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BLUSTERY early morning cold didn’t faze these trade unionists and AOH members as they annually donate their time to erect Christmas Crèche at northeastern tip of LOVE Park, 16th &Arch Streets. They invite you to today’s dedication of Nativity Scene at 3 p.m.
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ONLY AT A Penna. Society event at Penn Club do you find Govs. Tom Corbett and Ed Rendell side by side. Plenty more pics by Bonnie Squires and Joe Stivala. Pages 5, 14, 16, 17.
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GIVING BACK TO ALL members’ families every year, Laborers’ Local 57 arranges for Santa to visit union hall in Northern Liberties. Jolly fellow had a snug Laborers’ hoodie for every member and a toy for every member’s child. Joining Santa before tree are Secretary-Treasurer Mike Carfagno, 2nd from left; Business Mgr. Walt Higgins, 3rd from left; and President Stanley Sanders, right.
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Campaign Finance Report by David Lynn As posted last week, the Board of Commissioners of the Delaware River Port Authority consists of big contributors in political circles. Today, we examine the contributions of Commissioners Joanna Cruz, attorney, Kerns, Pearlstine, Onorato & Hladik; and Walter D’Alessio, vice chairman, NorthMarq Capital. Contributions from Joanna Cruz BARRY, TED $150 2004 BARRY, TED FOR ST SENATE $150 2004 Area II Republican Committee $35 2008 ELLIS, TOM FRIENDS OF $200 2008 HORSHAM REP PARTY $1,000 2008 MONTGOMERY CO REP COMM $1,420 2008 Republican Committee of Lower Merion and Narberth $90 2008 STEPHENS, TODD FRIENDS OF INC$275 2008 ABINGTON TWP ROCKLEDGE BOR REP $360 2009 Americans of Italian Heritage Council, Inc. $100 2009 AREA 11 GOP $200 2009 Area II Republican Committee $100 2009 CHELTENHAM TWP REP ORG $170 2009 CRUZ, JOANNA FOR JUDGE $26,466.50 2009 MONTGOMERY CO REP COMM $3,600 2009 UPPER DUBLIN TOWNSHIP REPUBLICAN COMM. $60 2009 ABINGTON TWP ROCKLEDGE BOR REP $150 2010 CHELTENHAM TWP REP ORG $100 2010 Friends of Bruce Castor, Inc. $200 2010 HORSHAM REP PARTY $200 2010
Lower Providence Republican Committee $60 MONTGOMERY CO REP COMM $3,600 Republican Committee of Lower Merion and Narberth $140 TOEPEL, MARCY FRIENDS OF $1,100 CHELTENHAM TWP REP ORG $250 Friends of Bruce Castor, Inc. $100 MONTGOMERY CO COUNCIL OF REP WOMEN $110 Republican Committee of Lower Merion and Narberth $80 Contributions from Walter D’Alessio RIDGE, TOM FRIENDS OF GOV COM$2,000 Friends of Barbara Hafer $1,000 Citizens to Elect Dwight Evans $750 Friends of Mike Fisher Committee, Inc.$1,000 FUMO, VINCENT FOR SENATE$500 HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE $500 TILGHMAN, RICHARD FOR STATE SENATE $1,000 Friends of Barbara Hafer $3,000 PA FUTURE $500 STREET, JOHN F. FRIENDS OF $500 Committee to Elect John Taylor $500 Pennsylvania Future Fund $1,000 RENDELL, EDWARD FOR GOV$4,000 Friends of Barbara Hafer $1,000 PERZEL, JOHN FRIENDS OF $1,000 STREET, JOHN F. FRIENDS OF $1,000 CORBETT, TOM FRIENDS OF $1,000 NUTTER, MICHAEL - 2007 $1,000 PERZEL, JOHN FRIENDS OF $2,000 PHILA REP CITY COM $500 RENDELL, EDWARD FOR GOV$1,000
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Philadelphia Weathers State House Redistricting by Tony West As the final vote on General Assembly redistricting nears, Philadelphia’s new electoral boundaries look pretty clear. Our city was spared the bruising battles that are still playing out in Western Pennsylvania, where dipping population forced the loss of seats. Philadelphia’s numbers held stable for the first time since 1950, and that enabled its legislators to negotiate new districts that aren’t much different from their old ones for the most part. Senatorial districts saw little change, just some swapping of border zones that left all incumbents more comfortable. None of our eight Senators is particularly old; they could all be in office in 2021. That might make for dull elections, but the city’s delegation will wind up with killer seniority in Harrisburg
if it comes to pass. In the House, new districts will make for livelier play in two hot spots: North and Northeast Philadelphia. The map had to change in North Philadelphia because of population loss. Change was made easier by State Rep. Jewell Williams’ takeover of the Sheriff’s Office in the 2011 Municipal Election. That left his 197th Dist. an orphan with no one to defend it from cuts. The new 197th is an ungainly T-shape, seldom more than four blocks wide, with few ties that bind its seven wards. It may be easy for Democrat Party leaders to plant their choice on the old 197th in the special election to replace Williams – but hard for the winner to hold it in years to come. The new 197th, which will come into play in 2012, will be closely split between Blacks and Hispanics; there
will be a push to elect a Hispanic. To the north, State Rep. John Myers’ 201st Dist. was treated rather unkindly for a longstanding incumbent. If Myers, who is 64, wishes to retain his seat in 2012, he must do so with only a scrap of his Germantown fiefdom left. Half the new 201st is east of Broad Street, where no one knows him. It is awkwardly shaped and hard to service. Look for challenges here. The Northeast didn’t lose population, but its House districts will undergo a revolution. The 170th, 172nd, 173rd and 202nd have been boldly redrawn, largely in ways that favor the bold, youthful and well-organized Northeast Democrat Caucus. Once a bastion of urban Republicans, that era may be over for the next decade, barring a political earthquake.
The old 172nd Dist., drawn in 2001 to protect GOP cleanup batter John Perzel, will be no more. Its Republican strongholds have been portioned off into useless bites in several districts. Incumbent Democrat State Rep. Brendan Boyle should have no trouble defending it. Republican State Rep. Denny O’Brien’s 169th Dist. has also been split up; even its name was traded away to booming York Co. As O’Brien will enter City Council at Large in January, this district will disappear on Jan. 1. If a special election is held to fill this seat, it will be along the Mason-Dixon Line in York Co., not the Northeast. The other Northeast Democrats – Kevin’s feisty brother Brendan in the 170th, Mike McGeehan in the 173rd and John Sabatina in the 174th – will all have much
new territory to serve. But their new districts are fairly compact and easy to get around. They are psyched for the challenge because they believe their Party has demography and economics pushing for it across the Northeast. Sabatina would have had it otherwise, though, preferring his old district. Democrat Mark Cohen’s 202nd Dist. is a remarkable case. Cohen is a string theorist: He loves a district that is long and skinny, with no rational community connections. The current 202nd is stringy; after 2012, it gets more so, about 60 blocks long and three blocks wide. His string is slowly shrinking away from Olney and probing into the Northeast. Cohen is a master of online communities, which may make him less dependent on geographical ones. (Cont. Page 7)
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BABETTE JOSEPHS ...going for 13th
BRIAN SIMS .....challenging Babette
challenger, Brian Sims? Sims, an attorney, who had been Josephs’ treasurer in the 2009 campaign, has declared his intention to challenge her in the Democrat primary this coming April. A gay activist, he was for three years counsel for policy and planning at the Philadelphia Bar Association, a post from which he recently resigned. Readying for this campaign, he has also stepped down as both the President of Equality Pennsylvania, and as the Chairman of the Gay & Lesbian Lawyers of Philadelphia. A former NCAA football captain at Bloomsburg University in 2000, Sims speaks on issues of athletics, diversity and advocacy to students, athletes and universities. The 33-year-old contender doesn’t buy the claim he’s betraying Josephs. He says he served as her treasurer in the 2009 campaign because friends asked him to do so. “Other than performing that duty, there was little exchange between us,” he states. Currently the managing editor of the Bar’s newest publication, UponFurtherReview, he has also served as the legal editor of M.D.News magazine and as an associate editor of the Philadelphia Bar Reporter. Sims feels Josephs has moved the “LGBT agenda as far as she can and has lost sight of the overall picture of maintaining a very positive progressive stance in the legislature. How Sims’ campaign calling for a change will resound in the gay community, he feels, will not mark the success or failure of his campaign, indicating, “I am well known and personally acquainted with many of the committeepersons
in the 5th and 8th Wards. Several have already signed on my campaign in different capacities.” Josephs has been underestimated through the years, as the crushed aspirations of many candidates through her 12 terms attest. She intends, she says, to make her 13th campaign “my luckiest to date.” Singer Resigns, Farnese Gets 8th
Stephanie Singer, true to her word, is stepping down as leader of the vaunted 8th Democrat Ward in Center City. Committeepersons elected State Sen. Larry Farnese as her
successor. This gives Farnese a major input into his senatorial caucus, a position from which to insure he’ll get party support in his next go around. Singer’s move is impressive. She believes her chairmanship will earn her the support of ward leaders next time around. “I have faith,” she says, “I will be able to win on the merits and I know the 8th Ward will continue to be the independent voting ward it has been under my leadership and that the Senator will honor that aspect of the ward.” Al Schmidt Backs Welch for US Senate
US Senate candidate Steve Welch has the backing of Philadelphia City Commissioner-Elect Al Schmidt. Schmidt, who recently won election as a Philadelphia City Commissioner, had ear-
lier served as executive director of the Republican City Committee of Philadelphia and as senior advisor for Philadelphia for the Pennsylvania Republican Party. Schmidt said, “The people of Pennsylvania will be well served by having Steve Welch as their US Senator. Steve will bring real solutions to getting this economy back on track. He will bring an understanding of what it takes to create jobs, which is desperately needed in today’s economy,” He added, “Unlike our current Senator, Steve will work to create an environment that is friendly to our small businesses. The City of Philadelphia has an unemployment rate that has hovered around 11% for far too long. This city needs a Senator who will focus on creating jobs and not
be a rubber stamp for every failed policy the Obama Administration puts forth.” Welch late last week announced the appointment of Wayne Woodman as his Eastern Pennsylvania finance cochair. Woodman was a top fundraiser for both Congressman Charles Dent and Sen. Pat Toomey. He is currently the GOP Chairman of Lehigh Co. The son of an engineer and teacher, Welch grew up in Chester Co., where he lives with his wife, Nicole, and three children. He has a mechanical engineering degree from Penn State University. Welch started his first major business enterprise, Mitos, in 2001 on a shoe string. Under Steve’s guidance, Mitos developed several critical patents which trans(Cont. Page 4)
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by Joe Shaheeli State Rep. Babette Josephs (D-S. Phila.), long recognized as a Center City progressive and strong ally of the gay community, finds she will be going up against one of that community’s well-known members. A pragmatic, streetwise politician, she is already moving her campaign team into high gear as she seeks to win a 13th term in the State House representing the 182nd Dist. Her first volley was announcing Philadelphia attorney Andrew Chirls, a major player in that same community, as her campaign treasurer. A partner at Philadelphia’s Haines & Associates, Chirls was chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association in 2005, becoming the first openly gay leader in the organization’s 203-year history. He was the first lawyer to represent a plaintiff in an AIDS- or HIV-discrimination case presented to a jury in Pennsylvania, and has been involved in several consumerprotection and class action lawsuits. He was the representative of the AHP Settlement Trust, which administered a $4.3 billion class settlement arising from marketing of the diet drug combination known as Fen Phen. “Babette has been an outspoken advocate and a fearless fighter for equality and civil rights,” Chirls said. “Entrenched Republican legislators are trying to use their majority to roll back all the gains we’ve made over the years, but Babette is there to stop them. She’s built the relationships and power necessary to stand up to the Tea Party and the right-wingers. Babette has been resolute in her commitment to progressive issues, and we need her seniority in Harrisburg.” Now the seniormost woman legislator in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Josephs has proven herself to be a champion of the gay community. But will the big numbers representing gay votes in the 5th, 8th, and 2nd wards remember her leadership? Or will they succumb to the “out with the old and in with the new” clarion call from her
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Committee Aspirant Goes To Court In 40B (Cont. From Page 3) formed the biological drug and vaccine industries. Following his sale of Mitos, Welch co-founded DreamIt Ventures, a new business-accelerator model that has been featured in Forbes, USA Today and the Wall Street Journal as a new model for launching technology companies. In just four years, DreamIt Ventures has helped launch 64 new companies. From this experience, Welch has worked with hundreds of early-stage entrepreneurs to turn their dreams into reality. As an Eisenhower Fellow, Welch spent time in Asia and Europe studying all aspects of economic development, examining how government policy, technology, and culture impact job creation. In 2010, Welch published We Are All Born Entrepreneurs, in which he uses his story and those of over a dozen other entrepreneurs to explain what drives invention, innovation, and job creation. In 2011, he founded the education-technology company KinderTown, a business designed to help parents engage in their children’s education at an early age. Gordon Effort Goes To Court
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Tracey L. Gordon has filed suit against the City’s Democrat Ward Party for “illegally
barring her from taking offices as a committee person in Ward 40B after she was duly elected to that position by the voters in her division,” as she claims. The suit, filed by public interest lawyers Irv Ackelsberg of Langer Grogan & Diver and Mary Catherine Roper of the American Civil Liberties Foundation of Pennsylvania, states, “Ms. Gordon has done nothing that would remotely authorize the Party to dislodge her from her position, nor does the Party have any legal standing whatsoever to even attempt any such thing.” Gordon had been refused entry to the ward’s reorganization meeting after she had claimed victory. Her nomination petition had been challenged, but was reinstated by Judge Idee Fox. Gloria Gilman, acting chair of the Philadelphia Democratic Progressive Caucus, a group started a year ago to “educate committee people as to their duties to their voters and to encourage people to get involved in the election process,” has supported Gordon’s efforts. “Our attempts to get satisfaction for Gordon were ignored by both the City and State Democrat Committees. So the case has gone to court.”
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Gilman, who had been a committeeperson in the 22nd Ward for about a year, had to relinquish that post when she moved. She started the Progressive Caucus, now located at 135 S. 19th Street, Suite 200, because she had learned during that time “many committeepersons do not understand the full importance of their positions.” Gordon, as do the plaintiff’s attorneys, believes there is precedent supporting Gordon. In 1966, a court decision ruled in the Bentman vs. 7th Ward Democrat Executive Committee case, 421PA 1188, 218 A. 2nds 261, State and County Committees had no legal authority to nullify results of an election duly conduction under the provisions of the state election codes. Both Democrat and Republican Parties in this city would be affected by any court decision favoring Gordon. They would have to go back to the rules that govern them and rewrite some of those rules in accordance with the court’s ruling. Odds favor a settlement before the court date, with her being welcomed back into the ward. Union Leader Local 98 Posts Blog
John J. Dougherty, Jr. has an official blog for his union.
Its first appearance was early in December and it began with the message “Welcome to ‘Get In Line, Get Online’ the official blog of Johnny Doc, business manager of IBEW Local 98 and Philly’s biggest fan. This blog will touch on many hot topics of the moment, from sports to politics, from ecology to the economy, from Broad Street to Wall Street. The blog will be a lot of things – informative, intelligent, irreverent, indispensable. It’ll never be boring! Enjoy!” Stay abreast by logging on to BLOG.IBEW98.ORG. He’ll be officially kicking it off in January, but for now you can get an idea of what will be coming your way. Marian Won’t Retire Early
She didn’t make President of City Council, but rest assured, contrary to rumors and a statement by columnist Lucky Glenwood, she is not planning an early retirement. Instead, she is looking forward to her next four year term, “with great anticipation.” “There is so much open to us with this new influx of talented new members. We oldtimers will be able to point them in the right directions,” she said. “We face many more challenges as a City
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The Philadelphia Federation of Young Republicans, along with Councilman Brian J. O’Neil, are conducting a clothing/toy drive for the Christmas season. Toys and clothing can be delivered (preferably new, unopened, but not required) to Councilman O’Neill’s District office located at 1701 Bowler Street, 2nd floor. Scaringi Wins Blair County GOP Women’s Straw Poll
Marc Scaringi, a candidate for the Republican nomination to the US Senate from Pennsylvania, won the Blair Co. Republican Women’s Straw Poll. The vote came following a candidates forum that included US Senate candidates Steve Welch, Tom Smith, Laureen Cummings, and John Kensinger. Scaringi also came out ahead of Sam Rohrer and John Vernon in the poll. The group’s president, Lois Kaneshiki, said, “The poll’s results are significant, because they came after the Sam Rohrer announcement and indicate what a strong impression Marc made on our group.” Scaringi reacted to the news, “It’s very gratifying to win the Blair Co. Republican Women’s Straw Poll. I believe it reflects the growing grassroots support for our campaign’s message, particu-
larly my Free America Agenda, which I’ve been speaking about all over Pennsylvania. It’s time to take our country back from Barack Obama and Robert Casey and restore freedom to America.” Northampton County Endorses Christian
Another GOP candidate for US Senate is David Christian, who has received the endorsement of Dorothy “Dottie” Niklos. “I am pleased to accept Dottie Niklos as my first public endorsement in this campaign. She is a strong Republican leader from Northampton Co. and influential across the Lehigh Valley,” said Christian. “I’m honored and grateful for her support of my candidacy.” Christian added, “Despite the Democratic Party’s having a majority voter registration in her county, Dottie has been a driving force for Republicans and works aggressively to elect Republicans in Northampton. I know she has deep roots in the region and works with many groups and organizations in service to her community. With her on my team, we are closer to winning the Senate primary. With her help, I’m confident we will win.” Sam Rohrer Adds Staff
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Democrats alike were wondering what Furman could have been thinking when she arranged for television cameras to be on the scene when she sent police to grab Commissioner Jim Matthews as he went to a convenience store, bringing him out in handcuffs. There was a lot of discussion about the redistricting maps, with Democrats worried that their majority-Republican colleagues would do a lot of partisan damage along party lines. Tuition vouchers, despite
Gov. Tom Corbett’s calling them “opportunity scholarships” and “education reform,” were also a hot topic. Blank Rome held its annual informative government relations seminar, peeking at the future. Newt Gingrich came in for a drubbing, even from Republican experts. Most interesting was the review of races being ranked by the Cook Report, where Sen. Bob Casey’s seat is considered so secure Charlie Cook does not even list it in his play book. There were 1400 people in
the Waldorf ballroom Saturday night for the Pennsylvania Society dinner, awarding the gold medal to Philly-born astronaut, Dr. Guy Bluford. The dais was filled with luminaries, including former and current Governors and Senators and their wives, convened by Carol Fitzgerald, executive director of the Pennsylvania Society, and chaired by Ambassador David Girard-diCarlo. The voice of talented actress and humanitarian Melissa Fitzgerald was heard as the voice-over of the wonderful
documentary on Bluford’s amazing life and careers, including his being the first African American in space. Bluford proudly claimed diplomas from Overbrook HS and Penn State University. In the current situation, Penn State needs all the help they can get – and Guy Bluford’s endorsement is better than any highpriced public-relations firm! Weekend highlights included the Penn breakfast Saturday, the Temple breakfast Sunday, the Blank Rome reception Friday night at the In-
tercontinental, the Genevieve Society reception Friday afternoon, the Casey fundraiser at the Irish Exit, and the Dilworth Paxson post-dinner reception Saturday night. Oh – and Jerry Blavat and a great band at the IBEW 98 event, which gave out free copies of Blavat’s new book. Just sitting in the Waldorf lobby gave you a glimpse of the movers and shakers, even if we did not have time to get to the Arent Fox, Vince Hughes and Cozen O’Connor events, etc., as we had planned.
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by Bonnie Squires The Waldorf-Astoria was the hub of activity for the 2011 Pennsylvania Society events in New York last weekend. Elected officials, prospective candidates, political consultants and major law firms were prominent in attendance in a swirl of receptions and fundraisers. What were the big issues being discussed? Well, the Risa Furman-Jim Matthews brouhaha took first place, displacing the Penn State sexabuse scandal. Republicans and
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Children’s Hospital Blank Rome Reception At Intercontinental Award Reception
FRIDAY-NIGHT Blank Rome reception at InterContinental Hotel, across from Waldorf Astoria, is always a jam-packed affair. Darrell Clarke, left, incoming President of Phila. City Council, beams as Controller Alan Butkovitz congratulates him.
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CRAIG LEWIS congratulates Congressman Chaka Fattah on his award CHRIS LEWIS, ESQ. and his wife Lisa were on hand to f r o m greet their Blank Rome guests. CHOP.
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THIS MIGHT be the “Cultural Caucus”: Gwen Borowsky, Kathy Epps and Anne Ewer.
GOV. ED RENDELL is a fixture at Blank Rome event, greeting Comcast VP Karen Buchholz and Mary Dougherty of Nicole Miller fame. P E D R O RAMOS, newly named chair of School Reform Commission, sported a sling to most events. He is chatting here with George Burrell.
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STATE REP. MARGO DAVIDSON and friends were at MITCH KLEVAN and Anne Lazarus caught up with ChrisCHOP reception to see Fattah and State Rep. Kathy Watson tine and Paul Tufano. honored.
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SHERIFF Barbara Deeley, who entered Pennsylvania record books as state’s first fe- CHIEF DEPUTY Joseph Vignola and Sheriff male to hold that office, welcomes Catherine Barbara Deeley enjoy seeing packed house at Hicks to office gala. Waterfall Room.
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O’Brien, is also taking City office as Councilman in January, his district could have been bushwhacked, but it wasn’t. The 2012 district will be slightly less Black than the 2010 one is and it encompasses some choice hot real estate. It will be a big deal to win this seat in
the upcoming special election. In Kensington, Angel Cruz’s 1780th Dist. will pick up valuable commercial activity in Port Richmond. Tony Payton’s Frankford district, the 179th, will be easier for the dynamic young legislator to tool around.
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(Cont. From Page 2) All news is not bad for Republicans, though. Some early reports stated Philadelphia had lost a district, but that’s not really true. State Rep. Thomas Murt, a Montgomery Republican who now has a couple of divisions in the Northeast, will see an important part of his 152nd Dist. move into Bustleton. He should have no trouble with his new constituents. De facto, he will become a new member of the Philadelphia Caucus, giving State Rep. John Taylor (R-Kensington) a new ally to replace the many who have disappeared over time. (Taylor quietly picked up some nice real estate in the Lower Northeast which should give him another 10 years if he wants them.) In quieter parts of town, new districts tend to favor incumbents, all of whom are Democrats. Pam DeLissio in the 194th shed inconvenient West Philadelphia turf which her colleagues Louise Williams Bishop in the 192nd and Vanessa Lowery Brown in the 190th badly needed due to population loss. Both Brown and Bishop will benefit from incorporating City Line into their districts. The 192nd, which now includes all of elite Black Wynnefield, will become a nursery for leadership in the next decade. West Philly’s Brown got rid of an awkward scrap of North Philadelphia which was hard for her to service. In the 195th, North Philly’s freshman Michelle Brownlee reduced her exposure in West Philly by cutting back on her 6th, 24th and 52nd Ward divisions. Further north, Rosita Youngblood, who has faced some annoying challenges in an ungainly 198th Dist., got a new map that is more compact and more prosperous to boot. Dwight Evans in the 203rd should also shave a few points off his mileage expenses after 2012. In South Philly, Ron Waters’ 191st Dist. pushed in from West Philly while Kenyatta Johnson’s 186th pulled back from the West. Since Johnson, like Williams and
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by Michael A. Cibik, Esq. American Bankruptcy Board Certified Question: Is bankruptcy the best way to save your home? Answer: You want to save your home. Which is the best way to stop a foreclosure, get caught up on your monthly payments, and save your home? Is it loan modification? A workout? Or a bankruptcy? A recent article, “The
Home Ownership Experience of Households in Bankruptcy” by Professor Sarah W. Carroll, of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and Wenli Li, of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, provided the first in-depth analysis of the homeownership experience of home owners in Chapter 13. Its conclusions mirror what most bankruptcy attorneys’ personal experience has been: Chapter 13 is one of the most effective
We may experience heightened feelings of anger, resentment and bitterness toward family members, as painful memories face us head on this Christmas season. But Dr. Michael Barry has spent years conducting clinical research on the link between cancer and negative emotions. “Letting go of bitterness and feelings of unforgiveness at the holidays is one of the best things we can do for our bodies, minds and souls,” Barry says.
The constant stress hard feelings like bitterness, anger and resentment can cause makes our bodies produce stress hormones. These hormones, such as cortisol and adrenaline, raise blood pressure, heart rate and blood-sugar levels, and reduce the production of natural killer cells — the “foot soldiers” in the fight against diseases like cancer. Barry is director of pastoral care at the Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Philadelphia.
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ways to let you save your home. First, the Chapter 13 filing was not always the solution: 28% of filers lost their houses in foreclosure despite filing for bankruptcy. This is typically a result of poor cash flow. If job loss, or illness, continues and there is not enough money coming into the household, the house will be lost regardless of filing bankruptcy or not. Many of the homeowners in this group will end up converting their cases to one under Chapter 7, so that they can wipe out any personal liability for the mortgage(s), as well as most of their other debts. However, when compared with homeowners who did not file, debtors who filed for bankruptcy were able to stay in their homes for, on average, 28 additional months, over two years. This figure includes those who ended up losing their homes. So, if you’re behind on mortgage payments, consider a Chapter 13. It may let you stay in your home a lot longer than other options. Next Week’s Question: How to miss out on discharging credit-card debt.
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ing and 38% proficient in math on a recent Pennsylvania System of School Assessment test. This means, on average, nearly two-thirds of these school students are not being prepared properly to advance into the real world. We have made progress in drawing attention to the failures of these persistently failing schools. But there are some who believe this pool of schools is too large for a lifeline from the Commonwealth. Some believe we should narrow the scope of SB1 even further. To this, Sen. Williams and I emphatically say, “No.” These Bottom 5% schools have historically failed our children, and it is time for a new solution. Thankfully, Gov. Tom Corbett agrees with us and is not willing to give up on these children. We are hopeful the House of Representatives will swiftly take up SB 1 to give these kids a chance and enact one of the most-sweeping educational reform proposals to move through the General Assembly in the past 50 years. We owe this reform to the kids who are trapped in those schools now, and must make the promise to the next generation that we will not fail them.
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Dec.15- City’s Christmas Crèche dedication at NEC of Love Pk., 16th & Arch, adjacent to Christmas Village, 3 p.m. Carols by St. Francis Xavier School students. All invited. Dec. 15- Berean Institute Christmas Open House at 1901 W. Girard Ave., 5-9 p.m. For info (215) 763-4833. Dec. 15- Christmas Celebration in 6300 block Germantown Ave., 6-7 p.m. Corporate and community donations welcome! For more info, to make a donation, A. Neal (215) 438-1768 or A. Alexander (215) 844-9345. Dec. 15- Join Stephanie Singer for an evening of political comedy at “This Is the Week that Is”, 1812 Productions’ yearly political satire. Tickets, $20, cover cost of theater ticket, plus a donation of any size (from $1 up to the legal individual maximum of $2,600). For info John Barber (484) 469-0633. Dec. 17- Volunteers needed to help wrap gifts for Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell’s
Christmas Holiday Party for Homeless. Join her in City Hall Rm. 401, 9 a.m. Call to sign up (215) 686-3418. Dec. 17- Phila. Federation of Young Republicans hosts Christmas Party at Liberties, 705 N. 2nd St., 3-7 p.m. Tickets $20. Dec. 17- Committee to Elect Brett Mandel hosts Auld Lang Syne cocktail reception at 2303 Lombard St., 6-8 p.m. Contributions $100 to $1,000. For info www.brettmandel.com. Dec. 17- Black Professionals Christmas Party at African American Museum, 7th & Arch Sts., 8 p.m.-1 a.m. $50 includes live music, entertainment. For info Earl Harvey (267) 244-3860. Dec. 17- N.W. Futures PAC Christmas Bash at 5547 Germantown Ave., 9 p.m.-1 a.m. $20. BYOB. For info Derek S. Green, Esq., (216) 205-4988. Dec. 20- Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell hosts City’s homeless at her annual Christmas Party at Pennsylvania Convention Ctr., 3-7 p.m. Dec. 20- State Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown hosts Winter Wonderland Open House at Sayre HS, 58th & Walnut Sts., 5 p.m. Clowns, facepainting, magic show, child-
safety, constituent services. Santa will come with gifts for children. Free but must RSVP for ticket (215) 879-6615. Dec. 22- State Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown hosts Winter Wonderland Open House at HS for Future, 4021 Parkside Ave., 5 p.m. Clowns, facepainting, magic show, childsafety, constituent services. Santa will come with gifts for children. Free but must RSVP for ticket (215) 879-6615. Dec. 29- Friends of Council Majority Leader-Elect Curtis Jones hosts “Black Out Party” at 4130 Main St., next to Manayunk Brewery, 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Dress in black. VIP Cocktail 68 p.m. $1,000 host, $500 sponsor, $250 VIP, $50 general admission, guest. For info Dorian Stanley (732) 642-2163. Dec. 30- Kwanzaa Dinner & Show fundraiser to send 50 students to Africa at Imhotep Charter HS, 6201 N. 21st St.,7-11 p.m. Tickets $40; seniors and children under 12, $30. For info Maisha Sullivan (215) 385-0214. Jan. 2- Inaugural celebration for Jewell Williams, Sheriff of Phila., at Horizons Rooftop Ballrm., Sheraton Hotel, 17th & Race Sts. Attire: boots and denim, and party gear. RSVP JewellWilliams2011@gmail.com.
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In the last decade, we have made strides in developing tools that allow us to objectively measure our students’ successes and failures in the classroom. Because of these accountability tools, we have found there are many schools that persistently fail to provide our children with a proper education. These schools fall in what we call the Bottom 5%. SB 1, which I have sponsored along with State Sen. Anthony Williams of Philadelphia, is aimed at these 143 schools that are the poorest-performing in the state. Our legislation focuses on these “worst of the worst” schools and opens up opportunities for students who don’t have options. If there is ever a group in need of opportunity scholarships or “vouchers,” it is these kids who continue,
through no fault of their own, to be trapped by their zip code and consigned to failure because they attend one of the Bottom 5% schools. Critics of our approach argue we will be harming those schools by taking away much needed resources. But I ask you – how much is enough? We have poured millions of extra dollars into these failing schools over several decades and nothing has worked. And speaking of harm – who is harming whom? Many of these Bottom 5% schools are violent places, as evidenced by the crime statistics reported annually by these schools to the Pennsylvania Dept. of Education. How can a child learn or a teacher instruct under these conditions? The simple answer is they can’t. According to data compiled by the Commonwealth Foundation, only 32% of students in the Bottom 5% schools are proficient in read-
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Achieving a ward leadership is a major accomplishment for those aspiring to that party office in both the Democrat and Republican Parties. The office carries with it the opportunity to have a say in who will be the State Representative, Senator and Councilman, among the other offices of government. It also has responsibilities that can be considered major. One of these is to insure every polling place in the ward has a polling place on election, properly staffed and with easy accessibility. Another is to insure the ward’s committee members are following up on the problems brought to them by their constituents. That is why we call attention to the decision of Stephanie Singer, now chairwoman of the City Commissioners. She had pledged to step down from her vaunted position as ward leader if elected. She has kept her word. She has also made it known she has come to know well the duties and responsibilities of the Office of City Commissioner and how dependent voters are on how effectively its responsibilities are handled. We wish her well in her new role along with her other Commissioners, incumbent Anthony Clark and newcomer Al Schmidt.
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by Mayor Michael Nutter During the holiday season, city leaders, small business owners and I would like to remind you to shop locally for your loved ones. Small businesses reinvigorate the local economy, create jobs and give back to your communities. On Saturday, Dec. 17 (or anytime while doing your holiday shopping this month), I would like to encourage Philadelphians to #shopPhilly. Philadelphians can support the city’s locallyowned small businesses and nonprofits while purchasing your
holiday shopping. Then, we would like you to let the world know via Twitter, Facebook, blogs and other social media. The hashtag for the campaign is #shopPhilly so be sure to include it in your posts. We know many of you are already focused on shopping local this season, so we hope that you will tie this in to your existing campaigns. Thank you for your support of Philadelphia’s local economy, and please forward this request to your own networks so we can have as many of our city’s leaders and citizens participating.
Former Councilman Juan F. Ramos, a deacon in the Catholic Church, has fond memories of the late John Cardinal Foley. In 2007, Councilman Ramos sponsored resolution honoring his elevation to Cardinal. In December of that year, Cardinal Foley accepted the resolution on the floor of City Council and also offered the invocation. Foley remembered Juan, now administrator of Laborers Employees Cooperation & Education Trust (LECET), as a parishioner at St. Boniface. He can be reached for further memorabilia at (215) 906-1925.
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This past week, members of the herd migrated to New York City to attend the various meetings and parties surrounding the 112nd annual Pennsylvania Society dinner. While many of the events were not political, there were a number of events geared towards or attractive to Republicans. The first notable event for the herd was Pennsylvania representative to the Republican National Committee CHRISTINE TORRETTI’S party Thursday night at Club Macanudo. Philadelphia-area Republican activists MICHELLE JOHNSON and KAREN ASH were among the attendees that included elephants from all corners of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth Club’s premier event was a luncheon at the Plaza. Keynote speaker was New Jersey GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE. The Commonwealth Club is fundraising group of the Republican Party of Pennsylvania. Attendees from Philadelphia included Republican MICHAEL MEEHAN and his family, activists KEVIN KELLY and DENISE FUREY, as well as WARD LEADER MIKE CIBIK, political commentator FARAH JIMENEZ and publicist BRIAN TIERNEY. Local businessmen DAN DiLELLA and GARY SILVI were also in attendance. Later that afternoon, DiLella and Silvi hosted a fundraiser for their political-action committee, PA Future, at which the keynote speaker was SEN. PAT TOOMEY. The law firm Blank Rome held a roundtable discussion on the development of the Marcellus Shale. The moderator was Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission Chairman and Delaware Co. native ROB POWELLSON. Other Southeastern speakers included LT. GOV. JIM CAWLEY and Secretary of the Dept of Environmental Protection MICHAEL KRANCER. (Cont. Page 18)
Last week, I wrote the Pennsylvania Society hootenanny represented a total lack of respect by the Commonwealth’s political elite for the people they are supposed to represent. Here is another example: the effort by Pennsylvania lawmakers to make our state the latest to have a Voter ID law. In case you’ve been asleep in your basement over the last few months, several states -- states that are, coincidentally, run by Republicans -- have passed laws that require voters to have State-sanctioned identification in order to vote. Folks would be required to show that State-sanctioned ID every time they went to their polling place, no matter how long they had been voting there. Under the current law, you need only present proof you are who you say you are (and live where you say you live) the first time you vote at your polling place, but not beyond that. The idea behind these laws is to prevent widespread voter fraud. Now, being a Philadelphian, I know there’s probably an argument that a law preventing voter fraud is necessary. Dead people have been able to continue exercising their right to vote in this city more than once. But considering whom these laws are aimed at, I think there’s something slightly more sinister afloat. First of all, these laws will make it harder for community groups to register people to vote. The example most cited is what I like to call the “ACORN misnomer.” This is named for the community organization that did such radical things as empower poor people, before being targeted by a right-wing jerk who tried to call himself a “journalist”. You see, as part of their empowering the poor thing, ACORN registered poor people to vote. Most of those poor (Cont. Page 18)
Yo! Here we go again with these thoughts of when I was younger. Adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were when they were growing up. But now I’m at a ripe old age, I can’t help but look around and notice the youth of today. You’ve got it so easy. I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in a darn Utopia. And I hate to say it, but you kids today don’t know how good you’ve got it. I mean, when I was a kid we didn’t have the internet. If we wanted to know something, we had to go to the library and look it up ourselves, in the card catalog. There was no email. We had to actually write somebody a letter ... with a pen. Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox and it would take like a week to get there. There were no MP3s or Napsters. You wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the darn record store and shoplift it yourself. Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio, and the DJ usually talked over the beginning and @#*% it all up. We didn’t have fancy stuff like Call Waiting. If you were on the phone and somebody else called, they got a busy signal, that was it. And we didn’t have fancy Caller ID Boxes either. When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was you had to pick it up and take your chances, mister. We had the Atari 2600. With games like “Space Invaders” and “Asteroids”, and the graphics really sucked. Your guy was a little square. You actually had to use your imagination. And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster and faster until you died. Just like LIFE. You were screwed when it came to channel-surfing. You had to get off your butt and walk over to the TV to change the channel. and there was no Cartoon Network either. You could only get cartoons on Saturday Morning. We had to wait all week for cartoons. And we didn’t have microwaves; if we wanted to heat something up; we had to use the stove or go build a fire. Like if we wanted popcorn, we had to use that stupid Jiffy Pop thing and shake it over the stove forever like an idiot. You kids today have got it too easy. You’re spoiled. You guys wouldn’t have lasted five minutes back in 1960.
Tongues were atwitter at the annual gathering in New York City regarding a prominent law-enforcement advocate and his date, a Sheriff’s Dept. employee who was, until recently, prominently seen around Philadelphia with a civil-rights leader. Different “friends” for different cities, perhaps? Stay tuned. Speaking of the PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY WEEKEND, the usual big bash on Friday evening was the IBEW Local 98 party at the famed Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Locals in attendance included our new City Council PRESIDENTELECT DARRELL CLARKE (even though he says there is no such title), as well as our new MAJORITY LEADER CURTIS JONES. Of course COUNCILMAN-ELECT BOBBY HENON was the man of the hour and holding court, as were future colleagues COUNCIL MEMBERS MARK SQUILLA, DAVID OH, CINDY BASS and BLONDELL REYNOLDS BROWN, CITY CONTROLLER ALAN BUTKOVITZ and CONGRESSMAN CHAKA FATTAH. Other notables throughout the weekend include MAYOR MICHAEL NUTTER, former GOVS. EDWARD RENDELL and MARK SCHWEIKER, former US SEN. ARLEN SPECTER and wife JOAN, and his replacement, PAT TOOMEY. Also making the rounds was DA SETH WILLIAMS, recently separated and soon to be divorced from his wife of many years SONITA. State Republican bigwigs generally kept to themselves, since there were a host of events where they all had to be seen, especially those candidates seeking GOP state party endorsement to take on US SEN. BOB CASEY. Seems like a lost effort given the Democrat’s standing in the polls, which (Cont. Page 18)
JUDGE LYDIA KIRKLAND retired at a big party at Conservation Hall hosted by President Judge of Municipal Court MARSHA NEIFIELD. CONGRESSMAN BOB BRADY presented a citation, as did COUNCILWOMAN JANNIE BLACKWELL. Numerous judges attended, including BARBARA GILBERT, DAWN SEGAL, PAT DUGAN, ROSE MARIE DeFINO-NASTASI, SHEILA WOODS-SKIPPER, FRANK REBSTOCK, GENE MAIER, JOAN BROWN, DENIS COHEN and AMANDA COOPERMAN. Philadelphians once again left the City of Brotherly Love for the Big Apple and rubbed elbows with the VIPs and those who want to be big shots. WARD LEADERS BOB DELLAVELLA and BILL DOLBOW supported AUDITOR GENERAL JACK WAGNER at his swanky Waldorf Astoria reception. Also in attendance was City CONTROLLER ALAN BUTKOVITZ. Butkovitz believes he can be Mayor. He is more cerebral than charismatic, but his smarts and bulldog tenacity could be the right ingredients to turn the city around. He could slip through in a crowded primary as MICHAEL NUTTER did. Mayor Nutter was ubiquitous. He attended almost every party JOHN SABATINA, the 56th Ward leader, dined with STATE SEN. LeANNA WASHINGTON at Del Frisco. Also in their party were the lovely LISA SABATINA and STATE REP. JOHN SABATINA, JR. and his wife EILEEN, and RHONDA HILL WILSON, a board member of the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority and trial-lawyer extraordinaire. STATE SEN. LARRY FARNESE hosted a dinner at the swanky Brasserie Restaurant with his date. Once again, JOHN DOUGHERTY’S party was among the best. The special guest of honor was “The Geator”, JERRY BLAVAT, who joined in to sing and DJ with the band. On hand for the big bash were Congresspeople BOB BRADY, MIKE DOYLE, ALLYSON SCHWARTZ and STATE SENS. TOMMY TOMLINSON, TED ERICKSON, DOMINIC PILEGGI, MIKE STACK, MIKE BRUBAKER and RICH ALLOWAY. Also seen dancing was State TREASSURER ROB McCORD. The lobby and hallways of the Waldorf Astoria was where all the action was. STATE SEN. TONY WILLIAMS and his statuesque wife SHARI conversed with COUNCILMAN JIM KENNEY. MARK SQUILLA, the newly elected Councilman, enjoyed conversation with developer CAROL TAMBURINO and her daughter SABRINA. COUNCIL(Cont. Page 18)
quality of life in a neighborhood is peace, but peace simply cannot be achieved when there are guns on the streets,” Williams said. “Violence brings fear. It takes the lives of the innocent. It impacts our children’s ability to grow and thrive. It brings our neighborhoods down. Unfortunately, violence is on the rise again in the city.” There are 313 homicides so far in Philadelphia this year — 24 more compared to this time last year, according to statistics from the Philadelphia Police Dept. “We can talk about preventing violence all we want, but at the end of the day, we need to do something,” Williams said. For more information, call Ali Robinson or Don Cave at (215) 492-2980 or visit www.senatoranthonyhwilliams.com.
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In re: Adoption of Baby Boy B, a minor, (DOB: 7/31//2011), No. 2011-2251 in the Orphans' Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. To: Unknown Birthfather. A Petition has been filed asking the Court to put an end to all rights you have to your child, Baby Boy Doe. Baby Boy Doe was born 7/31/2011 at Holy Redeemer Hospital in Meadowbrook, PA. The Court has set a hearing to consider ending rights to your child. That hearing will be held in the Courtroom No. 6, Third Floor, Lancaster County Courthouse, 50 North Duke Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania on December 21, 2011 at 3 p.m. before the Honorable Jay. J. Hoberg. Your presence is required at the hearing. You are warned that even if you fail to appear at the scheduled hearing, the hearing will go on without you and your rights to your child may be ended by the Court without your being present. You have a right to be represented at the hearing by a lawyer. 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 to find out where you can get legal help. COURT ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE, Lancaster County Courthouse 50 North Duke Street P.O. Box 83480 Lancaster, PA 17608, 717-299-8041. In addition, please be advised that Pennsylvania law. Act 101 of 2010 allows for an enforceable voluntary agreement for continuing contact after adoption between an adoptive parent, a child, a birth parent and/or a birth relative of the child, if all parties agree and the voluntary agreement is approved by the court. The agreement must be signed and approved by the court to be legally binding. For more information, please contact Law Offices of Deborah E. Spivack, Attorney for Petitioner Adoptions from the Heart Adoption, P.O. Box 56182, Philadelphia, PA 19130. 215-763-5550
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An increase in gun violence on Philadelphia’s streets has prompted State Sen. Anthony H. Williams (D-W. Phila.) and Uplift Solutions and Safety Net to hold a gun buyback event in an effort to keep firearms from ending up in the wrong hands. The gun buyback will take place this Saturday from noon to 3 p.m. at Francis Myers Recreation Center, 5803 Kingsessing Avenue. Participants will receive $100 gift cards in exchange for turning in their guns, no questions asked. There is a limit of two guns and two gift cards per person. Starter pistols, flares and air guns will not be accepted. Williams is a long-time ardent and active supporter of implementing actions to reduce gun violence and improve the quality of life for the community. “The key ingredient to preserving the
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DAN WOFF O R D , State Rep. Mike Gerber and Doug Pike meet up in Waldorf Lobby before some events.
ABBE FLETMAN, ESQ., a founder of Genevieve Society, welcomes Leslie Richards, incoming Montgomery Co. commissioner, an example of WomenPower.
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Genevieve Society Fêtes IBEW 98’s Electric Bash Photos on this page by Bonnie Squires Whiz Through The Lobby... Pa.’s Women In Politics
LIVELIEST RECEPTION is always John Dougherty’s IBEW 98 event at Waldorf. This year, Jerry Blavat and a great band entertained, and Blavat even gave out copies of his new book. Here Dougherty welcomes Montco Coroner Dr. Walter Hofman and his wife Ethel.
FORMER State Sen. Bob Rovner and Hannah Monblatt talk with Al Taubenberger at IBEW event.
ELEANOR DEZZI, a founder of Genevieve Society; Bonnie Squires, member and one of event’s sponsors; and Judith Mondre and Rev. Bonnie Camarda, both members, were delighted with attendance at their Pennsylvania Society Waldorf reception. GENEVIEVE SOCIETY invites men as well. Here Councilman Bill Green; Cheryl Bullock, Sen. Bob Casey’s regional director in Philly; PECO’s Romy Diaz and State Sen. Larry Farnese make sure to be seen at this event.
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BLANK ROME’S Government Relations seminar in its Chrysler Bldg. HQ Friday at noon is always a highlight of Penna. Society weekend, giving us a peek at next year’s issues and election forecasts. Ashley Davis, Esq., chaired this year's session. Seen here are Blank Rome’s Carl Buchholz, with State Rep. Tony Payton, Phila. Treasurer Nancy Winkler, David Hyman, Esq. and Steven Tang.
No Exit From Casey Funder Pileggi Packs Powerful Party
INFLUENTIAL State Rep. Dwight Evans stops to talk with David Thornburgh before a reception.
THREE WINNERS from different parties in high-stakes games of Penna. politics shared a moment at Waldorf Astoria Sunday as Penna. Society’s annual get-together swung into high gear: from left, first-term Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley of Bucks Co., Montgomery Co. CommissionerElect State Rep. Josh Shapiro and Gov. Tom Corbett, on their way to Government Relations Seminar.
JUST A FEW BLOCKS from Waldorf is famous Irish Exit restaurant, site for Sen. Bob Casey fundraiser during Penna. Society weekend. Seen here are Jim Cunningham, Sen. Casey and his brother Patrick Casey, at a jam-packed event.
STATE SEN. Dom Pileggi, left, hosted reception Friday night at Waldorf. Here he is seen with Bob Jubelirer.
JIM & N O R A D O W D E i s e n h o w e r manage to find a space at C a s e y fundraiser.
S T E V E AICHELE, ESQ. and Treasurer Rob McCord are seen at Pileggi event.
S T A T E SEN. Mike Stack and his wife Tonya have to get back to Philly for more work after Penna. Society events.
J I M BROWN, Casey chief of staff, hangs out with Rick Welsh and Casey staffer Ari Mittleman at event.
K A T H Y MANDERINO and Ken Jarin find time to talk at Pileggi reception.
MUSIC’S FRAUDSTERS “There’s a sucker born every minute.” —David Hannum, Exhibitor
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MUSIC: 1. The art and science of combining vocal or instrumental sounds or tones in vary melody, harmony, rhythm, and timbre, especially so as to form structurally complete and emotionally expressive compositions. —Webster’s New World Dictionary of the American Language HIP-HOP: “Music created by scratching (turning a vinyl record by hand), sampling (using parts of existing songs to create new music), and rapping (rhythmic chanting of spoken words).” —“Growing Up With Music, The Amazing Marsalis Family,” C. Murphy, 2002
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HIP-HOP @ SOUTHERN HIGH: “State Rep. Kenyatta Johnson will join rappers... in an effort to promote student success and non-violence at Southern HS next week... Said Johnson, “In order for us to fight against youth violence, we have to make sure all youth have access to appropriate resources just as easily as they have access to inappropriate resources.” —The Public Record, Dec 2, 2010
Footnotes: Sounds that created the violence against Asian students in 2009 are revisited, but in live performance, or government in performance. MUD CAKES: “They (politicians) make a cake (law) out of mud, and cover it with frosting. Then they say, ‘Come and eat’!” —Euglena Genovese, Mother of Super Musicians —Nicola Argentina (c) 2011 “You’ve Got a Friend in Pennsylvania”
name Portofino has been retired. Instead, on Wednesday, Dec. 28, after two nights of dry runs with friends and family, the Walnut Street Supper Club will make its debut at 1227 Walnut Street. The interior facelift now has the property resembling a 1940s-era supper club. There are already two restaurants in South Philly that occasionally have young opera singers who perform when they are not waiting on tables. But the Walnut Street Supper Club will be the only restaurant in the city that will also have servers, bartenders, hostesses and even busboys who, seven days a week, will be singing “The Great American Songbook,” i.e., classic pop songs originated by Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Dean Martin, Ella Fitzgerald, Bobby Darin, Judy Garland, Perry Como, etc. For several weeks, Ralph’s staff held auditions to find the best singers in the area who also have experience in restaurants. “We will have a pianist at a baby grand piano backing up the performers,” said Ralph. “I think people will love hearing those great songs that bring back so many wonderful memories. And there will be no minimum fees or cover charges, even on the weekend. Our goal is to provide a unique dining experience in a place where celebrations are memorable and all at a good value.” Concerning the food, the
and charitable businesspeople in the Delaware Valley. Every Thanksgiving he feeds between 500 and 700 impoverished and homeless people with a complete turkey dinner, and during the Christmas season he always provides countless free dinners to many nuns in the area. And throughout the
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Walnut Street Supper Club will offer many of the classic Italian dishes that Portofino was known for, but there will also be American staples like steaks and seafood dishes. The menu prices have also been lowered “to coincide with the current economic conditions.” Homemade pasta entrees will start at $17, for example, and baby back ribs at $18. There will be both floor and mezzanine seating, overlooking the stage where singers will perform. Discounted parking is offered at 1201 Walnut Street, less than one block away, and theater and sports event ticket holders will also receive a discount on their meals. For New Year’s Eve, the restaurant will feature its regular à la carte menu with no additional prices for the holiday. He never wants me to mention it, but Berarducci, in addition to his stellar reputation as a restaurateur, is one of the most generous
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by Len Lear One of the oldest Italian restaurants in the city, Portofino at 127 Walnut Street, which has satisfied customers for 38 years with classic Italian cuisine while hundreds of others have come and gone, has overcome recessions, changing trends and mega-buck chain competitors. But one opponent that might have proved to be the toughest of all is Mother Nature. In August of this year, Hurricane Irene did so much water damage to the building that Portofino had to close its doors. “Despite everything,” said owner Ralph Berarducci, whose restaurant was named for the picturesque village in the province of Genoa on the Italian Riviera,
where Ralph grew up, “we were holding our own this year until that happened. The weather was just a killer.” Nevertheless, although Berarducci, who is 70-ish, was understandably devastated at the physical damage to his beloved restaurant, he now concedes it might have been “a blessing in disguise … It forced me to reexamine the future of the restaurant. Although we were doing decent business, there are so many other fine Italian restaurants in Center City and South Philly, this crisis forced me to think about taking this place in a new direction, which I would never have done if not for all the physical damage.” As a result of a fourmonth renovation and the forced rethinking by Berarducci and his General Mgr. James McManaman, the
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Mifflin Society Throws Humdinger
GOV. MIFFLIN SOCIETY event always tops off Friday evening whirlwind of activities. John Saler, right, of Stradley Ronan, one host of reception, and his wife Christina welcome Dr. & Mrs. Walter Hofman to crowded affair at Waldorf.
L O W E R MERION Commissioner Brian G o r d o n caught up with his New York-based sister Jane at Gov. Mifflin HON. RENEE Cardwell-HUGHES, CEO of Red Cross of S.E. Penna., S o c i e t y caught up with Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley and Gov. Tom Corbett as they left event. Gov. Mifflin Society shindig.
STATE SEN. John Rafferty, right, was one of many prospective candidates making rounds at Mifflin Society affair.
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SEN. PAT TOOMEY and his wife Christine attend JOAN HILFERTY catches up with her Dilworth Paxson after-dinner reception at Wal- friend Terese Casey at an after-dinner reception. dorf.
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PATRICK O’CONNOR, chairman of Temple University board of trustees, and Hon. George Kenney greet guests at Sunday’s breakfast reception at Waldorf, the closing event of Penna. Society weekend.
TOM & KATHY LEONARD, Terry Gillen and Ken Clothen enjoy camaraderie of fellow Penna. Society members.
Breakfast With U Penn Scholars: Taste Of Power
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNA. always hosts Saturday morning breakfast at Penn Club in Manhattan. Seen here are Dr. Larry & Michele Jameson, President Amy Gutmann, Dean Afaf Meleis and Penn Board Chairman David Cohen and his wife Rhonda.
ANDREW KASSNER, ESQ. greets his former law partner State Rep. Mike Gerber at Penn breakfast.
BLONDELL REYNOLDS BROWN, incoming Majority Whip of City Council, enjoys Penn reception with Michael Pratt, Esq. and Kelly Boyd.
MAYOR NUTTER, whom President Gutmann claimed as an outstanding alumnus, welcomes Cong. Allyson Schwartz and husband Dr. David Schwartz to Penn’s morning chow-down.
PENNA. Secretary of Commonwealth Carol Aichele greets Judge Marjorie O. Rendell, former First Lady of Penna., at Penn breakfast.
READY TO RUSH back to Phila. for senatorial chores were State Sen. Michael Stack and his wife Tonya.
DAVID EISNER, CEO of National Constitution Center, Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell and Penn VP Glenn Bryan confer at Penn breakfast.
PRESIDENT Amy Gutmann welcomes Sen. Bob Casey and his wife Terese, as well as Montco Coroner and former Penn Med School professor Dr. Walter Hofman.
HON. PATRICK ED & RUTH MURPHY makes RUSSELL drop sure to attend Amy in at Penn break- Gutmann’s Penn ART MUSEUM’S Gail Harrity fast. chats with Susan Jacobson. Club breakfast.
TOM FOLEY, now president of Mt. Aloysius College; Councilman Bill Green; David Thornburgh and Penn’s Greg Rost get in some post-graduate chit-chat at Penn breakfast.
CITIZENS BANK Senior VP Ms. Henri Moore and her husband Anthony are among crowd at Penn Club.
GOV. TOM CORBETT made certain to be seen with President Amy Gutmann at Penn breakfast.
Award Dinner Draws Elite
PUBLIC RECORD Contributing Editor Bonnie Squires and her husband Sami Ouahada at Penna. Society awards dinner Saturday night.
LARRY PITTS, ESQ. and Phyllis Meloff were at same table with Dezzis, Lynne Abraham, Hofmans and Bonnie Squires and her husband at Penna. Society banquet Saturday night.
MAYOR MICHAEL NUTTER and Lisa Nutter stop to say hello to Suzanne & Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley at Penna. Society dinner, which honored Phila. astronaut Guy Bluford.
CONGRESSMAN Pat Meehan and former DA Lynne Abraham have a lot in common, despite different party labels.
CAROL FITZGERALD, executive director of Penna. Society, introduces VIPs on dais.
PENNA. SOCIETY honoree Dr. Guy Bluford, first African American in space, receives his award from Society President Ambassador David GirarddiCarlo.
ATTORNEY GENERAL candidate Pat JUDGE Jimmy Lynn with his wife Murphy, right, and David Kralle con- 6TH DIST. Councilman-Elect Bob rushed up from Philly and his annual gratulate GOP’s Karen Brown on her Henon welcomes FOP President John Friday luncheon bash to attend Penna. McNesby to Local 98 reception. fine run for Mayor. Society with a “must” stop at Local 98.
ENJOYING hospitality of Johnny “Doc” Dougherty at COUNCILWOMAN-ELECT Cindy Bass of Local 98 open house at Penna. Society were Bill Dolbow, 8th Dist. with her husband Scott received Bob Dellavella, Richard DeMarco and Judge David Shadding. kudos wherever they went.
COUNCILWOMAN Jannie Blackwell shares a moment at Univ. of Penn. event with Dr. Shirley Clay Green, president of Mercy College, and Tom Twine.
VIPs attending Penna. Society functions included LONG-TIME public servant David Glancey Teamsters’ Dan Grace, AOH President Seamus Boyle chats with Jan Marshall. and attorney Jim DiVergilis.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY Seth Williams was among City’s top COUNCILMAN David Oh wins congratula- leaders at Pennsylvania ConvenENJOYING company of Auditor General Jack tions from Congressman Chaka Fattah and tion. He’s seen here with Ward FIRE CHIEF Bill Dell shares a Wagner, center, were John Sabatina, Jr., Ken moment with Jonathan Saidel. Adams and Bob Dellavella. Leader Bill Dolbow. Sharif Street.
HANDSOME couple was Judge Webster Keogh and his wife Carol.
HOST John J. Dougherty welcomes Council- PROMOTING their possible candiman Bill Greenlee, Mary Isaacson and Sam dacies for judgeship were Marie DiClaudio and Hope Christopher. Staten, Jr. to his gala.
COUNCILMAN Curtis Jones enjoys company of LDC chief Sam Staten, Jr., and Al Spivey.
JUDGE Paul Panepinto and Eleanor Dezzi congratulate Maria McLaughlin on her election to a judgeship.
CONGRESSMAN Bob Brady was kept busy with folks wanting to meet him, but he found time to congratulate Maria McLaughlin on winning a judgeship.
MEET Meehan c l a n w i t h Republican Counsel Michael Meehan in center.
SHARING few moments were Bill Dell, Kathy Scott, Ron Donatucci, and Mr. & Mrs. Sal Patti.
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CONGRATULATING Councilman Darrell Clarke on his election to President of City Council is IBEW Local 98 Business Mgr. and host John J. Dougherty, Jr.
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SEEN at John Dougherty’s Local 98 Open House at Pennsylvania Society were Steve Lauer, Jill Snyder, Brian Stevenson and John Dougherty, Sr.
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Elephant Corner (Cont. From Page 12) As the herd moved into the evening, the events became more festive. Law firm Arnet Fox held a cocktail reception at the firm’s New York office honoring the Pennsylvania delegation to the US House of Representatives. Former US Rep and UPenn graduate PHIL ENGLISH is with the firm and was one of the hosts. While the party was bipartisan, many elephants were in attendance, including Republican activists KAREN CHIZEK and MARY ANN URBAN and WARD LEADER MATT WOLFE. Later that evening, IBEW Local 98 held a reception at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Local 98 BUSINESS MGR. JOHN DOUGHERTY was the master of ceremonies. While Dougherty is a Democrat, he welcomed the herd including COUNCILMAN JACK KELLY and his staffer MATT TAUBENBERGER. Candidate for Council at Large and Matt’s father AL TAUBENBERGER was also there. Republican attorney SCOTT SUIGMUND was in attendance as well as WARD
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LEADERS CHRIS VOGLER, WALT VOGLER and JOE DeFELICE. Saturday morning opened for many with a breakfast at the Penn Club sponsored by UPenn. ROB GLEASON, Chairman of PAGOP and member of the university’s Board of Trustees, was in attendance. UPenn PRESIDENT AMY GUTMANN asked UPenn graduate MAYOR MICHAEL NUTTER to address the crowd. After breakfast, the herd moved up Fifth Avenue to the Metropolitan Club for the Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association’s conference. Although PMA chairman is Republican FRED ANTON, the event included Democrat speakers including SEN. BOB CASEY. While the hall in which where the presentations were being made was packed, there were as many people networking in the adjacent coffeebreak room. Highlight of the conference for this elephant was Toomey’s comments. He spoke of during why the special congressional committee of which he was a part failed to reach an agreement on how to address the federal deficit. He felt he had found common ground with the Democrats on the committee, but that the Democrats were undermined by more-liberal members of their party outside of the committee. The Pennsylvania Society’s annual awards dinner was in the grand ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria. This ballroom is one of the largest banquet facilities in New York and was, as usual, packed for this event. This year’s gold medal awarded was COL. GUION BLUFORD, a Vietnam War Veteran and former astronaut. He was presented with the award by Republican activist and fundraiser DAVID GIRARD-DiCARLO.
Lucky Glen (Cont. From Page 12) show he has strong job-performance approval. Also in his favor is a mighty hefty campaign war chest. PEDRO RAMOS, our new School Reform Commission chairman, cruised around several affairs with his arm in a sling. Hah! And he has hardly started work on the SRC. Just wait and see what he looks like after a year on that job….
Out & About (Cont. From Page 12) people were in inner cities. Most of those poor people were people of color. Another group these laws are aimed at is college students. Under the more-stringent voter ID laws, students would either have to go home or vote as absentees in their home state, instead of being able to vote on their college campuses like they’re currently allowed to do. And last but not least, these laws are aimed squarely at the poor. The cost of a Pennsylvania driver’s license is $34.50. If you don’t want a license, you can get a state ID for $14.50. That doesn’t sound
City Hall Sam (Cont. From Page 12) WOMAN MARIAN TASCO was not discouraged about her failed quest to become Council President. She appeared cheerful and popular as she spoke with TONYA STACK. COUNCILMAN-ELECT BOB HENON appeared at several parties and looked refreshed after his long campaign. Repub-
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