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A Forgiving Way PHILADELPHIANS know how to celebrate National Night Out throughout its streets and playgrounds. State Rep. Lynwood Savage helped sponsor National Night Out kickoff community celebration led by Overbrook Park Town Watch group. Savage, staff and these high-schooler ‘Youth Leadership Volunteers’ helped set up chairs and tents, manned an information table, distributed state-related literature and gave out soft pretzels to many of the 1,000 attendees.

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Super-Ship of Future Makes First Port Visit

THIS MASSIVE “post-Panamax” freighter, the largest ever to dock at the Port of Phila. It is a harbinger of similar new ships which will be calling in everPhoto by Phila. Regional Port Authority increasing numbers as the Panama Canal widening is completed.

East Coast Port of call be- stops in Chile, Peru, Ecuador vessel calling at the Port, so The first of the class of visit the Port of Philadelphia.

“This new service comes tween the West Coast of South and the Bahamas, before call- much is occurring to help us “Neo-Panamax” shipping vesing at Philadelphia and then assure that the Port of Philadelsels called at the Port of as a direct result of the open- America and Europe.” phia fulfills its vast potential,” The MSC Sophia Celeste heading to Rotterdam.

Philadelphia Aug. 3 to begin ing of the Panama Canal ExHolt Logistics projects this said Philadelphia Regional Port a new phase of transport along pansion,” said David Whene, was completed in 2014 and has president of Greenwich Ter- an on-board capacity of 8,819 new weekly service will not only Authority Chairman Gerard the Delaware River.

The MSC Sophia Celeste, an minals LLC, operator of the TEUs, of which 1,462 can be produce more imports from Sweeney. “We commend our 8,800 TEU (20-foot Equivalent Packer Avenue Marine Ter- used with refrigerated container South America through Philadel- partners at Holt Logistics and Unit) vessel operated by the minal. “Coupled with the near plugs for transporting perish- phia, but also increase volume the ILA for their expert hanMediterranean Shipping Co., completion of the Delaware able cargo. The ship is the first from the Midwest destined for dling of the Sophia Celeste, which, in addition to its docked at the Packer Avenue River Deepening Project, the to trade on MSC’s newly re- export to Northwest Europe.

“With many major im- record-size cargo, also inauguMarine Terminal in South Port of Philadelphia is poised designed South America West Philadelphia for the first time, to capitalize on this new serv- Coast-USA-Northwest Conti- provement projects on the hori- rates a reinvigorated Northern making it the largest ship to ever ice line as the only direct US nent service line, which makes zon and now this record-size European service at the port.”

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As Budgets Forecast a Half-Billion-Dollar Hole in 5 Years, Should Butkovitz Ride Herd Over School District Auditors?

The School District of Philadelphia is expected to be well north of a half-billion dollars in the hole by 2021.

So an alarmed City Controller Alan Butkovitz, who just released his FY2015 audit of the SDP’s financial statements, wants Mayor Jim Kenney and City Council to allow his office greater auditing authority to help address the School District’s projected $600 million deficit by 2021.

An agreement between the city and the district would allow the Controller’s Office the ability to undertake a deeper examination of how tax dollars are spent and contracts are awarded, as well as conduct performance audits to identify efficiencies that can result in millions of dollars in savings.

For now, the Controller’s auditing capabilities are limited to reviewing

financial statements and grants audits. He can only shake his head and shrug his shoulders at what he sees.

“I urge the Mayor, along with City Council, to work with the school district to establish a Memorandum of Understanding that would allow more oversight of our education dollars,” said Butkovitz. “Our office has the necessary knowledge to navigate their financial records.

We just need the authorization to cut through the red tape and inspect all of the pages in their books.”

The district will end the upcoming year with a surplus. But this will quickly turn into a deficit by 2019 due to expenditures outpacing revenues, according to the district’s own financial plan for operating funds, reaching the aforementioned $600 million deficit in just five years.

“The City needs to recognize the

evident, alarming deficit the school district has projected over the next five years,” said Butkovitz. “This will diminish any current progress the School District has made to move education forward in Philadelphia.”

The Controller’s latest audit outlined several areas where the district can improve financially, such as: • Better accountability over the $33 million Student TransPass Program; • Reducing the risk of theft for the $5 million in Student Activity Funds; and • Improving controls over petty-cash accounts – he found $40,000 missing from 15 selected schools.

“While our findings and recommendations can undoubtedly improve the overall financial health, there is much more that must be done,” said

Butkovitz.

In addition to greater auditing authority, the controller recommends the SDP establish a five-year budget that is reviewed by an independent agency such as the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority. Similar to the process utilized for approving the City’s budget, PICA could endorse the School District’s financial plan, which would then allow the City to release education funds to the School District.

“There are several steps that can be taken to improve this matter but most importantly, it is critical that the City take action now,” said Butkovitz. “The School District has already warned us about its dire financial outlook and city leaders need to explore every possibility to avoid fiscal calamity.”

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of interest between the school and related parties. They simply write a check for whatever amount the charter school submits. That is a disservice to Pennsylvania students and taxpayers.”

DePasquale pointed out nearly one-third of charterschool audits completed since 2013 included a finding about PDE providing questionable lease reimbursements.

“The $2.5 million we identified since 2013 may be just a fraction of the amount PDE has paid in lease reimbursements since the General Assembly permitted it in 2001,” he said.

“The total amount PDE paid for questionable charter-school lease reimbursements could easily be $10 to $15 million if you go back to 2002 when the reimbursements were permitted and no one was checking lease documents.

“Given that PDE has the authority to approve the lease reimbursements, it also has the authority to claw back the funds if there is any indication the charter school actually owns the buildings through related parties,” he said.

“If PDE takes the time to review the audits we send them, they would realize my team has done the hard work for them,” he said, noting the US Dept. of Education, as recently as September 2015, advised states to carefully review “charter-school governing boards for conflicts of interest, related party transactions and appropriate segregation of duties. Since March 2013, I have questioned PDE’s payment of millions of dollars of education funding being diverted to reimburse some charter schools for lease payments.”

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State Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said his latest audit of one charter-school system in Allegheny County shows the Pennsylvania Dept. of Education continues to divert millions of dollars from classrooms to the bank accounts of some charter-school operators, without proper checks.

The audit of the Propel Charter School System questioned lease reimbursement provided by PDE because of potential conflicts of interest and related-party transactions between the landlord and the charter school.

“PDE’s own guidelines for the lease reimbursement are clear: Buildings owned by the charter school are not eligible,” DePasquale said. “The problem is PDE makes no effort to verify ownership of the buildings or look for conflicts

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Time to Change Our Foolish Ways

by Joe Shaheeli It’s obvious the political pool fed by this City and State, especially the City of Philadelphia, has drawn fishhooks from the feds, who have proven they can’t fish nearly so well in waters where drugs flow freely. Pennsylvania is now inundated with heroin, for instance. But in Philly, constantly changing ethical rules championed by so-called reformers have set up many of our unwitting political leaders as easy catches for federal officers looking to beef up their résumé of convictions.

So this column addresses the need for the rank-and-file committee people, block captains, and others involved in getting out the vote this Nov. 8 to understand the federal fishermen will be dragnetting for all of you as well.

This means in scores of divisions or election districts, the rulebook must be followed. In those divisions where the election board is composed of longtime neighborhood friends or of family, those divisions are likely to be

Following up on last week’s volunteer effort with Habitat for Humanity, where volunteer Carpenters helped build four houses for local low-income families, Carpenter apprentices from the NRCC Training Center built four new picnic tables and benches for the Bridesburg Boys & Girls Club and delivered them on Aug. 5. earmarked.

For instance, in the old days (and we are not saying this is what still occurs in more-recent times), without a watcher around, some of those boards could ring up a score or more of straight-party votes or votes for one more individuals, and throughout the day, at their leisure, meticulously forge the signatures of as many voters as were needed to balance the tabulation at the end of the evening.

Some venerable judges of election would note absentee

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ballots that had been filled out, but not mailed back to the Registration Commission before deadline time – take those in and count them anyway.

Many other ways to tilt the voting scales have been devised over the years. But, we warn, if such practices were to be revised by anxious supporters of one or the other of the presidential candidates to help build up the vote for their candidate – if caught, they won’t be able to count on that presidential candidate to get them off the hook.

The machine ballot will be a bit more crowded than recent presidential elections.

Rules have changed, lowering the number of signatures needed by independent candidates to make the ballot.

Candidates from the

Green, Libertarian and Constitution Parties have submitted nominating papers for the fall ballot to have presidential candidates on the ballot. The Libertarian Party also has a candidate to run in the US Senate election – Edward Clifford III – who will face incumbent Republican US Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Democratic contender Katie McGinty. The Libertarian and Green Parties also filed petitions for candidates for State Treasurer and Auditor General. Libertarians also have candidates for State Treasurer, State Attorney General and two congressional races.

This could confuse the average voter, leading them to ask for help. When that happens, an election-board member, be it judge of elections or State Rep. Jason

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Back when Gov. Tom Wolf’s actions indicated he was biting the hand of the unions that had fed him by his earlier decisions, many politicos thought he was cooking his own goose.

However, the tentative contract agreement he has reached with the state’s two largest unions has changed that perception. The contract agreements with the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees union and the Service Employees International Union provides for five pay increases over the next three years. Their rank

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and file are happy with that.

What got him off on the wrong foot was his approving liquor-sales permits outside of PLCB state stores. That hasn’t sat well with the statewide United Food & Commercial Workers Union.

Under Wolf’s tenure to date, the budget seems to have improved somewhat. Moody’s Investors Service has changed Pennsylvania’s credit-rating outlook for Pennsylvania from “negative” to “stable.”

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IMAM Isim Abdur Rashid, amir and leader of Majlis asShura of Phila., led a discussion of masculine communityservice responsibilities in a well-attended “Tawheed” (Unity) event at Phila. Masjid in W. Phila.

Charter School Problems (Cont. From Page 3) DePasquale estimates since 2013, his team’s audits have identified nine charter schools that received from PDE a total of $2,521,671 in questionable lease reimbursements.

“The fact that we let even 1 cent of that money go to waste is a travesty – and it is indicative of a much larger problem. We have the worst charter-school law in the country, and we need to do a complete overhaul, not piecemeal adjustments.

“Unlike PDE, my team refuses to blindly accept what the charter school tells them,”

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MARY BETH BONNER RYAN and her family are seen at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Her son Shane is representing Ireland in the 100-meter swimming event. The Bonner family of S.W. Phila. is well known, starting with the late, great Knute Bonner.

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he said. “We research and comb through the legal documents related to a lease to identify conflicts of interest and related parties.”

In most of the charter school audits with a questionable lease-reimbursement finding, said DePasquale, the schools defend the reimbursements by saying PDE approved the request.

However, he added, “Despite routinely making recommendations to PDE in our audit lease reimbursement findings, PDE has not taken any actions in response to our findings to claw back the funds.”

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Celebrating Night Out in Oak Lane, West Philly

DRAWING a large crowd of neighborhood families around Masjidullah Parking Lot at 7400 Limekiln Pike was Night Out Celebration involving Capt. Sekow Kinebrew, Shakir Abdul Jaleel, Imam Abdul Aleem, Councilwoman Cherelle Parker, Saleem Abdul Lateef, Alan Photo by Wendell Douglas Chesnut and State Rep. Tonyelle Cook-Artis.

PAT COLEMAN and Councilwoman Cherelle Parker share a neighborly moment with Erick and Hilary Emerson, with their sons Andrew, behind mom, and Nathan. Photo by Wendell Douglas

ENJOYING Blackwell’s National Night Out block party are State Rep. Dwight Evans and Bob Brady’s Chief of Staff Photo by Joe Stivala Tom Blackwell.

COUNCILWOMAN Jannie Blackwell's National Night Out on Melville Street again marked the need to keep watch for safe neighborhoods.

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THE DEWEY & Race Streets National Night Out in the 34th Ward was hosted by Kathy Huggins and included Police Commander Jim Bologna and Judge Paula Patrick among the Photo by Joe Stivala celebrants.

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Aug. 13-14- Community Leadership Discipline Camp (Boot Camp) for young men ages 614 at James Finnegan Plg., 6900 Dicks Ave. Registration $45. Register at New Fellowship Baptist Ch., 7001 Woodland Ave., starting 1 p.m.

Aug. 14- Sheriff Barbara Deeley hosts Brunch supporting Councilman Bobby Henon at Keenan’s Irish Pub, 113 Olde New Jersey Ave., N. Wildwood, N.J., 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Donations $100. Checks payable to “Bobby 2011.”

Aug. 14- Sid Booker hosts Summer Gala In His Laverock, Pa. home, 2 p.m. Invitation only.

Aug. 14- Gas Workers Local 686 is hosted at Keenan’s, 113 Olde New Jersey Ave., N. Wildwood, N.J., 4-8 p.m.

Aug. 20- 47th Ward Leader George Brooks hosts Comedy Crab & Shrimp Fest to Baltimore, board bus. at Progress Plaza, Broad & Oxford Sts. 1 p.m., return 11 p.m. Tickets $167. Includes round-trip deluxe motor coach, free lunch en route, all-you-can-eat fried shrimp, steamed crabs,

buffet, all-you-can-drink premium bar, comedy show, music & dancing! For info: (215) 235-2235 or (267) 9715703.

Aug. 20- Kathy Huggins hosts 34th Ward Block Party at Dewey & Race Sts. Aug. 20- Operating Engineers host Summer Day at Shore for members at Keenan’s Cabana, 113 Olde New Jersey Ave., N. Wildwood, N.J., 3-7 p.m.

Aug. 28- RCC hosts 32nd Billy Meehan Clambake at Cannstatter Volksfest Verein, 9130 Academy Rd., 4-8 p.m., Special VIP Reception 6 p.m. with special guest N.J. Gov. Chris Christie at 6 p.m. Also attending: US Sen. Pat Toomey and State Sen. Scott Wagner. Fabulous menu, beer and wine and soda open bar. $100 per person. Co-hosts $500, Hosts $1,000. For info: Mike Cibik (215) 735-1060. Checks payable to Phila. Republican City Committee, mail to Michael A. Cibik, Esq., 1500 Walnut St., Su. 900, Phila., PA 19102 or Lauren Vasper.

Vendor spots available.

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ers host membership picnic at Clementon L. Pk., N.J, for members and their families, 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

Sep. 10- Councilman Derek Green hosts “A Starry Night at the Johnson Ho., 6306 Germantown Ave., 7-10 p.m. Tickets $50. Checks payable to “The Green Fund,”” P.O. Box 4984, Phila., PA 19119 on online www.dereksgreen.com/contribute. RSVP: Kelly Bauer kbauer1122@gmail.com or (610) 217-3751.

Sep. 11- Grands as Parents hosts luncheon marking 21st year at the View, 800 N. Broad St., 2-6 p.m. Guest speaker State Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams. For info and tickets: Eileen Brown (215) 236-5848.

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Aug. 12- Councilman Mark Squilla hosts Summer Soirée at Keenan’s Pub, 113 Olde New Jersey Ave., N. Wildwood, N.J., 7-10 p.m. Gen. Adm. $30. Sponsorships $1,000, $2,500, $5,000. For info: Brittany (215) 893-4281.

Aug. 12-13- Nicetown CDC hosts 2-day festival and Walk for Peace at 4300 block of Germantown Ave., starting at 12 m., and at 10 a.m., Stop the Violence Bike Ride.

We also are facing a longterm crisis in our ability to fund and Aug. 13- State Rep. Mark operate our city schools. Elsewhere in this issue, Pennsylvania Cohen hosts Senior & Youth Summer Health Fair at 6300Auditor General Eugene DePasquale and Philadelphia Controller 6400 Rising Sun Ave., 10 Alan Butkovitz have pointed to serious shortfalls in School Dis- a.m.-4 p.m. Vendors, givetrict budgets and dubious methods the state Dept. of Education aways, health screenings, legsubsidizes charter schools in ways regular public schools do not islative services, games, live bands, food. For info: Sonya enjoy.

Thomas (215) 342-2167 or Given lawmakers’ newfound ability to work together to pro- Wbrown@Pahouse.Net. duce a responsible budget, perhaps this is the year we citizens Aug. 13- African American can ask them to confront these flaws. Remember: Mistakes we Sankoka Festival is held at 5th & Snyder, 12-6 p.m. make with today’s children may be mistakes that last a lifetime.

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Having been born and bred in a rowhome office since its inception, the editors of the Philadelphia and South Philadelphia Public Records now gaze out a wall of windows which gives the staff a view, as Tony West told Jim Tayoun, “to die for.”

Well, we didn’t die. But we still have to keep our eyes glued to the computers and only get a chance to see that view to die for when we are on the phone or the computers crash.

However, the view does tell us Philadelphia’s a growing city.

We can count the cranes atop climbing buildings adding to new highlights of the city skyline. There was a time when every Philadelphian knew the names of the city’s tallest buildings. Now – is there any one among us, excluding city planners, who can name any of the new skyscrapers, unless they are working in one of their offices or shops?

The city changes, sometimes for the better. But our brief glimpses of local news make us painfully aware there are still sections of this city where residents are suffering from a city in decline. They are rocked daily by senseless street shootings and, though many of their causes are not revealed, the neighborhood often knows who did it, who got hit and maybe killed, and that drug turf warfare is on the increase.

It is now so easy to get and sell popular illicit street drugs, the average resident in those neighborhoods has all but given up trying to get the law to intervene. Making that difficult is the fact there is an unquenchable demand that now exists on all levels of society for them. This has created an apathy among all levels of law enforcement to engage in the necessary war of eradication, a conflict which needs serious funding.

We still believe that among the many challenges facing this city is the undermining of its vital neighborhoods by illicit drugs.

We can build only so high, despite the best efforts of our developers, if life at street level is in decay.

This should be a top concern among our officialdom. But when was the last time there was a public effort to address this crisis?

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Political Science Group Convenes Here Sept. 1-4 “Political science is at a crossroads. The knowledge that political science produces is more diverse and valuable than ever before – yet many audiences do not understand why or how political science is beneficial. For many scholars, the question has become ‘How do we make our knowledge accessible and relevant to others while still retaining our high standards of scholarship and teaching?’”

With this question in mind, the American Political Science Association commissioned a Task Force on Public Engagement. Its leaders John H. Aldrich and Arthur Lupia solicited constructive ideas from a diverse group of 21 experienced and knowledgeable academics and public figures.

Let’s Be Heard! makes these ideas available to everyone. Because of the topic’s timeliness, the American Political Science Association and Cambridge University Press have agreed to make the special issue available for free at Cambridge Journals Online.

The special issue is timely.

Panels will be held on it at the 112th APSA Annual Meeting here at the Convention Center and the adjacent Marriott Hotel, Sept. 1-4. It will address the latest scholarship in political science while exploring the 2016 theme, “Great Transformations: Political Science and the Big Questions of Our Time.”

APSA and the 2016 Program Chairs Kimberly Morgan, The George Washington University, and Deborah Schildkraut, Tufts University, hope to see strong participation in all panels and sessions prepared by APSA’s 55 divisions and numerous related groups at this Meeting.

APSA, founded in 1903, is the leading professional organization for the study of political science and serves more than 15,000 members in more than 80 countries. With a range of programs and services, APSA brings together political scientists from all fields of inquiry, regions, and occupational endeavors within and outside academe, with the aim of expanding awareness

and understanding politics.

In the introduction of Let’s Be Heard!, Aldrich and Lupia discuss how scholars can better serve political science’s existing audiences. In so doing, they explore practical and institutional constraints of communicating political science and then offer a detailed prescription for increasing communicative effectiveness.

The short and accessible articles that follow are organized into three complementary sections: Section I, Reaching New Audiences; Section II, Changing Incentives; and Section III, New Opportunities. Each of the three sections offers a wealth of diverse insight from experienced, knowledgeable scholars and practitioners.

The editors described this undertaking by saying, “We asked each member to evaluate our discipline’s current actions and then to offer constructive advice about how to convey our substantial insight more effectively to more people.

For more information, go to: www.apsanet.org.

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Oh Launches High-School Sports Initiative Recognizing college athletics provides opportunities and means to access higher education, Councilman at Large David Oh has announced plans to launch the PHL Blue Chip High School Sports Initiative.

Its mission is to equip highschool athletes in Philadelphia with the support, inspiration, and skills they need in order to become successful collegiate student-athletes.

The Councilman created PHL Blue Chip in order to help high-school athletes become ready and qualified for NCAA competition and the life of a collegiate student-athlete.

Multiple sessions throughout the school year will convene high-school student athletes, coaches, parents and highschool counselors to provide inspiration, guidance, and resources. Beyond these ses-

sions, Blue Chip Mentors from several sports — many of whom competed in Philadelphia high-school athletics — are making themselves available to invest in the next generation.

Confirmed Blue Chip Mentors include former University of Michigan, Miami Dolphins, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers football standout Tim Massaquoi and two-time NCAA All-American track-and-field star Leslie Williams of Cabrini College.

The opening session of the PHL Blue Chip High School Sports Initiative will take place on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 4-8 p.m. at Venice Island Performing Arts & Recreation Center (7 Lock Street in Manayunk).

A college fair featuring local university admissions and athletics representatives will be 46 p.m., and the opening

program will be 6-8 p.m..

Speakers will include Massaquoi, Towson University Women’s Track & Field Head Coach Mike Jackson, Lincoln University Men’s Basketball Head Coach and former NBA player and coach Doug Overton, Cabrini College Dean of Students George Stroud, and Cabrini College Associate Dir. of First Year Experience Saleem Brown. Student athletes, coaches, parents, and counselors are all welcome to attend.

To register for the opening session of the PHL Blue Chip High School Sports Initiative, an individual needs to visit PHLBlueChipOpeningSession.Eventbrite.com. For more information, PHL Blue Chip is on Facebook at facebook.com/phlbluechip and on Twitter @PHLBlueChip.

Looks Like Trump Has Pa. Headache Quinnipiac University’s lat-

SPECIAL VISITORS to Savage’s Night Out were Sheriff Jewell Williams, left, and City Council President Darrell Clarke.

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(Cont. From Page 4) lower ratings for US states.

Pennsylvania continues to make steady progress toward better funding of its pension liabilities, which remain large but not abnormally large by state standards.”

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est Swing State Poll shows Florida and Ohio appear to be tight, but in Pennsylvania, Clinton is now ahead by 10 percentage points, 52-42%.

The early August poll results were reinforced later in the day by a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News/Marist Poll showing Clinton ahead of Trump in Pennsylvania, 48-37%. Republican Auditor General Candidate John Brown seems to have omitted mentioning his party’s HIGHLIGHT of the evening was the citation Savage preaffiliation in recent emails. sented to Darryl Day, president of Overbrook Park Town (Cont. Page 13) Watch, for his dedication and great community work.

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Last week there was a press conference at Independence Square by the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce and the national Partnership for a New American Economy, which the chamber describes as “a bipartisan coalition of mayors and corporate executives who argued for “streamlining, modernizing, and rationalizing” immigration policy.”

Speakers at the event included PETER GONZALES, president of the Welcoming Center; Pennsylvania Republican Party DEPUTY CHAIRWOMAN RENEE AMOORE; and Montgomery County COMMERCE DIR. CAROLINA DiGIORGIO. DiGiorgio’s spouse, VAL DIGIORGIO, is the Chairman of the Chester County Republican Party.

ROB WONDERLING, former Pennsylvania State Senator, and current president and CEO of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, called on elected officials to “enact policies and reforms that will support immigration as critical [to] innovation, company formation, and job growth” in the region. The chamber’s position is similar to that of many Republicans in that our current immigration laws and policies do not work and reform is needed.

The answer is not the BARACK OBAMA administration’s approach of enforcing only the immigration laws it likes. Also, it is stunning to me that we have no way of tracking people who enter this country legally on tourist of other short-term visas and just stay here. Even more outrageous are cities like Philadelphia that do not cooperate with (Cont. Page 11)

by Denise Clay On the final leg of what I’m calling Denise Clay’s Political World Tour, I found myself in Washington, D.C. at the joint convention of the National Association of Black Journalists and National Association of Hispanic Journalists.

We used to get together every four years with the Native American Journalists Association and the Asian American Journalists Association for something called the Unity Conference. During those times, presidential candidates trying to get the ear of a collaborative of journalists of color would stop by and let us ask them questions.

(If you want a good laugh, go to YouTube and punch in “George W. Bush+Unity 2004.”)

NABJ and NAHJ invited both the folks running for president to this year’s clambake. I wasn’t surprised when Donald Trump, the Republican standard bearer, decided to take a pass.

With the exception of Dubya, they usually do. I think it’s that whole “being in a room filled with journalists of color” thing.

Besides, my guess is Trump sees Jorge Ramos of Univision in his sleep … and starts screaming.

But since the Democrats almost always accept our invitation, it wasn’t much of a surprise to see Hillary Clinton. She and her husband, Bill, had been to visit us before, once when she was running for president in 2008 and when Bill was still Commander in Chief during Unity 94.

Currently, Clinton enjoys the kind of advantage among people of color at the polls that Republican pollsters only (Cont. Page 11)

Yo! Here are few more things that the Waffleman hopes will get your memory stirred up.

Do you remember any these?

CHLOROPHYLL: A component of plants that was marketed in the 1950s. It was used in a hundred or more products, everything from toothpaste to dog food. Most Americans believed the promise that chlorophyll would make the user of those products smell fresh as a daisy. Millions of dollars were spent on advertising. Chlorophyll was touted as an effective natural deodorant until it was pointed out that goats always ate plants – plants that contained chlorophyll – but they still smelled bad.

CLOTHES-PROP VENDOR: He sold 1x3-inch-by-8-foot boards that were notched at one end. They were used to prop up clotheslines, heavy with wet clothes attached to them with wooden clothespins. The clotheslines needed this extra support. The clothes-prop prevented the clothes from touching the ground while drying.

FIORE’S: A great restaurant and pizza place on Passyunk Avenue. Mr. Fiore was always there. The food and pizza were homemade and great. The restaurant walls were tiled with pink and white tile. The tables had marble tops. It wasn’t a fancy restaurant; it was a family restaurant. A large pizza and a pitcher of soda or beer cost $3. The pizza was about 12 x 24 inches. It was garnished with lots of cheese and other delicious toppings.

5 & 10: We shopped at the 5-&-10-cent stores. They were called 5-&-10-cent stores because you could buy things there for 5 and 10 cents. There were two 5 & 10’s on Broad Street, between McKean Street & Snyder Avenue. There was another 5 & 10 at Passyunk Avenue & Morris Street.

ICE-BOX CAKE: It was really “baked” in the icebox. Here is how to do it: Line a pan with graham-cracker crumbs. On the crumbs, spread a layer of chocolate pudding. On top of the chocolate pudding, spread a layer of graham-cracker crumbs. Then gently pour vanilla pudding on the crumbs. Spread more crumbs on the vanilla pudding. Then alternate the pudding and crumbs until the pan is full. Top with chopped walnuts. Place the pan in the refrigerator (icebox) until the puddings had set; the icebox cake was then ready to eat and enjoy.

INK ERADICATOR: was a fluid that was sold in a little (2-oz.) brown bottle. It contained (Cont. Page 11)

The FBI raids on LOCAL 98 locations seemed to assault sensibilities. So much prior planning. It occurred to me that in a free nation, citizens still have that uncertain possibility that you can be SWOOPED DOWN on. And the public meets these raids with STUNNED SILENCE. Maybe that is a BIG BROTHER fear (?). When someone was quoted as saying that it was like they were after terrorists. My thoughts went back to the days of the TONTONS MACOUTES, a Haitian paramilitary force named after a BOGEYMAN who punished unruly children. Are we those children?... A massive outpouring of support for John DOUGHERTY followed on Facebook; I think 1,000 postings. It is support for DOC – and maybe outrage (?). A lot of people might feel helpless. Democracy offers many remedies against attacks on our rights; but not here.

Maybe folks feel vulnerable in an otherwise-secure nation?

While thousands were supportive, it ONLY takes one or two cooperating persons to cause mayhem.... As a lad in the earlier days of politics, I recall hearing some pols wore a WIRE for the feds. Stories abounded of the SINGING-CANARY POLS – who today may be sunning themselves in Arizona.... At a lunch in Dave & Buster’s, months ago, the local FBI Director said the summer months would be busy with POL matters. I guess so. He also spoke a wee bit on the HEROIN EPIDEMIC which is out of control in our region. Why don’t they marshal all their forces and SWOOP DOWN on this TERRIBLE plague of heroin??

One news story said John Dougherty is facing an AG(Cont. Page 12)

Some Philadelphia-area politicians made the trek to Northeastern Pennsylvania over the weekend, where the Northeast Leadership Fund’s Unity Golf Tournament was underway. It is hosted by prominent Republican PAT SOLANO and others in the Pittston area. Montgomery County Republican STATE SEN. JOHN RAFFERTY was there to get support for his statewide campaign for Attorney General against a fellow Montgomery County candidate, JOSH SHAPIRO. Also on hand was JIM CAWLEY, the former Lieutenant Governor from Bucks County.

Could Cawley be contemplating a run for Governor? He seems to be back out in the public eye.

Republicans were not the only ones attending the golf tournament and dinner: Two highprofile Democrats were there. Philadelphia’s very own LT. GOV. MIKE STACK was seated at the head table with US SEN. BOB CASEY and his wife, TERESE. Some earthquakes were felt in Philadelphia last Friday. The political landscape will likely become more wide-open and interesting with the FBI raid of several offices related to union leader John Dougherty. The foundation of our American system is that everyone is innocent until proven guilty.

ATTORNEY GENERAL KATHLEEN KANE’S trial started on Monday. The jury was picked and the trial started Tuesday. She faces perjury charges in Norristown. And her witness list includes former PA Supreme Court JUSTICE SEAMUS MCCAFFERY and current Philadelphia DA SETH WILLIAMS. The election tide has shifted after the DNC, and two Republicans at the top of the ticket are starting to have the waves crash down on their campaigns. US Senate candidate KATIE MCGINTY is leading well-liked US SEN. PAT TOOMEY. And this has led Toomey to consider the possibility of actually endorsing DONALD TRUMP for President. Previously, he had chosen to take a pass, but the polling is so crazy that he’s trying to calculate how Trump’s support may hurt or help his chance for re-election.

Although many Pennsylvanians had said they would never vote for HILLARY CLINTON, Trump’s outrageous comments against Gold Star families, Hispanics, Muslims, the LGBTQ community, women, the disabled and many more groups has led a number of people to change their position. A number of Republicans are saying that they will vote for Clinton.

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ELEPHANT

Realty transfer tax collections almost doubled from $119 million in FY12 to $236 million in FY16. It was up 16% in just the last year.

This tax is levied on the sale or transfer of real estate and applied to the sale price, from which the city receives 3%.

The significant increase is a direct result of surging home sales in various sections of the city. Home sales for

noted in that aggregate, US immigrant households earned $1.25 trillion in 2014 and paid $223.5 billion in federal taxes, $104.6 billion in state and local levies, and $123.7 billion in Social Security and $32.9 billion in Medicare payments. In Pennsylvania, these families earned $25.8 billion in income and paid $7.1 billion in taxes. Many on the right contend numbers like these are misleading in that they do not fully account for the education and health costs the states assume for illegal immigrants living under the radar. And they may be right.

But most of these people, like my great-grandparents, came here for a better life. If they wanted to go on the dole, they would have found a way to go to Europe, where the handouts are much greater than ours.

There are bad actors who have come into our country.

Just ask CONGRESSMAN LOU BARLETTA (PA-10) about his time as Mayor of

Hazleton, which had become the drug-transfer point for Colombian cartels in Northeastern Pennsylvania. But are the vast majority of our immigrants bad? Are your friends and neighbors who allow immigrant cleaning help in their homes just stupid, or is it because they cannot find enough citizens who are willing to do these tasks?

The solution to this immigration issue is not going to be easy. But we need to start to talk about it as adults. DiGiorgio mentioned the biggest sticking point will be the status of those here illegally now.

The Democrats want a path to citizenship. (Of course they do, because they believe most will register Democrat.)

Many Republicans want them to go away. I think a path to permanent residency for those who came here illegally as adults (but who can demonstrate they deserve to stay here) may be a solution.

Even US SEN. TED CRUZ mentioned this as a possibility.

What we cannot continue to do in the interim is allow cities like Philadelphia to not cooperate with federal law enforcement, especially with respect to criminal aliens. STATE REP. MARTINA WHITE’S bill that would require sanctuary municipalities to compensate victims of crimes committed by illegal aliens is a great idea. Also, the Dept. of Justice needs to stop selectively enforcing our current immigration laws.

Home Winemakers Fête Vendemmia Awards It’s time to wine and dine again! Vendemmia, South Philadelphia’s fall festival of wine and food, will hold its Winemakers Award Dinner on Wednesday, Aug. 24 at IATSE Ballroom, 2401 S. Swanson Street.

Understandably, for an event centered on the Philadelphia area’s home winemakers, diners are expected to bring their own wines.

The charge is $50 per person. Checks must be made payable to the Vendemmia Foundation, 1841 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19148. All checks must be received by Friday, Aug. 19.

If you have any questions, call Theresa at (215) 465-8810.

The Vendemmia Foundation benefits South Philadelphia health, education and the arts.

FY16 totaled 15,250 compared to 10,162 in FY12. The majority of sales occurred in neighborhoods across South Philadelphia and sections of the Lower Northeast.

In addition, the

EVERYDAY (Cont. From Page 10) people of color at the polls that Republican pollsters only dream about. Roughly 90% of those asked are saying #ImWithHer without a moment’s thought.

But I don’t believe the polls as much as I believe the streets, and the streets are telling me that her support in communities of color, while big, is also kind of soft. A lot of young Blacks and Latinos felt The Bern. If they decide to take the day off on Election Day to play a little Pokemon Go, we might have to prepare ourselves mentally for a President Trump.

And yet, when placed in a room filled with Black and Latino journalists that could have asked her all kinds of

CITY HALL (Cont. From Page 10) It’s a crazy world. So crazy, in fact, that apparently former Philly MAYOR MICHAEL NUTTER is high on the list to join a Clinton cabinet. Many pundits felt Nutter’s biggest defect was he couldn’t get anything done. Apparently this is attractive to the Clinton

WAFFLEMAN (Cont. From Page 10) a glass rod attached to the inside of the lid. It smelled like bleach and it probably was. It was an essential staple that had to be readily available when using fountain pens.

This miraculous fluid eradicated errors that were made while writing in ink. The fluid bleached the ink from the

Wage/Earnings and the Business Income tax categories posted increases over FY12 of 16% and 28%, respectively. A breakdown of these yearly tax revenues indicated that wage/earnings was up al-

most $200 million and business income tax revenues were up almost $110 million from five years ago. These types of increases imply strong job growth and profitability.

questions germane to our communities, the only issue that got any kind of a substantial hearing was immigration reform. And I have to give it to Telemundo’s national correspondent Lori Montenegro: She wasn’t letting that topic go.

I get allowing Clinton to talk about the economy. During the Great Recession, Black and Latino households were hit the hardest, with Blacks losing half of their wealth and Latinos losing over 60%.

But Baltimore is 45 minutes away from Washington.

Now why is that important? It’s important because a young woman named Korryn Gaines was shot to death by Baltimore Police that past weekend. It’s also important because it appears no one is going to be held accountable

criminally for the death of Freddie Gray.

And yet, much to my shock, none of my journalistic peers who had the microphone asked Clinton what she’d have her Justice Dept. do about this.

I think I get it. When you’re a journalist and your bosses have sent you to this convention to cover someone like Hillary Clinton with the intent of filling the news hole they want you to fill, it makes sense, in a Sunday-pundit-program kind of way, to avoid issues like criminal-justice reform in favor of asking yet another question about email servers.

But while it makes sense, it does your community a disservice – since, if you don’t bring up stuff like this, no one else is going to.

folks. In evaluating the success of Philly mayors, it’s often possible to take on tough decisions and accomplish important things without becoming unpopular. Usually the ones who remained popular are the ones that choose to leave the heavy lifting to the next administration.

Speaking of former mayors, what will former MAYOR and GOV. ED paper to eliminate mistakes.

Ink eradicator did not help me with some errors. Somehow, misspelled words, incorrect grammar or punctuation marks always got into my reports.

JAVELLA WATER MAN: from his horse-drawn wagon, he sold powerful homemade laundry bleach. It was a yellow-greenish-colored liquid used to bleach clothes in the washing machine. You

RENDELL do after the election? No one seems to be mentioning his name for the cabinet. Although CONGRESSMAN BOB BRADY helped bring the convention to Philly and Rendell did a great job raising the loot, Rendell was not his usual ubiquitous self at the convention. He was all over television before it began, but then disappeared once it started. brought your glass gallon or half-gallon bottle to his wagon where he filled it with the bleach. If you did not have a bottle, he could supply it. He always had empty half-gallon and gallon bottles on his wagon. There was an extra charge, of course. Javella Water was to be used with extreme caution. If it was used straight from the bottle, it could destroy, not bleach, your clothing.

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(Cont. From Page 10) even for criminals here illegally.

The answer is also probably not rounding up all of the illegal aliens and deporting them and then allowing them to apply for re-entry as DONALD TRUMP proposes. And no, the Mexicans are not going to pay for a wall.

Trump is right in that we do need to better protect our borders. But given the advances in electronic surveillance (as the chamber suggests), we can better secure our borders. We need more and better processes for foreign workers to get visas, especially those with high-skilled jobs needed by our industries.

Some of the speakers at the rally mentioned a study compiled by the partnership, based on large part on the 2014 Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. The report

they now pay.

The preliminary FY16 yearly tax revenues were up $430 million over the $2.57 billion collected in FY12.

Other than the sales tax, every major tax category posted a double-digit increase over the five-year period.

The city’s portion of the sales tax rate was reduced by half in FY15 to provide the School District of Philadelphia with additional revenues.

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Tax-burdened Philadelphians may take some encouragement from City Controller Alan Butkovitz’s report indicating Fiscal Year 2016 City General Fund Tax Revenues totaled more than $3 billion, marking an almost 17% increase in collections from five years ago.

Tax-paying citizens are wondering if and when some of that can result in a reduction of one of the many taxes

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In The Court of Common Pleas Phila. County Civil Action – Law No. 160503551 Notice of Action in Mortgage Foreclosure Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Champion Mortgage Company, Plaintiff vs. The Unknown Heirs of Willie Reed, Deceased, Andrew Reed, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Willie Reed, Deceased & Joseph Reed, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Willie Reed, Deceased, Mortgagor and Real Owner, Defendants To: The Unknown Heirs of Willie Reed, Deceased & Joseph Reed, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Willie Reed, Deceased, Mortgagor and Real Owner, Defendant(s), whose last known address is 2718 West York Street a/k/a 2718 York Street, Phila, PA 19132. This firm is a debt collector and we are attempting to collect a debt owed to our client. Any information obtained from you will be used for the purpose of collecting the debt. You are hereby notified that, Plaintiff Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Champion Mortgage Company, has filed a Mortgage Foreclosure Complaint endorsed with a notice to defend against you in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, docketed to No. 160503551, wherein Plaintiff seeks to foreclose on the mortgage secured on your property located, 2718 West York Street a/k/a 2718 York Street, Phila., PA 19132 whereupon your property will be sold by the Sheriff of Phila. County. Notice: You have been sued in court. If you wish to defend against the claims set forth in the following pages, you must take action within twenty (20) days after the Complaint and notice are served, by entering a written appearance personally or by attorney and filing in writing with the court your defenses or objections to the claims set forth against you. You are warned that if you fail to do so the case may proceed without you and a judgment may be entered against you by the Court without further notice for any money claimed in the Complaint for any other claim or relief requested by the Plaintiff. You may lose money or property or other rights important to you.

You should take this paper to your lawyer at once. If you do not have a lawyer or cannot afford one, go to or telephone the office set forth below. This office can provide you with information about hiring a lawyer. If you cannot afford to hire a Lawyer, this office may be able to provide you with information about agencies that may offer legal services to eligible persons at a reduced fee or no fee. Community Legal Services, Inc., Law Center North Central, 1410 W. Erie Ave., Phila., PA 19140, 215-227-2400/215-981-3700. Phila. Bar Assoc., One Reading Center, Phila., PA 19104, 215238-6333. Rebecca A Solarz, Atty. for Plaintiff, KML Law Group, P.C., Ste. 5000, Mellon Independence Center, 701 Market St., Phila., PA 19106-1532, 215.627.1322.

WALKING (Cont. From Page 10) GRESSIVE grand jury. What is an “aggressive” grand jury as opposed to an ordinary grand jury? And how do we know it is so? Are they not SECRET proceedings?

On a Happy BIRTHDAY note, it is the BORN DAY for LOVELY boxing judge Lynne CARTER. Also Dan MURRAY, supreme chef.

And Scott MULVEY in the Auditor General’s office. Former State Reps. Harold JAMES and Babette JOSEPHS get our best wishes.... The sad news is the loss of Judge Alex BONAVITACOLA, a class fellow –

who did not believe in backlog.

We lost Peg BUKOWSKI, a beneficial presence, and active in government from the days of Congressman James “Digger” BYRNE. A news story noted Judge Abbe FLETMAN was an active Democrat. HELLO! She was appointed by Gov. Tom CORBETT (?).... We see this week a rush to report news of the Kathleen KANE trial. Denial by the trial judge for the use of PORNGATE in Kane’s defense was just WRONG to me! The jury can decide how RELEVANT it is.... A story about a bust by KANE of a $23 MILLION coke deal in North Philly – with arrests – was BURIED

In The Court of Common Pleas of Phila. County, PA Civil Division No. 151100028 Notice of Action to Quiet Title Charles D. Hamilton, Plaintiff vs. Unknown Heirs of the Estate of Helen Mackey, Defendant(s) TO: Unknown Heirs of the Estate of Helen Mackey, Defendant(s), 926 West Arizona St., Phila., PA 19133. You are hereby notified that Plaintiff filed a Complaint to Quiet Title, endorsed with a Notice to Defend, against you in the Court of Common Pleas of Phila. County, PA, wherein Plaintiff seeks to Quiet Title on 4164 W. Girard Ave., Phila., PA and requests judgment against Defendant. Notice: You have been sued in court. If you wish to defend against the claims set forth in the following pages, you must take action within twenty (20) days after the Complaint and notice are served, by entering a written appearance personally or by attorney and filing in writing with the court your defenses or objections to the claims set forth against you. You are warned that if you fail to do so the case may proceed without you and a judgment may be entered against you by the Court without further notice for any money claimed in the Complaint for any other claim or relief requested by the Plaintiff. You may lose money or property or other rights important to you.

You should take this paper to your lawyer at once. If you do not have a lawyer or cannot afford one, go to or telephone the office set forth below. This office can provide you with information about hiring a lawyer. If you cannot afford to hire a Lawyer, this office may be able to provide you with information about agencies that may offer legal services to eligible persons at a reduced fee or no fee.

Lawyers Referral Service, Phila. Bar Assn., One Reading Center, Phila., PA 19107, (215)238-1701. Emanuel Kosacci, Atty. for Plaintiff, 4821 E. Street Rd., Feasterville, PA 19053.

on BACK PAGES, instead of on the FRONT PAGE, where it belonged. WHY? Another story about city land noted that a bidder had no developer experience, and had a criminal record. Is this the same media that heralded rehabilitation after incarceration? Do we forbid the asking about arrests or a criminal record on job applications here in Philly – the birthplace of liberty? Experience is important; that is why you hire professionals.

In business news, we find General Mills is thinking of closing its Vineland, N.J. plant which makes Progresso Soup. That is the soup that fills you up – not watery. They want to close

after they concluded a UNION CONTRACT? To me, if you conclude a contract, you give YOUR WORD to abide by the terms of it. It is the honorable thing to do. If they close that plant, the HONORABLE thing for me is to NOT BUY the product....

LABOR RADIO in Philly featured an exciting show with Martin WILLIAMS, Business Manager of Local 13 Boilermakers, and Danny BAUDER, Campaign Manager of the Philly AFL-CIO. They ought to get Ed HARKINS, Political Director of Local 13, on the air; this young lad is a WALKING FACTBOOK. Thanks to Joe DOUGHERTY for fine programming.

by Michael A. Cibik, Esq. American Bankruptcy Board Certified

total cost to you of paying forever? If you decide to live with overwhelming debt, you’ll encounter costs that don’t appear on your balance sheet. Being in debt is stressful.

Stress makes you stupid.

That’s right: Financial stress causes a loss of IQ. It’s not that it is the stupid who get into debt. It’s not that getting into debt was necessarily stupid. The stress caused by debt reduces your ability to perform intellectually. You make new, bad decisions because of stress.

Wherever it’s found, stress over money makes you less intellectually capable. No matter how you got into debt, being in debt reduces your ability to make good decisions about anything.

Therefore, a first step is to recognize your debts may be impairing your thinking.

Get the facts, enlist some help, and consider whether the alternatives to living in debt are viable for you.

Next Week’s Question: Should you use a debt-settlement company? Be aware! Be very aware!

Question: What are the true costs of just paying the creditcard minimum?

Answer: Bankruptcy can seem so scary or humiliating that lots of folks resolve to just keep paying the minimums on their debts.

You know what it feels like to have more bills than you can pay. You don’t know how bankruptcy will affect you. It seems easier to stay the course, pay the minimums and plod along.

It may be sort of comfortable, and knowable, but it may be a life sentence of being in debt. You won’t get ahead, for sure, but you don’t have to face the uncomfortable fact that you can’t really ever pay off your debts.

On the surface, it seems like a rational choice.

It’s allowed by the terms of the credit card agreement.

It saves you from looking at the big picture of your finances. You still have plastic in your wallet.

But what’s the real and

Toomey Tries a Cry For McGinty’s Emails Taking a leaf from Republican national ticket leader Donald Trump’s playbook, incumbent US Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and his operatives have been pressing for months to obtain all of Democratic challenger Katie McGinty’s emails during her tenure as Gov. Tom Wolf’s chief of staff – all 15,000 pages of them.

The Governor’s Office has the right to review all such emails for confidential information first. Seven months into the process, it has been

Another Old-Timer Decides He’s Out Ending a tenure in the General Assembly beginning in 1981 is State Sen. John Wozniak (D-Cambria), who is calling it quits. The 60-yearold legislator decided to drop out of the race after talking with family, friends and colleagues. He’ll serve out the rest of his current term.

“I’m cognizant of my lifespan,” he concluded. Wozniak told them. “I’ve got 10 good years left to do things before I kick back and smell the roses.”

He’ll see to it the Pennsylvania Democratic Party and local party officials from Cambria, Bedford and Clearfield Counties will vet a

The Republican and Democratic House Policy Committees have hosted the first of several planned joint hearings on the state’s opioid crisis Monday. Sounds good; but many of the families of the victims know it’s all a dogand-pony show by the committee members, who do well financially by attending these meetings, but have little power to push any serious curtailing action upon their return after recess.

Maybe they would do better by looking into why veteran suicide rates have climbed.

The Dept. of Veteran Affairs states deaths for that group have risen to 22 per day.

Toomey Brings Campaign to City US Sen. Pat Toomey doesn’t worry about the registration ratio of 8 to 1 in this city of Democrats to Republicans.

This Saturday is being billed as “Super Saturday” for Toomey by the Republican City Committee. He will appear in Northwest Philadelphia at Dunkin’ Donuts, Germantown Plaza, 57l53 Wayne Avenue from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

He’ll follow that up with another several hours in Northeast Philadelphia, at a site yet to be selected. Coffee and doughnuts will be provided.

Dems Offer Fall Campaign Fellowships The Pennsylvania Democratic Party is looking for

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VETERANS of the civil-right movement of yore, progressives Hal & Sue Rosenthal met up with veteran Congressman John Lewis at the Democratic National Convention. ing should email Clayton Men- tory 2016 (cmenzel@paviczel, Field Organizer, PAVic- tory2016.org).

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The Pennsylvania AFLCIO this week posted those candidates it hopes its rank and file will support and vote for Nov. 8. For President and US Senate and all but one member in the Congress, all the Democratic candidates are endorsed. The lone GOP exception was Congressman Tim Murphy (R-Allegheny) in the 18th Dist.

The Democratic candidates for State Treasurer, Auditor General and Attorney General were endorsed. All the Democrats in the State Senate were endorsed.

Exceptions did occur in the State House with nine Republicans getting the nod of approval. In this list, of course, are State Reps. John Taylor in the 177th and Tom Murt in the 152nd (both R-Northeast).

Would You Believe Assembly Sees Crisis?

smart, men and women who are interested in its fellowship program during this campaign. This program trains fellows on the basics of organizing and campaign fundamentals.

This opportunity will give individuals invaluable work experience that can be applied to a variety of career fields and will allow them to be involved in one of the most historical elections of our lifetime.

Fellows must commit 1530 hours a week to the campaign. They will participate in training on field organizing, messaging and other activities. They will organize in a community, working in conjunction with grassroots leaders and campaign staff. They may be reaching out to volunteers and engaging new potential volunteers through phone calls and collect voter registration forms; holding organizational meetings to recruit new volunteers and supporters in communities; and using social networks.

Their office is located new Temple University at 1514 Cecil B. Moore Avenue. Anyone is able to apply, but this program is mostly geared towards high-school seniors, college students and recent grads who are looking for work experience.

Anyone interested in apply-

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State Labor Leaders Post Endorsements

replacement. A potential is former Congressman Mark Critz. Cambria County Controller Ed Cernic, Jr. has also expressed interest.

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(Cont. From Page 9) But here in Philadelphia, Republican City Committee Chairman Joe DeFelice knows something the polls don’t know. His party registrations have eclipsed the 120,000 mark and he feels confident the state presidential polls will narrow the gap between Clinton and Trump … and Philly Republicans could make a difference.

reviewing them lethargically, yielding only 75 pages to date.

The State GOP did win a court decision which ordered the Governor to release more of the emails – a decision the Governor has appealed. The mills of appellate courts grind exceeding slow, so the Toomey campaign will be effectively denied access to the emails until after the November election.

In the meantime, the most Toomey can do is cry publicly for the release of the thousands of McGinty emails, hoping this cry will echo in the minds of Republicans and independents who have heard of the commotion surrounding Hillary Clinton’s unreleased emails from when she was Secretary of State. It is not clear the average voter cares enough about the communications of a Harrisburg chief of staff to want to read them, though.

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FRED DRUDING, JR. ran 333.88 miles in the month of July winning the 11th Hour Racing’s July Challenge.

This was a fundraiser supporting a local mother of two with stage-four cancer who was in danger of losing her home. The Challenge was the brainchild of 11th Hour Racing’s CEO Mile Rowe, who founded the organization to lessen the financial burdens that accompany cancer patients so they can focus on recovery.

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