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E. PASSYUNK AVENUE was flourishing with delectable food selections for this year’s Flavors on the Avenue.

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THE ANNUAL event brought out everyone who welcomed the tasty distractions from the cold weather. Even the kids got in on the action. Photos by Eldon Graham

EACH VENDOR served up some signature delicacies for the public to enjoy on the gorgeous day.

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THIS TYKE got an up close look at how big things could get at Flavors on the Avenue.

THE LITTLE ONES had a zone to call their own and enjoyed it to the fullest.

Barcelona Wine Bar served up a scrumptious vegetable paella, which many got to enjoy.

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A HOST of community residents and public officials, among them Mayor Jim Kenney, Councilman Kenyatta Johnson and State Rep. Jordan Harris, broke ground last week for a l o n g - aw a i t e d new playing field at Bartram High School.

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Lt. Guv Air War; State Rep. Bouts Galore

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BY JOE SHAHEELI ONTESTED lieutenant gubernatorial primaries are nothing new. But television ad campaigns have rarely been seen, due to the cost of pummeling the Keystone State’s numerous TV markets – coupled with the relative

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lack of clout that this office has, which is not an enticement to major donors.

That is changing this year, as three of the five entrants in the Democratic primary are launching TV buys this week. Two of them are Philadelphians.

Incumbent Lt. Gov. Mike Stack, a former state senator from the Northeast, is seeking re-election. His previous running mate, Gov. Tom Wolf, has stayed neutral, thereby tacitly permitting challengers. Former Deputy Mayor Nina Ahmad is one of them. She is aided by the fact that she has put over $500,000 into her campaign, a deed made possible by her husband’s flourishing real-estate business.

Stack’s commercial stresses his work on veterans’ issues (he is active in

the Army Reserve) as well as gun reform. Campaign Manager Marty Marks noted Stack is the only veteran on the Democratic ballot for Lieutenant Governor, which “sets him apart from his opponents who have no experience in either the military or state government.”

Ahmad’s TV ad also addresses gun issues, proposing to ban assault rifles, but with a focus on her personal story and her standing as a woman of color. Ahmad, a Bangladeshi immigrant, says in her commercial, “I grew up during a brutal war in which nearly 3 million people lost their lives for the cause of freedom, so not only am I passionate about banning weapons of war from our communities, but I have no fear of special interests like the NRA or powerful political bosses when

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STATE REP. Martina White had the honor of saluting our community’s Vietnam veterans with special pins recognizing their sacrifice. More than 100 veterans and their families came out to the FOP Lodge 5 HQ in Northeast Philadelphia to accept the pins as thanks for their service. Joining her were, L-R, State Sen. John Sabatina; White; Vietnam War veteran Charles Wilson, Martina’s grandfather; and City Commissioner Al Schmidt.

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Scott Targets Rabb In 200th District We turn now to a bevy of interesting state legislative races. Tops in animosity, at least, may be that in the 200th District in Northwest Philadelphia. It is a tale of two neighborhoods in part.

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A third candidate, Braddock mayor John Fetterman, who ran for U.S. senator in the 2016 primary, is also unleashing a TV campaign. But a man who can draw Bernie Sanders to Philadelphia to endorse him, as Fetterman aims to do tomorrow, may pack a kind of air-time firepower

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District Office 1538 E. Wadsworth Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19150 Phone: 215-686-3454 Fax: 215-685-9271. www.phlcouncil.com/CherelleParker

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Pitching 42nd Ward

Lt. Gov. Mike Stack was the first of many incumbents and challengers who were heard at the New 42nd Ward Candidates Night in the Majestic Hall. Welcoming the lieutenant governor were, L-R, Shante Lindsey, ward secretary; Michelle Rhett, ward chair; Stack; Sharon Vaughn, ward leader; and Tyron Martin, ward treasurer.

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re-election (an unusual distinction for an incumbent, but one he currently shares with State Rep. Emilio Vázquez in Kensington’s ever-turbulent 197th District.)

Rabb has a pack of endorsements by 215 People's Alliance, Humane PA, Neighborhood Networks, Planned Parenthood, SEIU 32BJ, UFCW, TAUP, AFTPA, Greater Philly Associaiton of Realtors, Political Revolution, SEIU PA State Council, Liberty City Democratic Club, Faculty & Staff Federation of Community College of Phila, AFSCME DC 47, Equality PA, the State AFL-CIO, Philadelphia Reclaim and Philadelphia Working Families Party.

Rabb has had successes in pressing bipartisan legislation through a GOP-dominated House.

Who Knows the 175th Better? We’ll See A generational clash is taking place in the 175th Legislative District between incumbent State Rep. Mike O’Brien and challenger Debby Derricks. This socially complex district runs from the River Wards south through Northern Liberties, Old City and Society Hill into Queen Village. Its different neighborhoods are hard to canvass in conventional ways and they don’t necessarily

network with each other.

O’Brien has frequently faced challenges during his 12 years in office. He succeeded State Rep. Marie Lederer – he was her chief of staff. The Lederers were a River Ward dynasty, a world apart from the gentrifying communities to the south.

O’Brien, at 63, has a decades-long record of working the system in Harrisburg. As Democratic Chair of the Urban Affairs Committee, he is a key player in state legislative policy affecting Philadelphia.

O’Brien was endorsed by Planned Parenthood, Philadelphia NOW, Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania, the Sierra Club, PFT, PSEA, AFSME 47, AFL-CIO, Humane PA and Liberty City Democratic Club.

His is the résumé of a stalwart 63-year-old progressive.

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VETERANS advocate Debby Derricks hosted a gathering at Pier 3 in her bid for the 175th state House seat. The river unites her district, she says.

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(Cont. From Prev. Page) of Far Northwest politics, passed on her City Council seat to her protégée, State Rep. Cherelle Parker, a protégée of Parker’s, Tonyelle Cook-Artis, was given that seat in a special election. But she lost it in the 2016 primary to entrepreneur Chris Rabb of the 9th Ward, which includes Chestnut Hill.

Tasco and Parker resent losing. “We were nodding!”

Parker harangued a lively 50th Ward party last week. The carefully tended rowhomes of Cedarbrook and West Oak Lane expect meticulous constituent service from their representatives – and reward them by

turning out to vote at a handsome rate.

This year, they have selected Melissa Scott, an entrepreneur and civil servant in the City Revenue Department. Her core issues – gun violence, public-school funding, senior health care and economic opportunity – are well matched for the eastern Northwest.

The western Northwest is different. Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy favor a cosmopolitan worldview that Rabb works well in. When Dan Muroff moved to Delaware County in quest of a congressional race, Rabb was elected as his replacement.

But Tasco has more sway in the other wards of the 200th; thus, Rabb was denied party endorsement for

Johnson Woos Koreans

DR. KEVIN JOHNSON, C, took his quest for the Democratic 3rd Congressional District nomination to influential leaders of the Korean American community at Seorabol Restaurant in Olney.

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City of Philadelphia Public Hearing Notice

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Resolution authorizing the Joint Committees on Streets and Services and Public Safety to hold hearings on the implementation of traffic calming plans around Philadelphia’s schools and child care centers.

Immediately following the public hearing, a meeting of the Joint Committees on Streets & Services and Public Safety, open to the public, will be held to consider the action to be taken on the above listed item.

Copies of the foregoing item are available in the Office of the Chief Clerk of the Council, Room 402, City Hall.

Michael Decker Chief Clerk

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A daughter of St. Joan of Arc Parish in Kensington, Derricks went from Community College to New York University to Penn. She majored in political science and worked on State Sen. Daylin Leach’s (D-Montgomery) campaign. She has lived in Queen Village as well as Old City and is confident of her social networks. The greatest challenge of her district, she said, is to harness the development taking place in it to cope with the blight that still infests its northern end, particularly with the scourge of opioid abuse.

Derricks claims to have knocked on 5,000 doors so far.

She has strong connections with the veteran community and won the backing of the Northeast Regional Council of Carpenters as a result.

Battle Lines Coalesce in 181st

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Party-endorsed Malcolm Kenyatta has all the big names on his side in the 181st Legislative District. But will the names be enough?

The district covers parts of North and North Central Philadelphia, Glenwood, Francisville, Feltonville, Yorktown, West Poplar, Northern Liberties and Old Kensington. It is another district in which working-class Black residents are experiencing inroads by gentrification from the south and

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REV. LEWIS NASH, SR., L, receives the endorsement of a former opponent, Kenneth Walker, in the 181st Legislative District buffeted by change.

MALCOLM KENYATTA, 3rd from L, received the endorsement of several junior members of the Philadelphia delegation to Harrisburg.

Temple University expansion in the north.

Kenyatta was anointed to succeed retiring State Rep. W. Curtis Thomas, Jr., a relative. He is a poised activist in young progressive politics and an organizer in the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce.

In addition to all ward and labor endorsements, Kenyatta is riding on the promotion of the “Pennsylvania House of Representatives Youngest Caucus.” Six state representatives of the under-40 set announced their backing for Kenyatta as a potential peer.

In with Kenyatta are Donna Bullock, Morgan Cephas, Joanna McClinton and Jared Solomon.

But some older hands in

the 181st are unwilling to give up the fight. Rev. Lewis Nash, Sr., a long-standing community activist, has won the backing of a primary rival, Kenneth Walker, whose petitions didn’t pass muster.

But Nash’s did, and now they are working together.

They may enjoy blue-collar labor appeal and they are skilled at door-knocking.

And their rebel outcry of “dirty-pool politics in North Philadelphia” will test the prowess of the ward leaders in that area to deliver their people on May 15.

Endorsements in 177th and 184th Immigration attorney Joe Hohenstein, who ran against State Rep. John Taylor (R-Northeast) in 2016 and did pretty well against a revered incumbent, got the Democratic Party nod from the ward leaders in Port Richmond, Bridesburg and Mayfair again this year.

To some degree, this endorsement is required. After all, they were all for him two years ago; in politics, etiquette calls for you to dance with the gal that brung ya.

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$34 Million? Meehan Says: Really, Philly?

177TH LEGISLATIVE district residents got to hear from four of the five candidates seeking to replace retiring State Rep. John Taylor at a spirited debate at the Veteran Boxers Association Clubhouse in Port Richmond as the May 15 election is rapidly approaching. VBA President Chalie Sgrillo, L, and VP Fred Druding, Jr., 4th from L, congratulate candidates, from L, Maggie Borski, Joe Hohenstein, Patty-Pat Kozlowski and Dan Martino on their debate performances.

city officials were trying to figure out if $33.3 million is missing from the city’s main bank account. Republican City Committee Chairman Michael Meehan issued the following statement: “Coming on the heels of Mayor Kenney asking the City’s homeowners to shoulder a property-tax increase, we find out he does not know how much money is or should be in the City’s bank accounts.

“The tax-and-spend policies of the far-leftists who have run this City for too long are hard enough to swallow on their own; to hear that the City has not even been adhering to standard bookkeeping prac-

tices is enough to make hard-working citizens sick.

Philadelphia’s elected Democrats are once again a headlining embarrassment.

“Let us not forget to add that taxpayers will also be asked to foot a bill to hire expensive accounting consultants to investigate and report on the funds.

This is information which should be monitored effectively internally by city employees who are paid hefty salaries.

“I do think it’s commendable that the new City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart discovered the failure to reconcile City accounts, and I would encourage her to keep looking into these and related matters at length.”

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(Cont. From Prev. Page) Danny Savage, Democratic 23rd Ward leader, said, “I’ve evaluated the different candidates in this race and I am confident that Joe Hohenstein has the experience and determination it takes to win and I pledge to him my full support for the election May 15th. Joe and I grew up in the neighborhood together.”

Peg Rzepski, 31st Ward leader, said, “Over the past three years, I have seen Joe Hohenstein out in my ward reaching out to folks with an energy that you don’t see too often.”

Connie Dougherty, 41st Ward leader, said, “Joe has proven himself to be someone who gets things done, and he’s proven he has a passion to serve others.”

This is good news for Hohenstein. But many committee people are loyal to some of the four other candidates on the Dem side in this race.

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BY MARK SEGAL HE PHILADELPHIA Inquirer, in its Craig McCoy article regarding sheriff’s sale ads, essentially questions the value of community, ethnic and other specialty news organizations that serve groups traditionally underserved by the mainstream press, including the Inquirer itself. The dismissal of minority community news by those already entitled is the reason many such outlets exist in the first place.

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dollars of Sheriff Sale advertising based on a 1986 discriminatory law. This law actually guarantees dollars to flow to the Inquirer, which is designated as one of the “papers of general circulation,” while community papers must prove their worth to participate in these kinds of advertising programs. Moreover, the Inquirer receives those ads with a no-bid contract. They have also been raising their rates at a time when their circulation has declined.

On the contrary, based on comparisons of circulation, multicultural advertising is delivered at a lower cost for a higher return. While the Inquirer questions the service we provide to a broad and diverse population – African American, Asian American, Latino American, LGBT Americans and to neighborhood papers that are read by low-income and senior Philadelphians – they need to ask themselves why people are choosing to read the news in minority publications that more closely affect their lives while Inquirer and Daily News readership declines year after year. They should look to their own worth rather than attacking ours.

But most importantly, the Inquirer did not make it clear that since the sheriff expanded the program of advertising in multicultural newspapers and made other changes in his office, he has been able to bring an additional $258 million to the city treasury.

That money can be used for pre-K programs, police overtime or other city needs. It’s also important to note that the expense for multicultural advertising is a fraction of that amount, meaning that the City of Philadelphia reaps

many times its investment in multicultural newspapers. What other city department or public agency makes this kind of contribution? Does the city’s pension program get such a return? Does the Inquirer’s 401K program, which come in part from the profits the Inquirer makes on sheriff sale ads, generate as much return?

And we in multicultural publishing are proud to take credit for the fact that wider listings in a variety of papers has helped to grow the number of people who attend the sheriff sales, get properties back to productive use, and put money into the city treasury.

The Philadelphia Multi-Cultural Newspapers represent publications in the African American, Asian, Latino and LGBT communities. Part of the reporting for the Inquirer story was clearly elitist.

Why would the reporter, Mr. McCoy, ask us why we need photos of social events or sports coverage in our newspapers? Does he ask that question of the Inquirer? No, and that is offensive and biased. Maybe the Philadelphia Inquirer needs its own kind of implicit bias sensitivity training like Starbucks is conducting.

We’re proud that the sheriff, along with many city and state departments, are finding the value of multicultural advertising in a city whose majority population is minorities.

The city has learned that inclusion can bring not only profit to the treasury, but communications to a wider range of Philadelphians.

Mark Segal represents the Philadelphia Multicultural Newspaper Association. The Public Record proudly runs Sheriff Sale ads each month.

The News in Black & White

LAST MONTH, a long-overdue historical marker was placed at the burial ground of Civil War colored troops in Philadelphia National Cemetery. Congressman Dwight Evans, the National Association of Black Veterans and others gathered to bestow this honor. USMC veteran Herbert Smith saluted his fallen comrades. Photo by Leona Dixon

MARK your CALENDAR May 3- State rep candidate Milton Street is hosted Reception at Michael Cibik & Monika Czapla’s home, 334 S. Front St., 7-9 p.m. Cocktails & hors d’oeuvres. Tickets $40.

For info: Mike Cibik (215) 704-5688.

May 5- 37th & 55th Ward Democratic Committees host Shrimp Night at Harmonia Cl., 2404 Orthodox St., 6-10 p.m.

Full buffet, open bar. Hosts $1,000, Sponsors $500, Friends $250, Individuals

$50. Payable to “Philly United,” 3200 Magee Ave., Phila., PA 19149. For info: Bill Dolbow (267) 235-5273 or Bob Dellavella (215) 808-4240.

May 8- 65th Ward Democratic Committee meets at 8400 Torresdale Ave., 7 p.m. For info: Colleen (215) 500-0617 or John (267) 334-3775.

May 9- State rep candidate Jonathan Rowan is hosted Fundraiser at Galdo’s Catering, 1933 W. Moyamensing Ave., 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Hosts: Christian DiCicco, James Gallo & Lou Galdo.

Hosts $2,500, C-Hosts $1,000, Tickets $200. Payable to “Committee to Elect Jonathan J.R. Rowan State Rep,” P.O. Box 37124, Phila., PA 19148, memo “5.9 GALDOS.” RSVP: https:// www.jrforsouthphilly.com/ events/.

May 10- Lt. Gov. Mike Stack is hosted Reception at Canton II, 1025 Arch St., 6:30-8:30 p.m. Contribu-

tion levels $2,500, $1,500, $500, Tickets $100.Payable to “The Committee to Elect Mike Stack,” P.O. Box 292, Newtown, PA 18940.

For info: Joyce So (215) 651-2319.

May 15- Primary election.

May 19- Asian Pacific America Heritage Festival at Mifflin Sq. Pk., 6th St. & Ritner Ave., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Live cultural entertainment, Asian arts & crafts, children’s fair, health fair. Free.

May 19- 17th Police Dist.

Advisory Council hosts Annual banquet at IATSE Ha., 2401 S. Swanson St., 7-11 p.m. Open bar, dinner, entertainment, door prizes.

Tickets $75. For tickets: https://www.eventbrite. com/e/17th-police-district-advisor y-council-2018-banquet-tickets-44655071521.

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Court of Common Pleas Phila. County Civil Action – Law No. 171003970 Notice of Action in Mortgage Foreclosure Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Champion Mortgage Company, Plaintiff vs. The Unknown Heirs of Bernice Groover, Deceased & Thomas Groover, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Bernice Groover, Deceased, Mortgagor and Real Owner Defendant(s) To: The Unknown Heirs of Bernice Groover, Deceased & Thomas Groover, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Bernice Groover, Deceased, Mortgagor and Real Owner, Defendant(s), whose last known address is 2174 Granite 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 Phila. County, PA, docketed to No. 171003970, wherein Plaintiff seeks to foreclose on the mortgage secured on your property located, 2174 Granite 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, 215.227.2400/215.981.3700. Phila.

Bar Assn., One Reading Center, Phila., PA 19104, 215-2386333. Michael T. McKeever, Atty. for Plaintiff, KML Law Group, P.C., Ste. 5000, Mellon Independence Center, 701 Market St., Phila., PA 19106, 215.627.1322.

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(Cont. From Prev. Page) Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C., lv. 56th & Vine Sts. 7:45 a.m., rt.

7:30 p.m. Includes stop at King Memorial, 2 hr. leisure at Baltimore Inner Harbor. Continental breakfast, video bus,

games, prizes. Tickets $55. Payable to “Crisis Intervention Network.,” P.O. Box 9449, Phila., PA 19139.For info: Mike Reed (215) 796-5499.

Jul. 7- Congressman Bob Brady hosts “Brady Bunch Beach Party” at Flip Flopz, 106 W. Spruce St., N. Wildwood, N.J. Tickets $35.

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CITY COMMISSION Chair Lisa Deeley enjoyed a lively fundraiser at Fluke’s Irish Pub in Tacony.

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VICE PRESIDENT Joe Biden has made the fabled wall! The Palm Philadelphia General Manager Julie Sloviter and former PREIT Executive Chairman Ron Rubin presented Biden with his framed Palm caricature at last week’s National Museum of American Jewish History event. Biden’s caricature was on the wall before the restaurant closed for renovations. Photo courtesy of the Palm Philadelphia

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Several lawmakers joined GOV. TOM WOLF on Monday to announce plans to push forward with legislation proposing a severance tax 4 to 7 cents per thousand cubic feet (MMCF) of natural gas, depending on the market price for the hydrocarbon. STATE SENS. JOHN YUDICHAK (D-Luzerne) and TOM KILLION (R-Chester), STATE REPS. BERNIE ONEILL (R-Bucks) and JAKE WHEATLEY (D-Allegheny) are in the

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BY DENISE CLAY HE BLACK Clergy of Philadelphia & Vicinity had chosen to sit on the sidelines and see who wound up filing for to run for the new congressional seats created by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s redistricting decision, before deciding whom they would decide to support.

On Monday, the group of Black ministers from the Tri-State area announced their preferences at a news conference held at the Calabash Restaurant on Lancaster Avenue.

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The bills, SB 1000 and HB 2253, are consistent with Wolf’s proposal put forward earlier this year in his budget. Wolf claims the tax would raise roughly $200 million in the next fiscal year. Proponents want the severance tax imposed on top of the current impact fee, which gas companies pay for each well they operate. The fee has generated more than $1 billion since it went into place several years ago. Most of the money is channeled back to the municipalities impacted by gas development.

As usual, the hue and cry of the proponents is that a similar tax is levied on every major oil- and gas-producing state except Pennsylvania.

While this may be true, none of those states have the 9.9% state corporate-tax rate that Pennsylvania has.

A severance tax here continues to face opposition from Pennsylvania’s natural-gas industry and the

Legislature. The Senate had a severance-tax bill last year, but it had no prayer of getting through the more-conservative House of Representatives.

Killion’s district includes numerous municipalities where construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline is taking place. He said when lawmakers imposed an impact fee to send money to communities affected by drilling, they overlooked areas outside the gas fields where pipelines would be built to carry the gas to market. I dread to criticize a fellow Republican, but I think this is a little disingenuous.

His constituents have been trying very hard to stop the construction of this pipeline, but he wants them compensated for something they are determined to stop.

There is one silver lining in both bills: Both contain language to reduce the bureaucracy the industry faces, including a longer period of (Cont. Page 12)

When the Rev. Jay Broadnax took to the podium surrounded by his cabinet, no one was really expecting any surprises. I had already gotten the word that Congressman Dwight Evans was going to get the nod from the group over his official opponent – and fellow member of the Black Clergy – Rev. Kevin Johnson of Dare to Imagine Church. Evans is an incumbent. My experience with the Black Clergy is that they’re a lot like the Democratic City Committee in that regard.

I also wasn’t too surprised that they endorsed Chester Mayor Thaddeus Kirkland in a 5th District race that’s looking more like something out of “Survivor.” The former state rep, unlike more than a few candidates in this race, would appear to be able to figure out how to handle the needs of a district that is, to say the least, bifurcated.

It also didn’t shock me that Congressman Brendan Boyle, the incumbent in the 2nd Dis-

trict, didn’t get the nod over his opponent Michele Lawrence.

Because much of his district is in the Northeast, he could wait until the last minute to answer the group’s questionnaire and probably did.

The Black Clergy’s slate has been set. And for the Pennsylvania delegation at least, the group hopes it can start to fix some things that have been broken in the Age of Trump, Broadnax said.

“On May 15, Philadelphians will participate in a critical election that will hopefully help take the rudder and right a ship that’s been going in the wrong direction,” he said. “We can’t afford to sit this one out.”

The reasons why the Black Clergy made the choices they did range from incumbency (Evans) to business experience (Lawrence).

But the question becomes, just how important is this particular endorsement?

Because I’m the person (Cont. Page 15)

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BY JOE SHAY STIVALA EMPLE UNIVERSITY revoked the Honorary Degree of Bill COSBY. It was an action requiring little courage, since it was done from afar, and brings quick closure.... I wondered why the first Cosby trial had jurors from Allegheny County, and the latest from Montgomery County (?). The trial judge allowed it? Grounds for appeal?... The #ME TOO movement was gaining momentum with men and women in support of allegations. It may have HIT THE BRAKES with the accusation

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HE PHILADELPHIA Democratic City Committee’s annual Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner took place on Monday. As is normal, a large and festive group of Democrats gathered to celebrate their victories and to discuss how they will elect more Democrats, starting with the primary on May 15.

The dinner was led by longtime CITY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN and CONGRESSMAN BOB BRADY. Although Brady is stepping down from his congressio-

against Tom BROKAW, who is placed on a high pedestal by many. When accusations are made against him, they seem unbelievable.

THE MEEK MILL release is a triumph of the RICH. Meek seems to have put on a few pounds in jail. Was it prison food or “Care Packages?” (I have gotten complaints from inmates about small meal portions in local prisons (?)… Meek’s release will help with his new releases and income – and basketball games. There are too many probation violators languishing in prison for lack of his influence. An editorial correctly stated that Mill has an obligation to EARN his release by assisting them. A newsletter writer remarked that Meek is no Nelson MANDELA, however.... On cries for less probation, Judge Frank PALUMBO recently stated, “We need an adversarial system….” Throughout the whole sordid episode, Judge BRINKLEY was unfairly verbally assaulted.

A Sunday feature in the daily press seems like a prelude to a PUSH to demand that the SHERIFF’S office be abolished. This is the 3RD HIT on the Sheriff and the department in that publication. The article about Sheriff Sale advertising had to illustrate that the daily and its legal cousin HAULED IN $3.4 MILLION of the VERY SAME advertising. The article noted that “NICHE” newspapers got (much less) of the same advertising. If the feature wants to hook City Controller RHYNHART into action, she should not take the bait. The niche papers are COMMUNITY AND MINORITY papers. A City Council ordinance making such advertising mandatory in the daily and legal press should be expanded to smaller publications to expand free speech to readers who need a FREE newspaper instead of plunking down the $15 dollars a week it takes to purchase daily papers.

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nal seat this year, he still still wields enormous power and sway over the Democratic vote in Philadelphia.

Also speaking at the event was LT. GOV. MIKE STACK, who is running in the primary this year. He spoke about the importance of Philadelphians’ turning out in big numbers with in the primary and the general election to support his re-election as well as the re-election of Gov. Tom Wolf. The Democrats are facing a scary challenge come fall in STATE SEN. SCOTT WAGNER (R-York), who is the PAGOP-endorsed candidate for governor. Should Wagner win in his primary, he will seek to move workers’ rights and women’s rights back to the 1920s.

Also speaking at the event was Philadelphia MAYOR JIM KENNEY. Kenney has done an excellent job as mayor. He has increased education funding, helped to create jobs by setting up a reasonable business cli-

mate, and worked hard to help Philadelphia land the second Amazon headquarters.

Also attending the event were numerous Philadelphia political and ward leaders and union leaders.

The leaders on hand included Sheet Metal Workers’ Union leader GARY MASINO, Plumbers’ Union leader JOHN KANE and DANNY SULLIVAN from Operating Engineers’ Local 542. The ward leaders on hand included senior WARD LEADERS MIKE McALEER from 66B, BOB DELLAVELLA from the 55th and JOHN SABATINA from the 56th. Other ward leaders attending included BILLY DOLBOW of the 35th Ward, STATE SEN. ANTHONY HARDY WILLIAMS of the 3rd, State Rep. Emilio Vázquez of the 43rd Ward, and the legendary SONNY CAMPBELL, who heads the Black Ward Leaders.

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THEIR NAMES weren’t important, said these UAW Local 1069 workers at the Boeing plant; they had come to bear witness to the names of those who had died.

CLUTCHING a picture of his lost father, Robert William Harvey, young Aiden Harvey prepares to launch a rose onto the waters of the Delaware.

THE FAMILY of Devan Shoemaker gathered at the river’s edge, vowing never to forget.

Women Carpenters Demonstrate Their Skills

THE NORTHEAST Regional Council of Carpenters hosted a Sisters in the Brotherhood Training Exhibition to introduce Philadelphia construction contractors to the program and to Sisters who are enrolled in the first-ever SIB pre-apprenticeship program in Philadelphia – unique among unions in the Delaware Valley.

Photos by Wendell Douglas

NRCC REP James Thompson, L, joined trainer Joe Cottman.

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VISITING State Rep. Tina Davis hoisted a drill alongside trainees Angelique Walton, L, and Demi Price.

CARPENTERS Apprentice School Director Charles Brock supervises a trainee’s progress.

The SIB Pre-Apprentice program at the Carpenters Apprentice School in Northeast Philadelphia is a six-week training course that prepares women to become carpenter apprentices. After successful completion, women graduate to the NRCC Apprenticeship program.

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LABORERS’ Local 57 leader Estebán Vera, Jr., L, joins a family of survivors: widow Donna Jones and sons Nicholas Jones and Christopher Jones, R.

FORMER district attorney candidate Jack O’Neill, L, who has close ties to organized labor, joined the march.

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THE PHILADELPHIA Area Project on Occupational Safety & Health commemorated the many workers who have been killed by occupational hazards, marching from Sheet Metal Workers Hall up Columbus Boulevard to Penn’s Landing, where a memorial service was held. Photos by Wendell Douglas

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(Cont. From Page 10) time to complete the drilling of a well, having a single application to apply to multiple wells so long as they are on the same well pad and permitting the drillers

to vary the location slightly without filing a new application.

One should note that Killion and two other legislators that joined Wolf at the press conference are from areas where there are no shale gas wells or development. Yudichak is the only

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS PHILA. COUNTY, PA CIVIL ACTION-LAW NO. 180300001 NOTICE OF ACTION IN MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE Nationstar HECM Acquisition Trust 2016-2, Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not Individually but Solely as Trustee, c/o Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Plaintiff vs. Samuel Parker in His Capacity as heir of Ruth J. Parker a/k/a Ruth O. Parker, Deceased and Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns and All Persons, Firms or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Ruth J. Parker a/k/a Ruth O. Parker, Deceased, Defendant(s) To: Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns and All Persons, Firms or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Ruth J. Parker a/k/a Ruth O. Parker, Deceased, Defendant(s), 5914 Malvern Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19131.

COMPLAINT IN MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE You are hereby notified that Plaintiff, Nationstar HECM Acquisition Trust 2016-2, Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not Individually but Solely as Trustee, c/o Nationstar Mortgage LLC, has filed a Mortgage Foreclosure Complaint endorsed with a Notice to Defend, against you in the Court of Common Pleas of Phila. County, PA, docketed to NO. 180300001, wherein Plaintiff seeks to foreclose on the mortgage secured on your property located, 5914 Malvern Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19131, whereupon your property would 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 notice above, you must take action within twenty (20) days after this 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 or 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 GO TO OR TELEPHONE THE OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW. THIS OFFICE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THE 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. Lawyer Referral and Info. Service, Phila.

Bar Assn., One Reading Center, 1101 Market St., 11th Fl., Phila., PA 19107, 215.238.6300. Jenine Davey, Atty. for Plaintiff, RAS CITRON, LLC, 133 Gaither Dr., Ste. F, Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054, 855.225.6906.

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one who lives in shale country. So if this tax causes a reduction in gas-field development (and it will), it will not impact most constituents or local economies.

Based on data provided by the Pennsylvania Independent Fiscal office, the effective tax rate of the impact fee alone in 2018 is estimated to be 2.9%. At current market prices for Pennsylvania shale gas, the combination of the impact

fee and the tax on average per MMCF would be almost 7% (on the lower end of the proposed sliding scale).

This would be one of the highest severance-tax rates in the country.

Drilling rigs are mobile and taxes are a real cash expense to companies. If it is cheaper to operate in another jurisdiction, these companies will move. This would mean a reduction in potential tax revenues and

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS PHILA. COUNTY, PA CIVIL ACTION-LAW NO. 180302753 NOTICE OF ACTION IN MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE Reverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc., Plaintiff vs. Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns and All Persons, Firms or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under General Ronald Johnson, Deceased and Howard Johnson, in His Capacity as Heir of General Ronald Johnson, Deceased, Defendant(s) To: Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns and All Persons, Firms or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under General Ronald Johnson, Deceased, Defendant(s), 5020 Stenton Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19144.

COMPLAINT IN MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE You are hereby notified that Plaintiff, Reverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc., as Trustee, has filed a Mortgage Foreclosure Complaint endorsed with a Notice to Defend, against you in the Court of Common Pleas of Phila. County, PA, docketed to NO. 180302753, wherein Plaintiff seeks to foreclose on the mortgage secured on your property located, 5020 Stenton Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19144, whereupon your property would 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 notice above, you must take action within twenty (20) days after this 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 or 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 GO TO OR TELEPHONE THE OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW. THIS OFFICE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THE 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. Lawyer Referral and Info. Service, Phila.

Bar Assn., One Reading Center, 1101 Market St., 11th Fl., Phila., PA 19107, 215.238.6300. Jenine Davey, Atty. for Plaintiff, RAS CITRON, LLC, 133 Gaither Dr., Ste. F, Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054, 855.225.6906.

loss of jobs.

West Virginia’s current severance tax is 5% and Ohio’s is effectively 1.3%, according to Natural Gas Intelligence. Both not only have lower current severance-tax rates but also lower effective state corporate income-tax rates. Ohio has a gross-receipts tax that effectively is lower than Pennsylvania 9.99% corporate income tax. Aside from a discussion of the potential

economic problems caused by having the double-barreled effect of very high corporate and severance tax rates, is anyone bothered by the innate unfairness of taxing one industry so highly?

Next Tuesday at 7 p.m., Republican City Committee will be holding its annual Spring Cocktail Party at Cannstatter Volksfest Verein on Academy Road.

The cost is $125 per person.

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fund it.

The dozens of tenants ordered to leave West Philly apartments with some 20 days’ notice now rest easy, thanks to Judge Abbe FLETMAN. Did the owners never read The LANDLORD-TENANT Act? The landmark law was enacted just after the founding of Municipal Court by late, great President Judge Joe GLANCEY. Follow the law!

The Traffic Court OVERSEER once stated at a hearing that his presence was needed to prevent a return to old ways. So HOW MUCH TIME each day is he on the job?

The REAL TASK ahead for City Controller Rhynhart is to find out what happened to the missing $33 MILLION. SB 936 is supposedly to fight the opioid crises.

Hmm. Gov. Tom WOLF knows better.

Got a letter telling me about “A License to Lie” by Sidney Powell, a former 10year U.S. Attorney. It is on the U.S. Department of Justice with a forward by a Federal Judge. Ten other federal judges were said to sign the book.

There is a NEW U.S. ATTORNEY in town. Can you begin your tenure with a hard push against the OPIOID CRISIS? Forget wasted work against pols and unions. Show you care about people on drugs and RESTORE CREDIBILITY to the department!

(Cont. From Page 10) The DA’s request for a 13% funding increase to hire top lawyers from across America should consider that many young LOCAL lawyers could be hired instead! They need jobs, and have LOCAL PERSPECTIVE... The DA’s office treatment of the ABU JAMAL matter will send a signal on the course of his administration, and be used at re-election time.

HATS off to 21st Ward Committeeman John BRADY, who was elected YOUNG DEMOCRATS’ EVENTS CHAIRMAN! A plan to connect the University of Pennsylvania with its new South Philly (Dupont) campus now includes a former motel on the Schuylkill River which housed Work Release inmates. The location was important to the program, since inmates could not always get to work on time from the distant Northeast prisons. Universities tend to SWALLOW UP all in their path of development.

DA Larry KRASNER, your input is required.

Congressman Robert BRADY’S bill to protect an immigrant family will hold ICE off and is a GOOD move.

Should the Schuylkill River be dredged in the Regatta area? Yes; we cannot afford to lose this Philly asset to the Cooper River.

Be creative – Trump won’t

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L-R WERE “Good Deeds” honoree Estebán Vera, Jr., business manager of Laborers’ Local 57; State Sen. Sharif Street; Laborers’ Local 332 Business Manager Samuel Staten, Jr.; and LDC Business Manager Ryan Boyer. Photo by Wendell Douglas

SUPERIOR COURT Judge Carolyn Nichols has long been close to the Laborers, as honoree Estebán Vera, Jr., L, and Ryan Boyer will testify. Photo by Wendell Douglas

DIONE FRITH, executive secretary of LDC, works on a regular basis with State Sen. Sharif Street. Photo by Wendell Douglas

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“ORGANIZER-ACTIVIST” honoree Ted Kirsch, president of the American Federation of Teachers, gave the audience a sample of a professional labor call to action. Photo by Wendell Douglas

DISTINGUISHED labor scholar John Henry Mason congratulated honoree Linda Fields. Photo by Wendell Douglas

L-R WERE Kristin Nielsen, Alexa Grant, “Rising Star” honoree Reesa Kossoff, State Rep. Tina Davis (who is running for State Senate) and Danielle Gross. Photo by Wendell Douglas

LABOR was united at the “Salute to Labor” Awards: L-R were Daniel “Tiger” Woodall, Jr., leader of Laborers’ Local 135; John Meyerson, dean of political activism for UFCW Local 1776; Ethelind Baylor, VP of AFSCME DC 47; Local 1199C managerial expert Linda Fields; State Rep. Tina Davis; and congressional aide Ducky Birts. Photo by Wendell Douglas

LABORERS’ District Council Business manager Ryan Boyer, L, who emceed the event, shared a moment with AFL-CIO Campaign Director Danny Bauder. Photo by Wendell Douglas

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THE PUBLIC RECORD’S 1st annual “Salute to Labor” awardees received Senate citations from State Sen. Tina Tartaglione. Behind Tartaglione, L-R, were honorees John Meyerson and Linda Fields; State Sen. Sharif Street; and honorees Reesa Kossoff, Ted Kirsch and Estebán Vera, Jr. Photo by Wendell Douglas

Kossoff also enjoyed the support of her best friend Julie Keselman. Photo by Wendell Douglas

WHO HAS State Sen. Tina Tartaglione’s back? Laborers’ Local 57 veteran Mike Carfagno. Photo by Bill Myers

L-R WERE State Rep. Jim Roebuck, AFTPA leader Ted Kirsch, State Rep. Tina Davis and State Sen. Sharif Street. Photo by Wendell Douglas

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JONATHAN GARY gives a congratulatory hug to NUHHCE Local 1199C “Management Leader” honoree Linda Fields, who is running for State Senate, at Sheet Metal Workers’ Hall last week.

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O! HERE WE GO again with this short article for logophiles.

A logoophile is a word

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used to describe those individuals that have a love for words, their use and misuse. People who are fond of twists of words like “you can tune a piano, but you can’t tuna fish,” or “to write with a broken pencil is pointless.”

There was a recent competition in California (of course) to see who can come up with the best. It is held every year in an undisclosed location.

The winning submission is posted at the very end.

When fish are in schools, they sometimes take debate.

A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.

When the smog lifts in Los Angeles, UCLA. The batteries were given out free of charge.

A dentist and a manicurist married. They fought tooth and nail.

A will is a dead giveaway.

With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress.

A boiled egg is hard to beat.

When you’ve seen one shopping center, you’ve seen a mall.

Police were summoned to a day-care center where a threeyear-old was resisting a rest.

Did you hear about the fellow whose entire left side was cut off? He’s all right now.

A bicycle can’t stand alone; it’s just two-tired.

When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.

The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine is now fully recovered.

He had a photographic memory which was never developed.

When she saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she’d dye.

Acupuncture is a jab well done. That’s the point of it.

And the cream of the twisted crop: Those who get too big for their pants will be totally exposed in the end.

I hope that this got you to smile or even laugh. Always laugh when you can – it is cheap medicine.

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ation motion, but we all agreed the condo association could rent out the place and apply rent to the back, and accruing, dues.

Finally, the mortgage company sold the condo at a mortgage foreclosure sheriff sale and the nightmare ended. However, the above scenario is an isolated circumstance that can

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(Cont. From Page 10) who usually asks these kinds of questions, I asked the folks in the Black Clergy why we should care about whom they think should be in public office.

Now I don’t want to be rude here, but I personally think that the church has better things to do with

happen. Normally, the mortgage 15 company will list the property for sheriff sale within a few months after filing the bankruptcy and the debtor will only be responsible for those few months of condo fees.

Next Week’s Question: Is it time to make (some) student loans dischargeable in bankruptcy? its time than endorse candidates.

Besides, despite what Broadnax said when I told him that young people in particular don’t have a lot of use for the church, either privately or politically, he disputed what I said. But the only reason I asked was because the millennials I come in contact with want to know where the church has been when it comes to such things as #BlackLivesMatter and urban gun violence.

Court of Common Pleas Phila. County Civil Action – Law No. 160602003 Notice of Action in Mortgage Foreclosure Nationstar HECM Acquisition Trust 2016-2, Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not individually but solely as Trustee, Plaintiff vs. Eileen Chess, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Marrie L. Chess, Deceased, Bennie Chess, Jr., Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Marrie L. Chess, Deceased, Allinorrie Chess Dantzler, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Marrie L. Chess, Deceased & The Unknown Heirs of Marie L. Chess, Mortgagor and Real Owner, Defendants To: The Unknown Heirs of Marie L. Chess, Mortgagor and Real Owner, Defendant(s), whose last known address is 442 North Daggett Street a/k/a 442 Daggett 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, Nationstar HECM Acquisition Trust 2016-2, Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not individually but solely as Trustee, has filed a Mortgage Foreclosure Complaint endorsed with a notice to defend against you in the Court of Common Pleas of Phila. County, PA, docketed to No. 160602003, wherein Plaintiff seeks to foreclose on the mortgage secured on your property located, 442 North Daggett Street a/k/a 442 Daggett 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, 215.227.2400/215.981.3700. 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 19106, 215.627.1322.

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tion of its claim. They did not object, the plan was confirmed and the case went on for a year. Then the association filed a motion for my clients to pay all the dues accrued since the case was filed.

So, we filed a motion that the court make the lender take back title to the real estate, or, sign off and give it to us, so we could give it to the association.

A lawyer finally showed up for the mortgage company, and the judge asked, what does your client want to do with this place?

His answer: We don’t know yet.

So, the judge would not grant our motion, and did not grant the condo associ-

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BY MICHAEL A. CIBIK AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY BOARD CERTIFIED uestion: Do I have to keep my condo, or can I surrender it?

You made the difficult decision, accepted reality, you cannot pay your debts, and, even

Surrender the condo, let it go back to the lender.

Transfer of real estate requires acceptance. You can sign a deed quit claiming your interest to the mortgage company, but, if they do not accept it, the property is still yours.

And there’s the rub. You are stuck with ownership responsibilities, including, those accruing condo dues or association fees.

In one of my cases, the mortgage payments were a year behind when we filed the Chapter 13 bankruptcy, the son’s family had left, no one would buy it, no one would rent it, so it sat empty.

The plan provided for surrender to the mortgage company in full satisfac-

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filing bankruptcy, cannot keep your condo. Or, like one of my clients, the condo you bought for your son’s family, which they could no longer pay.

Whether in a Chapter 13 bankruptcy, or Chapter 7 bankruptcy, you state in your petition you want to surrender (give up) the condo, let it go back to the lender.

Your Chapter 13 plan is confirmed, and provides that you are surrendering the condo, in satisfaction of the mortgage claim.

And the lender, does: nothing. They do not object to the plan, they do not contact your lawyer.

Or, in your Chapter 7 bankruptcy, your statement of intentions says:

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