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STATE LEGISLATORS, including State Rep. Bill Keller, center left, hosted public hearing on construction and demolition safety at Independence Seaport Museum this week. Among labor and union representatives testifying to committee was Pat Gillespie, in photo Photos by Rory McGlasson at left, who backed Keller’s House Bill.
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Heard on the Hill And City Hall Gov. Tom Corbett has signed into law a bill authored by State Rep. Bill Keller (D-S. Phila.) to ease a problem that has been causing delays in paying benefits to the state’s unemployed workers. Keller’s bill (HB 26) will alleviate problems encountered by claimants when seeking help with busy signals when calling UC Service Centers, long wait times on the phone and delays in claims processing, including receiving an initial check. The legislation would supplement federal funding for the administration of unemployment compensation by transferring funds from existing revenue to assist with processing claims. The money would come from existing employee tax contributions as mandated by law and be paid over four years, with $40 million transferred in the first year. “Pennsylvanians who are unemployed through no fault of their own have been waiting far
too long to get paid and get answers about their claims,” Keller said. “It is the State’s responsibility to get these claims processed in time. If the job is not getting done, it is the State’s responsibility to make it right. My legislation acknowledges that responsibility, and I am delighted it will soon be reality for the thousands of Pennsylvanians who rely on unemployment compensation to put food on the table and take care of other basic necessities while they look for other work.”
Sen. Williams Sees Budget Helps Some State Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams (D-W. Phila.), Democratic whip, said the new budget did help in some areas. He said, “I’m happy we were able to secure more money for public education. The Governor had his priorities. This budget is part of a process to get to where we need to be in certain areas. We sorted through
ELLA BUTCHER sponsored wine-and-cheese affair in Old City at Vivant gallery. A former Traffic Court candidate, Butcher drew throng of Republican ward leaders to soirée. From left, Annie Havey, Matt Wolfe, Butcher, Councilman David Oh, gallery owner Florcy Morriset and Conrad Fuller.
PhillyLabor.Com Offers Financial Assistance Workers injured on the job often face significant hardships at the time of their injury. In an effort to help workers deal with the initial financial stress of the situation, PhillyLabor.com, the comprehensive local Labor services web site, is introducing the ground-breaking Gap (Financial) Assistance Benefit for injured workers. Joe Dougherty, of PhillyLabor.com, noted, “part of our mission is promoting advocacy and making a positive difference in the lives of working men, woman and families both while
on the job and in case of injury. “As part of the Injured Workers Advocacy Program, a comprehensive 501c3 program created by PhillyLabor.com to cover all phases of the injured worker’s experience, I am proud to announce the ground breaking ‘Gap Assistance Benefit’, which offers injured workers a financial benefit and assistance from the time they are injured on the job to the time they receive their workers-compensation benefits determination of coverage decision,” said Dougherty.
Keller Bill Aids Unemployed and negotiated a host of solutions to do just that. My vote was in making sure we had the opportunity to get the educational dollars we needed, especially for Philadelphia. “We had people in Philadelphia fasting and praying that lawmakers would do the right thing by our children and schools. It’s my hope that their efforts will not be in vain. Their campaign raised awareness and provided a larger perspective for many people of what you have to do to fully, and successfully, educate a child. Yes, we need solid building leadership and classroom leadership, but we also need the presence of those aides who populate the lunchrooms and the halls; who help to provide safer environments.”
Hughes Thanks Senate For Medicaid Expansion State Sen. Vincent Hughes (D-W. Phila.) thanked the Senate for passing legislation that would implement Medicaid expansion in Pennsylvania. “This vote was a major step forward for providing health insurance to 500,000 working adults,” said Hughes. “I am grateful to my colleagues on both sides of the aisle who voted for this legislation. We sent a clear message Pennsylvania should not be left out of Medicaid expansion.” Pennsylvania is eligible for $4 billion annually in federal funds to provide insurance to low-income working individuals as a result of the Affordable Care Act. Multiple independent studies have found that expansion will have a positive impact on the state budget, including $154 million net savings in the next fiscal year. It will also create between 35,000 and 40,000 jobs in the health-care industry by increasing the number of people who can pay for care. The House has held up the plea.
PLBC Presents Scholarships State Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown (D-W. Phila.), chairwoman of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus, and other members of the PLBC
honored 10 Pennsylvania highschool seniors as scholarship recipients at the PLBC Scholarship Award Reception this afternoon in the state Capitol. “The PLBC Scholarship Program is our way of helping make higher education a reality for hardworking, dedicated students of color in Pennsylvania,” Brown said. “Through the generosity of so many, we were able to award these scholarships this year, and I can’t imagine that a more deserving group of recipients could have been selected,” she added. Each of the recipients was awarded a $1,000 scholarship to attend an accredited two- or four-year Pennsylvania college or university. State Rep. James Roebuck (D-W. Phila.), Democratic chairman of the House Education Committee, reminded the winners, “With their achievement comes the obligation to reach back and help bring someone forward with you.”
Dyslexia Pilot Program Legislation Advances Now out of committee and passing through the House was legislation introduced by State Rep. Ed Neilson (D-Northeast) that would establish a Dyslexia Screening Pilot Program. Dyslexia, also known as developmental reading disorder, is a reading disability that occurs when the brain does not properly recognize and process certain symbols. “I am encouraged by the positive consideration from my colleagues in the House Education Committee,” Neilson said. Neilson’s bill (HB 198) would create a pilot program to provide evidence-based early screening and other intervention services for children with risk factors of dyslexia. The legislation, which was simultaneously introduced in the state Senate as SB 873, would establish the Dyslexia Screening Pilot Program in at least three school districts. “HB 198 provides a careful and effective solution to what is a very difficult problem,” Neilson said. “The screenings that
will be provided by this program will allow our schools to identify children in need of assistance when they are still young, so the intervention will be effective. This bill also could provide a model for other efforts to reform our school system to provide better outcomes at a lower cost.” The Pennsylvanian Dept. of Education would oversee the Dyslexia Screening Pilot Program and evaluate the effectiveness of the screening and intervention efforts. The PDE also would determine whether programs of this type have the potential to reduce future special education costs in the state.
Remembering Victims Of Building Collapse State Rep. John Taylor (RKensington) reports the House unanimously passed a House resolution he cosponsored to honor those who lost their lives during the building collapse at 22nd & Market Streets. He said, “The resolution also honored the courageous first-responders who did an outstanding job at the scene. We must never forget the lives lost that day, just as we must dedicate ourselves to holding those who failed to properly do their jobs responsible, and to crafting laws to make sure this does not happen again.”
DeLissio Sets Town Hall Meetings For July State Rep. Pamela A. DeLissio (D-Northwest) will hold three town-hall meetings this month. Constituents are encouraged to enjoy a hot dog and get the “inside-baseball” scoop at three meetings titled “How Politics Sabotages Public Policy,” scheduled for Jul. 25, 29 and 30. The meetings will be held at 7 p.m. Jul. 25 in the Wolcoff Auditorium at Roxborough Memorial Hospital, 5800 Ridge Avenue; at 10 a.m. Jul. 29 in Founders Hall at Inglis House, 2600 Belmont Avenue; and at 7 p.m. Jul. 30 in the Teletorium in Mandeville Hall at Saint Joseph’s University, 5600 City Avenue Additional info can be had by calling (215) 4828726 or (215) 879-8533.
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FROM LEFT, Betsy and her mother former State Sen. Constance Williams were delighted IN AUDIENCE were, from left, State Rep. to greet former Congresswoman Jane Har- Tim Briggs; Juliet Goodfriend, CEO of Bryn man, who heads up Woodrow Wilson Inter- Mawr Film Institute; and Lynn Yeakel, of national Center for Scholars, which houses Drexel Institute for Women’s Health & Leadership. Photos by Bonnie Squires Women in Public Service Project. including Bryn Mawr. Her her speech had walked a long Chelsea and her mother. And friend and ally, former Con- mile with Clinton; and many I recall standing with Hillary gresswoman Jane Harman, clearly hoped to walk with her in a Center City hotel the night of the Pennsylvania prinow head of the Woodrow some more. I kept thinking about the mary election, when Hillary Wilson International Center for Scholars, gave an enthusiastic time during the Democratic won Pennsylvania by a huge introduction to Clinton, rattling presidential primary in 2008 margin. What an exhilarating off her accomplishments: First when Hillary Clinton, then a moment that was! Harman asked how many Lady of Arkansas, First Lady candidate for the nomination, of the United States, Senator appeared at a campaign event had been with Hillary in Beiin the western suburbs, ac- jing in 1995 for the UN 4th and Secretary of State. Many of those present for companied by her daughter World Conference on Women.
My hand shot up, as did a few others. I spotted former State Sen. Connie Williams across the way, and her hand was raised as well. Then Harman reminded us Hillary had told the world from Beijing, “Human rights are women’s rights, and women’s rights are human rights.” That elicited great applause from the hundreds of alumnae, students, elected officials and the 50 women delegates to this year’s institute. But Hillary told the audience, “Speech is not a policy, does not create change.” If women are not at the table, then the discussion cannot be fully reflective of the needs of all the people, she insisted. She certainly believes in the power of women. She asked how many of us had seen the film about Liberia,
Pray the Devil Back to Hell. When murderous rampages overwhelmed the country, the women of Liberia rose up, marched on the facility where the warring sides were supposedly negotiating for peace, and blockaded the building, not letting anyone leave until the peace had been agreed to. Clinton spoke mainly to the delegates from third-world countries which had undergone conflict or civil war, many wearing their colorful native costumes. The goal of the Project is “50 by 50” – to have 50% of public-service positions worldwide be held by women in the year 2050. I’m glad I saved all my “Hillary for President” buttons and signs, because it looks like there is a good chance I will be using them again in a couple of years.
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by Bonnie Squires When Hillary Clinton spoke Tuesday at Bryn Mawr College, the site of the second annual The Women in Public Service Project two-week summer session, I did not expect her to announce her decision to run again for President. It’s too early. But she did make a joke about getting into trouble whenever she advocates for more women to lead countries. As expected, Tea Party proponents were quick to say her appearance was a “smokescreen for her campaign for president”. We didn’t see any smokescreen here, but I wish she would announce sooner than planned. Clinton was there to keynote a project she had launched when when she was Secretary of State, partnering at first with five leading women’s colleges
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Majority: Snowden Only Whistleblower! Big-Money Contributors Less 25% that such activities didn’t go far enough to adequately protect the country. Almost every party, gender, income, education, age and income group regards Snowden as a whistleblower rather than a traitor. The lone exception were Black voters, with 43% calling him a traitor and 42% calling him a whistleblower. There is a gender gap on counter-terrorism efforts as
Tea Party Rallies INDEPENDENCE HALL Tea Party staged event at Independence Visitor Center in honor of 4th of July. Attendees included, from right, John Jenkins, Republican District Attorney candidate Dan Alvarez and former congressional candidate Robert Mansfield.
men say 54-34% they have gone too far and women say 47-36% they have not gone far enough. There is little difference among Democrats and Republicans who are about evenly divided. Independent voters say 49-36% that counter-terrorism measures have gone too far. Some of the largest growth in those concerned about the threat to civil liberties is among men and Republicans, groups historically more likely to be supportive of governmental anti-terrorism efforts. “The massive swing in public opinion about civil liberties and governmental antiterrorism efforts, and the public view that Edward Snowden is more whistleblower than traitor are the public reaction and apparent shock at the extent to which the government has gone in trying to prevent future terrorist incidents,” said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.
Than 1% Of Voter Population In the 2012 election, 28% of all disclosed political contributions came from just 31,385 people. In a nation of 313.85 million, these donors represent the 1% of the 1%. More than a quarter of the nearly $6 billion in contributions from identifiable sources in the last campaign cycle came from just 31,385 individuals, a number equal to one ten-thousandth of the US population. In the first presidential election cycle since the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. FEC, candidates got more money from a smaller percentage of the population than any year for which there is data, a new analysis of 2012 campaign finance giving by the Sunlight Foundation shows. These donors contributed 28.1% of all individual contributions in the 2012 cycle, a record high. One sign of the reach of this elite “1% of the 1%”: Not
a single member of the House or Senate elected last year won without financial assistance from this group. Money from the nation’s 31,385 biggest givers found its way into the coffers of every successful
congressional candidate. And 84 percent of those elected in 2012 took more money from these 1% of the 1% donors than they did from all of their small donors (individuals who gave $200 or less) combined.
Mayfair, Holmesburg Neighbors Protest Proposed Methadone Clinic
N.E. PHILA. community leader Joe DeFelice joins angry neighbors and elected officials at protest of proposed methadone clinic at Frankford Avenue & Decatur Street on Tuesday. DeFelice, president of Mayfair Civic Association, was joined by State Rep. John Taylor, Councilman Bobby Henon and State Rep. Kevin Boyle. Community meeting is planned for Jul. 16 at 6:00 p.m. at Lincoln HS to discuss legal issues and answer questions. Photo by Rory McGlasson
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American voters say 5534% that Edward Snowden is a whistleblower, rather than a traitor, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released yesterday. Voters say 45-40% the government’s anti-terrorism efforts go too far restricting civil liberties, a reversal from a Jan. 10, 2010 survey by the independent Quinnipiac University when voters said 63-
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by Joe Shaheeli When a reputable poll conducted by a Republican polling firm says to an incumbent Governor, “You’re in trouble,” the incumbent must listen. Gov. Tom Corbett has to figure out how to go up from Harper Polling’s results this week which found 24% of voters said Corbett deserves reelection, and 56% of voters said it’s time to give someone else a chance. The poll found a generic Republican candidate would get 40% support. The results come just a little more than two weeks after Corbett’s budget missed on key agenda items, but did deliver on the promise of no new taxes. Giving Corbett a second
GOP Polls Show Corbett Looms As One-Termer
Lawncrest Hails Its Freedom
WARD LEADER Bill Dolbow initiates kickoff of annual Lawncrest Jul. 4 Parade. Photo by Harry Leech chance to achieve some of his budget goals, the House will return Monday in an effort to pass key parts of the 2013-14 state budget, left undone after a flap with the Senate over payday loans.
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GUNS ARE FIRED in honor BUDDHIST Monks join paof all those who made US rade line to show their pleasfreedom possible, to launch ure at living in a country that Lawncrest community 4th of continues to be free. July Parade. Photo by Harry Leech Photo by Harry Leech The Republican leadership of the 203-member House seeks to enable the State to spend taxpayer money for social services, schools, law enforcement, corrections and every other facet of government covered under the budget. Since we have not heard much from the talented and articulate Republican candi-
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dates – Danny Alvarez for DA and Terry Tracy for Controller – the only election presently in the main arena is titled “Will Gov. Tom Corbett Be A One-Term Governor?”. Another aspect of the Harper Poll indicated voters understood Corbett’s no-taxhikes budget was a win for beleaguered taxpayers, who were less concerned about many of the programs left underfunded. State Rep.
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So look for this coming week’s activities in the House to move forward to some degree Corbett’s key legislation. Locally the Governor announced additional dollars for the Phila. School District and it seems, for now, many of the over 3,800 non-teaching employees who received layoff slips will be returning to work in September. But our local School Reform Commission is awaiting additional action in this coming week’s session before making final determinations as to what gets cut. However, Corbett campaign gurus missed the mark in winning credit for Corbett with that effort, which the Philly dailies literally ignored. It’s another lost opportunity for the Governor to pick up some votes in the city. The Republican candidates for the DA and Controller should gamble that appearances now with Corbett could State Rep.
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be turned into a positive movement. The Governor’s no-tax budgets will bury much of what has driven his numbers to a record low. Philadelphia taxpayers are looking for tax relief from anywhere. Corbett could put out a couple of carrots in their direction. The Governor makes a major mistake if he continues to ignore this city’s Democratic voters. They are all smarting over the various tax increases adding to the city’s burden of heavy taxation. Offering to provide additional relief to this city in whatever way possible would get him some of their votes. Sen. Farnese Creates Himself A Problem
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Commissioner Stephanie Singer tried to fly under the radar with a $49 contribution to the campaign of Brett Mandel. Only contributions over $50 need to be reported. But
MARINE veteran Ernest Willoughby, left, challenged Phila. Veterans Comfort House Dir. David Kamioner (Army) in hotdogeating contest at Flag Day picnic – but ulSALUTING service colors, Phila. Veterans timately was bested by Kamioner. PVCH Comfort House inaugurated tri-state All Army serves patients and family at nearby VA Reunion in Clark Park for Flag Day. Hospital and also takes in homeless vets. Galloway To Seek her contribution, against an pers are conducting an online Dem. Lt. Gov. Post endorsed candidate, surfaced poll to determine the public’s State Rep. John Galloway anyway. preference for the next Mayor Challenger Mandel’s fi- of Philadelphia. By law, in- (D-Bucks) is reported seeking nance reports showed her con- cumbent Michael Nutter is a run for Lieutenant Govertribution. Small as it was, her limited to two terms and can- nor. Galloway has represented Levittown and other parts of contribution may come back not run again in 2015. to haunt her when she seeks The Public Record poll of- Lower Bucks since 2006. Galloway framed his potenDCC’s endorsement in her fers an array of 13 wellnext go-around for City Com- known civic leaders for you to tial bid as a response to being missioner. Unlike her first choose from in a potential recruited by higher-ups. Why? campaign, some of her key Democratic primary election. Because the “Nancy Pelosi anti-Commission Chair MarAlready 190 votes have wing” of the Democratic Party garet Tartaglione’s foes won’t been cast in this poll. It will is overrepresented, as his supbe there to help her. She has remain open on our webpage porters put it, and Galloway served their purpose. until after Labor Day. To cast casts himself as a moderate. Who’s Your Choice Announced gubernatorial your vote, visit For Next Mayor? www.phillyrecord.com. The candidates represent the moreThe Philadelphia Public poll is on the left-hand side of liberal southeast Democratic Record and South Philadel- the page. base which Galloway shares. phia Public Record newspa-
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Although Memorial Day has passed, you can still show your support for veterans through a new license plate. The plate is inscribed with the phrase “Honoring Our Veterans” and features an image of the American flag and a bald eagle. The cost is $35, of which $15 goes to the Veterans Trust Fund. This fund is used to support and assist Pennsylvania veterans and their families. To learn more about this plate or to set up an appointment with Veterans Services Coordinator Joe Buckley, please call my office at 215-695-1020.
PHILA. BANDITS softball team, made of active-duty police officers, was joined by Centro Musical’s Wilfredo Gonzalez and Danny Alvarez, Republican candidate for DA at Lighthouse field at fundraiser for children with cancer. Event was organized by Rich Rivera. Recipient this year is Sarina Alabaza, 14, daughter of Paul Alabaza, a member of Strike Force. To donate, contact Rich Rivera (267) 348-7888.
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(Cont. From Prev. Page) nomination to the same seat. Party Chairman and Congressman Bob Brady has made it obvious the City’s Democratic Party would endorse that individual. But Farnese rolled the dice in the Controller’s election, contributing $23,000 total in two contributions to the campaign of Brett Mandel. That is a move one would not make when seeking the DCC endorsement. Controller Alan Butkovitz, newly renominated by a big margin, and a ward leader to boot, will be among the first to throw a “black ball” against a Farnese endorsement. That could well change the Senator’s plan to seek the seat.
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Our Opinion He Wore Two Hats Well
One wonders what difficulties of conscience Rev. William H. Gray, III faced wearing the robe of a Christian minister while carrying the mace of a Congressman. There had to be times when his religious convictions were challenged by legislation on which his vote was needed by his Democratic Party. Those who knew him best, studied his legislative history, and watched his career from minister to Congressman and then back to minister again will say he never left his ministry’s goals. Proof of that were his efforts to use his leadership roles in the US House of Representatives to advance the end of apartheid as it was practiced in South Africa. These efforts bore fruit as we all know. This paper went to press before it could report and comment on his passing last week. Hence, this editorial is a bit late, but nevertheless essential. The Public Record’s publisher, then in public service, gave considerable support to Congressman Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix, Sr., who was the first African American to represent Pennsylvania. The Federal Building in Philadelphia is named in his honor. His challenger was young Rev. Gray. Congressman
Nix’s son, Robert N.C. Nix, Jr., became the first African American to be elected to statewide office in Pennsylvania when he was elected to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Among Nix’s key roles in Congress was his chairmanship of the House Postal and Civil Service Committees for 20 years, which resulting in the pouring of capital expenditures and jobs into Philadelphia. That support staved off Gray’s primary challenge. However, Rev. Gray had a plan and knew what needed to be done. He overcame the few hundred votes by which he lost, to win in the next primary in 1978. The mantle of leadership did not drop or droop when surrendered to Rev. Gray. He superseded expectations on all levels ... as a minister with his pastorate at Bright Hope Baptist Church here in Philadelphia, and as a Congressman representing us in Washington. His understanding of the political process led him to guide many well-known Philadelphians into public office. His leadership mark proved to be a blessing to this city as many of those he mentored continue to work for the people of this city, at many different levels of public service. Truly, he has not left us.
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by State Rep. Mike Sturla June was a month of historic court decisions – and not just in Washington. Overshadowed by the annual Harrisburg ritual of approving a state budget, another of the Governor’s landmark policies was determined by the Commonwealth Court to violate the state Constitution. This time it was the Human Services Block Grant program. The 2012 pilot program, described by GOP leaders as giving counties “flexibility” to spend human-services money where they believe it is most needed (with the added bonus of having their budgets slashed 10%), evidently was so flexible in its interpretation of state law that it went outside the bounds of the Constitution. Court reviews of laws backed by Gov. Corbett and House Republican leaders have become commonplace over the past two and a half years. In ad-
dition to the block grant program: Voter ID; Act 13, which stripped municipalities of the ability to establish their own zoning regulations; the elimination of adultBasic, the healthcare program for working Pennsylvanians and partially paid for from tobacco-settlement funds; and the GOP’s first attempt at legislative reapportionment were all found unconstitutional by the courts. But there’s more. The Governor’s lawsuit against the NCAA was dismissed by a federal judge and his plan to privatize the state Lottery was rejected by the Attorney General. The truth is these unconstitutional and illegal measures are consuming taxpayer resources to defend. The Governor’s office is spending unspecified millions, reported to be at least $2.85 million, on Baltimore and New York law and consulting firms to work on the Lottery issue alone. All
Wasted Legislation of this at a time when our schools, communities and taxpayers are being shortchanged in consecutive state budgets. The time and legal costs could be avoided if the House Republicans would allow a fair debate in the House chamber. During both the Act 13 and voter-ID debates, Democrats brought up the issue of constitutionality but were ignored and systematically shut down. If Gov. Corbett and the House Republican leadership manage to convince enough lawmakers to go along with their liquor-privatization and pension schemes to get them to the Governor’s desk, I predict they’ll end up in the courts as well, with similar consequences. Perhaps a better use of the Governor’s time and our State’s resources would be a refresher constitutional-law class. Mike Sturla (D-Lancaster) represents the 96th Dist.
Jul. 9- Town Hall meeting with Controller candidate Terry Tracy at Holmesburg Recreation Ctr., Charles & Cottman Ave., 7:30-8:30 p.m. Jul. 11- DA candidate Danny Alvarez holds Fundraiser at Salsa on the Square, 2126 E. Lehigh Ave., 5-9 p.m. $25 at door. 50/50 raffle. Drink specials. Free food. For info PhillyFYR@gmail.com. Jul. 17- Amici Opera Co. presents Barber of Seville at High Note Cafe, 13th & Tasker Sts., dinner and opera from 6 p.m. Tickets $39.95. For reservations (215) 755-8903. Jul. 19- Sippin on Seabreeze with Councilman Bob Henon hosted by retired Sheriff Barbara Deeley, 270 Seabreeze Ct., Anglesa, N.J., 7-9:30 p.m. Suggested contribution $100. RSVP badeeley@gmail.com or call (215) 906-0339.
Jul. 20- GOP Chair John Taylor hosts Beach Ball Party at Coconut Cove, 400 W. Spruce Ave., N. Wildwood, N.J., 2-6 p.m. Tickets $35. RSVP by Jul. 15 (215) 545-2244. Jul. 20- Brady Bunch Beach Blast at Westy’s, Olde New Jersey Ave., Anglesea, N.J., 3-7 p.m. Tickets At door $35. Jul. 21- Relax with Breakfast at Westy’s Irish Pub, Olde New Jersey Ave., Anglesea, N.J., with Dan Savage for Senate, 10 a.m.-12 m. Tickets $100. Jul. 25- Veterans host Fundraiser for Controller candidate Terry Tracy at American Legion, 7976 Oxford Ave., 6-9 p.m. Beer, food and more; prizes and surprises. Tickets $40. Jul. 26- Uptown Youth Got Talent auditions for November Talent Show. For info (215) 236-1878, Linda Richardson (215) 236 1878 or lrichardson.uptown@gmail.com or visit http://philadelphiauptowntheatre.org/wp/home-2/. Jul. 27- Councilman Jim Kenney hosts Summer Beach
Bash at Sophia’s Restaurant, 9315 Amherst Ave., Margate, N.J., 3-5 p.m. Tickets $100. For info Lindsey (267) 2752120. Jul. 27- United Republican Club, 3156 Franford Ave., invites all to join SDJ Film Festival, 4 p.m.-12 a.m. Doors open 3:30 p.m. $10 admission at door. For info (215) 7397475. Jul. 27- Friends of State Rep. Cherelle Parker host Beef & Beer at 7502 Forrest Ave., 4-6 p.m. Tickets $15. Aug. 9- Golf Outing for State Rep. John Sabatina at Torresdale-Frankford C.C, 3801 Grant Ave., 8:30 a.m. For registration or sponsorship Steve Campanile (215) 460-4697, email Re.Elect.JohnSabatina@gmail.com or mail Committee to Re-Elect John Sabatina, Jr., 7720 Castor Ave., Phila., PA 19152-2702. Aug. 10- Local 98 Down Under and Local 868 Gas Workers hold separate events at Keenan’s, 113 Olde New Jersey Ave., N. Wildwood, Pa., 2 p.m.
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Congressman Bob Brady led a host of local elected officials who pledged a day of fasting, joining the Philadelphia School District staff and parents. Organized by UNITE HERE Local 274, the “Fast for Safe Schools” stretched over two weeks. Brady says he is glad to join the fast along with other elected officials to help put pressure on state lawmakers to increase funding for Philadelphia public schools. “I fully support this effort and I also need to shed some pounds,” Brady said. “I am committed to help make sure that when our children go back to school in the fall their schools will be safe.” The fast began after the Philadelphia School District announced the layoff of over 3800 workers. The largest group was 1,202 student-safety staff people, who are in charge of keeping school lunchrooms, hallways and schoolyards safe. “These folks are on the front lines and
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MAYORS past and present came together at H a r d y Williams funder: Rev. Wilson Goode, Sr. and Michael Nutter.
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Lighting Up North Broad
SEVENTH annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration organizers and volunteers, from left, Drake Nakaishi, Brad Baldia, Doug Chen and Nick Shenoy help visitors at the information table. Event featured various Asian and Pacific cultural performances, city and health services such as Health Partners, and a children’s activity at Franklin Photo by Alan Gung Square.
AMONG bands bringing sounds and music to Uptown theatre were this group of top musicians, including Sam Reed, Alfie Pollitt, Lee Smith, Mike Tyler, Earl Young & Lucky Thompson.
2013 UEDC Music Appreciation Awards Honorees this week for their support of rebirth of Uptown Theatre were, first row, Sonny Driver, Linda Richardson, Bruce Webb and Aissia Richardson; 2nd row: Sonny Hopson and William “Poogie” Hart; and top row: Melissa Jest representing National Trust for Historic Preservation.
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WITH Voter Photo ID being decided in Commonwealth Court, Elected and labor officials gathered to rally support to convince Judge of need to invalidate law put into effect last year, but not enforced through the last two elections. Photo by Vince Thompson
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GRATZ STREET and W. Oak Lane alumni from early ’60s gathered for this 2013 reunion. Honored for their contributions to keeping community together were Sherry Byrd, Joseph Hick, Uncle Jim, Tony Curtis, Glenn Butler and Michael Daniels.
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VALUE KIA has inaugurated its relocation move to S. Phila. Airport Auto Mall with a Cash for Klunkers program marking its new site on Essington Avenue from northern end to center of huge new-car complex.
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LT. CHRISTOPHER JASNOCH receives congratulations on his new command from Capt. Kathleen Moore, Commander of Sector Delaware, and Dick Kearney, Navy League of United States, Coast Guard rep. Photos by Joe Stivala
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trict Attorney; and DR ALIETA ECK, candidate for US Senate (NJ). The final and keynote speaker was former CONGRESSMAN J. D. HAYWORTH (AZ). Each of the speakers offered insightful comments about today’s political landscape. Mansfield emphasized the need to “break the cycle of low expectations” for economically disadvantaged minorities that has in his opinion contributed to their continued poverty. He noted school choice is one means of breaking this cycle. Alvarez spoke of the importance of faith in God. In particular he believes our “heritage of faith puts government in its place.” He went on to say that too much faith in government leads to arrogance, which can in turn lead to abuse of power. Hayworth travelled the farthest to come to the event. Currently he is a radio talk-show host in San Diego. He was most persuasive in his discussion of “messaging”. He stated we should avoid being angry when we deliver our message and be like Ronald Reagan, who was “cheerfully persistent.” Dr. Eck’s comments mostly dealt with health care, which she is more than qualified to address. She believes the numerous mandates in Obamacare will force people to buy costly insurance for coverage they do not need. She noted (Cont. Page 13)
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The Independence Hall Tea Party held its 5th annual Jul. 4 Celebration at the Independence Visitors Center. The headline speaker was radio-show host DOM GIORDANO. Other speakers included SGT. ROBERT MANSFIELD, 2012 candidate for US Congress (PA-2); DAN ALVAREZ, candidate for Philadelphia Dis-
If you read this column on a weekly basis, you know there are a couple of things that I write about every year: the Phillies and the 4th of July Welcome America Concert and fireworks on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. For most of the time that I’ve been writing this column, I’ve complained, sometimes vehemently, about the bands I’ve had to endure as part of my fireworks experience. From hearing a group of out-of-tune Isley Brothers to whatever Peter Frampton called himself doing, it’s been kind of a nightmare. Until the City got smart enough to hand the musical selections over to the professionals, in this case Questlove and Black Thought from The Roots, that is. Since then, we’ve had some great shows. The Roots make a great house band and over the last couple of years our city’s 4th of July concert has been so good that VH1 has broadcast it nationally, something that makes us look really good. Heck, this year’s show, featuring a lot of local folks including host comedian Kevin Hart, songstress extraordinaire Jill Scott, and the aforementioned Roots, was broadcast live on VH1. By the end of the show, we had all been entertained by a variety of artists including Ben Taylor (stepping out of his father James’ and mother Carly Simon’s shadow and acquitting himself pretty well), Grace Potter, J Cole, Ne-Yo and the man who Kanye West would be if he were white, John Mayer. Unlike previous years where I’ve sat in the audience with a lawn chair and Ben & Jerry’s Chocolate Chip Cookie (Cont. Page 13)
Yo! Here we go again with these PARAPROSDOKIANS. They are figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected and frequently humorous. Winston Churchill loved them. These are great to think about. 1. Our legal firm may be slow, but we are very, very expensive! 2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it’s still on my list. 3. Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until you hear them speak. 4. If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong. 5. We never really grow up; we only learn how to act in public. 6. War does not determine who is right — only who is left. 7. Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. 8. They begin the evening news with “Good evening,” then proceed to tell you why it isn’t. 9. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research. 10. Buses stop in bus stations. Trains stop in train stations. On my desk is a work station. 11. I thought I wanted a career. Turns out I just wanted paychecks. 12. In filling out an application, where it says, “In case of emergency, notify:” I put “DOCTOR.” 13. I didn’t say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you. 14. Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy. 15. Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman. 16. A clear conscience is the sign of a fuzzy memory. 17. You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice. 18. Money can’t buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with. 19. There’s a fine line between cuddling and holding someone down so they can’t get away. 20. I used to be indecisive. Now I’m not so sure.
That Jul. 4 piece in the daily press on remembering the TRUE HEROES all around us was just GREAT! Is it not REFRESHING to see an upbeat story, and especially a LOCAL one? The greatest TRIBUTE WE CAN GIVE our heroes, living or dead, is to always REMEMBER them!... A PHILLY HERO is the unassuming City Controller Alan BUTKOVITZ. When he exposes wrongdoing, he gets verbally attacked. It has gotten so that out of MANY so-called investigators and probers of various agencies, he is THE ONE to BELIEVE. His finding of valuable taxpayer-paid for equipment left in shuttered schools (is this the tip of an iceberg?) IS SHOCKING! Someone wrote wishing the school Superintendent a happy summer vacation. Maybe they wondered how he could vacation with our schools at a NADIR. Maybe you wonder how the Governor could want to sell the LOTTERY – which helps so many seniors. Is he cold, without feeling? I don’t think so. It could be an age-old DISCONNECT that many of wealth have, who do not realize the plight of the poor. Remember the story of President REAGAN who read a letter written to him by an old woman in fiscal distress? He opened his desk drawer, took out a $5 bill and directed that it be sent to her. A.V.I. TAX INCREASES: It is ANNOYING when TIME-ADJUSTED sales ARE USED to develop your market value. Sales from 2010, 2011 and 2012 are the germane ones, not adjusted earlier ones from BOOM YEARS. The economic downturn years, and recent slow upward move(Cont. Page 11)
What will MAYOR MICHAEL NUTTER do now that his attempt to get a cigarette-tax increase to fund the schools has been shelved? Now the Mayor has to figure out another plan. He still has a $120 million deficit. STATE REP. CHERELLE PARKER sponsored several pieces of legislation to collect delinquent taxes, but for some reason the Republicans refused to consider them. Whether the legislation is considered in the fall or not is irrelevant for now. The delinquent tax money needs to be collected and used to fund the schools now. STATE SEN. ANTHONY WILLIAMS is one of the big sponsors and proponents of the cigarette tax. Does the failure to get the city cigarette tax passed in Harrisburg drop his stock as a leading mayoral candidate in 2015? TOM KNOX, the businessman billionaire, has already announced he is running and there has been renewed speculation COUNCIL PRESIDENT DARRELL CLARKE is considering a run. But Clarke, who has tried to lead an effort to fund the schools, was also essentially unsuccessful in crafting a plan. July will be an active time for Philadelphia politicians in North Wildwood. COUNCILMAN BOBBY HENON has a fundraiser scheduled for Seabreeze Court next weekend in the Anglesea neighborhood. CONGRESSMAN BOB BRADY’S Beach Bash is also scheduled and commands a significant and impressive crowd of Philadelphia politicos.On Sunday after Brady’s Bash, former City COUNCILMAN TIM SAVAGE is the guest of honor at a breakfast fundraiser at Westy’s Irish Pub. The invitation says Savage is a candidate for the State Senate’s 2nd Dist. The current Senator is fellow Democrat TINA TARTAGLIONE. Savage seems to have the support of a wide variety of political movers and shakers. The most relevant is speculated to be powerful labor leader JOHN DOUGHERTY. STATE REP. MIKE MCGEEHAN tried to craft a bipartisan solution to the transportation and infrastructure funding problem. Some Democrats were agitated McGeehan attempted to work with Republicans for a solution to this important public-safety issue. Nonetheless, GOV. TOM CORBETT and House Republicans managed to screw up infrastructure funding and continue to leave the state in jeopardy for a major catastrophe. Pennsylvania still has over 5,000 structurally deficient bridges. This is another way of saying dangerous.
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In The Court of Common Pleas Philadelphia County Civil Action – Law No. 130402245 Notice of Action in Mortgage Foreclosure Reverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc., Plaintiff vs. The Unknown Heirs of Alfred K. Gotzenberger, Deceased, Mortgagor and Real Owner, Defendant(s) To: The Unknown Heirs of Alfred K. Gotzenberger, Deceased, Defendant(s), whose last known address is 1518 Faunce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19111. This firm is a debt collector and we are attempting to collect a debt owed to our client. Any information obtained from you will be used for the purpose of collecting the debt. You are hereby notified that Plaintiff, Reverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc., has filed a Mortgage Foreclosure Complaint endorsed with a notice to defend against you in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, docketed to No. 130402245, wherein Plaintiff seeks to foreclose on the mortgage secured on your property located, 1518 Faunce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19111, whereupon your property will be sold by the Sheriff of Philadelphia County. Notice: You have been sued in court. If you wish to defend against the claims set forth in the following pages, you must take action within twenty (20) days after the Complaint and notice are served, by entering a written appearance personally or by attorney and filing in writing with the court your defenses or objections to the claims set forth against you. You are warned that if you fail to do so the case may proceed without you and a judgment may be entered against you by the Court without further notice for any money claimed in the Complaint for any other claim or relief requested by the Plaintiff. You may lose money or property or other rights important to you. You should take this paper to your lawyer at once. If you do not have a lawyer or cannot afford one, go to or telephone the office set forth below. This office can provide you with information about hiring a lawyer. If you cannot afford to hire a Lawyer, this office may be able to provide you with information about agencies that may offer legal services to eligible persons at a reduced fee or no fee. Community Legal Services, Inc., Law Center North Central, 3638 N. Broad St., Phila., PA 19140, 215-227-2400/215-981-3700. Phila Bar Assoc., One Reading Center, Phila., PA 19104, 215-2386333. Michael T. McKeever, Atty. for Plaintiff, KML Law Group, P.C., Ste. 5000, Mellon Independence Center, 701 Market St., Phila., PA 19106-1532, 215.627.1322.
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Main Line does not make one a critic. And to score State Rep. MARK COHEN, a true student of Democracy and Mensa member! Cohen, a scholar, mourns the loss of elective offices. He’s right; it seems royalist; but could it also be about BIG FAT PAY hearing-officer jobs for the GOP? I watched so MANY people have their cases adjudicated honestly there – no politics. The income stream from the court satisfied the overseers. I remember critics who hated the court – UNTIL their son got a ticket. ABOUT EDITORIALS: Some preach a moralist line for you to follow. Many are unsigned by a nameless and faceless writer, who might be a non-Philadelphian – without local perspective. Exercise care reading them. Henry ADAMS, great-grandson of the second President and grandson of the 6th Commander-in-Chief, did not accomplish a lot in life – for “nothing was new under the sun.” But he WROTE EDITORIALS. He felt that “Any man who was fit for nothing else could write an editorial…” How about the REVELATION that the Dept. of Conservation & Natural Resources no longer gets its budget from the state general fund – but from a natural-gas development fund! LOCAL 19 SHEET METAL WORKERS have published a boycott list on their website: SMULU19.org. Please use it and help them in their struggle! Contact Joe RISPO with questions.... How moving! that US Sen. John Tester (DMont.) played TAPS at the funeral of war hero Sen. Daniel INOUYE. Tester is an accomplished musician. Our fallen hero was properly sent to Heaven. Hats off to State Rep. MARK COHEN for his new law protecting remains of soldiers fallen in the line of duty!... Anjali CHAINANI, capable aide to Councilwoman Jannie BLACKWELL, had a fine Northern Liberties birthday bash. She is a future star. BIRTHDAYS: Civic Leader Lawrence CLARK, who scored a few wins over the parking Adjudication Branch! (JUL. 16); Judge Dan ANDERS, Olympian (17th); Jim NIXON of State Superior Court (18th); Pearl McKINNEY, Californian (19th);
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(Cont. Fm Page 10) ments, are relevant. WHEN YOU APPEAL, make sure during your hearing that the City DID NOT use sales from earlier years to develop your value! Board of Revision members,
of pro-1% legislation. Then voters took control away from them. A quote by a GOP lawmaker in the Washington Times was, “We blew it.” When a rural lawmaker calls SEPTA a “black hole,” it may be the MAGNITUDE of a SEPTA operation is not known to folks from smaller counties. As a soldier, I visited many of our counties. One county had nearly all of its population living in one town. In another, I asked a businessman if he liked us in Philly. He answered in the negative. I asked, “Why not? You send us your tired and poor with a bus ticket.” THAT TRAFFIC COURT closure article seemed too DRAMA-filled with descriptions of the court’s “long illness.” REALLY? How about our citizens thinking together of the courts’ mockery of justice? WHEN was that? And lawmakers voted to close it in a deserved unanimity. THEY DID? And we discovered the City Democrat Party had an absurdist wing (?). You know, writers would be NOTHING if they did not have PHILLY to pick on. But sipping a martini on the
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PLEASE be on the lookout for ONLY the three most-recent years of sales in the assessor’s reply to the taxpayer’s appeal! The G.O.P.-DOMINATED State Senate and House record of “assistance” for Philly reminds of a time when the GOP had an iron grip on the US Senate and House. There was a lot
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Eye’s On TV After achieving success on numerous levels, Joey “Eye” Intrieri is a household name in the Philly boxing community. But know the world renowned cutman and boxing promoter’s newest endeavor is sure to bring him even greater exposure. Tonight, “Eye” will be taping the pilot of his new talk show “The Joey Eye Show”. The taping will take place in South Philly at the Asylum Arena on the corner of Swanson & Ritner Streets, starting at 7 p.m. and lasting two hours. The show will include a variety of guests, but of course will feature those in the world of boxing. One thing Joey will surely talk about is the return of Joey Eye
JOEY “EYE” Intrieri, pictured here with Simon “One Punch” Carr, Jimmy Washington and Liz Sherman, will be talking boxing on new “Joey Eye Show”.
Councilman Bill Green has been an advocate for a paperless City government throughout his tenure on City Council, and now he’s decided to lead by example – taking the Finance Committee he chairs paperless as much as possible. “The old way of doing
things is a tremendous waste of time and resources,” Councilman Green (D – At Large) explains. “It’s the 21st Century and we’re acting like everyone is still using typewriters and fountain pens. I’m now forcing a paperless option in those areas.
Boxing Promotions on Friday, Sep. 13 at Harrah’s Philadelphia. The shows will be aired on Channel 66 in Philadelphia and are being sponsored by Rocco’s Collision.
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NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE WHEREAS, on March 11, 1996, a certain mortgage was executed by Ethel Petroff, as mortgagor in favor of Unity Mortgage Corp. d/b/a The Reverse Mortgage Company as mortgagee and was recorded in Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County in Mortgage Book VCS 1917 page 436 (“Mortgage”); and WHEREAS, the Mortgage encumbered property located at 2011 President Street Philadelphia, PA 19115, Parcel/BRT #: 157N4-208 (“Property”); and WHEREAS, the Property was owned by Ethel Petroff, Trustee for her son Carl Davis, by virtue of deed dated December 28, 1973 and recorded January 4, 1974 in Book: DCC 537; Page: 279; and WHEREAS, Ethel Petroff died on November 7, 2011 and by operation of law, title vested in Carl Davis; and WHEREAS, the Mortgage is now owned by the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“Secretary”), pursuant to an assignment recorded on October 6, 2004 in Document #: 51030364, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; and WHEREAS, a default has been made in the covenants and conditions of the Mortgage as Ethel Petroff died on November 7, 2011 and that the monthly payments due following her death have not made and remains wholly unpaid as of the date of this Notice, and no payment has been made sufficient to restore the loan to currency; and WHEREAS, the entire amount delinquent as of April 25, 2013 is $194,105.45 plus interest, costs and other charges through the sale date; and WHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage to be immediately due and payable; NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to powers vested in me by the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994, l2 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR Part 29, and by the Secretary’s designation of me as Foreclosure Commissioner, recorded on September 29, 2011 in Misc. Instrument #: 52395684, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, notice is hereby given that on August 2, 2013 at 10:00 AM at the Southeast Entrance of Philadelphia City Hall located at Broad Street and Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, all real and personal Property at or used in connection with the following described premises (“Property”) will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder: LAND and premises situate in the City and County of Philadelphia, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. BEGINNING at a point in the Northerly curved line of President Street (56. feet wide), distant 148 feet 4 1/2 inches Eastwardly from the Easterly end of the curve connecting the Northerly line of President Street with the Easterly curved line of Hoff Street (46 feet wide). said connecting curve having a radius of 20 feet, said beginning point being in the extended middle line of party wall between premises #2009 and #2011 President Street, thence Eastwardly along the curved Northerly line of President Street and curving to the left with a radius of 2280 feet 10 1/8 inches, an arc distance of 32 feet 10 ¾ inches to a point in the division line between, premises #2011 and #2013 President Street; thence North 4 degrees 21 minute 53 seconds East along the last mentioned division line 116 feet 7 5/8 inches to a point in the Northerly boundary line of Plan hereinafter mentioned; thence North 89 degrees 18 minutes 34 seconds West along said boundary line 32 feet 0 7/8 inches to a point in the extended middle line of aforementioned I party wall between premises #2009 and #2011 President Street; thence South 4 degrees 49 minutes 58 seconds West along the middle line of last mentioned party wall and its extensions 114 feet 4 1/8 inches to the place of beginning. BEING known as:
2011 President Street, Philadelphia, PA 19115. BEING Parcel Number: 157N4-208. The sale will be held on August 2, 2013 at 10:00 AM at the Southeast Entrance of Philadelphia City Hall located at Broad Street and Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development will bid $194,105.45 plus interest, costs and other charges through the sale date. Ten percent (10%) of the highest bid is the deposit required at the sale. The amount that must be paid to HUD by the mortgagors or someone acting on their behalf so that the sale may be stayed is the total delinquent amount of $194,105.45 as of April 25, 2013, plus all other amounts that would be due under the mortgage agreement if payments under the mortgage had not been accelerated, advertising costs and postage expenses incurred in giving notice, mileage by the most reasonable road distance for posting notices and for the Foreclosure Commissioner’s attendance at the sale, reasonable and customary costs incurred for title and lien record searches, the necessary out-ofpocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure Commissioner for recording documents, a commission for the Foreclosure Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in connection with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement. There will be no proration of taxes, rents or other income or liabilities, except that the purchaser will pay, at or before closing, his prorata share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure sale. When making their bid, all bidders, except the Secretary, must submit a deposit totaling ten percent 10% of the Secretary’s bid as set forth above in the form of a certified check or cashier’s check made out to the Secretary of HUD. Each oral bid need not be accompanied by a deposit. If the successful bid is oral, a deposit of ten (10%) percent must be presented before the bidding is closed. The deposit is nonrefundable. The remainder of the purchase price must be delivered within thirty (30) days of the sale or at such other time as the Secretary may determine for good cause shown, time being of the essence. This amount, like the bid deposits, must be delivered in the form of a certified or cashier’s check. If the Secretary is the high bidder, he need not pay the bid amount in cash. The successful bidder will pay all conveyance fees, all real estate and other taxes that are due on or after the delivery of the remainder of the payment and all other costs associated with the transfer of title. At the conclusion of the sale, the deposits of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned to them. The Secretary may grant an extension of time within which to deliver the remainder of the payment. All extensions will be for fifteen (15) days, and a fee will be charged in the amount of $150.00 for each fifteen (15) day extension requested. The extension fee shall be paid in the form of a certified or cashier’s check made payable to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. If the high bidder closes the sale prior to the expiration of any extension period, the unused portion of the extension fee shall be applied toward the amount due. If the high bidder is unable to close the sale within the required period, or within any extensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder’s deposit will be forfeited, and the Commissioner may, at the direction of the HUD Field Office Representative, offer the Property to the second highest bidder for an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bidder. There is no right of redemption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclosure completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure Commissioner will issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire purchase price in accordance with the terms of the sale as provided herein.
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whom they trampled on in the process. Chaos, of course, ensued. Because someone could have really been hurt, I reached out to the City to find out why whoever was hired for security had let things get so, well, insecure. According to Mark McDonald, Mayor Michael Nutter’s press secretary, the security for the venue was on the shoulders of the company that actually produced the show. It was their job to get
the security firm that would be working with the Philadelphia Police Dept. to make sure everything ran smoothly. To say it didn’t would be an understatement. While the press riser incident was bad enough, there was a lot going on before I even got back there after charging my phone. There were crowds of people trying to rush the area. Some of them had their kids…in carriages. Yes, baby carriages were
in this mess. And we haven’t even gotten into the stampede yet…. While I understand Wawa Welcome America is a nonprofit which has the responsibility to handle all of the moving pieces for this event, it would be a real shame if because of security issues, someone got hurt. So maybe it’s time for the City … and the Police Dept. … to make sure Welcome America stays, well, welcoming.
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(Cont. from Page 10) Dough to watch the show, my pocketbook informed me I should try and make a few bucks by covering the festivities this year. That experience has made it so I have a new direction in which to direct my venom when it comes to Welcome America.That direction: Security. Or if I may be blunt, the lack thereof. I’ve covered three political conventions, two inaugurations, and a variety of other high-profile events during my time as a reporter. I’ve covered Live 8, which was also held on the Parkway, various protests, and other things that led to nothing more strenuous than heat prostration. I have never felt in harm’s way at any event I’ve covered, even at those events where tanks have been parked in the streets and sharpshooters have their guns trained on you from the roof to make sure you don’t try anything stupid. Or at least I could say that until last Thursday. Now that innocence is totally lost. When a crowd of drunken people pushed the press riser in an attempt to get on said riser to watch the concert, and caused it to shake, I got scared for my photographer and the others who were on that riser. It was a manifestation of a deeper problem. That problem? The crush of concertgoers who decided that instead of watching from screens in lawn chairs near the stage, they wanted to move closer to the stage and didn’t care
follows the news knows: These provisions will most likely harm employees. Many companies reduced employees’ hours so they were not “full-time”. Other companies have noted they may drop coverage as the fines are less far less-expensive than rapidly rising health-insurance costs. We are supposed to forget we were promised Obamacare would reduce insurance costs. And we are expected to turn a blind eye to the fact these fines are outlined in the actual law and unrelated regulation. The executive branch cannot just decide to not enforce a law.
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(Cont. from Page 10) many of us will be forced to buy insurance on exchanges over which a number of companies will be offering one product. We will not be allowed to select the optimal coverage for our needs, but rather, as she said, we will “get to choose the logo” we want. Apparently, we Republicans are not the only ones with reservations about Obamacare. Over the past few months we have heard negative noises from Democrats. SEN. MAX BAU-
ulations. Of course, we are supposed to turn a blind eye that to the fact that she in political parlance “maced” companies she regulates to get her “educational” funding. It now appears the White House has finally grasped that Obamacare is problematic. The Obama Administration announced that it will push back until 2015 the enforcement of the provisions of Obamacare that penalize employers who fail to offer what the act refers to as affordable and minimumvalue coverage to their fulltime workers. I guess they finally realized what everyone else who
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CUS (D-Mont.) called Obamacare a train wreck. Given that he was an ardent supporter of this train wreck, it is no wonder that he has chosen not to run for reelection. Secretary of Health & Human Services KATHLEEN SEBELIUS is so concerned that the American public is unprepared for the massive changes in health-care regulations, that she solicited funds from private insurance providers for an educational campaign. One cannot blame her. After all, she has to make sure Americans understand 2,700 pages of legislation, followed by 20,000 pages of reg-
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by Michael P. Boyle, Esq. The Urban Institute recently released a study written by Melissa M. Favreault, Richard W. Johnson & Karen E. Smith titled “How Important Is Social Security Disability Insurance to U.S. Workers?” (http://www.urban.org/ Uploaded PDF/ 412847-how-important-is-social-security.pdf). Among the study’s signifi-
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The study notes workers with limited education “are much more likely to receive DI benefits than their better-educated counterparts.” Among those 60 to 64 years old, almost 1/4 of adults who failed to complete high school collected DI benefits, compared with just over 6% of college graduates and 3.5% of those holding advanced degrees.
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The study notes DI benefits replace less than half of predisability earnings for 78% of recipients, and less than 3/4 of pre-disability earnings for nearly all beneficiaries. DI recipients are more likely to live in poverty than those who work. At least 44% of DI recipients aged 31-49% live at or below 125% of the federal poverty level.
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Overall, slightly more than half of all DI beneficiaries received no more than $1,050 per month. The study reports DI beneficiaries “have much lower average per capita family incomes than nonbeneficiaries.” Those receiving DI benefits in 2010 had 46% of the average pretax income of nonbeneficiaries at younger ages,
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enjoined from filing any future bankruptcy petitions in Massachusetts. The gist of the US Trustee’s complaint and the Court’s findings was that Pinnacle engaged in the authorized practice of law when it charged consumers for the preparation of bankruptcy petitions. There were no lawyers at Pinnacle. However, the fact Pinnacle’s president went to law school (but never was admitted to the bar) was used to suggest to consumers the company had legal expertise. In fact, Pinnacle touted a “Pinnacle System” that it suggested had significant value. Non-attorney bankruptcy-petition preparers are not illegal, per se, but they are not allowed to advise clients or do anything more than simply type forms. By emphasizing its supposed expertise, Pinnacle was acting as more than just a typist, and
it encroached on a province only allowed to licensed attorneys. It turns out for good reason. Consumers are usually harmed by operators who talk a good game but who are unregulated and unaccountable. In this case, Pinnacle falsely advertised its discharge rate, and it also guided clients on how to claim the Minnesota exemptions instead those in place in Massachusetts. Though consumers sometimes think the bankruptcy system will protect them simply because they are needy and hard up, that is not always the case. Bankruptcy is an adversarial process, and there is little recourse for a consumer who loses property or has his case dismissed due to filing errors or poor strategic choices. Next Week’s Question: Does FHFA offer new streamlined loan modification?
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