Vol. XIV No. 26
Issue 961
June 28, 2018
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EGISLATION sponsored by state Rep. John Taylor to address the growing problem of illegal trespassers on residential properties and help police to enforce the law has passed the House. Under House Bill 1931, if a police officer has probable cause to believe that a person is trespassing on residential property, the officer has the authority to remove the person from the premises. The person in the dwelling must be given a reasonable opportunity to secure and present any proof they may have that they are on the property legally before removing them. Probable cause may be based on a signed affidavit from the property owner stating, among other things, that the person is not and was not in the past a tenant, and that the owner has demanded that the person vacate the premises. Taylor’s colleague, state Rep. Morgan Cephas, D-Phila., strongly backed the resolution. “Too often squatter situations turn into a ‘he said, she said’ fiasco, where it’s hard to prove who’s lying and ends up just being a costly legal nightmare for property owners,” Cephas explained. “This is a bipartisan solution that would focus on uncovering the truth, hold violators accountable and keep our communities safe.”
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“Unfortunately, this is not an uncommon situation, and it happens in both urban and rural areas,” Taylor said. “This can be a financial and legal nightmare for the property owner. When it is essentially one person’s word against another’s, the police often hesitate to remove the trespasser because the property owner could be trying to illegally evict rightful tenants. Typically, in these situations, they advise the owner to pursue legal eviction action, which can be time-consuming and very expensive.”
Council Also Takes On Trespassers
City Council adopted a bill, introduced by Councilman David Oh and championed by Majority Leader Bobby Henon and Councilman Allan Domb, which outlines a much-needed new civil procedure for removing criminal and defiant trespassers from residential property. The bill now goes to Mayor Kenney for his signature. The bill was adopted by an 11-6 vote, with Council members Cindy Bass, Jannie Blackwell, Allan Domb, Derek Green, Bobby Henon, Kenyatta Johnson, Brian O’Neill, Maria Quinones-Sanchez, Mark Squilla, Al Taubenberger, and David Oh voting in favor. The bill defines a criminal and defiant trespasser as an individual who occupies residential property without a title to the property, permission of the owner or authorized agent of said property, or a landlord-tenant relationship. It outlines a procedure in which the owner or authorized agent of a residential property can sign an affidavit form alleging that a criminal and defiant trespasser is occupying their property. Filing of the affidavit with the police will result in a prompt investigation by the police culminating with an inci-
dent report. Next, the filing of a complaint of ejectment supported by the affidavit form will lead to the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia scheduling an emergency hearing within 5 business days, or any time deemed appropriate by the Court. Given sufficient evidence to prove that the alleged criminal and defiant trespasser is indeed a criminal and defiant trespasser, a judge shall grant an emergency preliminary injunction, order the criminal and defiant trespasser to vacate the premises, and authorize the issuance of a writ of possession. This bill is the product of a lengthy process which involved discussions with the Mayor’s Office, the Philadelphia Police Department, the City’s Law Department, and community leaders over the course of the past 7 months. The procedures outlined in the bill were proposed by the police and developed through these continued discussions. While the Courts have the independent power to adopt the procedures outlined in the bill, the bill was developed in conversation with the presiding judge. “Thanks to Council’s action today, criminal and defiant trespassing will no longer be tolerated in Philadelphia. This bill will curb a fast-spreading criminal activity that has targeted the most fundamental rights of Philadelphians and has made homeowners doubt in the ability of their government to keep them safe,” Councilman Oh said. “I am especially grateful to Councilmembers Henon, Domb, and Taubenberger as well as the numerous victims who shared their stories for their support in passing this legislation, and I look forward to the implementation of procedures by the Police Department and the First Judicial District to put it into effect.”
Bass Finds the Funding Council passed Thursday an amendment to the fiscal year 2019 Operating Budget introduced by Councilwoman Cindy Bass (8th District) to provide additional funding for the School District of Philadelphia. Bass’ amendments make strategic cuts to four City departments in equipment, services and supplies contracts and do not cut jobs. “I believe these strategic budget reductions are a great start to help move Philadelphia in the direction of internal savings that can help fund our School District,” Councilwoman Bass said. “My Better Budget calls on the City to look at its own checkbook and be more strategic about how much we spend. This budget amendment is the first step in a conversation about more efficient government spending and funding allocation. And, I want to emphasize that these amendments find savings without cutting jobs.” The cuts further diminish the projected School District deficit and are expected to add an additional $12.5 million to fund the District over five years without raising taxes. These funds come in addition to the approximately $605 million funding plan approved by Council earlier in June. Bass’ budget amendments also provide approximately $2.5 million to criminal justice reform efforts. “At the end of the day, this is about supporting the future of our children and relieving our constituents of burdensome tax increases. This proposal does not raise taxes and I will continue to fight to protect my constituents, many of whom already feel overtaxed, from tax hikes,” Bass said. “As I’ve said before, taxpayers want to invest in the education pipeline, not the prison pipeline. This budget plan
allows us to do just that.”
Honoring Juneteenth
State Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown, D-Phila., fellow lawmakers and advocates held a news conference Tuesday at the state Capitol to celebrate Juneteenth. Juneteenth originates from the events of June 19, 1865, when African-American Union soldiers from Pennsylvania escorted Gen. Gordon Granger to Galveston, Tex., to read Order No. 3 and free the last slaves in the United States. Brown said, “African-Americans in the United States are still facing challenges to access basic opportunities and services such as education and health. The denial of opportunities only serves to obstruct the progress of a nation. Juneteenth is a time when we remember that we can do better.” Also Tuesday, the House adopted a resolution (H.R. 871), introduced by Rep. Stephen Kinsey, D-Phila., designating the day as Juneteenth Independence Day in Pennsylvania for 2018. In addition, legislation (H.B. 2488) to make the designation permanent advanced out of a House committee Tuesday and is expected to pass the full House next week. That bill is sponsored by Rep. Sue Helm, R-Dauphin/Lebanon, and supported by Brown and several other legislators. Kinsey said, “We’ve been pushing to make Juneteenth a permanent celebration in the commonwealth for several years. I’m thankful for the bipartisan support for this bill during the 2017-18 legislative session.” Rep. Jordan Harris, D-Phila., chairman of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus, said, “A lot of people don’t understand or recognize why we celebrate Juneteenth. Some would say, ‘don’t you have (Cont. Page 6)
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(Cont. From Page 2) the Fourth of July? Isn’t that enough?’ The truth is no, it’s not; because when this country became a country, my people weren’t citizens. We were not free. But beyond not being free, we were three-fifths of a person, according to the Constitution. So, I always find it hard to celebrate July 4th because that’s not my independence.”
DeLissio awards students
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DeLissio, D-Montgomery/ Phila., honored local students with Peer to Peer and Unsung Hero awards for the 2017-18 school year. DeLissio’s Peer to Peer Award is in recognition of a student who, through an established program or on his or her own, helps another student through friendship or through other assistance such as tutoring or informal or formal mentoring. The Unsung Hero Award is in recognition of a student whose good deeds and actions have made a difference in his or her school or community environment. The honors are awarded annually to students who
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live in the 194th Legislative District. They are nominated by their teachers, counselors and other school staff members. “Each year, the public schools in the district are contacted, inviting them to identify two students who have excelled in contributing to good citizenship and/ or displaying a behavior or action which may otherwise go unnoticed or unrecognized,” DeLissio said. “Congratulations to these students for their compassion and willingness to do the ‘right thing’ without expectation of recognition or an award. Our communities are the better because of
their contributions.” The following graduating students who live in the 194th Legislative District were identified and presented with a certificate of acknowledgment from DeLissio outlining their good citizenship actions or their display of character: • C o o k - Wi s s a h i c k o n School: Emma McComb – Peer to Peer; Claire Bellina – Unsung Hero; • James Dobson School: Bailey Marchion – Peer to Peer; Regan Weney – Unsung Hero; • Lower Merion High
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Jacqueline Reichner – Peer to Peer; Julius Duhan – Unsung Hero. “It is an honor to recognize these students for simply doing the right thing and being of strong character,” DeLissio said. “At the end of the academic year when many honors are being awarded, particularly for scholastic and athletic achievement, these qualities are often overlooked. The ability to display kindness, fairness, generosity, and acts of civic or community engagement demonstrate the traits of true leadership and compassion.”
68th Anniversary Ceremony of the Korean War
Councilman At-Large David Oh, in partnership with the Korean Veteran Association of the Philadelphia Region, held a ceremony to commemorate the 68th Anniversary of the Korean War. Both American and Korean Veterans of the Korean War came together to honor the fallen soldiers, and pay tribute to the historical importance of the Korean War, which took the lives of 5 million soldiers and civilians between June 25, 1950 and July 27, 1953.
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nual summer break. (For more detailed information on the schism and on the rest of the key legislation from a marathon meeting last week, see our extended coverage on p. 17.) “I’d like to thank Council President Darrell Clarke and all my colleagues on Council for their diligence and dedication during the budget process,” Mayor Kenney stated. “All of those involved, including staff, have had a single focus: doing what is best for taxpayers, and what is best for the school children of Philadelphia. “We are grateful that City Council has seen fit to approve the great majority of my Administration’s proposed funding package for the School District, which will bring an additional $547 million to the schools over the next five years.
US Sen. Bob Casey spoke at 30th Street Station with family and immigration advocates to demand a reunification plan for immigrant families torn apart by the Trump administration’s policies. he called out the practices and highlighted the long-lasting damage on children. Sen. Casey with, from left, Catherine Miller Wilson, Daisy Cruz and Dr. Sen. Casey addresses the crowd as Dr. Reeves looks on. Cathy Reeves. Photos by Wendell Douglas
“However, we should be clear that this amount does not provide the long term financial stability to the District that would ensure the preservation of its important academic gains of the past few years. It
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(Cont. From Page 12) need to provide the level of support that our new Board members, the Superintendent and his staff, teachers, parents and most of all, that our students need and deserve.” Council President Darrell Clarke said: “This budget package fully addresses Philadelphia schools’ projected deficit over the next four years, and probably the fifth year as well. But, I need to again make myself absolutely clear: The General Assembly must step up in a meaningful way, starting by applying a weighted formula to all public education funding, not just new funding; enacting reforms to charter school authorization and operation, so that these publicly funded schools are equally transparent and accountable as traditional public schools; and by reviving PlanCon to make badly needed capital improvements to aging, often unhealthy school buildings across the state. “Council today has authorized robust investments in Philadelphia schools, but all of the progress we make will go out the window if, at minimum, we are not able to control at the local level the proliferation of costly, unaccountable charter schools. I again vehemently disagree with Mayor Kenney’s assertion that Philadelphia taxpayers are alone responsible for our schools. This destructive talking point should not be given credence by any City official, regardless of politics. I will continue to push for change with my colleagues at the state level, and I look forward to working with the new School Board of Philadelphia after they are formally organized.” Councilwoman Cindy Bass, who proposed the (Cont. Page 16)
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ID IT TAKE concerns about this year’s gubernatorial race for Gov. Tom Wolf to reach an agreement with the Republican legislature on the 2018-2019 budget “on time”? While Wolf is ahead of Republican challenger Scott Wagner in the polls, the prediction of a blue wave does not look as promising as the Democrats saw earlier this year. Also, remember Donald Trump won the state. If you live in the Philadelphia area, you probably think that running against Trump is the key to Democratic success. How-
EVERYDAY PEOPLE BY DENISE CLAY ’M NOT GOING to assume that everyone who reads “Everyday People” is as into music as I am, so, chances are you’ve heard the song, “This is America,” by Childish Gambino. While the song is, as the kids say, fire, the video, which also lets you know that Childish Gambino and actor Donald Glover of FX’s “Atlanta” are one and the same guy, has gotten a lot more attention. Mostly, this is because it shows Glover equating America with
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ever, if you live in any other part of the commonwealth, the “resist” movement is not a rallying cry. Last Friday, Wolf signed a $32.7 billion budget for 2018-19. Does this mean he likes the budget? Probably not. He wanted more spending. But he and the Republican-controlled Legislature happily agreed to more funding for education and school safety. The Republicans were happy that the spending increase was only 2.2% over last year’s budget. The budget has no increase in taxes. Wolf yet again did not get his natural gas severance tax, thanks to the conservatives in the State House of Representatives. Speaker Mike Turzai is a strong opponent of any severance tax. Currently, we have an impact fee that amounts to a 3% tax on current natural gas prices in Pennsylvania. Wolf wanted to levy another 4-6% on this fee, which would have made our severance tax the highest
in the country. The biggest increase in spending was for education: $100 million more for basic education; $25 million more for preschool programs, for a total of $252 million; $30 million more for career technical education; $15 million more for special education; a 3 to 3.3% increase for the State System of Higher Education. The budget also includes $6.8 million more for subsidized childcare services for low-income families, as well as increased funding to assist 965 more people with intellectual disabilities and autism. The budget contains not only increased funding for Pennsylvania’s state-colleges, but it also increases support for private colleges. The budget earmarks $27 million (roughly a $800,000 increase) for an assistance grants program geared to colleges that have strong low- and moderate-income student enrollment. (Cont. Page 20)
such things as mass shootings, police misconduct and other things that we like to keep telling ourselves don’t actually represent America. I thought about this as we all got the news that the Supreme Court has sided with President Donald Trump’s latest codification of the racism that his more sane followers tend to deny by upholding his Muslim ban. Couple this with the fact that there are thousands of detained immigrants who will have to answer the question, “It’s 11 o’clock. Do you know where your children are?” with the phrase “No, I don’t!” and you get the feeling that the Statue of Liberty is looking for some brown liquor. Lately, those of us who have been looking at our country’s anti-immigrant shenanigans with horror and disgust have been chanting David Bowie and Pat Metheny’s contribution to the “Falcon and the
Snowman” soundtrack, “This Is Not America,” to try and comfort ourselves. This can’t be the country that we love. We can’t be so cruel that separating babies from their mothers and keeping people out of the country based totally on their religion has become our norm. But it is. It always has been. And if those of you who find yourself looking at these things with horror and disgust had taken a moment to listen to anyone from a marginalized community or someone who is a true ally, you wouldn’t be in such denial about it. From snatching the children of slaves and the children of Native Americans from their parents, to denying asylum to boatloads of Jews literally running for their lives to escape the concentration camps and gas chambers of Nazi Germany to the Japanese internment (Cont. Page 20)
WALKING the BEAT BY JOE SHAY STIVALA “WE ARE TAKING YOUR CHILDREN FOR A BATH” – the reported reason given by border officials to separate kids from parents – has been echoed in emails alongside the NAZI taking of kids to a shower (poison gas) quote...Hal ROSENTHAL, Esq. reminded me of it. ...A newsletter featured a software engineer calling for the SHAKEUP OF THE OFFICE OF PROPERTY ASSESSMENT (OPA). The OPA certainly needs to rid itself of the dreaded and
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ITY COUNCIL passed a budget that was heavy on government cuts and efficiencies and sparse on tax increases. This included spurning Mayor Kenney’s recommendation for a 4% property tax increase; instead, the legislative body opted to give more money to city schools by cutting the budget for city agencies and collecting delinquent taxes. The vote was a very resounding 16 to 1 in favor of the budget. Was this a rebuke of the Mayor and his policies? City
evil GMA. An old method to determine market value. And they should not use HIGHEST comparable sales to determine value – it is supposed to be the median... Councilman Allan DOMB warned that a development tax would reduce the Abatement to 9.4 years - from 10. We can LIVE with that... I looked at a notice of assessment increase and struggled to find the Assessor phone number. We are increasingly in a society where HUMAN contact or PHONE contact is fading. Citizens are losing their ability to petition for redress of grievances – here in the birthplace of liberty. PEOPLE: A news magazine is pushing Councilman Allan DOMB for MAYOR... Happy Anniversary to Sue HARRIS. Her perennial good cheer got her through the HARSH post-judge Traffic Court...You cannot ask for a better appointment on the reconciliation commission than Jon SAIDEL!... When folks talk of the KEN-
NEY-RHYNHART spat - they ask if the controller once worked for Kenney. DOLDRUMS FOR NEWS: It is summer – the beginning of the period of news doldrums. I hope and pray that major media outlets do not spring any major POLITICAL OR LABOR sensationalism story that would destroy vacations. TRY HAPPY NEWS!...I received an email of a 2015 article: “PULITZER PRIZE SCAM.” Some 38 prizes were listed that journalism awards to themselves. ...MILLENNIAL primary election victories can be attributed to population DENSITY and SHEER ENERGY in canvassing divisions. Many older committee persons do not do it; some never heard of it. Legendary House Speaker Tip O'NEILL warned years ago that “People WANT to be ASKED.” ...Millennials are worldly folks – but driving through their neighborhoods makes me wonder why they did not (Cont. Page 16)
Council, led by Council President Darrell Clarke, Councilman Allan Domb and Councilwoman Cindy Bass, pushed back on the notion that the only reliable way to generate more money for schools was to increase property taxes. Seeing the writing on the wall, Mayor Kenney also said that he would not seek a property tax increase next year when both he and all members of Council will be up for reelection. This is a victory for City Council. What CHS is unsure of is whether this is a push by Council to reassert its authority as a co-equal branch of government or just a one-time pushback? Overall, the working relationship between Council and the Mayor remains excellent. There is no chatter on the street about a rift; it really seems like they just differed on fiscal policy. After all, no one on either side ever argued that the schools did not need more money.
Mayor Kenney has become the chief spokesman for the immigrant community. He is the kryptonite to President Trump’s repulsive anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies. Jim Kenney takes great pride in his Irish heritage and the hard work of his ancestors that helped them become part of the American dream. And he believes all immigrants deserve this opportunity. Kenney spent several hours this week walking around immigrant-owned businesses and restaurants in Northeast Philadelphia along Castor, Cottman, and Bustleton avenues. He talked about his vision and support for the communities and their work to be part of the American dream. When Mayor Kenney speaks about immigration, it is inspiring and heartfelt to the point it makes you want to stand up and say the Pledge of Allegiance. It’s a message (Cont. Page 20) 6/27/2018 11:09:56 AM
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E LOVE the national holidays, because they invariably give us yet another opportunity to wax poetic about our fair metropolis. And there is no bigger occasion to do so than Independence Day – the very reason Philadelphia is known as the Cradle of Liberty. We are looking forward to this July 4 more than usual, because a grievous injustice has finally been corrected. In Philadelphia – the very site of the nation’s first July 4 celebration involving a fireworks
MARK your CALENDAR Jun. 28- State Rep. Angel Cruz hosts Police Recruitment Drive at 3503 N. B St., Unit 7, 9 a.m.-12 m. For info: (215) 2915643. Jun. 28- State Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown hosts Citywide Job Fair at Deliverance Evangelistic Ch., Fellowship Ha., 2001 W. Lehigh Ave., 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Arrive early, bring résumés, wear business attire. Workshops on job-seeking. Re-entry participants welcome.
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For info: (215) 879-6615. Jun. 28- Commissioner Lisa Deeley is hosted Reception at Independence Beer Garden, 100 S. Independence Mall W., 5:307:30 p.m. Hosts Hon. Jim Kenney & Hon. Darrell Clarke; special guest Hon. Bob Brady. Gold $2,500, Silver $1,000, Bronze $500, Tickets $250. Payable to “Deeley 15,” P.O. Box 42288, Phila., PA 19101 or online https// secure.ac tblue.com/ donate/6.28_independencebeergarden. RSVP: Events@LPerr yGroup. com. Jun. 28- Green Party of Phila. holds Mtg. at Shissler Rec Ctr., 1800 Blair St., 7 p.m. For info: (215) 843-4256. Jul. 5- Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell hosts W. Phila. Thursday Night Jazz Series at Malcolm X Park, 52nd & Pine Sts., 7 p.m. Drummer Carlos DeVaughn & the All Stars.
Jun. 28- PHL Innovation Picnic at Marine Parade Grounds, S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19112. Spend an afternoon with colleagues, friends, and business partners while raising money for the next generation of innovators from 5-8pm. Tickets $20 per person. All ticket proceeds will be donated towards local nonprofits. Jun. 29- Senator Bob Casey to Convene Roundtable of ‘Grandfamilies’ Affected by Opioid Crisis. Beginning at 10:15 at the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging, 642 N. Broad St, 5th floor, Philadelphia, PA 19130. Casey will host a roundtable with local ‘grandfamilies’ and call on the Administration to quickly convene the advisory council, established under the new law. Jun. 30- State Senator Anthony H. Williams and 12th & 18th Philadelphia Police Districts are host-
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don’t have the same cachet as they did 242 years ago, thanks to a little-noticed bill passed last October, Pennsylvanians can now illuminate as much as they want with whatever they can carry in their trunks from stores in the state. The passage of House Bill 542 means that aerial repeaters, aerial novelties and any other pyrotechnical wonder for sale can be purchased – as long as you’re 18 or older, of course. It’s a small thing to celebrate, to be sure. But in a time where our liberties and freedoms seem to be more in the balance than at any time in decades, we welcome the news that Philadelphians are able to celebrate their independence just like their forefathers did – assuming they can drive 40 minutes to get to the nearest outlet.
Philadelphia music legend and civic leader Kenny Gamble, Superintendent of Independence national Park Cynthia MacLeod and Mayor Jim Kenney attended the city’s third annual commemoration of Juneteenth with a speaking program and wreath-laying ceremony at People’s Plaza, just outside of Liberty Bell at Sixth and Market streets. Photo by Wendell Douglas ing a Safe Summer Gun Buyback at Abiding Truth Ministries, 846 S. 57th street (57th and Washing ton Streets) Gift Cards provided for guns turned in. No questions asked. Jul. 7- Congressman Bob Brady hosts “Brady Bunch Beach Party” at Flip Flopz, 106 W. Spruce St., N. Wildwood, N.J. Tickets $35. Jul. 7- Carpenters’ Union hosts Beach Party at Keenan’s N. Wildwood, 113 Olde New Jersey Ave., 3-7 p.m. Jul. 13- State rep candidate Elizabeth Fiedler is hosted Fundraiser at a location “TBA”, 5:307:30 p.m. Contribution levels $50, $100, $500, $1,000, $5,000 – preferred in advance at elizabethfiedler.com/con tribute. To host or sign up for free child care: (267) 250-4168 or info@elizabethfiedler.com. Jul. 14Teamsters’
Unions hosts Unity Day at Keenan’s N. Wildwood, 113 Olde New Jersey Ave., 3-7 p.m. Jul. 14- The Andrew Jackson Home and School Association will be hosting incoming kindergartner play dates on Saturday from 10 a.m.-noon, at Capitolo Playground, 9th and Federal streets. Jul. 19- Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell hosts W. Phila. Thursday Night Jazz Series at Malcolm X Park, 52nd & Pine Sts., 7 p.m. Vocalist Shirley Lites. Jul. 21- Glaziers’ Union hosts Day at Keenan’s N. Wildwood, 113 Olde New Jersey Ave., 3-7 p.m. Aug. 4- Firefighters Local 22 hosts Beach Party at Keenan’s N. Wildwood, 113 Olde New Jersey Ave., 4-8 p.m. Aug. 10- Councilman Mark Squilla hosts Summer Soirée at Keenan’s N. Wildwood, 113 Olde New Jersey Ave., 7-10 p.m.
Aug. 11- Gas Workers’ Union Local 686 hosts Day at Keenan’s N. Wildwood, 113 Olde New Jersey Ave., 4-8 p.m. Aug. 11- Electricians’ Union Local 98 hosts Down Under at Keenan’s N. Wildwood, 113 Olde New Jersey Ave., 3-7 p.m. Aug. 11- The Andrew Jackson Home and School Association will be hosting incoming kindergartner play dates on Saturday, from 10 a.m.-noon, at Columbus Square Playground, at 12th and Wharton streets. Aug. 14Insulators’ Union Local 14 hosts Party at Keenan’s N. Wildwood, 113 Olde New Jersey Ave., 3-7 p.m. Aug. 18- Phila. Ass’n of Black Journalists hosts “Welcome to Wakanda” Members Pool Party, 3-8 p.m. Members $10, Nonmembers $20 (by invitation only). For info: phillyabj.org.
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display on July 4, 1777 – and across Pennsylvania, it had been illegal for state residents to buy aerial fireworks. In other words, you could go into a fireworks store – in the commonwealth where you reside! – and be legally restricted from buying anything more powerful than a sparkler, a fountain or something similar. The really fun stuff was reserved just for out-of-staters. It was a far cry from what John Adams had in mind when he described his vision for how to best commemorate American independence to his wife, Abigail, on July 3, 1776: “with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.” While bells and bonfires
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(Cont. From Page 13) amendments cutting spending to pay for the District to four City departments in equipment, services and supplies contracts and do not cut jobs, explained her reasoning. “I believe these strategic budget reductions are a great start to help move Philadelphia in the direction of internal savings that can help fund our School District,” Councilwoman Bass said. “My Better Budget calls on the City to look at its own checkbook and be more strategic about how much we spend. This budget amendment is the first step in a conversation about more efficient government spending and funding allocation. And, I want to emphasize that these amendments find savings without cutting jobs.”
The cuts further diminish the projected School District deficit and are expected to add an additional $12.5 million to fund the District over five years without raising taxes. These funds come in addition to the approximately $605 million funding plan approved by Council earlier in June. Bass’ budget amendments also provide approximately $2.5 million to criminal justice reform efforts. “At the end of the day, this is about supporting the future of our children and relieving our constituents of burdensome tax increases. This proposal does not raise taxes and I will continue to fight to protect my constituents, many of whom already feel overtaxed, from tax hikes,” Bass said. “As I’ve said before, taxpayers want to invest in the education pipeline, not the prison pipeline. This budget plan allows us to do just that.”
Budget Talk, State Edition Newsrooms and pundits across the state, including this publication, were left with yawning gaps to fill in their planned budget coverage as a flagrant act of bipartisanship was committed in Harrisburg last week. For the first time in years, the state budget was not only passed on time, but was even early. As so many have pointed out, this dramatic shift in tone and tenor from the rancor of the past to the expedition of the present was in no small part due to the desire of all involved – in addition to the governor’s race and all House seats, half of the Senate seats will be up for grabs – to not provide any ammunition to their opponents in November’s general election. Thus, we now have a $32.7 billion budget that doesn’t raise taxes and provides increased funding for a host of educational
programs, among other sops to both Republicans and Democrats. After the mild euphoria from experiencing state government functioning like it should wears off, further scrutiny must be brought to bear on a little-noticed amendment that has effectively stripped Philadelphia of its power to pass additional regulations on tobacco sales. The move comes just as City Council was gearing up for a renewed push to curb sales of nicotine products as a health initiative. The rub, according to Capitol Republicans who pushed for the recent amendment, is that the city is also dependent on the sale of cigarettes and similar products for school funding. Drew Crompton, chief of staff to Republican Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, said so-called “hold harmless” provisions leave the state liable for funding shortfalls from a $2-per-pack levy on certain tobacco sales in the city, introduced almost four years ago to patch the local school district budget. No word yet on how this legislation will impact the plans of Councilmember Curtis Jones Jr., who recently floated a ban on flavored tobacco products, and of Councilmember Derek Green, who was reportedly preparing a ban on cigarette sales at pharmacies. Neither Councilman responded to interview requests by press
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(Cont. From Page 14) report the pothole outside their window. Newly elected millennial committee persons cannot be just concerned for redistribution of worldwide wealth. MORE PEOPLE: 57th Ward Leader Pat PARKINSON got elected to the Executive Committee of DEM State Committee while on vacation IN ICELAND,
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Bringing Accounting to Account As the tide continues to inexorably turn toward instilling a culture of accountability when it comes to reconciling the City of Philadelphia’s finances – for proof, look no further than Mayor Kenney’s decision to appoint a welcome (if imperfectly staffed) task force to oversee the overhaul – recently passed legislation should go a long way toward ensuring against a repeat of recent revelations. Councilman Allan Domb, who, along with City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart, has led the charge to resolve the crucial issue of what happened to some $28 million missing from city coffers, as well as fix the “Philly shrug” attitude among those responsible for reconciling the city’s accounts – many of which have gone years without proper bookkeeping. To that end, City Coun-
cil unanimously approved a bill introduced by Domb that will require the City’s Finance Department to provide monthly financial reports to City Council detailing the balances of bank accounts held by the City. The measure is a vehicle to establish more accountability and to ensure taxpayer money is being properly reconciled. The bill amends Title 19 of the Philadelphia Code entitled “Finance, Taxes and Collection” by adding Chapter 19-4300 entitled “Monthly Reconciliation Reporting.” “Sound fiscal health and management in our government is important to the overall success we have as a city,” said Domb. “It is our collective responsibility to be reliable stewards of taxpayer money and to demonstrate that responsibility. This legislation will initiate an applied practice used elsewhere and, hopefully, can help prevent this level of error in the future.”
New Philly-Set TV Show to Debut
Part of the cast from Brotherhood of Silver Knights: from right, Grey Wolf (pro wrestler), David Starling (shihan), Grandmaster Haisan Kaleak, Elisa Green (sensi), Kristina Apomte (blue belt), Andre Hicks (sensi) and Grandmaster Syfullah Al-Amriykiy.
where he was asked to run for Parliament...Todd EAGEN, Esq., of Lackawanna County, saw his mom, Roberta LANE, elected South East Caucus Chair, and his sister Colleen GARRITY as Northeast Caucus Chair!...Lovely Donna Gentile O'DONNELL was in Florida supporting former HEW Secretary Donna SHALALA for Congress...Senator Sharif STREET played a major role in the state budget agree-
ment between the GOP and DEMS – including more pre-K money. He ended the paralysis there...Atlantic City Radio honored Judge James DE LEON for Philly Municipal Court, along with TV Judge Joe BROWN – well deserved...Superior Court Carolyn NICHOLS lightning schedule included a benchbar conference, while 5th Ward Leader Mike Patrick BOYLE got married officiated by Judge Chris MALLIOS – bravo and best!
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Above: Philadelphia Sheriff Jewell Williams stands with Civil War reenactors representing the Union Army’s Buffalo Soldiers regiments during Juneteenth celebrations.
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the Sheriff Office Facebook pages. “We all love the summer: the sunshine, vacations, barbeque, time with friends and family. But I want to encourage our young people to have a peaceful summer and stay away from the conflicts that lead to tragic and senseless violence. So let’s talk it out, don’t shoot it out,” said Sheriff Jewell Williams. At the Juneteenth Parade,
the message was enthusiastically received by a many of the parade participants and viewers: honored members of the historic Tuskegee Airmen, young drill team members, the Masonic Lodge, a contingent of renowned Buffalo Soldiers as well as international visitors to the city’s historic monuments. They will be the first to pass along the message for the Summer of Peace, 2018.
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Philadelphia Sheriff Jewell Williams and the Sheriff’s Office Color Guard helped to lead the Philadelphia Juneteenth parade and launched his annual “Summer of Peace” at the Juneteenth Festival this weekend. The Sheriff is encouraging young people to stay away from all forms of violence. At “pop-ups” and outreach events throughout the summer, the Office will give away free gunlocks and offer children and adults an opportunity to take a “gun safety” pledge to make sure all firearms in the home are safely secured. On social media, the office is promoting an antiviolence message: “Let’s talk it out. Don’t shoot it out”. Citizens of all ages and all parts of our city can help to spread the message through short videos that will be posted on
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Left: Sheriff Williams met with attendees to hand out “Let’s Talk It Out” certificates marking the beginning of his “Summer of Peace” initiative for the streets of Philadelphia.
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O! HERE WE go again with a quiz for people who know everything. The internet is a marvelous source of brain-teasers, and this one sure teased my brain! How will you make out? 1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or who is the leader until
the contest ends. famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward? Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only two
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perennial vegetables?
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on the outside? In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe, and the bottle is genuine; it hasn’t been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle? Only three words in
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can wear on your feet beginning with the letter “S.” Here are the answers to the quiz: 1. Boxing. 2. Niagara Falls. The rim is worn down about two and a half feet each year by the millions of gallons of water that rush over it every minute. 3. Only asparagus and rhubarb. 4. Strawberry. 5. It grew inside the bottle. The bottles are placed over pear buds when they are small, and are wired in place on the tree. The bottle is left on the tree for the entire growing season. When the pears are ripe, they are snipped off at the stems. The bottles are then filled and capped. 6. Dwarf, dwell and dwindle. 7. Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point, quotation marks, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and ellipses. 8. Lettuce. 9. Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, skates, snowshoes, stockings, stilts.
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Standard English begin with the letters “DW” and they are all common words. Name two of them. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name at least half of them? Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh. Name six things that you
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City Council Adjourns: Construction Tax, Anti-Squatting, Border Separation
LEGAL NOTICE AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (161’ tall) on the building at 5346-5350 Cedar Ave, Philadelphia, PA (20180954).Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties.
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until the fall. • Councilmember David Oh pushed through an anti-squatting measure in an 11-6 vote. Oh has asserted that illegal squatting is widespread, although his office could produce little data to that effect. Critics say the bill would worsen a well-documented citywide eviction crisis. • Legislation sponsored by Councilmember Derek Green passed that will increase grant funding for a corporate tax credit that would provide funding to at least five additional community development corporations. CDCs provide neighborhood-level social service and economic development programs and partner with corporations for up $100,000 in annual funding via tax credits. • Councilmember Jannie Blackwell secured votes to appoint labor leader Sam Staten Jr. to the board of the Philadelphia Housing Authority. (Cont. Page 20)
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tion tax, which narrowly passed in a 9-8 vote, would draw revenue from a 1 percent levy on the estimated costs of construction projects in order to fund affordable housing projects. A related bill adds a variety of zoning bonuses to projects that add affordable housing. Although backed by the Building Industry Association, the city’s trade unions, close allies of Mayor Jim Kenney, had resisted the bill, saying it would drive away construction work. Some housing advocates had also opposed the legislation because it did not prioritize the neediest residents. Unlike the spending plan, Council sources said that Kenney would likely to veto the tax bill. It was not immediately clear if Council President Darrell Clarke could gather the additional votes needed for an override. Council also considered dozens of lesser bills, some of which were immediately voted through and several that will not be up for a vote
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BY RYAN BRIGGS HILADELPHIA City Council adjourned for the summer after passing a $4.7 billion budget plan and a controversial construction tax that had pitted the Mayor's Office against some legislators. Council had pitched a counterproposal to a budget proposed by Mayor Kenney that would have hiked property taxes in order to send additional funding to city schools. The Council plan would have used hoped-for savings from the declining inmate population in local jails to patch the budget without the tax hikes, among other tweaks. That proposal passed 161. Kenney praised the swift passage of the budget but repeated past concerns that the proposed funding for the school district might never materialize. “We are grateful that City Council has seen fit to approve the great majority of my Administration’s proposed funding package for the School District,” he wrote in a prepared statement. “However, we should be clear that this amount does not provide the longterm financial stability to the District that would ensure the preservation of its important academic gains of the past few years.” Meanwhile, the construc-
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could carry Kenney to be the President or a US Senator. After all, he has built Philadelphia into a fortress of solitude against Trump’s Doomsday-inspired policies.
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1980s where people too sick to move were denied proper care thanks to a government that viewed their plight as punishment for their very existence, America traditionally
NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE - Parcel#: 48N06-31; 123075600 - WHEREAS, on November 09, 2010, a certain mortgage was executed by Jaffis Harris, as mortgagor in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Nominee for Generation Mortgage Company as mortgagee and was recorded in Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County in Mortgage Document Number 52291409 (“Mortgage”); and WHEREAS, the Mortgage encumbers property located at 71 West Manheim Street Philadelphia, PA 19144, parcel number 48N06-31; 123075600 (“Property”); and WHEREAS, the Property was owned by Jaffis Harris and Equilla Harris by virtue of deed dated September 8, 1967 and recorded September 12, 1967 in Book CAD 1073; Page 202; and WHEREAS, Equilla Harris died on March 20, 2001. By operation of law title vests solely in Jaffis Harris and Equilla Harris is hereby released of liability pursuant to Pa.R.C.P. 1144; 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 August 25, 2015 in Document Number 52957759, 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 (b)(i)), as the property ceases to be the principal residence of the borrowers and the 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 May 25, 2018 is $161,965.63 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. Instrument #: 52395684, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, notice is hereby given that at July 19, 2019 at 10:00 AM at the Southeast Entrance of Philadelphia City Hall located at Broad Street and Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, SITUATE in the Twelfth Ward of the City of Philadelphia and described according to a Survey thereof made on the Twentieth day of January A.D. 1908, by Joseph C. Wagner, Surveyor and Regulator of the Ninth Survey District, as follow, to wit: SITUATE on the Northwesterly side of Manheim Street, at the distance of Eighty-nine feet Northeastwardly from the Northeasterly side of Greene Street; CONTAINING in front or breadth on the said Manheim Street Nineteen feet and extending of that width in length or depth Northwestwardly between lines parallel with the said Greene Street One Hundred Three feet One and five-eighths inches; The improvements thereon being known as No. 71 Manheim Street. Being parcel: 48N06-31; 123075600, The sale will be held on July 19, 2018 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 $161,965.63 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 $161,965.63 as of May 25, 2018, 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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has had no problem doing its worst to the powerless. Especially if those powerless are Black. Or Brown. Or come from a country in Asia or Africa. Or practice a different religion. Or unapologetically profess their love for someone of the same sex. The big difference here is that America used to be stealthier about it. The cruelty used to be cloaked in a veneer of religion. Or done by a person with a kind face. Or some other form of sugar would be used to help the grotesque and bitter medicine go down. Now, thanks to America’s success in putting a venal, heartless, racist, mediocre White man with the intellectual curiosity of a nanny goat in our nation’s highest office, not only is the spoonful of sugar lacking, the bitter pill is being jammed down everyone’s throats until we collectively gag. (I guess here is where I should apologize to the nation’s nanny goats. You may eat cans, but you’re better behaved.)
It’s not a good look. Since America has taken off its mask and exposed a face that only a mother could love, international tourists are cancelling trips – because contributing to an economy filled with people who now feel empowered to call you out your name, or worse yet, call ICE on you, isn’t on anyone’s to-do list. But here we are. And here’s the thing: You can’t be in denial anymore. How the poor of New Orleans were treated during Hurricane Katrina should have been your wake-up call, but since some of you needed another one… The question becomes, what are you going to do about it? What responsibility are you willing to accept? Are you going to demand that children be returned to their parents? Are you going to work to get the people in our government who think this is reasonable behavior by our government? #ThisIsAmerica. If you want it to be better, the ball’s in your court.
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support the school’s veterinary school. Please note that Penn has the only vet school in the state, which is surprising, considering the importance of agriculture to the commonwealth. (I know you live in Philadelphia and do not see many cows.)
(Cont. From Page 14) Close to home, The University of Pennsylvania will receive $31 million – an increase of almost $1 million over last year – to
City Council Adjourns (Cont. From Page 19) Helen Gym called for a resolution to shut down the controversial Berks Detention Center, which houses detained immigrant families. Gym also introduced a bill that would create a task force to examine the problems with the city’s own practices for placing delinquent youths. • Councilman Bill Greenlee introduced legislation that would ostensibly curb sex trafficking by
• Councilwoman
clamping down on massage parlors that may be fronts for brothels. The bill would require massage parlors to register with the Department of Licenses & Inspection, restrict hours of operation and force more detailed record-keeping of services provided. • Councilman Kenyatta Johnson also introduced legislation for the fall that would expand senior citizen property tax protections to cooperatively owned buildings. 6/27/2018 11:07:27 AM
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for our youth,” said Mayor Jim Kenney. “Construction and IT are two industries
that are challenged in the area diversity, and this program will directly address
that issue while giving young people a career pathway leading to a job with
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NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE - Parcel#: 156N19-202; 521082300 - WHEREAS, on June 25, 2010, a certain mortgage was executed by Helen Lee, as mortgagor in favor of MERS, as nominee for Generation Mortgage Company as mortgagee and was recorded in Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County in Mortgage Instrument Number 52235195. (“Mortgage”); and WHEREAS, the Mortgage encumbers property located at 5309 Euclid Street Philadelphia, PA 19131, parcel number 156N19-202; 521082300 (“Property”); and WHEREAS, the Property was owned by Helen Lee by virtue of deed dated October 4, 1976 and recorded October 5, 1976 in Volume DCC 1220, page 040; and WHEREAS, Helen Lee died on March 10, 2016 intestate and is survived by her heir(s)-at-law, Norwood Cogdell and Dawn Cogdell; 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 17, 2016 in Instrument Number 53072824, 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 Helen Lee died on March 10, 2016, and that upon the 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 April 5, 2018 is $161,821.30 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. Instrument #: 52395684, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, notice is hereby given that at July 17, 2018 at 10:00 AM at the Southeast Entrance of Philadelphia City Hall located at Broad Street and Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon erected. SITUATE on the Northwesterly side of Euclid Avenue at the distance of Two hundred Fifty-four and Four hundred Thirty one-thousandths feet Northeastwardly from the Northeasterly side of George’s Lane, in the Fifty-second (formerly part of the Thirty-fourth) Ward of the City of Philadelphia. CONTAINING in front or breadth on the said Euclid Avenue Fifteen and One hundred Sixty-six One-thousandths feet and extending of that width in length or depth Northwestwardly between parallel lines at right angles to Euclid Avenue Seventy-five feet including on the rear thereof the soil of a certain Ten feet wide driveway which extends Northeastwardly from George’s Lane and Southwestwardly from Fifty-third Street. BEING #5309 Euclid Avenue. TOGETHER with the free and common use, right, liberty and privilege of the aforesaid driveway as and for a driveway and watercourse at all times hereafter, forever. BEING parcel number 156N19-202; 521082300. The sale will be held on July 17, 2018 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 $161,821.30 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 $161,821.30 as of April 5, 2018, 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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en the skills on-ramp for a diverse talent pool to lead to great opportunities in the IT Sector.” The Urban Affairs Coalition/YOACAP will create a building and finishing trades Pre-Apprenticeship in partnership with the Finishing Trades Institute of the Mid-Atlantic Region (FTI). The Pre-Apprenticeship will serve as a pipeline to prepare young people to enter into FTI’s established apprenticeship programs for commercial painters, drywall finishers, glaziers and other building trades. Woody Beale, YOACAP Executive Director, believes that the building trades offer significant employment and training opportunities. “I was a carpenter apprentice and went through their 4-year program,” he said. “The building trades offer in-depth training, great pay and benefits for individuals who enjoy working with their hands.” Through these new pilot programs, Philadelphia Works seeks to create and strengthen relationships between WIOA youth providers, Pre-Apprenticeship programming, and Registered Apprenticeship programs. The programs will also streamline and diversify youth work experiences in order to better integrate year-round youth programming that connects with employers and the adult workforce. These goals align with one of the key recommendations in the citywide workforce development strategy: increase apprenticeships and other industry driven work-based learning opportunities to close the skills gap and support career advancement to middle-skill jobs. “This is yet another example of our continued engagement of businesses, unions and non-profits to generate real opportunities
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hiladelphia Works, the Workforce Development Board for the City of Philadelphia, awarded contracts to two organizations that will pilot new Pre-Apprenticeship programs to serve Opportunity Youth in Philadelphia. JEVS Human Services and the Urban Affairs Coalition/ YOACAP will each receive approximately $300,000 in funds to support the startup of new programs in both IT and construction trades that will serve youth and young adults ages 16-24 years old. “These new programs will serve a total of 75 opportunity youth over two years, connecting these young people to lucrative careers with local employers,” said H. Patrick Clancy, President and CEO of Philadelphia Works. “This innovative approach will engage youth at an extremely important crossroads as they transition into the workforce. By exposing them to viable career pathways at younger ages, we will ultimately create a workforce that is better prepared for the jobs of today and tomorrow.” JEVS will launch a new Information Technology Pre-Apprenticeship that will ultimately lead graduates into an IT Generalist Apprenticeship. The IT Generalist Apprenticeship will lead to employment in the IT sector, as well as careers within government, nonprofits, and educational institutions. “Greater Philadelphia’s tech workforce is large and growing, but it is constrained by an undersupply of qualified candidates and a lack of diversity,” said Jay Spector, JEVS President and CEO. “This disconnect is especially wide for young people, women and people of color in Philadelphia. Through this contract and our collaboration with local employers, we will strength-
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NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE - Parcel#: 158N02-203; 663337200 - WHEREAS, on May 19, 2005, a certain mortgage was executed by Bernard Lashner, as mortgagor in favor of Cardinal Financial Company, LP as mortgagee and was recorded in Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County in Mortgage Document Number 51195038 (“Mortgage”); and WHEREAS, the Mortgage encumbers property located at 12706 Hollins Road Philadelphia, PA 19154, parcel number 158N02-203; 663337200 (“Property”); and WHEREAS, the Property was owned by Bernard Lashner and Dorothy M. Lashner by virtue of deed dated December 6, 1962 and recorded December 12, 1962 in Book CAB 2054; Page 094; and WHEREAS, Dorothy M. Lashner died on April 15, 2004. By operation of law title vests solely in Bernard Lashner and Dorothy M. Lashner is hereby released of liability pursuant to Pa.R.C.P. 1144. Bernard Lashner died on April 22, 2015 intestate and is survived by his/her heir(s)-at-law, Karen Bradley and Diane Marino; 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 November 7, 2014 in Document Number 52848644, 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 Bernard Lashner died on April 22, 2015 and that upon the 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 May 24, 2018 is $212,684.97 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. Instrument #:201714939, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, notice is hereby given that at July 19, 2018 at 10:00 AM at the Southeast Entrance of Philadelphia City Hall located at Broad Street and Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, SITUATE in the 66th, formerly part of the Fifty-eighth Ward of the City of Philadelphia, described according to a Plan made for Parkwood Manor by John J. McDevitt, Surveyor and Regulator of the Fourth District, dated October 15, 1962, to wit: BEGINNING at a point on the Northwesterly side of Hollins Road (Fifty feet wide) measured South Forty-four degrees, Eighteen minutes. Forty-five seconds West along the said Northwesterly side of Hollins Road the distance of Fifty-eight feet, Ten and one-half inches from a point of tangent, which point of tangent is measured Southwardly on the arc of a circle curving to the right; which connects the said Northwesterly side of Hollins Road and the Southwesterly side of Medford Road (Sixty-four feet wide); having a radius of Fifteen feet the arc distance of Twenty-two feet, Seven and seven-eighths inches from a point of compound curve on the said Southwesterly side of Medford Road. CONTAINING in front or breadth South Forty-four degrees, Eighteen minutes, Forty-five seconds West along the said Northwesterly side of Hollins Road Nineteen feet, Eleven and five-eighths inches and extending of that width in length or depth North Forty-five degrees, Forty-one minutes, Fifteen seconds West between parallel lines at right angles to the said Hollins Road Ninety feet. The Northeasterly and Southwesterly lines passing through the center of party walls between the said premises and the premises adjoining on the Northeast and Southwest. Being #12706 Hollins Road. Being parcel #158N02-203; 663337200. The sale will be held on July 19, 2018 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 $212,684.97 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 $212,684.97 as of May 24, 2018, 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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Crazy July 4th Facts Fireworks displayed over top the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Photo Courtesy of Visit Philly.
1. In a bizarre twist of fate, both Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on July 4, 1826. 2. Contrary to popular belief, only two Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The majority of signers penned their signatures on August 2, 1776. 3. The holiday does not celebrate the signing of the Declaration; it celebrates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress. 4. In a now-famous letter to his wife, Abigail, dated July 3, 1776, John Adams made a prediction that the “Second Day of July” would be celebrated as American Independence Day, since the Congress had actually voted to sever ties with Great Britain the day before. 5. Independence Day became a federal holiday in 1870. 6. Other countries, including Denmark, England, Norway, Portugal and Sweden, also celebrate the Fourth of July as a way to bring in American tourists. 7. Our country now boasts 318.9 million citizens, but on the first Fourth of July, there were only 2.5 million. 8. The original draft of the Declaration of Indepen-
dence was lost. 9. The back of the Declaration of Independence says, “Original Declaration of Independence dated 4th July 1776.” 10. The Pennsylvania Evening Post was the first newspaper to print the Declaration on July 6, 1776. 11. Out of the 56 signers, the oldest signer of the declaration of independence was Benjamin franklin at age 70, while the youngest was Edward Rutledge. 12. 13 of the signers were 35 or younger, while 7 of the signers were 60 or older. 13. On July 4, 1778, George Washington celebrated by issuing double rations of rum to his soldiers. 14. Massachusetts became the first state to make July 4 a holiday, in 1781. 15. Congress declared Independence Day a federal holiday in 1941. 16. Richard Stockton of New Jersey, one of the signers of the declaration of independence, later recanted while he was held as a prisoner of the British. 17. Eight of the signers were born in either Britain or Ireland. 18. Independence Day festivities became more widespread after the war of 1812. Content from RFDTV, history.com and Column Five
(Cont. to from Prev. Page) launch in July with an inaugural class of young adults recruited from a number of Opportunity Youth service providers, including Congreso de Latinos Unidos,
District 1199c Training and Upgrading Fund, Temple University Center for Social Policy and Community Development, and YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School.
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hen can I buy a house after filing bankruptcy? As a bankruptcy attorney, many of my clients are concerned that once they file bankruptcy they won’t be able to buy a house. Or
card offer she had just received! Mortgage lenders generally look at three things to determine legibility to get a home loan: FICO score, regular income level, and the percentage of the purchase price you are able to put down. Generally, after filing bankruptcy, your FICO score comes back pretty quickly a year or so. The regular income level is based on your job and how long you’ve had it. It’s easier to get a loan if you’ve been working in one place for a while on a steady income. The loan committee used to also take a close look at the amount your payments on the house will
be in relation to your total income. Finally, the amount you can put down towards the purchase of the house makes a big difference. The higher the percentage of down payment, the more protection for the bank. So, what does this mean? If you want to buy a house after filing bankruptcy, you can. It may be you will need to wait a year or so until your income and expenses stabilize and until you can sock a few dollars away for a down payment, but that’s probably a sound economic policy anyway. Next Week’s Topic: Should My Business File for Chapter 7?
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at least they wont be able to do so for the ten years a Chapter 7 bankruptcy stays on their credit report. Truth is that many lenders shy away from lending money to people who have recently sought the protection of bankruptcy. But that actually doesn’t last very long. My clients find that after a year or less, the credit industry is back knocking at their doors with credit card offers, home loan offers, etc. Recently, a client called 3 months after the Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing and before her case was even closed, wanting to know if there was any reason she shouldn’t accept the credit
MATT MCAVOY is flanked by Fred Druding, Jr. and Ryan Trimmer, who guided the visually impaired runner this past weekend in New York at the annual Hope & Possibility race. The three were part of a large contingent from the Philadelphia Chapter of Achilles International who made the trip. Philly Achilles mission is to enable people with all types of disabilities to participate in mainstream running events in order to promote personal achievement. Photo by Jennifer Huber
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