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Full-Court Press for Votes

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URGING voter turnout this week in Philly were (r., top to bottom) Hillary Clinton supporters congressional Dwight Evans, VP Joe Biden and US Senate candidate Katie McGinty, who appeared at Democratic rally at Drexel University. Above, W. Phila. HS students were learning how a voting booth works from Brooke Whittington. Simultaneous educational demonstrations took place at nine other schools across the city as part of an initiative by Commissioner Lisa Deeley. Both Deeley and Commissioner Al Schmidt attended many of the teaching demonstrations. First Lady Michelle Obama appeared at Drexel Photos by Wendell Douglas University yesterday.

Veterans Bury Their Own

CONGRESSMAN Bob Brady, Council President Darrell Clarke, and DA Seth Williams joined members of Philadelphia Veterans Parade Comittee in service honoring remains of unPhotos courtesy Joe Stivala claimed veteran at Municipal Services Building.

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Court States Wolf Can’t Create Law A Lebanon County lawmaker and chairman of the House Labor & Industry Committee said the recent ruling by Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court proves Gov. Tom Wolf has again surpassed his authority in issuing certain executive orders.

State Rep. Mauree Gingrich (R-Lebanon) said the Commonwealth Court order in Markham v. Wolf and Smith v. Wolf found the governor exceeded his authority because his executive order is “de facto legislation, with provisions contrary to the existing statutory scheme.”

The Markham and Smith cases involve Wolf’s Executive Order 2015-05, which would create a means for home healthcare workers to unionize.

“According to our constitution, each branch of government has specific duties, and the executive’s job is to implement or enforce the law, not make law,” said Gingrich. “This is what we have been saying all along: The governor may not legislate by executive order.”

“Independent home healthcare workers should have the freedom to continue to work independently and directly with the clients they serve,” said Gingrich.

The Commonwealth Court found the Wolf order “invades the relationship between a direct-care worker and the employer participant who receives personal services in his or her home.” The sections of the order invalidated by the court relate specifically to the organization of direct-care workers and their representative’s exclusive ability to negotiate on their behalf.

Gingrich explained, “In this case, the Commonwealth Court agreed and acknowledged the governor’s executive order was an invasion of the relationship between direct care workers and their clients.”

Wolf issued his executive Order less than two months after he was sworn into office.

Commonwealth Court issued an injunction against the order in April 2015.

Expiring Abatements Will Yield $55 Million in Revenues City Controller Alan Butkovitz reported last week almost 10,000 tax-abated properties will be returning to the city’s tax rolls over the next five years, adding tens of millions in new revenues.

From FY2017 through FY2021, a total of 9,683 properties will have their 10year tax abatements expire.

Residential and commercial properties that are either being rehabbed or considered new construction in the city can obtain a 10-year exemption from paying the building-value portion of the Real Estate Tax. The properties that will have the tax abatement expire over the next five years will add about $3.9 billion to the city’s total taxable value.

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ically matures the abatements through a start and end date; the information is then transmitted to the Dept. of Revenue to be processed and billed to the property owners. The controller’s auditors did not encounter any problems with this process with regard to the abated properties.

The City Controller’s economic report also showed tax revenues for July totaled $213.7 million, marking a 6% increase over last July. This included $180.1 million into the General Fund and $33.6 million as the PICA portion. Wage/Earnings/NPT (City and PICA) collections for the month totaled $143.5 million, an 11% decrease over last year.

Sabatina Fosters Meeting with Education, Industry Leaders After months of behindthe-scenes work, State Sen. John Sabatina (D-Northeast) this week brought together officials of biopharmaceutical leader AstraZeneca and the

Protesting Rape Culture COINCIDING with the city’s vehicle-free streets this past Saturday were these marchers supporting an End to Rape Culture, marching along Walnut Street to a protest rally at Thomas Paine Plaza.

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If the city collected all revenues owed from these properties, it could generate an estimated $55 million in new Real Estate Tax revenues. Of the total estimated amount in new revenues, about $30 million would go to the School District of Philadelphia and about $25 million to the City’s General Fund.

The most properties returning to the city’s tax rolls will occur in 2018 and 2019 with 2,807 and 2,540, respectively. This is due to the end of the new construction surge that occurred in the city more than 10 years ago and prior to the Great Recession.

In addition, the Controller’s Office found that the Office of Property Assessment automat-

Community College of Philadelphia to discuss ways to better prepare students for 21st-century jobs.

“The reason we make significant investments in postsecondary education is to prepare young people for good jobs in the modern workforce,” Sabatina said. “The only way to know whether we’re getting results is to make sure employers and educators are listening to each other.”

During a tour of Astra Zeneca’s Red Lion Road manufacturing facility a year ago this week, company officials suggested some ways schools could provide industry-specific training, such as the “aseptic manufacturing” employed by AstraZeneca and a host of similar companies in the Philadelphia region.

The company, which employs hundreds of full-time and seasonal workers at the Red Lion Road facility, serves as an inspiring example of what employers of the future

can be for Northeast Philadelphia, paying family-sustaining wages and encouraging employee involvement in community activities.

Today’s meeting brought together Michael Faia, AstraZeneca’s facilities and engineering head, and Dr. Guy Generals, president of Community College of Philadelphia, as well as state and local workforce-development officials at CCP’s Northeast Regional Center, on Townsend Road.

The group discussed a wide range of options for workforce-development cooperation, from small adjustments to current curricula to better meet employer needs, to additions to course offerings that would give students a leg up in applying for industry-specific jobs.

“We’re always looking to improve access to workforce opportunities for our students,” said Generals. “That’s what this meeting is all about.”

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LOWER Merion-Narberth Democratic Committee kicked off election season Sunday with an outdoor Homestretch Huddle celebration at the home of LM-Dems Chairman Jonathan Shapiro. Among officials present were Joe Foster, Montco Democratic Committee chairman; Marie Beresford, vicechair; Shapiro; Montco Board of Commissioners Chairman Josh Shapiro and candidate for attorney general; and State Rep. Dwight Evans, a congressional candidate.

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The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has levied a joint fine of $30,000 against SugarHouse HSP Gaming Co., LP, operator of the SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia and Holdings Acquisitions Co. LP, operator of the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh.

The fine of $15,000 each was approved against SugarHouse HSP Gaming Co., LP and Holdings Acquisitions Co. LP for failure to notify the Board in a timely manner of the transfer of ownership interests held in three licensed trusts to three newly created and unlicensed trusts.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board was established in 2004 and is tasked to oversee all aspects of the state’s casino industry. There are 10 standalone and racetrack casinos in operation, along with the two smaller resort casinos. These facilities collectively employ 18,000 people and annually generate more than $1.4 billion in

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We Can’t Stop Illegals From Registering To Vote

by Joe Shaheeli It may not mean much in a city such as ours where Democrats outnumber Republicans seven to one. But it could have serious consequences if, in one or more of our 26 state legislative districts, undocumented immigrants voting could spell the difference.

A check with local registration officials indicates there is almost no way to keep them from registering.

Registrations are heavy, reports Gregory Irving, voter registration administrator.

Much of them, he reports, come from workers hired by FieldWorks, a voter-registration and get-out-the-vote group with a mostly Democratic clientele ranging from the White House and the Hillary Clinton For President campaign to major unions and various congressional candidates nationwide.

Add to the thousands they State Rep.

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undocumented immigrants can vote – a legal vote cast illegally.

The only way to catch them now is from jury-pool notices.

When they are filled out and returned, that is when most undocumented immigrants will indicate they are not citizens so as not to be called to jury duty.

Those lists are checked against registration rolls and then can be pulled off.

This ability of undocumented immigrants easily to register to vote, many not knowing they should not, won’t mean much in Philly where the presidential returns will heavily favor Hillary Clinton. But in special elections, such as one expected in March of next year to fill the vacancy in the 197th Dist., a bunch of paid undocumented immigrants could swing that election should there be competition.

It’s a situation that could grow to haunt the legitimacy of many election decisions not only here but everywhere else in the United States.

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BREAKING ground on 37 units of affordable housing in the former Spring Garden School, now repurposed as senior veterans’ housing, are, l-r: Congressmen Bob Brady; Thomas Hameline, HELP USA president; Kelvin Jeremiah, PHA President and CEO; and City Council President Darrell Photo by Eldon Graham Clarke.

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N.E. GOP Pushes Shrimp

58TH WARD GOP packed the Harmonia Club in Bridesburg with its Shrimp Fest fundraiser. The mood was upbeat among attendees, including, from left, Dan Tinney, Joe Giedemann, Marc Collazzo, Councilman Al Taubenberger, State Rep candidate Jim Pio and Dan McCain.

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(Cont. From Page 4) PILF pursues a total of 20 counties and cities in the Old Dominion—a sampling of its 95 counties and 38 cities.

PILF represents the Virginia Voters Alliance in a lawsuit filed earlier this year against the city of Alexandria.

The city prompted its suspicion after the alliance determined more people were registered to vote in the city than eligible voters who lived there, said Noel Johnson, litigation counsel for the legal foundation.

Gathering new registrations here are more groups than just FieldWorks. All claim to have volunteers, but many are paid.

Caught up in this huge vacuum sweeper set up to register almost everyone, undocumented immigrants may be sucked in.

Add to that source of questionable registrations the very active PennDOT driver registrations. When undocumented immigrants mark in they are citizens on the application form, they are automatically registered according to party designated. There is no check on the validity of their claim. Those are sent by the thousands to county registration offices such as Irving’s. They must be catalogued and placed in the appropriate binder.

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honor Betsy Sheerr, longtime leader of the national Joint Action Committee, a liberal women’s PAC, were, l.-r., US Sen. Robert P. Casey, Jr.; honoree Betsy Sheerr; Terese Casey; and Montco Democratic chairman Marcel Groen, Esq.

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(Cont. From Page 5) to the time when committee people from either party would canvass the division and scratch off those they found no longer at residences where they were registered; they could add, undocumented immigrants obviously not citizens, and those dead and buried. Their ward leaders would gather those street lists and turn them into

the Registration Commission, which would send out its canvassers to doublecheck and then clean off those ineligibles.

But then, federal laws changed the rules and they stay padded through many presidential cycles before names can be eliminated from voter rolls.

Rep. White Blasts Council Support For Sanctuary City State Rep. Martina White (R-Northeast) has blasted Philadelphia City Council’s resolution opposing HB 1885

of which she is a sponsor. She knows her stand will win votes in her 170th Dist. as well.

She said, “We now know money and politics are more important to Mayor Kenney and some members of City Council than public safety. My bill does not withhold a penny from Philadelphia if it follows the law, as the Obama administration had requested. It will be the mayor’s decision. Is he with Philadelphians, Pennsylvanians and the federal government or is he with illegal immigrants who commit crimes

against our citizens?”

She will know the answer to that one Nov. 8.

El Coqui Was Cooking!

Neilson and Dawkins Seek Raise for Election-Day Workers State Reps. Ed Neilson (DNortheast) and Jason Dawkins (D-Kensington) urged their colleagues in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to amend legislation under consideration to raise the minimum pay for poll workers on election day.

(Cont. Page 7) WHOOPING it up at the Puerto Rican El Coqui festival in Kensington were State Sen. Tina Tartaglione and State Rep. Angel Cruz.

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GRUPO KARIS, a hot Latino band, rocked the festival as well as State Rep. Angel Cruz. With Cruz are, l.-r., band members Jay Seratti, Javier Figueroa and Andres Paris.

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CITY PARKS & Recreation Commissioner Kathryn Ott Lovell, 4th from l., welcomed her Fairmount Park Commissioners to a meeting on Boathouse Row. Of special note are new commissioners Brenda Reavis, 60th Ward chairperson (5th from l.), and Derrick Ford, right, of WURD Radio.

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(Cont. From Page 6) Neilson’s amendment would have increased the minimum compensation for individuals serving as judges or inspectors of election from $75 to $150. Clerks and machine operators would have seen their minimum compensation raise from $70 to $140.

“The hard-working men and women who serve our communities on Election Day are a vital component in preserving our democracy,” Neilson said.

“Without them, the integrity and efficacy of our elections

would be nonexistent.”

Dawkins’ amendment would have set a fixed rate of pay for judges of election, inspectors of election, clerks and machine operators at a minimum of $10.10 per hour.

“Poll workers have not seen a pay increase in 10 years, while legislators in Harrisburg get one every year,” Dawkins said. “This is unfair, and the time has come to provide fair pay to the people who serve our communities and make sure our elections run effectively and efficiently.”

City Commissioner Lisa Deeley said she was disheartened to see efforts to ensure fair wages for hard-working poll workers throughout the

Marking Commissioning Of New Ship

One Poll, Four Days – And A Giant Swing The latest Muhlenberg College poll shows Trump has erased nearly all of Clinton’s lead, with McGinty now losing to Toomey.

On Sept. 19, a Muhlenberg College/Morning Call poll – the first looking at 2016 General Election contests showed Democrat Hillary Clinton with a 9-point lead over Republican Donald Trump in Pennsylvania. It also showed Democrat Katie McGinty with a 5-point lead over Republican incumbent US Sen. Pat Toomey.

Over the last weekend, the Morning Call of Allentown reported on a new version of the poll (conducted between Sept.

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“One must consider the rationale of the legislators who voted no. Would they work a 14-hour day and earn $6.78 per hour as an inspector of election, or $7.14 per hour as a judge of election, less than the federal minimum wage?”

Deeley said. “The stress that the board workers will face due to the increase in turnout for the upcoming presidential election should be reason enough to raise the pay for our Election Board workers.”

While Neilson’s and Dawkins’ amendments were not adopted in the underlying legislation, they pledged to continue their efforts to ensure poll workers are paid a fair wage for a fair day of work.

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First Dinkens Scholarship Awarded (Cont. From Page 7) 19 and Sept. 23) – and Clinton’s lead is nearly gone, and McGinty is now behind. The poll found, in a head-to-head matchup between Clinton and Trump, Clinton is up 44-41% and with the third-party candidates added, she’s ahead 40-38%.

In the US Senate race, the new poll has Toomey slightly ahead, 41-40%, of McGinty, when McGinty was up 4338% in the prior poll. We need to see their post-first debate poll to see if there has been any more movement.

F. R. PHILLIPS Ministries presented its inaugural Denise Dinkens Scholarship Award to Monique Burgess, a part-time, first-year student at Lutheran Theological Institute’s inaugural Prayer Explosion 2016. L-r: Minister Felicia R. Phillips, MDiv, founder of F.R. Phillips Ministries; Monique Burgess, scholarship recipient; and Elder Michael B. Dinkens, husband of the late Denise Dinkens of the Mt. Airy Church of God in Photo by Martin Regusters, Leaping Lion Photography Christ.

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Republican Energy on Display at Pa. GOP Fall Meeting Enthusiasm for Pennsylvania’s Republican ticket was the order of the day during the Republican Party of Pennsylvania’s Fall Meeting at the Sheraton Harrisburg-Hershey Hotel last weekend.

The 350 members of the Republican Party of Pennsylvania heard from a variety of speakers during the annual two-day event.

A Friday-night Fall Dinner featured speakers such as US Sen. Pat Toomey and Arkansas US Sen. Tom Cotton.

On Saturday, party members and attendees heard from Republican attorney general candidate John Rafferty and treasurer candidate Otto Voit.

Members also heard reports from 3rd Dist. Congressman Mike Kelly, 4th Dist. Congressman Scott Perry, 10th Dist. Congressman Tom Marino, 28th Dist. State Sen. Scott Wagner and State House Majority Leader Dave Reed.

The meeting marks the last time the Republican Party of Pennsylvania will meet before the election on Nov. 8.

Underlining that enthusiasm was a lineup of debatewatch parties sanctioned by the GOP across the state.

MAYOR Kenney, Councilwoman Maria Quiñones-Sánchez, and Councilmen David Oh and Bill Greenlee stand at attention for a Puerto Rican flag-raising ceremony.

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JON PETERSON accepted an award from the American Legion State HQ for meeting all membership objectives. Peterson is commander of the Benjamin Franklin Post 405 in the Union League. Albert El made the presentation.

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PHILA. HOSPITALITY, Inc. presented Mayor Jim Kenney with its 22nd 2016 Vision for Phila. Award at the Hilton Phila. early this week. With him are, l.-r., Chair John Krol, Exec. Dir. Mariska Bogle, Kenney and Vice Chair Betsy Barber. “Mayor Jim Kenney has been a part of the hospitality community for years,” said Kroll. Photo by Martin Regusters, Leaping Lion Photography

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This Is The Season!

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Every four years, Americans find they need to involve themselves to some degree in the US presidential election.

Though ads in print circulars, shop-at-home mailers and on television will herald the seasons of Thanksgiving and Christmas, they will not get the attention they would expect at any other time this season.

Unfortunately for all of us, we now are inundated with talking heads, few with any real accreditation, on every television channel where coverage of the presidential campaign dominates. Fortunately, most American viewers of these channels realize how biased they are in their coverage, their presentations of election events and in their assessments of the worth of each candidate.

This is the first presidential-election season when Americans have realized there are literally no objective media, be it on television, radio, or in newsprint. All are biased. To get an idea of who is leading in the polls, one must sample the television viewing audience watching presidential events telecast on CNN, MSNBC and Fox, and possibly the circulation of the Washington Post, New York Times and Wall Street Journal for that particular week. The polls will reflect their cumulative, and often contradictory, biases.

What makes this election so special is the use of for-profit and nonprofit hired guns to deliver a message to voters. So don’t be alarmed if your doorbell rings at a late hour or you get several calls the same evening from individuals asking you a myriad of questions, eventually leading to “For whom do you plan to vote?”

Despite the proven effectiveness of the city Democratic Party’s ability to put up major numbers in presidential elections, these nonprofit vote solicitors are appearing in big numbers, again proving campaign managers continue to devalue the ability of committee people to bring out the numbers needed.

Fortunately, this season is just six weeks from ending. Unfortunately, the hundreds of millions of dollars being spent to promote the fulfillment of the ambitions of each candidate could have, would have, should have been used to ameliorate many of the problems which concern us all.

Sep. 29- Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown hosts “Knit In” for homeless children at School Dist., 440 N. Broad St., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Collecting hand-made knitted

Speed Cams Don’t Help Where speed cameras are used, the speed limits are artificially low and tickets go out just barely above the speed limit. This is designed to ticket average drivers for profit. Ignored is the fact that speed cameras have been shown to make significant errors. The readings have been wrong, stopped cars were supposedly speeding, and incorrect cars have been cited.

All speed-timing devices and cameras have potential errors which may occur, but not be obvious. In Washington, DC, their own data suggests that speed was a factor in

a scant 3.1% of crashes and that cameras of all types have not improved safety there. This is not rare, since crashes have risen worldwide or stayed steady, after speed cameras were installed.

The so-called experts pushing this also demanded red-light cameras. In Philadelphia, crashes increased after they went in. Then the same people called for stoparm cameras, municipal police radar, etc. All of these devices rely upon poor traffic engineering and predatory enforcement. More crashes and tickets to safe drivers are the norm.

Maximum safety on roads occurs when we have speed limits posted to the 85th percentile freeflowing traffic speed, yellow traffic lights set to the 85th percentile plus an added pad, and stop signs only where needed. When you do the exact opposite, you will cause crashes, ticket safe drivers, and maybe the wrong drivers.

Please contact your state representative, state senator, and the governor to oppose the above in Pennsylvania.

James Sikorski Jr. Penna. Advocate National Motorists Association

hosts Indigenous Peoples Day Party, Clara Muhammad Square Park, 47th and Lancaster, 10 am to 6 pm. For more information, contact Brown’s office at 215-879-6615 Oct. 2- St. Nicholas of Tolentine stages Italian Festival & Parade of Saints at 9th & Morris Sts., starting 12 noon. Family fun. No admission charge.

Oct. 4- 50th Birthday Celebration Fundraiser supports City Commissioner Lisa Deeley at BOP Restaurant, 220 S. Broad St., 5-7 p.m. Sponsorships from $250. RSVP: Barbara Deeley rsvp@deeleyforphilly.com or (215) 332-8456.

Oct. 6- Councilman Bobby Henon hosts Fundraiser at DiBruno Brothers, 1720 Chestnut St., 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tickets $250.

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& crocheted clothes & blankets. For info: Haniyyah Sharpe-Brown (215) 686-3438.

Sep. 29- Simon Friedman hosts BBQ for Lt. Gov. Mike Stack outside 2708 Commerce Way Office Complex, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Sponsors: Gold $10,000, Silver $5,000, Bronze $1,000, Tickets $150.

For info or RSVP: (215) 893-4281 or Brittany@lperrygroup.com.

Sep. 29- Congressional candidate Mary Ellen Balchunis is hosted Fundraiser at Badey, Sloan & DiGenova, PC, 2200 Locust St., 5:30-7:30 p.m. Guest speaker mayor Jim Kenney. Sponsors, $1,000, Patrons $500, Supporters $250, Friends $100. RSVP: Jen Jankauskas (610) 7645430 or jen@Balchunis2016.com.

Sep. 29-Nov. 6- 40 Days for Life Phila. is held at 1144 Locust St., Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-5 pm, Sat. 8 a.m.-3 p.m, For info: Monique Ruberu (469) 231-9084 or Pat Stanton (267) 718-4851.

Sep. 30- State Rep. Angel Cruz hosts Police Dept. Recruitment Drive at 3503 N. B St., Unit 7, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. For info: (215) 291-5643.

Oct. 1- State Rep candidate Matt Darragh hosts Beef & Beer Fundraiser at 2791 Southampton Rd., 6 p,m.

Oct. 1- Rep. Vanessa Lowery Bown

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Ward Leaders Meet To Search For Successor in 197th District

by Tony West Two things are certain: Sometime between tomorrow and Jan. 3, 2017, State Rep. Leslie Acosta (D-Kensington) will leave office, and her replacement will be nominated by the ward leaders of her heavily Latino 197th Legislative Dist.

Who will replace her is very much up in the air, though.

Ward leaders from the district met recently with Congressman Bob Brady (D-Phila.), the chair of the Democratic City Committee.

At that meeting, the name of Noelia Díaz, a Hunting Park political activist, was floated.

Díaz, a senior-care worker, has been active in Emerge Pennsylvania, a group that aims to train and promote Democratic women in political life.

She has not yet been promoted to state rep, however.

Ward leaders who attended that meeting were vociferous in insisting no one has yet

NOELIA DIAZ’S name has been floated as a replacement for State Rep. Leslie Acosta, But ward leaders insist nobody’s got the nod yet and it will be some time before anybody will be chosen. been anointed as Acosta’s successor.

“We need to vet all candidates thoroughly,” said 42nd Ward Leader Elaine Tomlin.

“There have been too many problems in that district. We must find someone with the integrity, the character and the

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Commissioners Undertake Student Voter Initiative

Philadelphia City Commissioner Lisa Deeley organized a partnership between fellow Commissioners Anthony Clark (Chair) and Al Schmidt, the School District of Philadelphia and members of City Council to commemorate National Voter Registration Day on Sept. 27.

Commissioner Deeley, her colleagues at the City Commissioners Office and members of Council traveled to various high schools across the city. The events and school visits have been designed to educate Philadelphia high school seniors on the importance of voting and encourage them to register for the up-

coming November election.

Sixth Dist. City Councilman Bobby Henon recognized National Voter Registration Day last Thursday with Resolution 160732 officially commemorating the day in Philadelphia.

National Voter Registration Day was established in 2012 to alleviate the apparent confusion over the various voterregistration deadlines and to remind people of the importance of voting. Studies show young voter turnout has been generally low in recent elections, and Commissioner Deeley is taking the lead to improve that in the City of Philadelphia this year.

education for the job. It’s got to take time.”

43rd Ward Leader Emilio Vázquez concurred. “That meeting was not about voting for the candidate and no vote was taken,” he said. “We want everyone to stay together at this time and vote for the process instead.”

While he has made no decision on the race, Vázquez would not rule out running for state representative himself.

37th Ward Leader El Amor Brawne Ali was blunter: “Someone’s lying,” she said.

“We won’t endorse anybody until we find out what’s been happening.”

Between them, these three ward leaders cast 41 votes, a majority in the 170th Dist., ensuring no one will be nominated until they are satisfied.

The “problems” Tomlin referred to are the fact that that the last two state representatives to serve that district have been convicted of felonies, in back-to-back years.

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PERFORMERS Louise Liu and Wei Chen dazzled the courtyard area of city hall during their Chinese Opera City Hall Courtyard. A number of acts were performed, including the short plays Drunken Beauty and Honest and Upright Officers, which thrilled the crowd. Photo by Bill Myers.

AS HIS UNION has done in past Vendemmias, Local 98 Business Mgr. John J. Dougherty, Jr. was the Grand Sponsor with 10 tables, and the goodies to fill them. He’s 2nd from l., with Earl Denny, Jay Agnes and Tom Rumbaugh.

STAR-STUDDED stage included Bob Pantano’s Blue Magic’s Jimmy Lee, recording artist Felicia Punzo, tenor Frank Tenaglia and song stylist Peter Canella with music supplied by the Business Orchestra. Photo by Wendell Douglas

AMONG well-known ItaloAmericans in attendance DON LASCA manned the were Mr. & Mrs. Nino Italian Paraphernalia & Sign Tinari. table, which was well visited.

DR. VERNOSE’s right and left arm Theresa McMichen checks in with Johnny Doc to check if there was anything his local needed.

LUCA SENA, famed Philadelphia restaurateur and hotel owner, was seen in front of several of his restaurants stands. He donated food, labor, and friendly glass of wine to all as did others.

VOLUNTEERS were all smiles as they dispensed free wine to the hundreds of visitors at their tent, which featured wines submitted for judging.

PAULA HADDAD got a welcoming hug from Vendemmia founder Dr. Gerard Vernose.

SALUTING the memory of Zia Aurora, who died last Vendemmia Day, were Hammonton and Vineland vintners working together as “GoodFellows.” Winemakers had their entries judged this year as they do so annually, bringing along gallons of their best to give out freely and liberally to over 1,400 attending the annual festival.

WELCOMING guests with a wine salute were these Vendemmia gatekeepers. They made sure over 1,400 guests each received a program and an empty wineglass to insure all enjoyed free wine being dispensed at the 20th annual Harvest SHADY trees and pleasant fall temperatures added to enjoyWHAT a typical table looked like – not including food and Festival in S. Phila. They are Tabitha Mason, Karen Strati, ment for the record turnout at this year’s Vendemmia.

Shannon Boccella, Cavrie Alexander and Diane Mason.

Photo by Wendell Douglas wine given out free to all those attending.

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GINA HEIMAN was happy to get free hot Maglio sausage from Rocco Gallelli of Innovative Catering Stand.

MAESTRO of entertainment enjoyed and danced to by Vendemmia-goers is well-known radio personality Bob Pantano, far r., seen here with State Rep. Maria Donatucci and other celebrities. Entertainment included Richie Rosato, former lead singer of the Duprees. Photo by Wendell Douglas

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CONGRATULATING Vendemmia founder Dr. Gerard Vernose, 3rd from l., on his 20th annual scholarship fundraiser at Girard Square in S. Phila. were Kenny Adams, Sal Massare and Maria Merlino.

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The first presidential debate took place in Hempstead, N.Y., on Monday night.

I feel the 90-minute match was a draw. Yes, HILLARY CLINTON was more organized and had more details. But those attributes are among her strongest assets. While she was good, she did not knock it out of the park.

DONALD TRUMP remained Donald. But he was more restrained and kept on message – for him. If you were a Hillary fan, I am sure you thought she won. If you are a Trump fan, he won.

But the best news for a reluctant Trump supporter (going into the debate): You were relieved, as he did not really jump to the bait. When the moderator asked Trump about his comment that she does not look presidential, Trump only stated and repeatedly that a president needed “endurance” without mentioning her public demonstrations of health problems. I am sure Clinton thinks she nailed him when she came back at him with her extensive visits abroad (over 120). But she has not been Secretary of State for four years.

CARLY FIORINA nailed Trump in her response to his comment about her face. Clinton did not.

I could talk about the debate for hours. However, the interesting thing for us in Philadelphia was the number of times Trump mentioned our city and pointed out the Clinton appearances here. Both have gone to North Philadelphia: Trump to meet with African-American groups and Clinton in an event at Temple University. Both groups are expected (Cont. Page 17)

by Denise Clay It takes a long time to get from Philadelphia to Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. A two-hour bus ride, a hour-long ride from New York’s Penn Station, a cab and a couple of shuttle buses later, I found myself at Hofstra for the first of three presidential debates between Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton Tuesday night.

Those in the know say 100 million folks were probably going to turn on their televisions to watch Lester Holt, anchor of NBC’s “Nightly News” (and the National Association of Black Journalists’ Journalist of the Year) try and help the American public get the information needed to make a responsible decision in the voting booth on Nov. 8.

Part of the reason why I decided to apply for a credential for this debate was because I wanted to see how Holt would manage a debate featuring Hillary Clinton, a woman who is perceived to be an ice queen, and Donald Trump, a man who you could totally see throwing bananas or worse at someone.

He did what he could. Holt tried to control the debate by asking good questions, bringing up topics that might have been of interest to viewers, and fact-checking when he could.

But the debate went from university stage to playground sandbox relatively quickly.

And while both sides will probably engage in a spirited debate about who actually won the debate, the losers, the true losers, were American voters.

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Yo! Here we go again with these ideas sent to me by ‘”Officer Charlie” of the Philadelphia Police Dept. It gives us something to think about with all our new electronic technology, like GPS. A couple of weeks ago, a friend told me someone she knew had their car broken into while they were at a high-school football game. Their car was parked on the green which was adjacent to the football stadium and specially allotted to football fans. Things stolen from the car included a garage-door remote control, some money and a GPS which had been prominently mounted on the dashboard.

When the victims got home, they found their house had been ransacked and just about everything worth anything had been stolen. The thieves had used the GPS to guide them to the house which was listed as ‘home’ on the GPS. They then used the garage remote control to open the garage door and gain entry to the house.

The thieves knew the owners were at the football game, they knew what time the game was scheduled to finish and so they knew how much time they had to clean up the house. It would appear they had brought a truck to empty the house of its contents.

Don’t list your home on the GPS; use a commercial address nearby.

Here’s another case involving a mobile phone. This lady has now changed her habit of how she lists her names on her mobile phone after her handbag was stolen.

Her handbag, which contained her cell phone, credit card, wallet etc., was stolen. Twenty minutes later, when she called her hubby from a pay phone telling him what had happened, hubby says, “I received your text asking about our PIN number and I’ve replied a little while ago.”

When they rushed down to the bank, the bank staff told them all the money was already withdrawn. The thief had actually used the stolen cell phone to text “hubby” in the contact list and got hold of the PIN number. Within 20 minutes, he had withdrawn all the money (Cont. Page 16)

IT WAS REPORTED 5,300 EMPLOYEES were fired from Wells Fargo for attempting to open too many accounts for account holders (?). And that the top bank leaders were not aware of this? So 5,300 workers made up their mind to do this INDEPENDENTLY of one another? Hmm. Wells Fargo CEO, John Stumpf, even testified before Congress.

A few years back, a Stumpf speech was protested by an angry crowd. Stumpf told the crowd he got their message. I have accounts that I never use at Wells Fargo. Mr. Stumpf, maybe I can now close them. And thanks for a major ZAP to the Gross Domestic Product in firing workers. Get the message?

Two police officers have filed a civil suit after their beating by a former EAGLES team member. Great news! It has to be frustrating to be pummeled and no one is prosecuting (?)...When police are involved in a controversial shooting – which generates a lawsuit – remember said suits COST the municipality BIG BUCKS to settle. TAXPAYER MONEY that cannot be used for schools or streets. A recent shooting caused the police chief to comment it had taken place “in a matter of seconds.” Maybe we can extend some of these scenarios to MINUTES, and save embarrassment and tax dollars?

It is important to CELEBRATE the LIVING on their birthdays. Happy “B” Day to Mike CALLAGHAN, a potential James Bond? Also to Judge Sean KENNEDY – just three months to the New Year Parade Judge. And Dr. Va(Cont. Page 15)

A couple of substantial Pittsburgh big shots attended the Pennsylvania bowl at Lincoln Financial Field. We all know who came out on top in that game. The Philadelphia Eagles put a devastating beat-down on our western rivals. But Philadelphia is the City of Brotherly Love, and Eagles fans welcomed their friends from the west.

Former gubernatorial candidate and Highmark Insurance Co. executive DAN ONORATO attended a tailgate in the parking lot along with MAYOR JIM KENNEY. Of course, the out-of-towners didn’t know that wearing opponents’ jerseys is absolutely forbidden. Nonetheless, Onorato reported the Philly fans were just having fun and he had a great time with the ribbing.

Also on hand was AFL-CIO SECRETARY TREASURER FRANK SNYDER. He, too, was politely ribbed. Pittsburgh fans came away understanding that Philly fans are just passionate not rude.

Seen hanging out with Montgomery County STATE SEN. DAYLIN LEACH were STATE SEN. LARRY FARNESE and Pennsylvania SECOND LADY TONYA STACK. Power attorney BILL SASSO was also seen cheering on the Eagles.

Participating in the Pennsylvania Chamber dinner were several former governors, including TOM RIDGE, TOM CORBETT and MARK SCHWEIKER. They held a roundtable that included GOV. TOM WOLF to talk about breezier issues in politics. Gov. Wolf was reportedly one of the better speakers.

LT. GOV. MIKE STACK joined HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE TURZAI, SENATE MAJORITY LEADER JAKE CORMAN and HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER DAVE REED at the same dinner.

Democratic City Committee CHAIRMAN BOB BRADY swiftly condemned STATE REP. LESLIE ACOSTA. The representative pleaded guilty to a federal felony and kept it a secret. Brady called for her resignation the moment the facts became public. Under state law, convicted felons could not serve in the legislature. Soon after, Gov. Wolf also called for her resignation. She continues to serve.

One presidential debate is down already. Thank goodness. Let’s be clear, DONALD TRUMP was not in favor of the Iraq War even though it was he on the “Howard Stern Show,” where he said, “I guess I agree with it.”

Besides that big Oops Moment, the only thing that will likely hurt Trump from the debate is (Cont. Page 17)

SITE of the proposed Temple football stadium.

Courtesy of Temple Update

tor of undergraduate studies, and an associate professor of instruction, supports an oncampus stadium. He is in favor because of what it will do for the community as well as the campus atmosphere. “I think Temple is going to invest in the football team,” Gratson said.

Gratson, who has been an associate professor since 2002, is a self-proclaimed “person who doesn’t like football” but who sees the value in it. It would be a plus for students that attend as well as for alumni. As a person who is not a fan of the sport, Gratson talks about football as if it is woven into the DNA of college life. “Watching a game is a positive thing,” he enthused, adding that a stadium would increase visibility for the school. It would also help transition Temple into what Gratson called “a more residential college.”

There has been some obvious backlash and concern about where the stadium will be built and how that will affect the community and families surrounding the site.

There have been several meet-

ings with the neighboring community so they can be updated on the process and their concerns can be heard as the project develops.

Some North Philadelphia residents, students and faculty of the university are not happy about the proposed stadium.

Stadium Stompers, an organization comprised of community members, students and faculty coming together to stop the proposed stadium, is leading the charge with slogans like: “We say NO to the stadium and NO to gentrification!

We say YES to student, community, and worker power!”

Wende Marshall, an adjunct faculty member for about three years at Temple University and a member of Stadium Stompers, is “irrevocably opposed” to building a stadium in the heart of North Philadelphia. “Building a stadium is harmful to the community,” she said, arguing it hurts the families that already live in the community and would lead to more low-income families.

“A stadium built in an already stressed neighborhood with traffic, noise, crime – drunken students are just dis-

placement gentrification,” said Marshall, who currently teaches intellectual heritage at Temple.

When it comes to the financial side of things, “Other universities have made built stadiums that have not panned out financially,” Marshall alleged. She continued by saying she believes Temple should renegotiate for an affordable rental price of Lincoln Financial Field.

Jackie Wiggins, a 32nd Ward committeeperson in the 11th Division and another Stadium Stompers member, also has strong feelings about a new stadium being built in her neighborhood. She questions, “Why would they be this disrespectful?” Wiggins believes it is an insult to just announce the university has plans to bring in a stadium without getting the community input or consent.

Wiggins, who lives in the community and close to where the stadium will be built, doesn’t want to see the negative effects it will almost certainly bring.

“What does the stadium bring? It brings extra trash, less parking, gentrification, tailgating and parties” Wiggins described. She continued, “Taxes have already gone up.” In her eyes, a new stadium will only increase things for the Residential neighborhood.

One of the things Wiggins hopes to see is a massive meeting where Temple University divulges its entire planning process to the neighborhood instead of delivering it in increments. However, she did applaud the Stadium Stompers coalition as being the first time she has seen a collaboration between Temple students and members of the community.

Among Stadium Stompers’ reasons for opposing the stadium is the following statement on its website: “Temple has repeatedly shown disrespect towards the local Black community, pushing people

out of their homes and using the Temple police force to intimidate community members.

In the poorest major city in the country, in a city with a poverty rate of 30%, a new football stadium is irresponsible and disrespectful. It would displace long-term residents, raise tuition for students, and create disruptive noise, lights, and trash.”

Bringing people together includes people who live inside and outside the Temple community. “I realized that during the Penn State game,” Gratson recalled. “I have never seen something bring people together like that.” He remembers seeing so many people rooting for the Cherry and White, that they could not all have been students; some “had to come from somewhere in the community.”

Temple University has selected the architecture firm Moody Nolan for the project.

Initial reports indicate a portion of the stadium will be submerged. At this time there is no telling what that could mean for the Broad Street subway line near the proposed stadium site.

The stadium will be used primarily for home games, but, according to the university, “Just as the Liacouras Center and the Temple Performing Arts Center host thousands of families at dozens of athletic events and high-school graduations each year, the new football stadium would be able to host Philadelphia’s flagship high-school football games and tournaments, providing a state-of-the-art environment in which to play.” Other uses for the stadium are believed to be used as lecture halls/classrooms. Lecture halls would be located underneath certain seating sections.

The proposed stadium is set to have a capacity of approximately 35,000 seats – about half the size of Lincoln Financial Field. As of now, there is no start or completion date set for it.

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not be at the site of the old William Penn High School.

The actual site is projected to be constructed on Geasey Field, the old home of the Temple Field Hockey Team, which bounded by Broad Street on the east, Norris Street on the north, 16th Street on the west and Montgomery Street on the south. This is also near the site that was the previous location of the beloved Temple Track that was regularly used by a plethora of people in the community until construction began on it for an indoor athletics, recreation and College of Public Health facility.

During his tenure, former Temple President Neil D. Theobald talked about what would accompany the stadium upon its completion, envisioning “three blocks of retail space from Pearson and McGonigle Halls to Norris. Norris over to Broad Street along 16th Street. Small stores, clothing shops, coffee shops, books stores. Retail stores for the community.”

One of the biggest questions: Where will the money come from? Lausch says, “Temple has a fundraising goal of $50 million for this project, and those efforts continue. Debt service on bonds would replace current rent payments and would be supplemented by enhanced revenues and cost savings. The funding plan also includes a $20 million grant from the state. The funding plan would not require any increase in tuition.”

During a Temple Senate hearing in March 2015 on how the school planned to cover the $125 million cost, Theobald mentioned plans to receive $20 million from the state.

This is when Tom Corbett occupied the governor’s office; as of today, according to a source in the Wolf administration, “no money has been given.”

Scott Gratson, director of communication studies, direc-

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by Eldon Graham From the 24-floor-high Morgan Hall to the Temple Towers, Temple University doesn’t lack for visible monuments to its progress and evolution into a top-tier academic institution.

If the school’s administration and legion of football fans have their way, the next architectural and campus landmark will be a state-of-the-art stadium for the resurgent Owls football team.

For years, Temple football has been played under the lights of Lincoln Financial Field. However, recent controversies have led the university to seek out a more accommodating and permanent home.

Brandon Lausch, director of the school’s strategic marketing and communications, says, “The cost to play football at the Linc gets more expensive annually and would more than double under a proposed lease extension. Under its current lease agreement, Temple pays $1 million in rent per year and is facing a rent increase to $3 million annually.”

Some members of Temple’s Board of Trustees believe it would be cheaper to build their own stadium and host their own games and events rather than renting Lincoln Financial Field. Projections indicate the construction costs for the proposed stadium costs to be about $125 million.

The office of Council President Darrell Clarke says before any stadium is approved, let alone built, there needs to be a “rigorous and respectful community engagement process.”

Regarding how close Temple is in the development process, “As of now, and as far as Council President Clarke is concerned, there is no stadium proposal for Council to consider,” Clarke’s spokesperson Jane Roh said.

Contrary to some reports, the stadium’s location would

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Your Public Servants At Work Council to Investigate Rash of Asian Business Robberies City Council unanimously passed a resolution introduced

by Councilman at Large David Oh, which authorizes Council’s Committees on Public Safety, Commerce & Economic Development, and Global Opportunities and Creative/ Innovative Economy to hold a public hearing concerning recent home invasions and armed robberies that have victimized Asian business owners in the city.

Over a dozen armed robberies targeting Asian-owned businesses have occurred in the city since May 2016. Asian food-business owners have been particularly targeted.

In several cases, armed robbers have targeted businesses as well as the residences of these business owners. In most reported incidences, offenders carrying handguns have invaded upstairs residences above food businesses between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m.

Cash and other items of value are taken from businesses and their attached residences.

The targeting of Asian business owners is especially traumatic for immigrant small business owners who speak limited English. While some of the perpetrators have been apprehended, several remain at large. The FBI and the Philadelphia Police Dept. are continuing to work to find suspects and bring justice to these robbery victims.

The City Council hearing about the home invasions and armed robberies will allow Asian business owners and community members to share their input and concerns. It will also serve as an opportunity to hear testimony from law enforcement agencies and community organizations so as to better respond to crimes and coordinate prevention efforts.

“This is a public safety con-

cern. This is an economic concern. This is an international concern, because these episodes can lead toward characterizations of Philadelphia in Asia as a city that is unfriendly to immigrants,” Oh said.

Oh, the Chair of the Committee on Global Opportunities and Creative/Innovative Economy, is working with Councilman Curtis Jones, Jr., the Chair of the Committees on Public Safety and Commerce & Economic Development to quickly schedule a hearing.

Green Holds Hearings On ‘Every Student Succeeds’ Act Councilman at Large Derek Green introduced a resolution authorizing the Committees on the Disabled & Persons with Special Needs to hold joint hearings regarding the Every Student Succeeds Act. On Dec. 10, 2015, President Barack Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act, a reauthorization of the Elementary & Secondary Education Act of 1965, which is the nation’s general education law.

ESSA replaces the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, and corrects the overreliance on uniform federal regulations and educator performance metrics that failed to provide sufficient consideration for the unique situations faced by state and local education authorities, which many consider to be its biggest flaw.

“Having a child with a learning difference like autism, my family has experienced the challenges and limitations of No Child Left Behind,” said Green. “Although it is important to develop education standards, states and local school districts should have the flexibility to create their own education systems that adhere to these standards. In particular, states and school districts should be able to develop tests and other as-

sessments for children with disabilities, disadvantaged students, and children with various differences.”

Rep. Cruz Seeks Tow-Truck Controls In light of recent controversy over possibly illegally towed vehicles in Philadelphia, State Rep. Angel Cruz (DKensington) said there is no better time than now for the House to take up his HB 550, which would increase tow truck operator accountability.

HB 550 would require tow truck operators in Philadelphia to provide the owner of a vehicle with photographic evidence of the violation for which their vehicle was towed.

A copy of the photograph would be given to the vehicle owner when they claim their vehicle.

“Unfortunately, it is not out of the realm of possibility that tow-truck operators could operate in an unscrupulous way and bait drivers into towing traps simply to increase profits,” said Cruz.

HB 550 was introduced in February 2015 and is currently awaiting action in the House Transportation Committee.

Murt Job Fair At Willow Grove State Rep. Thomas Murt (R-Northeast) will host a Job Fair with the Willow Grove Chamber of Commerce.

The event will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 11, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Huntingdon Valley Country Club, 2295 Country Club Drive, in Huntingdon Valley. Admission is free to all job-seekers.

“Our job market is often challenging to navigate,” Murt said. “But companies are seeking workers for all levels of employment. Whether you’re new to the job market or experienced, you will find plenty of help.”

There will be dozens of potential employers at the event, many from Montgomery

County.

For more information, please call (215) 674-3755 or visit www.ewillowgrove.com.

Registration is not necessary, but job seekers are reminded to bring several copies of a resume.

Council Members Seek Help for Local Businesses Councilwomen Blondell Reynolds Brown at Large and 6th Dist. Councilwoman Maria Quiñones-Sanchez introduced legislation that amends the Local Bidding Preference by changing how the city certifies Local Business Entities. The goal of this legislation is to ensure businesses that become eligible for a local bidding price preference have a stronger connection to the city, either through location or employment, than the current code requires.

“Here is what we know: Philadelphia suffers from a 25% poverty rate and 6.9% unemployment rate,” said Reynolds Brown. “Less than 15% of the city’s certified LBEs have their principal place of business in Philadelphia. When the city provides price discounts on city procurement contracts, then that discount should be directed to those local businesses that employ majority Philadelphia residents.”

Under the current code, a LBE is certified if, during the preceding 18 months, the Business Entity has continuously occupied an office within the City, where business is conducted and satisfies at least one of the following requirements: More than half of the Business Entity’s full-time employees work in the City at least 60% of the time; (2) more than 50 of the Business Entity’s full-time employees work in the City at least s60% of the time; or (3) the Business Entity’s principal place of business is located in the City.

Under the proposed legislation, in order for a local business to qualify as a LBE (1) the Business Entity’s principal place of business must be lo-

cated in the City; or (2) the Business Entity satisfies at least two of the three following requirements: (.i) More than 60% of the Business Entity’s full-time employees are reported as Philadelphia Residents on the City of Philadelphia Annual Reconciliation of Employer Wage Tax (.ii) More than 100 of the Business Entity’s full-time employees work in the City according to the City of Philadelphia Annual Reconciliation of Employer Wage Tax; or (.iii) More than three-quarters of the Business Entity’s sales are reported as sales in Philadelphia.

“It is difficult to argue with an effort that is intended to have more of the city of Philadelphia’s contracts … to businesses that are actually located in the city itself,” said A. Bruce Crawley, founder of the African American Chamber of Commerce.

Steven Scott Bradley, Chairman of the AACC, said, “Our hope is that this initiative will result in growth and prosperity of Philadelphia based companies.”

Farnese: State Investment Sparks Business Development A $2.5 million state investment has been approved for Yards Brewing, LLC, a Philadelphia-based craft brewery, State Sen. Larry Farnese (D-S. Phila.) has announced.

“Investing in local businesses has an immediate and dramatic effect on our community,” Farnese said. “It’s all about opportunity.

“Through just this one loan, we’re helping a business expand, further developing our community and growing the current workforce.”

PIDC Financing Corp. was awarded the $2.5 million, 10year loan on behalf of the brewer. Funds for the loan were awarded through the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority.

The company plans to use the funds to purchase machinery and equipment allowing an increase in capacity from

60,000 barrels to more than 200,000 barrels per year. The cost of the total project is estimated at nearly $14 million.

The new investment is expected to create 70 new positions while maintaining 54 existing jobs.

As Democratic chair of the Senate Community Economic & Recreational Development Committee, Farnese noted the importance of state investment in local business.

Reps. Thomas, Bullock Boost Local Entrepreneurs’ Symposium In an effort to help local entrepreneurs grow their small businesses, State Reps.

W. Curtis Thomas and Donna Bullock (both D-Phila.) cohosted a Small-Business Symposium at the Women’s Christian Alliance.

Attendees heard from the Pennsylvania Dept. of Community & Economic Development and other local entrepreneurs who have used government programs and services to help grow their businesses.

“Starting and growing a business from scratch can be difficult work, which is why I am pleased to be able to host this event with Rep. Bullock,” Thomas said. “There are many resources available to small-business owners through the state that are underutilized by the very men and women who need them the most.”

In addition, state and local agencies, nonprofits and other organizations were on hand to provide attendees information about government contracting and consulting, startup training, financing, and real estate assistance.

“Connecting DCED with local entrepreneurs knocks down communication and compliance barriers and opens new doors to partnerships and better relationships,” said Bullock. “In turn, the local business owner can better focus on his or her trade, and that’s a win for the whole community.”

THE LABORERS’ Scholarship Fund Raiser Golf Outing raised over $43,000.00 for students. Honored also were four retired 57 members: Walt Higgins, Dave Gardner, Richard Pew and Harold Watkins.

LOCAL 57 members proudly joined their union brothers in the Labor Day parade.

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DOING GOOD for others, Laborers’ Local 57 donated hundreds of uniform vouchers for students at Homer School in N.W. Phila. Young Teimron Carter and his mother, Katie Carter, show their voucher, handed to them by Local 57 President Stanley Sanders and his associates Kia Middleton and Estebán Vera.

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Historic Preservation Needs a Truce – Then a Plan

WALKING (Cont. From Page 10) lerie ARKOOSH, Vice Chair of MONTCO Commissioners.

Also Philly historian Joe POULTRONE. Ward Leaders must decide on a replacement for State Rep. Leslie ACOSTA. I nom-

urban planning. Currently head of Drexel University’s Lindy Institute for Urban Planning, he long led the University of Pennsylvania’s clinical design program, PennPraxis, which brought community input to major development issues in the 2000s, when Philadelphia’s economy and real estate were stagnant.

Today, large-scale development is no pipe dream. It’s happening in many neighborhoods and its pace is fast. The BIA’s members represent developers. They want to know in advance what they can do and what they can’t do before they plan to build.

In a long walk down Philadelphia’s Memory Lane, Steinberg argued the city’s architectural community has always been preservationist – that’s why we have so many elegant and interesting buildings and neighborhoods from earlier eras.

At the same time, he pointed out Philadelphia’s development has always been dynamic. “It has been built and rebuilt over time,” he said. Almost every structure we regard as “historic” today was built upon the site of an older structure that was torn down to make way for something else.

Historic significance is not simply a matter of age, Steinberg insisted. Most old buildings are not worth preserving for their own sake. But, he insisted, “Philadelphia has an inherent scale and character that has significant value.”

Preserving this value when new projects are on the table is a subtle challenge; “there is a struggle to achieve a balance,” he said.

Philadelphia has long been known for arcane, arbitrary zoning policies that stifle development. The zoning reform of 2012 went a long way to fix

inate Manny MORALES! But first, Judge Slomsky’s unsealing of the guilty plea needs to be EXPANDED to include details of her plea, and memo of the plea agreement for public view....An alleged STRAW purchase of a rifle by a worker in the DA’s Office?

Not good. It was former DA Lynne ABRAHAM who

CLAMPED DOWN on straw purchases of weapons. Come back, LYNNE! Chaka FATTAH’s lawyers appeared before federal judge Harvey BARTLE to vacate Chaka’s conviction. They cite the US Supreme Court’s overturning the conviction of Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell. Maybe Judge

URBAN PLANNER Harris Steinberg called for a “truce” between historical preservationists and developers. this, but problems remain.

Brian Emmons, a Toll Brothers executive and current president of the BIA, groused to Steinberg, “What we now have is preservation by retaliation” – by lawsuit, that is, when neighbors or historians take offense to a proposed de-

velopment that otherwise looks legal and economically attractive.

Steinberg did not take sides on Jewelers’ Row. He chose to address the future of history instead.

A few other cities have adopted comprehensive historical-preservation plans, he noted. Charleston, S.C., led the way with such a program in 1974. Today it enjoys a splendid urban landscape of antebellum architecture that coexists happily with bustling commercial life. Los Angeles and Fort Worth followed suit a dozen years ago and are actively working on their plans.

A good plan takes time, Steinberg said, because its first step must be a comprehensive citywide inventory of what’s historically valuable and what isn’t.

A plan is never initiated without leadership, he said. In Los Angeles, for instance, the

Getty Foundation floated the idea and made a multimilliondollar commitment to it. In Charleston, a popular, longserving mayor drove the project.

But Philadelphia, lamented Steinberg, “is post-Quaker.

We abhor leadership.”

Where might the leadership for Philadelphia’s historic plan be found? Steinberg nominated no one, although he commented the William Penn Foundation is “everybody’s favorite ATM.” Serious planning for Philadelphia’s preservation may make new sense with its recent designation as a World Heritage City. Nobody is really clear yet what this means for the city’s future; but if it can lead to a boom in tourism and other international business opportunities, it may be wise to lay ground rules now for how to grow and preserve at the same time.

Bartle is not convinced. If Chaka gets bad news, then ALMOST CERTAINLY he should appeal.... I repeat my view that federal judges ought to be rotated every decade to another district. FBI Special Agents in Charge are rotated.

We avoid familiarity and a STODGY court. Look at the vibrant Philly Common Pleas

and Municipal Court, where judges move from civil to criminal to family courts.

To reporters of trials: Don’t add your OPINION. I don’t want it. You are not a lawyer. Just REPORT THE STORY. Don’t run a parallel trial; judges and jurors will deal with trials. The Society of Professional Journalists

Code of Ethics urges to Do Little Harm.... The detractorposting persons who assailed Councilman Al TAUBENBERGER’S “Puppy Love” comment had to really choke it out after numerous posts blasting DEMS. But TAUBENBERGER was spot on with a CORRECT analysis.

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by Tony West Philadelphia needs a better way to handle the challenges of historic preservation as it enters a new cycle of dynamic development, Harris Steinberg told the Building Industry Association’s annual conference at the National Museum of American Jewish History on Sept. 22.

He was referring to the recent outcry over Toll Brothers’ proposal to demolish part of iconic Jewelers’ Row to build a luxury residential high-rise. But Steinberg cited similar conflicts in Philadelphia over the past few decades – and called them dysfunctional.

“We need a truce,” he said. “We need a way forward.” Steinberg urged an official historical-preservation plan for the entire city as that way.

Steinberg may be Philadelphia’s pre-eminent scholar of

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RCC Deputy Dir. Annie Havey bestows a birthday cake on Republican leading light State Sen. Scott Wagner at the Republican Happy Hour at Paddy Whack’s on South Street.

THESE enthusiasts lined up to hear GOP campaigners: l.r., Joan Seals, Amy Struss, Ward Leader Barbara Coxe, Dr. Carolina Baltazar Harris, Samm Jass and Leonora Cravotta.

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strong supporter of Donald Trump, but he spoke more of his support of his friend PAT TOOMEY. The business meeting on Saturday morning had no surprises. There were Pennsylvania political updates from State HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER DAVE REED and STATE SEN. SCOTT WAGNER. National political updates were offered by CONGRESSMEN SCOTT PERRY, MARK MURPHY and TOM MARINO. Marino had one of the more humorous comments when he reminded US HOUSE MINORITY LEADER NANCY PELOSI

called him “insignificant” on the House floor and now Clinton thinks he is “deplorable.”

The Philadelphia delegation of the 350-member State Committee in attendance consisted of Republican City Committee CHAIRMAN JOE DEFELICE, RCC VICE CHAIRMAN MIKE CIBIK, RCC GENERAL COUNSEL MIKE MEEHAN and 66TH WARD COMMITTEEWOMAN CAMILLE McCOLGAN, as well as WARD LEADERS DENISE FUREY, LINWOOD HOLLAND, CALVIN TUCKER, CHRIS VOGLER and WALT VOGLER.

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pay for all of it.

Trump was asked the same question.

But I’m not quite sure that he actually answered it.

“Jobs are fleeing the country,” he said to begin his treatise. “They’re going to Mexico and other countries and no one in our country can fight it.

We’re losing our good jobs.

Mexico is building some of the biggest plants. The United States? Not so much. We have to stop our jobs from being stolen. Ford is leaving. Other companies are leaving….”

There were two problems with what he said. One, it didn’t answer the question.

Two, some of it wasn’t true.

Almost immediately, Ford sent a tweet disavowing Trump’s statement. While they are making investments in Mexico, they’re committed to Detroit … and have even tried to explain that to the Republican nominee.

“We shared the facts about Ford’s US jobs and invest-

ment,” a Ford spokeswoman told Market Watch. OK….

For some reason, Holt felt the need to bring up the subject of race relations. I get it. He’s the only Black person moderating one of these clambakes.

With incidents of police brutality happening as frequently as they have, it makes sense to have the conversation.

But it also takes maturity. And that wasn’t there at this debate.

I’m going to touch a little more on this in my next column.

Unfortunately, we have two more of these events left.

Hopefully, they’ll be a little more informational.

(Cont. From Page 12) his continued insistence he will not release his tax returns. Who knows what he’s afraid of other than the fact that he’s a billionaire who doesn’t pay any taxes? Maybe some Americans will wake up to the whole idea that the only wall that really exists is the one between the super-rich who pay no or little taxes and play by their own rules, and the rest of us who work for a living and pay our taxes. Guys like Trump think we’re the suckers.

(Cont. From Page 12) It started well enough, with Holt asking Clinton why she felt she’d be better at improving the nation’s economy than her opponent. She answered the question in a way that would indicate she had actually heard it.

“We have to make the economy fairer to everyone,” she said. “We need jobs that are an investment in the future. We need to raise the minimum wage. We need to have equal pay for women’s work. And I would like to see businesses engage in profitsharing. It shouldn’t be just the executives that benefit from a company’s success.

Everyone should.”

She also called for programs that help people better balance work and family, free college tuition, and an increase in taxes on the rich to

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could not enter the club during the protest and was advised by a police officer to come back in an hour because it may not be safe for her. The protestors intended to enter the club; at least one succeeded and was arrested. Trump, according to Toretti, raised $2.4 million between these two Pennsylvania fundraisers.

Toretti was also one of the speakers at the fall meeting of the Pennsylvania Republican Party’s State Committee. The keynote speaker on Friday night was Arkansas SEN. TOM COTTON. Cotton is the youngest serving Senator at 39 years of age. He is a

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(Cont. From Page 12) to be challenges for them.

Trump is polling poorly with African Americans and Clinton is still struggling to energize young former Bernie supporters.

Trump was in Philadelphia last Thursday at the Ritz-Carlton for a fundraiser. Earlier that day, he was in Pittsburgh to give a speech at the Shale Insight Conference. The conference is sponsored by the Marcellus Shale Coalition, which holds the event annually, fluctuating between Philadel-

unnecessary restrictions placed on natural gas and crude exploration and development. Unlike the early Trump, he was specific on the restrictions he would lift and the potential economic befits of his proposal.

After the conference, he went to a fundraiser at the Duquesne Club (Pittsburgh’s version of the Union League).

The protesters outside of the club only amounted to about 100 people, but the police were nervous enough to have roughly 40 officers in full riot gear. One conference attendee who was staying at the Duquesne Club told me she

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Former CEO of S.W. Jack Drilling, CHRISTINE TORETTI, introduced Trump.

Toretti sold the business a few years ago. She is also one of our three Pennsylvania representatives on the Republican National Committee.

His speech began by addressing the recent violence in Charlotte. He also stated Pennsylvania is important to his campaign and any eventual victory.

On energy, specifically the Marcellus and Utica Shales, he stated, “America is sitting on a treasure trove of energy.” He promised to lift the

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