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The Next Go-Around! Hopkins Rings Bell for ‘Rebuild’

JUDGE Teresa Carr Deni resigned from the bench this week and declared her intention to seek the post of District Attorney in front of the building where the DA’s offices are housed. This will be the city’s major office for voters to ponPhoto by Joe Stivala der in May. More info P. 4.

RECEIVING the Liberty Medal from Mayor Jim Kenney at the Athletic Recreation Center in N. Phila. boxer Bernard Hopkins, who will have his last professional fight this month, gave a strong plug to the Mayor’s $500 million Rebuild initiative to rehab the city’s parks, recreation centers and playgrounds. L-R, Kenney, Parks & Recreation Commissioner Kathryn Ott Lovell, Hopkins and fellow boxer Oscar De La Hoya. Photo by Wendell Douglas

Vietnamese Here Thank US Vets

A GALA “thank you” lunch and entertainment program for US Vietnam veterans was hosted by the Vietnamese community in the Saigon Maxim Restaurant, 6th & Washington Avenue. Hosting the event was Hiep, assisted by Councilman and veteran David Oh. They have never forgotten all American service people, especially those who died helping them fight for their freedom.

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Your Public Servants at Work Council Approves Family-Friendly Accommodation in City Facilities City Council has passed a bill that would require all city buildings and facilities with bathrooms open to the public have baby diaperchanging stations, including City Hall, recreation centers, libraries, pools and more.

Currently, baby-changing tables are not required by state or federal law. Though common in women’s restrooms, very few men’s restrooms are equipped with changing tables, making it logistically difficult for a father or male guardian to adequately care for his child.

The legislation, introduced

by 8th Dist. Councilwoman Cindy Bass, will require the installation of changing tables in both women’s and men’s restrooms in city buildings, making civic participation more friendly and welcoming for active moms and dads alike.

“Modern families require modern amenities. Parenting responsibilities are more equally shared than ever before, and it’s time that our public buildings catch up to that trend. Local government represents all city residents, even our little ones,” said the Councilwoman.

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Brady, Evans Push for Help for City’s Needy Kids In a joint letter to House Appropriations Committee Chair Hal Roger (R-Ky.) and Ranking Member Nita Lowery (D-N.Y.), Congressmen Bob Brady and Dwight Evans (both D-Pa.) outlined major poverty issues in their districts that have a direct impact on children.

They stressed, “We hope that in this drastically different new political climate with several competing priorities, we can still ascertain ways to both alleviate and find permanent solutions to the problems plaguing our districts the most.”

Aging homes and lead paint: Request restoration of federal funding for lead abatement. Philadelphia has had to cut over 60% of positions used to monitor and enforce leadpaint laws and restrictions.

Nearly 2,700 children in Philadelphia tested positive for harmful lead levels in 2015.

Child Nutrition: Need to

maintain or increase federally subsidized school meals. HR 5003, the Improving Child Nutrition & Education Act of 2016, would severely limit the number of children receiving free and reduced lunches.

Education: Need for increased funding. The Philadelphia School District ranks lowest in terms of funding per student and has the highest enrollment of low-income students.

In closing, Brady and Evans stressed bipartisanship.

“Though it remains to be seen what direction many of President-elect Trump’s policies will take, we are hopeful that we will be able to find common ground with his administration on some of the above issues and restore robust funding so the children in Philadelphia and our districts have a brighter future. We look forward to the coming Congress and finding bipartisan solutions.”

tion is thrilled with Councilwoman Bass’ legislation, as it shows her commitment to making Philadelphia a great place to raise a family. This is the beginning of what we hope will be more familyfriendly and family-focused legislation for the City of Philadelphia,” said Sara Jann, executive associate at MCC. The bill also requires that diaper-changing stations be installed or maintained in connection with every major renovation or new construction project that the City undertakes involving capital monies.

Oh Bill Would Create Teacher’s Fund A Councilman at Large David Oh bill would create a fund for Philadelphia teachers so they can be reimbursed for using their personal money to purchase school items for their classrooms. The bill authorizes city officials to file articles of incorporation to establish a nonprofit corporation with the name: “The Philadelphia School Teacher’s Reimbursement Fund.”

According to Oh, many schools in the city lack basic school supplies and materials for their students. Frequently, Philadelphia teachers spend personal income to provide instructional materials such as books, art supplies, and electronics that are necessary for their students.

DeLissio Plans Open House State Rep. Pamela A. DeLissio (D-Northwest) will host her annual open house from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 12 at her constituent-services office, 6511 Ridge Avenue.

All constituents who reside in the 194th Legislative Dist. are welcome to attend.

Light refreshments will be prepared by students in the culinary arts program at the A. Philip Randolph Career and Technical High School, located in the 194th Legislative Dist.

“Our open houses are lively and fun, with neighbors and friends coming in and checking out the services the district office provides,” she said. “It is an opportunity to ask questions and interact with me and staff, who can share information on state services and how we can best assist you.”

Although not necessary, DeLissio said it would be helpful for attendees planning to attend to RSVP her office.

To RSVP or obtain more information, constituents

can call DeLissio’s office at (215) 482-8726 or email Repdelissio@Pahouse.Net.

Council Legislation Seeks Historical Commission Fees Councilwoman at Large Blondell Reynolds Brown, 1st Dist. Councilman Mark Squilla and Councilman at Large Al Taubenberger have introduced legislation that amends the Philadelphia Building Construction & Occupancy Code by creating a fee structure for Historical Commission review in respect to permitting for new construction, additions, alterations, and demolition.

The goal of this legislation is to raise revenue for the City that can be allocated to increase the Philadelphia Historical Commission’s annual budget. The fees are estimated to generate $350,000 annually. In FY16 the Historical Commission annual budget is $424,560.

20th Nativity Scene Marks 20 Years in New Location Rev. Dennis Gill, Director of the Archdiocesan Office for Divine Worship and Rector of the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul will preside over the 20th annual Blessing of the Nativity Scene at 3 pm at 18th and Race Streets.

Each year, the event is organized by the Christmas Crèche Committee and sponsored by the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Knights of Columbus.

In addition to the bless-

ing, students from Saint Francis Xavier Parish Elementary School in Philadelphia will perform traditional Christmas carols.

The event is open to the public and all are welcome.

The crèche had formerly been located at Independence Hall and then Love Park. This is the first year that the crèche will be at this location due to construction taking place at its previous home at LOVE Park.

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by Tony West Chris Rabb set a record, at least for modern times, when he won the 200th Legislative Dist. seat on Nov. 8 by winning more votes than any other Democrat in Pennsylvania history.

The Mount Airy business

consultant amassed 34,012 votes to defeat his Republican opponent Latryse McDowell. That he scooped up 95% of the votes in a solidly Democratic district amazed no one; but the total! Many state-rep races are won with 18,000 votes; a popular in-

cumbent in a high-turnout one-party district may get 25,000 as a show of support.

But Rabb was a political newcomer with zero institutional support. Still, he even beat the victory lap taken by then-State Rep. Josh Shapiro (D-Montgomery) in 2008,

who won that year uncontested, yet with 33,165 votes.

This pleases Rabb. “I’m very competitive,” he said.

“Competition breeds excellence.”

In the spring primary, Rabb had pulled off a more-

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FOR THE PAST 21 YEARS, I'VE HAD THE HONOR TO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF PHILADELPHIA AS A MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE. MANY THANKS TO DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR, BOB BRADY, ALL THE WARD LEADERS, COMMITTEE PEOPLE AND VOTERS WHO ALLOWED ME THE PRIVILEGE. AS THIS CHAPTER CLOSES - I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING IN THE NEXT CHAPTER!

meaningful feat, unseating State Rep. Tonyelle CookArtis (D-Northwest), who this spring won a special election to replace her former boss, State Rep. Cherelle Parker, who had just moved up to City Council’s 9th Dist, freshly vacated by retiring Marian Tasco.

He went after Cook-Artis in the special election as well and lost. But he cleaned her clock in the primary that spring. In a three-way race, Rabb came from nowhere to beat Cook-Artis and Bobbie Currie, 47-43-12%. He did so while speaking highly of his opponents.

There hadn’t been a competitive race since 1983 in the 200th Dist., Rabb points out. But the Democratic Party leadership in that area this spring was largely focused on going somewhere else, to higher office or to retirement. The state-rep seat was on nobody’s front burner.

Rabb went after this seat, representing the communities of Chestnut Hill, Mount Airy and Cedarbrook, as if it were the Chinese emperor’s throne; and he got it.

It’s a testimony to hard work and good timing, although it’s too early to rule out skill. So without a doubt, freshman State Rep. Rabb will be scoped out by his peers.

Rabb has been a committeeman since 2006. He won the endorsement of the 9th Ward but was faced with the loyalty to Cook-Artis of the 22nd and 50th Ward leaders.

He overcame them, he said, with a combination of street work and social-media work.

“My secret sauce was to document the grassroots effort we were making on the street,” he said. “I had to self-document. To tell a

story that could reach as many people as possible, by Facebook and Twitter and Instagram.”

For social media, he crafted a series of videos under the rubric of “Know your state rep.” One might state, for instance, “This is where I stand on women’s health issues.”

If Rabb sounds like a social-media geek, well, that’s one of his entrepreneurial claims to fame. Right after getting out of Yale, he explored a startup that was beaten out by iPod. But he did better with his early online blog, “Afro-Netizen.”

Since then, Rabb has carved out a career as a business consultant and adjunct professor at several schools in Philadelphia.

He is confident of his social-media skills and applied them to his legislative race.

“In all, I made several thousand followers, which is significant for such a tiny race.

I got 700 online donors,” he claimed. “I did something different, anomalous” in the intimate world of retail politics that is a state-rep race.

Team-building is one of the skills he peddles and he stresses that he worked hard at it on his campaign. He is particularly proud of his youth outreach.

“One day, I met an 18year-old,” Rabb related.

“The next day, he’s working on my campaign – and brings in a buddy. I was paying them out of my own pocket. I paid 41 highschool kids $15/hour shifts to work Election Day. Today, there are 41 kids who have a very different perspective on politics.”

Intense interest in the presidential race helped drive voter turnout, Rabb acknowledged. But he worked hard to harness the (Cont. Page 14)

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LAUNCHING a program to bring small-business development tools to the city’s commercial corridors, via free Community College classes and workshops at regional campuses, Councilwoman Cherelle Parker was joined by nine of her colleagues at City Hall Monday. she moved her circus to the federal court.

Now, state and city political leaders look at her as a devious clown, out to increase her contacts only to enrich her Green Party coffers.

The vote of each state determined which candidate got what electoral vote, and with that statement in mind, this city’s commissioners will val-

idate their presidential results tomorrow.

Lawrence Tabas, Esq., lead counsel in Pennsylvania for President-Elect Trump, his Electors and the Republican Party of Pennsylvania, stated, “The filing of a discontinuance of the election contest by Jill Stein’s petitioners is a recognition their election (Cont. Page 6)

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by Joe Shaheeli Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein’s attempts to recount votes in three states in an effort to derail the election of Donald Trump has become a burden on both the commonwealth’s major parties as well as those in the other two states in which she issued challenges.

Party regulars know the score – know what the Electoral College means and how its tallies are tabulated. They also fully understand the integrity of the voting machines and ballots which record election victories and defeats.

In Pennsylvania, Stein should have known there is a time when she could have challenged easily and at no cost the veracity of the voting machines. But that time has long passed. Now, bounced out of a Pennsylvania recount,

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Bridge Rejoins W. Phila. Neighborhoods (Cont. From Page 5) contest was completely without merit, and meant solely for purposes to delay the Electoral College vote in Pennsylvania for President-Elect Trump.”

The election contest sought a court order for a statewide recount, which is absolutely not allowed under Pennsylvania law. Tabas further said, “Candidate Jill Stein’s allegations created the false allusion that some unidentified foreign government hacked our state’s voting systems when absolutely no such proof existed. We believe that she always knew that she had no such proof.”

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MANY YEARS in the making, the 41st Street bridge over the railroad tracks along Mantua Avenue has finally been restored & reopened. Civic leaders celebrating included Parkside Historic District Coalition’s Delcina Wilson, Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell, Capt. Altovisse Love-Craighead, State Sen. Vincent Hughes, Mayor Jim Kenney, and Ward Leaders Photo by Wendell Douglas Bernadette Wyche and Pete Wilson.

Gov. Tom Wolf’s administra- umost of these individuals, who released this year, given the potion for the release of the con- will cast their votes for Presi- tential for the electors to be entact information of the dent and Vice-President on dangered by the release of their Commonwealth’s Electoral Dec. 19, have been inundated home addresses.

The Dept. of State argues College electors. The home ad- with messages from people dresses and telephone numbers who oppose Trump, with at the information is considered of the 20 electors were released least some of those communi- by law to be a matter of public by the Pennsylvania Dept. of cations being of a harassing na- record, so when requested it is State and appeared in at least ture. The GOP claims the released. two of the state’s daily newspa- personal contact information DA’s Race Raising has never been released in the pers.

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Harold James Faces Ethics Challenges Former State Rep. and now 36th Ward Democratic Leader Harold James has been served with an ethical violation suit filed by one of his committee, Ralanda King, and signed by 19 other committee people in the ward.

Last month, the Court of Common Pleas scheduled a hearing on the complaint filed

by King to the effect James was sitting as ward leader in violation of Democratic Party bylaws.

The court fight became known after James and the ward’s committee leaders were served by the Sheriff’s Office as to their need to attend the hearing scheduled for August 2017. With petitions to elect or reelect committee people in each division in the city scheduled in the coming May 16 primary, King hopes the (Cont. Page 8)

SAM DOSS, noted historian, journeyed from Virginia to the Benjamin Franklin American Legion meeting in the Union League, to tell the story of the World War II Battle of Hurtgen Forest. The battle was costly, time-consuming (the longest battle ever fought by the US military – and unnecessary. Flanking Doss with a certificate of thanks are Post Commander Jon. Peterson, and 2nd Vice Commander Dr. Andy Waskie. (Photo by Joe Stivala, Post Adjutant)

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(Cont. From Page 6) with possibly Michael Untermeyer and Rich Negrin testing the waters – and we suspect a couple of others pondering entering the race, with at least another expected to declare from the judiciary.

The Republican primary will have one contender for sure, even though, fettered by a seven to one registration edge enjoyed

by Democratic candidates.

Local GOPers find it tough to raise the kind of dollars necessary to get into contention with registrations weighing heavily against their efforts.

“But we are moving up the ladder, one rung at a time, and finding candidates who will do well in any citywide contest,” stated Republican Party Chair Joe DeFelice.

He has had three queries to date from individuals interested in tackling the DA’s race and knows for sure that long-time Philadelphia attorney Beth Caren Grossman may soon announce.

As far as challenging Controller Alan Butkovitz goes, money remains the issue. “It’s tough for our candidates to take on the Controller without the money to grow their name and reputations. By nature of his office, Alan can garner plenty of

PHILA. CHINATOWN Development Corp. was presented with a $100,000 Neighborhood Planning Grant by the Wells Fargo Regional Foundation to support the organization’s planning process in the Chinatown area. At the ceremony were, L-R, Scott Page, founder of Interface Studio; Kimberly Allen, senior VP of WFRF; Cecilia Moy Yep, PCDC emeritus board member; Denise McGregor Armbrister, executive director of WFRF; Sarah Yeung, director of planning at PCDC, Dr. Nina Ahmad, deputy mayor of public engagement; George Moy, emeritus board member; Margret Chin, PCDC chair; and John Chin, PCDC executive director. Photo by Eldon Graham

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The 36th is a large ward with over 80 committee people.

King was notified this week her petition was dismissed since she needed an attorney to file for her in this case. She said she’ll continue her campaign in everyway possible since, she added, “James was found guilty of a criminal charge. What he did was wrong and he should step down, rather than continue to embarrass the ward.”

GOP Sees Casey As Prime Target Fresh off an historic electoral victory, prominent state Republicans are already painting a target on Democratic US Sen. Bob Casey in the 2018

election. The man they have been talking up to take out the two-term senator is Southeastern Pennsylvania Congressman Pat Meehan (R-Delaware).

“I’ve been talking to Pat in recent days and it sounds to me that he’s seriously considering a run against Casey in 2018,” said Charlie Kopp, a lawyer and veteran Republican fundraiser.

“Being a senator was always something he’s had in his vision. So it’s not like something he decided yesterday; it’s been on his mind for years.”

Meehan began his career as special counsel to the late US Sen. Arlen Specter, later working as a US Attorney and Delaware County District Attorney. He served as a campaign manager for former US Sen. Rick Santorum and ultimately ran successfully for Congress in 2010.

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Dec. 8- Phila. AFL-CIO hosts Christmas Party at Sheraton City Centre Hotel, 17th & Arch Sts., 12 m. By invitation.

Dec. 8- State Sen. Shirley M. Kitchen is hosted Retirement Celebration at Berean Institute, 1901 W. Girard Ave., 13 p.m.

Dec. 8- State Rep. Donna Bullock hosts Environmental Justice Mixer & Update at Community Futures Lab, 2204 Ridge Ave., 6-7 p.m.

Honoring 25th anniversary of Principles of Environmental Justice. Also legislative update. Light refreshments. For info: Jim Strine (717) 7877895.

Dec. 13- African American Chamber of Commerce hosts Christmas Party at South

Restaurant, 600 N. Broad St., 6-10 p.m.

Dec. 14- Phila. Christmas Crèche Committee, with Catholic League, Knights of Columbus & AOH Div. 39, welcome you to the 20th annual Blessing of the Christmas Nativity Crib at 18th & Race St. Park, beside Cathedral of SS. Peter & Paul, 3 p.m. Conducted by Rev. Dennis Gill.

Dec. 15- State Reps. John Taylor & Mike Driscoll host Energy Fair at Vogt Rec. Ctr., 4131 Unruh Ave., 4-7 p.m. How to reduce utility bills. For info: (215) 7083139.

Dec. 15- N. Broad Renaissance hosts “2016 State of N. Broad” at Penna. Convention Ctr., 12th & Arch Sts., 6-9 p.m. Master Talk with Council President Darrell Clarke.

For info: northbroad.org.

Dec. 15- South Philadelphia Business Ass’n hosts Christmas Party at Galdo’s, 20th & Penrose Ave., 6:30 p.m.

Tickets $50. Open bar.

RSVP: Gaeton Tavella (215) 868-5502.

Dec. 15- City & State PA honors “40 Rising Stars under 40,” younger professionals in politics, policy and advocacy, at Chemical Heritage Fdn., 315 Chestnut St., 11:30 a.m.1:30 p.m. Lunch. Tickets $35, packages available. For info: events@cityandstate.com Dec. 16Restaurateur “Shrimp King” Sid Booker, with Sheriff Jewell Williams, hosts Christmas Celebration marking retirement of State Sen. Shirley Kitchen at Club LaPointe, 4600 N. Broad St., 5:30-8:30 p.m. RSVP by email: SB4600@aol.com.

Dec. 16- Congressman Bob Brady hosts Holiday Party at Local 30 Roofers’ Hall, 6309 Torresdale Rd., 7-10 p.m.

Contributions $50, payable to “Friends of the Northeast,” 12410 Tyrone Rd. Phila., PA 19154.

Dec. 17- State Rep. Vanessa

Lowery brown hosts Holiday Concert & Legislative Fair at Greater Bibleway temple, 1461 N. 52nd St., Pre-reception & Legislative Fair 1 p.m., 2-4 p.m. Vendors. For info: Yolanda Braxton (215) 879-6616 or ybraxton@pahouse.net.

Dec. 29- Kwanzaa 50th Anniversary Program at W. Phila. HS, 4901 Chestnut St., 6-8 Adults $10, Seniors and Children $8. Featuring creator of Kwanzaa, Dr. Maulana Karenga. For info: (215) 3850214.

Jan. 14- Phila. Republican Party hosts S. Phila. Trump Inauguration Gala at Toll Man Joe’s, 26 E. Oregon Ave., 7 p.m. Beef, pork, pasta sides; draft beer and wine. Auction raffles, door prizes. Tickets $35. For info: Vince Minniti vminniti16@gmail.com.

Feb. 3- Chapel of 4 Chaplains hosts Gala Awards Night at IATSE Ha., 2401 Swanson St. Tickets $100.

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Nine sad souls, heroin addicts shooting up under the railroad bridges and alley by-ways of Kensington, didn’t have someone looking over them as they overdosed on the latest batch of cheap heroin this past week.

The miracle antidote that could have brought them back from death, Narcan, wasn’t available to them.

District Attorney Seth Williams said there would have been more deaths had others using the same source for their heroin had not been saved by Narcan.

Pragmatists could say their deaths were a Christmas gift, rescuing them from a horrible addiction and a life forced into depredation to feed it.

What saddens us here is the fact our editorials, stories, and comments through the years calling for an all-out effort to reduce the availability of such addictive drugs has only met with sporadic initiatives. Remember the sunrise-sunset campaign initiated by the Police Dept. a dozen years ago? That worked well, but ended due to its success. Public interest fell off, as did continued funding, while other problems moved into top consideration, crying for more police intervention.

So we ask again the question: Why have we not read recently about major drug busts in this city? We continue to hear about them in our suburbs as those police departments proudly display for press coverage wads of money, piles of drug-filled bags and the illegal guns found at raids.

Is it because drug addiction is now considered a way of life, here to stay?

Look at marijuana, once prohibited and criminal because it was viewed as the initial doorway to more-intense drug usage!

Today it is considered mainstream, even a medical blessing for some.

So maybe we are moving toward more leniency for those users of heroin. In short, are we at the point in this country, where we will soon be able to indulge freely and openly in drugs of all kinds which are now illicit?

If not … why do we hear so little of police enforcement to end the easy availability of those debilitating, dehumanizing drugs now flooding a growing portion of our population?

We also ask those clean-needle-exchange — no questions asked — promoters if they have a conscience that allows them to ignore the fact those nine may have been among those standing in the lines outside the dispensing vehicles. Making clean needles available to those unfortunates did not hasten the end of their lives, but it did not save them either.

It is a troubling dilemma for Santa Claus.

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Stack Campaigns for Pardons (Cont. From Page 8) after this last election, the rest of the state came out pretty strong for a Republican.”

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Selecting Pa. Jurors Requires Big Pool

The right to trial by jury in criminal cases, and some civil cases, is guaranteed by the US Constitution and Pennsylvania state law. But how many Pennsylvanians serve as jurors in a given year?

For trivia experts, we learned in 2015, 1,238,807 Pennsylvanians received a juror summons, and of those, 237,749 were asked to report for service. Of those who reported for service, 81% were sent through the jury selection process and 3.8% of those were ultimately empaneled in a jury.

Now Here Is Official City Election Recount

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City voters gave Hillary Clinton 584,025 votes to 108,748 votes for Trump:

Lt. Gov. Mike Stack continued his campaign to spread the word of new ways to speed criminal pardons and restore employability at DiSorb Systems Inc. in Tioga. L-R, Chanel Santiago, Steven Roll, Stack, Joe Hart, Aleida Smith and Photo by Wendell Douglas Mayor Jim Kenney.

87%.3 to 15.32%. The three minority candidates got less than 14,900 votes altogether.

Katie McGinty scored 560,421 votes to Pat Toomey’s 116,714 in the race for US Senate.

Inside city limits, 1st Dist.

Congressman Bob Brady trounced Deborah Williams 183,274 to 37,119. 2nd Dist.

Congressman Dwight Evans topped James Jones 294,967 to 23,937, and 13th Dist. Congressman Brendan Boyle tallied 108,906 with no opposition.

In highly contested local races: State Sen. John Sabatina

doubled GOP contender Ross Feinberg 64,508 to 31,644; State Rep. Kevin Boyle did the same to Republican Jim Pio in the 172nd, 15,463 to 8,985; State Rep. John Taylor beat back Democrat Joe Hohenstein, in 177th, 14,128 to 11,491; and State Rep. Martina White beat Democrat Matt Darragh 14,265 to 12,192 in the 170th.

Joe Grace Back Where He Belongs

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Chris Rabb Used Social Media in Campaign (Cont. From Page 4) Clinton wave in Philadelphia to his down-ballot effort. He sent all his volunteers to the neighborhood Clinton office; in return, he made sure all the Clinton volunteers were equipped with his own campaign literature.

While not belonging to any political camp may have cost Rabb two ward endorsements, he figures this year’s anti-incumbent mood helped him overcome Cook-Artis in the primary.

A self-described progressive, Rabb said his only loyalty is to ideology. He did win endorsements from Neighborhood Networks, Philly for Change and the Working Families Party.

Labor support came from Danny Grace’s Teamsters Local 830 as well as the Faculty & Staff Federation of CCP and the new Temple Association of University

Professionals, a union that represents adjunct professors like Rabb – or at least like what Rabb used to be.

After an acrimonious organizing campaign last year, Rabb’s contract with Temple was not renewed.

Rabb comes from a Chicago family with roots in the civil-rights struggle going back to the 19th century. His father was a physician; his mother served in the cabinet of the first Black mayor of Chicago, Harold Washington. “Politics, education and service were the pillars of my social identity,” he said.

Rabb attended Yale University as an undergraduate, where he protested the fact his residential college was named after pro-slavery Sen. John Calhoun – a controversy that still bubbles.

Rabb founded the Yale Black Alumni Network.

Chris Rabb … a winner from out of nowhere.

He worked on Capitol Hill for his hometown Sen. Carol Moseley Braun, the first Black woman to serve in the US Senate. He organized a minority procurement fair for the Congressional

Black Caucus. He was in Washington when Newt Gingrich’s Republicans took over the House of Representatives, “an eye-opening experience” for him.

A romantic interest drew

him to Philadelphia in 2002, where he did graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania. Settling in Mount Airy in 2006, he became a committeeman then. But he swears he never thought of elective office until the summer of 2015; “I had seen a vast number of relatives lose political races, so there was nothing compelling about it.”

No legislative records will be set by Rabb or any other Democrat in the House of Representatives next year, and Rabb knows it. “Our Democratic Caucus will be the smallest since 1957,” he noted. “and with a veto-proof Senate.”

Rabb hopes he can hold onto his progressive principles nevertheless: “In a moment when many people feel there is a mandate for moderating one’s political values and agenda, moving to the center or right, I fun-

damentally disagree. Inclusion, accountability and transparency should be the hallmarks of the Democratic Party.”

But he argued that reality will compel some bipartisan acts, particularly when the General Assembly confronts the budget deficit, now $3 billion and growing. Rabb will focus on relationship-building, both in Harrisburg and City Council. He will look for chances to support public education and reform criminal justice where partnerships across the aisle are feasible.

“I believe everyone has a role,” Rabb said. “This moment chose me. I am a bridge-builder. How I govern will be similar to how I campaigned, with not a bad word to say.

“I feel particularly suited to fight within the belly of the beast.”

10th Dist. City Councilman Brian O’Neill and the US Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program, a nonprofit, have teamed up again to provide toys to less fortunate children in the community this holiday season.

To donate a new and unwrapped toy, please call or visit one of Councilman O’Neill’s five full-time of-

We service Big & Small We’ve got it all!

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6431; FOP Lodge 5 Headquarters at 11630 Caroline Road, (215) 437-9167; and at Bustleton & Bowler above the 7th Police Dist., (215) 6850432; as well as City Hall office, (215) 686-3422.

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(Cont. From Page 10) his predecessors for the simple fact he has Joe Grace on his staff working his communications chores. Grace knows the political ins and outs of how to maximize the best coverage for the many initiatives expected from Shapiro, who has a lot to do to clean up the image of that office. A former newsman, political candidate and nonprofit champion, we salute Grace on returning to the arena he knows best.

fices, including his new neighborhood office in Rhawnhurst at 7522 Castor Avenue, (215) 685-0438. This is in addition to his neighborhood offices in Fox Chase at 432 Rhawn Stree (215) 685-

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The following application(s) of the person(s) convicted in Philadelphia County will be heard by the Board of Pardons at its regular session in the Supreme Court Courtroom, Room 437, Main Capitol Building, Harrisburg, PA. Friday, December 16, 2016 – Convening at 9:00 A.M. Gordon R. Fairbanks Aggravated Assault, Simple Assault

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Friday, December 16, 2016 – Convening at 1:00 P.M. Kennyttia G. Cooper Theft By Unlawful Taking, Theft By Receiving Stolen Property Tim Crouch Theft By Unlawful Taking Stacey D. Frazier Possessing Instruments of Crime, Aggravated Assault, Simple Assault Andrew Gaeta Criminal Mischief, Theft By Unlawful Taking (2 cts), Criminal Conspiracy (2 cts), Theft By Receiving Stolen Property, Receiving Stolen Property Joan M. Grey Possession With Intent to Deliver Crystal R. Johnson-Burton Possession With Intent to Deliver Thomas Knox Burglary, Defiant Trespass, Criminal Attempt-Theft

By Unlawful Taking, Criminal Conspiracy, Criminal Trespass, Simple Assault Richard L. Mills Aggravated Assault, Simple Assault, Possessing Instruments of Crime Haneef S. Nelson (Ali) Possession With Intent to Deliver Richard Pacell Murder I SCI-Dallas Milagros Perez Possession of a Controlled Substance Allen L. Ritchie False Swearing, Obstructing Administration of Law or Other Governmental Function Mary E. Rivers Simple Assault, Endangering Welfare of Children, Possessing Instruments of Crime, Recklessly Endangering Another Person Brenda K. Robinson Theft By Deception David A. Sweeney Possession of a Controlled Substance

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I understand people being upset at the outcome of an election. I was upset in 2008 and 2012. I did not protest (which people have a right to do). I did not spray-paint obscenities on the wall of someone else’s property (which is a crime).

Thanksgiving evening, a man walked down Germantown Avenue in tony Chestnut Hill and spray-painted “F… Trump” on the wall of a building owned “by chance” by a Republican donor. He was in the company of ASSISTANT CITY SOLICITOR DUNCAN LLOYD. Lloyd was wearing a nice jacket, an ascot and carrying a glass of wine. Having an open container in public is illegal.

Both men should have known some store on Germantown Avenue might have a security camera.

Lloyd, an attorney, was apparently taking pictures of the vandal. There appears no evidence that Lloyd tried to stop the crime, but rather photographed his companion’s actions.

Were their actions just dumb, or were they being arrogant? Did Lloyd assume container laws did not apply to him, but to poor people in North Philadelphia? Did the vandal assume that since his graffiti trashed Trump and damaged property owned by a Republican, he would not be held accountable? Maybe he thinks he is better than some poor kid in West Philadelphia who damages city property.

The video of Lloyd and his jaunty outfit has gone viral nationally. How many of you know 30-something young men who wear ascots? A Republican engaged in the same behavior wearing an ascot would be mocked by every liberal (Cont. Page 21)

by Denise Clay To paraphrase a quote attributed to the late President Harry S. Truman, if you want a friend in Philadelphia politics, buy a dog.

Or at least that’s the lesson that former Congressman Chaka Fattah is starting to learn.

Next Monday, Fattah finds out how much time he’ll be spending in federal prison when he appears before Judge Henry J. Bartle III at the Federal Courthouse on Market Street to be sentenced on a variety of counts including racketeering, money laundering and corruption.

(He was originally convicted on 22 counts, but Bartle decided to acquit Fattah on four counts of bank and mail fraud on appeal.)

In addition to Fattah, lobbyist Herbert Vederman; Karen Nicholas, former executive director of the Educational Advancement Alliance; and Solutions for Progress CEO Robert Brand were also convicted of racketeering, bribery and money-laundering. Bonnie Bowser, Fattah’s former chief of staff, was convicted of five counts, including money laundering and falsifying records.

More than a few of the myriad counts that Fattah was convicted on carry as much as 30 years in jail time. Since Fattah is a first-time offender, it’s highly unlikely he’ll get the gang of time that he could be hit with.

But his friends, most notably State Sen. Vincent Hughes, aren’t taking any chances. He’s among those asking that peo(Cont. Page 20)

All those years gone by, and I just read former Mayors STREET and NUTTER dislike each other. Nutter fans always praised his accomplishments; I always thought his accomplishments were bike lanes. Also small parks where many could contemplate their unemployment.

I liked Street for ridding us of most abandoned cars and houses.... And the City rededicated a portrait of Mayor Jim TATE – one of the best mayors, who also once served as Council President. Tate used to ride the subway to work.

I rendered homage the other day in Berlin, N.J., to a lad who began his rise in the Tate era. He evolved into an award-winning Inquirer reporter, and set the standard for media workers to follow: CLASS incarnate – Don McDONOUGH.... Happy Birthday to a TOP guy, and GOP State Senator in the BURBS – Tommy TOMLINSON. Did the editor of a major paper have an epiphany? The major news has lightened up. Even the GRINCH stuff is not up to old Ebenezer Scrooge. I thought of the epiphany of grumpy Mrs. Turpin in a Flannery O’Connell story. Did a question asked by a woman in the Constitution Center have an effect (?). Whatever – just keep it up. How about that great story of “Magic in the Pines” – on page ONE, no less!!... The Local 98 TOYS FOR TOTS program provides toys for needy kids at Christmastime. They are collected by electricians at the annual event in McFadden’s down at the stadium, and distributed by Local 98 members. Or you can donate new toys at the Local 98 School on South 3rd Street.

Just-retired City Judge Teresa Carr DENI announced her for candidacy for DISTRICT ATTORNEY. This is good news for our city – and for folks like me who get WEARY waking up to those courtroom stairs each day. Or organizing a unit to battle this or that (Don’t organize, just let the staff deal with it), or the slow review of convictions (just ADD staff). Or UGLY forfeiture. Or a FORCE to combat vote fraud (We don’t have much of it). I believe a new era in prosecution is evolving (slowly). It will be less news-SENSATIONAL or statistic-driven. Diversionary programs are too meager. Guys and gals who had a bad day do not need a record for some BS crime.

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Yo! Here we go again with this tale of a homeless man sent to me by Rita S., a reader.

It was a cold winter’s day that Sunday. The parking lot to the church was filling up quickly. I noticed as I got out of my car that fellow church members were whispering among themselves as they walked to the church.

As I got closer, I saw a man leaned up against the wall outside the church. He was almost lying down, as if he was asleep. He had on a long trench coat that was almost in shreds; and a hat topped his head, pulled down so you could not see his face. He wore shoes that looked 30 years old, too small for his feet, with holes all over them, so his toes stuck out.

I assumed this man was homeless, and asleep, so I walked on by through the doors of the church. We all worshiped for a few minutes, and someone brought up the man lying outside. People snickered and gossiped but no one bothered to ask him to come in, including me. A few moments later church began.

We all waited for the preacher to take his place and to give us the Word. Then the doors to the church opened. In came the homeless man walking down the aisle with his head down. People gasped and whispered and made faces. He made his way down the aisle and up onto the pulpit he took off his hat and coat.

My heart sank. There stood our preacher ... he was the “homeless man.” No one said a word.

The preacher took his Bible and laid it on the stand.

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DR. JOE TOLAND, the longtime political patriarch from the Olney area, passed away this week. Dr. Toland was one of the good, strong Republicans whom one could always have a beer with and discuss politics. He was also one of the leaders who believed political-party interests fell way below the interest of the country, state and city.

His funeral at Saint Hillary’s in Rydal was very well attended. Among the attendees were Republican top dogs MICHAEL MEEHAN, VITO CANUSO and CITY COMMISSIONER AL SCHMIDT. BILL EVERS, a protégé of Dr. Toland, was also on hand.

DRUG & ALCOHOL SECRETARY GARY TENNIS joined STATE REPS. ED NEILSON and TOM MURT for a hearing on the opioid crisis. The hearing was held at the Plumbers Local 690 union hall on Southampton Road. The union’s BUSINESS MGR./FINANCIAL SECRETARY-TREASURER JOHN KANE kindly provided the hall.

Philadelphia is on target for over 900 accidental-overdose drug deaths this year. And the hearing was to receive recommendations to make sure that people afflicted with addiction get treatment.

Also on hand was Northeast WARD LEADER BOB DELLAVELLA, who serves as CEO of Self Help. Self Help has been a rock of recovery in Northeast Philadelphia for decades. Former CONGRESSMAN CURT WELDON recently lost his son to drug overdose and provided written testimony.

The great commute to New York of many Pennsylvania politicos begins this week. The annual Pennsylvania Society Gala takes place in and around the Waldorf Astoria. Politicians will position themselves for the upcoming political future and lobbyists and others will post countless parties to network.

GOV. TOM WOLF will not be among the attendees. This is the second year in a row he has decided to take a pass and do some charity work in Pennsylvania.

Others find the event indispensable to carry on the business of public policy. The relationships made at Pennsylvania Society are key to bridging gaps and making the state a better place to live. Next week, Sam will talk about the best parties and the best gossip from the Pennsylvania Society weekend.

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COUNCILMAN Mark Squilla and his family, Danielle, Brigid and Mark kept up cheerful smiles despite the Eagles’ getting pounded by Cincinnati.

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JUDGE Vincent Melchiorre joined up with Councilman Mark Squilla to root for the Eagles at the fundraiser.

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COUNCILMAN Mark Squilla chats with Judge Dan Sulman during the Eagles-Bengals gamewatch party.

They stayed upbeat despite the Eagles’ drubbing.

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COUNCILMAN Mark Squilla, center, remained the jovial host despite the Eagles’ performance as he hosted Braheem Farlow and Greg Quiqley at his Football Party.

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Eagles Loss Fails to Dampen Squilla Fundraiser

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A BIT UNHAPPY at the Eagles’ poor performance, but showing support for Councilman Mark Squilla, were TWU’s Steve Butler, Sr., Juan Barrow and Rasheed Odrick.

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COUNCILMAN Mark Squilla brought out smiles at his football fundraiser by telling Ken Paul and George Groves, “Wait until next year!”

Councilman Mark Squilla’s Eagles Watch Party was attended by judicial candidate Zac Shafer and his Campaign Mgr. Maria Piccarello. Photo by Joe Stivala

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Parks Alliance Fêtes Big Year

CELEBRATING at the Phila. Parks Alliance’s gala in City Hall Conversation Hall were, L-R, Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell, Friends of Clark Park’s President Lisa McDonald Hanes and Ward Leader Carol Jenkins, with PPA’s George Matysik.

COUNCILMAN Mark Squilla was flanked at the parks event

by Dom Cipollini and Joe Felici. All were looking forward to the massive Rebuild program set to start next year, which will pour hundreds of millions of dollars into Parks & Recreation facilities.

L-R, LINDSAY WALKER and Kim Jordan of the Fairmount Park Conservancy linked up with Leroy Fisher of Friends of Hunting Park and Barbara Capozzi of Friends of FDR Park.

11 Police Athletic League Parties Brightening The Month

POLICE Athletic League kicked off the first of 11 holiday parties at Cozen PAL in Francisville. PAL Exec. Dir. Ted Qualli, L, assisted Lt. Evelyn Cintron at this merry event.

LINCOLN FINANCIAL volunteers join Matt Elkes, from Almo Corp.; Ted Qualli, executive director of PAL; Santa Claus, played by an undercover policeman; and Lt. Evelyn Cintron.

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TYLER GREEN grins as she receives a glamorous doll at Cozen PAL as her mother Sereeta Green holds her.

Every one of the 1,000 PAL kids at these parties will get a present.

Christmas In Neighborhoods

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CHRISTMAS in Mayfair has bipartisan support as seen here with Republican Party Chairman Joe DeFelice, Mayfair CDC’s Charles Seravalli, City Commissioner Lisa Deeley and Councilman Bobby Henon.

City & State PA Honors 40

City & State PA, the Commonwealth’s premier print magazine on politics, government and advocacy will honor “40 Under 40” in those fields, Dec. 15 at the Chemical Heritage Foundation, 315 Chestnut St., 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Tickets are $35 each, with table of 8, $195.

For information email Event@cityandstatePA.com.

Honorees include: Malik L. Boyd, Congressman Brendan Boyle, Michael Bronstein, State Rep. Donna Bullock, Mary Chicorelli, Joseph Corrigan,

Brittany Crampsie, Joseph DeFelice, Alex Egner, Leslie Elder, Ori Feibush, Rob Ghormoz, Matt Goldfine,Jon Grabelle Herrmann, Alicia Hubiak, Frank Iannuzzi, Malcolm Kenyatta, Obra Kernodle, Daniel Kessler, David M. Kralle, State Rep. Leanne KruegerBraneky, Michael Lee, Teresa Lundy, State Rep. Ryan E. Mackenzie, Aubrey Montgomery, Brittany Parker, Alison Perel-Man, Sully Pinos, State Sen. Guy Reschenthaler, Darren Smith, State Rep. Jared Solomon, Ben Stango, Matthew Stitt, Joiy Varghese, Lauren Vidas, Jamie Ware and Kevin Washo.

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LIGHTING up the Mayfair Village Christmas Tree ceremony attracted local dignitaries Councilman Bob Henon, State Rep. John Taylor, Commissioner Lisa Deeley and State Rep. Kevin Boyle. Photo by Bill Myers

CONGRESSMAN Dwight Evans shares a moment with the Wadsworth Street mascot and hostess Councilwoman Cherelle Parker at the Wadsworth Christmas celebration.

HELPING bring Christmas officially to Wadsworth Avenue were celebrities and staff.

Seen here with Congressman Evans and Councilwoman Parker is Ducky Birts.

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CITY HALL (Cont. From Page 16) Millionaire STATE SEN. SCOTT WAGNER has already declared his candidacy

for the Republican nomination for governor. This is exactly the problem going on in America today. Millionaires can buy the nomination. Sometimes it works out well, if the candidate

Philadelphia STATE SEN. SHIRLEY KITCHEN. Street comes to Harrisburg with a famous political name, being the son of the former mayor. His style is smoother and more conducive to getting things done in Harrisburg for Philly.

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In The Court of Common Pleas Phila. County Civil Action – Law No. 160701339 Notice of Action in Mortgage Foreclosure Bank of America, N.A., Plaintiff vs. The Unknown Heirs of Erie E. Thompson a/k/a Erie Thompson, Deceased, Mortgagor and Real Owner, Defendant(s) To: The Unknown Heirs of Erie E. Thompson a/k/a Erie Thompson, Deceased, Mortgagor and Real Owner, Defendant(s), whose last known address is 1926 North 61st Street a/k/a 1926 N. Sixty-First Street, Philadelphia, PA 19151. 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, Bank of America, N.A., 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. 160701339, wherein Plaintiff seeks to foreclose on the mortgage secured on your property located, 1926 North 61st Street a/k/a 1926 N. Sixty-First Street Philadelphia, PA 19151, whereupon your property will be sold by the Sheriff of Phila. County. Notice: You have been sued in court. If you wish to defend against the claims set forth in the following pages, you must take action within twenty (20) days after the Complaint and notice are served, by entering a written appearance personally or by attorney and filing in writing with the court your defenses or objections to the claims set forth against you. You are warned that if you fail to do so the case may proceed without you and a judgment may be entered against you by the Court without further notice for any money claimed in the Complaint for any other claim or relief requested by the Plaintiff. You may lose money or property or other rights important to you. You should take this paper to your lawyer at once. If you do not have a lawyer or cannot afford one, go to or telephone the office set forth below. This office can provide you with information about hiring a lawyer. If you cannot afford to hire a Lawyer, this office may be able to provide you with information about agencies that may offer legal services to eligible persons at a reduced fee or no fee. Community Legal Services, Inc., Law Center North Central, 1410 W. Erie Ave., Phila., PA 19140, 215-227-2400/215981-3700. Phila. Bar Assn., One Reading Center, Phila., PA 19104, 215-238-6333. Rebecca A. Solarz, Atty. for Plaintiff, KML Law Group, P.C., Ste. 5000, Mellon Independence Center, 701 Market St., Phila., PA 191061532, 215.627.1322.

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In The Court of Common Pleas Phila. County Civil Action – Law No. 160903374 Notice of Action in Mortgage Foreclosure U.S. Bank National Association (Trustee for The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency), Plaintiff vs. The Unknown Heirs of Dolores Pierce, Deceased & Shannon Klein, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Dolores Pierce, Deceased, Mortgagor and Real Owner, Defendant(s) To: The Unknown Heirs of Dolores Pierce, Deceased & Shannon Klein, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Dolores Pierce, Deceased, Mortgagor and Real Owner, Defendant(s), whose last known address is 6331 Walker Street, Philadelphia, PA 19135. 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. 160903374, wherein Plaintiff seeks to foreclose on the mortgage secured on your property located, 6331 Walker Street, Philadelphia, PA 19135, whereupon your property will be sold by the Sheriff of Phila. County. Notice: You have been sued in court. If you wish to defend against the claims set forth in the following pages, you must take action within twenty (20) days after the Complaint and notice are served, by entering a written appearance personally or by attorney and filing in writing with the court your defenses or objections to the claims set forth against you. You are warned that if you fail to do so the case may proceed without you and a judgment may be entered against you by the Court without further notice for any money claimed in the Complaint for any other claim or relief requested by the Plaintiff. You may lose money or property or other rights important to you. You should take this paper to your lawyer at once. If you do not have a lawyer or cannot afford one, go to or telephone the office set forth below. This office can provide you with information about hiring a lawyer. If you cannot afford to hire a Lawyer, this office may be able to provide you with information about agencies that may offer legal services to eligible persons at a reduced fee or no fee. Community Legal Services, Inc., Law Center North Central, 1410 W. Erie Ave., Phila., PA 19140, 215-227-2400/215981-3700. Phila. Bar Assn., One Reading Center, Phila., PA 19104, 215-238-6333. Michael T. McKeever, Atty. for Plaintiff, KML Law Group, P.C., Ste. 5000, Mellon Independence Center, 701 Market St., Phila., PA 191061532, 215.627.1322.

has the right priorities and he or she has their heart in the right place. Other times it looks like America is becoming an oligarchy run by big business.

Philadelphia’s Senate delegation will look a little bit different in the upcoming year.

SHARIF STREET has successfully succeeded iconic

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In The Court of Common Pleas Phila. County Civil Action – Law No. 160900152 Notice of Action in Mortgage Foreclosure Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Champion Mortgage Company, Plaintiff vs. The Unknown Heirs of James Watts Deceased, Judy P. Watts, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of James Watts, Deceased, Naomi Denise Watts a/k/a Denise Watts, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of James Watts, Deceased & Patrick Watts, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of James Watts, Deceased, Mortgagor and Real Owner, Defendants To: The Unknown Heirs of James Watts, Deceased, Judy P. Watts, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of James Watts, Deceased, Naomi Denise Watts a/k/a Denise Watts, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of James Watts, Deceased & Patrick Watts, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of James Watts, Deceased, Mortgagor And Real Owner, Defendants, whose last known address is 4831 Mulberry Street Philadelphia, PA 19124. This firm is a debt collector and we are attempting to collect a debt owed to our client.

Any information obtained from you will be used for the purpose of collecting the debt. You are hereby notified that Plaintiff, Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/A Champion Mortgage Company, has filed a Mortgage Foreclosure Complaint endorsed with a notice to defend against you in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, docketed to No. 160900152, wherein Plaintiff seeks to foreclose on the mortgage secured on your property located, 4831 Mulberry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19124, whereupon your property will be sold by the Sheriff of Phila. County. Notice: You have been sued in court. If you wish to defend against the claims set forth in the following pages, you must take action within twenty (20) days after the Complaint and notice are served, by entering a written appearance personally or by attorney and filing in writing with the court your defenses or objections to the claims set forth against you. You are warned that if you fail to do so the case may proceed without you and a judgment may be entered against you by the Court without further notice for any money claimed in the Complaint for any other claim or relief requested by the Plaintiff. You may lose money or property or other rights important to you. You should take this paper to your lawyer at once. If you do not have a lawyer or cannot afford one, go to or telephone the office set forth below. This office can provide you with information about hiring a lawyer. If you cannot afford to hire a Lawyer, this office may be able to provide you with information about agencies that may offer legal services to eligible persons at a reduced fee or no fee. Community Legal Services, Inc., Law Center North Central, 1410 W. Erie Ave., Phila., PA 19140, 215-227-2400/215-9813700. Phila. Bar Assn., One Reading Center, Phila., PA 19104, 215-238-6333. Michael T. McKeever, Atty. for Plaintiff, KML Law Group, P.C., Ste. 5000, Mellon Independence Center, 701 Market St., Phila., PA 191061532, 215.627.1322.

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Everyday (Cont. From Page 16) ple send letters to Bartle asking for leniency for Fattah, who resigned from Congress after 21 years following his conviction.

So far, there haven’t been many takers.

Let’s be honest: Because

politics is a risk-averse business, that’s not much of a surprise. Politicians might be willing to make room for you when you’ve lost re-election or have had to step down due to some infraction that didn’t land you in federal court. Just ask former City Councilman W. Wilson Goode, Jr.

But when you’ve been convicted on 22 counts including money-laundering, bribery and racketeering, folks, even folks you may have mentored or gotten jobs for, tend to stay away in politics. There’s only a certain amount of your taint they’re willing to take on before the stench threatens to

overwhelm them.

That’s not a big deal for someone like Hughes, a popular state senator in a fairly safe district who does his job and does it relatively well. But if you’re in a more competitive district, and are constantly looking over your shoulder because you know you haven’t accom-

plished much, putting pen to paper on behalf of a convicted congressman is probably not something you’re going to do.

Besides, I’m not so sure it would help in any case.

You see, Bartle was the same judge that sentenced Fattah’s son, Chip, who is currently doing five years in

NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE - WHEREAS, on April 12, 2007, a certain mortgage was executed by Virginia Meyers, as mortgagor in favor of Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corporation, a subsidiary of Indymac Bank, F.S.B as mortgagee and was recorded in Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County in Mortgage Document Number 51681157 (“Mortgage”); and WHEREAS, the Mortgage encumbered property located at 4147 L Street Philadelphia, PA 19124, parcel number 104N18-160 (“Property”); and WHEREAS, the Property was owned by Herbert Meyers and Virginia Meyers as husband and wife by virtue of deed dated June 3, 1977 and recorded June 13, 1977 in Book DCC; Page 50; and WHEREAS, Herbert Meyers died on January 12, 2010. By operation of law title vests solely in Virginia Meyers and Herbert Meyers is hereby released of liability pursuant to Pa.R.C.P. 1144. Virginia Meyers died on December 6, 2015 intestate and is survived by her heir-at-law, Stephen Meyers; and WHEREAS, the Mortgage is now owned by the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ("Secretary"), pursuant to an assignment recorded on June 3, 2015 in Document Number 52923480, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; and WHEREAS, a default has been made in the covenants and conditions of the Mortgage (paragraph 9 (a)(i)), as Virginia Meyers died on December 6, 2015, and that upon her death the entire principal balance becomes due and owing, and that no payment was made, and remains wholly unpaid as of the date of this Notice; and WHEREAS, the entire amount delinquent as of September 22, 2016 is $144,956.44 plus interest, costs and other charges through the sale date; and WHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage to be immediately due and payable;NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to powers vested in me by the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994, l2 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR Part 29, and by the Secretary's designation of me as Foreclosure Commissioner, recorded on September 29, 2011 in Misc. Document Number 52395684, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, notice is hereby given that on December 14, 2016 at 10:00 am at the Southeast Entrance of Philadelphia City Hall located at Broad Street and Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, all real and personal Property at or used in connection with the following described premises ("Property") will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder: All that certain lot or piece of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon erected. Situate on the Easterly side of "L" Street (60 feet wide) at the distance of 367 feet 2 inches Northwardly from the Northerly side of Lycoming Street (60 feet wide) in the 33rd Ward of the City of Philadelphia. Containing in front or breadth on the said "L" Street 16 feet 2 inches and extending of that width in length or depth Eastwardly between lines parallel with the said Lycoming 80 feet to the middle of a certain 12 feet wide driveway extending Northwardly and Southwardly communicating at the Southern end thereof with a certain 10 feet wide driveway extending "L" Street to Dugan Street and at the Northerly end thereof with a certain other 12 feet wide driveway extending from "L" Street to Dungan Street. Being No. 4147 "L" Street. Under and subject to certain Restrictions as of record. Together with the free and common use, right, liberty and privilege of the aforesaid driveways as and for passageways and driveways at all times hereafter forever in common with the owners, tenants and occupiers of the other properties abutting thereof. Subject however, to the proportionate part of the expense of keeping said driveways in good repair. Being parcel number 104N18-160. The sale will be held on December 14, 2016 at 10:00 am at the Southeast Entrance of Philadelphia City Hall located at Broad Street and Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development will bid $144,956.44 plus interest, costs and other charges through the sale date. Ten percent (10%) of the highest bid is the deposit required at the sale. The amount that must be paid to HUD by the mortgagors or someone acting on their behalf so that the sale may be stayed is the total delinquent amount of $144,956.44 as of September 22, 2016, plus all other amounts that would be due under the mortgage agreement if payments under the mortgage had not been accelerated, advertising costs and postage expenses incurred in giving notice, mileage by the most reasonable road distance for posting notices and for the Foreclosure Commissioner's attendance at the sale, reasonable and customary costs incurred for title and lien record searches, the necessary out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure Commissioner for recording documents, a commission for the Foreclosure Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in connection with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement. There will be no proration of taxes, rents or other income or liabilities, except that the purchaser will pay, at or before closing, his prorata share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure sale. When making their bid, all bidders, except the Secretary, must submit a deposit totaling ten percent 10% of the Secretary's bid as set forth above in the form of a certified check or cashier's check made out to the Secretary of HUD. Each oral bid need not be accompanied by a deposit. If the successful bid is oral, a deposit of ten (10%) percent must be presented before the bidding is closed. The deposit is nonrefundable. The remainder of the purchase price must be delivered within thirty (30) days of the sale or at such other time as the Secretary may determine for good cause shown, time being of the essence. This amount, like the bid deposits, must be delivered in the form of a certified or cashier's check. If the Secretary is the high bidder, he need not pay the bid amount in cash. The successful bidder will pay all conveyance fees, all real estate and other taxes that are due on or after the delivery of the remainder of the payment and all other costs associated with the transfer of title. At the conclusion of the sale, the deposits of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned to them. The Secretary may grant an extension of time within which to deliver the remainder of the payment. All extensions will be for fifteen (15) days, and a fee will be charged in the amount of $150.00 for each fifteen (15) day extension requested. The extension fee shall be paid in the form of a certified or cashier's check made payable to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. If the high bidder closes the sale prior to the expiration of any extension period, the unused portion of the extension fee shall be applied toward the amount due. If the high bidder is unable to close the sale within the required period, or within any extensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder's deposit will be forfeited, and the Commissioner may, at the direction of the HUD Field Office Representative, offer the Property to the second highest bidder for an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bidder. There is no right of redemption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclosure completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure Commissioner will issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire purchase price in accordance with the terms of the sale as provided herein.

prison after being convicted of bank fraud and other offenses.

Bartle was as harsh as he could be because he felt that the younger Fattah had wasted the chances that had been made available to him.

My guess is that Fattah the Elder won’t be getting much of a pass.

WAFFLEMAN (Cont. From Page 16) “Folks, I don’t think I have to tell you what I am preaching about today.”

Then he started singing the words to this song: “If I can help somebody as I pass along, if I can cheer somebody with a word or song, if I can show somebody that he’s traveling wrong, then my living shall not be in vain.”

I hope that my living shall not be in vain.

WALKING (Cont. From Page 16) And, of course, there was that sleaze STING that is now AGAIN in the press after a revelation by an FBI agent. I heard folks ask if ALI would be prosecuted – since the article seems to say he told the FBI agent the opposite of what he testified to. Are State AG BEEMER or DA Williams looking at this?? HMM. A DA’s aide noted the four prosecuted LEGISLATORS sold their votes. WHICH ONE? What were the accomplishments of the legislators over many DECADES of service?

How many beneficial laws did they introduce or vote for?

How many constituents were assisted? Sold their votes – BLARNEY! (And THANK YOU, State Rep. Vanessa BROWN, for giving turkeys to the needy on Thanksgiving!)

TODAY is the retirement party for another beneficial lawmaker: State Sen. Shirley KITCHEN; thank you and God bless you! It is also the AFL-CIO season-opener holiday party led by PAT EIDING, the AFL-CIO leader (who resembles – and is just as eloquent as – Ernest HEMINGWAY).

CORMAN. All three are having afternoon events on Friday.

PAGOP CHAIRMAN ROB GLEASON is retiring at the end of this year. Two Philadelphia-area Republicans, PAGOP GENERAL COUNSEL LAWRENCE TABAS and Chester County GOP CHAIRMAN VAL DiGIORGIO, are vying to replace him.

Both are expected to be looking for votes in New York.

CITY HALL (Cont. From Page 19) well he will play with the other kids in the sandbox. Those kids have their own way of doing things. Among them are STATE SENS. VINCENT HUGHES, the Appropriations chairman; TINA TARTAGLIONE; LARRY FARNESE; JOHN SABATINA; ART HAYWOOD;

and ANTHONY HARDY WILLIAMS. The retired Sen. Kitchen helped make people work together whenever it was possible.

Will her absence prevent unity or bring change? These questions will play out in the months and years to come and will probably bring some surprises.

Hopefully among them will be an appropriate voice of influence for the great city of Philadelphia.

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NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE - WHEREAS, on November 24, 2006, a certain mortgage was executed by Flora V. Derrick, as mortgagor in favor of Seattle Mortgage Company as mortgagee and was recorded in Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County in Mortgage Document Number 51584534 (“Mortgage”); and WHEREAS, the Mortgage encumbered property located at 1036 East Mount Pleasant Avenue a/k/a 1038 East Mount Pleasant Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19150, parcel number 502439000 (“Property”); and WHEREAS, the Property was owned Roger D. Derrick and Flora V. Derrick as husband and wife by virtue of deed dated April 27, 1971 and recorded April 28, 1971 in Book PLMCS 251; Page215; and WHEREAS, the Mortgage encumbered Property located at 1036 East Mount Pleasant Avenue a/k/a 1038 East Mount Pleasant Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19150, parcel number 502439000(“Property”); and WHEREAS, Roger D. Derrick died on January 22, 1975. By operation of law title vests solely in Flora V. Derrick and Roger D. Derrick is hereby released of liability pursuant to Pa.R.C.P. 1144. Flora V. Derrick died on October 19, 2015 intestate and is survived by her heirs-at-law, Denise Derrick and Violetta Sanchious; and WHEREAS, the Mortgage is now owned by the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ("Secretary"), pursuant to an assignment recorded on May 9, 2013 in Document Number 52636638, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; and WHEREAS, a default has been made in the covenants and conditions of the Mortgage (paragraph 9 (a)(i)), as Flora V. Derrick died on October 19, 2015, and that upon her death the entire principal balance becomes due and owing, and that no payment was made, and remains wholly unpaid as of the date of this Notice; and WHEREAS, the entire amount delinquent as of September 19, 2016 is $292,660.27 plus interest, costs and other charges through the sale date; and WHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage to be immediately due and payable; NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to powers vested in me by the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994, l2 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR Part 29, and by the Secretary's designation of me as Foreclosure Commissioner, recorded on September 29, 2011 in Misc. Document Number: 52395684, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, notice is hereby given that on December 14, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at Southeast Entrance of Philadelphia City Hall located at Broad Street and Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, all real and personal Property at or used in connection with the following described premises ("Property") will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder: All certain lot or piece of ground, situate in the Fiftieth Ward of the City of Philadelphia.

Beginning at the point of intersection of the Southeast side of Mount Pleasant Avenue (sixty feet wide) and the Southwest side of Rodney Street (sixty feet wide) thence Southwest along Mount Pleasant Avenue one hundred and three feet thence Southeast ninety-eight feet three and three-eighths inches to a point thence Northeast one hundred and three feet to Southwest side of Rodney Street thence Northwest along same ninety-eight feet three and threeeighths inches to beginning. Being No. 1036 Mount Pleasant Avenue. Assessed as 1038 East Mount Pleasant Avenue. Being parcel number 502439000.The sale will be held on December 14, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at Southeast Entrance of Philadelphia City Hall located at Broad Street and Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development will bid $292,660.27 plus interest, costs and other charges through the sale date. Ten percent (10%) of the highest bid is the deposit required at the sale. The amount that must be paid to HUD by the mortgagors or someone acting on their behalf so that the sale may be stayed is the total delinquent amount of $292,660.27 as of September 19, 2016, plus all other amounts that would be due under the mortgage agreement if payments under the mortgage had not been accelerated, advertising costs and postage expenses incurred in giving notice, mileage by the most reasonable road distance for posting notices and for the Foreclosure Commissioner's attendance at the sale, reasonable and customary costs incurred for title and lien record searches, the necessary out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure Commissioner for recording documents, a commission for the Foreclosure Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in connection with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement. There will be no proration of taxes, rents or other income or liabilities, except that the purchaser will pay, at or before closing, his prorata share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure sale. When making their bid, all bidders, except the Secretary, must submit a deposit totaling ten percent 10% of the Secretary's bid as set forth above in the form of a certified check or cashier's check made out to the Secretary of HUD. Each oral bid need not be accompanied by a deposit. If the successful bid is oral, a deposit of ten (10%) percent must be presented before the bidding is closed. The deposit is nonrefundable. The remainder of the purchase price must be delivered within thirty (30) days of the sale or at such other time as the Secretary may determine for good cause shown, time being of the essence. This amount, like the bid deposits, must be delivered in the form of a certified or cashier's check. If the Secretary is the high bidder, he need not pay the bid amount in cash. The successful bidder will pay all conveyance fees, all real estate and other taxes that are due on or after the delivery of the remainder of the payment and all other costs associated with the transfer of title. At the conclusion of the sale, the deposits of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned to them. The Secretary may grant an extension of time within which to deliver the remainder of the payment. All extensions will be for fifteen (15) days, and a fee will be charged in the amount of $150.00 for each fifteen (15) day extension requested. The extension fee shall be paid in the form of a certified or cashier's check made payable to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

If the high bidder closes the sale prior to the expiration of any extension period, the unused portion of the extension fee shall be applied toward the amount due. If the high bidder is unable to close the sale within the required period, or within any extensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder's deposit will be forfeited, and the Commissioner may, at the direction of the HUD Field Office Representative, offer the Property to the second highest bidder for an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bidder. There is no right of redemption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclosure completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure Commissioner will issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire purchase price in accordance with the terms of the sale as provided herein.

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(Cont. From Page 16) in Philadelphia. Joe DeFelice, the Chairman of Republican City Committee, put it very well when he stated, “If the image of an upper-middleclass city attorney clad in a blazer and sipping wine while vandalizing an upscale grocery store with an anti-Trump message strikes you as perhaps the most bourgeois sight imaginable, that’s because it is…. Did the extra glass of Shiraz give him some sort of delusional confidence that there are no cameras on Germantown Avenue?”

The question does remain whether Lloyd was an amused bystander or was involved in the crime his companion was committing. What is perhaps most interesting is that the only property vandalized during their stroll down Germantown Avenue was owned by a person who exercised his 1st Amendment right to support, horrors, a Republican.

Irrespective of whether Lloyd committed a crime, his behavior was beyond inappropriate. He did not try to stop the vandal. He did not report the vandal, but appears to be “cooperating” with authorities after he was identified on the surveillance video. As an assistant city solicitor, Lloyd should be held to a higher standard than some drunk kid out for a walk.

The 118th annual Pennsylvania Society Dinner will be held in New York City at the Waldorf Astoria grand ballroom on Saturday, Dec. 10. This year’s honoree is Jack Bogle, the founder of Vanguard. Pennsylvania Society is a philanthropic group. Initially, the dinner was attended by Philadelphia-native financiers who worked in New York on a regular basis.

Today, the December event has a decidedly political flavor.

The attendees at the dinner will include a who’s-who of Republican and Democratic politicos.

While the dinner is the highlight of the weekend, Pennsylvania Society actually starts on Thursday night. The

this event is not by invitation only, the $1,000 ticket price does limit attendance.

People within both parties are eyeing the gubernatorial race in 2018. The Republicans who appear to be interested and who are already courting support include US CONGRESSMAN MIKE KELLY (PA 3), STATE SEN. SCOTT WAGNER and STATE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER JAKE

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first Republican event is Republican National Committeewoman Christine Toretti’s reception at Club Macanudo.

This event is invitation-only and entry is enforced.

On Friday, the Commonwealth Club, a fundraising group for the Republican Party of Pennsylvania, will hold a luncheon. Political commentator ANN COULTER is to be the keynote speaker. While

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Masino Appointed to Delaware River Port Authority

Labor leader Gary Masino has been appointed to the Delaware River Port Authority by Gov. Tom Wolf.

Masino is president/busi-

ness manager of Local 19 and the International Sheet Metal Workers Union’s 11th general vice president.

DRPA is responsible for the

IN RE: Adoption of Baby Boy M, a minor male child (DOB: 6-8-2016), No. 094 of 2016 in the Orphans’ Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County, PA. To: Unknown Birthfather/ “Vic”: A Petition has been filed asking the Court to put an end to all rights you have to your child, a male child born 6-8-2016 at Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Chester, PA. The Court has set a hearing to consider ending rights to your child. That hearing will be held in Courtroom “TBA” before The Hon. Kathrynann W. Durham at 201 West Front Street, Media, PA on December 16, 2016 at 9:30 a.m. Your presence is required at the hearing. You are warned that even if you fail to appear at the scheduled hearing, the hearing will go on without you and your rights to your child may be ended by the Court without your being present. You have a right to be represented at the hearing by a lawyer. You should take this paper to your lawyer at once.

If you do not have a lawyer or cannot afford one, go to or telephone the office set forth below to find out where you can get legal help: Delaware County Lawyer Referral Service, 335 West Front Street, Media, PA 19063 (610-566-6625).

Law Offices of Deborah E. Spivack, Atty for Adoptions From The Heart, PO Box 56182, Philadelphia, PA 19130 (215-7635550).

BY THE COURT:

operation of four of the five bridges spanning the Delaware River: Commodore Barry, Ben Franklin, Betsy Ross and Walt Whitman Bridges.

DRPA is self-sustaining, operating without tax support. It is administered by a 16-member Board of Commissioners, eight from each state. They are appointed by their respective governors, except the auditorgeneral and treasurer of Pennsylvania, who are ex officio members. All commissioners serve without compensation. All DRPA commissioners also serve as PATCO’s Board of Directors.

His appointment gives labor another voice on the authority.

Its chairman is Ryan N. Boyer, business manager for Laborers’ District Council. Other mem-

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bers from labor include Richard Sweeney, Albert Fratalli and E. Frank DiAntonio. resides in Northeast Philadelphia and has lived in Philadelphia his entire life. He is a third-generation sheetmetal worker with a proud family contribution to his industry. For nearly 33 years, he has been an active member and committed to the advancement of Local 19. He was elected as president/business manager in 2011.

Masino has earned respect from many in the industry and is currently president of the Pennsylvania State Council of Sheet Metal Workers, and vice president of the Metropolitan Association of Presidents & Business Representatives,

Philadelphia AFL-CIO and Mechanical Trades District Council of Delaware Valley. He is an executive-board member of the Pennsylvania State Building Trades and the Pennsylvania State AFL-CIO. He is also the co-chairman of the Health & Welfare Funds, Joint Apprentice & Training Council, the Scholarship Fund and the Sheet Metal Industry Advancement Committee of Local 19.

He was appointed to the License & Inspection Appeals Board for the City of Philadelphia in September 2012 and was appointed to the Philadelphia Zoning Board of Appeals in March 2014 by Mayor Michael Nutter. Last year, he was appointed to the Governor’s Transition Committee

bankruptcy? Why consider Chapter 13 bankruptcy?

Answer: Why would you want to file a Chapter 13?

Several main reasons: You aren’t eligible for a Chapter 7. You fail the means test, or have too much disposable income to qualify for a Chapter 7. Or you might have filed a Chapter 7 case in which you received a discharge within the last eight years. None of these are problems in a Chapter 13.

You are behind on your mortgage and need time to catch up. A Chapter 13 gives you up to five years to spread these payments out to bring the mortgage current.

You owe more on the first mortgage on your home than it’s worth, and have a second or third mortgage. A Chapter 13 lets you “strip off,” or wipe out, wholly unsecured second and third mortgages.

You’re behind on your tax

IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF

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You are hereby notified that a guardianship case has been filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, Maryland in Case No. 03-A16-000119. All persons who believe themselves to be parents of a male child born on July 7, 2016 in Baltimore, Maryland to Patricia Ann Jones, dob August 22, 1974, and Marcelo Navvro Ortiz, dob December 30, 1982, shall file a written response. A copy of the show cause order may be obtained from the clerk’s office at the Baltimore County Circuit Court, 401 Bosley Avenue, Towson, Maryland 21204, (410) 887-3069. If you do not file a written objection within thirty (30) days from the date of this notice is published and/or posted, you will have agreed to the permanent loss of your parental rights to this child.

Gary Masino for Labor & Industry for the State of Pennsylvania.

Masino is a proud father of two sons, Gary and Eric.

Young Gary was a graduate of Roman Catholic High School and recently graduated from Widener University; Eric is a junior at The Art Institute of Philadelphia. The elder Gary is married to Karen and is a stepfather to her three children, Brynn, Bobby and Joey. or domestic-support payments and need time to catch up. A Chapter 13 gives you up to five years to spread these payments out to bring them current.

In these circumstances, I would normally advise my clients to consider a Chapter 13.

This decision is not always easy or straightforward. It requires a detailed analysis of your assets, debt, income and expenses, and an in-depth knowledge of the Bankruptcy Code.

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Asked what sort of content they would consider paying for an on-line newspaper, respondents to a poll conducted by Meclabs pointed above all to the ability to gain access to exclusive content unavailable from other news orgs, including arts and culture reporting and local news.

That describes what the Philadelphia Public Record has become for all politicos from the neighborhood level up through to Gov. Tom Wolf’s office, General Assembly and local city and county governments.

According to historic data from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (now the Alliance for Audited Media), paid circulation including subs and newsstand sales peaked at an average of 63.3 million in 1984, or 26% of the country’s total population of 236 million, and 38% of its adult population of 166 million.

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