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FIRST-ever STEM outdoor learning environment was initiated at Chester Arthur Schoolyard as an interactive Play and Learning Lab yesterday at 20th & Catharine streets. Once completed, the schoolyard will be transformed from a barren asphalt playground into the largest public green space in the neighborhood, offering four “play labs”: Systems, Energy, Motion and Habitat. In addition, there will be sensory walls for children with disabilities. The project is a partnership of Friends of Chester Arthur, William Penn Foundation, Fund for the School District of Phila., Phila. Water Estebán Vera, Jr., is the first Dept., School District of Phila. and Latino to head an area labor the Office of Councilman Kenyatta union. See Story Page 3 Johnson.

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Sabatina Urges Residents Look into Tax-Relief Program State Sen. John Sabatina (D-Northeast) praised the extension of the deadline for Pennsylvania’s Property Tax/Rent Rebate program, and urged residents to doublecheck their eligibility.

“Although this program can significantly ease the financial pressures on low-income seniors, many who qualify fail to apply,” Sabatina said. “It’s important to get the word out to all seniors to check whether they are eligible under the income guidelines.”

State officials have extended the application deadline from Jun. 30 to Dec. 31.

Pennsylvania’s Property Tax/Rent Rebate program benefits those eligible age 65 and older; widows and widowers age 50 and older; and people with disabilities age 18 and older. The income limit for the program is $35,000 per year for homeowners and $15,000 annually for renters.

Half of Social Security income is excluded.

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State Rep. Angel Cruz (DKensington), Democratic chair-

man of the House Human Services Committee, announced the committee will be holding an informational meeting from noon to 2 p.m. Friday, Jun. 17 at Philadelphia City Hall, Room 400, regarding the opioid epidemic in Pennsylvania.

Council Passes David Oh’s Move for Medical Marijuana City Council has passed Resolution No. 160543, which calls upon Gov. Tom Wolf and the Pennsylvania legislature to amend the Medical Marijuana Act to allow doctors to work with patients to prescribe medical marijuana as a direct alternative to treating pain with opioids.

The resolution was introduced by Councilman at Large David Oh and co-sponsored by 1st Dist. Councilman Mark Squilla and Councilman at Large Derek Green.

Oh introduced the resolution to encourage a means of deterring patients from the harmful practice of abusing opioids as a form of chronic pain control.

Bullock’s Burgers, Basketball Mark Father’s Day, Health State Rep. Donna Bullock (D-N. Phila.) will hold a Father’s Day & Men’s Health

Week celebration 1-3 p.m.

Saturday at the Cozen Police Athletic League at 17th & Brown Streets.

Fathers, grandfathers, and community father figures will have the opportunity to play pickup games of basketball; burgers will be served; and Bullock will discuss State legislation and programs related to men’s health as well as any State issue important to guests.

Bullock’s constituent service staff also will be available to provide information, answers and assistance with staterelated programs and services, including the Children’s Health Insurance Program, Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program, PennDOT, PHEAA financial aid for college and more. For more information, please call Bullock’s office at (215) 6843738.

DeLissio Named To Aging Council State Rep. Pamela A. DeLissio (D-Northwest) has been appointed to serve on the Pennsylvania Long-Term Care Council within the Pennsylvania Dept. of Aging.

The Long-Term Care Council was established by Act 64 of 2015 to replace the IntraGovernmental Council of Long-Term Care, created in

1988. This council will broaden the previous scope and address topics ranging from facility based care to home and community-based services.

Krueger-Braneky Named To School Committee State Rep. Leanne Krueger-Braneky (D-Delaware) has been appointed to the Public School Building Construction & Reconstruction Advisory Committee, also known as the PlanCon Committee, to work in a bipartisan way to review and make recommendations for a new PlanCon program.

The PlanCon Advisory Committee was a part of the Fiscal Code bill that Gov. Tom Wolf allowed to become law without his signature in April.

the tragedy accompanying accidental shootings firsthand.

There’s a case pending in which 4-year-old Tahirah Phillips of East Kensington was recently killed in what police say was an accidental shooting by her father. So many accidental gun incidents involve family members and friends, causing irreparable damage in our communities.

We must work to eliminate this type of horrific accident.”

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Acosta Gun Safety Bills Now Introduced State Rep. Leslie Acosta (D-N. Phila.) unveiled a package of four bills designed to increase gun safety and storage at a news conference at Temple University Hospital.

“More than 500 people died in 2013 in the United States due to the accidental discharge of a firearm,” Acosta said. “Unfortunately, here in Philadelphia, we know

Adonis Banegas has been named the new executive director of the Council of Spanish Speaking Organizations of Philadelphia (Concilio) by its Board of Directors. Board President Antonio Valdez said he will be welcomed at celebration Concilio, June 22, 6 to 8 pm.

Sheriff Williams Joins LGBT Flag-Raising, Parade Sheriff Jewell Williams joined Helen L. Fitzpatrick, director of LGBT Affairs for the City of Philadelphia, at the second annual raising of the LGBT flag at City Hall.

The raising of the flag, said Fitzpatrick, symbolizes both the City’s support of the LGBT community, and also commemorates the 15th annual Trans Health Conference at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

As the song, “Philadelphia Freedom,” by Elton John played in the background, Sheriff Williams told re-

porters, “Philadelphia is everybody’s community, and everyone is entitled to live and enjoy their lives in a manner that guarantees them the freedom, opportunity and privileges of anyone else.”

Standing with Sheriff Williams were Deputy Sheriff Dante Austin, an active member of the Gay Officer Action League and John Hodges, a Departmental Payroll Clerk in human resources. Austin has been appointed the official liaison between the office and the LBGT community by the Sher-

iff. It is the first such position in the more than 300-year history of the Sheriff’s Office.

“We have a diverse workforce as well as a diverse group of individuals we transport from prisons and detention centers to court and back again on a daily basis, and this includes those in the LGBT community,” said the Sheriff.

“We want to make sure no one is treated any different than anyone else, and that if a problem arises, they realize we have a built-in avenue to address those concerns.”

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That took him to Bosnia as his major theater of war, where he earned the rank of Specialist E-4 in the 1st Calvary Division. The experience, he recalls, “made me understand how lucky we are to be Americans.”

With that memory, he returned home to join Laborers’ Local Union 57 as a heavy- and highway-construction laborer for JPC Group. He immediately understood why a Laborers’ Union was a necessity and why trained laborers meant so much for the world of contractors engaged with the building trades. He became committed to that movement and to his local.

Estebán’s enthusiasm led to his being promoted to organizer, a role he assumed enthusiastically, despite the long days and late nights he had to spend fighting for peoples’ rights, better working conditions and fair

LABORERS’ District Council LECET Administrator Juan Ramos points with pride to Local 57’s Business Mgr. Estebán Vera, Jr., who is now the first individual of Latino extraction to head a major Phila. union local. wages. That spirit soon led him up the ladder to business agent and executive board member of Local 57.

Knowing he needed to fully prepare himself for those roles, he studied at the George Meany Center for Labor Relations at the Na-

tional Labor College in Silver Spring, Md. It was obvious he had put that education to good use, becoming successful at negotiating contracts for the local. Soon he found himself serving as a delegate for the Laborers’ District Council of the Metropolitan area of Philadelphia & Vicinity.

Today, he is business manager of Local 57, and a vice president of Laborers District Council.

He is very much like his fellow business managers of the LDC, who, with the support of their members, have raised money for scholarships and volunteered their unions to help major charitable organizations. His local has annually supported the March of Dimes and the American Diabetes Association annually.

Vera, who has seen other Latinos in various roles within the labor movement,

is aware he is the first of his heritage to head a union local. He feels at home in many ways in Local 57, saying, “It is the most diverse of all the locals found in the labor movement in Philadelphia and vicinity. Name a nationality, and the odds are in favor of its having members in our local.”

His office answers queries in either English or Spanish and even he is not sure if another language has to be added as his membership grows.

A fellow Latino and union brother Juan Ramos, administrator of LDC’s Laborers Employers Cooperation and Education Trust, and a former Philadelphia City Councilman, says, “At the top rung for a Latino in the realm of unionism, Vera will feel secure in his role.

He feels empathy for the worker, for their families, and for the need to be able

to assure them family sustaining wages.”

Vera proudly points to Local 57’s over 2700 members, saying, “We continue to grow, since we negotiate with many out-of-state contractors who win local heavy highway, bridge, and similar contracts. When they find out how trained are our men and women, they understand the value of employing our members.”

His union members run the gamut from heavy industry to cemetery workers and are prized employees.

It’s easy to understand why Estebán Vera, Jr., is likeable to his members and others with whom he deals.

Like the other business managers of his sister locals, he marches with them flying the flags of Commitment, Integrity, and Initiative. He says, “We fight for fair wages, and for human rights.”

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Engraved in this union leader’s mind is the picture of a forlorn, skinny little boy in tattered clothes who would come every morning to the gate of the military compound in Bosnia where he was stationed and say, “Pepsi.”

To Estebán Vera, Jr., now Laborer’s District Council’s Local 57 business manager, and his fellow US Army soldiers, the image was haunting. “It finally dawned on us that was the only word he knew,” recalls Vera, who today, at the age of 38, is Philadelphia’s first Latino head of a union local based in this city.

The Philadelphia-born and -raised son of an immigrant family from Puerto Rico, Vera took the one path he saw open to him after graduating high school. He joined the Army at the age of 18, doing a four-year stint.

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by Joe Shaheeli When Ed Rendell decided to run for District Attorney against Democratic incumbent F. Emmett Fitzpatrick in 1978, he was a neophyte in every sense of the word. What he had going for him was the image of a “change for the better” – helped by the incumbent, who nurtured the image of spending too much time on the golf course. Fitzpatrick’s addiction to golf was evident in his office, where he had a putting green setup, which he used during the day.

Since then, Rendell has made political history and given credence to the Democratic Party’s ability to dominate this city and, for a while, the state. He also became a national party figure, a TV sports pundit and a political commentator, all the while working for the public good.

Over the years, he has witnessed how public sentiment has changed toward political leaders, and how those leaders who have been successfully prosecuted have gone to jail.

But with that, he has sensed a major intrusion into the world

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ostensibly designed to transgress the law.

It began with ABSCAM, an FBI sting operation that violated federal law by making illegal entrapment legal – but federal prosecutors got away with it. No voices were raised at that critical time challenging the illegality of setting up a scam, dressing FBI agents in the full regalia of Saudi Arabian sheikhs, and having those sheikhs insist the political leaders they dealt with take gifts of cash to ensure they were trustworthy servants of their people.

It led to the fall of Congressmen, a US senator, City Council members and others.

Last week, Rendell had

FBI Director Outlines Agenda

ED SWEENEY, center, the FBI Delaware Valley regional director, was speaker during the monthly S.E. Penna. Police Chiefs Association meeting at Dave & Buster’s. Sweeney outlined FBI efforts in the drug epidemic as well as political, terrorist and corporate crime. Sweeney grew up in the area and attended Msgr. Bonner HS. He is seen with Jeremiah Daley, Chiefs president, and John O’Donnell, Secretary.

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enough of what federal lawenforcement agencies are doing to the world of politics, turning normal practices into criminal acts. After leaving the federal courthouse where he testified as a defense witness for Congressman Chaka Fattah, he was quoted in the Inquirer as saying, “Federal prosecutors don’t understand the political process. They think everything is done for ulterior motives. They’re very cynical. We’re not all bad.

We’re not all evil.”

At question was whether nor not close Fattah ally Herb Vederman’s cash contributions to the Congressman were for favors exchanged – basically efforts to get him an ambassadorship. Not taken into account by the Feds was the fact Fattah and Vederman were longtime friends.

Those most active in the political world, especially elected officials, know they have always been easy pickings by constituents begging for a handout or something more substantial. It is especially hard when an elected official knows a petitioner’s plight is true, always knowing the promised repayment would never happen.

It is the nature of politics for politicians to help people, and for people to help politicians.

Indeed, it is hard to imagine a

Acosta with Susquehanna

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Rendell deserved applause But evil-minded individuals in court when he told Assis- beget evil thoughts, and to the tant US Attorney Eric Gibson, one who went to the feds, it “I think these days it’s a fed- was considered an effort to eral crime to do almost any- buy a vote; which thought the thing.” feds pursued.

He told jurors, “People Those who understand ward think people who run for of- politics know well in advance fice don’t have friends, that we that once a ward leadership vado everything for some cynical cancy occurs, the next leader purpose.” He added that five would, for sure, be drafted to of his best friends today were fill the vacuum, especially people he never knew before when the elected official is also running for office. an elected committeeman in The recent announcement that ward. If Sen. Farnese hadof the federal indictment n’t sought the leadership, the against State Sen. Larry Far- 8th Ward committee people nese (D-S. Phila.) for al- would have drafted him into legedly buying a vote by that service. lending money to a committee What perplexes old politiperson in need of financial as- cal hands is just why they consistance has to fit under this tinue to become prosecution scenario as well. To all inti(Cont. Next page)

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On Time Pa. Budget May Not Be on Time Lawmakers have a bit more than two weeks to go before the end of the current fiscal year on Jun. 30, and a budget should be in place for the start of the new fiscal year. It seems that way, since there was clear bipartisan support for some legislation, like the recent move signed into law by Gov. Tom Wolf, which extended liquor sales outside the purview of the Liquor Control Board.

Wolf is reportedly holding hostage funding for capital-improvement and economic-development projects until he gets a budget he likes. There’s yet to be an agreement on

TEAMSTERS’ demonstration outside City Hall against the Sugary Drink Tax may have helped cut the proposed tax from 3% to 1½%. Promising to continue fighting to get City Council votes to stop the tax altogether are Teamsters’ leaders Ed Shaw, left, Local 830 leader Dan Grace on phone, center, and Bill Hamil- ANTI-Sugary Drink Tax rally jammed City Hall, but City Council moved amended legisPhoto by Wendell Douglas ton, leader of Teamsters’ Joint Council. Photo by Wendell Douglas lation anyway. what the state’s structural deficit for 2016-17 will be.

Also slowing up the mix are amendments. Unless leaders from both chambers of the General Assembly can put an end to the parade of countless amendments introduced on germane bills, July will come, and Independence Day will be celebrated without a budget.

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(Cont. From Prev. Page) targets for infractions of laws we all believe are not in the criminal realm. Yet major drug deals obviously go down every day in this city and this state without their concern.

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Taylor’s Constitutional Amendment on Fast Track Little noticed by most Philadelphians – yet of vital importance to them – is a bill State Rep. John Taylor (Cont. Page 6)

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MIYAH GREEN, Karen Hudson and Cynthia Hudson head the line waiting to get into State Rep, Joanna McClinton’s career fair at Christian Compassion in Cobbs Creek.

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SHOWING UP for the Career Fair were Vincent White, State Rep. Joanna McClinton, Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell, Justin Freeman, Anstile Jeune and Vincent Gumbs.

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GATHERING for their last meeting for the summer at Democratic City Committee are Democratic Women of Phila. Seen here, from top left, are Salem Lovelace, Gloria Sulman, JoeAnn Walton, Janice Sulman, Jackie Slaughter, Carla Cain, Imani Badie, Dr. Cynthia Jefferson; from bottom left, Dr. Cora Turpin, Louise Bundy, Jackie Williams, Treasurer Photo by Wendell Douglas Juanita Hatton and President Yvonne Sawyer. ants from the city, they argue. District, is trying to build up It takes a long time and a media pressure to help him get hard uphill shove to change a chance to debate against his the Constitution. This bill Democrat opponent, State Rep. must be passed by both cham- Dwight Evans. We believe he bers of the General Assembly understands the axiom, “A (Cont. From Page 5) (R-Northeast) has been shep- no later than Aug. 8 if the well-known incumbent should herding through the House Fi- process is to start this year. It not give an opponent an oppornance Committee. It was voted must then be passed a second tunity to gain any publicity.” In out of committee on Tuesday, time in the 2017 session. Only short, avoid debates.

We see him getting one for in time to be voted on by the then can it be placed on the sure, maybe two, and maybe a ballot as a question for the full House by July 1. long-shot three. Committee of voters to approve.

This bill would ultimately The outcome of such an 70 would host one at WHYY lead to a constitutional amendment that would permit the City amendment could lead to radio and TV; one could be of Philadelphia, alone in the lower home real-estate tax hosted by publisher Jim Foster and some of the community asstate, to tax different classes of rates for Philadelphians.

But the Uniformity Clause sociations in the Northwest; real estate at different rates, thereby making an exception in is popular among midstate Re- and for the third, what?

Evans knows what his role the Pennsylvania Constitution’s publicans who control the legislature. It speaks to Taylor’s is to be, since he has served a “Uniformity Clause.”

This exception is being vig- skill as a legislator that he has portion of that district for a orously promoted by, of all managed to move this measure long time.

Is Gov. Tom Wolf people, the major commercial along. “I’ve spent a lot of capreal-estate owners of Philadel- ital to win this vote,” he acAn Easy Target? phia, who would rather pay knowledged.

State Sen. Scott Wagner (RAsk for a Dozen, more in real-estate taxes – as York) may believe Gov. Tom long as wage and business You May Get Two Wolf’s sagging popularity is a taxes are reduced by a compaJames Jones, the Republi- permanent phenomenon. So rable amount. It is these taxes can candidate for Pennsylva- he’s begun sending up trial balin particular that drive away nia’s 2nd Congressional loons to test whether or not he new businesses and new tencan pull together early support to change the idea he may be Attorneys are both board certified by the American Bankrunning for governor to the fact ruptcy Certification Board. he is running for governor.

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Evangelist Floyd Believes in Street Rev. Dr. Melvin Floyd, a veteran evangelical leader in Germantown, has been spreading the word he believes T. Milton Street to be the right choice in the 2nd Congressional District race.

The minister stated on Facebook, “Black lives do matter and Sen. Street will not stop short until he can get the help for those young folk that are most vulnerable and affected

by the city’s crime wave.”

A Street entry would create some interest in that race if he survives the challenges to his nominating petitions.

…And Speaking About Street Warriors...

One Day At A Time is hosting its annual Candlelight Vigil for people who’ve died from AIDS and for those living with HIV or AIDS tonight. Prior to the official program for the evening, from 4-8 p.m., ODAAT will offer free on-site HIV/AIDS testing on the 2400 block of W. Lehigh Avenue, which will also be known as Rev. Wells Walk, in honor of the founder of ODAAT, with a ribboncutting for the name change at 5 p.m.

A candle-lighting cere-

mony will begin at 5:30 p.m., and several people impacted

by HIV or AIDS will offer their personal testimonies.

This will be followed by a concert featuring local rapper “PNB Rock,” with comedian/radio personality Buck Wild as the MC.

Campaign Buttons Do Generate $$$ Politically minded collectors will gather at the American Political Items Collectors’ 2016 national convention July 6-10 at the Harrisburg Hilton.

It’s time for our readers, some of them long-time collectors, to use this event as an opportunity to shop off some of their buttons that could draw big bucks. Attendees will able to buy and sell at a 200-table bourse.

Roxborough Weighs Pounds PUMPING for Republican candidate Billy Pounds, who is challenging State Rep. candidate Pam DeLissio’s Northwest seat, a host of GOP urban warriors showed up at Kildare’s in Roxborough for a fundraiser.

Among them were, from left, Ward Leader Calvin Tucker, Pam Vogler, Tim Downey, and Ward Leaders Matt Wolfe and Walt Vogler.

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BILLY POUNDS is grateful for James Dell’Orifice’s support in an intense sumBILL WHARTENBY and Billy Pounds are broth- mer-fall campaign.

Photo by Wendell Douglas ers on the campaign trail. Photo by Wendell Douglas like the best choice for Vice be considered.

Why Clinton Veep President, though a polarizing Rendell’s rationale: “The Choice Points Way one. danger of having his name The following generalHoping to avoid distracting placed in nomination and election head-to-head matchup demonstrations by Sanders fighting to the bitter end – the results are from a nationwide supporters during the Demo- danger is that could embitter Zogby Analytics poll of 837 cratic National Convention, its some of his own supporters.” likely voters, conducted Platform Drafting Committee In the Meantime, 6/2/16-6/5/16. The margin of has been hosting regional GOPers Are Pushing sampling error is +/-3.5%. events designed to engage The Pennsylvania GOP and “In our first poll question every voice in the Party. Platof the 2016 election asking the form Drafting Committee Republican National Commitlikeliest November general- Chair Elijah Cummings (D- tee hosted a day of action last election matchup scenario, Md.), Democratic National Saturday hoping to build the Clinton is only leading Trump Committee Chairwoman Deb- overall infrastructure of the by 6%, and almost 1 in 5 bie Wasserman Schultz (D- entire Republican ticket.

Helping generate some enlikely voters is not sure whom Fla.) and Democratic National they will vote for,” reports Convention CEO Rev. Leah thusiasm for them is the fact Zogby.

D. Daughtry welcomed com- Republican Attorney General “If the election for Presi- mittee members, Democrats candidate State Sen. John Rafdent were being held today from all walks of life, and the ferty (R-Montgomery) is hacking away at Democratic and the Democratic nominee general public to the forums. for President is Hillary ClinRendell’s advice to Sanders candidate Josh Shapiro, a ton and the Republican nomi- in the wake of Hillary Clin- Montgomery County Comnee for President is Donald ton’s clinching the Democratic missioner, with the statement Trump, the Libertarian nomi- presidential nomination – to he is for an ethane cracker nee is Gary Johnson and the drop out of the race – went plant which may be installed Green party nominee is Jill unheeded by Sanders. If the in the Commonwealth and Stein, for whom would you President couldn’t get him to produce 6,000 construction vote?” quit, no other such advice will jobs, while Shapiro isn’t.

Sen. Bernie Sanders looks

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With the UNIONS Local 332 Business Mgr. Sam Staten, Jr. has been elevated by the Laborers International Union of North America to the high honor of International Vice President.

The call came late last week to Staten from LIUNA President Terry O’Sullivan, and after consulting with his family and persistence by O’Sullivan, Staten Jr. accepted the position. He will continue to hold his present position as head of Local 332.

LIUNA is the most-progressive, aggressive and fastest-growing union of construction workers, and one of the most diverse and effective unions representing public service employees.

LIUNA members are on the forefront of the construction industry – a sector that is a powerhouse employing 12 million workers producing 5% of our country’s economic output.

A half-million strong, they are united through collective bargaining agreements which

help its members earn familysupporting pay, good benefits and the opportunity for advancement and better lives.

The men and women of LIUNA do the hard, dangerous and sometimes dirty work involved in construction of all kinds, from highway, to bridges, to buildings.

LIUNA Local Union 332 can be considered a new kind of building-trades union.

Representing members for more than 75 years, it has dedicated to improving the competitiveness of its signatory contractors in the market place.

This it has achieved through unprecedented cooperation between management and labor.

Ryan N. Boyer, business manager of Laborers District Council, said, “This elevation has met with great joy from our rank of file, numbering over 5,000 in the five-county area. It is a well-deserved honor and reflects well on all of us.”

LIUNA Taps Staten, Jr. As Int’l Vice President The Laborers District Council’s training school in Exton, Pa., has turned laborers into skilled technicians able to serve journeymen in every segment of the building trades, helping contractors meet the most difficult of tasks under budget and ahead of deadlines.

Within the Council are

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World Trade Center Honorees

WORLDTrade Center of Greater Phila. celebrated its World Trade Centers Day Awards and Celebration by honoring Jerry Sweeney, president, CEO and trustee of Brandywine Realty Trust, and chairman of the Phila. Regional Port Authority, who received the WTCGP Global Business Leadership Award.

In the photo are WTCGP Board Chairman Gary Biehn; Dave Whitman, president and CEO of Sunhillo Corp.; Bruce Carnevale, executive president and COO of Bradford White Corp.; Sweeney; and WTCGP President Linda Conlin.

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If you didn’t know that closing arguments in the case of US vs. CHAKA FATTAH were on the docket on Monday, the line to get into the James A. Byrne Federal Courthouse at Seventh & Market streets would have served as your notice.

The line leading to the ID booth and going through the magnetometers stretched to the front door of the courthouse, and was filled with attorneys, supportive family members and spectators hoping to see a case that has played an indirect role in changing the political landscape in Philadelphia.

After spending much of the trial away from the courthouse, Fattah’s wife, former NBC-10 anchor RENEE CHENAULT-FATTAH, came into the courthouse with the Congressman. Despite looking at serious time in jail, he continued to sit at the defense table, smiling and confident.

His wife, meanwhile, sat with the Congressman’s daughter FRAN and relatives and friends of the other defendants.

Many of them had been present in the courtroom for the entire trial, and would occasionally voice their displeasure at the proceedings.

Fattah and his co-defendants – KAREN NICHOLAS, former CEO of the Education Advancement Alliance; former Fattah aide BONNIE BOWSER; former Deputy Mayor HERBERT VEDERMAN; and former Solutions for Progress CEO ROBERT BRAND – have been charged in a Racketeer Influenced & Corrupt Organizations indictment that’s focused on Fattah’s 2007 mayoral campaign.

The group is charged with a variety of offenses including (Cont. Page 12)

Several Philadelphia judges have been placed into a package for Senate confirmation in the near future. For appointment to fill vacancies on Common Pleas Court, DAN SULMAN, RICHARD GORDON and VINCE MELCHIORRE once again made the cut. These judges are all BOB BRADY guys. Dan Sulman is the brother of 53RD WARD LEADER JANICE SULMAN. Dan has patiently waited his turn. Also on the appointment list are STELLA TSAI, LUCRETIA CLEMONS and Republican VINCE FURLONG. Many appointees do not win re-election. Gordon and Melchiorre have been appointed to vacancies in the past and have remained in good standing.

Republican Superior Court JUDGE SALLIE MUNDY is on the list to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court left by the departure of JUSTICE J. MICHAEL EAKIN as part of Porngate.

Congressman Brady once again appeared in all his glory at Democratic State Committee last weekend. The State Committee was organizing the seating of the delegates for the Democratic National Convention. In addition to the superdelegates that consists of all the members of Congress, many delegates are elected. Among them was LT. GOV. MIKE STACK, who also was a headlining speaker at the barbecue on Friday night.

Stack introduced his fellow Northeast Philadelphian, KATIE McGINTY. McGinty is running for the United States Senate against US SEN. PAT TOOMEY. The Toomey campaign has already been barraging McGinty with negative commercials claiming she is an industry insider who has gained financial benefits through those relationships. McGinty is trying to say the same thing about Toomey. The amount of money already being spent in that race is incredible and will likely escalate to obscene.

New CHAIRMAN of Democratic State Committee MARCEL GROEN seems to be settling in. Although the transition has not been easy, Groen was able to head off a potentially raucous challenge of BERNIE SANDERS supporters. Groen kept order and structure and prevented mayhem from ensuing. HILLARY CLINTON is now the nominee and has most of the Pennsylvania delegates. She must now make sure she seals up the loyalty of those delegates and the actual voters of the state.

Also on hand at State Committee were up-and-coming STATE REPS. RYAN BIZZARRO, MARTY FLYNN and MARY JOE DALEY.

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Yo! Here we go again – this was sent to me by Julia, a reader from North Philly. We are about to celebrate Father’s Day. Mrs. John B. Dodd first proposed the idea of a “father’s day” in 1909. Mrs. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart. William Smart, a Civil War veteran, was widowed when his wife (Mrs. Dodd’s mother) died in childbirth with their sixth child. He raised the newborn and his other five children on a rural farm in eastern Washington State.

It was after Mrs. Dodd became an adult that she realized the strength and selflessness her father had shown in raising his children as a single parent.

The first Father’s Day was observed on Jun. 19, 1910 in Spokane, Wash. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father’s Day. Finally, in 1966, President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the third Sunday of June as Father’s Day. I remember reading a sermon on the internet by the Rev. G. Bradford titled “Roots & Wings - God s Gift of Love to His Children” from Jun. 16, 1996. It’s a fascinating story that comes out of the 1988 earthquake that almost flattened Armenia. This deadly tremor killed over 30,000 people in less than four minutes. In the midst of all the confusion of the earthquake, a father rushed to his son’s school. When he arrived there, he discovered the building was flat as a pancake. Standing there, looking at what was left of the school, the father remembered a promise he made to his son, “No matter what, I’ll always be there for you!”

Tears began to fill his eyes. It looked like a hopeless situation, but he could not take his mind off his promise. Remembering that his son’s classroom was in the back right corner of the building, the father rushed there and started digging through the rubble. As he was digging, other grieving parents arrived, clutching their hearts, saying, “My son!” “My daughter!”

They tried to pull him off of what was left of the school saying, “It’s too late!” “They’re dead!” “You can’t help!” “Go home!” Even a police officer and a firefighter told him he should go home.

This man dug all night and the following day. Finally, in the 32nd hour of digging, he (Cont. Page 13)

The testimony of former Gov. Ed RENDELL in the Fattah-Vederman case was a needed SLAM on the Feds for their “cynical” view of elected officials. The Feds do not run for office, and are not DULY ELECTED. They lack perspective in this area. I thought a reporter’s analysis of Rendell’s testimony was WEIRD. The writer determined that Rendell used “political seduction” during testimony. Is it a mind-reading skill to determine that? Perhaps the reporter should replace the judge in this matter (?)... Then we hear that former Chief Justice Ron Castille disagrees with the US Supreme Court that he should not have taken part in a death-row inmate appeal. Ron said his role was minor – but the ruling says NO involvement.

FACEBOOK had a note on a THORNBURGH-SATULLO podcast where they expressed political HOPE that the current wave of political-corruption cases will have a positive impact on future politics. Maybe it provides hope to comment more (?).

A HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARD to: Retired police officer and youth mentor Jonathan RAMOS, and to ageless Donna DE ROSE. Two real estate experts celebrate this week: unsinkable Vince BATTISTELLI and lovely Mary Jo BAGGIO! Harrv THOMPSON – stop smoking for your birthday – and for good! A quiet birthday will be held for the silent, philanthropic John PAONE…. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to Tony “Sinatra” RAD and lovely Kathy. Tony’s dad hit the Normandy beach on D-Day. Kathy’s dad was the irrepress(Cont. Page 12)

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If someone told me two months ago that I would be endorsing DONALD TRUMP, I would have asked them where their spaceship is parked. But here we are. It appears, minus an act of God, our choices for President in November will be HILLARY CLINTON and Donald Trump. Many of my fellow Republicans are true Trump supporters. Others, like me, will tell you he clearly is better than the alternative. Unfortunately, some Republicans plan not to vote for Trump. Some may sit home. Others will vote for Clinton, believing she is better as she is the devil we know. Yes, Trump is a wild card (no pun intended), but do we really know which Hillary would show up in January?

It is true, I am not sure Trump would nominate jurists to the Supreme Court or other federal appellate seats that I would find sufficiently conservative. We do know whomever Clinton nominates will be left-leaning politically, and probably activist jurists. This is one area where we can be somewhat sure what she will do.

I hope that those who plan to sit home realize they will not only be de facto voting for Clinton – they are also going to help KATIE McGINTY and JOSH SHAPIRO. Traditional political thought is that the winner of the top of the ticket improves the chances for down-ballot candidates.

Thus, if Trump wins Pennsylvania – and that looks more possible than I thought two months ago – that should help our Congressional candidates and State row-office nominees.

Do we want a woman representing us in Washington who (Cont. Page 13)

(Cont. From Page 11) fraud, bribery and money laundering.

Once everyone got into the courtroom of JUDGE HENRY BARTLE III – and the line to see these arguments was such that they had to open another courtroom – it was time for the

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lawyers on both sides to try and summarize their cases to the only audience that really counts: the jury.

On one side was Dept. of Justice attorney JONATHAN KRAVIS. He called upon the jury to follow the money, use their common sense, and convict the Congressman and the people who helped him be down with OPM. (OPM, in case

WALKING (Cont. From Page 11) ible Nick STAMPONE! ANNIVERSARY best wishes to Ward Leader Pat PARKINSON and Anna Marie! A great family TV show could be made featuring their beautiful kids…. Mayor Jim KENNEY officiated at the wedding of Sherrie Joyce

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you’ve forgotten some of the rhetoric at the trial of former STATE SEN. VINCENT FUMO, is short for “other people’s money.”)

Saying that Fattah and company had gone on a “white-collar crime spree” that included taking grant money for conferences that didn’t happen, using money that was supposed to go to campaign expenses to pay Drexel University tuition instead, and faking a whole host of records to do it, Kravis called upon the jury to convict the group for its misdeeds.

“Congressman Fattah couldn’t have accomplished these

schemes without their help,” Kravis said, pointing to defendant’s table. “No one stood up and said ‘No!’ They all benefited from their relationship with Congressman Fattah.”

Among the funds that Kravis implored the jury to follow were an illegal $1 million campaign loan that Fattah was alleged to have taken out from former Sallie Mae CEO AL LORD, who testified in the case under a grant of immunity, and funds for college tuition for the Fattahs’ au pair, closing costs on a vacation home and other expenses from lobbyist Vederman. It’s alleged that repaying forming of the political culture in the state. After all the bombast, the departure seems on CAT FEET.... I also read where a FATTAH witness seemed more concerned with saying as little as possible. Is that an opinion or news?

Concerns were expressed on Facebook that the City Finance Director felt that SODA TAX money may go to the City Operating Budget (?).

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The government’s case hinges on whether or not the jury believes the testimony of two longtime Fattah associates: political consultants THOMAS LINDENFELD and GREGORY NAYLOR. The two men have pleaded guilty to their roles in the conspiracy.

Fattah’s attorney, SAMUEL SILVER, said these guilty pleas And maybe not PRE-K? There were requests to City Council to HOLD UP THE VOTE to CLARIFY this. If true, then COUNCIL will get the BLAME! People do not want to feel deceived, nor do they want a DUBOWGATE.... Councilman Bill GREENLEE is a quiet man who thinks things out before he comments. His comment on church criticism of Catholic lawmakers was profound.

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“What isn’t here and does not exist is evidence of Congressman Fattah committing a crime,” Silver said. “Lindenfeld and Naylor took pleas to felonies and agreed to testify against him and their testimony is the only thing connecting [Fattah] to these crimes. This was presented as a bunch of schemes and a mish-mash of other crimes, but I call it a smear. You should send the prosecution home emptyhanded.”

As of this writing, the case is now in the hands of the jury.

Local 332. The kids there were really sharp, and provide hope for the Philly future.

Jeremiah A. DALEY is executive director of the PhillyCamden High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, and president of our Police Chief’s Assn. He featured the local FBI Director, Ed SWEENEY, at our last meeting…. Gov. CHRISTIE vetoed a slight health-benefits increase for Delaware River Port Authority workers. The DRPA has a $60 MILLION surplus, GUV! BRIGHT Zhane LITTLEPAGE graduated from Drexel University with honors! Now go ye out into the world, Zhane, and straighten out what we messed up. Best wishes!... The Public Utility Commission will review its $11.4 MILLION fine placed on UBER. Many think it was a HORRIBLE action. Start a business in the Commonwealth, try to earn a paycheck – and get hammered by folks receiving a GUARANTEED paycheck.

How about the EDITORIAL which called the State’s liquor monopoly “Pre-Cambrian”? That’s 570 MILLION YEARS AGO. Maybe it proves my contention that editorials are anachronistic (?).

The days may be OVER when they move people to action, like in the old BIG STORY TV series. A LOT of money MIGHT be saved if a truck is sent to pick up any editorial fossil bones.

paperwork and counseling the client.

The case is filed. The courtship is over, the couple is engaged, and the confirmation process begins. There is discussion about the “plan,” just as there is about wedding details.

And with some work on both sides, the plan gets confirmed.

The honeymoon period begins. Everything is great – the creditors have stopped calling, the debtor is making the monthly payments, the attorney has put the file in the “confirmed” box and off his desk, and the communication between attorney and debtor is peaceful and pleasant.

For a while, just like in a marriage, things fall into a pattern: everything is going smoothly, and it’s all fine.

Then it happens: The debtor wants a new car, or to refinance or modify the house payment. In a marriage, the first thing that happens is a

discussion of such a change.

That should be the first thing in the Chapter 13 also: The debtor should talk to the attorney about how this will affect the existing plan.

Unfortunately, often the debtor forgets to call the lawyer. Much like the discord in a marriage when one spouse takes unilateral action affecting the family economics, so too will a debtor’s actions affect the Chapter 13. Now there is a motion to bring and court approval of a modification of the Chapter 13 plan. And if the debtor acts completely unilaterally, without consulting his attorney, it can cause a motion to dismiss the plan.

As in a marriage, calmly dealing with the problem can fix things, but not talking to each other will quickly end the relationship!

Treat your chapter 13 attorney like a spouse: tell him about any changes you want or need to make.

Next Week’s Question: What are the new rules for getting an FHA mortgage after bankruptcy?

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by Michael A. Cibik, Esq. American Bankruptcy Board Certified Question: Why is a Chapter 13 bankruptcy like a marriage?

Answer: The Chapter 13 process in bankruptcy is surprisingly similar to a marriage.

First, a debtor seeks out a bankruptcy attorney. Like going to a social event looking for someone to spend the evening with, a debtor will ask around about who is a good attorney, whom he can communicate with easily, and who has the time to devote to the “relationship.”

Once an attorney is located, the dating process begins. The debtor “courts” the attorney by telling them everything, bringing papers, documents and payment for the services.

The attorney “courts” the debtor by answering questions, being available for phone calls, organizing and reviewing the

(Cont. From Page 11) pulled back a boulder; he heard his son’s voice. He screamed his son’s name – “Armand!” – and a voice answered him, “Dad? It’s me, Dad! I told the other kids here not to worry. I told them that if you were alive, you’d save me. I told them when you saved me, they’d be saved, too. You promised that, Dad. ‘No matter what,’ you said, ‘I’ll always be there for you!’ And here you are – you kept your promise!”

AMEN.I only hope that your dad keeps his promises to you as mine did to me, and although my dad has been gone from my sight, his memory is still alive and well. He once told me any man can have a child, but it takes a special man to be a father!

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY, DAD.

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(Cont. From Page 11) told an unnecessary lie? No one disputes that McGinty came from a working-class family. So why did she claim she was the first person in her family to attend college? She has an older brother who not only competed college but obtained a graduate degree before she entered college.

When fact-checkers caught her, she claimed she was being truthful because her brother started at community college. He graduated from LaSalle University. I know there are some conservatives who think Toomey is not conservative enough (although I do not agree with them). But it is imperative to return US SEN. PAT TOOMEY to Washington. He is one of the adults in that town.

I do not want a repeat of what we have seen in the Attorney General’s Office over the past three years with the

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election of yet another highly political person with limited legal experience. Democratic candidate Josh Shapiro has never really practiced law and has been campaigning on how he can affect legislation – not how he will enforce it. STATE SEN. JOHN RAFFERTY was in private practice and was a prosecutor in the AG’s office. Rafferty, a Republican, wants to be AG and, unlike Shapiro, is not auditioning for a future run for Governor.

I digress. Back to Clinton, the devil we know. Clinton, like her husband, is a true political animal. In order for her to win, she will need the re-energized far-left wing of her party to do so. Is she going to tack back to the middle after the election or will we see four more years of leftist policies (which I believe she does not really endorse) in order to get reelected? Which Hillary would we see? I am not sure, but I bet you I would not like either.

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