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Moving Millions On Campaign Trail

Brady Pushes To Save Olympia CONGRESSMAN Bob Brady has introduced bill to permit US Mint, at no cost to taxpayer, to design and offer for sale to public commemorative coin honoring Cruiser Olympia. Proceeds from coin’s sales will be utilized by Friends of the Cruiser Olympia for dry-docking and preserving this vessel as a ship museum. Story Page 8

SHERIFF Barbara Deeley announces historic transfer of millions of dollars in funds to State and City treasuries.

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MAYOR Michael Nutter visited Democrat Party Chairman Congressman Bob Brady's 34th Ward in Overbrook to rally committee people as to importance of Nov. 8 General Election, which he said, “is the first step in an effort to retain the White House.”

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Canty Blasts Media For Retention Judges Story Attorney Frank G. Canty has blasted media reports which claimed sitting judicial candidates, who were up for retention, each needed to make a $10,000 contribution to Democrat City Committee for election-day support.

Some of the judges at the breakfast meeting were reported as believing the recommended donation was not only mandatory, but exorbitant and excessive.

Canty, a long-time political activist, in a response letter, said,

“Nothing could be further from the truth. The Democrat City Committee has never unendorsed a candidate for monetary reasons, nor has it never endorsed a candidate for monetary reasons.

Our platform is very clear: education; voting rights, public safety; open government, and most importantly, fair elections.”

“The suggested contribution toward election-day activities ensures our message and platform reach the voting masses. Associated with those communications are certain fixed costs to com-

pensate over 3,400 committee people at a cost of $100 per person on election day. This equals $340,000 for basic election-day infrastructure for which the Democrat City Committee is responsible.

“In addition, there are other fixed costs and other expenses critical to election day success: rent, utilities, election-day salaries, food, and ballot reproduction, etc. While this list is certainly not exhaustive, it represents the critical expenditures needed to be covered by the De-

mocrat City Committee on election day.

“Simply put,” concluded Canty, “a good-faith contribution was suggested to the group to help defray the cost of these associated expenses, which remain the same in both the primary and general elections.”

Retention judges need to receive more “yes“ votes than “no” votes this Nov. 8 to qualify them for a 10-year or six-year term, depending on which judicial bench they sit on.

Retention judges are listed in

one corner of the ballot, often overlooked by the voters, unless it is brought to their attention by the committeepersons and field workers.

For an individual judge to effectively to produce the kind of results the Democrat City Committee organization would give that “Retention,” he would have to spend well over $100,000 to reach the voters and advise them of their candidacy as a sitting judge, in order to be guaranteed more “yes” votes than “no” votes.

Deeley Moves Millions From Sheriff’s Accounts Sheriff Barbara Deeley has given a new look to the Sheriff’s office, wiping clean the slate that had branded the Sheriff’s office with an inability to take care of its responsibilities in the delivery of funds from Sheriff sales and other sources.

She did this last week when she informed City and State officials her office intends to release nearly $40 million in funds currently sitting in Sheriff Office bank accounts.

The release of these funds comes at the conclusion of an exhaustive eight-month analysis conducted by the accounting firm of Nihill & Riedley;

an analysis of over 170,000 properties stretching from Dec. 31, 2010 back to January 1999.

In addition to the release of the funds, Deeley also accounted for an additional $16 million in Sheriff Office 2010 accounts to be distributed among foreclosing parties, tax lien holders, and private property owners.

Her office paid $8,401,338.69 to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on Aug. 10 of this year regarding Unclaimed Funds for sales occurring during the escheat period.

Sheriff Deeley said, “With

this announcement, we take one more step on the road to restoring the public’s confidence in the operation of the Sheriff’s Office; a road that began with the January terminations of the real-estate division management team and continued with the March signing of a Memoranda of Understanding with the City and the 1st Judicial Dist.”

Sheriff Deeley continued, “While others will sort out responsibility for the accumulation of such sums in these accounts, my job is focused on accounting for $55,936,154.16 sitting in Sheriff’s Office accounts on the day I took office.

While we have made substantial progress, this task is ongoing. I look forward to working with Mayor Nutter and State Treasurer McCord to see these funds move to the City and State as quickly as possible.”

Ricardo J. Zayas, the overseeing CPA for Nihill and Riedly, said 13 accounts held by the Sheriff had to be audited before the determination to transfer funds could be made.

Prior to Sheriff Deeley’s actions upon her appointment as the state’s first woman Sheriff, only $3 million from three unclaimed-funds bank accounts had been transferred.

These transfers represented unclaimed funds arising from transactions prior to 2006.

Under Deeley, a protocol has been established so balances of properties that have remained outstanding for a time period of 12-18 months are now transferred to the City which will handle the responsibilities of finding the rightful owners and returning remaining funds to them.

The funds involved represented monies from the sale of 170,000 properties.

Deeley, who did not seek to run for the office of Sheriff, will hold that office until Dec. 31 of this year.

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PHA: Let The Auction Begin!

More than 400 properties owned by the Philadelphia Housing Authority are being put on the auction block in November, the first time the agency has taken such a step.

The announcement came on the 3000 block of Cambridge Street in North Philadelphia, where five PHA houses will be included as part of the auction.

Max Spann Real Estate & Auction Co., the nation’s premier auction house, has scheduled the auction for 1 p. m. on Nov. 16 at Philadelphia Housing Authority Greater Grays Ferry Estates Site, 1800 S. 32nd Street in South Philadelphia.

A wide range of properties is available, from town homes and building lots to multi-unit buildings. The properties are being offered individually as well as in groups of up to 25.

A detailed listing of the properties is available at www.maxspann.com.

“There is something for everyone at this auction,” said Bob Dann, COO of the firm.

“This is a great opportunity for homeowners, builders and investors to invest in Philadelphia. These are affordable opportunities to rebuild and renovate.”

The properties are the Housing Authority’s Scattered Sites. They are located throughout the city on blocks from Rocky Balboa’s neighborhood to the great Northeast.

“We are excited to be chosen by the Housing Authority to manage the sale and be a part of the revitalization of Philadelphia. Putting these properties in the hands of individuals that can return them to productivity will put people to

AUCTION announcement by PHA Executive Director Michael Kelly, center, brought smiles to Rep. State Rep. Michelle Brownlee and City Councilman Darrell Clarke, whose districts include many of the scattered PHA sites on block. work, provide housing, and get Village Community Center on the City and the country back Oct. 26 and Greater Grays Ferry again on Nov. 2. Lists of on track,” said Dann.

Auction information ses- the properties, how to bid insions have been scheduled structions and the terms of the from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Greater sale will be distributed.

Grays The auction is being orFerry Estates office build- dered by the PHA, the nation’s ing on Oct. 19, the Warnock fourth- largest housing author-

ity, providing housing for more than 81,000 residents of Philadelphia. It is the biggest landlord in Pennsylvania.

“These properties are part of a large inventory not being used and we felt that an auction was the best way to put these homes and lots into the hands of those who can make productive use of them, and return them to the City’s tax rolls,” said PHA Executive Director Michael Kelly. “By using an auction we will sell the parcels for what the market is willing to pay for them.”

Those interested in learning more can visit Maxspann.com for an entire list of the properties and a property information package, attend the auction and bid. You can also follow Max Spann on Facebook/MaxSpann and Twitter/MaxSpann or call (888) 299-1438.

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LOOKING AT Surveillance camera motion pictures of SEPTA riders faking accidents are local prosecutors and SEPTA officials. prosecutors’ efforts to fight fraud. “These cameras have been extremely beneficial to our office to prosecute crimes that in the past have been very difficult to prove. We have entered a new age of crime fighting and it is all thanks to this new technology.”

Casey said he hopes this message deters the filing of fraudulent claims against SEPTA, which has seen injury payouts jump more than 10 percent to over $40 million over the last two years.

“Fraud perpetrated against SEPTA is a crime that claims our loyal, honest customers and the taxpayers as victims,” Casey said. “With the assistance of new technology and the partnership with the District Attorney’s Office, we hope to root out fraud for good.”

The likelihood of fraudu-

lent claims against SEPTA being exposed continues to increase, as more buses, trains and stations are equipped with surveillance equipment.

Approximately 45% of SEPTA’s bus fleet is currently equipped with security cameras, with up to 10 cameras on-board the vehicles.

By January 2013, SEPTA expects all of its buses to have surveillance cameras, as new buses equipped with technology replace older vehicles and others are retrofitted.

In addition, SEPTA has installed up to 12 cameras on each Broad Street Line subway car and 10 on every Market-Frankford Line train car. Most stations along these lines been updated to include surveillance cameras, as have some recently renovated Regional Rail stations.

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Philadelphia’s suing type citizens are finding they are being caught in the act with their phony pratfalls on SEPTA vehicles.

To make it obvious one picture is worth a thousand fraudulent injury claims, SEPTA and the Philadelphia District Attorney’s office are making it public that more and more SEPTA vehicles are being equipped with surveillance cameras exposing defrauders.

In a joint press conference, SEPTA General Mgr. Joseph M. Casey and District Attorney Seth Williams detailed several recent instances in which bus surveillance videos thwarted meritless claims against SEPTA, and led to criminal prosecutions against the individuals involved.

Without the videos, these fraudulent claims may have cost transit riders and taxpayers thousands of dollars in injury payouts. Now, not only has this payday been denied, but with the help of the District Attorney’s Office, these individuals are being held criminally responsible for their actions.

District Attorney Williams said the videos are key to

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Casey Announces $20 Million For SEPTA communities in Southeastern Pennsylvania,” said the Senator. “These funds will help revitalize the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood of Philadelphia and provide SEPTA riders with more reliable buses.”

“Improving the 33rd & Dauphin Bus Facility has long been a priority for SEPTA and the Strawberry Mansion community, and we are pleased to have secured the resources necessary to move forward with the planned improvements,” said SEPTA

Congressmen Salute NAACP Congressmen Chaka Fattah and Bob Brady have extended hearty congratulations to the NAACP Philadelphia Branch as the third-oldest chapter of the nation’s largest and oldest civil rights organization cele-

brates its 100th anniversary.

The NAACP Philadelphia Branch, established in 1911, two years after the national organization was founded, celebrated with a reception this past week.

General Mgr. Joseph M. Casey.

“We look forward to breaking ground and transforming this facility into a welcoming transit gateway for our riders and the residents of Strawberry Mansion.”

He continued, “The FTA’s State of Good Repair program funds will allow SEPTA to replace buses that have exceeded their useful life.

SEPTA’s current fleet of nearly 1,400 buses already includes 472 diesel-electric hybrid buses, and we welcome the opportunity to continue improving our fleet – with more reliable and cleaner operating vehicles – on behalf of our riders and the communities we serve.”

SEPTA will get $5 million to restore the bus facility and to $15 million to replace vehicles.

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Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) announced two grants totaling $20 million from the US Dept. of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration going to SEPTA. Casey sent letters of support urging the Dept. of Transportation to approve the grants, which will go toward restoring the historic 33rd & Dauphin bus facility and the replacement of aging buses in SEPTA’s fleet.

“These grants will go a long way toward helping SEPTA continue to serve

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Senate Redistricting In East-West Tussle Plenty of conjecturing is going on as to what the fivemember Reapportionment Commission is doing with Senate redistricting.

The LRC members are the four caucus leaders (State Sen. Dominic Pileggi and State Rep. Mike Turzai, Republicans, and State Sen. Jay Costa and State Rep. Frank Dermody, Democrats, plus former State Superior Court President Judge Stephen McEwen (a Republican, but sworn to impartiality).

Normally, the Commission

allows whichever party agrees to relocate a seat to draw the new district wherever it is moved. This year, however, the areas of population decline are mostly in western Pennsylvania districts represented by Democrats. Most of the state’s growth occurred in Republican areas like South Central Pennsylvania, Counties around Philadelphia, and the Poconos.

Senate Majority Leader Pileggi (R-Delaware) has said little, if anything, about the plan. But it is obvious he is

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promoting his party’s interests, looking for reshaping new districts to benefit from Republican registrations. Senate Minority Leader Jay Costa (D-Allegheny) says he expects the judge in charge of breaking any ties in Senate redistricting will stick to a simple, historical precedent: the party that sees a seat disappear in one region gets to draw it in another region.

Costa is pushing to save all the current western seats by moving them, and the seats next to them, eastward to avoid a western seat loss.

So is Costa right about that precedent, and that McEwen will enforce it?

Republicans argue the west has lost two Senate districts’ worth of population, and those seats should move to where the people moved to: Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania, and the Poconos.

Pileggi may agree to move a western seat, if Sens. Jane Orie or Mary Jo White retire, or Orie’s legal problems get worse.

But neither party wants a

new seat created in South Central Pennsylvania. Pileggi doesn’t want to add a new Tea Party senator, and Costa, even if a new GOP seat is created, wants it someplace where it gives him new opportunities.

Clinton To Rally For Nutter Oct. 29

President Bill Clinton will attend a rally in support of Mayor Michael A. Nutter’s reelection, on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2:30 p.m., at Temple University’s Mitten Hall.

The rally is free and open

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Bass Completes Listening Tours Cindy Bass, the Democratic nominee for City Council in the 8th Dist., announced her four-week community listening tour to gather ideas from community leaders and voters of the 8th Dist. about moving the City forward has produced a wealth of suggestions.

In the interim, she has picked up the endorsements of Equality Pennsylvania, AFSCME District 47, and United Food & Commercial Workers Local 1776.

Murphy Raises $1 Million

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With Primary Election Day more than six months away, Patrick Murphy has hit a major fundraising milestone, announcing he has raised $1 million from more than 1,200 supporters in his campaign for Pennsylvania Attorney General.

A former prosecutor, Congressman and Iraq War veteran, Patrick’s campaign has gained incredible momentum early in the cycle. Since announcing his candidacy in April, Patrick has earned the support of six current and former members of Congress, 22 State Representatives, 17 Democratic County chairs and 20 labor organizations.

Last week, former Gov. Ed Rendell officially endorsed Patrick’s campaign.

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Murphy Raises Million Dollars (Cont. From Page 4) “I’m absolutely overwhelmed by the support our campaign has received. Folks across Pennsylvania understand why this race is so important. Too many people have lost their jobs, their pensions or their homes because of reckless decisions made on Wall Street and they want an Attorney General who will do something about it,” Murphy said. “As Attorney General, I will stop at nothing to protect Pennsylvania families, something I have dedicated my entire life to doing. I will fight crime wherever it exists – on the street, in the corporate boardroom or in Harrisburg.”

Schmidt Vows A Pay Cut

Al Schmidt, Republican candidate for City Commissioner, pledged to take a voluntary 10% pay cut for the duration of his term if elected, and to increase that cut to 25% in election years when Commissioners are not allowed by law to perform all their duties as they are seeking reelection.

“Taxpayers across Philadelphia are hurting and our leaders should set an example,” said Schmidt. “I am happy to join those in City

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Common Cause and the League of Women Voters have also joined this lawsuit.

Crowd Turns Out for O’Neill

Is Herman Cain Proving He’s Able?

HOLDING picture of new transitional housing for homeless families on Lancaster Avenue, managed by People’s Emergency Center, is Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell, tireless advocate for homeless, in whose honor facility is named “Jannie’s Place.” government who have reduced remain relatively intact when their salaries and to do my part the new redistricting map is final, Rasheen Crews anto help our great City.

Schmidt stated, “If you nounced his intention to again don’t do a full day’s work, you challenge Roebuck. He did so shouldn’t get a full day’s pay. at a campaign kickoff at the The fact our current Commis- Mill Creek Tavern Sunday.

Boyle Spearheads Suit sioners are prohibited from On Electoral College performing 100% of their duState Rep. Brendan Boyle ties but still take 100% of their salary is wrong. I won’t do (D-Northeast), along with the national advocacy group that.”

Schmidt also pledged he America Votes, announced would not take a City-owned, yesterday they had formed a taxpayer-paid vehicle (and the coalition that plans to bring a legal challenge in federal court gas that comes with it).

In another development this against the Pileggi Plan, week, Schmidt was endorsed should it pass.

The Pileggi Plan (SB 1282)

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Rasheen Crews would end the “winner-take188th Early Bird all” system Pennsylvania has Showing some confidence used for more than two centhe 188th Legislative Dist. turies. Instead, presidential held by long-time incumbent nominees would designate one Minority Chair of State House presidential elector from each Education Committee Jim congressional district in the Roebuck (D-W. Phila.) will state, as well as two at-large presidential electors.

Boyle charged, “SB1282 is in violation of the 14th and 15th Amendments of the Constitution. This legislation has no reason for existence beyond the purely political.” He called State Sen. Dominic Pileggi’s (R-Delaware) proposal “arbitrary and capricious” and said it “denies equal protection by diminishing the proportionate representation of the Electoral College,” particularly hurting

Herman Cain is now the runaway leader among Republican presidential primary voters with 45%, more than twice that of 2nd-place Mitt Romney (21%). Rick Perry, who led with 41% in late August, has fallen to 7%, and Michele Bachmann, who led in June and July, now gets just 1%.

These results are from an IBOPE Zogby interactive poll conducted from Oct. 11-14

TURNING out at fundraiser in his honor are family of 10th Dist. Republican Councilman Brian O'Neill, seen here with daughter Tarrah and wife Joy. Photo by Harry Leech

Santorum Slow But Steady $$

Former US Sen. Rick Santorum announced his fundraising totals for the 3rd quarter as he named Eustace (Euse) Mita to the position of National Finance Chairman for his presidential run.

Hogan Gidley, national communications director, said, “It’s no secret Rick hasn’t been out there fundraising much. Instead, he’s been focused on meeting voters, growing the grassroots base and pushing his conservative message in the early states.

However, with strong debate performances and several top finishes in some important straw polls – the strategy is building momentum at the right time and we are working to capitalize on the increased support. Appointing Euse is a big part of that. In fact, of the over $704,000 we’ve raised during the 3rd Quarter of 2011, half of that was raised in the last three weeks.”

Independence Hall Tea Party For Kelly

Wilkes-Barre’s Brian Kelly announced his decision to challenge US Sen. Robert Casey in the Democrat Primary this week, picking up, at the same time, the Independence Hall Tea Party PAC endorsement.

ATTENDING packed fundraiser for Councilman Brian O’Neill were Rita Gallagher with Mike & Elinor Driscoll.

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He announced first in Philadelphia and later in the afternoon in Harrisburg on Tuesday.

Kelly, a former university professor and author of 45 books, ran a low-budget campaign for Congress in the Democratic primary against 13-term incumbent Paul Kanjorski – garnering nearly 20% of the vote in a three-man race.

“Brian Kelly’s conservative principles and his endorsement from the Independence Hall Tea Party PAC helped him win a large number of votes in his 2010 primary challenge to Democratic Congressman Paul Kanjorski in the Pennsylvania 11th Congressional Dist.,” said PAC VP for Pennsylvania Sean Carpenter. “Mr. Kanjorski was ultimately defeated

by Cong- ressman Lou Barletta after he had been weakened in the primary by Mr. Kelly. We would certainly like

to see the underdog.”

Meanwhile, for the third straight quarter, Casey has taken in over a million dollars.

He increased his cash on hand to $3.75 million. He has more in the bank as of the third quarter of 2011 than he had at the end of the fourth quarter in 2005, when he held $3.44 million, on his way to raising over $17 million in his successful Senate election.

Joining Republicans entering race to dethrone Casey is Chester Co. entrepreneur Steve Welch.

Welch started his first big entrepreneurial success, Mitos, in 2001 with hardly a cent to his name. Under Welch’s guidance, Mitos developed several critical patents which transformed the biological drug and vaccine industries and allowed Mitos to flourish. The company still resides in Phoenixville, Pa.

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SHERIFF BARBARA DEELEY resolved a festering issue involving over $40 million, which will now be returned to the people. It was done smoothly and efficiently. Barbara will leave office when the newly elected Sheriff takes the oath. But we should not let her go from public life, and urge her to run for a judicial post... Don’t yawn when Gov. Christie endorses Mitt Romney for President. Do you think he did it to be selected to run for VICE PRESIDENT? Informed Jerseyans think so.

THE SUIT over Philly assessments was wisely thrown out by Judge IDEE FOX. But during the hearing, the City admitted it expected to get $200 million out of FULLVALUE assessments, which the Mayor will implement after his reelection. That could be a 20% increase. You already have paid 10% more for the last two years.... OUSTING COUNCILMAN FRANK RIZZO as Minority Whip, by his fellow GOP Councilmen, looks more and more like a tactical blunder. It could put a hurting on Brian O’Neill’s reelection hopes. The Rizzo name means votes just like Sherrie Cohen’s name did in the primary election. With no campaign team, she came within “inches” of winning.

THE CALL FOR MORE CONTROL of bicycles has waxed and waned. Judge Thomasine TYNES wanted licensing. That would not work with some riders, like illegals and youth. The big motorist concern is when they are surprised as a bike approaches from behind – a motorist’s blind spot.

The real need is for them to be they lit at night. Pols are scared to enforce against the bike vote, but Judge TYNES has nothing to lose in her last term. Maybe Councilman (Cont. Page 26)

Lucky says to Republican mayoral candidate KAREN BROWN, either do it right, or don’t do it at all! After viewing Brown’s recent television commercials, it becomes clear that she doesn’t have any real GOP support behind her. The party known for cash, commercials and its committed constituency should now be known for kicking Karen to the curb!

With an ad that looks like it was done on an old camcorder (circa 1999), it gives voters no confidence in her candidacy with just a few weeks to go to persuade them. It appears that MAYOR MICHAEL NUTTER can take it easy.

Philadelphia’s own HENRY NICHOLAS is one of our great City’s finest labor leaders and host of the best New Year’s Day Party anywhere on the East Coast. Many are already preparing for the festivities. Seems premature to Lucky, but to folks who want to be on the ‘in’ and are running for office next year, this is the place to be. Nicholas has been known to make or break a campaign or two with his support and backing. In short, if Nicholas is backing you, you will win!

Another Philadelphia favorite is West Philly’s FLORA PAULING. While Pauling doesn’t hold an official title, her wisdom and guidance is recognized by those who know. Her growing constituency of candidate clients means she’s a player; don’t underestimate her.

The absence of VINCE FUMO leaves a vacuum in South Philly (no matter what others may say). Fumo’s interest in and direction of all things below Market Street has left this well-cared-for area without a fighter like no other!

The Philadelphia judicial community flocked to Atlantic City for the annual Beach Bar Conference. Attorneys and judges attended conferences and receptions and exchanged ideas to improve the judicial system. JUDGE PAMELA PRYOR DEMBE, the President of Philadelphia Common Pleas Court, joined Municipal Court PRESIDENT JUDGE WEBSTER KEOGH and JUDGES JIMMY LYNN, JOE WATERS, MARSHA NEIFIELD, BARBARA GILBERT, GEORGEANNE ADAIR, FELICE STACK, BOB BLASI, KEVIN DOUGHERTY, BILL BRADY and BOB REBSTOCK, just to name a few. Attorneys MICHAEL ROWLEY and BOB ROVNER attended many of the events.

Another group of Philadelphians were in Longport at the same time. The lovely LAUREN BELOFF wed businessman ANTHONY SEMBELLO. The ceremony took place at the beach home of the bride’s father, former COUNCILMAN LELAND BELOFF. In attendance were 39B WARD LEADER MATT MYERS and his cousin former CONGRESSMAN MICHAEL “OZZIE” MYERS. STATE SEN. LARRY FARNESE also attended with future Councilman MARK SQUILLA. CONGRESSMAN BOB BRADY was seen talking with longtime friend and legendary defense attorney CHUCK PERUTO. The CEO of Holy Family University SISTER FRANCESCA is held in high regard by both the academic and business community. She has continued to expand the size and influence of the university at a time when more-famous schools are scaling back. Her strength is her humility.

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Whenever I’m covering an event in the African American community, there’s one surefire way that I know this particular event is going to be a newsworthy.

Robert Mendelsohn is there.

Mendelsohn has been a photographer for a lot of years, many of them shooting pictures for publications including the Philadelphia Sunday Sun and the Philadelphia Tribune.

He often works two or three events a night and makes sure to go to the same events yearly to make sure they at least get a photo that shows the world that it happened.

Mendelsohn has hipped me to more than a few events I wouldn’t have known about otherwise. Many of these events have found their way into this column.

Among those events is Philadelphia Full-Figured Fashion Weekend, which was held last week. The event, which showcases fashionable full-figured women, featured a fashion show and a series of workshops. On Sunday, PFFFW honored a group of unsung heroes in the community at its first annual Humanitarian Awards Luncheon, which was held at the African American Museum in Philadelphia.

State Sen. Vincent Hughes, a man who is always put together when it comes to fashion (something I think his wife, actress Sheryl Lee Ralph, helps him out with), was one of the speakers at the luncheon. He talked about the importance of recognizing people who do things for others without expecting anything in return.

Honorees included: Da-Nel Euwings, founder of Women Still Standing, a non-profit organization that helps African American women become entrepreneurs; Latasha Sampson, (Cont. Page 24)

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Yo! Here are some memories from my younger days.

BLOCK BALL: This game was played between the curbs of a small street. Bases were drawn in the street next to the curb with chalk. Home and first base was about 20 feet apart on the same side of the street. Second base was directly across the street. Third base was across the street from home base.

This formed a block, therefore its name, block ball.

The teams took their respective places as in real baseball.

There were never a required number of players. As many kids as were available played and the upper limit was about nine players per side. It wasn’t unusual for three or four players to comprise a team. The pitcher stood at a line drawn between home plate and second base, would toss a pimple ball, underhand, to a batless “batter”. The batter had to hit the ball, open handed, into the playing field and attempt to reach first base before being tagged or thrown out.

The rules were exactly like regulation baseball; well, almost exactly. There was no closed-fist hitting allowed. A pimple ball hit with a closed fist will travel too fast and too far. It could get roofed. It might even break a window. In case of an accidentally broken window, the game was immediately called off and all the players made a hasty retreat for their homes – before they were really tagged out.

BUCK-BUCK: A game where a strong back and a weak mind helped. One person would be the wall cushion. The first person of the defending team bent at the waist and held onto the cushion’s mid-section. The next person bent over and held onto the first person’s waist, leaning on the small of his back.

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Last week, the Ford Foundation sponsored a panel discussion on American Values with a focus on the federal budget issues at the National Constitution Center. The panel had 10 participants, including MAYOR MICHAEL NUTTER, KATHLEEN KENNEDY TOWNSEND and REV. CALVIN BUTTS. Two Republicans were included: 2010 California candidate for Senate CARLY FIORINA and former speechwriter for GEORGE BUSH and current Washington Post columnist MICHAEL GERSON. The moderator, GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, asked the panelists to role-play and comment on issues of the day as their assigned character, though, and not as themselves.

Nutter was asked to pretend to be the President of the US in a debate with the San Franciscan Republican Speaker of the House, played by Fiorina. She was a good sport and played her part; however, she did note the concept of a Republican Congressperson from San Francisco is a flight of fancy. The show will be televised at a later date.

Last Saturday, the United Republican Club held its annual crab night. For $30, one could have endless crabs, meatballs and beef sandwiches. It was a truly male-inspired event: The only vegetables were the hot peppers for the sandwiches. A number of candidates were there, including AL SCHMIDT, candidate for City Commissioner. Two candidates for Council at Large, JOE McCOLGAN and ALTAUBENBERGER, were in attendance.

Many of the crab feasters migrated to SmokeEaters in Mayfair for a meet-and-greet with US Senate candidate JOHN VERNON. SmokeEaters owner and firefighter BRIAN HAUGHTON was there, as well as WARD (Cont. Page 24)

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Brady: Coin Can Save Olympia This week, Congressman Bob Brady introduced a bill which would permit the US Mint, at no cost to the taxpayer, to design and offer for sale to the public a commemorative coin honoring the Cruiser Olympia. The proceeds from the sales of the coins will be utilized by the Friends of the Cruiser Olympia for dry-docking and preserving the Cruiser Olympia as a ship museum.

This legislation is one of many efforts to restore and preserve the Cruiser Olympia.

“This is a worthwhile project that will help to ensure that

this naval treasure remains afloat,” the Congressman said. The Olympia is in need of major repairs to its hull.

The Cruiser Olympia is an iconic and national historic treasure berthed at Penn’s Landing, Philadelphia. It is the world’s only ship museum from the early 20th century beginnings of the United States as a world power.

The Cruiser Olympia is a National Historic Landmark, a National Historic Engineering Landmark, and is on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Cruiser Olympia is perhaps best known in history as the

Flagship of Commodore George Dewey in his 1898 victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War. In 1921, the Cruiser Olympia was directed by the President to carry an American Unknown Soldier from a French battlefield cemetery honoring American dead in WWI, bringing the first Unknown Soldier to Washington, DC. The Congressman is urging his colleagues to cosponsor the bill and support its passage, “so that this national naval treasure can be saved and restored.”

9 Schools Lose Dangerous Status

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The Pennsylvania Department of Education’s 2011-2012 list of Persistently Dangerous Schools shows the number of schools designated Persistently Dangerous in the School District of Philadelphia declined by 47% from 19 to 10 schools.

The schools removed from the Persistently Dangerous Schools list are: Roberto Clemente Middle School, Stephen Douglas High School, Thomas Fitzsimons High School, Horace Furness High School, Simon Gratz High School, Olney East High School, Olney West High School, Overbrook High School, Roxborough High School. Edwin Vare Middle School, Roberts Vaux Middle School.

School still listed as Persistently Dangerous Schools are: Edison High School, Fels High School, Frankford High School, Kensington Business High School, Lincoln High School, Northeast High School, Sayre High School, Shaw Middle School, South Philadelphia High School, Strawberry Mansion High School The total number of violent incidents District-wide declined 14.25% from 4,921 to 4,220 in the 2010-2011 school year. In the high school subcategory, the total number of violent incidents also declined by 15.4% from 2,007 to 1,698 incidents in the 2010-1011 school year.

“The significant reduction in the number of schools designated as Persistently Dangerous is due in large part to the hard work and partnership between students, teachers, administrators, principals and, members of the Office of School Safety,” said Dr. Leroy Nunery, Acting Superintendent of the School District of Philadelphia.

“We are very grateful for our partnership with the Philadelphia Police Department which has provided us with the leadership of Chief Inspector Myron Patterson and the assistance of many police officers. We have put in place the recommendations from the Safe School Audit of 2009-10; trained principals and school-based teams through Safety Team meetings; deployed anti-bullying and other tactics to address climate issues; and continue to have ongoing discussions about how to improve our responses to school violence.

We intend to continue to work with school communities, the Mayor, the District Attorney, and others to remain vigilant on the complexities of school climate,” said Dr. Nunery.

Added to the dangerous list are Audenried which is now run by Universal Cos. inc., and Gratz, now run by Mastery Charter Schools. The State released the additional two names after the School District had made there list public.

Pitt To Serve NE, Bucks

SALVATION ARMY General Rev. Bonnie Camarda, Rep. Tina Davis, and Eleanor Dezzi add their congratulations to Larry Pitt on the opening of his new office in Bensalem, serving clients in Northeast Philadelphia and Bucks County.

Ringside With The Shadowboxer

Cunningham Scores Again As Top Fighter Briscoe Award for his “Upset of the Year”, for his magnificent victory over former world champion Jeff Lacy.

Smith defied all odds by going onto Lacy’s own backyard to battle his way to a major upset victory.

Amateur star Damon Allen, Jr. won the “Everett Brothers Award” which is presented by Eddie Everett and Mike Everett in the name of their deceased brother Tyrone and their family’s great boxing tradition.

FLANKING 2nd District Council candidate Ivan Cohen are Ward Leaders Annie Havey and Jimmy Dintino.

Havey and Dintino aren’t boxers, but both have reputations of waging fierce fights for the candidates they support.

EAGLES CORNER BACK Curtis Marsh throws his support to GOP mayoral candidate Karen Brown at luncheon at Vesper Club. To Karen’s left is Monica Cibik, left, and on right, Realtor Glen Pew.

FOUR U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY YP boats visied Penn’s Landing for a four-day port visit. Crew of 80 officers and midshipmen were welcomed by the Navy League with gifts. Monica Santoro, Ship Coordinator for Delaware River Waterfront Corporation joins Wally Littlewood and Commander Mike Seider as part of welcoming party.

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Supporting Boys And Girls Clubs

JOINING Congressman Chaka Fattah, who announced $62 million in federal grants for youth mentoring and Boys and Girls Clubs, were national spokesman for the Clubs Denzel Washington, Grammy winner vocalist Ashanti Douglass, and NBA All Star LeBron James.

Tasco’s Shindig Jumped

SHARING moment at Council Majority Leader Marian Tasco’s “Party for the People” affair at H&H Catering in W. Oak Lane were, from left, Laborers’ Local 332 Business Mgr. Sam Staten, Jr.; PHA Police union leader Rodney Little; and Councilman Bill Green.

Digital Markets THESE panelists met at African American Museum as part of PhilaFilm week to discuss focusing on digital market of films, television programming and internet online distribution.

In photo are Art Hartell, Darla Henning, Tony Regusters, Frank Trainer, Larry Smallwood and Mike, Dave & Greg Kisel.

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SEEMED LIKE just about all the people showed up at Marian Tasco’s Party for the People, as hundreds feasted, danced and chewed the fat. Among them were, from left, Ward Leader Bill Dolbow, Councilwoman Maria Quiñones Sánchez, host Councilwoman Tasco, attorney Michael Fanning and Ward Leader Bob Dellavella.

IVAN COHEN is getting ready for another big fight. Three-decade-plus boxing manager is running for City Council in the 2nd Dist., with Philly boxing community in Ivan’s corner. At his fundraiser were GOP Council At-Large candidate Joe McColgan, former IBF Jr. Middleweight Champ Buster Drayton, Cohen, Joe Cohen, pro boxer Brian Cohen, cutman Joey “Eye” Intrieri and judicial aspirant Jim DiVergilis.

COUNCILMANIC candidate David Oh gives thumbs up to Councilwoman Marian Tasco’s hugely successful affair along with his buddy PHA union chief Rodney Little.

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Two-time IBF Cruiserweight Champion of the World Steve “USS” Cunningham became the first two time Briscoe Award winner, after receiving his second “Fighter Of The Year” award, at the 4th Annual Briscoe Awards, which took place at the VBA Club in Port Richmond.

Cunningham, who was “Fighter of the Year” Briscoe ahead of his December ’08 “Fight of the Year”-nominated battle against Tomasz Adamek, was put forward for his second Briscoe after securing the IBF title for the second time, and won based on votes cast by boxing fans, boxing media, and the readers of the Web site PhillyBoxingHistory.com.

Also receiving Briscoe Awards on Monday were Derek “Pooh” Ennis and “King” Gabriel Rosado, for their classic 12-round war, which received the “2010 Philly Fight of the Year”.

Ennis won the fight, but both boxers rightly won the “Briscoe”.

Dhafir Smith won a special

Naval Academy YP At Port

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AUTO DEALERS CARing for Kids Foundation kicked off its 4th annual "Driving Away the Cold” program, which will donate 22,548 coats to children in need throughout the five-county Philadelphia region. From left are Auto Dealers Association of Greater Phila. Director Kevin Dunphy of Dunphy Ford; ADAGP Director Maria Pacifico of Pacifico Hyundai and Pacifico Mazda; Nick Iervolino of Chapman Ford Lincoln Volkswagen; and Susie Pesin of Central City Toyota.

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Our Opinion ...

Occupiers Need To Worry The Occupier phenomenon may or may not ebb away, depending on the severity of the weather.

It is obvious the majority of them are not voters. When asked, they tell you, “It’s none of your business.”

When told they are inflicting more damage to the City’s ability to meet its obligations, they answer, “It’s our due.”

When they are reminded there are growing signs of a major disaffection from them by the working, taxpaying general public, they answer. “Shows you how dumb they are.”

When told there are other groups forming, one or two which seem to be targeting them, leading to possible street confrontations as tempers flare, they answer, “Don’t blame us!”

Though they focus on shuttering Wall Street and taxing rich people as their primary objects, they ignore the fact many of the ills which have brought them together come from our failed policies to reduce our dependency as a nation on other countries for fuel, goods, etc.

We need to get a true answer to the question we kept asking them: “Who is really funding you?” Until we get an honest answer, we will continue to consider them a deteriorating influence.

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Getting Tough On China

by Sen. Bob Casey I joined a bipartisan group of senators to introduce legislation that will crack down on China’s currency manipulation. This week, the Senate passed the legislation by a bipartisan margin of 63-35. By confronting China on its currency cheating, we will create jobs in the United States.

China has kept its currency the yuan - artificially low for years to make it easier to export their products to the United States and other parts of the world. The result is a massive and growing US trade deficit with China that is costing our country millions of jobs.

Consider these facts: The US trade deficit with China grew from $83 billion in 2001 to $273 billion in 2010, largely because of the undervaluation of the yuan.

A report from the Economic Policy Institute finds the US trade deficit with China has resulted in the loss of 2.8 million jobs over the

No Occupier Fees

If we rename the Mummers Parade as the “Occupy past decade (2001-2010), in- South Broad Street Parade”, cluding almost 107,000 jobs can the Mummers avoid getin Pennsylvania. ting permits and paying for EPI also found if the yuan City services as well? and satellite currencies in the Adam Lang region were revalued to equiA Bad Idea librium levels, we would creWith all due respect to ate up to 2.25 million US jobs. State Senate Majority Leader The Currency Exchange Dominic Pileggi, a man I Rate Oversight Reform Act is know personally, his plan to bipartisan legislation that will scrap the Commonwealth’s trigger actions against China and long-standing electoral college other countries if they use their system in presidential eleccurrency for unfair competitive tions is blatantly undemocraadvantage. The legislation will tic. His plan, which would impose stiff new penalties, in- abandon the winner-take-all cluding duties on countries’ ex- system of apportioning the ports, making it more difficult state’s electoral votes and refor China to export its products place it with a process that to the United States. would do so by congressional I believe the legislation can district, would make it possimake a big difference and will ble that a candidate could win help put Americans back to the state’s popular vote but work. But the Obama Admin- lose the electoral vote. Curistration also needs to take on rently, all 21 electoral votes China on currency manipula- are awarded to the candidate tion. That’s why I urged who wins the most votes Treasury Secretary Geithner statewide. this spring to focus on the The Pileggi plan would Chinese-currency issue when give one vote to the winner of (Cont. Page 26) each congressional district,

and two to the statewide winner. How is that fair? How is that truly representative of the will of the people of the Commonwealth? Pileggi’s plan would disenfranchise tens of thousands of voters and significantly diminish Philadelphia’s historically prominent voice in determining Pennsylvania’s choice for president. Pileggi argues he merely wants to create a new system that better reflects all state voters’ choices. I suggest it is a ridiculously partisan attempt to make the majority of people’s votes count less – and that’s simply un-American.

John J. Dougherty Business Manager IBEW Local 98

Voting Reform Brett Mandel is more right than he seems to know. And that’s because he isn’t right when he says, “One has to draw the lines somewhere” in running elections.

There’s an alternative to single-seat, first-past-the-post elections. Already in use in many jurisdictions, it’s called (Cont. Page 23)

Mark Your Calendar

Oct. 20- Chinatown fundraiser for Council candidate David Oh at Ocean City Restaurant, 234 N. 9th St., 2nd fl., 4-6 p.m. Contribution $50, $100 or $150. For info Eunice Lee (215) 561-2000 or elee@zarwin.com.

Oct. 20- Fundraiser for Council candidate Al Taubenberger Gary B. Freedman Law Offices, 7909 Bustleton Ave., 5:30-7:30 p.m. Guest: Former City Controller Jonathan A. Saidel. For info (267) 507-4282.

Oct. 20- Elwyn Education Services’ Student Art Exhibit & Auction benefitting students with special needs at White Manor C.C. in Malvern, Pa., 5:30-8:30 p.m. For tickets and info Susan Kroungold (610) 891-7624.

Oct. 20- Fundraiser for State Rep. Rosita Youngblood at Finnigan’s Wake, 3rd & Spring Garden Sts., 7:00-9:30 p.m.

Dinner & open bar. Tickets $75. For info (215) 745-4306.

Oct. 20- Have a beer with City Commissioner candidate Al

Schmidt at Brauhaus Schmitz, 718 South St. Includes authentic German food and beer (wine, soda). Donation $100. Make checks payable to Friends of Al Schmidt. Mail checks to P.O. Box 8538, Philadelphia, PA 19129 or contribute online at www.SchmidtforPhilly.com.

For info (215) 624-1930.

Oct. 20- Baker Bay Clubhouse installation of Civic Association Officers and meet 6th Dist. Candidates at 5100 Convent La., 7:15 p.m.

Oct. 21- Fundraiser for Council candidate Bill Rubin at Stevenson’s Tavern, 4300 Comly St., 6-8 p.m. Contribution $35.

Oct. 21- 26th Ward GOP Fabulous Fall Festival at Waterfall Rm., 2015 S. Water St., 7 p.m. For info (215) 468-2300.

Oct. 21- 19th Ward Democrats host Meet the Candidates Beef & Beer fundraiser at New Palladium, 229 W. Allegheny Ave., 7 p.m.-12 a.m. Sponsors $100, community businesses $25. For info Ward leader Leslie Lopez (484) 988-2422.

Oct. 22- Philly Cares Day targets S. Phila. HS at Broad & Snyder Ave., 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. For info or to volunteer call Matthew Mumber (215) 564-4544.

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successfully vaccinated against a disease cannot spread that disease to other people.

Following are vaccines typically recommended for the pre-teen and teenage years.

The US Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends a booster dose of the tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine at age 11-12. The immunization provides continuing protection from tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis.

The early symptoms of tetanus are lockjaw (the most recognizable of its physical effects), stiffness and problems swallowing. Between 10% and 25% of tetanus cases result in death.

Diphtheria once was a major killer of children. Early symptoms are similar to those of a common cold. They include sore throat, loss of appetite, and fever. As the disease progresses, the most notable feature of diphtheria infection may

emerge: a thick gray substance called a pseudomembrane sticks to tissues and may obstruct breathing.

Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is extremely contagious. Early symptoms include runny nose, sneezing, a mild cough, and fever. But coughing may be severe enough to cause broken ribs, and coughing spells may last for weeks or months. Newborns, who are too young to be immunized, are especially vulnerable to death. Family members of newborns are especially encouraged to be immunized in order to protect the newborn.

The ACIP recommends a first dose of the meningococcal vaccine at 11-12 years old.

An additional dose at age 16 extends protection into the college years.

The vaccine protects against the different illnesses caused by Neisseria meningitidis bacteria, which are referred to as meningococcal disease. These

bacteria can cause bloodstream infections, infection of the lining of the brain (meningitis), pneumonia, ear infections and others. Invasive meningococcal disease can be fatal; survivors may have permanent injury, including brain damage, hearing loss, or loss of limbs.

The recommended age for human papillomavirus vaccination of females is 11-12 years.

Boys can receive the vaccine, too, though it is not part of the official recommended immunization schedule.

The vaccine protects against some of the virus types that are sexually transmitted.

Most people who contract HPV have no symptoms, and they quickly clear the virus from their bodies. However, HPVs are the main cause of cervical cancer, and some are associated with anal, penile, mouth, and throat cancers.

HPV is very common.

Nearly 27% of girls and women aged 14-59 test posi-

tive. Rates for boys and men are likely to be similar. More than 80% of women will have been infected with genital HPV by age 50.

Seasonal influenza vaccination is recommended yearly for all adolescents and teenagers; in fact, it is recom-

mended for everyone over the age of 6 months. The vaccine protects against respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses. Because new strains of influenza appear frequently, the seasonal flu vaccine usually changes each year.

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Adolescents and teenagers also need vaccines, but they tend not to visit the doctor as often as young children do.

Only about half of all teenagers have received the meningococcal vaccine, which protects against bacterial infections that may lead to amputation of infected limbs and death. Only 32% of teenage girls have received the complete three-dose series of the human papillomavirus vaccine (a vaccine that prevents infection with several viruses that cause cervical cancer). About 49% of all US adolescents received the recommended influenza vaccine during the 2010-2011 influenza season. Clearly, large numbers of teenagers remain vulnerable to these diseases.

Apart from protecting themselves, teenagers (and their parents) should consider the benefits of vaccination to the family and community. In most cases, a person who is

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Pennsylvania Health Plans Get Top Ratings The AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Cos. reports its Pennsylvania Medicaid managed care plans, AmeriHealth Mercy Health Plan and Keystone Mercy Health Plan, had maintained Excellent Accreditation, the highest possible rating, from the National Committee for

Quality Assurance.

The NCQA, an independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to assessing and reporting on the quality of managed care plans, also ranked AmeriHealth Mercy 22nd and Keystone Mercy 25th out of the 213 Medicaid health plans in the country.

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AmeriHealth is among the largest organizations of Medicaid managed-care plans and related businesses in the United States, touching the lives of more than four million individuals covered by Medicaid, Medicare, SCHIP and other

insurance.

Keystone Mercy Health Plan is a Medicaid managedcare health plan serving more than 300,000 Medical Assistance recipients in Philadelphia and Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery Cos. AmeriHealth Mercy Health Plan is another Medicaid managed-care plan serving more than 108,000 Medical Assistance recipients in Central and Northeastern Pennsylvania.

cot in your parents’ basement.

If this has been a factor in your thinking about bankruptcy, there is good news for you. The Federal Home Mortgage Guaranty Agency says bankruptcy will not stop you from qualifying for a mortgage to buy a home. Better still, you don’t have to rely on this writer’s credentials or anecdotal evidence to know

bankruptcy won’t stop you from buying a home. FHA and HUD regulations, publicly available to anyone who cares to look, say in so many words that a Chapter 7 or 13 filing will not disqualify a borrower from eligibility for an FHA-insured mortgage.

Next week’s question: Should my business file for Chapter 7?

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HYUNDAI AND KIA automobiles, seen here at Phila. Regional Port Authority’s Pier 98 Annex Automobile Processing Facility, have become major cargoes at Port since they began arriving in 2010. moth undertaking will permit larger, more modern vessels to reach the Port.

But it was recent cargo figures that have provided the most immediate good news for the region. With 1,424,710 metric tons of containers handled this year through August compared to 1,302,386 metrics tons handled during the same period in 2010, container tonnage was up over 9%.

Counted as individual containers, the 205,221 containers handled year-to-date in 2011 was a sizable 15% gain over the 178,250 containers handled during the same time in 2010.

Breakbulk cargoes, which include palletized cargoes and

other products not shipped in bulk or containers, also showed a healthy gain year-todate in 2011 compared to the same period last year. Comprising cargoes such as steel, fruit, forest products, cocoa beans, and project cargo, breakbulk cargoes were up over 7%, with 753,346 metric tons of breakbulk cargoes handled at the Port in 2011 yearto-date compared with the 701,936 metric tons handled during the same period last year.

Particular highlights among breakbulk cargoes included cocoa beans (with 91,410 metric tons handled, up 15%), forest products (with 297,313 metric tons handled, up 19%)

and project cargoes (with 32,565 metric tons handled, up 63%).

Virtually absent from Philadelphia’s working waterfront for many years, automobiles returned to the Port in spectacular fashion in late 2010 with the arrival of Hyundai and Kia, and their logistics partner Glovis. Now regularly offloading at PRPA’s Packer Avenue Marine Terminal thousands at a time via modern, sophisticated autocarrying vessels, Hyundai and Kia automobiles are now familiar sights at both PAMT and the Pier 98 Auto Processing Facility located across the street from the sprawling South Philadelphia terminal.

So far, 85,785 automobiles have moved through the Port this year compared to virtually none moving through the Port during the same period last year. PRPA, with the assistance of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, made substantial improvements to both PAMT and Pier 98 Annex to prepare for and properly accommodate this substantial new labor-intensive cargo by Hyundai and Kia. These improvements for the Port’s auto cargoes complemented, in fact, another major initiative at the Port in recent months: the implemen-

tation of a major capital program to upgrade and improve PRPA’s maritime facilities, both to enhance their safety and to improve their cargohandling efficiency.

PRPA Executive Director James T. McDermott, Jr. said, “This process would suggest a budget and timeline for the State’s investment in the maintenance and improvement of the Port’s facilities.”

Another piece of big news has port officials, maritime industry professionals, and members of the Port’s labor force looking with excitement into the future: the recent acquisition by the Port of Philadelphia of significant new lands on the Delaware River waterfront.

Located adjacent to the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal, PRPA will use this new land to construct, in conjunction with the Commonwealth and private sector investors, a new state-of-the-art container terminal. The Southport Marine Terminal will be the first major expansion of the Port of Philadelphia in over 50 years. It has the potential to double the amount of container traffic at the Port of Philadelphia – if the channel-deepening project is completed.

This project, which began in March 2010 and is currently

underway to deepen the Delaware River from 40 to 45 feet, will permit larger, more modern vessels, with their increased loads of containers, to travel to and from the Port of Philadelphia. The current expansion of the Panama Canal, which will also allow a wider variety of vessels to travel to and from Philadelphia, will also create the potential for significant new container traffic at the Port. With the addition of Southport, the Port of Philadelphia’s facilities will be especially primed to take advantage of this new cargo.

“In response to the challenging national economic downturn of recent years, the Port of Philadelphia chose to not simply wait things out, but to become more aggressive and proactive,” said PRPA Chairman Charles G. Kopp. “Our senior executives and our marketing team, working with our terminal operators, worked hard to attract new cargoes to Philadelphia, cargoes like the Hyundai and Kia automobiles that now regularly move through the Port.

Kopp concluded, “There is still much work to be done for the port to truly fulfill its potential. But I’m very optimistic that the best days for the Port of Philadelphia are still in front of us.”

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With newly-released cargo statistics showing a healthy 12% gain in cargoes handled at the Port of Philadelphia during the first eight months this year compared to last, cargo activity was only the latest highlight among many successes this year at Pennsylvania’s international seaport.

Another notable advance has been the acquisition of significant acreage and facilities at the former Philadelphia Navy Base, which can be used immediately for various port projects as well as become a future component of the Port’s ambitious Southport project, the first major expansion of the Port of Philadelphia in more than 50 years.

The port has also started a comprehensive capital program to make significant improvements to virtually all Philadelphia Regional Port Authority facilities along the Delaware River, based on the recommendations of a 2009 Strategic Facilities Assessment, a report commissioned

by PRPA to assist the agency in charting its future.

The release of $15 million in State funds by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett last month to permit continued work on the Delaware River Main Channel-Deepening Project was a major coup. This mam-

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Pols find Broad Street restaurant pure Bliss

by Len Lear Walk into Bliss in the historic Bellevue building at 220-224 S. Broad Street on any day or night, and you just might see some boldface political names schmoozing over a dish of lobster risotto or diver scallops with Moroccan couscous and shiitake mushrooms. Some of the political headliners who have been

seen there discussing something other than the weather in recent weeks are Mayor Mike Nutter, Gov. Tom Corbett, former Mayor and Gov. Ed Rendell, US District Judge and political wife Midge Rendell (definitely not at the same table as Ed these days), former Philly District Attorney and US Sen. Arlen Specter, City Councilmen Jim Kenney and Frank DiCicco, and others. They may be liberal or conservative, Democratic or

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Republican, but all seem to agree the location, ambience, food and wine at the convenient, upscale eatery are pure Bliss.

“At any given time,” said Don McDonough, public- relations spokesman for Bliss, “you may find a bevy — or half a bevy — of politicians here. Part of it is the location; it’s right around the corner from the Democratic City Committee headquarters at 1421 Walnut Street; it’s just a couple of blocks from City Hall, and the second floor dining room is very private.

And, of course, the food is very good.”

South Philadelphia native and celebrity chef Francesco Martorella, who opened Bliss in October 2003, and who coowned it with Philadelphia Flyers owner, Ed Snider, eventually burned out and sold the perfectly situated property in February 2008, a few months before the collapse of the economy, to Chris Dhimitri, who previously owned Chris’ Jazz Café

on Sansom Street near Broad for 10 years.

(After leaving Chris’, Dhimitri owned a restaurant on the Caribbean island of St. Maarten for a year but returned to Philly because “the place was really beautiful, but there was absolutely nothing to do. To take a one-week vacation there is fine, but if you’re a city guy like me, you get bored out of your mind if you stay there longer than that.” Another interesting fact about Chris is that his mother is 104 years old, is relatively self-sufficient and still lives in the same rowhouse where Chris grew up in Eddystone, Delaware Co.).

Bliss has an all-glass exterior that exposes the two-level restaurant, which seats 82 indoors, 10 at the bar and 20 out of doors, to the bustling street life on the Avenue of the Arts. Visual references to water are repeated throughout the high-ceilinged restaurant — a floor awash with speckled blue tiles, shades of the sea, in a glass mosaic above the bar and a droplet-like texture in the glass railings along the staircase and mezzanine level.

Executive chef Joshua Pham, a magician with sauces, has crafted an upscale

Len Lear menu with modern American and Pacific cuisine influences.

Appetizers range from $8 to $10 and entrees from $16 to $30 with desserts from $7 to $9. A poached pear salad was an intricately composed plate embellished by candied walnuts, blue cheese and an audacious vanilla bean pear dressing ($10). Four shrimp spring rolls were another impressive appetizer, aesthetically presented with a subtle, sublime sesame orange sauce ($10). A grilled flatbread with goat cheese, mushrooms and arugula was dressed with a delightful balsamic reduction but topped with an overcooked slab of beef ($14).

Jumbo lump crab cakes, which seemed to have little or no filler, had both Mexican (guacamole and chipotle aioli) and Japanese (edamame

salad) influences ($28), and fork-tender red snapper was also accompanied by Asian roommates — shrimp dumplings, shiitake mushrooms and Thai sauce. Original and very satisfying ($26).

Homemade cheesecake with a warm chocolate ganache topping was dreamy. There is a modest wine and cocktail list, but it happened to include two by-the-glass selections that I consider kissing cousins, Fire Road Sauvignon Blanc ($9) and Steele “Shooting Star” Chardonnay ($10).

People watchers, especially those who are music lovers, may also be interested in the fact that many famous classical musicians also seem to frequent Bliss, which is just a few yards from the Academy of Music. I myself have seen Philly Pops conductor Peter Nero having dinner there as well as famed piano soloist Lang Lang, a graduate of the nearby Curtis Institute of Music. Bliss has also been a magnet for patrons of the Wilma Theater, Kimmel Center, Merriam Theater, Academy of Music and Suzanne Roberts Theater, all just a few steps away.

For more information, call (215) 731-1100 or visit www.bliss-restaurant.com.

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Pushing for Dr. Hofman It’s Election Time For Genevieve!

DEMOCRAT 8th Ward committeeman and election-rules guru, attorney Gregory Harvey, right, lends his support to incumbent Montgomery Co. Coroner Dr. Walter I. Hoffman who was hosted at fundraiser by attorney Guy Piccirilli. Cyril Wecht, MD, JD was keynote speaker. Photo by Bonnie Squires

GENEVIEVE Society held its first political reception of election season hosted by Abbe Fletman, Esq., at her law firm, Flaster Greenberg. Waiting for women elected officials and women candidates to arrive are, from left, members Eleanor Dezzi, Judith Mondre and Fletman. Photo by Bonnie Squires

Gates Receives Liberty Medal CHATTING with honoree former secretary of Defense Robert Gates at Liberty Medal reception were Dan Fitzpatrick, CEO of Citizens Bank, and David Eisner, president and CEO of National Constitution Center.

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votes as anyone else, and could thereby guarantee that they’d get as much representation as any other part of the population, instead of being diluted into invisibility.

Another advantage to this procedure is that it would render partisan primaries clearly unnecessary. No one would be pressured to pigeonhole themselves ahead of the general election, and the annual cost of elections to the public would be cut in half.

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we, the people, get treated to not just cameras, but hiked fees for everything that used to be open to, and paid for by, the public at large. And we get more and more nuisance laws, with hiked penalties for all violations. We get unaffordable (to many) admission costs to museums and public park lands, and higher tolls and new tolls on highways and bridges.

This is not to mention the loss of many invaluable public services.

In one case, the intersection

of York & Aramingo, revenue, not safety concerns, is certifiably the motive for cameras.

The acting chief traffic engineer at the Streets Dept. once wrote to Councilman DiCicco, “The intersection’s crash history (via Police records) does not show this intersection has a safety problem.” No matter.

Cameras were installed anyway, apparently to extract fortunes from those making perfectly safe right turns on red, those tricked by too-fast light changes, or those held up

in mid-intersection by jaywalkers.

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Make Them Work!

As a former resident of the state of Pennsylvania, I took my niece, a pastry chef at Le Bec Fin, and overstayed my 2hour parking and was rightfully given a $36 ticket which I have since paid.

However, I was saddened and dismayed by the fact gangs of children can basically cause havoc in the city and be

brought back to their parents , or parent and for the infraction and get just a tongue-lashing the first and second time and maybe a fine by the third time.

Like the Mayor and Council Members, we were raised to know right and wrong, and not to penalize the kids and their parents for the first offense is wrong. How about a week’s work for each offense, like cleaning up streets, run-down lots or, at the least, a $36 ticket.

Joe Nierstedt Beaufort, S.C.

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Each voter would have 17 votes to cast, but they wouldn’t have to divide these votes between 17 different candidates.

They could give all 17 votes to one candidate, 10 to one and 7 for another, or however they liked.

A minority — be it political, ethnic, or of any other sort — that knew it represented, say, about 3/17 of the electorate, could choose to give all its votes to just 3 candidates. The members of this group would still be able to cast just as many

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(Cont. From Page 7) owner/operator of the Chocolate City Unisex Salon in West Philadelphia; fashion designer Sharon “Jade” Ferguson, Joel Austin, president and CEO of Daddy University; vocalist, dancer and designer Mark Birts, the Rev. Olivet Brown, pastor of Darby Union Memorial United Methodist Church; Yusef McCoy, owner/operator of Young and Blessed

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about. It controls billions in trust assets and oversees Wills Eyes Hospital and Girard College. A recent Board Meeting demonstrated how many power players sit on the board. Republican movers and shakers JOHN EGAN (chairman), VINCE FENERTY and MICHAEL MEEHAN interacted with COUNCILWOMEN MARIAN TASCO and ANNA VERNA. Verna is the outgoing President of Council and Tasco is the frontrunner to replace her.

Also there were superlobbyist STEVE WOJDAK and State Sen. Mike Stack.

Catering; Shelton Mercer, principle and founder of The Mercer Advisory Group; Niecy Tribbett, Praise 103.9 radio personality….

And last, but certainly not least, photographer Robert Mendelsohn.

When I walked into the AAMP on Sunday, Mendelsohn was the first person I saw. Nattily dressed in a black suit, he knew he was going to find himself in front of the camera, so he wanted to look his best.

Elephant (Cont. From Page 7) LEADER WALT VOGLER (21st) and former Pennsylvania Speaker of the House JOHN PERZEL. Vernon is one of six Republicans who have thrown their hat in the ring to run against SEN. BOB CASEY (D) next year. This elephant believes the lineup is not finalized and hopes former Governor and Secretary of Homeland Security TOM RIDGE will join the fray.

The City Commissioner race between Al Schmidt and JOE DUDA is a citywide affair. Many tell this elephant the race could be decided not in the Northeast, where most

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GOP voters reside. They need to do some campaigning in the Northwest, for two critical reasons. First, the heaviest voter turnout is usually in the 9th Ward, which is Chestnut Hill. Second, the new reform GOP Ward Leaders, LAMONT EBRON in the 13th, JERRY BROWN in the 17th, CAROL MACK in the 22nd and PETER J. WIRS in the 59th Wards, have made large inroads with local Democrats, who are more willing than most to split tickets. Germantown (59th Ward) and Mt. Airy (22nd Ward) historically have among the highest ticketsplitting of all wards, with one out of every 10 Democrats crossing over to vote for a GOP candidate.

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berger hosted by Gregory J. Fox at Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhodes, 123 S. Broad St., 5-7 p.m.

For info (267) 507-4282.

Oct. 26- Walt Vogler hosts 21st Ward GOP Fundraiser Reception at Valley View Inn, 4678 Domino La., 6:30-9 p.m. Tickets $40. RSVP Walt Vogler, Jr. (215) 482-2834.

Oct. 27- State Sen. Larry Farnese hosts annual Senior Expo at Fels S. Phila. Community Ctr., 2407 S. Broad St., 10 a.m.12:30 p.m. Free health screenings, refreshments. Seating limited. RSVP (215) 592-3121.

Oct. 27- Pre-Election celebra-

tion sponsored by Shawn Dillon’s 66A Ward at Chickie’s & Pete’s, 11000 Roosevelt Blvd., 6-9 p.m. Tickets $35.

For info (215) 637-6360.

Oct. 27- Fundraiser for Council candidate Al Taubenberger hosted by State Rep. John J. Taylor and Bill Moran at Katie O’Donnell’s, 4501 Woodhaven Rd., 6-8 p.m. $150. For info (267) 507-4282.

Oct. 27- Weatherization and Foreclosure Conference hosted by State Rep. Mark B. Cohen and State Rep. Jewell Williams, chair, Phila. Delegation at St. Williams Parish, Robbins and Argyle, 6200

Rising Sun. from 5 pm to 8 pm Oct. 28- 45th Anniversary Celebration of Black Panther Party at Hilton Phila. City Ave. Hotel, 4200 City Line Ave., 6-11 p.m. Bobby Seale, keynote speaker. Tickets $65.

Hosted by National Alumni Association of BPP. Call (215) 787-0857 or Clarence (215) 276-4453. Sunday free to public 1-4 p.m. workshops.

Oct. 29- Phila. Federation of Young Republicans hosts candidates meeting with GOP leaders from 2nd, 5th, 8th, 14th, 27th, and 30th wards at 10 a.m. at St. Michael Russian Orthodox Church, 335 Fairmount Ag.

Oct. 30- Fundraiser for 1st Dist. Council candidate Mark Squilla at Shooting Stars Club, 1931 S. 3rd St., 2-6 p.m. Platinum host $1,000, Host $500, Sponsor $100, Friend $35.

RSVP (267) 290-8836.

Oct. 31- Democrat City Committee throws Autumn Cocktail party at Penn’s Landing Caterers, 1301 S. Columbus Blvd., 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tickets $150. RSVP by Oct. 21. For info (215) 241-7804.

Nov. 1- Republican City Committee Fall Cocktail Party at Cannstatter Volksfest Verein, 9130 Academy Rd., 6-8 p.m.

Tickets $125. For info Republican City Committee (215) 561-0650.

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(Cont. From Page 10) Oct. 22- State Sen. LeAnna Washington hosts Walk To End Domestic Violence at W. River Dr. & Ben Franklin Blvd., 9 a.m. registration, Walk starts 10:30 a.m. Preregister at http://conta.cc/ Walktoenddomesticviolence or call (215) 545-4715.

Oct. 22- Democrat 43rd Ward Leader Emmanuel Vazquez hosts Chick & Fish Fry at Black Pearl, Old York Rd. & Erie Ave., 6-10 p.m. $10.

Oct. 23- Men’s Club of Congregations of Shaare Shamayim, host Candidates Brunch at Karff Auditorium, 9768 Verree Rd., 9 a.m. Free brunch.

For info and reservations Harris Popolow (215) 676-7486.

Oct. 23- Wine & Cheese Fundraiser hosted by Louis S. Schwartz for Lewis Harris, Jr., GOP candidate for Traffic Court Judge, at 7112 N. Broad St., 6:30-9 p.m. $50 donation.

For info (215) 651-4757.

Oct. 24- State Rep. Michelle Brownlee hosts Older & Wiser workshop for seniors on retirement benefits at University Sq., 3901 Market St., 10 a.m.-12 p.m. For info

(215) 684-3738.

Oct. 24- Wanda Logan hosts Community Job Fair at Shepard Rec Ctr., 5700 Haverford Ave., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Positions range from retail, blue-collar, secretarial and food services to management. Bring 10cc of your résumé; dress for interviews.

Oct. 24- Fundraiser for Council candidate David Oh at Zarwin Baum, 1818 Market St., 13th fl. Contribution $100, $250, $500 or $1,000. For info Eunice Lee (215) 561-2000 or elee@zarwin.com.

Oct. 25- Fundraiser for judicial candidate Angelo Foglietta at offices of Stephen A. Sheller, 1528 Walnut St., 3rd fl, 5-8 p.m. Supporter $150, Friend $250, Patron $500.

For info Thomas P. Muldoon, Esq. (215) 545-1776, ext. 3.

Oct. 25- Fundraiser for Council candidate Michael Untermeyer hosted by 5th Ward Leader Mike Cibik at his home, 334 S. Front St., starting 5:30 p.m. For info Mike@UntermeyerForCityCouncil2011.c om. or call 215-923-3377.

Oct. 26- State Rep. Cherelle L. Parker hosts Home Foreclosure, Weatherization & Energy Conservation Conference & Fair at Emanuel Rec Ctr., 8501 Provident Rd., 5-8 p.m.

For info (215) 242-7200.

Oct. 26- Fundraiser for Council candidate Al Tauben-

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GOP REVOLUTION ROOTS Rebirth of Federalism, Nov 17, 1980 Part 44/50

—Paul Taylor, Politics Writer, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Nov. 18, 1980 Footnote: The Singing Revolution: “This is a story how culture saved a nation. ..a story of how feelings became songs, songs became a national voice, and voice became action!” (Estonia, 1989-90) —Robert Abele, L.A. Times,“The Singing Revolution”, DVD

—Nicola Argentina (c) 2011 “You’ve Got a Friend in Pennsylvania”

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ROOT: (a) Republican Party National Headquarters: “Dear Mr. Argentina... Congratulations on your contribution to a great Republican victory Tuesday. You did a fine job...”

—Drew Lewis, Deputy Chairman, RNC, Monday, Nov. 17, 1980 FRUITS: (b) Bellevue Stratford Hotel, 19102: Twenty-three Republican governors and governors-elect met on Monday, November 17, 1980 “to discuss ways to transfer power from the federal government to the states. It was an upbeat and self-congratulatory group that heard Vice Presidentelect George Bush sound the theme.” (c) Academy of Music, 19103: “A few hours later, the governors heard the same reassuring message from President-elect Ronald Reagan himself, who spoke to them from Washington by telephone hookup as they gathered at the Academy of Music for a black-tie reception.”

Said Reagan: “I couldn’t be more delighted to hear what it is that you plan, because it’s exactly what I would like to help implement. We will reinstitute this nation as a federation of sovereign states.”

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The Beat (Cont. From Page 7) KENNEY can come up with a balanced plan.

AN 88-YEAR-OLD West Philly veteran owns a vacant apartment building. He does not want to pay the City trash-collection fee – as he has no trash. The City requires him to have a vacant property license of equal cost as the fee. They have effectively boxed in citizens. Did this happen in America?...

THE JIM KENNEY for Council President bandwagon is not a rumor – it is very

Waffleman (Cont. From Page 7) human chain. They then prepared themselves mentally for the onslaught!

A member of the opposing team ran toward the line yelling, “Buck-Buck number one is coming,” and leapfrogged onto the backs of the defending team. He

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(Cont. From Page 10) meeting with his counterparts at global meetings and pressed the Treasury Dept. to identify China as a currency manipulator in its semiannual report to Congress.

US unwillingness – so far – to crack down on China’s currency manipulation is just one piece of a flawed trade policy that has failed our workers and our companies. NAFTA and other NAFTA-style free-trade agreements have cost the US jobs and our state has borne a significant share of these job losses. When NAFTA took effect in January 1994, more than 875,000 Pennsylvanians were employed in manufactur-

real. This changes the balance of the battle for Darrell Clarke.

WANT GOOD BOXING? Please support Labor Unions Fight for Life in the Northeast Armory on the night of Nov. 12. Proceeds go to the VETS’ MULTI SERVICE CENTER. The center is calling veterans for a 5-week computer course which is well done and free. The center is at 4th above Race Street and features courses in fiber optics and computer repair.

Vets can use their computers for job search too.... HAPPIEST 82nd BIRTHDAY TO CHARLIE BERNARD, venerable Democrat City Com-

mittee aide to Chairman Brady. Charlie is part of the glue that makes the DEMS in Philly a family.

MARK SQUILLA’S fundraiser at the Shooting Stars Club on Oct. 30 promises to be topnotch, with Mark’s endorsement by AFSCME and Liberty City....

NORTHEAST TAVERN OWNERS did a great job with their fund raiser for BOBBIE HENON at Paddy Whack’s... A fundraiser will be held for Incredible Dynamo ANGELO FOGLIETTA on the 25th. See the Public Record calendar pages.

slid up as close as he could to the cushion to give the rest of his team members room to be on top of the defenders’ backs. This done, the next member of the opposing team repeated the sequence.

If the chain was still intact when all the opposition was on the defender’s backs, the defender’s captain had to guess the num-

ber of fingers held up by the opposition captain. He had three tries. If, within three tries, the guess was correct, the teams exchanged roles. If the three guesses were not correct or the defender’s human chain collapsed, the defenders reassembled the line and the game started again. Great memories.

ing. Today, Pennsylvania’s manufacturing sector employs 575,000 workers – a loss of more than 300,000 manufacturing jobs.

I have fought to ensure that workers who lose their jobs because of global trade get the training they need to build skills and find new jobs. In September, the Senate passed legislation extending many of the improvements made to the Trade Adjustment Assistance program in 2009. These changes expanded access to workers in the service sector and to workers whose jobs were offshored to countries – such as China – which do not have trade agreements with the United States. I am pleased this help for Pennsyl-

vania workers will now be signed into law.

The hard reality is our country doesn’t have a strategic trade policy. It’s an ad hoc approach that hasn’t worked. China has taken advantage of our lack of focus and it’s clearer than ever the United States needs a fresh approach to trade policy. People who have seen their jobs offshored and companies who have faced unfair competition from abroad must have a seat at the table. Reshaping US trade policy will take time.

But there are actions we can take right now to support our workers and companies by: cracking down on China’s currency manipulation; ensuring workers harmed by international trade get the support and training they need through TAA; and rejecting any freetrade agreements that will cost American workers their jobs.

This week, by tackling China’s currency manipulation, the Senate has sent China a message its unfair trade practices will no longer be tolerated, while showing the American people Democrats and Republicans actually can work together to create US jobs.

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CITY OF PHILADELPHIA Public Hearing Notice The Committee on the Environment of the Council of the City of Philadelphia will hold a Public Hearing Wednesday, October 26, 2011, at 2:00 PM, in Room 400, City Hall, to hear testimony on the following items: 110442

An Ordinance amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Business Privilege Taxes,” by changing the reporting requirement related to the Sustainable Business Tax Credit; all under certain terms and conditions.

110533

An Ordinance amending Subcode “A” (The Philadelphia Administrative Code) of Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code,” by providing for the manner of payment of electrical permit fees for the installation of solar electric (also known as photovoltaic) systems.

Immediately following the public hearing, a meeting of the Committee on the Environment, open to the public, will be held to consider the action to be taken on the above listed items.

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Copies of the foregoing items are available in the Office of the Chief Clerk of the Council, Room 402, City Hall.

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CITY OF PHILADELPHIA Public Hearing Notice The Committee on Public Health and Human Services of the Council of the City of Philadelphia will hold a Public Hearing Tuesday, October 25, 2011, at 1:00 PM, in Room 400, City Hall, to hear testimony on the following items: 110552

An Ordinance amending Section 10-602 of The Philadelphia Code, known as the “Clean Indoor Air Worker Protection Law,” by providing a limited period of time, expiring January 1, 2012, during which certain Drinking Establishments, as defined, may apply for and obtain a waiver of the provisions of the Section prohibiting smoking in certain places, under certain terms and conditions.

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Immediately following the public hearing, a meeting of the Committee on Public Health and Human Services, open to the public, will be held to consider the action to be taken on the above listed items.

Copies of the foregoing items are available in the Office of the Chief Clerk of the Council, Room 402, City Hall.

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