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AS PHILADELPHIA goes, so goes Penna. in the presidential election. That’s why National AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, 2nd from L, came to town for the second time in a month to rev up support, this time from 300 union workers, for Hillary Clinton.

With him, touring the Fox Street Brown ShopRite, whose workers belong to UFCW Local 1776, were Phila. Council AFL-CIO President Pat Eiding, UFCW 1776 President Wendell Young and host owner Jeff Photo by Wendell Douglas Brown.

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USS Murtha: Ship like a Sparrow

by Joe Stivala At first glance, the USS John Murtha looks like 25,000 tons of steel and aluminum with no resemblance to a fighting ship. Look closer, and you can discern weapons systems and aviation capability. She can launch four aircraft at one time to fight other aircraft, support troops and bomb targets. The ship is the tenth of its class, and a technological leap forward. She is armed with two missile launchers and two cannons for ship defense.

The crew size of 400 doubles when Marines are embarked for her combat mission of projecting power ashore.

The 684-foot-long ship can move at 25 mph, and has an expected 40-year lifespan.

But a surprise is inside. It is a huge cavern or convention hall of many levels.

This interior is filled with fighting equipment to land on a beach. You may have seen old WWII movies where troops land on an enemy beach anyway they could, from odd vessels of all sorts.

Today, the ship’s well deck can be flooded, and the rear of the ship opened – so that tanks, jeeps, troops and vehicles can go ashore to fight. Air Cushion Vehicles can float out and leap into the air, carrying a tank, and fly ashore – and go inland or disembark the tank and troops on land!

The ship has voids below

CONGRESSMAN Bob Brady and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi applaud the crew of the USS John Murtha as they march by, after the time-honored command is given to “bring the ship to life” in commissioning ceremony at Penn’s Landing Saturday.

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NAACP Annual Awards Mark 105th Year

THE 2016 PHILA. NAACP Awards Gala marked 105 years of service to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights without discrimination based on race. This year’s NAACP Lifetime Achievement Awardee, Juanita Jones Abernathy, was at the forefront of the creation of the civil-rights movement along with her late husband Ralph David Abernathy. Seen here at gala are Kwame Abernathy, son; Juanita Jones Abernathy; Rodney Muhammad, president, NAACP, Phila. Branch; Charisse R. Lillie, VP, community investment, Comcast; and Community Service Award Honoree John Chin, executive director, Phila. Chinatown Development Corp., Business Service Award Honoree.

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Qa’id Staten Fund Awards Over $10,000 to Collegians CAPT. KEVIN PARKER, commanding officer of USS John Murtha, C, tries out a joke on Joe Inemer, president of Local 16N Printers, and Capt. John Anderson, executive officer of US Coast Guard Sector base in Phila. Photo by Joe Stivala the well deck to lower her enemy radar. A 10,000-ton stance in the water. They were Navy vessel can appear on used to lower her 15 feet to enemy radar with the radar clear the Walt Whitman signature of a sparrow.

Bridge.

There is another mission Yes, the hull and super- for ships of this type: As you structure seem to have none of read this, a sister ship of the the angles and elongated Murtha is providing disaster shapes of normal ships. That care in Haiti with supplies, is “stealth” designing with old electrical power for a small metal shaping, and special city, medical care and secupaint and fibers that deflect rity.

Stack, Kenney Honor Irish Culture

FAMED landmark of Irish culture Abbey Theatre’s Chairman Dr. Bryan McMahon, L, received an honorary proclamation at City Hall from Lt. Gov. Mike Stack, while the Abbey is in Phila. to produce Sean O’Casey’s play, “The Plough & the Stars.” Stack is an old family friend of McMahon.

MAYOR Jim Kenney displayed his deep love of Irish Nobelist poet William Butler Yeats by reading one of his poems in City Hall Conversation Hall.

The Samuel Staten, Sr. Charitable Trust’s Qa’id Staten Memorial Scholarship Fund has awarded over $10,000 in academic scholarships to deserving collegiate students in need in its Fall 2016 cycle.

Applications for the Spring 2017 cycle of the Qa’id Staten Memorial Scholarship Fund are currently being accepted before the Nov. 1, 2016 deadline.

All materials, including application, essays, FASFA, official transcript and midsemester grade reports are due by this date. Late-arriving application materials cannot be considered. Visit statencharitabletrust.org/ application.php to apply and learn more about the rules and requirements. Awards for the Spring 2016 cycle will be announced by Dec. 1, 2016.

The Qa’id Staten Memorial Scholarship Fund is specifically designated to assist qualified students in their educational endeavors.

Qa’id Staten, the youngest son of Samuel Staten, Sr., business manager of Laborers’ Local 332, was murdered just months before he was to attend Howard Uni-

versity. In his memory, The Qa’id Staten Memorial Scholarship Fund’s mission is to work to help defray the costs of tuition, books and on campus housing for students who would not be able to attend these institutions without some form of monetary assistance.

“My first year of college was no easy task but with this scholarship I was able to thrive and focus in a way I couldn’t have without it,” said one scholarship recipient.

Donations are what makes these scholarships possible. To donate, visit statencharitabletrust.org/donate.php.

The mission of The Samuel Staten, Sr. Charitable Trust is to provide a variety of services to the needy and otherwise underserved community members throughout the five county area of Philadelphia. This mission is achieved through a variety of fundraising events and activities. The Samuel Staten, Sr. Charitable Trust illustrates the power of organized labor to make a difference in our community.

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DOZENS of Korean War vets received “Ambassador of Peace” awards at St. Katherine.

Officer Terry Devlin collected COUNCILMAN Al Taubenberger congratulates Korean his award from State Rep. Mike War veteran Warren Bartlett at St. Katherine of Siena Driscoll on behalf of Edward Church in Torresdale as Lt. Col. James Williams looks on.

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Rep. Taylor Hosts Seniors in Port Richmond

STATE REP. John Taylor, R, is sought out for counsel by constituent Joe Dunphy at his annual Cohocksink Rec Sen- S. PHILA. Ward Leader Matty Myers took a trip across town – and across the aisle – to visit State Rep. ior Expo in Port Richmond.

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Labor Understands Value of Philly Voter Turnout

by Joe Shaheeli Pennsylvania labor leaders know there may be a problem getting out all the Democrats necessary to tilt this state into Hillary Clinton’s win column.

They made their concern known with massive workers’ rallies around the state last weekend, especially in this city.

Knocking at doors around the city were well-known Philadelphia labor leaders accompanied by their rank-andfile membership.

Joining US Senate candidate Katie McGinty, AFT President Randi Weingarten, PFT President Jerry Jordan and State Rep. Joanna McClinton, City Council Members Helen Gym and Jannie Blackwell at one event were hundreds of laborunionists, including some from surrounding states, for a rally and all-day voter canvass.

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dent Richard Trumka, along with Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO President Pat Eiding and UFCW 1776 President Wendell Young, toured the Fox Street ShopRite, which employs 300, all members of UFCW. They told the workers how important this presidential election to union employees everywhere was.

“Pennsylvania is a critical state in a most-critical election,” said Jordan. “Everything, from the makeup of the US Supreme Court, to the future of public education, is on the line. We must do all we can to get people to the polls.”

Service Employees International Union organized for Joe Hohenstein, who is running against 177th Dist. incumbent State Rep. John Taylor (RNortheast), the odds-on favorite in that race.

Worrying labor politicos is the fact new Republican registrations have topped 243,000

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Casa Farnese Turns 50

MEMBERS of the Farnese family attended 50th anniversary party of Casa Fermi apartment building, city’s first senior housing development, founded by late Andrew Farnese. From left are Jean Farnese, Mark Farnese, State Sen. Larry FarPhoto by Wendell Douglas nese and Marco Farnese. in the past year. Of these, over 97,000 Democrats have switched to the Republican Party since the beginning of this year, compared to 38,000 Republicans switching to Democrat.

Other indications of a lower turnout for Hillary Clinton from Democratic supporters compared to what President Barack Obama racked up in his two presidential elections are various marches by wellknown Democratic activist groups this last month. In addition, what had been billed as “a million march of mothers” turned out several hundred, raising the question: Are Philadelphia’s Democratic voters a bit turned off?

Both Parties Agree Elections Are Honest Donald Trump doesn’t fully understand how elections are run in this city, this state, and elsewhere around the country.

Otherwise, he would know they don’t take place by happenstance. There are agencies in charge of ensuring every individual gets to exercise his right to vote.

That’s why Philadelphia elected officials from both major parties took the time to

repudiate Trump’s claim he could lose Pennsylvania due to voter fraud. “The real threat to the integrity of elections in Philadelphia isn’t voter fraud, though it does rarely occur,” said Al Schmidt, vice chairman of the City Commission and the three-member board’s lone Republican. “The real threat to the integrity of elections is irresponsible accusations that undermine confidence in the electoral process.”

City Council President Darrell L. Clarke, a Democrat, said, “This is a clear attempt to stoke the biases of individuals across the country. If you look at the locations where he has gone in Pennsylvania, they are extremely predominantly whitemajority municipalities, to talk about what could happen in places like Philadelphia.”

Congressman Bob Brady (D-Phila.), chairman of the Democratic City Committee, said he was happy to hear Trump’s vice presidential candidate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, say over the weekend, “There will be a fair and honest election in the city of Philadelphia.”

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Councilwoman at Large Helen Gym has created an unnecessary problem for herself.

She might be losing some of her Asian American voter support by her challenging a food-truck business operating on the Drexel University campus. She didn’t like the name, considering it an affront to the Chinese community.

She demanded a food truck titled Wheely Wheely Good Food undergo a name change.

The truck’s owner, Chinese American Alanna Li, was told by the councilwoman to change the name and the truck’s design.

Li said Gym had threatened to ban them from various nightmarket events. Li won’t budge and since word spreads quickly among Asian businesses of her action, we suggest Gym make an about-face.

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Sixty-four-year-old Calvin Tucker has long served as a GOP Black ward leader.

Today, he is a Donald Trump surrogate in Pennsylvania. He recently moderated a meeting

Kenney Move A Smart One Mayor Jim Kenney is getting involved in the stalled Philadelphia teachers’-contract negotiations, directing a top lieutenant to intervene in the talks. “Talented educators have gone far too long without a fair contract or salary increases, and we risk losing many talented educators to other fields or school districts,” Kenney said. “This is simply not fair and it’s not good for our kids.”

If his effort doesn’t work, we suggest he go to the city’s top mediator, Congressman Bob Brady, who has a long history of mediation successes in strenuous conflicts.

A Write-In Campaign Set for 197th District A write-in campaign is just about the hardest way to get into elected office. Most appear in primary campaigns where there is a chance to get the voters’ attention and possibly interest them in using a rubber stamp or writing in the

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between Trump and Black leaders here in Philadelphia last month.

He also is leader of the Pennsylvania Black Republican Council, and he’s spending his days working to convince African American voters Trump is the candidate for them.

He’s got a lot to gain and little to lose. If Donald Trump, win or lose, does well in Philadelphia on Election Day, look for Tucker’s reputation to grow among Republicans nationally.

candidate’s name, or using a sticker to place on the exposed paper ballot inside the polling machine.

In the presidential election campaign that is drawing to a close, as vitriolic as has ever been witnessed in this country, the sides are determined.

Voters will be going into the polls Nov. 8 with one mindset: their need to cast their vote for president. So imagine trying to stop each voter and asking them to participate in a write-in vote.

But Edward Lloyd, 47, committeeman in 42/6, has already spent money for badges, rubber stamps and stickers, enough to stage a serious write-in campaign for 197th Legislative Dist. seat now held

by State Rep. Leslie Acosta (D-N. Phila.). He hopes the news of her problems with the Feds will energize voters in that predominantly Latino district to take the time to cast a write-in vote for him.

estingly, Montana (41%), North Dakota (59%), Minnesota (38%), Wisconsin (46%), and Michigan (37%) plan to vote independent in the election.

The majority of Americans like gun control. According to the Pollfish survey, 55% of Americans support stricter guncontrol laws, while 31% are opposed to it and 15% are neutral.

Three out of four Americans want the rich to pay their fair share. When asked whether they support raising the income tax for incomes over $250,000, 75% of Americans answered, “Yes.” Only 13% of Americans are against raising the income tax on the rich, and 12% are neutral.

Most Americans are opposed to increased immigration. All 50 states — 56% of Americans — do not support the increased flow of immigrants into the country. Eighteen percent of Americans are in favor of increased immigration, while 26% are neutral.

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Many Groups, Unions Line up for Rafferty

Pollfish.com claims it has a real-time mobile survey platform that reaches 320 million mobile users worldwide. It declares 27% of Americans are choosing to vote for neither of the big-ticket candidates.

The survey revealed some surprising opinions on the candidates and wedge issues: Wyoming is the biggest Trump supporter of all states, with 59% of Wyoming residents planning to vote for him (vs. 18% for Hillary). Vermont is the most-fervent Hillary country, at 52% in favor (vs. 15% for Trump).

The northerly states plan to vote for neither candidate. Inter-

The John Rafferty for Attorney General campaign has the endorsement of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business & Industry, National Federation of Independent Business and the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association.

Chamber President Gene Barr said, “John Rafferty’s previous role as a deputy attorney general, coupled with his experience practicing law in the private sector make him uniquely qualified to be Pennsylvania’s next Attorney General.”

His campaign has also been endorsed by the Pennsylvania State Troopers Association; Attorneys are both board certified by the American Bankruptcy Certification Board.

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42nd Ward Swings!

42ND WARD Democratic Leader Elaine Tomlin is known for her spectacular fall galas. Attending, L-R, were Jim Harrity, Ward Leader El Amore Brawne Ali, Tomlin, judicial candidate Todd Eagen, Ward Leader Shirley Gregory and Photo by Wendell Douglas Mitch Kates.

AMONG hundreds of partygoers at Concilio were, L-R, Wayne Jacobs, State Rep. Leslie Acosta and Lee Lacy.

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EDWARD & ZAHIR Damon weren’t about to let rain dampen their family fun. As NEIGHBOR to Neighbor, State Sen. Anthony Williams’ fall Cheyenne clambered up to get kickoff, throve in Cedar Park despite blustery weather. Joining a better view, she was shelWilliams, L, were Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell, former tered by Daddy’s umbrella.

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Unconstitutional Gaming Act Hurts City Schools

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According to Auditor General Eugene DePasquale, the General Assembly needs to immediately pass changes to the Pennsylvania Racehorse Development & Gaming Control Act to resolve constitutional issues with the so-called “local-share assessment.”

At stake is the fact local governments could lose a total of $140 million a year, endangering services to residents.

The State Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional the local-share assessment provision of the gaming act which requires casinos to pay to local municipalities 2% of slot-machine revenues, or a minimum of $10 million a year.

The justices ruled the provision violated the tax-uniformity clause of the Pennsylvania Constitution and issued a 120-day stay to enable the General Assembly to correct the Act’s unconstitutional provision.

The Philadelphia School District receives an average of $5 million annually from this mechanism. It is particularly disappointing at a time when PSD has struggled to right its budget despite paltry support from Harrisburg.

DePasquale said the failure by the legislature to correct the local-share assessment provision could be devastating for large and small municipalities.

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History Check

was, from 1980-1984. Mayor Green is 100% of authentic Irish decent, maternal and paternal, and he was elected Mayor at the tender age of 40.

Kenney became Mayor at age 58.

Mayor Green had the youngest mayoral cabinet, average age in mid-30s, and was the youngest mayor since the Civil War. It was the first Philadelphia Mayoral Cabinet with a man or woman of color, appointing Managing Dir. W. Wilson Goode. But it was the last mayoral inaugural cabinet that was all male – six of six.

Secondly, Mayor Tate didn’t become Philadelphia Mayor “in the late ’60s,” as Sam says.

Tate served as City Council president until he became acting Philadelphia mayor in Feb. 12, 1962, when Mayor Richardson Dilworth resigned to run for governor of Pennsylvania. From that date until Jan. 6, 1964, Tate served simultaneously as both acting mayor and City Council president.

Tate was elected mayor in November of 1963 and reelected in 1967.

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Oct. 20- State Sen. Christine Tartaglione hosts Senior Expo at Philadelphia Protestant Ho., 6500 Tabor Rd., 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Sheriff Williams’ office to dispense gunlocks free.

Oct. 20- State Rep. Joanna McClinton offers SEPTA Key photo ID for seniors at Walnut

Pk. Plaza, 6250 Walnut St., 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Lunch also served. Free. For info: (215) 748-6712.

Oct. 20- Councilman David Oh hosts a fundraiser at Smith’s Restaurant & Bar, 39 S. 19th St., #41, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Oct. 20- Congressional candidate Mary Ellen Balchunis hosts Reception at Boxers PHL, 1330 Walnut St., 5:308 p.m. Tickets $50, Supporters $100, Friends $250, Sponsors $500, Patrons

$1,000, Benefactors $2,700.

Sponsorships available. For info: Karen Sugarman (215) 370-1423.

Oct. 20- State Rep. John Taylor hosts Fundraiser by Distilling & Pub Food at New Liberty Distillery, 1431 N. Cadwallader St., 6-9 p.m.

Tickets $250. For sponsorship or tickets: (215) 545-2244.

Oct. 20- State Rep. Stephen Kinsey presents “Saving Money with COSTARS” Workshop at Citizens Bank, 5500 Germantown Ave., 6-8

p.m. For info: (215) 849-6592.

Oct. 21- State Rep. Angel Cruz offers free flu shots at 3503 N. B St., #7, 10 a.m.1p.m. For info: (215) 291 5643.

Oct. 21- S.W. Phila. District Services hosts Candidates Night at Kingsessing Rec. Ctr., 50th & Kingsessing Ave., 6-8:30 p.m. For info: Mike Ross (484) 250-9055.

Oct. 21- 26th Ward GOP hosts Fall Festival at Waterfall Rm., Snyder & Water Sts. (off Front St.). For info: (215) 468-2300.

Oct. 22- State Rep. Angel Cruz and Sheriff Jewell Williams offer safe disposal of unused or expired medications at 3503 B St., corner of Tioga, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Oct. 22- State Rep. John Taylor “Drug Take Back Day” at two

locations: Frankford & Cottman Aves. and Campbell Sq., Allegheny Ave. & Belgrade St., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Safely dispose of old medications.

Oct. 22- State rep candidate Matt Darragh and labor leaders host Day of Action & Unity Rally for N.E. Democrats with Katie McGinty at Plumbers Union Ha., 2791 Southampton Rd., rally 11 a.m., canvassing starts 12 m. For info: Daniel Kalai (215) 518-8374 or dan@mattdarragh.com.

Oct. 22- State Rep. Donna Bullock hosts BrewFair at 27th & Girard Ave., 12-7 p.m. Featuring Girard Ave. Commercial Corridor. Live entertainment.

For info: (215) 684-3738.

Oct. 22- Children’s Scholarship Fund hosts citywide K-8 Grade School Fair at Girard Coll., 2101 S. College Ave., 12-3 p.m.

Oct. 22- Democratic Women of Phila. and Senior Citizens of Gloria Jacob Manor invite candidates to address them at Gloria Jacob Manor, 1100 Fairmount Ave., 1-4 p.m.

Bring handouts.

Oct. 22- State Rep. Mike Driscoll hosts Comedy Night at Curran’s Irish Inn, 6900 State Rd., 7:30 p.m. Standup comedy stars, food, beer & fun. Tickets $50.

Oct. 23- Shaare Shamayim hosts Meet the Candidates Brunch at 9753 Verree Rd., 10 a.m. Free. For info: Ruth Horwitz (215) 913-1991.

Oct. 25- State Sen. Shirley Kitchen hosts Medicare Counseling Services today, Nov. 15 & 16 at 1701 E. Lehigh Ave., Su. 104. For app’t: (215) 456-7600.

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Your “City Hall Sam” column (Oct. 13) has interesting information and perspective that Sam frequently shares to well inform your readers.

But also two big errors this time: one about mayoral Irish ethnicity and one about mayoral chronology.

The column erroneously stated, “Kenney is the first mayor of Philadelphia of Irish descent since Mayor Jim Tate in the late ’60s.”

Tate wasn’t the last Philadelphian mayor of Irish descent before Kenney. VeryIrish Mayor Bill Green III

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Sheet Metal Enjoys Fairway

HAPPY golfers included, from left, Kelly Holgate, Kristen Thress, Howard Van Buren, SHEET METAL Workers Local 19 and sup- Gary Masino, Jr., Local 19 Business Mgr. porters took to the fairway last week for its Gary Masino, Sr., Louie Coppolino, Tony Golf Outing at Northampton Valley Country Iannucci and Tommy Klingenberg.

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(Cont. From Page 9) Oct. 26- State Rep candidate Billy Pounds hosts Election Day Fundraiser at JD McGillicuddy’s, 473 Leverington Ave., starting 6 p.m.

Oct. 27- State Sen. Tina Tartaglione hosts Senior Expo at Community Acad. of Phila.

Charter Sch., 1100 E. Erie Ave., 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Oct. 27- State Rep. Joanna McClinton offers SEPTA Key photo ID for seniors at Presbyterian Homes, 2050 S. 68th St., 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Lunch also served. Free. For

info: (215) 748-6712.

Oct. 27- Shawn Dillon’s 66A Ward hosts Election Celebration at DC 21, 2980 Southampton Rd., 6-9 p.m. Tickets $35.

Make checks payable to “Friends of 66A Ward.”

Oct. 27- State Rep. Angel Cruz hosts Breast Cancer Awareness at Antonia Pantoja Charter Sch., 4101 N. American St., 6-8 p.m. For info: (215) 291-5643.

Oct. 27- State Rep. Stephen Kinsey and Councilwoman Cindy Bass host Town Hall Mtg. at Ctr. In the Park, 5818 Germantown Ave., 6-8 p.m.

For info: (215) 849-6592.

Oct. 27- State Rep. Pam DeLissio hosts Town Hall Mtg. at Falls Ridge Comm.

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by Denise Clay It may appear that the presidential race is the only game in town this 2016 election season, but it isn’t.

While the dumpster fire that is the presidential race between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton has sucked much of the oxygen out of the political room, a fairly significant chunk of congressional seats are also up for grabs.

Among those is the US Senate seat belonging to Republican Sen. Pat Toomey. He’s running against Democrat Katie McGinty, Gov. Tom Wolf’s former chief of staff, for a second term in the seat that he took from the late Sen. Arlen Specter.

Unfortunately for Toomey, he’s doing it during the Age of Trump, so he’s got to walk a tightrope between appearing independent (or, as I like to call it, self-preservation) to the folks who look at Donald Trump and run from the room screaming, but not so much distance that he alienates the Trump supporters he’s going to need to win.

Meanwhile, McGinty is trying to tie Trump around her opponent’s neck like a concrete block in an effort to sink him.

The fact that this race is polling within the margin of error with McGinty slightly ahead shows that the block is doing its job.

Which is why it made sense that Toomey’s support of Trump was the first question asked when Toomey and McGinty took to the stage at Pittsburgh’s KDKA-TV studios for the first Senate Debate Tuesday night.

While I’m pretty sure this was the last question that (Cont. Page 13)

STATE SEN. JOHN SABATINA held his 5th Dist. picnic at Cannstatter’s banquet hall on Academy Road last Saturday. Among ward leaders in attendance were MIKE McALEER of the 66B Ward, JOHN SABATINA, SR. of the 56th Ward, BILL DOLBOW of the 35th Ward and BOB DELLAVELLA of the 55th Ward.

State Rep candidate MATT DARRAGH was also on hand. Darragh is running a very tough race against the incumbent STATE REP. MARTINA WHITE. White recently introduced her response to MAYOR JIM KENNEY’S Sanctuary City plan. Her bill in the State House punishes cities that attempt to offer sanctuary to immigrants. She received a very tough interrogation on the House floor from other Philadelphia legislators, including STATE REPS. BRIAN SIMS and JORDAN HARRIS. The Northeast Ward Leaders will gather again to sort out their issues. Mike McAleer continues to serve as chair. City Democratic CHAIRMAN BOB BRADY will attend the Northeast Ward Leaders meeting in an effort to continue to foster unity.

Montgomery County Democrats will honor their former chair MARCEL GROEN at their pre-election county dinner. Groen now serves as the state chair of the Democratic Party. Groen successfully led the significant change of Montgomery County from a red county to a blue county. He is now in charge of ensuring Pennsylvania becomes a deep-blue state.

The minority member of the Philadelphia City Commission, AL SCHMIDT, joined Democrats in dismissing presidential candidate DONALD TRUMP’S claims the elections are rigged in Philadelphia. The national Republican pundits often point to Philadelphia as an example of potential election fraud based on the performance numbers of Democrats. There is nothing really suspicious about Democrats outperforming Republicans so substantially here when one views how ineffective and almost nonexistent the Republican Party is today in the city of Brotherly Love.

It was only a decade ago that the Republican Party could actually rival the Democrats, at least in citywide elections. During the second election of JOHN STREET, SAM KATZ was hovering near the top of the polls. Soon, the hidden wire was discovered in City Hall. Suddenly, Street appeared to be the victim. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON came into Philly to (Cont. Page 13)

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Yo! Here we go again. Please read this – it’s a new twist on kidnapping and a very smart survivor.

The previous day, this woman had finished shopping, went out to her car and discovered she had a flat. She got the jack out of the trunk and began to change the flat.

A man dressed in a business suit and carrying a briefcase walked up to her and said, “I noticed you’re changing a flat tire. Would you like me to take care of it for you?” The woman was grateful for his offer and accepted his help. They chatted amiably while the man changed the flat, and then put the flat tire and the jack in the trunk, shut it and dusted his hands off.

The woman thanked him profusely. As she was about to get in her car, the man told her that he left his car around on the other side of the mall, and asked if she would mind giving him a lift to his car. She was a little surprised and she asked him why his car was on the other side.

He explained that he had seen an old friend in the mall that he hadn’t seen for some time and they had a bite to eat and visited for a while. He got turned around in the mall and left through the wrong exit and now he was running late.

The woman hated to tell him no because he had just rescued her from having to change her flat tire all by herself, but she felt uneasy.

Then she remembered seeing the man put his briefcase in her trunk before shutting it and before he asked her for a ride to his car. She told him that she’d be happy to drive him around to his car, but she just remembered one last thing she needed to buy. She said she would only be a few minutes; he could sit down in her car and wait for her; she would be as quick as she could be.

She hurried into the mall, and told a security guard what had happened; the guard came out to her car with her, but the man had left. They opened the trunk, took out the locked briefcase and took it down to the police station. The police opened it (potentially to look for ID so they could return it to the man). What they found was rope, duct tape and knives.

When the police checked her “flat” tire, there was nothing wrong with it; the air had simply been let out. It was obvious what the man’s intention was, and obvious that he had carefully thought it out in advance.

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“THERE YOU GO AGAIN” said candidate Ronald Reagan to President Jimmy Carter. And it is what I say to the media after reading about an alleged parking PATRONAGE HAVEN. The agency has 100 political jobs out of 1,100! A LAUGHABLE assertion (?). It is a media obsession with HYPER-FOCUSING on patronage. Hiring someone you know is done over the globe. And much worse in the Third World. Even REPORTERS somewhere along the line were recommended by someone. NO ONE MAKES IT ON THEIR OWN. The John DOUGHERTY issue was MILKED and now patronage – milked from 2% to skim milk.

“REFORM” is BLARNEY and EXPENSIVE. Like the tax agency that came under attack for $23,000-per-year “political” jobs and replaced many of them with $100k jobs.

Then they labeled a remark by Councilman Taubenberger as “boorish.” It was just 1960s-speak. Do sensitive critics hold out their pinkie while sipping tea (with a crumpet?). They then state the primary job of that agency is hiring pols.

DREAM ON. Then they nominate a chum for the board of the agency and call for the board to be disbanded (?)…. They wrote the GOP may give the DEMS some jobs there to keep the peace. MALARKEY. The GOP-DEM relationship in Philly is a MODEL FOR THE NATION. And exactly the way the late House Speaker Tip O’NEILL noted as the APEX of cooperation for the nation – instead of the paralysis and 9% approval rating of Congress.

The REFORM fire bell in the night is CLASS WAR. (Cont. Page 13)

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Pittsburgh on Monday was the site of the first debate between US SEN. PAT TOOMEY and Democratic contender KATIE McGINTY. A second debate is scheduled for next Monday at Temple University. Temple is a good spot for McGinty as she, like the Democratic presidential contender, needs the young Bernie Sanders supporters to come out and vote, and not stay home. Perhaps that is the reason McGinty and the PACs supporting her are swamping the airwaves with ads about Toomey’s ties to Wall Street.

Toomey left Wall Street decades ago to run a family business. He was a US Congressman from Lehigh Valley for three terms and did not run for a fourth term as he had termlimited himself.

McGinty has never held elective office but has been a government bureaucrat for most of her professional career.

She also fails to mention those times in between government posts when she worked for the companies that she regulated.

McGinty’s ads also portray Toomey as a millionaire, but they neglect to show that she also became a millionaire working for those companies.

McGinty’s ads and her attacks at the debate insinuated Toomey never left Wall Street – he still has an ownership interest in a community bank. Does she really not understand the difference between large Wall Street banks and community banks? Or was this another of her disingenuous attacks? Small local banks (ones that finance small businesses) have been hurt by the US government’s increased (Cont. Page 12)

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ELEPHANT (Cont. From Page 11) regulations on banking. They are onerous and expensive for small operators. Big banks can afford to pay lawyers and accountants to follow these rules that force small banks out of business and reduce the big banks’ competition. Does she not understand this? Or is

she like HILLARY CLINTON, who wants huge banks that are too big to fail and are beholden to governments and government officials. Clinton and BARACK OBAMA in aggregate have gotten more money from Wall Street than their opponents. So who is in bed with Wall Street?

If McGinty were smart, she would have avoided saying anything about the police. But

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then again, I am not sure how smart she is. She lied about being the first person in her family to go to college. Something like that is so easy to check. Also, it was a stupid lie. As the child in a large family with a police-officer father, no one doubts she came from humble beginnings. But as the child of a cop, it is stunning and should be embarrassing to her that her father’s union,

Lodge 5, endorsed Toomey. It might be because Toomey has a documented record of supporting the police and first responders. Toomey was also endorsed by Local 22, the Philadelphia Firefighters’ union and the Pennsylvania State Police union.

McGinty and her supporters tried to link Toomey to Donald Trump. There is an ad run by the Democratic Senate

In The Court of Common Pleas Phila. County Civil Action – Law No. 160701259 Notice of Action in Mortgage Foreclosure U.S. Bank National Association (Trustee for The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency), Plaintiff vs. The Unknown Heirs of John R. Burns, Deceased, Mortgagor and Real Owner, Defendant(s) To: The Unknown Heirs of John R. Burns, Deceased, Mortgagor and Real Owner, Defendant(s), whose last known address is 5915 Penn Street a/k/a 5915 North Penn Street, Philadelphia, PA 19149. 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, U.S. Bank National Association (Trustee for The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency), 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. 160701259, wherein Plaintiff seeks to foreclose on the mortgage secured on your property located, 5915 Penn Street a/k/a 5915 North Penn Street, Philadelphia, PA 19149, 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.

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committee stating Toomey still supports Trump after the release of the tape of Trump saying he fondled women.

Toomey has never endorsed Trump. He has not endorsed anyone else, but is clearly on the record about Trump. During the debate, he pointed out how McGinty criticizes Trump but cannot be honest about the personal failings of the person on the top of her ticket. He noted she is truly partisan and that we need an independent voice in Washington irrespective of who controls the White House next year.

Yes, KATHLEEN KANE is back in the news. She had a sentencing hearing on Monday. Her attorneys asked

Montgomery County Common Pleas Court JUDGE WENDY DEMCHICK-ALLOY to sentence her to house arrest.

Based on the crimes she committed, she could get 12 to 24 years.

Her attorneys claimed she needs to be out of jail to take care of her sons. Her millionaire husband (soon to be exhusband) can care for them.

Kane’s former security chief, PATRICK REESE, was sentenced to 3-6 months for illegally reading other Attorney General employees’ email and violating a protective order.

Given that her crimes are more numerous and serious, I hope this is a sign that she become a guest of the state.

by Michael A. Cibik, Esq. American Bankruptcy Board CertifiedQuestion: Should you try to keep your home when you file bankruptcy?

Answer: Filing bankruptcy, of course, is a personal financial strategy that should help you and your family eliminate or restructure debt and move forward with a livable household budget.

Many bankruptcy filers own a home and usually they want to do everything possible to keep that home. In a Chapter 13, this can mean curing a delinquency (arrearage) in mortgage payments over a five-year plan. Obviously it makes less sense to keep a home if prices are falling and where neighborhoods consist of renters rather than owners.

If you are a homeowner who is contemplating bank-

ruptcy, I strongly urge you to spend some time learning more about your local real-estate market. Has the “recovery” of housing prices been driven by individuals buying homes for their own use, or has it been driven by investment funds buying homes as investment? If the latter, don’t be surprised if we see yet another crash in home prices as these funds look to cash out and salvage their investments.

As much as your initial reaction may be to keep your home, doing so may not make sense because of market forces you cannot control. A Chapter 7 bankruptcy allows you to walk away with little or no penalty and sometimes that is the best course of action.

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WALKING (Cont. From Page 11) After the smoke clears, the former workers are replaced with a HIGHER CASTE LEVEL: higher pay, perks and pension (wine-and-cheese level).... MEANWHILE, the media seem SCARED to look at REFORM at the BAA. HAPPY NEWS: BIRTH-

question. What that implies, for those of you playing at home, is that McGinty would endorse Clinton purely because she’s a Democrat.

You would think Toomey wouldn’t have given that answer, considering McGinty answered it first.

“I do support Hillary Clinton for president, because she is going to work for workingclass families,” McGinty said.

“The same reason I’m in this campaign.”

A lot of the terrain staked out during this debate was familiar. McGinty pointed out Toomey’s Wall Street ties, while Toomey said McGinty used the taxpayer-funded grants that she gave to companies like Gamesa, a wind-turbine manufacturer, as a means to enrich herself through highpaying board positions.

One of the more-interesting exchanges to me was on the subject of Fraternal Order of Police

endorsements. Toomey touted his endorsements from the national FOP and its local branches while McGinty has none, although she has an endorsement from a much smaller police union’s Pittsburgh chapter.

To be honest, Toomey, I’m not so sure you should have bragged about the FOP endorsement, dude. Especially since one of the places in which you are definitely behind is Philadelphia.

But while the two candidates disagreed on a lot, they did agree on one thing: Trump’s contention that the election will be rigged is a false one.

“Our elections may not always be completely perfect, but they are legitimate, they have integrity and everyone needs to respect the outcome,” Toomey said.

The next Pennsylvania Senate debate will be held in Philadelphia at Temple University next week, Oct. 24.

DAYS – Mike PODGORSKI in Germany. Valarie BROOKS, New Jersey Realtor. Rich VINCI, lawyer-singer-writer extraordinaire. And Aunt Donna AUMENT, Leader of Ward 33. Don’t forget former Mayor John STREET! Does he still use a car to get to a truck?

On the upcoming race for DISTRICT ATTORNEY – you MAY have heard of candidates

Hon. Teresa Carr DENI, Jim CRUMLISH, Hon. Renee HUGHES, Joe KHAN and Rich NEGRIN. Also being talked up is Judge Lori DUMAS. At least four out of six have been lawyers with emphasis on representing defendants. It is a refreshing move away from statistic-driven prosecution where our nation is incarceration world leader.

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(Cont. From Page 11) Toomey wanted to answer, he managed to answer it in the same “I know you are, but what am I?!” way that just about every question has been answered by one candidate or another during this election cycle.

“Katie is so extremely partisan that she can’t grasp the idea somebody might have trouble with a candidate in their own party, but I do,” Toomey said. “I’ve been very public about my many disagreements with Donald Trump. I have been willing to criticize him because I think he is a badly flawed candidate.”

The petty tone established by the Toomey/McGinty têteà-tête made you hope there would be some issues raised.

There were. Just not at first.

Let’s start with Toomey’s response to the debate’s first

(Cont. From Page 11) The woman was blessed to have escaped harm. How much worse it would have been if she had children with her and had them wait in the car while the man fixed the tire, or if she had a baby strapped into a car seat. On the other hand, if she had gone against her judgment and given him a lift…?

I would like you to tell this to all the women you know. It may save a life!

to become president, but it is even more important for the down-ballot races including McGinty and congressional, State Senate and State House races.

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(Cont. From Page 11) for him and Street won the election by a whisker. That is the point at which the Republican Party began to go down the tubes.

Realistically, this has led to bad government in the city.

Without reasonable competition between the parties, the quality of candidates seems to go down. And the pressure to perform in office seems to go out the window. Competition is good and Philadelphia doesn’t really have it except in primaries. And primaries usually tear friends and the party apart. Take, for example, JARED SOLOMON’S savaging of MARK COHEN, the long-serving State Rep.

Example No. 2 is KEVIN BOYLE running against incumbent JOHN SABATINA for Senate.

The City Council at-large seats do not bring up the kind of acrimony that State senate or House seats do, or even district Council seats. In City Council at-large races, the top five candidates win, so there is no head-to-head loss for those candidates that don’t finish in the top five.

HILLARY CLINTON is opening up her lead in Pennsylvania and she may help KATIE McGINTY become the next US Senator from Pennsylvania. But the Clinton people are very concerned that Clinton’s sizable lead will affect voter turnout. Turnout is still crucial for Clinton herself

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