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A Century-Old Smile ANNA BUCCUTO, 100, celebrates her centennial on Monday, Jul. 7, with friends and family at birthday party at 1115 Watkins Street. Anna was born on Jul. 7, 1914.

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Geno’s Steaks Begins Willy Wonka-Style Offer GENO’S Steaks is serving up a Willy Wonka-style competition offering customers golden tickets in cheesesteak wrappers.

A golden ticket will not win a lifetime supply of cheesesteaks, and you won’t see Oompa-Loompa workers falling in pools of Cheez Whiz, either.

That said, the steak emporium at 1219 S. 9th Street will offer a personal tour of the restaurant and baseball tickets, according to owner (Cont. Page 3)

Variety of Cigarettes • Cigars Pipes Hookahs • Novelty Items Lottery and More!

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by Maria Merlino IN 1914, Woodrow Wilson was President. World War I was launched, the first US commercial airplane took flight, Babe Ruth made his MLB debut- and South Philadelphia’s Anna Buccuto was born.

We’ve all attended birthday parties, but how many of us have attended a party for a 100-year-old lady?

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TRI-STATE MALL • CLAYMONT, DE 19703 MINUTES FROM PHILLY! • NEXT TO K-MART AT THE PA/DEL BORDER

302-798-7079 15 minutes from South Philly. 5 Minutes from Commodore Barry Bridge.

From the North, take I-95 South towards Delaware, as you approach Delaware, bear Right on I-495, go 500 feet, and take first exit on Right, which is Naamans Rd. (rt. 920 Bear left at fork on ramp and make a Left at light next to K-Mart.

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Executive Board- President: Daniel Olivieri Treasurer: Jackie Fitzpatrick

Vice-President: Vince DeFino Esq. Secretary: Gaeton Tavella

Louis Galdo Dr. Jim Moylan Vince Giusini Bill Ciampitti

Passyunk Avenue Woman Celebrates Her Centennial

(Cont. from Page 1) On Monday, Jul. 7, Anna M. Buccuto celebrated her centennial on Watkins Street at the home of her daughter Louise, surrounded by scores of friends and family members.

Lest you get the idea that Anna was enfeebled, let me tell you we should all look so

ANNA Buccuto says one small glass of red wine a day keeps the doctor away.

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good when we hit 60, 70 or even 80! Still beautiful, stylishly dressed, with lovely skin and mental acuity, I ask her secret.

“Lots of garlic and oil!” she laughs. “I don’t feel any different. Oh, I did change my

hairdo. But today is the most glorious day of my life.”

A lifelong South Philadelphian, Buccuto, born Jul. 7, 1914. grew up on top of her parents’ Passyunk Avenue flower shop, DeRose’s. Her mother started the business in 1926 and her father, a custom tailor, soon joined her. “People were buying suits off the rack and tailoring was starting to dwindle. Both my parents were artistic. I had a wonderful childhood.

“To celebrate my 21st birthday, my father took me on a trip to Scotland. Two of his brothers were traveling musicians and they migrated to Scotland and married Scottish wives. We were there for three weeks. It was the last time he would get to see them and first time I met them.

Then we took a train to Victoria Station in London and spent a week there. We went home on a French ship, the Aquatain where I met a group of young students from Bologna. My life has been a long journey, but a pleasant one.”

In the 1940s, Buccuto went

ANNA BUCCUTO, 100, surrounded by family and friends at birthday party on Monday.

Photos by Rory McGlasson

to lots of proms and dances and loved the music of Frank Sinatra. She met her husband James at a wedding where she was a bridesmaid and he was the best man.

Was it love at first sight?

“Yes, I think so. We married after courting for two years. It was during the war. James, a construction engineer, was drafted, but he had a punctured ear drum so he couldn’t

go. Our marriage lasted for 50 years. James died when he was 81. We retired from the flower shop in the 1970s.”

Today Buccuto keeps busy doing puzzles and cooking the old-fashioned recipes she learned from her mother.

Her granddaughter Connie Mazzola has tried to copy the recipes but “we’ve all tried to do it, but we can’t. Her Christmas Eve Seven Fishes

dinners are legendary,” she says. “Calamari, scungilli, clam chowder, baccalà salad, stuffed artichokes, -- not one recipe written down!”

As Anna Buccuto looks around the room decorated with balloons and cutouts of the number 100, she contentedly declares, “This is the story of our lives, wonderful friends and family … I’ve really, truly lived the American life.”

DECORATIVE plate in the ANNA BUCCUTO, 100, flanked by her daughter Louis kitchen of 100-year-old Anna BIRTHDAY girl Anna Buccoto greets a friend at her 100th Pedano, 66, and her grandson, Jim Mazzola, 47, at birthday Buccuto has a warm message party on Monday, Jul. 7. party. for guests.

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(Cont. From Page 1) Geno Vento. “Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory is one of my favorite childhood movies — it brings back so many memories of being a kid in South Philly,” said Vento. "I love the idea that

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Geno’s Steaks Offers Golden Tickets

my customers love Philly as much as I do. What better way to show them my appreciation?”

Golden tickets will be hidden in the cheesesteak wrapping throughout the month of July. The tickets

will provide instructions on how to claim the prize. All tickets must be claimed by Aug. 1 and all winners must be available on Aug. 10 for the prize.

For more information visit www.genosteaks.com.

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Time To Acquit Traffic Court Jurists!

by Joe Shaheeli From some witnesses and the few faithful attendees who go to watch the Feds’ efforts to make their charges against five Traffic Court judges seem valid to a jury of sensible people, we have learned much; and now urge the defense attorneys to request the presiding judge to rule an end to this waste of taxpayer money.

They are now making their cases for acquittal. We believe they have a host of reasons to successfully rescue these jurists from what has become a farce.

Among the obvious are: No money has ever been exchanged, not requested, not hinted at, nothing in this category.

Every judge, in every court of the land, makes decisions on what he hears, the pros and cons, aka evidence or refuta-

tion of evidence, and on his or her gut feeling. The same with juries. (This is not true of grand juries, which are noted for taking their direction from the US Attorney in charge of their proceedings. Judges have been known to overrule grand juries.)

The wholesale purge of Traffic Court judges has resulted in the City’s losing upwards of over $50 million from TC revenue in the interim.

One reason for this is the drop in moving violation tickets being written by the police, whose rank and file understand tickets they now issue are no longer subject to a fair hearing, but are a binding sentence on the driver, denial of a fair trial. They know those replacing the judges have a mandate to find the driver guilty, though discrep-

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William Keller 184th District 1531 S. 2nd Street

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ancies in the writing of tickets, intentional or not, could prove sufficient cause for dismissal.

How does one censure a judge for a decision he makes regardless of who prods him one way or the other?

If these judges are found guilty in any way, then we warn all judges in this city to begin recusing themselves from cases where defendants are known to be even casual or social acquaintances of those judges.

More Latinos For Mayor?

There is no doubt a united Latino voting bloc could possibly tilt a Democratic mayoral primary in favor of one of their own for Mayor. We say this because we see a field of at least six contenders for Mayor. There is also no doubt

Rep.Maria P.

Donatucci

D-185th District 2115 W. Oregon Ave. Phila PA 19145 P: 215-468-1515 F: 215-952-1164

Richar Negrin if more than one were entered in the Democratic primary for Mayor, neither would have a chance.

Recently heralded as planning a possible run in 2015 is Ken Trujillo. He will have the backing of Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, LLP, his law firm. More importantly, he has an impeccable record of public service.

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Pennsylvania has a great website to help you navigate the roadways and plan the best way to reach your vacation destinations. The website is www.PA511.com. It gives you up to date road construction and traffic information. Please check it out before you travel this summer.

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Brady Brings Presence To Irate Community In a demonstration of hands-on presence in a situation from which everyone involved was considered a loser, whether arriving to mollify an irate crowd, bring closure to bereaving families, or clearing the air as to what really happened, Congressman Bob Brady demonstrated again his willingness to lend the power of his office to the

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Gesner Street Fire calamity in Southwest Philadelphia.

His peacemaking prowess helped deliver a good bit of calm and allowed the Liberian Ambassador to be heard as he appealed to many residents from his homeland.

Brady also assured his office would help in the retrieval of vital documents for those who lost them in the conflagration.

Brady continues to represent his constituents wherever they need him, setting a standard for the rest of the city’s elected officialdom.

IT City Censorship Now A Reality??

Truly a crusading fighting editor for causes in which he believes is Jim Foster, editor of the Independent Voice, a weekly based in Germantown.

He has been getting his emails to city officials returned. He thought it might be because of his critical comments about the administration. Censorship, he has learned now, didn’t come (Cont. Next Page)

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from a Latino vote-getter, 43rd Ward Leader Emilio Vazquez, who posted on Facebook, “Richard Negrin makes our lives better.”

We see that as the beginning of a draft movement for Negrin, who has made a formidable presence of himself as managing director in the oft-criticized administration of Mayor Nutter.

One sign he may be readying himself is the fact he lost 65 pounds, has well-fitting suits and looks like a movie idol. Maybe being Cuban would alienate some of the Latino vote, and then maybe not.

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CONGRESSIONAL candidate State Rep. Brendan Boyle, on left, presented flag pins to all players after Omagh Thunder Under 14 basketball team, who played against Somerton Spartans basketball team in Somerton Jul. 5. cause of who we are – a recognized newspaper that delivers to a major section of the city and has done so for five years.

“When I dug into what I had experienced recently leading up to this event last week with the help of the office of Councilman David Oh, I learned that in fact there was such a restriction that supposedly refused anyone who used Verizon from access to any

Phila.gov email address. In simple words, if you use Verizon you cannot connect to the City and that is the way they want it.

“Taking it a step further, the Office of Innovation & Technology states in writing that only if a recipient wants to grant an exception to the Verizon blacklist regulation that the recipient can request specific email addresses become ‘whitelisted senders’ –

and that is the language the City uses in their written document – WHITELISTED SENDERS – I am not making that up.”

The last word from Foster is when he tried to contact Ebeid, the office took the message and a return call said he needed to go through the Press Office. He asked that office for an explanation of the policy and was told, “We will look into it”. He’s not

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The membership of the Green Party of Philadelphia voted to censure City Council for going on summer vacation without adequately funding public education. This is the second consecutive year in which City Council has gone on vacation without providing sufficient funding for Philadelphia’s public schools, the Greens charged.

Green Party Chair Glenn Davis, 4th Ward (Hestonville), said, “City Council failed to fund our public schools, and City Council should go to summer school instead of vacation.” Davis is a candidate for State Representative in the 190th Dist.

Green Party’s low membership numbers won’t elicit a yawn, let alone a comment, from anyone in and outside of government. But it is our duty to cover and report from the full political spectrum.

In Case You’re Wondering….

Yes, it was Isaiah Thomas’ 30th birthday celebration yesterday and with State Rep.

An Example Of Dem Implosion Looking at this gubernatorial election in November, with Tom Wolf 20 points ahead as of this writing over incumbent Tom Corbett, most frontrunners would be content to do what they did to win the primary.

However, Democrats have a tendency to screw up a onecar funeral when they find themselves in such a favorable position.

Case in point is Wolf creating a PAC named “Campaign for a Fresh Start”, ostensibly created to give Katie McGinty a chair position, pulling her out of Democratic state-leadership fight with Jim Burn. What it truly does is circumvent the abilities of the Democratic State Committee to raise funds.

The “Campaign for a Fresh Start” was launched (Cont. Page 8)

Always Hard At Work for You! State Senator

Anthony Hardy Williams 8th Senatorial District

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Green Party Censures City Council On Recess

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(Cont. From Prev. Page) from the City Council or the Mayor. Instead, the Mayor’s Office of Innovation & Technology, under the direction of Adel Ebeid, has imposed a total embargo on all incoming email from the server Verizon, or so they have advised senior level elected officials and their staffs – but certainly not the general public. The reason given Foster is, “Verizon creates too much spam.”

Foster writes, “While I have experienced a number of situations over the last six months where emails of our news articles in the Independent Voice web newspaper cannot be delivered, and had any number of challenging discussions with the service provider for remedies, this rejection by all City Councilpersons I sent to had a different message and it was quite clear. It said, “Denied by Policy” – yes, there it was – not a generic rejection by the server or some kind of message that implies a filter of sorts, but the recipient telling us that we are restricted from sending them anything be-

Brendan Boyle (D-Northeast), 13th Congressional Dist.

Democratic nominee, in attendance. It was held at Duane Morris LLP in Center City … sure sign he’ll be among those filing for an at-Large Council seat in the coming spring primary.

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Sparring With The Irish

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UNION LABOR

Union Labor…Building it right for a better and stronger community And promoting renaissance of North Broad St. Laborers’ District Council of the Metropolitan Area of Philadelphia and vicinity is comprised of four unions:

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Local 332, Samuel Staten, Jr., Vincent Primavera, Jr. Business Manager/Co-Chairman L.E.C.E.T. Co-Chairman Local 135, Daniel L. Woodall, Jr., Damian Lavelle Business Manager L.E.C.E.T. Management Trustee Local 413, James Harper, Jr., Fred Chiarlanza Business Manager L.E.C.E.T. Management Trustee Local 57, Walt Higgins Harry Hopkins Business Manager L.E.C.E.T. Management Trustee Laborers District Council, Ryan N. Boyer, Business Manager.

Laborers’ District Council promotes a safe work environment, jobs completed on time and on budget, and represents union members, who are well trained, productive, professional, and take pride in their work. Union labor…building better and safer communities in Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery Counties.

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State Bonus Available For Persian Gulf Vets The Dept. of Military & Veterans Affairs reminds Pennsylvania veterans that it offers a special one-time payment to honor the service and sacrifice of those who served on active duty in the Persian Gulf Theater of Operations from Aug. 2, 1990-Aug. 31, 1991.

“Pennsylvania veterans of Desert Shield or Desert Storm are eligible for this bonus and with a little over one year until the program ends we are trying to spread the word,” said Brig.

Gen. Jerry Beck, deputy adjutant general for veterans’ affairs.

“I encourage everyone to share this information with friends or family members to help ensure that every Persian Gulf War veteran from Pennsylvania receives

this well-deserved benefit.”

More than 10,500 Persian Gulf veterans have applied for the one-time cash bonus program since DMVA began accepting applications in 2008.

The bonus pays $75 per month for qualifying, activeduty service members, up to a $525 maximum. For personnel who died through illness or injury received in the line of duty, there is an additional $5,000 available to the surviving family. Service members who were declared prisoners of war may also be eligible for an additional $5,000.

In each case, the service member must have: Served with the US Armed Forces, a reserve component of

the US Armed Forces or the Pennsylvania National Guard.

Served on active duty in the Persian Gulf theater of operations during the period from Aug. 2, 1990 until Aug. 31, 1991, and received the Southwest Asia Service Medal.

Been a legal resident of Pennsylvania at the time of active duty service.

Been discharged from active duty under honorable conditions, if not currently on active duty.

Individuals who received a bonus or similar compensation from any other state are not eligible for the Pennsylvania program. The deadline for applying for benefits under this program is Aug. 31, 2015.

PPA Expands Motorcycle, Scooter Parking Program Motorcycles and scooters are important components of the diverse transportation system we are privileged to have in Philadelphia notes Philadelphia Parking Authority Exec. Dir. Vincent Fenerty. As a result, Fenerty has announced a pilot program to address the parking needs of motorcycles and scooters.

Fenerty said, “The pilot program will run through the end of October 2014, at which time it will be reevaluated based on data collected during the pilot period and from feedback from all stake holders.

“Each element of the system, including pedestrians, bicyclists, automobiles, masstransit vehicles and delivery vehicles, as well as motorcycles and scooters, have a valid, though sometimes conflicting, claim on the public space. PPA and the City of Philadelphia have worked to balance the demands of each stakeholder, while providing adequate access and safety for all others.

“With that in mind: 1. On residential blocks, including those in Center City

and University City which are posted for Residential Permit Parking, motorcycles and scooters will be permitted to park on sidewalks in front of the operator’s residence under the following conditions: a. If the block is posted for RPP the motorcycle or scooter with a valid RPP permit for that district. (A Day Pass or Temporary RPP permit issued to a resident’s visitors will also be honored.) b. The vehicle must be parked against the building and may not interfere with pedestrian travel. c. The operator must have the permission of the property owner. d. Motorcycles and scooters must be turned off and walked from the curb to the place it is parked on the sidewalk. e. On unregulated residential blocks motorcycles or scooters may park in front of their home without a permit as long as the other conditions are met.

2. On commercial streets in-

cluding all of Center City and University City not posted for RPP, motorcycles and scooters may not park on sidewalks. The density of pedestrian traffic in those areas does not permit those vehicles to be parked on the sidewalk safely. The potential for conflict between pedestrians and motorized vehicles is too great and creates a dangerous condition for both. Additionally, scooter riders have indicated that securing their scooter is a priority. That cannot be accomplished on the sidewalk.

To accommodate motorcycles and scooters in those areas the following steps are being taken. a. PPA has installed 47 corrals accommodating 180 motorcycles or scooters in Center City and University City. b. The Authority will review the suggestions submitted through our Facebook page to determine which are appropriate for additional corrals to be installed.

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Our Opinion No One Wins

Another Opinion

I believe we should have standards for our schools and all stakeholders should be held accountable to these standards.

However, I believe the best judges of a student’s progress should be those who know the student best; parents, teachers, school administrators and school boards. No Child Left Behind was wrong; it took the focus off the individual student and placed it on testing. The Keystone Exams takes this one step further. Rather than targeting the school for low test scores, it targets and penalizes the child.

The Keystone Exams were first introduced as the Graduation Competency Assessments on Jan. 2, 2008. The Senate and House delivered an overwhelming, bipartisan response of opposition by placing a moratorium on the Rendell Administration with the passage of Act 61 of Jul. 9, 2008, Section 117, which specifically prohibited the promulgation, approval, or proposal of “a regulation to change or es-

It’s Time To End Keystone Exams tablish high-school graduation requirements.” However, the Dept. of Education ignored this moratorium and issued a solicitation request to begin the development of GCAs. Republican leadership in the House and Senate continued to urge the Governor to cease implementation, but it fell on deaf ears as the GCA morphed into the Keystone Exams and a contract for more than $200 million was signed with Data Recognition Corp.

On Sep. 30, 2009, the State Board of Education took a vote to approve high-school graduation requirements. The majority and minority chairmen of the House and Senate Education Committees sit on the State Board of Education. State Rep. Paul Clymer, Republican Chairman for the House Education Committee, was the only legislator to vote no.

As federal and state government assume more control of

education, local control diminishes. The personal face behind these tests fades away as these children become numbers. We are presented with data to debate over why some districts are reporting more progress than others. We do not know the personal story of each child behind the data; this is the exact reason we have school boards.

Out of Pennsylvania’s 500 school boards, fewer than 20 expressed support for the Keystone Exams.

Five years ago, the General Assembly was denied the opportunity to vote on the Keystone Exams and now we are at a critical turning point for education in Pennsylvania. This September our children will be equipped with a No. 2 pencil and a bubble sheet as their future weighs in the balance instead of with the local school district, where it belongs.

Barrar represents the 160th House Dist. in Delaware and Chester Cos.

Jul. 10- State Rep. Michelle Brownlee hosts Senior Expo at Francisville Village, Community Rm., 1510 Poplar St., 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. For info (215) 684-3738.

Jul. 10- State Sen. Mike Stack with special guest Congressman Bob Brady for General Election Campaign Kickoff at Union League, 140 S. Broad St., 5:30-7:30 p.m. For info (267) 275-2120.

Jul. 11- Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell celebrates birthday with Party for Homeless at City Hall Courtyard, 12 noon.

Jul. 12- Councilman Kenyatta Johnson, State Rep. Jordan Harris and Unity in Community host summer event at Smith Plg., 25th & Jackson Sts., 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Jul. 12- State Sen. Vincent Hughes attends Women Make a Difference at Pyramid Cl., 18th & Market Sts., 5:30-7 p.m.

Jul. 12- Councilman Curtis Jones hosts White Linen Party at 3502 Scott La., Bldg. 4, 6-

11 p.m. Tickets $75.

Jul. 18- Sippin on Seabreeze with Councilman Bobby Henon is hosted by Retired Sheriff Barbara Deeley at 270 Seabreeze Ct., Angelsea, N.J., 79:30 p.m.

Suggested contribution $100. RSVP badeeley@gmail.com or (215) 906-0339. Checks payable to Bobby11 c/o 7730 Richard St., Phila., PA 19152.

Jul. 19- State Sen. Anthony Williams, State Rep. Margo Davidson and Yeadon Friends & Neighbors at Nile Swim Cl., 513 S. Union Ave., Yeadon, Pa., 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Jul. 19- Congressman Bob Brady Bunch Summer Starter Party at Westy’s, N. Wildwood, N.J., 3 p.m.

Jul. 31- State Rep. Michelle Brownlee hosts Senior Expo at Blumberg Garden Apartments, 2311 Jefferson St., Sr. Community Rm., 10 a.m.-1:30 pm. For info (215) 684-3738.

Jul. 31- Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown hosts Summer Bash at Woody’s, Hip Hop Rm., 202 S. 13th., 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tickets $20.

For info (267) 275-2120.

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by State Rep. Stephen Barrar This September will mark the first year the Keystone Exams will be used as the deciding factor for whether or not students will graduate from Pennsylvania’s public high schools.

September will also mark the five-year anniversary of HR 456, the bi-partisan legislation that urged Gov. Ed Rendell to cease all funding and implementation of high-school graduation requirements. I was a co-sponsor of this legislation, along with 80% of my colleagues in the House of Representatives.

Pennsylvania is home to 500 school districts and approximately 1.8 million students.

Each child that is enrolled in one of these school districts is different than the next child; they learn differently, they face different challenges, they excel in different areas, and they test differently. They are the 1.8 million reasons as to why the one-size-fits-all approach to education is wrong.

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No matter what form the budget finally takes, no matter where the monies go and to what purpose, a budget in a gubernatorial election year reeks with the stench of political self-interest.

That self-interest is framed by the question “How Will It Look For Me or My Party In The Eyes Of The Electorate?”

Hence, our respected and well-renowned cartoonist R.T. (Ronald Taylor) has projected the above thoughts for us in a classic editorial cartoon.

It is true unemployment is down in Pennsylvania, education dollars have been increased, and a host of other good things will show up somewhere in this budget. Unfortunately, the electorate will not be able to sort out who deserves the credit. That’s the way it is with budgets generally, and especially so with election-year budgets.

No matter who claims a “win” for constituents, this budget, when finally passed, will have been shaped to advance the goals of a specific few at the expense of the many.

Has Everyday Use Made F-Word Acceptable?

Mayor Michael Nutter has drawn heat from his inappropriate defense of the use of Fwords by entertainers, bleeped out when heard on television, but heard by many of the half million making up the live au-

dience at the Independence Day Celebration on the Parkway.

Included in that group is City GOP Dir. Joe DeFelice, who remarked acidly, “The City of Philadelphia is America’s birthplace and there should be an expectation of class on Independence Day where families, from all over the country, can come and celebrate our Nation’s founding.

Unfortunately, the Mayor’s recent comments don’t sound very welcoming to the Welcome America crowd.”

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The organization is a new phenomenon in Pennsylvania politics.

We think it will be doing more harm than good for the party, since its creation only smells of the beginning of a movement to reshape the image of the party in Wolf’s planned image. But it does mirror a process that has already transformed national campaigns, where formal

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PPA Adds Program Pt. Breeze Gets A Summer Makeover The AutoPark at Old City (2nd & Sansom Streets), AutoPark at Jefferson (10th & Ludlow Streets) and the lot at 19th & Callowhill Streets will have the locking devices installed shortly.

Scooters may park at these facilities for a daily, flat rate of $5.00.

4. Use Social Media and PPA website to provide information and receive feedback on the plan. These digital media can be used to push information to people and act as a passive resource for those seeking answers to specific questions. a. Set-up a motorcycle/scooter page on the PPA website to provide comprehensive information on the rules for parking two-wheeled motorized vehicles. It will also include a map of motorcycle-scooter corrals with the number of spaces at each location. b. Use Twitter and Facebook to answer questions and provide an ongoing dialogue with constituent groups to address concerns and get feedback. c. Use Twitter and Facebook to announce new or relocated corrals and provide progress on the installation of locking devices at corrals. d. Establish a Twitter hashtag to report vehicles illegally

parked in motorcycle/scooter corrals.

“At the end of the trial period we will review the data collected with the motorcycle/scooter coalition to determine how effectively these efforts met their needs. A decision will then be made on which elements worked best and which need more attention. A parking fee structure will also be developed for use of the corrals going forward.

“This plan will not give everyone what they want.

There are strong voices to permit motorcycles and scooters to park on sidewalks throughout the city. There are equally strong voices which believe they should not be permitted on sidewalks anywhere. We believe this is a reasonable approach which provides safe parking areas for motorcycles and scooters while not jeopardizing pedestrian safety.

“Finally, the pilot program is designed to allow us to test these ideas and make adjustments as we move along. It is not the end of the conversation. We will always welcome suggestions for improvement.

But it is also important to recognize that all the diverse transportation needs must be considered in making these decisions and public safety must be a primary concern.”

CITYYEAR Phila.. Exec. Dir. Ric Ramsey; Diversified Services Exec. Dir. Otis Bullock; 2nd Dist. Councilman Kenyatta Johnson; State Rep. Jordan Harris; McDaniel ES Principal Lachante Collier-Bacon; Wells Fargo Greater Phila. and Delaware regional president; School Reform Commissioner Farah Jimenez; and School District of Phila. Superintendent Dr. William Hite celebrate Point Breeze ribbon-cutting ceremony at the McDaniel School’s main playground.

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(Cont. From Page 6) c. Because securing scooters was a major priority for those representing scooter riders, corrals will be equipped with a mechanism to lock the motorcycle or scooter to a post at the curb. d. During the trial period, there will be no charge to park motorcycles or scooters in the designated corrals. Those individuals who purchased virtual permits to park on the street may apply for a refund of the prorated remaining value of the permit. e. Motorcycles or scooters parked in metered spaces outside of the designated corrals must pay the required meter fee or abide by other posted parking restrictions. f. PPA will increase enforcement of other vehicles illegally parked in motorcycle/scooter zones.

PPA will survey corrals during the pilot period to assess demand and the appropriateness of corral locations. We will also continue to welcome feedback from motorcycle or scooter operators on issues which may arise.

3. PPA’s AutoPark at the Gallery garage at 9th & Filbert Streets has been equipped with a designated area on the street level for securely parking motorcycles and scooters.

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SpArc PHILA. celebrated name change of PDDC to SpArc Services at gala event. Participating were Michael Weingram, board president of SpArc Services; Laura Princiotta, CEO AT SpArc Services celebration were Sabra Townsend, of The Arc of Phila.; Councilwoman of SpArc Phila. (parent organization for The Arc of Phila. and SpArc Services); Councilman Cindy Bass; Councilman Denny O’Brien; Wendy Williams of Phila. IDS (Intellectual dis- Denny O’Brien; David Bright, board member of The Arc of Phila.; and Paul Berenato, Sr., Photo by Bonnie Squires Photo by Bonnie Squires president of SpArc Phila.

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People are critical of GOV. TOM CORBETT for holding out on signing a budget passed by both the State House and Senate, because he wanted to see movement toward pension reform.

What I find comical is that Democrats are critical of the legislature’s $29.1 billion budget, specifically noting that the rating agencies, Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch, have concerns about the Commonwealth’s finances. STATE SEN. VINCENT HUGHES of Philadelphia noted, “Bond-rating agencies have already issued stern warnings that the Governor’s proposed budget continues a series of irresponsible budget and financial policies that will result in further downgrades to our bond ratings and significantly raise the cost of future borrowing.” Perhaps Sen. Hughes and his fellow Democrats should go back and more carefully read the rating agencies’ comments.

S&P states, “If [State leaders] don’t implement ‘meaningful pension reform,’ it could lead to negative ratings actions.”

Moody’s noted, “Rapidly growing pension contributions will absorb much of the Commonwealth’s financial flexibility over the next four years…” Fitch warned, “Under current law, Fitch expects that sizable statutory increases in contributions payable to the [retirement] systems over the next several years will consume much of future revenue growth...”

The Governor has noted that 60 cents of every one new dollar in state revenue go to pension funding. The Governor wants to deal with the pension issue. It is the Democrats who (Cont. Page 20)

For the first time in a while, I wasn’t among the masses on the Ben Franklin Parkway last Friday for the Wawa Welcome America Fourth of July concert.

Part of the reason was that I was in New Jersey and would have had to leave as soon as the concert started in order to get the last bus back.

The other reason was, this year’s bill didn’t do much for me. While a concert featuring The Roots and Jeff Bradshaw is my idea of a good evening out anytime, there wasn’t much else in the lineup worth my time. Sure, Aloe Blacc and Jennifer Hudson are interesting, but they’re acts I’d review, not pay to see.

Besides, the concert has lost some of its charm for me since the VH1 cable network started broadcasting it. Back when it was just Questlove and Black Thought of The Roots doing most of the curating, you got some decent music, charming local hosts and a relatively interesting evening out.

It started to get a little silly last year, though.

Comedian, and Philly guy, Kevin Hart was the host and didn’t irritate me nearly as much as he usually does in that role. The concert itself was decent, although the only people I remember performing were Jill Scott and Nick Jonas, who put on a surprisingly good performance.

But this year, the Welcome America show went off the rails a little. It started with the host, Marlon Wayans, a member of the “Not Really Funny” section of the actually very funny Wayans family of “In Living Color” fame. He told a (Cont. Page 20)

Yo! I was crammed – again.

No, I didn’t burn the midnight oil to study for an exam or eat too many ravioli. Cramming is not something sexual, although you may think that you have been had. Cramming is actually “Mystery Phone Charges”.

A while ago I discovered charges on my phone bill for a voicemail service based in California and an email service in Florida. I know I did not order them and did not even know how to use them. I just know I got a bill for these services.

Cramming occurs when a vendor asks your telephone company to bill you for voicemail, paging, internet access, ringtone charges, and charitable contributions, online gambling debts or other optional services you never agreed to purchase. Cramming charges can be small, say $2 or $3, and are easy to overlook. But even when the phony charges aren’t small, they may sound like fees you do owe.

Catching cramming charges means taking time to read your phone bill each month. Be aware of what your normal charges are. Check your bill closely to check the charges on your bill each month for services you haven’t ordered or calls you haven’t made. Pay special attention to sections labeled “miscellaneous,” and the long-distance, 900-number, and “thirdparty” charge sections on your bill.

Sometimes, there seems like there is nothing you can do to prevent a determined crammer from adding fake charges to your phone bill. You can avoid giving would-be scammers the opportunity by being wise to some common ploys: You think you’re entering a contest, but you’re actually giving your information to strangers who might be up to no good. Before you fill out a contest entry form, consider whether you know the company, and be sure to read the fine print. Shady promoters sometimes use an entry form as “permission” to enroll you in a service. You find out you’re enrolled only if you notice the fee on your phone bill. Do not return calls to phone numbers you don’t recognize. You could be dialing a number that (Cont. Page 23)

WONDERFUL! Over the three-day holiday, we read nothing but HAPPY NEWS in the press. Americana was what readers wanted. It was FRESH AIR not to hear of investigations, and of blaming officials. No mean-spirited antics. WILL IT LAST? I prayed. Lofty-perch editors must think we enjoy this stuff; but IT GETS OLD!... FUNNY THING when I phoned Traffic Court with a question. While waiting for a reply from a living-breathing human, I kept hearing three beeps: DOT-DASH-DOT. That is MORSE CODE for a DISTRESS call. Maybe the court is in distress until it is fully in the hands of Municipal Court. Has the administrator ever heard the Command of ISAIAH: “Loose thy bonds and let the oppressed go free”?

FUNNY that the prosecution case in federal court hovers over one judge: Singletary. But he did not come out of the same stable as other accused. He was a lucky guy with NUMBER-ONE ballot position. This is such a baloney case.... I read where Deputy Mayor Gillison disagrees with City Controller Alan BUTKOVITZ’S report over contracts in the Sheriff’s office. Yeah, yeah. But leadership (and morale) flow downhill. Deputy Mayors come and go and are little known nor long remembered. But guys like David Cohen at Comcast was out there as Mayor Ed Rendell’s Chief of Staff. Years ago the Society of Professional Journalists put on comedy skits.

One saw a David Cohen (wearing a hardhat) at his desk answering 20 phones with “Office of the Real Mayor.”

Saw a short article where a reporter interviewed Zack (Cont. Page 23)

MAYOR MICHAEL NUTTER may have brushed the sweat from his brow a bit too early.

His cigarette-tax legislation to fund Philadelphia public schools has not yet been signed by the Governor at the time this column was written. The Senate Republican majority added a five year sunset into the bill, which means General Assembly would need to reauthorize the Philadelphia cigarette tax in five years or the tax would go away.

Although the State Senate passed legislation to allow the cigarette tax last week, the House passed a bill that was somewhat different. Then the ping-pong game began, and the Senate amended the bill again and sent it back to the House for a concurrence vote. So it appears that both chambers support the Philadelphia cigarette tax, but it’s unclear when it will become law.

Each day that passage is delayed is a day the School District is losing revenue, even though a vast majority of the legislature and the Governor agree the schools need the money. GOV. TOM CORBETT may play his fiddle like Nero as Philadelphia burns.

The champion of the cigarette tax in the Pennsylvania House is STATE REP. CHERELLE PARKER. She is the Chair of the Philadelphia Delegation. More and more she has been Mayor Nutter’s go-to gal. But will she stay in Harrisburg? Rumors are swirling she may run for City Council next year.

Rumors abound that former House Appropriations Chair DWIGHT EVANS may take a cabinet-level job in the Obama administration. His detractors in Philadelphia don’t see what he has to offer. Although he is a formidable member of the legislature, he has fallen from power and glory and there are no indications of a return. One of the positions that he allegedly is being considered for is HUD Secretary.

There is also another rumor that Evans is very close to Democratic gubernatorial nominee TOM WOLF. This is based on his early support of the Wolf candidacy which was also an affront to CONGRESSWOMAN ALLYSON SCHWARTZ. One of Wolf’s staffers in Philadelphia is OBRA KERNODLE, whose father was very close to Rep. Evans. But that is the only indicator of any extra Evans influence in the Wolf campaign.

But look for other Philadelphians to build alliances with STATE SEN. MIKE STACK, or (Cont. Page 23)

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Police Foundation Presents Grant To Department The Philadelphia Police Foundation presented a $45,000 public-safety grant from the Motorola Solutions Foundation to the Philadelphia Police Dept. to fund the department’s Police Supervisory In-Service Training (POSIT) Program. The grant will provide 210 police sergeants and corporals with contemporary law enforcement leadership skills in a Penn State

University-developed and led curriculum.

Maureen Rush, president of the nonprofit Philadelphia Police Foundation and VP for public safety, superintendent of police at the University of Pennsylvania; and Jacquelyn Wasni, a Foundation board member and VP of Motorola Solutions’ Mid-Atlantic Territory, will present the $45,000

contribution to Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey.

“This grant reflects Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey’s concerns about the importance of providing the latest training in law enforcement supervisory operations, leadership techniques and the latest legal aspects of policing to continue to develop top quality leaders,” Rush said. “The

grant, which was spearheaded

by Jackie Wasni, will help fulfill the Police Dept.’s first-line supervisory training needs for the current year.”

The five-day POSIT training program is held four times a year at the Philadelphia Police Academy and taught by faculty from Penn State University.

“The Motorola Solutions Foundation is pleased to make

this grant to the Philadelphia Police Foundation,” said Motorola’s Wasni. “This funding will help teach Philadelphia police officers to guide subordinates to become productive, resourceful and competent members of the department.”

The Philadelphia Police Foundation (www.phillypolicefoundation.org) was established in 1999 by civic and corporate

leaders in the Philadelphia region as “A Force Behind the Shield”. Recent contributions from the Foundation to the Police Dept. have been interrogation recording equipment for detective divisions, lights for the Bike Patrol Unit, bulletproof vests, equipment for the Mounted Patrol Unit, and programs for the Forensic Science Bureau.

STAFFING Kensington Welcome Center are, from left, Sister Marian Behrle, Sister Connie Trainor, Rosa Monroy, Nancy Bordewick, Sister Patricia Mullen and Sister Eileen Photo by Sarah Webb Marnien. many come from Latin America, there are also Poles, Albanians, Vietnamese, Haitians and Moroccans.

Their common bond in the education program is they are all learning English at the same time, no matter what their native tongue. There are about 280 women and men in the education program this year and perhaps about 100 in a citizenship-preparation program.

On a recent day, a small

IN RE: Adoption of a Baby Boy W, a minor male child (DOB: 01/10/2014), No. 2014-A0077in the Orphans’ Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, PA. To: Jay Harris/Unknown Father: A Petition has been filed asking the Court to put an end to all rights you have to your child, a male child born 01/10/2014 at Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton, PA. The Court has set a hearing to consider ending rights to your child. That hearing will be held in Courtroom No. 14 before The Hon. Stanley J. Ott at One Montgomery Plaza, 4th Floor, 425 Swede Street, Norristown PA 19401 on august 7, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. Your presence is required at the hearing. You are warned that even if you fail to appear at the scheduled hearing, the hearing will go on without you and your rights to your child may be ended by the Court without your being present. You have a right to be represented at the hearing by a lawyer. You should take this paper to your lawyer at once. If you do not have a lawyer or cannot afford one, go to or telephone the office set forth below to find out where you can get legal help: Montgomery County Referral Service, 100 West Airy Street, PO Box 268, Norristown, PA 19404, Phone: 610-279-9660 Telephone: 215-238-6333. Law Offices of Deborah E. Spivack, Atty for Adoptions From The Heart, P.O. Box 56182, Philadelphia, PA 19130 (215-763-5550).

Community Boxing The 3rd annual Community Fitness Day will take place this Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Joe Hand Boxing Gym in Northern Liberties.

The event is free for kids seven and older and is being run by Danny Davis. There will be a raffle drawings, refreshments, and celebrity guests.

Joe Hand Gym is located at 547 N. 3rd Street (Behind Finnigan’s Wake).

Speaking of Hand, he’ll team up with D&D Management to promote a show on Jul. 29 at the 2300 Arena in South Philly. This show will feature both professional and amateur bouts and will be headlined by Fred Jenkins, Jr.

DAVID KRAIN and former Councilman Rick Mariano achieved purple belts in Krav Maga.

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COMMONWEALTH Of PA BOARD OF PARDONS The following applications of the persons convicted in Philadelphia County will be heard by the Board of Pardons at its regular session in the Supreme Court Courtroom, Room 437, Main Capitol Building, Harrisburg, PA. Tuesday, July 22, 2014 – Convening at 9:00 A.M. Sunny Chang

Bribery in Official and Political Matters Jose L. Diaz Simple Assault Tonya L. Holloman Simple Assault Eugene O. Hutchings Possession of a Controlled Substance Aaron E. Pembleton Criminal Conspiracy, Robbery Kim R. Simpkins Possession With Intent to Deliver Candice Smith Possessing Instruments of Crime, Simple Assault Terence B. Smith Carrying Firearms Without a License, Carrying Firearms on Public Streets or Public Property in Philadelphia Felicia Upchurch Simple Assault, Theft by Unlawful Taking, Resisting Arrest Eric R. Wigfall Resisting Arrest Tuesday, July 22, 2014 – Convening at 1:00 P.M. Louis T. Clybourn Steven D. White

Theft by Unlawful Taking, Receiving Stolen Property Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession With Intent to Deliver Sincerely, Tracy A. Forray Secretary Board of Pardons

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we could be available to the people beyond the workday. I had been working in the literacy project teaching adults and traveling around. We would be at one place in the morning and another in the afternoon.”

Although most people are familiar with St. Joseph Sisters through their education apostolate that was not their original ministry at their foundation in Le Puy, France, in the 17th century.

“This is part of our founding — go out into the city wherever the people are,” said Sister Pat Mullen, a former teacher and principal who has also been at the Welcome Center from the beginning. “The people are eager to come here, some come at night half asleep after working all day, but they come.”

Sister Connie Trainor is the newest member of the current team at the Welcome Center team — just nine months at the center but with years of experience in social ministry in Nevada, Delaware, Camden and other locations in New Jersey, and North Philadelphia.

“It was like a dream come true to come and work with Sisters Eileen, Marian and Pat and so many wonderful people so new to this country,” she said.

Part of the secret of the success of the ministry is that the many people who come to the door are not considered clients, but friends. Although

group of women were being drilled by volunteer Denis Jones on some of the questions they might encounter on a citizenship test. “What territory did the United States purchase from France in 1803? Who was President of the United States during World War I? How many amendments are there to the Constitution?”

Judging by the answers, they are bound to pass the test.

As to why they want to be citizens, for Antonia Santos from the Dominican Republic, it was because “I want to vote,” she said.

That was also a reason for Maria Ortega from Nicaragua, who came to the US 15 years ago, but also “to give my children better opportunities,” she said.

Volunteering to teach is a special joy for Jones because “I feel I can relate to immigrants,” he said. “My family came from Ireland. I was the only one born in this country and I want these people to enjoy the journey to citizenship my family had.”

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by Lou Baldwin, CatholicPhilly.com When the Sisters of St. Joseph Welcome Center on E. Allegheny Avenue in Kensington opened its doors 11 years ago, it did so because the sisters had great concerns because parishes and schools in the region were closing. “We were losing our presence to people on the margins, the poor and needy,” said Sister Eileen Marnien, one of the founding members who remains in the ministry.

To underscore that point, Ascension of Our Lord Church just a block or so away on Westmoreland Avenue, where St. Joseph’s Sisters had taught, closed its doors in 2012 after 113 years of ministry.

The Welcome Center is located in three joined properties that formerly housed a funeral home and medical offices. Initial funding came mostly from the St. Joseph Sisters’ Motherhouse, utilizing part of a grant given to them by the McShain Foundation.

When the center opened, the idea was to serve the needs of the community, whatever they were, but the sisters very quickly discovered the greatest need was services to immigrants, Sister Eileen explained.

Actually, Sister Marian Behrle had already been working on a literacy project, teaching English skills to women, and the new center focused on expanding that ministry. The great advantage of the Welcome Center was it was relatively large, and the sisters could establish a convent on the upper floor.

Formerly in parishes, “we were there in the morning and had to go to the next spot in the afternoon,” Sister Marian said. “This was ideal.”

“I couldn’t believe what an opportunity this was. It was my dream of religious life,” Sister Eileen said. “You live in the neighborhood and become part of it. We designed it so

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ELEPHANT (Cont. from Page 10) are pushing back on pension reform.

City Council passed a budget a few weeks ago that included revenues from a $2 tax on ciga-

OUT & ABOUT (Cont. from Page 10) joke that, well, would have been at home in anatomy class.

And then there was Nicki Minaj. From her slightly risqué costume to her equally risqué lyrics, people were scandalized!

Almost immediately, folks took to their Facebook pages to decry the lack of “family-friendly” fare in Minaj’s and Ed Sheeran’s performances.

I read the written handwringing. I read the calls for Mayor Michael Nutter to investigate this concert and see who fell down on the “familyfriendly” job. I read the complaints.

But I also saw the kids, and when I say kids I mean 8- and 9year-olds, who were singing along with Minaj as she performed. They knew every word.

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rettes and the sale of the Philadelphia Gas Works to UIL Corp.

Neither was accomplished when the budget was passed.

The tax increase must be approved by Harrisburg. But the Pennsylvania House blocked it with a last-minute amendment on charter schools that bought the And what that said to me was that the problem wasn’t Minaj.

Or The Roots. Or Mayor Nutter. It’s parents not being parents.

The reason why Minaj ended up on the Parkway was because VH1 picked hot acts with new music to spotlight. Minaj fits both categories.

And you, oh hand-wringing parent, helped by letting your kid download “Pink Friday”.

The City does bear a little responsibility for letting the network that gave us “Love And Hip-Hop” and “Mob Wives” have this kind of say over our Fourth of July concert, but in the end, all it did was give the people, your kids, what they want.

And because you don’t police your kid’s musical choices, we’re probably going to go back to boring concerts featuring acts that haven’t had a hit since I graduated high school.

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votes of a handful of conservatives, including House MAJORITY LEADER MIKE TURZAI. The amendment requires that those applying to open charter schools in Philadelphia be granted the same treatment as they would get in the state’s other 499 school districts. Currently, if local authorities in any school district except Philadelphia fail to respond to a charter-school application in a timely manner, or if they reject the application, the sponsors can appeal to the state.

Right now in Philadelphia, the School Reform Commission has final say. No new charter school has been approved here since 2009.

Normally I do not like a tax increase that is only applicable to Philadelphia, as it hurts our commerce. People with cars will buy cigarettes in surrounding counties.

That said, this time we conservatives got something: the charter-school amendment. This deal owed much to Republican City Committee Chairman STATE REP. JOHN TAYLOR. The Senate amended the bill by putting a five-year sunset on the tax. The Senate also added a few other items, including more taxes on hotels as well as economic-development expenditures. The amendments require the approval of the House, which is not in session; more importantly, the Senate’s new taxes and expenditures will not fly with many House Republicans.

I am even less confident the sale of PGW will take place. The hold-up here is not Harrisburg but City Council. I fear it will bend to union protests that the new owner will lay off workers.

The company has said it expects to reduce workforce by 20% or about 350, mostly through attrition. Utility experts believe PGW could be effectively run with 30% to 50% fewer employees.

The deal is a good deal for the city. The sales price of $1.86 billion is, in the words of Moody’s, a “premium” price. The funds would go towards the City’s grossly underfunded pension plan. I already noted the problem with Commonwealth’s pension plans which are roughly 70% funded. The City’s is only 50% funded.

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whichever is less, with a minimum permissible charge of $10. Again, this fee is applicable to each medical source.

Hospitals may charge up to $1 per page up to 100 pages, then 25 cents for each page thereafter, up to a maximum of $200 for the entire record.

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In Delaware, providers

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Sealed proposals will be received by the School Reform Commission at the School Administration Building located at 440 North Broad St., 3rd Floor, Office of Capital Programs, Philadelphia, PA 19130-4015, until 2:00 P.M., on Tuesday, July 29th, 2014. A non-refundable fee for each set of bid documents is as scheduled. The School District will only accept bids from companies that have been placed on its current Pre Qualified Contractors List as shown at psit.org. All School District Projects require MBE/WBE participation as shown in the specifications.

Sealed proposals will be received by the School Reform Commission at the School Administration Building located at 440 North Broad St., 3rd Floor, Office of Capital Programs, Philadelphia, PA 19130-4015, until 2:00 P.M., on Tuesday, July 29th, 2014. A non-refundable fee for each set of bid documents is as scheduled. The School District will only accept bids from companies that have been placed on its current Pre Qualified Contractors List as shown at psit.org. All School District Projects require MBE/WBE participation as shown in the specifications.

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FEE BUDGET Elevator Replacement $1,468,600.00 $100.00 South Philadelphia High School 2101 South Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19148 * A pre-bid conference and site tour will be held at the project location at the main entrance, on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 at 10:00 a.m.

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Specifications and/or plans and contract documents may be examined and copies thereof obtained from the School Reform Commission, 440 North Broad Street, 3rd floor, Philadelphia, PA 19130.

Information as to contract documents, etc., may be obtained at the above address, or telephone 215-400-4730. Make checks payable to the School District of Philadelphia.

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Information as to contract documents, etc., may be obtained at the above address, or telephone 215-400-4730. Make checks payable to the School District of Philadelphia.

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BUDGET FEE Roof Replacement & $1,148,500.00 $100.00 Structural Modifications Benjamin Comegys Elementary School 5100 Greenway Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19143 * A pre-bid conference and site tour will be held at the project location at the main entrance, on Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at 9:00 a.m.

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by Michael A. Cibik, Esq. American Bankruptcy Board Certified Question: What do you mean you included my home/car in the bankruptcy?

Answer: Good bankruptcy attorneys spend a lot of time talking with their clients. They give them an awful lot of information. Sometimes clients forget.

Many hospitals and medical offices rely on copying services to handle requests for medical records. It can take 30 days or longer from the time an attorney submits a request for medical records until

efits. The fee is adjusted each year based on the Consumer Price Index. This fee applies to each medical source from whom a claimant requests records. If a claimant is seeing five separate doctors and received treatment at three hospitals, the fee is payable to each medical source.

In New Jersey, the law imposes a cap of $1 per page or $100 for the entire record, payments are kept current on your mortgage, you keep your home.

Your car is a bit more complex, due to “reaffirmation agreements” and “retain and pay.”

In a Chapter 13 case, so long as your post-petition payments are kept current, you keep your home and car. So including your home and your car isn’t a horrible thing. It’s a necessary thing.

Next Week’s Question: How long can I stay in my house if I filed a Chapter 7?

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by Michael P. Boyle, Esq. Medical records are essential to proving a claim for disability or SSI benefits.

Obtaining these records, however, can be time consuming and costly.

those records are mailed. On many occasions, multiple phone calls are required to facilitate copying of records.

The costs of obtaining copies of medical records is governed by individual state law. In Pennsylvania, the law imposes a flat fee of $27.02 plus actual postage for copies of medical records requested in 2014 in connection with a claim for Social Security benmeans if the client says, “I don’t want to include my home/car in the bankruptcy,” we will always say, “You need to. But it doesn’t mean you’ll lose it.”

Including your home and your mortgage or your car and your car loan in your bankruptcy does not mean you’ll always lose it. The vast majority of my clients keep everything they own in a bankruptcy. In a Chapter 7, as long as your home has no (or minimal) equity or you can exempt any equity, and your

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CORNER of Belgrade & Clearfield Streets was site of tribute to Navy SEAL Michael Strange who was killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. Principal speakers honoring Strange were State Rep. John Taylor, Congressman Bob Brady and Councilman Robert Henon. Brady has hired retired Army Major to delve into crash to bring closure to family.

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FEE B-012 C of 2013/14 BUDGET General Structural Modifications $602,500.00 $100.00 Façade Restoration John H. Taggart Elementary School 400 W. Porter Street Philadelphia, PA 19148 * A pre-bid conference and site tour will be held at the project location at the main entrance, on Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at 10:00 a.m.

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Be careful when you fill out contest entry forms, product coupons or other promotional offers. Read the fine print to see if you are also agreeing to purchase services. Look at “junk mail” carefully before you dispose of it. It could be a “negative option” – a notice that you will be signed up for an optional service unless you contact the vendor to refuse it.

Check your phone bill carefully. If there are questionable charges, contact the company at the number that appears on that portion of the bill.

The only way to prevent third party charges on your phone bill is to ask your telephone company if there are any “bill blocking” options available. This is to prevent a third party from arranging to bill you for services unless you have confirmed directly with the phone company that is ok to do

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(Cont. from Page 23) STALBERG, retired Committee of 70 chief, on his retirement of a few weeks. Why an interview? It mentioned the name of the coffee shop where they met, but not the COUNTY location? Best just to say, “GO WEST, youngish man....” We read of State Police questioning remarks of the State Attorney General. But they said it in reply to a newspaper probe.

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than all of 1978.

ALL HANDS get ready for N. Wildwood on the 19th with the BRADY BUNCH party, and the State Rep. John TAYLOR event, with a possible SABATINA SURPRISE party.

On the night before it is Barbara & Lisa DEELEY’S party in honor of innovative Councilman Bobby HENON!...

BRAVO to DR. MARK WATKINS, popular Center City physician, on 25 YEARS and a doc to multitudes.

Bob GESSLER, outgoing St. Patrick’s Observance Association leader, was full of praise for the feature story on VET Kevin McCLOSKEY. Kevin lost both legs in Afghanistan. I was fortunate to march with him in the St. Patrick’s Parade, but should have marched three steps BEHIND the HERO!

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The state DAs’ Association jumped into the fray as well – after a silent period (?). When Napoleon’s army was attacking Moscow, the Czar asked wily old Gen. Kutuzov why he did not defend the city. “Because Moscow is not the living, breathing heart of Russia,” he replied. So too the association is not a heart of Pennsylvania.

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CJC Renamed Justice Juanita Kidd Stout Center Sheriff Jewell Williams and Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille were among dignitaries at renaming Criminal Justice Center Justice Juanita Kidd Stout Center for Criminal Justice, Philadelphia’s legal community, including judges and elected leaders jammed the lobby of the Justice Juanita Kidd Stout Center for Crimi-

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nal Justice at 13th & Filbert Street last week for the building’s official rededication ceremony culminating an effort begun in 1998 by the Philadelphia Bar Association.

Twelve years later, City Council unanimously voted to approve the change to commemorate and rename the building for Justice Stout, who was the first Black woman

The State House of Representative unanimously adopted a resolution last week authored by State Rep. Ronald G. Waters, (D-W. Phila.), Democratic Caucus secretary, that recognizes participating in and cheering for sports as a unifying force in society.

“Sports are more than a simple distraction,” Waters said. “Participating in sports, either as a spectator or a player, is an enriching experience that brings people of all ages, genders, races and languages together like few others things are able to.”

The resolution commends efforts, such as the Olympic Games and the World Cup, which bring various nations to-

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elected to a US court and the first to sit on a state Supreme Court.

“Not bad for a girl from a small town in Oklahoma,” said Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Judge Ronald Castille. “She was conscientious, she was hard-working, she was diligent and she was never afraid to take on the toughest criminal cases that

China Fears Falun Dafa Local practitioners of the meditative practice, Falun Dafa (or Falun Gong), can be seen gathering on the lawn in front of the Liberty Bell every weekend to celebrate World Falun Dafa, first introduced to the public in 1992.

The officially recognized day is May 13 and is celebrated to help more people get to know the practice and to expose the persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners in China.

Falun Dafa is a cultivation system from a Buddhist school and was introduced in China

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Waters: Sports Break Down Barriers Bringing Us Closer gether for friendly competition.

Waters said his resolution also highlights sports’ ability to foster social change. He pointed to Jackie Robinson and Billie Jean King as sport icons who have greatly influenced the country by breaking down barriers.

“Whether it was cheering for Joe Louis against the Nazis or for the American team during the Miracle on Ice, some of our most shared moments happen in front of sports,” Waters said. “These moments are about more than amusement, they are about community.”

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State Rep. Margo Davidson (D-Delaware) is partnering with

we had in the system. She was that good.”

Sheriff Jewell Williams called her a “person of extreme integrity and who was always on point with the deputy sheriff officers charged with protecting her courtroom. She was a joy to work with”.

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cises and assimilation to truthfulness, compassion and tolerance. While it is freely practiced in 114 countries, it has been heavily persecuted in China since 1999.

Members of the Pennsylvania State Government, Gov. Tom Corbett, US Sen. Patrick Toomey (R-Pa.) and local governments in Pennsylvania, including the Mayor of Philadelphia and all 17 members of the Philadelphia City Council, helped to celebrate this World Falun Dafa Day with letters of support.

all those entering the building each day. It also transports an average of a thousand inmates each week to the Center and several other courts as well as returning those not freed by the Courts.

President Judge Sheila Woods-Skipper unveiled a sample of two bronze plaques with Stout’s likeness. She says they will be installed in the

Stout Center lobby this summer.

Among her many honors, Judge Stout was an inductee into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, a Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania, and was recognized by the National Association of Woman Judges as Judge of the Year in 1988.

Juanita Kidd Stout died of leukemia on Aug. 21, 1998.

National Penn Provides $50,000 In Scholarships To St. James School

National Penn Bancshares, Inc., has made a $50,000 donation to provide scholarships for students at St. James School in the Allegheny West neighborhood of North Philadelphia.

St. James School is a faithbased middle school in the Episcopal tradition, committed to educating underresourced students. Students benefit from small class sizes, an extended school day and year, a robust art and music curriculum, technology-based learning and more.

Located in one of the poorest neighborhoods of Philadelphia, the school does not charge tuition, instead relying on donations from business leaders.

The donation was made through Pennsylvania’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program. Through EITC, busi-

nesses can receive a tax credit for providing scholarship funds to low-income students at schools like St. James.

“National Penn takes pride in giving back to the local communities we are so privileged to serve,” said Scott Gamble, president of National Penn’s Southern Region. “We continually look to support local programs and schools through the EITC program in order to help our youth continue their educational path.”

St. James opened in 2011 with one class of 16 5th-graders.

The school currently serves grades 5-7 and will expand to the 8th grade in the fall. National Penn’s contribution is one of the largest the school has received this year, providing scholarships for 6 students.

State Sen. Anthony H. Williams (D-W. Phila.) to host the Summer of Peace 2014 Family Fun Day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jul. 19 at the Nile Swim Club at 513 S. Union Avenue in Yeadon.

Residents of all ages are invited to the event, which will include basketball games, moon bounces, arts and crafts, and free food. There will also be a pool party from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

“This free event is designed to prevent crime and violence by providing youth and their families fun, positive, community-based activities,” Davidson said.

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