website. He’s picked up the endorsement of Anita Hamilton, who dropped
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(Cont. From Page 6) Sheriff’s Dept. before he was elected as State Representative of the 197th Dist., where he is currently in his 10th year. Williams’ endorsements include Philadelphia AFL-CIO, Philadelphia Building Trades, Fire Fighters Union, Black Clergy of Philadelphia & Vicinity, Laborers District Council Local 332, Ironworkers, IBEW Local 98, Metropolitan Regional Carpenters, Democratic City Committee, African American Ward Leaders of Color and the Pentecostal Clergy of Philadelphia. They won’t meet up in the primary, but will in the general election as Cheri Honkala, another aspirant for Sheriff, opened her campaign office at 718 Market Street. In celebration of the office opening, the campaign released the first in a series of tracks contributed by artists from all over the country inspired by Cheri Honkala’s bid on the Green Party ticket and her promise of “Keeping Families In Their Homes” by halting all evictions based on foreclo-
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When President Barack Obama made his historic run to the White House in 2008, African Americans, sensing the possibility of seeing the nation’s highest office occupied by someone who looked like one of them, got behind him. Unfortunately, some African Americans simply got behind President Obama because he was, well, Black. That personally surprised me because I’ve been Black for 46 years and can’t remember any other time that my people have ever come this close to unified on something that didn’t involve Tyler Perry or anything equally inane. But that unity didn’t allow for anything that even sounded like criticism. You couldn’t ask questions about Obama’s policies with some folks, without being perceived as a sellout. (That, by the way, is the reaction I most commonly get when I question the talent of Tyler Perry, but I digress.) Tavis Smiley found that out the hard way. The host of PBS’s Tavis Smiley Show asked question after question about Obama’s fitness for office and found himself in the crosshairs of the African American community as a result. To say he was scorned is an understatement. But how he managed to recover from the failures, betrayals and rough times that have populated his life is what Smiley’s new book Fail Up: 20 Lessons On Building Success From Failure is all about. The argument that Smiley, who celebrates his 20th year in broadcasting this year, makes is your setbacks will only hold you back if you let them. Smiley decided to write the book because (a) milestones tend to make you introspective and (b) because he felt America is suffering from a paralysis of analysis. “We’ve become frozen with a fear of failure,” he said. “We’re so afraid of failure in our personal lives and our professional lives. We’re afraid of losing our homes. We’re afraid for the future of our country. I just saw a survey that says just over half of Americans think our best days as a country are behind us. The fear is palpable. You can feel it.” Because of that, Smiley wanted to write a book that shows everyone how he managed to recover from a variety of setbacks and how they can do it as well. There are parts of this book that will provide new information to Smiley’s fans. For example, I didn’t know he had run for political office. (Cont. Page 31)
SNOOPER’S BIG PROBLEM: Tell me, when is enough ENOUGH and when are WE going to wake up and do something about it – the GASOLINE GOUGING? I am pleased that THE PRESIDENT has finally spoken up about it, and I wonder what he’s going to do about it. There is NO GASOLINE SHORTAGE; in fact, I’m told we have plenty, yet we’re not using it. The GASOLINE PRICES are getting absolutely ridiculous, and what amazes me is WE are doing nothing about it. Tell me, when are we going to wake up and put a STOP to this GASOLINE GOUGING? I remember when they did this the last time, WE THE PEOPLE spoke up against it and all of a sudden, THE PRICES CAME DOWN. How much more of this are you going to take before you wake up and tell them WE AREN’T GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE? Why haven’t THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, or other LAW AGENCIES gotten involved and do something about it? W-H-E-N? SNOOPER’S SPORTS EXTRA: Congratulations to the CRISPIN GARDENS basketball CHAMPIONS. These YOUNG CHAMPS will be honored on MAY 19 at the NORTHEAST SPORTS AWARDS BANQUET. These young boys went and did it, and they proved to everyone they could. They won the Peanut League’s Silver Division Basketball Championship. FRANK SPATACCO, C.E.O., stated, “These boys deserved it and they really earned it. I congratulate them and their Coaches for a job well done. Our banquet will be on MAY 19 at CANNSTATTER, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., 19130 ACADEMY ROAD. Tickets cost $22 and also include DINNER.” The Public Record Newspaper also congratulates these great C-HA-M-P-I-O-N-S! SNOOPER SCOOPER: I have learned one of The Judges of Common Pleas Court will be leaving to become the C.E.O. for The Pennsylvania Red Cross. Yes, I have confirmed what I have been told, and The Judge is HON. RENEE HUGHES. The Judge has served many years on “THE BENCH” – Court of Common Pleas here in Philly – and I just know she will do the same on her new job with THE RED CROSS. SNOOPER’S SPECIAL MESSAGE: Once again, WENDY EVANS, the Manager of the S.P.C.A. facilities located at 330 E. ERIE AVENUE, tells me they have plenty of friendly animals for you to adopt. This includes CATS and DOGS. They’re also featuring YOUNG KITTENS you can come down to see-and ADOPT. These animals are ready for you to take (Cont. Page 31)
Yo! Here we go again with a very sweet story sent to me by Tony S. Our 14-year-old dog Abbey died last month. The day after she died, my 4-year-old daughter Meredith was crying and talking about how much she missed Abbey. She asked if we could write a letter to God so that when Abbey got to heaven, God would recognize her. I told her I thought we could, so she dictated these words: “Dear God, “Will you please take care of my dog? She died yesterday and is with you in heaven. I miss her very much. I am happy that you let me have her as my dog even though she got sick. I hope you will play with her. She likes to play with balls and to swim. I am sending a picture of her so when you see her. You will know that she is my dog. I really miss her. Love, Meredith” We put the letter in an envelope with a picture of Abbey and Meredith and addressed it to God/Heaven. We put our return address on it. Then Meredith pasted several stamps on the front of the envelope and mailed it. Yesterday, there was a package wrapped in gold paper on our front porch addressed, “To Meredith” in an unfamiliar hand. Meredith opened it. Inside was a book by Mr. Rogers called When a Pet Dies. Taped to the inside front cover was the letter we had written to God and the picture of Abbey & Meredith. On the opposite page was this note: “Dear Meredith, “Abbey arrived safely in heaven. Having the picture was a big help. I recognized Abbey right away. Abbey isn’t sick anymore. Her spirit is here with me just like it stays in your heart. Abbey loved being your dog. I don’t have any pockets to keep your picture in, so I am sending it back to you in this little book for you to keep and have something to remember Abbey by. Thank you for the beautiful letter and thank your mother for helping you write it and sending it to me. What a wonderful mother you have. I picked her especially for you. I send my blessings every day and remember that I love you very much. By the way, I’m easy to find, I am wherever there is love. Love, God” It is not known who replied, but this story tells of a beautiful soul working in the deadletter office of the US postal service doing compassionate things.
The Democratic face of the machine puts Democrats in columns 3, 4, and 5. Being number one won’t be the big advantage that it normally is and the Democratic voter has to go through two Republican columns before you can get to the first of the endorsed Council Members at Large, BILL GREENLEE, who is an incumbent and also the leader of the 15th Ward. In the first Democratic column, the only other endorsed candidate is BLONDELL REYNOLDS BROWN. Going over to the fourth column, you will have to go down through three names before coming to BILL GREEN, who is also endorsed. WILSON GOODE is the last candidate in column five; he is also endorsed. The five endorsed candidates are completed with JIM KENNEY, who is at the top of column five for the Council at-Large candidates. The Republicans’ picture is not as grim. Their endorsed candidates include MALCOLM LAZIN, who is in the first column, AL TAUBENBERGER, who is at the top of column two and DAVID OH in the first column. There are two candidates who have a strong following: STATE REP. DENNY O’BRIEN and FRANK RIZZO, neither of which is endorsed by the Republican organization. O’Brien has a better ballot position, being in the first column. For primary purposes, the bulk of registered Republican voters are in the Northeast part of Philadelphia. O’Brien has been a State Representative for over 10 terms of service and has been active as a State Representative. He is well known to the voters in his District and is squarely in the middle of strong zones of Republican registration. It would be difficult for the Republican organization to defeat him. Rizzo also is well known and his strong suit is that name recognition, attributable to his late father MAYOR FRANK RIZZO. It should be interesting to see the outcome of this primary. The Democrats have 14 candidates for the voter to sort though. Also, they are at the bottom of machine and all Council at-Large candidates will suffer from the infirmity of ballot position. Before they get to Councilman at Large, Democrats will have to wade through 32 candidates for Common Pleas Court, nine candidates for Municipal Court and 12 candidates for Traffic Court. They are followed by two candidates for Mayor, seven candidates for Commissioner and three candidates for Sheriff. You may now exercise your choices for Councilman at Large, if you haven’t collapsed inside the voting booth. Likeable former CONGRESSMAN PAT MURPHY has declared his candidacy for At(Cont. Page 31)
W. Wilson Goode ....promoting jobs credit partnerships he created, for their partnerships in neighborhood economic development with $1 million investments. Outside of his love for sports, especially Philadelphia’s teams, he finds himself often buried in studying legislation passed in other cities’
Councils which have done well, hoping to do the same for this city. Before Council, he served as VP of the Philadelphia Commercial Development Corp. and as Economic Development administrator for the Dept. of Commerce. For almost two decades, he has made his home in the Wynnefield section of West Philadelphia. He can be found most Sundays at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church in West Philadelphia. His plans in Council call for continued workfare development and job placement. “We need to find the jobs, train our workforce for those jobs, and insure we don’t place obstacles in the way of this program.”
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It’s not often one can say of a candidate, he could be Mayor now. But that can be said of W. Wilson Goode, incumbent Councilman at Large, for several reasons. For sure, he’s not seeking that seat. He’s running for reelection in the Democrat primary May 17 for his Council at Large, a position he now holds. However, he has the training. Now 45, Wilson had a taste of what it’s like to be a Mayor, with all its ups and downs. He suffered through some of the tough periods with his dad, Mayor W. Wilson Goode, Sr. But now, with three terms as a Councilman at Large under his belt, he knows his city, its workings, and the constant flow and ebb of relations between Council and the Mayor’s office. He has not set his sights on that office, because he has an agenda that can be traced through the bills he has authored and was able to get agreement from City Council and the Mayor. Those bills have focused on ending redlining by banks and lenders over mortgages, bringing banks that enjoy hefty City deposits into a grasp of their roles in providing access to capital credit for minority and underserved homeowners and small businesses. He is responsible for having passed into law 65 ordinances which have helped create untold thousands of jobs. One of them, in particular, created tax credits as an incentive to employers hiring in this city. He also made it possible for local residents to get job preferences for civil-service positions and for work contracted by the City for its various projects. Under his prodding, and often because he had made a point of it in City Council sessions, he has improved business-diversity goals for City contracts, above the 5% it was to 25% today. Small businesses in working-class neighborhoods have seen their chances of getting bank loans increase from 40 to 55% because of his legislation. Big businesses can now claim part of the $30 million in tax-
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PROUD DAD Clarence with page son Jihad. takes legislation to be introduced and make its way into law. There are committee hearings and floor debates and usually the bills change somewhat from the way they started out.” About Philadelphia’s Congress Members, he says, “They work hard. You can find them on the floor of Congress lobbying for education and jobs.” He’s talked often with Congressman Fattah and Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz, but admits he hasn’t gotten up the nerve to introduce himself to Congressman Bob Brady (all are D-Phila.). That should end when he returns to Congress May 6. Pages see a lot of the big events, and sometimes take part
in them as ushers and in other roles, he says. He is hoping to land an internship with one of the city’s three congressional representatives. “In any event,” he says, “I’ve got the political bug.” Jihad has been volunteering since the age of eight when he began serving food to the homeless at the St. Vincent De Paul soup kitchen, in Germantown. A couple years later he was tutoring children in their homework after school at St. Vincent. Last year, he got accepted to Cornell University’s Summer Program for advanced students. He also interned at the City Council offices of Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown. Always active and volunteering, he is now on the staff of the MicroSociety, a national organization, which teaches children how to survive in an adult’s world with youngsters forming their own banks, government and school bodies as well as other facets of a governing society. He is an assistant to the CPO Rodney Burrell.
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Mark 1915 Genocide Hundreds of members of the local Armenian community marched Saturday in the annual Armenian Genocide Walk for Justice on Saturday. They took a two-mile course, starting at the Art Museum and ending at the Independence center Lawn of the National Constitution Center. The rally consisted of a cultural performance and remarks from civic leaders, including University of Pennsylvania history Prof. Elisa von Joeden-Forgey, PhD and renowned attorney Mark Geragos. Von JoedenForgey teaches, lectures and writes published work on genocide. The Armenian Genocide of 1915 remains a topic of political controversy today. After 1.5 million people were brutally murdered and forced out of their native country, the survivors fled to distant lands
GENERATIONS of Armenians born in Diaspora still solemnly recall horrors inflicted on their ancestors during World War I. for refuge. Ultimately, Arme- action by the Turkish Ottoman nians all over the world are Empire. The current governseeking recognition from the ment of Turkey still does not United States, as well as other admit this genocide took governments, to acknowledge place.
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Meet Jihad Barnes, 16, who spends some of his time as a page in the US Congress. Presently at Mastery Charter School, 5400 Wayne Avenue, Jihad has for quite a while been fascinated by the Federal Government. “The only way I could get a look from the inside out was to see if I could be a page in Congress,” he says. “So I applied at Congressman Chaka Fattah’s office and Bonnie Bowser took me through the application process. “Congressman Chaka Fattah called me soon after and said, ‘Congratulations, you are now a page in Congress’.” Now Jihad finds himself thoroughly immersed in the politics of government. He lives in Washington full-time in a Page Dormitory and attends school at the Page House School on top of the Library of Congress building. He’s been a page for four months and will end his tour at the end of June. “I’ve learned a lot,” he says. “I never realized how long it
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found that a lot of sites have posted reviews of the latest leaks from the State Department. No dice on the secret of UFOs, the secret formula to turn lead into gold or anything like that. But there is lots of embarrassment for world leaders. A great deal of the stuff that I read is sort of like watching your elderly neighbor get accidently locked out collecting the morning paper in his shorts except that this neighbor is a world leader. I guess I just live in the wrong neighborhood to appreciate WikiLeaks.
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It’s hard to understand what the government is doing in allowing WikiLeaks to get access to all the embarrassing stuff being leaked. The first time this happened, shame on WikiLeaks. The second time this happened, shame on the government. Do you want to know how CyberSoft protects its most valuable information? We don’t put it on the Internet. IVAN COHEN and Buster Drayton are get- BOXING REFEREE Blair Talmadge has a We have a private network ting ready for another big fight, although this reputation of being fair in the ring, now he with no connection to the outone won’t be in the ring, it will be for the 2nd wants to bring that fairness to City Hall as side world where we keep our best stuff. You can’t break in District Council seat. a City Commissioner.
to it from the outside world because it doesn’t connect to the outside world. Simple and anyone can do it. We learned to do it from the government. Actually, the Federal Government invented computer security so they already know all this stuff. It’s hard to understand how such large leaks could exist unless they either got lazy, an insider turned or the government wanted it to be leaked. All three options are hard to believe. I won’t speculate on why the leaks happened. It is enough to know that it did. I did a search on the Internet and
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Aldinger Knows The Ins And Outs Of Saving Homes Graduating from Saul HS, the young Drew Aldinger loved animals. It was his dream to become a veterinarian. Luckily for the struggling homeowners of Philadelphia, he wound up in law school instead. Aldinger wound up as the first Philadelphia-based attorney of national firm Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, which specializes in government work. He has become an expert in collections for the Sheriff’s Dept. Along the way, this meant becoming an expert in helping people. “The City has adopted financial-hardship guidelines,” Aldinger explains. “If the owner is living on the premise, we’ll bust our chops to get him a low-payment deal. If the property is vacant and we’re getting as lot of complaints from neighbors, we’ll
Drew Aldinger ...the right stuff look for ways to push through a Sheriff’s sale to relive the block. I devote every hour, every day, to the people of this city.” This crusading attorney has become a master of human service. A key player in Judge Annette Rizzo’s famous Mortgage Foreclosure Diversion program, he’s sat on panels and gone out into the neighborhoods to educate folks. He’s done tons of pro
bono work, receiving an award for it in 2006 on Judge Rizzo’s recommendation. A strong inner confidence and personal ease resonates within Aldinger. “I’m comfortable with all sorts of people,” he admits. The Bar Association has recommended Aldinger. He has also been endorsed by the Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers Local Union No. 1. Drew was born on Christmas Eve to Bob Aldinger, an electrician, and Nancy Aldinger, a homemaker who worked as a switchboard operator at Roxborough Memorial Hospital. An older brother is an accountant; two sisters are a teaching assistant and an Acme cashier in UFCW Local 1776. Drew grew up in the tiny neighborhood of Blue Bell Hill in the Northwest, strad-
dling Germantown and West Mount Airy. As a kid, he enjoyed fishing, hiking, and sledding in Fairmount Park. Aldinger’s deep experience in civil law would make him an important asset on the bench. “Many judicial candidates have a background in criminal law,” he notes. “But at least onethird of the Court System’s
work is civil. This is legal work I’m good at.” Indeed, he serves on Linebarger’s National Committee for Litigation & Legal Standards and has published several opinions at the appellate level. Aldinger’s sharp intellect, broad legal and personal experiences, and positive outlook on life, coupled with his
boundless energy and commitment to the betterment of his hometown, make him a natural to run a courtroom. Drew’s wife Tanya is a research scientist for GlaxoSmithKline. They have two children, Hannah and Drew, Jr. And don’t overlook Drew’s dog Ranger, who gets the best care in the world!
Grace On School Safety 1ST DIST. Council candidate Joe Grace unveils plan to improve School Safety outside Southern HS. Grace is joined by Jamaira Burley of Campaign for Non-Violent Schools, a coalition of 10 schools. Grace also called for immediate reintroduction of Statefunded “Safe Schools Advocate.”
This Robin Lights Up 8th District says. “Marian is up there, we’re still down here.” Robin truly lit up the 8th Dist. recently when she used her talents to install lighting, replacing outdated and broken fixtures used to illuminate historic Vernon House & Park. She dedicated the lighting at a ceremony last weekend. The lighting eliminates a dark spot in the park which became a draw for muggers and drug dealers. She now sees her campaign clearing its last hurdle. The Commonwealth Court
heard a challenge to her petition and blew it out, supporting an earlier similar decision by Court of Common Pleas Judge Chris Wogan. She and her husband, Wil, can be found every moment of the waking day or night campaigning somewhere in the 8th, vying against six others for the Democrat nomination to replace retiring District Councilwoman Donna Reed Miller. After school, their five children can be seen working Mom’s campaign on the street.
Robin has a good track record with labor, working for eight years as the only African American woman business agent in the Building Trades, representing IBEW Local 98. But that hasn’t earned her any endorsements, and she understands why. Some have gone to Cindy Bass, who has the support and backing of Congressman Chaka Fattah. The other reason, she believes, is because “I have a discrimination suit against Local 98,” which she said
was based on a series of incidents which included her being suspended without pay. Her husband and her son Frank were working with Local 98. Neither is now employed with that Local. Her experience of 24 years in the Union, and the last eight as business agent and community liaison, have prepared her for the trench fighting now going on in the 8th Dist. “With all the lies and slurs hurled at me, none of it sticks and it doesn’t break my bones. Voters in the District,
and that is particularly so of the many hundreds I have spoken to, understand what they see in me, is what they will get ... dedicated and concerned service.” Underlining that fact is the support she is getting from Bishop Jesse Lomax, of New Life Church of God Ministries, heading a group very active in this Council District. In the meantime, she says, if her constituents “need a light fixture repaired, they know I’ve got the qualifications to do that job as well.”
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Robin Tasco has a political surname, though it comes through her husband, Wilbert Tasco, who is related through marriage to Councilwoman Marian Tasco. What they have in common is both are involved in Council District races, and each literally next to each other. The Councilwoman’s district is the 9th and Robin’s race is in the 8th. Robin, now 45, has to constantly answer questions on the relationship. “We’re in two distinct worlds,” Robin
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office and called on his opponent, incumbent Maria Quiñones-Sánchez, to match his disclosure. She has done so. In a debate, Savage accused the Councilwoman’s
husband of having a contract with the School District, adding politics played a part in his getting the contract. Quiñones-Sánchez, at the (Cont. Page 24)
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(Cont. From Page 13) tate appraiser. The GPAR emdorsement validates that the city’s Realtors believe I have a better grasp of the issues that matter to them, such as property taxes, absentee landlords, and land valuation.” Henon’s other endorsements include former Mayor and Gov. Ed Rendell, Congressman Robert Brady (D-Phila.), State Sen. Mike Stack (D-Northeast), State Reps. Michael McGeehan and Kevin Boyle (both DNortheast), former and current City Controllers Jonathan Saidel and Alan Butkovitz, Democratic City Committee, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5, Fire Fighters Local 22, PA AFL-CIO, District Council 33 and 47 and virtually every union in the city. Taxes Revealed In 7th District Battle Seventh Dist. candidate Danny Savage released his 2010 tax returns as part of his commitment to greater transparency. Savage also committed to releasing his tax returns for the years he has been out of
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(Cont. From Page 23) same forum, denied her husband had any connection with the School District. She said her husband is a business director for Temple University, working with minority contractors. She has made her tax returns available. Savage lost the City Council seat to Quiñones-Sánchez in May 2007 after serving just 13 months. He was supported by a majority of District ward leaders to be their candidate in
a 2006 special election after Rick Mariano was sent to federal prison for corruption. Quiñones-Sánchez, 42, a long-time community organizer, beat Savage with 52% of the vote and became the first Hispanic woman in City Council. The 7th Dist., one of most gerrymandered municipal Districts in the country, covers a massive chunk of North Philadelphia, winding around Temple University through
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parts of Kensington and on to Northeast Philly. Candidates On Cable TV Spotted early on cable television with ads promoting their candidacy were two of the four contestants seeking the Democrat primary seat for 1st Dist. Council. They are Mark Squilla and Jeff Hornstein. Both could do well on the big screen. Following In Dad’s Footsteps Sherrie Cohen’s been following in the footsteps of her dad, the legendary Councilman David Cohen. He lost his first attempt at a run for Council at large. So did she. He won the second time around and she hopes to do so as well. She has the endorsement of a broad range of labor, religious, environmental and political organizations. Those groups include the 8th, 9th, and 17th Wards, Pentecostal Clergy Political Action Committee, Clean Water Action, AFSCME District Council 47, Action United, The Greater Philadelphia Association of Realtors, the Philadelphia Building and Construction Trades Council, the Communications Workers of America Local 13000, The Liberty City Democratic Club, the national Women’s Campaign Forum (one of five candidates endorsed nationwide), United Auto Workers Local 1069, Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses & Allied Health Professionals and its Philadelphia affiliates: Temple University Hospital Nurses Association and Temple University Hospital Allied Health Professionals, Boilermakers Local Lodge No. 13, Graphic Communications Conference/International Brotherhood of Teamsters District Council 9/Local 14M, Communication Workers of America Local 13000, the national Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund (one of 10 candidates endorsed nationwide), Faculty and Staff Federation of Community College of Philadelphia/American Federation of Teachers Local 2026, and the Fraternal Order of Housing Police.
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hundreds of thousands of dollars, as they eliminated counting errors and the need to hire contract machine mechanics, save for Election Day. The main media have reported the electronic machine age as “near-flawless.” Under Tartaglione’s direction, the Commission was on board in 2004 with the new absentee/provisional ballot regulations of the Help America Vote Act. It conducted the most -extensive voter-education program in the Commonwealth. Today, the Commissioners’ staff makes it easy for court challenges to be heard, producing every document requested without delay. In 2006, the Feds again ordered more changes, with which the Commission was readily able to comply. New system software was founded by approximately $5 million in federal HAVA grant funds. In 2007, Chairwoman Tartaglione moved quickly to improve polling-place accessibility for all voters and ordered the relocation of more than 110 polling places. It also procured portable ramps for polling sites where needed. In the contested Presidential Primary of 2008 the City Commissioners set records in the effective processing of more than 120,000 registration applications and an historic 29,000 paper and 85,000 electronic registrations between June and October. It conducted a major extensive voter-education program before that presidential election.
Over 734,000 Philadelphians voted in a trouble-free election. Ever frugal in its operations under Tartaglione, the City Commissioners were able to use HAVA grant funds to reimburse the City $10,066,121.82 in March 2009 for costs in procuring the Electronic Voting System. It did the same with HAVA grant funds it received in August 2010, in the amount of $983,444.88. For the past two years, the City Commissioners and their personnel have worked in cooperation with private plaintiffs and the US Justice Dept. under a settlement agreement to expand accessible polling facilities. The Commission has procured ramps, door stops, signs and other necessary material to provide that accessibility. Commission Chair Margaret Tartaglione and her Commissioners are constantly updating the electronic voting system and the accessibility of voting polls to the general public. The City is planning to send out a request for proposals for services to install equipment and configure the Commissions’ network to provide unrestricted public web access to unofficial election night results in house. This is the record of Commission Chair Margaret Tartaglione, called the “Iron Lady” by her fellow Commissioners and their staff. They welcome her decision to run for another four-year term.
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(Cont. From Page 9) modernization of the election process, resulting in an award of almost $20 million in additional funds to the City. In June 2001, the machines were delivered as Tartaglione had her staff design and conduct extensive unit and system testing. The machines were used in the May 2002 primary after a successful voter-education program, including 312 training sessions for polling-place officials. Despite concerns of some candidates, the primary vote came in with 95% tabulated before 11 p.m. The previous elections would report about only 67% of the vote by 1:15 a.m., due to manual counting and data entry of results from the old mechanicallever machines. Thanks to the constant pushing by Chairwoman Tartaglione, the new voting machines have saved the City
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From Pizza Delivery To The Bench, A Long Road
Chris Mallios ...knows the route well Don’t make fun of the pizza man. His is a tough job. If he doesn’t deliver his pizza while it’s hot, he’s in trouble. And if he makes it back to the
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shop with the money, he’s lucky. But that career is what got Christopher Mallios, Esq., through Penn State and then through Temple Law School. Christopher Mallios believes he’s a hybrid ... a mix of prosecutor, advocate for women and children and a progressive from Center City. “I’ve working for the citizens of this city for the past 24 years, and now with the 25th coming up, I hope they promote me to the bench.” Now 48, Christopher, a born-and-bred Philadelphian, attended George Washington HS. He pizzaed himself through Penn State’s main campus and then Temple Law
School. “Delivering pizzas was another university by itself, giving me an insight into all facets of the human existence,” he says. Mallios gives every indication he will do justice to both sides when he takes a seat on the court of Common Pleas. His chances are good. In a field of about 40 (since some are dropping out), and with 10 slots open, his eighth place on the ballot is an enviable place to be. “I’ve practiced on both sides for long enough to realize I must be a full-time jurist ... I will let the workload determine the hours spent on the bench, and then some,” he noted. “Quite often, I have seen how important it is to practise before hardworking committee judges who brook little nonsense and few delays.” He is among those recommended by the Philadelphia Bar Association. He has the endorsement of the FOP, the Housing Police, former DA Lynne Abraham and expects
more. Women’s-advocacy groups are solidly behind him. He has spent years working with the Women’s Law Project, worked long and well with Women Organized Against Rape and Women Against Abuse. The Human Relations Commission honored him for the work he had done on hate crimes. Other awards have come his way from Philadelphia Children’s Alliance and WOAR. Mallios spent 16 of his law years with the District Attorney’s office in a variety of responsibilities. Among these were chief of the Family Violence & Sexual Assault Unit, chief of the Elder Justice Project, liaison to the LGBT community and hatecrimes coordinator. His handprint is on thousands of such cases that have gone through the DA’s office. On the side, he is an adjunct professor at Temple’s Beasley School of Law and the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy
and Practice. He’s also a member of PhillyNow and William Way Center. Mallios believes he’ll be able to not miss a beat from the moment he’s sworn in as a judge in the Court of Com-
mon Pleas. “I’ve trained my entire professional career for that moment.” For sure, those attending his swearing-in will be treated to the best tasting pizza pies ever. He’s one of the few who knows the
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DEM 61ST WARD LEADER Sharon Losier, lower left, led a tightly organized Candidates Night with massive turnout at CCP campus in E. Oak Lane.
The annual Carpenters Apprentice Competition, which draws thousands each year, will pit 26 four-year apprentices who will show off their skills in the various disciplines at the Carpenters Training Facility, 10401 Decatur Road, Friday, May 6. The Competition starts at 8 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m. It is a fun day for families visiting. There is no charge and families will be treated to souvenirs. The apprentices, who are from Philadelphia, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Montgomery and Northampton Cos. as well as the state of Delaware, will not know ahead of time the construction project in which they will compete. They were selected for the competition by scoring highest in a written test given to all graduating apprentices. Each will receive cash awards as well as other prizes. Winners will be announced in general carpentry, interior systems carpentry, floor layer, mill/cabinetmaker and millwright categories. An additional competition taking place will be the 8th annual Carpenters & Architects Training Together Contest. This integrates the collective skills and talents of highschool students, apprentices, contractors, and architects in bringing a strong design concept to life. The Appenticeship Committee Co-Chairs are James X. Clemens and Edward Coryell; Director is Charles T. Brock and Secretary Patrick McGinley. For additional information call Brock at (215) 824-23009.
A majority of security officers employed by AlliedBarton Security Services voted to ratify a collective bargaining agreement after four years of organizing. The agreement will increase wages by 14.5% over the life of the three-year agreement and will institute a
Carpenters Battle Non-Union Invasion
The Metropolitan Regional Council of Carpenters has posted informational lines at the Blue Bear Tavern, 216 S. 22th Street. The reason is Vesper Hospitality, which owns the new tavern as well as Zavino’s and Frohman’s Wursthaus, have employed a non-union contractor. The Carpenters are also asking the public not to patronize Milkboy Coffee business owned by Tom Joyner and Jamie Lokoff since they have employed AM Painting and Mapo Builders, which refuses to hire union carpenters. The new Coffee bar is at 1100 Chestnut Street.
Omar Sabir … a patient listener
to him with their problems.” Omar smiles when he says, “My name is Arabic for the word ‘Patience’.” He adds, “When people see me, they immediately get a sense of what I am about.” Born and bred and still a resident of West Philadelphia, Sabir graduated from Cheyney University in business management. He is a small-business owner, making T-shirts. The only problem with that, he says, is “I have yet to find time to make some
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grievance procedure and a seniority system. “We are proud that our 4 year struggle has resulted in a better quality of life for our co-workers and families,” says Donald Lindsey, president of the independent union. The union cites its long activism campaign and the help of supportive City Council representatives, including Wilson Goode, Jr. The union members’ wages will increase from $10.03 per hour to $10.88 per hour. Though the museum is not legally bound by the Philadelphia Living Wage ordinance, a law championed by Goode, the union and the Councilman have pointed to the PLW as an acceptable standard. The union also credits the support of Council Members Maria Quiñones-Sánchez, Bill Greenlee, Blondell ReynoldsBrown, Curtis Jones, Jr., Bill Green, the Philadelphia labor movement, student activists, Jobs with Justice and dozens of local faith leaders for their hard-won victory against the nation’s second-largest security company. “We began organizing security officers in 2006 after SEIU left town,” says Fabricio Rodriguez, PSOU organizer. “Any worker can get organized and improve their lives. We have proven it,” says Sulaiman Kamara, union treasurer.
Though he may be new in the role of an active candidate, Omar Sabir understands fully the gives and takes of the political system. He’s been a staffer for State Rep. Louise Williams Bishop (D-W. Phila.) for the last couple years, after serving election days as a field coordinator with Laborers’ Local 332. So when his name popped up as one of 14 running for the lone slot for Traffic Court, it didn’t surprise those who know him well. Their consensus is, “He knows what he’s doing, understands the odds, but feels he can make a difference.” “I’m running because I see some of the injustice that is meted out at Traffic Court. Judges look overworked, and some show little patience, and, as a result, justice is not served,” Sabir says. “I’ve learned how to be a patient listener and will keep that going when I am on the bench.” Sabir, 31, married with one son and “a daughter on the way,” has the support of Laborers’ District Council, Muslim League of Voters, Councilman Curtis Jones, Jr. (D), and Bishop among others. He realizes he is an underdog, but believes his campaign has taken him to whole areas of the city where he is considered “a fresh, transparent figure in the political arena.” “I am trying to follow in the footsteps of my dad, the late Nate Sabir, who was the secretary treasurer of Laborers’ Local 332. I watched him and marveled at how patient he was with those who came
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Sawyer The Lawyer Has Her Sights On Court by Rory McGlasson Voters across the city will be barking mad if they do not elect an East Oak Lane lawyer to the bench this year. That’s what friends and supports of Stephanie Sawyer believe. Sawyer, 45, has been called many things in her 20 years practicing law and litigation, but one name that she is proud of is a name a judge gave her a few years ago, “A pit bull in a skirt.” The East Oak Lane resident is champing at the bit to become your next Common Pleas Court judge. Sawyer moved to Philadelphia aged eight after her mom Juliet Sawyer won a scholarship at Wharton School of
Stephanie Sawyer … tackles hard cases. Business at the University of Pennsylvania. “I understand what the average folks go through,” Sawyer said. “I am somebody who comes from hard work; I understand the struggles of growing as a single parent, because I was raised by my mom.”
Her mom, whom Sawyer calls her “daily inspiration,” was a former legislative aide to Augusta Clark and is a retired economic advisor to Cheyney University. Her mom’s academic and professional accomplishments were drummed into Sawyer from a young age – her mom raised her alone. It was homework first for Sawyer, who is a graduate of Masterman, and Girls HS. She studied English at Temple University as an undergraduate before studying law. Sawyer worked as a bartender to pay for law school; she graduated in 1991. Sawyer was offered a job at the City Solicitor’s Office
out of law school. Sawyer can serve on criminal, civil and family court bench. “I look at things from a people-orientated perspective,” Sawyer adds. Sawyer later opened her own private practice at Suburban Station downtown, which is where she is based today. There are no airs and graces with Sawyer. She works hard because she has had too. She has single-handedly raised her two children Julian, 18, and Elyshia, 11. Oftentimes Sawyer worked double-shifts as lawyer, and part-time as a server at banquets in her black and white tie. “When you have to make the rent, you have to work where you can, “she recalls.
In fact, while moonlighting as a banquet server for Aramark, she stumbled on her biggest case. It was a discrimination case on behalf of a colleague at Aramark. Sawyer was brave and took on Aramark, and its law firm, Ballard Spahr. It was that case where the judge coined the “pit bull in a skirt” title. Aramark settled out of court with her client. Unabashed, and unafraid of any large establishment, Sawyer has taken on many cases many others would not take. For example, she helped a barber get a sole custody of a child – the barber being the father of the child.
“I leave the courtroom with my heart on my cases,” she says.” One her pet peeves among judges sitting on the bench in Philadelphia is those who she says “preside with no frame of reference.” Of defendants, she says, “I can tell the difference between someone who is caught up in the problem, and someone who is not the problem.” Sawyer lives in the 61st Ward, and a stone’s throw away from her friend State Rep. Cherelle Parker (DNorthwest). A first-time candidate, Sawyer has the endorsements of District Council 33 and 47. Her ballot position is 15.
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Whaumbush Knows His Way Around Sheriff’s Work Jacque Whaumbush is independent in every sense of the word. He knows the office of Sheriff better than anyone else in the race for that office. That’s because he has spent 13 years in that office, starting as a Deputy Sheriff, moving up to the directorship of Junior Posse Program, and then as Chief Deputy, the second in command, to former Sheriff John Green. Now 52, Whaumbush believes many voters want a candidate who will represent them and not the political organization that is backing his opponent, Democrat Partyendorsed State Rep. Jewell Williams. “Being independent allows me to make sure that the playing field is even for those little people losing or seeking properties are not swept off the map by people who can push political buttons,” he says. Whaumbush is clear about two things. “The administrative office has to be swept clean ... for too long, the same people have been making the same mistakes. Then there is an imperative need to update the technology the Sheriff uses. That is half the problem the Sheriff has had with handling properly sheriff sales, which are an important part of his office.
Jacque Whaumbush ...a working sheriff “The general public definitely needs to be educated as to the responsibilities and duties of the Sheriff’s office. The Sheriff-sale process is one of those. For each person who loses a home, an opportunity presents itself for someone to pick up that title in a bidding process and fix it up to live in or to sell.” He credits Sheriff John Green with opening up that process.... “But we have a long way to go to eliminate the fear of entering a sheriff sales auction, especially for minorities.” Married for 24 years, with three children, a daughter at Hallahan HS and two sons at Temple University, Whaumbush and his family live in the Andorra section of the city. He has had a 24-year career as a City employee. Prior to transferring to the Sheriff’s Office, he spent 11 years as a
correctional officer with the Philadelphia Prisons System. Whaumbush knows he will hit the ground running and not miss a beat when elected to the position of Sheriff. “Electing my opponent would set the Sheriff’s office back in improving its abilities by about two years, which is the learning process he will require to effectively handle the office. I know it
inside and out.” He understands the vacuum that now exists in that office. “As Sheriff,” he says, “I could use the office to promote the need to make changes in the criminal-justice system,” explaining, “the alternative-sentence initiative needs to be followed through. Since the Sheriff is involved daily in transporting over 400 prisoners a day, with more
than half not going before a judge at all, there is something drastically wrong with the system. “In those cases, it is obvious families are being impacted unnecessarily. Most of the cases would be thrown out or a sentence imposed if the prisoners had their day in court. My office will work with the judges and lawyers to speed up the promises. Fami-
lies need a friend in the Sheriff’s office.” Whaumbush says he will put an end immediately to all outsourcing of Sheriff’s duties, citing in particular “the serving of all writs, and the return of other duties that truly only belong to the sheriff.” He invites all to visit his website at www.newphillysheriff.com.
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TWENTY-EIGHT candidates in May 17 primary were introduced to over 300 members of towing industry as Phila. Independent Towers & Salvors Association held its 1st annual Candidates Night & Dinner at Simeone Automotive Museum. Sharing photo with Pacifico Ford vehicle were President José Giral, Executive Director Joseph Parenti, Anthony Boyle, Joe Steffa and Scott Mulvey.
Giovanni Campbell ...only Latino look,” he states, “I found myself doing more pro bono representation at times than representing paying clients.” Now 45, Giovanni is a late starter in the political arena as far as Philadelphia lawyers are concerned. He admits, “I’m totally new to the political scene, I don’t believe I will ever leave it. This is my first try at becoming a member of the Philadelphia court system. If I am not successful this time, it won’t be my last, since I have found interesting challenges and have enjoyed
meeting hundreds of individuals in the process, who also are trying to better their communities. “I aim to get into the arena, spread my name around, show my busy community background, and hope voters would remember me. In this case, Giovanni may prove to be an asset instead of a liability. Most of my friends call me Geo or Gino.” Campbell makes no illusion he is a frontrunner. “I’m in the middle of the pack. But if the many clients and others whose friendship I have earned come to vote, I honestly believe I’ll finish in the top 10.” Giovanni is a worker and an innovator. His career has been dotted with volunteerism. As a young teenager, he volunteered full time to be an interpreter at Presbyterian Hospital on the Upper West Side in New York. He innovated swimming and water safety instructions to scores of community groups throughout New York and designed and
administered an “adapted aquatics” programs of instructions for elderly swimmers and children with disabilities. He’s carried on that trait in Philadelphia. He represented clients pro bono through the Volunteer for the Indigents
program and for years has been serving clients gotten through the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia. Though many Latinos in this city do not realize it, he is actually the only Latino in this judicial race. His name
doesn’t draw attention to his lineage, However, he states, “That’s an asset I am capitalizing on in this race.” He may be new to the political system in this town, but it’s obvious he is a quick learner.
Johnson’s Backers Turn Out At Beach
ADVERTISING EXECUTIVE Matthew Beach was proud to welcome State Rep. Kenyatta Johnson to Beach office for exclusive fundraiser.
INFLUENTIAL SUPPORTERS showed up at Beach Advertising in Rittenhouse Square to give a shot in the arm to State Rep. Kenyatta Johnson’s campaign for 2nd Dist. Council seat. From left are Traci Ray, Johnson, Stacy Shields and Adrian Moody.
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The one question Giovanni Campbell hears from the lips of everyone who meets him for the first time is, “Where did you get the name Giovanni?” No, his grandfather wasn’t an opera star nor is he Italian, nor were his mother and father opera fanatics. He came by it from Panama, where he was born of parents who themselves were descendants of West Indian and African origin. He came to the States when he was 12, knowing only Spanish. But it didn’t him long to assimilate. He grew up in New York City, graduating State University of New York, and came to Philadelphia, where he graduated Temple Law. From that moment on he was a Philadelphian, spending of his time and building a practice predominately in North Philadelphia, Kensington and Fishtown. “Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on your out-
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CITY COMMISSIONER Anthony Clark, 2nd from left, was greeted by a bevy of candidates booking for the bench at his Vesper Club fundraiser: from left, Judge Ken Powell, seeking Common Pleas; Richie Hoy, seeking Traffic Court; Chris Mallios, seeking Common Pleas; and Marty Coleman, seeking Municipal Court.
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Grazing encouraged in Farmer’s Cabinet by Len Lear Some of the most-prominent restaurant trends these days are small plates, artisanal cocktails, beers you never heard of and gastropubs, but it seems that in Philly at least, the buzzword of the day is some variation of “Farmers.” In just the last few months the following restaurants have opened: Farmer’s Daughter in Blue Bell (where you are more likely to meet a financial adviser’s daughter than a farmer’s daughter), Farm & Fisherman at 1120 Pine Street in Washington Square West, and The Farmers’
Cabinet at 1113 Walnut Street in the neighborhood now called Market East. We are overdosing on farmers. Maybe the next restaurants opening in the area will be The Farmer’s Next-Door Neighbor, the Farmer’s Third Grade Teacher and The Farmer’s Former Dentist. The Farmers’ Cabinet was opened last month by the husband-and-wife team of Matt & Colleen Swartz and partner Matt Scheller in a location that was formerly home to Joe Pesce (the restaurant, not the movie actor). This is the same team that was behind Fork & Barrel in East Falls, which just went out of business earlier this month, and
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two pubs in Bethlehem. Chef Peter Felton has created a menu that includes exotic dishes you may not see anywhere else in the area, including bone marrow and roasted cippolini soup with butter fried croutons; taro, lotus and beetroot chips with black garlic and crème fraîche dip; grilled elk strip loin (that’s right; elk!); buffalo and rabbit entrees, etc. Dishes range in price from $5 to $32. I wrote in this space about The Farmer’s Cabinet when they opened, but we had not yet had an opportunity to check it out ourselves. During our first visit since then, however, our favorite dish by far was the bourbon braised escargots with Tasso ham and caramelized shallots ($12); everything about it was wonderful, including the rich broth for dipping the apricot semolina bread that was placed on the table. An artisan cheese fondue with a blend of three cheeses was just OK ($12). A smoked pork belly sandwich had overcooked, dry meat ($13), and a sautéed skate wing entrée was extremely salty, essen-
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tially covering up all other flavors ($26). Two pickled side dishes, sweet and sour cucumbers and baby yellow pear tomatoes ($2 each), were quite good. The Walnut Street space is outfitted with large beer barrels, mounted animal heads (why anyone would think looking at dead animals’ heads would stimulate the appetite is beyond me) and hanging wooden beams lit by candlelight, resulting in very dim, dark lighting. The hard wood benches are not very comfortable for the gluteus maximus. Handcrafted cocktails ranging in price from $10 to $12 include Pirate’s Coffee, a blend of Irish whiskey and spiced rum, served hot with brown sugar, coffee and hand-whipped cream; and Round Midnight, dark cherry jam shaken with rum and fresh lemon and topped with Champagne. We tried a Round Midnight, which was sensational, but a
Len Lear U.S.S. Richmond punch bowl with several liqueurs, about 20 ounces over a huge block of ice, was way overpriced at $45 and very difficult to pour. To complement the cocktail selection, Scheller has created a list of esoteric, primarily European craft beers. With 26 tap handles, grouped into categories by country, and more than 80 bottles, selections will vary seasonally throughout the year. There is fabulous music that alternates between
being piped in and played by a piano man — bluesy, jazzy stuff from the 1920s and ‘30s — but the volume also alternates from just right to unpleasantly loud. When we arrived at The Farmers’ Cabinet at 7:20 p.m., the place looked empty, but by 9 p.m., both bars and the dining room were hopping, mostly with 20-somethings, possibly from Jefferson Medical School just down the street. Parking is usually a hassle in center city, but we parked for just $7 at the Central Parking garage, 925 Walnut Street. (The entrance is on 10th Street, between Chestnut and Walnut, on the east side of the street.) The Farmer’s Cabinet is currently open for dinner only, but lunch and brunch hours will be added in the months ahead. More information at www.thefarmerscabinet.com or (215 923-1113.
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(Cont. From Page 14) But then again, his parents will probably see some things that they didn’t know about in this book as well, Smiley said. “There are three or four things in this book that my mother and father didn’t even know,” he said. “They were so embarrassing that I couldn’t bring myself to tell them.” Smiley is being honored by WHYY for his contributions to public broadcasting on Thursday, May 5 at the station’s annual President’s Dinner at the WHYY building on
Independence Mall. If you’re a Smiley fan who doesn’t have the $300 for a ticket to the President’s Dinner, but would like the chance to ask him questions about failing up and just about anything else, the good people at WHYY are going to give you a chance with “An Evening with Tavis Smiley” on Friday, May 6, 7:00-8:30 p.m. at the University of the Arts Levitt Auditorium at Gershman Hall, 401 S. Broad Street. Tickets for this event are a much more reasonable $15
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(Cont. From Page 14) torney General. His office will not be contested until the year 2012. Also thinking about running are JONATHAN SAIDEL, LYNNE ABRAHAM and DAN McCAFFERY. MIKE STACK’S Annual Treasure Hunt in Stone Harbor was a great success. The weather cooperated and it was warm and sunny. There were four teams competing to fol-
WHYY at the $80 level, you get two tickets to this event in addition to your membership. low four different clues, at the end of which is a treasure trove. State Sen. Mike Stack’s team of 20 won the Treasure Hunt. Of the winning team, all the members selected one item each and then the remaining contestants also got to choose something. This year there were over 90 participants ranging from 1 to 60 and beyond. The JUDGE EUGENE MAIER family and the JIM McGINLEY family always participate in these festivities.
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(Cont. From Page 14) home and, I might add, many of them have been SPAYED or NEUTERED. I’m asking all of you please to come on down and check out these wonderful animals who will definitely bring you nothing but happiness, and plenty of L-O-V-E. Again, THE S.P.C.A. is waiting for you at (215) 426-6300! SNOOPER’S ELECTION WATCH: This is one race, the 6th Councilmanic Dist., we will ALL BE WATCHING on Election Day. The people in THE NORTHEAST will get to choose between two “SUPER CANDIDATES”. Both of these candidates are well qualified and each one is ready to go. HON. MICHAEL BEDNAREK is well known up here in THE NORTHEAST, and is one candidate they had better not take too lightly, because he knows this District very well.
His opponent is none other than HON. BOB HENON of LOCAL 98 I.B.E.W., the electricians’ union. “BOBBY” is actually “‘a neighborhood boy” and he knows all the ins and outs of this Councilmanic Dist. He comes with a lot of local support, including many of the Local Unions, and he is also supported by HON. EDWARD RENDELL, former MAYOR of Philadelphia and GOVERNOR of our State. WATCH this race, because it’ll be the biggest, especially for those up in The Northeast!
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS PHILADELPHIA COUNTY CIVIL ACTION - LAW ACTION OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE Term No. 110200153 NOTICE OF ACTION IN MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, TRUSTEE FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY Plaintiff vs. TO: The Unknown Heirs of Bobbie L. Crowder, Deceased & BRIAN WHITE, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Bobbie L. Crowder, Deceased Mortgagors and Real Owners Defendant The Unknown Heirs of Bobbie L. Crowder, Deceased MORTGAGOR AND REAL OWNER, DEFENDANT whose last known address is 1414 North Conestoga St Philadelphia, PA 19131. THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT OWED TO OUR CLIENT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM YOU WILL BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING THE DEBT. You are hereby notified that Plaintiff U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, TRUSTEE FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY, has filed a Mortgage Foreclosure Complaint endorsed with a notice to defend against you in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, docketed to No. 110200153 wherein Plaintiff seeks to foreclose on the mortgage secured on your property located, 1414 North Conestoga Street Philadelphia, PA 19131 whereupon your property will be sold by the Sheriff of Philadelphia County.
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS PHILADELPHIA COUNTY CIVIL ACTION - LAW Term No. 110203351 NOTICE OF ACTION IN MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE MIDFIRST BANK Plaintiff vs. The Unknown Heirs of Eva M. Murfitt, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner Defendant TO: The Unknown Heirs of Eva M. Murfitt, Deceased, MORTGAGOR AND REAL OWNER, DEFENDANT whose last known address is 2517 South Massey St Philadelphia, PA 19142. THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT OWED TO OUR CLIENT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM YOU WILL BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING THE DEBT. You are hereby notified that Plaintiff MIDFIRST BANK, has filed a Mortgage Foreclosure Complaint endorsed with a notice to defend against you in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, docketed to No. 110203351 wherein Plaintiff seeks to foreclose on the mortgage secured on your property located, 2517 South Massey Street Philadelphia, PA 19142 whereupon your property will be sold by the Sheriff of Philadelphia County. NOTICE You have been sued in court. If you wish to defend against the claims set forth in the above, you must take action within twenty (20) days after the Complaint and notice are served, by entering a written appearance personally or by attorney and filing in writing with the court your defenses or objections to the claims set forth against you. You are warned that if you fail to do so the case may proceed without you and a judgment may be entered against you by the Court without further notice for any money claimed in the Complaint or for any other claim or relief requested by the Plaintiff. You may lose money or property or other rights important to you. YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS PAPER TO YOUR LAWYER AT ONCE. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A LAWYER OR CANNOT AFFORD ONE, GO TO OR TELEPHONE THE OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW. THIS OFFICE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT HIRING A LAWYER. IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO HIRE A LAWYER, THIS OFFICE MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT AGENCIES THAT MAY OFFER LEGAL SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS AT A REDUCED FEE OR NO FEE. PHILADELPHIA BAR ASSOCIATION One Reading Center Philadelphia, PA 19107 215-238-6333 COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES, INC. Law Center North Central Philadelphia, PA 19140 215-227-2400 or 215-981-3700 Michael T. McKeever Attorney for Plaintiff Goldbeck McCafferty & McKeever, PC Suite 5000, Mellon Independence Center 701 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19106-1532 215-627-1322
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Celebrating 10 years. From the desk of the General President,
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Jim DiVergilis at Finnigan’s Wake, 3rd & Spring Garden Sts., 5-8 p.m. Tickets at door $40. May 14- Mayfair Fallen Heros 5K Run & Walk at Lincoln HS, Ryan & Rowland Aves., 8:30-10:30 a.m. $25 proceeds support education of police/fire survivors. For info mayfairbiz.com/run. May 14- State Sen. Anthony H. Williams, with Grands As Parents and Turning Points for Children, hosts daylong workshop for kinship caregivers from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the McNeil STC Building at the Univ. of Sciences, 42nd & Woodland Ave. Free public event. Lunch. Registration needed. Call Brenda Rich (215) 8754955 or birch@turningpointsforchildren.org. May 14- Fundraiser for 8th Dist. Council candidate Robin Tasco at 7165 Germantown Ave., 7 p.m.-12 a.m. Buffet dinner and dancing. Donations $100-$1,000. For info Ros (267) 593-1571 or www.robintasco.com. May 14- E. Mt. Airy Neighbors hosts Swing Into Spring at Lutheran Theological, Brossman Bldg., Benbow Ha., 7301 Germantown Ave., 7-11 p.m. Tickets $90, under age 35 $60. For info (215) 242-4170. May 15- 77th Penna. Boxing
Hall of Fame banquet at Romano’s Catering, 1523 E. Wingohocking Ave., 4 p.m. Honoring Mike Fera and Joey Vento. For ticket info Veteran Boxers Association Dir. Fred Druding, Jr. (215) 221-2374. May 15- Democrats of Oak Lane Team present Marion Wimbush’s annual Breakfast and Meet & Greet candidates at Oak Lane Diner, 6528 N. Broad St., 9 a.m.-12 m. Broadcast over WURD 900 AM. May 19- Citizens Crime Commission Law Enforcement Appreciation Day Luncheon, Grand Ballroom., Park Hyatt at Bellevue, 200 SD. Broad St. Gov. Thomas Corbett to speak. May 21- ACPS Church hosts Health Fair at 28th & Girard, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. For info
Eileen Mitchell (302) 4385593. Free admission. May 24- Phoenix Salon & Spa hosts Women Empowering Women benefit for Project H.O.M.E., 1600 Arch St., 6-9 p.m. Tickets $60 advance, $75 at door. For info Lauren Millner (215) 2327272, ext. 3045. Jun. 16- American Diabetes Ass’n honors Michael A. Rashid, president of AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Cos., as 2011 Father of the Year honoree at 1200 Awards Dinner at Loews Hotel, cocktail reception 5:30 p.m., dinner 6:30 p.m. Jun. 17-19 St. Maron Church Lebanese American Festival, 10th & Ellsworth Sts. Great food, belly dancers. Free to public. For info Bill Tayoun (302) 588-3398.
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Stewart’s Tacony Council
SANDY STEWART, center, co-founder of Tacony Quality of Life Council, updates her partner Barbara Dooley-Rupp on city planning for her community after Sgt. Frysinger of Service Area 2 reports. Stewart, who is running for 6th Dist. Council seat as a Republican, and her group met at Sons of Italy Lodge in Tacony.
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Committee Spring Fundraiser at Gathering Place, 6755 Germantown Ave., 6-8 p.m. Candidates $100, community $50. Meet 8th Dist. City Council, at-Large City Council and judicial candidates. For info Ward Leader Ron Couser (215) 817-6159. May 6- AOH 40 names John McNesby Labor Leader of Year at Ironworkers Ha., 11600 Norcom Rd., 7-11 p.m. Open bar, dinner, music. Tickets $50. For info Brian Coleman (215) 779-1330. May 7- Pre Mothers Day Jazz Brunch hosted by Ed Nesmith for Council at Large, Teamsters Local 623, 4369 Richmond St., 1-4 p.m. Special guests include Urban Guerilla Orchestra and Co-Pastor Dayna Devine of Family Life Worship Ctr. Tickets $25. For info (215) 992-9273. May 8- Democrats of Oak Lane Team Mother’s Day Breakfast at Oak Lane Diner, 6528 N. Broad St., 9 a.m.-12 m. Hosted by Marion Wimbush. First 100 mothers 50 years and older receive free breakfast and gift. Broadcast over 900AM WURD. May 9- Democrat City Committee’s Jefferson Jackson Day Cocktail Party at Sheet Metal Workers Ha., Columbus Blvd & Reed St., 5:307:30 p.m. $150. For info Yolanda (215) 241-7804. May 9- Shaare Shamayim Candidates Night at 9768 Verree Rd., 8 p.m. Free. For info Myles Gordon (215) 6736377. May 10- Republican City Committee Primary Election Cocktail Party and Buffet at Cannstatter Volksfest Verein, 9130 Academy Rd., 5:30 p.m. For info Carmella Fitzpatrick (215) 561-0650. May 11- Republican 63rd Ward Fundraiser at Angel Brauhaus, 7980 Oxford Ave. (at Rhawn St.), 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tickets $50. May 11- FOP Lodges 5 and 106 and Local 22 Fundraiser and Rally for judicial candidate Jim DiVergilis, 5-8 p.m. For tickets call John McNesby (215) 629-3626. May 13- Dem. 13th Ward Fish Fry at Lou & Choo’s, 21st & Hunting Park Ave., 5-10 p.m. Donation $10. For info Mike Pender (267) 973-0193. May 13- Committeepersons Special for judicial candidate
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(Cont. From Page 11) refreshments, music. Bring lots of buusiness cards. Donation $20. May 2- Former Governor and Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge will be special guest at fundraiser for GOP Council at-Large candidate David Oh, Esq., at Union League, 140 S. Broad St., 4:30-6:30 p.m. Requested contribution $150 per person, or $250 per couple. RSVP or for additional info Eunice Lee (215) 561-2000. May 2- “Taste of South Philly”, hosted by Bob & Debbie Pantano, Millay Club, and Alumni fundraiser for SS. John Neumann & Maria Goretti Catholic HS. $40. Pier 1, Phila. Cruise Terminal, 5100 S. Broad St. Bldg. 3, 6-10 p.m. For info Dorothy Longo (215) 465-8457, ext. 229. May 3- Cocktail Reception for Republican Councilmanic candidate Michael Untermeyer at home of Michael A. Cibik, Esq., 334 S. Front St. Donations $100-$2,600. For info Judy Camiel (610) 3040471 or email j.camiel@comcast.net. May 3- Fundraiser for PhillySpells Writing Lab nonprofit, featuring local author Lisa Scottoline at Loews Hotel, 1200 Market St., 7:30 p.m. Tickets $80 at door or $70 purchased via Pay Pal at www.phillySpells.org/store. May 3- Jagiellonian Law Society of Polish-American lawyers presents 1-hr. program, “Challenges to Collective Bargaining in the European Union & United States,” at Loews Hotel, 6 p.m., followed by a dinner (optional). For info (215) 8624390 or go to www.jagiellonianlawsociety.org. May 4- Labor Breakfast for judicial candidate Jim DiVergilis at DC 21, 2980 Southampton Rd., 8 a.m. May 4- Programs Employing People marks 41st year serving people with intellectual disabilities is holding 5th annual plant sale at Broad & Federal Sts., 9 a.m.-6 p.m. This sale is a fund raiser for
PEP’s vital services. May 4- Historical Marker Dedication for Moyamensing Prison at 1400 S. 10th St., 12 m. For info Celeste Morello (215) 334-6008. May 4- Phila. Jobs With Justice honors AFL-CIO Political Dir. Liz McElroy, SEIU organizer Cathy Brady, union activist Jim Moran and ILA Local 1291 at William Way Community Center, 1315 Spruce St., 5:30 p.m. May 4- Fundraiser for Derrick Coker, candidate for MC Judge, at New Palladium, 22 W. Allegheny Ave., 5:308:30 p.m. May 4- Fundraiser for Traffic Ct. candidate Harmonia Club, 2404 Orthodox St., 5:30-8 p.m. Co-Host $1,000, Supporter $500, $50 Friend. For info (215) 728-1484. May 4- Fundraiser for State Rep. Rosita Youngblood at Finnigan’s Wake, 3rd & Spring Garden Sts., 7-9:30 p.m. Dinner and open bar $75. For info (215) 745-4306. May 5- Fundraiser for Derrick Coker For Municipal Court at New Palladium, 229 W. Allegheny Ave., 5:308:30 p.m. For info Iliana Renoso (215) 740-5273. May 5- State Sen. Mike Stack’s Democrat 58th Ward Reception at Bliss Restaurant, 224 S. Broad St., 5:30-7 p.m. Tickets available. Contact Rosemary (215) 964-3140. May 5- Phila. Young Democrats host BLUE: Pre-Primary Election Soirée at Moshulu, 401 S. Columbus Blvd., 5:30 p.m. Mayor, other candidates well attend. Music, hors d’oeuvres, raffle. Tickets $20. For info youngdems254@ meetup.com. Tickets in advance http://blue 55.eventbrite.com/. May 5- Democrat 43rd Ward Cinco de Mayo Beef & Beer at Copas Cubanas, 4637 N. 5th St., 6-9 p.m. Donations $35. May 5- Fundraiser for judicial candidate Angelo Foglietta at DePasquale Law Offices, 2332-34 S. Broad St., 1st fl., 6 p.m. Patron $250, Friend $150, Supporter $100. For info Thomas T. Muldoon, Jr. (215) 545-1776. May 5- Fundraiser Reception and Dinner for Council candidate Verna Tyner at Primo’s, 8460 Limekiln Pk., Wyncote, Pa., 7-11 p.m. May 6- 22nd Ward Democrat
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Sheriff Sales Set For 2,400 Properties Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP announced today it is stepping up its collection efforts on property owners in Philadelphia. The law firm is preparing writs of execution to set for Sheriff’s sale over 2,400 tax-delinquent properties that secure $27 million in real-estate taxes due to the City and School District of Philadelphia. Linebarger is in the process of collecting delinquent property taxes on 29,664 total properties for the City of Philadelphia that represents $132.6 million. Of the properties being scheduled for enforced collections via Sheriff’s sale, the average amount due is $10,390 for an average of nine years of delinquency.
“We are serious about collecting these delinquent real estate taxes that will benefit the City and School District of Philadelphia,” said Drew Aldinger, partner at Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, who manages the day-to-day operations of the firm. “We have payment plans available and hardship guidelines are in place, so everyone is expected to pay. Sheriff’s sales await those who don’t. If necessary, opening bids will be reduced to lower amounts to ensure the properties will sell and get back on the City’s ‘revenue-producing’ tax rolls.” If taxpayers do not pay their delinquent accounts or enter into payment arrange-
ments, Linebarger will seek a court order authorizing the sheriff to sell the property to pay the taxes. In an effort to collect the delinquent taxes, Linebarger plans to double Sheriff’s sales in the next 90 days. Taxpayers who receive notices from Linebarger can call toll-free (866) 209-2747 or locally (215) 790-1117 and speak with a taxpayer assistant. Payment arrangements are still available, but tax amnesty is not.
In addition to its main office at 4 Penn Center, Linebarger has an Express Taxpayer Assistance Office in the SEPTA concourse underneath 1600 JFK Boulevard where taxpayers can meet with representatives and no appointment is necessary. The office is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and is designed to make it easier and more convenient for taxpayers to get individual service.
STATE SEN. Mike Stack and State Rep. John Sabatina are introducing legislation to get back a portion of $1.6 billion by empowering PENNDOT to reject vehicle registration renewal if license belongs to an owner with an unpaid court bill. At announcement were Supreme Court Justice McCaffery and President Judge Pamela Dembe.
By withholding car-registration renewal until all court fees are paid, State Sen. Mike Stack (D-Northeast) said he has found a way to bring significant money back into the State and cut the budget deficit. He has introduced SB 836, which would require individuals to pay all outstanding fees and fines owed to the Court of Common Pleas before they
can have their car registration renewed. Once an individual pays their fines, surcharges, fees, or penalties, the court would provide PennDOT with authorization to renew the person’s vehicle registration. “We’re in a crisis in Pennsylvania,” Stack said. “We are facing a $4 billion deficit and a Governor who believes the only answer is to cut and slash our way to a balanced
budget. Pennsylvanians can’t afford more cuts right now, so we must find creative ways to bring in revenue. SB 836 is a real solution.” Stack joined State Rep. John Sabatina (D-Northeast), Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Seamus McCaffery and Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Pamela Dembe at the Criminal Justice Center to discuss his legislation.
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“There must be real consequences for ignoring court costs and, considering our State’s budget deficit, we need to bring that money back to the State now,” said Sabatina, who authored similar legislation, HB 1125. “This legislation is a solid way to both entice people to repay their outstanding dues and greatly reduce the deficit.” There are currently $1.6 billion dollars in unpaid fines, costs, fees and restitution owed to common please courts throughout Pennsylvania. Philadelphia Municipal Court alone is owed $205.7 million. “This money can go a long way to restore funding to the courts and help cut the budget deficit,” McCaffery said. McCaffery said the legislation is another tool judges can use to let people know that they have to pay their fines and fees, thus better ensuring future court fees are paid. “We need something besides the threat of jail to help people understand that they can’t leave court and ignore their fees and restitution,” McCaffery said. “This legislation would give us a middle ground.” Dembe called the legislation a cost effective way to keep prison costs in check. “If we put people in jail we have to pay to keep them there. That means fewer jail cells that should be reserved for people who are truly dangerous,” she said. “Plus, if they’re in jail they’re out of the workforce, which means they can’t pay their court fees anyway.”
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COVETED endorsement by Laborers’ Local 332 was given 5th Dist. Councilman Darrell Clarke by Business Mgr. Sam Staten, Jr. He said, “This was no time to train a new Councilperson for that District. Councilman Clarke has served his constituents well.” LDC officers at announcement include, from left, judicial candidate Omar Sabir, Secretary/Treasurer 332 Andrew Robinson, Local 57 President Stanley Sanders, Clarke, Staten, Local 135 Business Mgr. Daniel Woodall, LDC Business Mgr. Ryan Boyer, LECET Executive Director Juan Ramos and Building Trades Council President Pat Gillespie.
Late-Breaking Political News Flashes.... Rizzo Safe At Home The Pennsylvania Supreme Court was expected to hand down a ruling as the Public Record went to press reinforcing the ability of an elected official who is on the DROP to continue campaigning for reelection. The brief was filed against Councilman at Large Frank Rizzo.
Muslim League Endorses Street Imam Suetwedien Muhammad, president of the Muslim League of Voters, based in Oak Lane, announced the MLV has endorsed former State Sen. Milton Street for Mayor in the Democrat primary.
The Imam indicated the “full resources of our MLV will be on the streets Election Day, May 17, in support of his candidacy.”
Congressman Brady Visits Progress Plaza Congressman Bob Brady (D-Phila.) will tour the Fresh Grocer Supermarket at historic Progress Plaza, the nation’s first Black-owned and -developed shopping center, at noon today.
DA Adds Andy Toy To His Endorsements District Attorney Seth Williams endorsed Andy Toy for his Democrat at-Large primary
campaign Tuesday evening. Seth stated, “I know firsthand what it means to be confronted by a culture of ‘no’. Andy represents not just a voice for change, but rather he will be a much-needed catalyst for change in City government. His passion for reform and dedication to improving our City is unshakable. No other candidate has a record of creating jobs and improving neighborhoods like Andy Toy.”
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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.
Republican City Committee endorsed Marie Delany as one of the two entries in the GOP Commissioners Primary. The other is incumbent Joseph Duda.
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Part 23 of 30 Equal rights our creator endowed Sounds inspire to please the crowd Support should be individually given Rather than politically driven.
President Reagan’s Inaugural Address: “It is the American Sound.” A Philadelphia Orchestra voyeur U.S. President: “Spellbound”
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No passion for great music More for drag queens President Obama urges Equality for males, females, in-betweens.
The condition of music Other arts aspire to Rappers as noisicians Noise breakthrough.
Cure for world-wide noise pollution Lies in education Philadelphia Media Network* cover up Never sought an investigation.
Music’s building blocks Melody, harmony, rhythm, tone Reagan/Warner-Amex/MTV linkage Republican Party clatter zone.
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Lincoln’s “mystic chords of memory... Musical art without melody...harmony Swell the chorus of the Union.” Where are the beautiful sounds? Melodies linger in the people’s memories Quincy Jones’ godchildren Sacred communion. 4.20.11 Driving USA into ground. —Nicola Argentina (c) 2011 Footnote: “We are the largest, most comprehensive network in the Philadelphia area, reaching more people than any other regional media network.” —P.M.N.
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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, May 3, 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. BUDGET FEE B-059 C of 2010/11 General Contract Stephen Decatur ES $225,000 $100 Yard Repaving 3500 Academy Road *A pre-bid conference and site tour will be held at the project location, on April 27, 2011 at 09:30 a.m.
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Sign-On Bonus for Flatbed. CDL-A, 6mo.OTR. 888-8015295 HELP WANTED MISCELLANEOUS Between High School and College? Over 18? Drop that entry level position. Earn what you’re worth!!! Travel w/Successful Young Business Group. Paid Training. Transportation, Lodging Provided. 1-877-646-5050. LAND FOR SALE NYS LAND ONE TIME SALE 10ac-Salmon River Area$19,995. 7ac w/New Cabin$29,995. 5ac-Hickory Ridge-$12,995. 97ac Surrounding State Forest-$119,995. 7acTrout Stream-$29,995. 14ac-Southern Tier-$24,995. 5ac on Big River-$39,995. 7acLittle Falls-$19,995. Over 100 new properties offered! Terms or cash discounts! Call Christmas & Associates 800-229-7843. Or visit www.LandandCamps.com Potter County - Attention Fishermen! 4 acres with Pine Creek Frontage west of Galeton. Standard Perc, electric, flat, wooded, $59,900. Owner Financing. MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINES ARE HIRING- Train for high paying Aviation Maintenance Career. FAA approved program. Financial aid if qualified - Housing available. CALL Aviation Institute of Maintenance (888)834-9715 VACATION RENTALS OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND. Best selection of affordable rentals. Full/ partial weeks. Call for FREE brochure. Open daily. Holiday Real Estate. 1-800-6382102 Online reservations: www.holidayoc.com HELP WANTED DRIVER **EAST REGION ONLY: Drivers: CDL-A DRIVERS NEEDED! OTR, Regional & Dedicated Runs. Up to $.50 per mile! Class A-CDL & Hazmat Req’d. 800-942-2104 Ext. 238 or 243 www.totalms.com
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1988 Harley-Davidson Sportster-1200cc,runs and drives like new. $3,500. O.B.O. 215-715-9316
1997 chevrolet 2500 silverado 3/4 ton heavy duty pickup V-8,auto., ac, ps, pb, tilt, sliding rear window,bedliner,tow package,94k miles,like new tires, runs extremely well,Don't miss this one! $3,500. 215-920-8263
1994 Dodge Ram 250 3/4 ton Hi Top Conversion vanV8, auto., ac, full power, cass., alloys ,running boards, TV with remote, sofa bed, captain chairs, looks/runs great. $2,500. 215-549-4477
2001 ford f-250 3/4 ton super duty pickup- 53k miles,V-8, auto., ac, ps,pb, pw, cd, sliding rear window,bedliner,tow package, tires like new,very low miles,good condition,runs like new,R-title. $5,500. 215-920-8263
K & A Auto Salvage Inc. 2160-66 E. Somerset - Phila., PA 19134 215-423-4255 Fax: 215-423-4256 In accordance with chapter 73 of the vehicle Code Authorization of the department of Transportation the Following vehicles will be publicly auctioned @ K&A Auto salvage Inc. 2160 E Somerset St on April 27, 2011 YEAR MAKE 1996 2003 1998 2001 1995 1996 1996 1997 1997 2002 2000 1995 1997 2003 2004 2003 2007 2002 1997 1998 1999 2003 2001 2000 1994 2002 1999 1998 1995 2001
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2004 ford ranger XL etended cab pickup 3.0 L 6cyl. egine, auto., ac, cass., leather, utility cap with ladder racks. $6,400. 215-268-3460
1999 mercedes-benz C230 Kompressor 4 cyl., auto., ac, tilt, cc, all powers, leather, sunroof, allloys, 127k oneowner miles,excellent condition. $6,400. 215-268-3460
Autos Wanted Wanted Late Model Cars & Trucks in need of repair. Up to $5,000. in cash. Same day pick-up 215-605-4429 "We also buy Junk Cars"
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1975 cadillac el dorado convertible one owner for 28 years, everything new! $8,500. 215-920-0929 215-739-0660
2002 nissan altima 2.5 SLauto.,air,tilt,cc,cd,leather,sunroof,all powers,alloys,excellent condition. $5,500. 215-432-4580
2000 oldsmobile intrigue60k miles,auto.,ac, full power,tilt,cc,cass.,alloys,excellent condition.$4,990. 215-432-4580
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