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Why Did Inquirer Refuse $58,000 Ad? Why did the cash-hungry Philadelphia Inquirer turn down $58,000 for an ad that was to contain the message below from the Catholic League for Religious & Civil Rights? That’s what appears to have happened. League President Bill Donohue wanted to comment on the sentencing of the Philadelphia Archdiocese’s Father Charles Engelhardt and lay teacher Bernard Shero for rape of a then-juvenile victim “Billy Doe”. Donohue said, “When we at the Catholic League first heard a boy was allegedly raped by three different persons, two of whom were priests, we were immediately suspicious. After all, how many times in American history has anyone been raped three times by three different persons? The more we learned, the more we were convinced ‘Billy Doe’ was a congenital liar, school dropout, thief, and drug addict, a punk who sought to cash in on the prevailing animus against priests. “Father Engelhardt, whom no one has ever proved even met ‘Billy Doe,’ was sentenced to six to 12 years in prison; Shero was hit with eight to 16. “My statement, which was submitted to the Philadelphia Inquirer as an ad, was turned down. It’s not every day a failing metropolitan newspaper rejects $58,000, even when the contents make the paper look bad for not doing its job.” The 40-year-old Catholic League defends the right of Catholics – lay and clergy alike – to participate in American public life without defamation or discrimination. Following are the contents of Donohue’s advertisement, which the “Inkie” refused to publish. “One of the most outrageous miscarriages of justice ever witnessed has been taking place right before us in Philadelphia. Three Catholic priests, and one Catholic layman, have been railroaded by an ambitious DA. That the media have failed to report fully and accurately on this
story is also a disgrace. But it is not too late to set the record straight. “It may even provoke a second look at what really happened. “On Mar. 22, 2012, Edward Avery, a former priest who had a record of sexual abuse, pleaded guilty to abusing ‘Billy Doe’ and was sent to prison. On Jan. 17, 2013, he appeared in court as a witness and was asked, ‘Did you do it?’ He said he never touched ‘Doe.’ So why did he plead guilty? Because he and his lawyers were convinced that if he was found guilty, he was facing more than 20 years in prison; he was offered a plea bargain on the eve of his trial, and he took it. Thus, his sentence was reduced to a maximum of five years, and at age 69, that matters. This was the first time Avery was asked by the District Attorney’s prosecutors whether he committed the crime. Why wasn’t he asked prior to this time? No one has offered an explanation. “Avery had reason not to mess with Judge M. Teresa Sarmina. After all, she showed her bias when she made a patently false statement against the Catholic Church, and then, after I called her out, she walked it back; defense attorneys followed through, asking her to recuse herself. “She said she misspoke. “Sarmina didn’t misspeak when Msgr. William Lynn was on trial for conspiracy: To show a pattern of misconduct, she allowed into evidence 21 cases of sexual abuse dating back to 1948, three years before Lynn was born. She misspoke again on Jun. 14, 2012 when she instructed the jury that Lynn did not have to act with criminal intent in order to be found guilty of conspiring to endanger the welfare of a child; the next day she reversed herself, confusing the jury. The jury found Lynn innocent of conspiracy but guilty of endangering the welfare of a child. “Lynn’s alleged guilt is tied to Avery’s alleged crime. If Avery is innocent, so is Lynn. Moreover, so are Father
Charles Engelhardt, 66, and Bernard Shero, 50, both convicted of raping ‘Billy Doe’; they are in jail and were sentenced Jun. 12. The priest was sentenced to six to 12 years in prison, and Shero is looking at eight to 16. “How did we get to this stage? In the grand jury report of Sep. 26, 2001, the grand jury was charged ‘to investigate the sexual abuse of minors by individuals associated with religious organizations and denominations.’ The DA at the time was Lynne Abraham. After the second grand jury was convened, I decided to challenge her on how she initially reacted. On Mar. 31, 2011, I sent her a letter in the overnight mail asking her to identify which ‘religious organizations and denominations’ she pursued, other than the Roman Catholic Church. Not surprisingly, she did not reply; in other words, she cherry-picked the Catholic Church. “No matter; in 2005, Abraham came up empty. She knew she couldn’t prosecute old cases, and that is why not a single priest was prosecuted. The big losers were the taxpayers — they got ripped off by having to fund this wild-goose chase. “In 2011, the new DA, Seth Williams, tried to outdo Abraham. He set his sights on the hierarchy, hoping to nail a bishop .He failed. The best he could do was to get Msgr. Lynn, a top aide to Philadelphia Archbishop Anthony Bevilacqua. Williams was assisted by the grand jury: It never once asked anyone from the Philadelphia Archdiocese Review Board, which polices these matters, to testify. “Ana Maria Catanzaro, who chaired the panel, said she was ‘shocked at the sweeping statements that were made.’ Indeed, there are more than 20 factual errors in the grand-jury report, misrepresentations that have yet to be corrected. “No one has explained why Williams could exploit the very same law found wanting by Abraham. “How could it be that in 2005 when Abraham looked at the state statute for endangering
the welfare of children, she concluded that Bevilacqua and Lynn could not be charged under that law, but Williams found the identical statute perfectly applicable in 2011? “The key witnesses for Williams in the four cases — Avery, Lynn, Engelhardt and Shero — were the alleged victims, ‘Billy Doe’ and Mark Bukowski. “Bukowski went AWOL shortly after joining the Marines and got a less-than-honorable discharge. Arrested three times, he is known for deceiving law enforcement. His own mother has accused him of stealing from her husband. He testified before the grand jury that Father James Brennan attacked him when he was fully clothed at the age of 14. But then someone rewrote the grand-jury testimony to say he was raped 11 times! “It is not easy to see how this might have happened since he testified that neither of them was naked when the alleged rape took place. He also told the grand jury that Brennan exposed himself to him, but at the trial he said he wasn’t sure this happened. Furthermore, Bukowski recanted this accusation during an archdiocese inquiry. “The jury was deadlocked on two charges against Brennan. Bukowski has been in prison for drugs, theft, identify theft, filing a false report, running a stop sign, and driving without a license. “There will be a retrial. “The real star witness is ‘Billy Doe.’ DA Williams had been looking for a case that fell within the statute of limitations so he could prosecute Lynn for child endangerment, and now he struck gold. The hunger to get Lynn led prosecutors to accuse him of ‘supplying’ Avery ‘with an endless amount of victims.’ “This monstrous charge — that Lynn operated a conveyor belt of boys readied to be molested — has never been substantiated. It is an outrageous lie. ‘Billy Doe’ says it was the DA’s office that secured a civil attorney for him to sue the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. If
so, it raises serious questions about an attorney referenced by the DA’s office who stands to make millions if his client prevails. “I have asked the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to launch an investigation. Avery took a lie detector test and passed. Engelhardt also took a polygraph and passed. Engelhardt and Shero have no prior arrests. Now compare them to ‘Billy Doe.’ “‘Billy Doe’ has a long record of drug abuse, ranging from marijuana to LSD and heroin. He has been kicked out of two high schools, and has been arrested time and again for drugs and theft. Indeed, his revolving-door lifestyle has subjected him to drug rehabilitation 23 times. He never stops: Even after he became the number-one witness, he was arrested twice for drugs, including intent to distribute 56 bags of heroin. “Whether it was due to drugs, or is just a reflection of who he is, is unclear, but we know one thing for sure: This guy has a real problem keeping his stories straight. “‘Billy Doe’ says he was raped by Father Engelhardt. If this were true, his story would at least be consistent. It is not. He told an archdiocese social worker that the priest forced him to engage in oral sex, and then anally raped him for five straight hours. He told the DA’s office he had two encounters with the priest, both involving masturbation. He told the grand jury he had one session, and it involved oral sex. So which is it? “According to his own brother, the rape couldn’t have happened since it allegedly took place in the sacristy at a time when several other males were going in and out. Indeed, the doors were open. “When ‘Billy Doe’ was asked about these stories during the trial, he said he was high on heroin when he spoke to the social worker and therefore couldn’t remember what he said to her. (Cont. Page 7)
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Republicans Celebrate Sen. Farnese Eyes Lt. Guv Nomination Larry Farnese will have the support from Democrat City Committee if he is intent on seeking the post for Lieutenant Governor and unless other Philadelphians decide to join in the race for the state Democrat nomination in next primary. He’s been talking to Democrat County Chairmen across the state. I’m letting them know my interest, letting them know it’s something I’m seriously considering,” he said. Farnese, 45, was first elected in 2008 to the 1st Sen-
LT. GOV. JIM CAWLEY, a fellow Southeastern Penna. Republican, showed up at Phoenix fundraiser to celebrate healing of rift that has bedeviled city GOP for many years. Making merry with him here are 26th Ward Leader Jimmy Dintino, left, and Controller candidate Terry Tracy. right.
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Everybody Seems To Like Stevens General Assembly leaders from both parties have indicated they have no problem supporting Gov. Tom Corbett’s choice for the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth, for Superior Court Justice Correale Stevens. Confirmation should occur on June 24. A two-thirds majority in the State Senate is required to confirm the new justice, who will serve on an interim basis until the state’s voters select a new justice in November 2015.
Corbett has nominated former Democratic congressman Tim Holden to the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board and Gladys Brown, a lawyer for the Senate Democrats, to fill a spot on the state’s Public Utility Commission. His moves are seen as a buddying-up process.
GOP Ward Website Redirects Target Ward websites are rare, and those that do exist can’t afford cutting-edge changes. The last time the 59th Republican Ward had a website, it was busy attacking the old guard inside Republican City Committee. But now the City GOP factions are united, the GOP Ward’s website is (Cont. Next Page)
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court by a group of county judges who had argued the requirement for judges to hang up their robes at age 70 violates the state constitution’s ban on age discrimination.
SEPTA General Mgr. Joseph M. Casey; SEPTA Assistant Conductor Jordan Ranalli; and Ron Hopkins, SEPTA’s Assistant General Manager of Operations, at “Hiring Our Heros” job fair, held in conjunction with APTA conference. Job fair was exclusively for active-duty and former military. Ranalli joined SEPTA after serving in Army and Marines.
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COUNCILMAN DAVID OH joins Phillie Phanatic and Philadelphia Soul Cheerleaders to present Paralympian Ryan Chalmers, 24, City Council citation at Love Park for Chalmers’ 3,300-mile, 16 State “Push Across America” tour.
SEPTA’s 2013 Rail Conference & International Rodeo showcased the transit system and the Philadelphia region as a whole to transit-industry professionals from throughout North America. It also provided a boost to the local economy, with the 1,150 attendees spending several days in the city and frequenting a variety of local businesses -- delivering a total local economic impact of $4,805,245, according to the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau. “The convention was a great opportunity to showcase SEPTA, the City of Philadelphia and the region as a whole,” said SEPTA General Mgr. Joseph M. Casey. “SEPTA is thrilled to have played a role in an event that helped support local businesses, and highlighted the best that the region has to offer.” SEPTA – the host transit
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(Cont. From Prev. Page) back this time attacking the Democrats. At GermantownGOP.com, a memo from the GOP asks why local media reported Democratic Mayor Nutter going to Harrisburg to plead for more money, but failed to mention the city GOP has already crafted a legislative solution that would solve the School District’s financial woes.
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CAWLEY and Pennsylvania Supreme Court President JUSTICE RON CASTILLE. The tone of the party was upbeat and this elephant believes the event is a sign of what a united party can do under the stewardship of a strong leader. The United States Army celebrated its 238th birthday on Jun. 14th. Events commemorating the founding of the Continental Army, the precursor of our modern army, were held throughout the county. A celebration was held in University City’s Clark Park on Saturday. The event included music, games, food and a dunk tank. City COUNCILMAN DAVID OH declined to participate in the dunk tank, but did read a citation to the veterans from City Council. Oh was a Captain in the US Army. Among the veterans running the event were residents and staff of Comfort House. Comfort House modeled after Ronald McDonald houses offers housing and food for veterans that are receiving treatment at the VA Hospital. The house also takes in homeless veterans. After a long day in the park, those helping with the event were invited to a reception sponsored by Comfort House EXECUTIVE DIR. DAVID KAMIONER at the home of local Republican WARD LEADER MATT WOLFE. A number of Philadelphia area female elephants were in Indiana, Pa. for the graduation of this year’s Anne Anstine (Cont. Page 16)
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Last Thursday night, Republican City Committee held its first fundraiser under the leadership of its new Chairman STATE REP. JOHN TAYLOR. The event was held at the Phoenix. The crowd included most of the ward leaders from both sides of the party’s civil war. Special guests included Pennsylvania LT. GOV. JIM
Tomorrow is the last day of school in the School District of Philadelphia. I’ll be at the Philadelphia Hilton on City Avenue tomorrow morning at 11 to see the 2013 Graduating Class of the students I affectionately refer to as The Children of the Corn take a big step toward adulthood. Actually, in the case of the kids at the Performance Learning Center, it’s often yet another step toward adulthood. Most of my kids are parents. All of them had dropped out (or had been asked to leave) school before. Their happy endings aren’t often there, or if they’ve gotten them, they’ve had to work really hard. So it’ll be cool to see them cross the stage and get their diplomas. I’m kind of glad they’re getting their diplomas and moving on with their lives, because my guess is the School District of Philadelphia is going to be a bit of a mess this time next year. Between budget cuts, massive (more than 3,000 people) layoffs, and other funding shenanigans, thanks to the abusive four-year-old that the district’s state overseers have become -- the 2013-14 school year already looks grim. It’s been an interesting year teaching media arts at the Performance Learning Center because of how much the teachers have had to pay for themselves this year. Not to mention how much the kids have had to pay. So it was interesting to see the person who got us into this mess by putting our School District into the hands of the abu(Cont. Page 16)
Yo! Here we go again with a good one. This is only for old people – Grandpa gets audited. The IRS decides to audit Grandpa and summons him to the IRS office. The IRS auditor was not surprised when Grandpa showed up with his attorney. The auditor said, “Well, sir, you have an extravagant lifestyle and no full-time employment, which you explain by saying that you win money gambling. I’m not sure the IRS finds that believable.” “I’m a great gambler and I can prove it,” says Grandpa. “How about a demonstration?” The auditor thinks for a moment and says, “Okay. Go ahead.” Grandpa says, “I’ll bet you a thousand dollars that I can bite my own eye.” The auditor thinks a moment and says, “It’s a bet.” Grandpa removes his glass eye and bites it. The auditor’s jaw drops. Grandpa says, “Now, I’ll bet you two thousand dollars that I can bite my other eye. “Now the auditor can tell Grandpa isn’t blind, so he takes the bet. Grandpa removes his upper and lower dentures and gently bites his good eye. The stunned auditor now realizes he has wagered and lost three grand – with Grandpa’s attorney as a witness. He starts to get nervous. “Want to go double or nothing?” Grandpa says, “I’ll bet you six thousand dollars that I can stand on one side of your desk and pee into that wastebasket on the other side, and never get a drop anywhere in between.” The auditor, twice burned, is cautious now, but he looks carefully and decides there’s no way this old guy could possibly manage that stunt, so he agrees again. So Grandpa stands beside the desk and unzips his pants, but although he strains mightily, he can’t make the stream reach the wastebasket on the other side, so he pretty much urinates all over the auditor’s desk. The auditor leaps with joy, realizing that he has just turned a major loss into a huge win. But Grandpa’s own attorney moans and puts his head in his hands. “Are you okay?” the auditor asks.” Says the attorney, “This morning, when Grandpa told me he’d been summoned for an audit, he bet me twenty-five thousand dollars that he could come in here and pee all over your desk and that you’d be happy about it!”
WHY IS MAYOR NUTTER IN CHICAGO? So asks Councilman Jim KENNEY in this critical time for our schools and city budget! Not REPORTED was the banner “Nutter resign now,” pulled from an aircraft over the US Open and Center City. A good line from Cromwell might be better: “BEGONE for all the good you have done.” Meanwhile DRAFT KATZ for Mayor has a Facebook page.... Kids rallied against school cuts while a petition to wipe out the School Reform Comm. gains headway! A GENERATION of kids could grow up (and tell their kids) of the SRC’s and Mayor’s school actions! REMEMBER Mayor Nutter’s first Inaugural Address? The Mayor was going to IMPROVE EDUCATION in our city. It was a talk of HOPE. Now kids’ education seems like Dante’s INFERNO: “Abandon Hope all ye who enter here.” See that Sunday news article by a writer who has known the Mayor for a long time, and says that in prevention, we ought not to select the next Mayor without close scrutiny. SEIU school members are fasting in front of CORBETT’S local office. BIRTHDAYS: Barbara BRADLEY had her 30th with sage hubby, Henry REDDY.... Danielle HALL’S was blasted on the net by her mom!.... Judge Paul PANEPINTO, ageless jurist, on 25th; PR giant Harriett LESSY (28th); Valuable Jeff Brown aide Tom DiBONA (30th)!! TRAFFIC Court Judge-elect Omar SABIR was given the LUCIEN BLACKWELL Award by Jannie Blackwell and Malik AZIZ. His son SAMIR was born on the 22nd at over (Cont. Page 16)
There were a number of VIPs walking the course at Merion this past weekend. Merion was the host of the US Open Golf Championship. CONGRESSMAN CHAKA FATTAH was seen talking to business executive and former Chamber of Commerce President NICK DeBENEDICTIS. The DeBenedictis family lives along the prestigious course in Ardmore and their home borders the 11th green. Also seen were Public Utility Commission COMMISSIONER ROB POWELSON and Centre Co. STATE SEN. JAKE CORMAN and his lovely wife. STATE SEN. LISA BOSCOLA of Lehigh Valley also attended along with her husband. Many politicians watched the tournament from the tough 15th hole where they saw golf superstars TIGER WOODS, RORY MCELROY, ERNIE ELS, JASON DAY and US Open winner JUSTIN ROSE, to name a few. Independence Blue Cross also hosted a hospitality tent where EXECUTIVE VP CHRIS CASHMAN enjoyed the sites and hosted many people. Democratic State Committee met once again in Lancaster Co. The number of gubernatorial candidates chose to attend even though this race is still very far off. Among them were STATE SEN. MIKE STACK and former Rendell cabinet member TOM WOLF. KATIE MCGINTY and ALLYSON SCHWARTZ set up tables and sent minions. ROB McCORD also attended. McCord has just set up his gubernatorial PAC which is a prelude usually to an official announcement of candidacy. Seen at the Prime Rib enjoying dinner were mayoral hopeful and mega-millionaire TOM KNOX and STATE SEN. MIKE STACK. At the same time, Senate MAJORITY LEADER DOMINIC PILEGGI was the guest of honor at a high-dollar sit-down dinner. The sponsors were high-powered lobbyist ROCCO PUGLIESE and many others. The always-reliable Chief of Staff to Sen. Pileggi, DAVE WOODS, was ubiquitous yet unobtrusive. Now the State Supreme Court has struck down challenges to the mandatory-70 retirement age, several new vacancies for judges will be created in Philadelphia. JIM CRUMLISH should be considered a good candidate. He ran a great race in the most-recent judicial elec(Cont. Page 16)
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His mother’s understanding of events, as evidenced by the calendar she kept, also differs from his testimony, as do church records. “Is it any wonder the DA’s office was stunned when the jury found Father Engelhardt and Mr. Shero guilty? Why did Williams deem ‘Billy Doe’ a credible witness when he was never vetted? Everyone knew he was saddled by so much baggage that he wouldn’t qualify for a ten cent loan. So why was he accepted to finger these
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absent. “Lynn, Avery, Engelhardt and Shero are sitting in jail because of charges made by ‘Billy Doe’; Besides the accuser’s testimony, which is riddled with inconsistencies, there were no corroborating witnesses or physical evidence to back his story. Furthermore, his account was contradicted by a least eight witnesses interviewed by detectives: priests, nuns, teachers, the music director, his former drug counselor, and his older brother.
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and once when he was 11. But his mother, a registered nurse, disputes this: She testified to a grand jury that there weren’t any personality changes until he was booted from a Catholic high school at age 14. By the way, he was kicked out for drugs and carrying brass knuckles. “‘Billy Doe’ also claimed that he missed a lot of school after he was raped during the fourth quarter of the 1999-2000 school year. But his report card shows he was never
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“He told Detective Andrew Snyder he was abused four times, but was never raped. “‘Billy Doe’ said he was also raped by Shero. Predictably, he shifted his story three times. He gave the social worker two different locations where it allegedly took place, and then he came up with an even different location when he spoke to the cops. The details of what supposedly happened also kept evolving. “After he was allegedly raped by Engelhardt and Avery, ‘Billy Doe’ said he avoided them by switching Masses. But that contradicts what his own mother said: She kept a calendar of his activities, and her son’s story doesn’t jibe. The priests at the parish also refute ‘Billy Doe’s’ account. “The alleged rapes supposedly traumatized ‘Billy Doe’ to such a degree that he said he began smoking pot at age 11, and experienced massive personality changes after being raped twice when he was 10,
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(From Page 2) “However, he managed to remember everything else that happened that day. “‘Billy Doe’ told the grand jury that when he was a 5th grader, Father Avery pulled him aside while he was putting away some choir bells; Avery supposedly told him he was going to do to him what Father Engelhardt allegedly did. “But the bell story is not believable. At the trial of Engelhardt and Shero, three teachers, including the music director, testified that only 8th-grade boys were allowed to help the maintenance crew. That’s because the bell cases weighed more than 30 lb.; Billy weighed only 63 lb. “More important, ‘Billy Doe’ told the social worker that he was assaulted, and then anally raped — twice — by Father Avery; he said he ‘bled for a week.’ But when he spoke to the police, he reported no violence: there was no punching and no anal sex.
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Girard College, long a mainstay for underprivileged Philadelphians desirous of getting a great education, has joined the ranks of educational institutions facing economic implosion. We wonder why. With what founder Stephen Girard bequeathed to it – very-expensive and income-producing real estate that has only gone up in value – we need to ask the Board of City Trusts what truly contributed to the cessation of that institute’s residential and high-school programs. Many of the members on that Board are not only well known, but have a history of integrity when it comes to this institution. Some of them were graduates of Girard College. So was it lack of foresight, or continuing practices of spending on programming not essential to the core mission, that has led to lessening the effectiveness of Girard College? We would like to have some answers. For starters, how about opening the books to honor the request of alumni who are seeking more information? It would be interesting to know the salaries of those at the school responsible for its downward spiral.
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(Cont. From Page 6) Excellence in Public Service Series. The program was founded 12 years ago by Pennsylvania’s representative to the Republican National Committee, CHRISTINE TORETTI. The program was named for Toretti’s predecessor on the RNC and former Chairperson of the Pennsylvania Republican Party. The series held training sessions designed to train women for
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(Cont. From Page 6) sive-four-year-old Commonwealth in the first place bemoaning this fact in, of all places, the Philadelphia Daily News. State Rep. Dwight Evans was one of the geniuses who decided it would be better for the School District if it were managed by the Commonwealth. But in his Daily News column, Rep. Evans decried “Harrisburg Syndrome” … or how the abusive four-year-old has been treating the School District toy that he gave him years ago.
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politics and public office. Of the 19 women in this year’s class, five are from the Philadelphia area: RENEE CHESLER, DENISE FUREY, SHARON GIANPORCARO, GABRIELA GUARACAO and MICHELLE LEONARD. Gianporcaro is currently a Deputy DA in Montgomery Co. and is running for Common Pleas in this year. Other Philadelphia-area residents attending the festivities included Chester Co. SHERIFF BUNNY
WELCH and Pennsylvania Superior Court JUDGE SUSAN PEIKES GANTMAN, as well as local Republican activists A.J. RICHTER and NANCY PRICE. Gantman, who is from Montgomery Co., will be on the ballot in November for retention. Other Philadelphia graduates of the program include FARAH JIMENEZ, KAREN CHIZEK, KELLY PRESKI, PEG RECUPIDO, ANITA ZALEWSKI and JUDY MANNIX.
“A physician would look at the condition of public education in Pennsylvania and call for broad-spectrum antibiotics in the form of money,” Evans said. “Not just your garden-variety antibiotic, but consistent, broadbased funding ... to provide for the ‘thorough and efficient’ education system called for in our state constitution. “There, I said it – taxes. Taxes dedicated to public education and not subject to political whims.” He was writing this piece in support of an increase in the liquor-by-the-drink tax that City
Council is considering. A deal is being worked out instead to increase cigarette taxes, something that might be just the impetus some folks need to stop lighting up. Now, I won’t get into the Charter Schools law that he coupled with this school takeover, a law that’s helped Evans get a shekel or two over the last 11 years, but I find it droll that Evans has found religion when it comes to the public schools. But you don’t know what kind of mess you’ve left until you turn around and see how many people it takes to clean it up. Evans left a Superfund site.
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