Philadelphia Public Record

Vol. XIV No. 31

Issue 966

August 2, 2018

“The good things we do must be made a part of the public record”

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U.S. SEN. BOB CASEY was in town last week campaigning hard.

He visited James Rhoads School in West Philadelphia to stress the need to allocate federal money to rehabilitate the city’s aged school infrastructure. With Casey, from left, were Evelyn Sample-Oates, Board of Education chief of family & community engagement; Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell; Danielle Floyd, Board of Education COO; and State Sen. Vincent Hughes. More Casey campaign coverage, P. 7. Photo by Wendell Douglas

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Casey Bill Strengthens Career Training

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.S. SEN. BOB Casey (D-Pa.) worked with a bipartisan team to secure Senate passage of bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career & Technical Education Act. “I am pleased that we were able to work together in a bipartisan manner on legislation that will help ensure that all students and workers get the skills they need to compete for well-paying jobs today and

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in the future,” said Casey.

“The Senate took a strong step forward and I now urge the House to pass this legislation so that it can be signed into law.”

Casey was joined by Sens.

Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Senate education committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) in this effort.

The “Strengthening Career & Technical Education for the 21st Century

Act” would make important, necessary updates to career and technical education to ensure all students, including special populations, have access to high-quality programs; help recruit and retain CTE educators, and provide workers and students the skills they need to find high-skill, high-wage or in-demand jobs.

The first reauthorization of the Perkins CTE Act since 2006, this legislation would

encourage states, schools and local CTE providers to update education and job training to meet the needs of the local economies, ensuring students have the skills needed to remain competitive. It would also increase alignment with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), and promote collaboration between stakeholders so that high schools, institutions

of higher education, community-based organizations and local businesses can communicate their needs and coordinate as programs are developed.

The American Federation of Teachers and U.S. Chamber of Commerce, along with nearly 500 businesses and organizations from the National Association of Manufacturers, have voiced their support for bipartisan reauthorization of the Perkins CTE Act.

part of that is making sure they get every dollar back that’s rightfully owed to them,” said Torsella. “While 1 in 10 Pennsylvanians has unclaimed property, for some people, this money is crucial. A check you weren’t expecting for a few hundred dollars can take care of some tough utility bills, or help a family save for college. That’s why I’m so proud that we have returned $269 million to Pennsylva-

nia families this year, and set this new record as a department.”

Treasury serves as the custodian of $3.4 billion of unclaimed property. Under Pennsylvania law, entities are required to report any financial asset that has gone unclaimed for a period of time — usually three years — to Treasury. Unclaimed property includes items such as abandoned bank accounts, forgotten stocks,

uncashed checks and contents of safety deposit boxes. The assets remain available for claim by the owners or their heirs in perpetuity.

Unclaimed property can also include tangible property like jewelry, coins, and, many times, service awards. As part of an ongoing initiative established by Torsella, 18 “lost” military decorations, including three Purple Hearts, were recently returned to their rightful owners: military vet-

erans or their families. Treasury continues to search for the heirs of over 500 service awards from various conflicts.

Claimants may search Treasury’s website for unclaimed property. Treasury’s Bureau of Unclaimed Property is also available toll-free at 1 (800) 222-2046 and via email at tupmail@patreasury.gov, to help conduct a thorough search for unclaimed property.

Pa. Treasury Makes Record Returns

ENNSYLVANIA Treasurer Joe Torsella announced that Treasury returned $269,299,682 in unclaimed property to Pennsylvanians during the 2017-18 Fiscal Year. That amount is an 18% increase from the total amount returned to taxpayers in the previous fiscal year and an all-time Treasury record.

“My goal as treasurer is to help every Pennsylvanian have a better future, and

PPA Takes Mobile Payment Citywide

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FTER LAUNCHING a pilot program in December 2017, the Philadelphia Parking Authority’s “meterUP” mobile-payment application is now expanding citywide and will include all coin-operated meters.

“After a tremendously successful pilot program, we are delighted to be expanding this very popular and convenient mobile payment option to all kiosks and meters throughout the city. Our customers will now have the convenience of paying or adding time remotely for parking instead of having to continuously carry coins,” PPA’s Executive Director Scott Petri said.

When initially introduced, meterUP was hailed

as a PPA technological innovation aimed at improving customer service and convenience for motorists parking in Philadelphia.

With over 91,000 downloads since December 2017, meterUP has been widely embraced because of its convenience and easy to use, customer-friendly application features.

“As we expand this payment option, our goal is to further improve convenience and the overall parking experience in Philadelphia for all of our customers. We believe meterUP is a major step in the direction of improving customer service and convenience through innovation,” Petri said.

The meterUP app allows

drivers to pay for parking with a smartphone and remotely add more time to kiosks or coin-operated parking meters. Registration and use of meterUP is easy and saves customers time and money. Users can extend parking sessions remotely and stop time early to avoid wasting unused minutes. Customized park-

ing expiration reminders and the ability to make prepayments are also featured in meterUP. Clearly marked signs and decals with zone numbers and directions on how to use meterUP will be posted throughout the city over the next few weeks. meterUP will only work at kiosks or coin-operated meters where there are meterUP signs and decals with specific zone numbers. In order to avoid a ticket, app users are highly encouraged to ensure their license plate numbers are correctly entered into their app profiles while referencing the correct meterUP zone numbers when making mobile payments.

The PPA has partnered

with ParkMobile, LLC to power the meterUP app.

ParkMobile provides similar services to many large cities throughout the United States, including New York City, Denver, Dallas, Washington, DC, and Miami.

“We are very excited to partner with the Philadelphia Parking Authority on this innovative program,” said Jon Ziglar, CEO of ParkMobile.

“Since it launched, the meterUP app has continued to grow at a rapid pace as people all around the city have discovered a smarter way to park.

We look forward to expanding our relationship with the Philadelphia Parking Authority to provide more innovative solutions for the city.”

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Pols Gear up for Fall Semester

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POLS on the STREET

BY JOE SHAHEELI NE OF THE biggest dilemmas facing elected officials as they head into the fall general-election season is that, aside from a relatively small number of politically savvy types, nobody much cares about them in August. In the dog days, the ordinary voter’s heart and mind is

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set on wringing the last bit of relaxation out of the summer season.

But politicians cannot afford to take the summer off. An election can turn on a fraction of an advantage, so they must pursue voters’ attention regardless – but how?

Welcome to back-toschool days.

An important subset of voters – parents – are also

thinking ahead during August. There are clothes and supplies to be bought, programs to be checked out and children to be fussed over. Schools matter to parents; therefore, political campaigners are stressing that schools matter to them.

This happens at the federal level. U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.), for instance, is calling attention to his work to promote career

and technical education.

In addition, on a campaign swing through Philadelphia last week, he visited a public school and vowed to seek money in Washington to shore up dilapidated city school plants.

In the other statewide race, for governor, incumbent Democrat Tom Wolf and his Republican challenger, State Sen. Scott Wagner (R-York), have been tearing at each

CROWDING the joint were, L-R, La Sikeetia Simms, 11th Ward Committeewomen Shereda Cromwell and Quibila Divine, Allegra Simms, Sylvia Simms and David Krain.

Representative

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A LIVELY crowd turned out at a funder for state rep candidate Malcolm Kenyatta at historic Bob & Barbara’s Lounge on South Street. Among organizers and attendees were, L-R, Sheila Simmons, Carolyn Stillwell, Henry Sias and Bianca Pavier.

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vania, where Wagner needs big majorities.

The Fair Funding Formula is complex and currently limited in its effect, due to the “hold harmless” clause; nevertheless, most policy wonks agree it was a needed reform. And Wolf is not, in fact, proposing such drastic cuts in rural counties at this time – not that he even has the power to carry them out.

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other’s stances on funding public education.

Wagner’s campaign has developed a charge that Wolf’s support for the Fair Funding Formula, which went into effect in 2016 after a bipartisan majority in the General Assembly enacted it, will cut $1.2 billion in funding from largely rural counties. It is pushing this narrative hard in Central and Western Pennsyl-

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MAYOR Jim Kenney, above L, made a point of honoring the first graduating class of Northeast High School’s AP Capstone Program. Right: The mayor and Superintendent Dr. William Hite presented a special citation to Brandon Ly. Below: The entire class showed off their diplomas. Photos by Wendell Douglas

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hat does Pennsylvania have in common with California, Rhode Island and Illinois?

When it comes to treating LGBTQ people as equally as heterosexual people when they are victims of murder or assault, nothing.

That’s because the Commonwealth – like 46 other states – currently allows defendants to claim “gay panic” or “trans panic” in cases of murder and assault.

To wit: It is perfectly legal to stand up in a court-

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MARK your CALENDAR Aug. 2- State Sen. Christine Tartaglione hosts Community Picnic at Fairhill Sq. Pk., 4th St. & Lehigh Ave., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Refreshments, school giveaways (children must be present). For info: (215) 291-4653.

Aug. 3- Councilwoman Cherelle Parker hosts Fun & Film Night at Sturgis Rec Ctr., 200 W. 65th Ave., 6:30 p.m.

room and state under oath that you ended someone’s life because you had a momentary psychotic break caused by getting all up in your feelings over an encounter – real or perceived – with a homosexual or transgender individual.

This strategy has been employed at least since the 1950s – and the term “homosexual panic” has been in use even longer, having been coined by Dr. Edward Kempf, a clinical psychiatrist, in 1920, to describe the distress caused to someone suddenly unmoored by a potentially intimate encounter with someone of the same sex.

This antediluvian dodge is in the headlines now because State Sen. Larry Farnese has shown the courage and common sense to begin the drive to ban this defense in

Pennsylvania – the same state whose government still refuses to prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ residents. “I think it is hypocritical for some in this legislature who believe that the LGBTQ community is not worthy of its protection or recognition that they are victims of hate crimes,” Farnese said in an interview with Billy Penn.

“But at the same time they will allow — or at the very least are complicit in allowing — a defense to be raised in a capital charge based completely upon that same community that they deem unworthy of protecting.”

It is people like Sen. Farnese that provide hope and inspiration to Americans who still believe in and fight for the quaint notion that we are all created equal.

“Black Panther.” For info: (215) 686-3454.

Aug. 4- Firefighters Local 22 hosts Beach Party at Keenan’s N. Wildwood, 113 Olde New Jersey Ave., 4-8 p.m.

Aug. 5- Salute to Summer at Keenan’s N. Wildwood, 113 Olde New Jersey Ave., 3-7 p.m. MC: Aunt Mary Pat DiSabatino. Proceeds benefit Phila. Veterans Comfort H. Reduced drink prices, BBQ burgers & hot dogs. Tickets $25. To purchase: www.PhiladelphiaVeteransHouse.org/salute.

Aug. 7- State Rep. Kevin Boyle hosts Nat’l Night Out at Fox Chase E.S. parking lot, 500 Rhawn St. Games, prizes and giveaways, music entertainment, food, information about state and local resources, and chances to meet with local police and emergency personnel.

For info: (215) 695-1016.

Aug 8- State rep candidate Malcolm Kenyatta is hosted Happy Hour Reception at

Bellevue Strategies, 200 S. Broad St., Su. 410, 5:30-7 p.m. Special Guests: Congressmen Bob Brady & Dwight Evans, and Mayor Jim Kenney. Hosts: State Sens. Sharif Street, Shirley Kitchen, State Reps. W. Curtis Thomas & Jordan Harris, and Jonathan Saidel. Contribution Levels: Champions $1,000, Hosts $500, Boosters $250, Supporters $100, Friends $50.

Aug. 10- State Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown distributes Free Produce Vouchers for low-income seniors at 1435 N. 52nd St., Registrations begin 9 a.m., distribution starts 10 a.m. For info: (215) 879-6615.

Aug. 10- Councilman Mark Squilla hosts Summer Soirée at Keenan’s N. Wildwood, 113 Olde New Jersey Ave., 7-10 p.m. Yachts $5,000, Sailboats $2,500, Paddleboats $1,000, General Admission $30. Payable to “Squilla for Council,”

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BE WHOLE HEALTHY LIVING TOUR concluded its tour across Pennsylvania with a seven-day stay in the City of Brotherly Love, closing out at Penn’s Landing with a bangup free concert. Headliner Estelle, R, invited audience member Milan to come up on stage and join the group in a chorus, which she did with a will. Sponsors included Council Members Jannie L. Blackwell and Mark Squilla, State Rep. Joanna McClinton and City Rep. Sheila Hess. Photo by Wendell Douglas

P.O. Box 37332, Phila., PA 19148 RSVP: events@ lperrygroup.com. For info: (267) 275-2120.

Aug. 11- State Rep. Jason Dawkins hosts Frankford Community Day at Gambrel Plg., 1900 Wakeling St., 11 a.m.-3 p.m. For info: (215) 744-7901.

Aug. 11- State Rep. Joanna McClinton hosts Health & Wellness Community Summer Jam at 60th St. betw. Arch and Chestnut Sts., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Entertainment, food, family fun, office help with state services. Free. For info: (215) 748-6712.

Aug. 11- Councilman Derek Green & Jaden’s Voice host Autism Play date at Smith Mem. Plg., 3500 Reservoir Dr., 2-5 p.m.

Aug. 11- State Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown hosts Community Day at Overbrook Beacon CEC, 5621 Lancaster Ave., 2-6 p.m.

State services. For info: (215) 879-6615.

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. 12- City Commission Chair Lisa Deeley hosts Breakfast at the Beach for Councilman Bobby Henon at Keenan’s N. Wildwood, 113 Olde New Jersey Ave., 11 a.m.1 p.m. Donations $100.

Payable to “Bobby 11.” For info: (215) 906-0339.

Aug. 16- State Sen. Christine Tartaglione hosts Community Picnic at Wissinoming Pk., 5801 Frankford Ave., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Refreshments, child fingerprinting by Police Dept., school giveaways (children must be present).

For info: (215) 533-0440.

Aug. 16- Councilwoman Cherelle Parker hosts Fun & Film Night at Lawncrest Rec

Ctr., 6000 Rising Sun Ave., 6:30 p.m. “Black Panther.”

For info: (215) 686-3454.

Aug. 17- State Rep. Joanna McClinton hosts 36th Birthday Summer Soirée at Bartram’s Garden, 5400 Lindbergh Blvd., 5-9 p.m., Dinner 6 p.m. VIP Contribution levels: Gold $1,000, Silver $2,500, Platinum $5,000; Young Professionals $50, Supporters $75, Friends $125. RSVP by Aug. 10: (484) 764-9268.

Aug. 18- Sheriff Jewell Williams hosts Gun Buyback at Official Unlimited, 2331 N. Broad St., 10 a.m.-1 p.m. No questions asked. Turn in unloaded, working handguns & assault weapons for $75 gift card One per gun. For info: (215) 686-3530.

Aug. 18 - State Sen. Sharif Street hosts Summer BBQ at 7001 Brentwood Rd., 12-4 p.m. Tickets $100; Sponsors $10,000, $5,000, $2,500, $1,000. For info: (267) 275-2120.

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ing in the private sector.

He promised to oppose that fate in the public sector.

That was music to Morgan’s ears. “If you cut the wages of teachers and cops, that is a death blow to the middle class,” he insisted.

Casey has lately taken some heat for announcing in advance he would oppose President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. But Casey stood firm: “I am not going to be complicit in a hard-right takeover of the Supreme Court. We have a corporate court as it is right now.”

Even though Democrats are a minority in the Senate, Casey said, they can sometimes win battles. In the latest budget vote, he noted, they won $300 million for Title 1 schools because the Republican leadership needed support from the D’s.

Sandra Dowling of 32BJ District 1201, which represents public-school workers, stated she was committed for the long haul. “I’m concerned about my grandchildren,” she told Casey. “I see you are about protecting families.”

“Janus should compel us to think what’s at stake in this election,” Casey replied.

“This is really a long game for the Republicans; it’s about kneecapping Democrats.”

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ation of Teachers members face a demanding job educating younger members on the importance of unionizing, commented veteran Philadelphia teacher Bonnee Breese Bentum. “You must talk with them one on one and that takes a lot of time,” she said.

“But good wages and jobs are connected to a good free public education. Without it, we’re doomed.”

Hillary Linardopoulos, an organizer for Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, excoriated Trump’s Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos for sending “junk emails” to schoolteachers on their school accounts.

DeVos, an heiress who has no teaching degree or experience, has invested in a junk-science business that would treat ADHD with “brain waves,” Linardopoulos charged. Instead, she asserted, “PFT’s vision is focused on what children really need.”

Christopher Wood of NUHHCE District 1199C asked for help to see that more federal dollars trickle down to longterm-care workers.

Tom Cronin, a UFCW and AFSCME DC 47 retirees, complained that budget cutbacks hit retirees as well. “Why do they have to live with relatives in order to survive?” he cried.

Casey replied he belongs to a Senate working group that is addressing this issue.

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BY TONY WEST .S. SEN. BOB Casey (D-Pa.) made an important pit stop in Philadelphia last week, visiting with a coalition of representatives from unions that represent public-sector employees.

They were reeling from the June 27 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in Janus v. AFSCME, which held that government workers are not required to contribute dues to unions that represent them.

This outcome has long been sought after by conservatives, who see these unions as a well-funded counterweight to their desire to shrink government. Any step that cuts into these unions’ pocketbooks is a step in the right direction – for the right.

The meeting was hosted

by SEIU by Local 32BJ Vice President Gabe Morgan. All present made clear they were all in for Casey, now running for re-election, who has taken strong pro-labor positions.

“I wouldn’t be in my office without the help of labor,” Casey said. “But you have to look at what they do for the country as well. If there were no unions, there would be no middle class.”

Wage growth has been flat in the United States for a generation, which Casey attributed directly to the decline of collective bargain-

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U.S. SEN. Bob Casey made the case to public-sector union leaders that he is 100% behind them in their resistance to Janus v. AFSCME. L-R, Hillary Linardopoulos, Gabe Morgan, Casey and Bonnee Breese Bentum.

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UESDAY EVENING, STATE REP. MARTINA WHITE (R-Northeast) held a fundraiser at the Mission BBQ on Roosevelt Boulevard.

White’s district is 2-1 Democratic, yet she was able to win a special election to replace CONGRESSMAN BRENDAN BOYLE, who also ran to keep his state House seat in 2014. White beat her opponent in 2015’s special election by 14 points and defeated another Democrat in 2016 by roughly double digits.

Some doubt she can

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POLS on the STREET (Cont. From Page 4) Furthermore, Wagner himself has called the “hold harmless” clause “madness” – but that was then, and this is now.

weather the dislike of PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP in this election. However, they need to take another look at how her district voted in the 2016 election. Trump won the 66th and 58th Wards, which are a large part of her district. No one can take anything for granted in politics, but I think her re-election prospects are good.

Late Friday afternoon, the State Department of Environmental Protection announced it had reached an agreement with numerous environmental groups that challenged 20 permits issued to Sunoco Pipeline, LLP for the Mariner East 2 pipeline project. The Clean Air Council, Delaware Riverkeeper Network and Mountain Watershed Association appealed the 20 DEP permits issued to Sunoco to construct Mariner East 2, which the environmentalists contend will have negative public-health and environmental consequences.

The Obama administra-

tion regulatory agencies determined that pipelines are the safest way to transport hydrocarbons. But that will not deter these environmental groups. They lost the fight to ban the development of shale gas and decided the next tactic is to make the transportation of it so frustrating that natural-gas companies will shut their wells. Currently, the lack of sufficient pipeline capacity out of the Marcellus Shale area has caused local producers to accept pricing for their natural gas at levels less than half the national price of natural gas. The national price for natural gas is set at Henry Hub, a location in Louisiana, where there is sufficient pipeline capacity. Henry Hub’s price was $2.80 per thousand cubic feet on Tuesday – your typical natural-gas supplier in Pennsylvania is lucky if he/she gets half that.

The Clean Air Council is opposed to the development (Cont. Page 15)

little closer to being decided.

White, who was being held without bail in the Curran/ Fromhold facility on State Road at the time I’m writing this column, was charged with murder prior to his preliminary hearing on Wednesday. The word on the street is that these charges were going to be downgraded.

But if we’re honest with ourselves, these charges never should have brought in the first place, especially since the evidence was sort of suspect.

Now, what do I mean by that? I mean that thinking about taking the rest of someone's life away based

on a cellphone video and some eyewitness testimony is something that never made sense to me.

I get that you have to make the charges commensurate with the offense, but it helps if the charges make sense.

These didn’t. Thus, you had people taking to the streets to let folks know they weren’t impressed.

I’m glad that it looks like cooler heads are going to prevail here, because they needed to.

Because let’s face it.

It wouldn’t have been a good look for the nation’s most-progressive district attorney.

For his part, Wolf’s campaign is pressing a charge that Wagner will cut school funding – a move that Wagner has specifically denied.

So goes campaigning in the dog days. There will be time later to back away from extreme claims, if forced to.

What matters most right now is to catch, with luck, a worried parent’s ear.

Locally, many city legislators are organizing back-to-school giveaways at public festivals. That’s a fine way to campaign: It does some good and tells no lies.

WALKING the BEAT

BY JOE SHAY STIVALA SAW WHERE the SHERIFF’S OFFICE will hold a weapons buyback. Guns can be turned in, no questions asked.

You are rewarded for your efforts. It is GOOD to hold such an event. It is not the first year that the Sheriff has held the buyback. But will the daily media cover the event? Hmm? The recent press ZAPS at the Sheriff’s Office makes me wonder if there is a subliminal CRUSADE to eliminate the office (?). Past targets have included the former CLERK

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HE PHILADELPHIA political media is already handicapping next year’s mayoral race. Excuse CHS for his ignorance, but isn’t there a gubernatorial contest, a US Senate fight and a plethora of new xcongressional races coming up in November?

It is way premature to talk about challengers to MAYOR JIM KENNEY. He has been elected as both a blue-collar South Phillybased neighborhood fighter and a pro-immigration

OF COURTS office, which had only two appointed jobs, and now operated by the Courts with a good-sized payroll; also the BOARD OF REVISION OF TAXES, which is now the OPA. They had some 40 School District workers earning about $23k a year. Now it is “REFORMED,” with new salaries up to $100k range.

The ROW OFFICES have always been a media target.

So let’s wait and see which media show up for the gun buyback.

The media want CAMERAS in courtrooms. How will this serve justice? It would give the media more material for stories. Press advocates of cameras should show good faith and contribute $200,000 to help PAY FOR CAMERAS. Beth FINN, women’s leader, may run for a Council-atLarge seat. Would this be a challenge to Helen GYM? The recent WARD LEADER caucus to select a successor to State Rep. Mike

O’BRIEN operated according to a mandatory schedule to notify the State for timely ballot preparation. Newly elected ward leader Nick SAVAL called the process unclear and unaccountable.

Maybe it was to him, as his first experience. The beauty of opposing – and losing – is that you can go back to your committee and tell how you bravely fought the “machine.” In REALITY, there has NOT been a machine in Philly for 30 years!

Sad news to hear that Judge Vincent MELCHIORRE’S mom passed. A Mom is your best friend in life – and after that!

BRAVO to my Aunt Della FALZONE, who turned 104 years young! Councilman Mark SQUILLA honored her!

President TRUMP wants security clearances revoked – including James COMEY. Comey is out of office.

There is no reason to brief him currently.

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progressive. Of course, he got repaid for his work by having anti-ICE activists camp out in front of City Hall saying negative things about him. South Philly Jim could’ve predicted this.

This way-too-early forecast of the Democratic mayoral field includes COUNCILWOMAN CINDY BASS, STATE SEN. and former mayoral candidate TONY WILLIAMS, wealthy real-estate developer and CITY COUNCILMAN ALLAN DOMB, wealthy former mayoral candidate TOM KNOX, former CITY CONTROLLER ALAN BUTKOVITZ and current LT. GOV. MIKE STACK. Stack won Philadelphia by almost 3 to 1 in the May primary even though he was outspent in Philly 2.5 to 1. Those were incredible numbers even though he was unsuccessful in getting nominated again.

Having now given a nod

to next year’s prognostication, Sam would rather talk about the big race that is in front of us: the gubernatorial election.

Some in the daily media have quibbled with Gov. Tom Wolf’s team running unrelentingly negative commercials, social media, and press releases against his Republican opponent, STATE SEN. SCOTT WAGNER. Apparently, they expect Wolf to be mild-mannered throughout the race – not a standard Wagner has ever been held to.

Wolf has been ahead of Wagner in the polls by double digits. There appears to be a maximum-pressure campaign by Wolf to keep Wagner from finding a groove. In other words, Wolf is keeping Wagner on defense and not allowing him to play offense. Look for Wolf and his team to continue the attacks on Wagner. The polls seem to show it is working.

communities and not just looking within the party establishment,” he said.

For her part, Isaacson said she hadn’t heard from anyone who thought she would be a bad fit for the heavily Democratic district.

She said she supports fair

funding for public schools, environmental initiatives, more funding for higher education, and anti-discrimination laws.

“I also recognize that the 175th is one of the economic engines for the state. I hope that I have the experience

to keep (economic development) grants coming in,” she said.

Committee person Caroline Tiger, who authored a recent op-ed criticizing the ward selection process, said she had been “impressed with Isaacson” on paper but

still felt that a handful of ward leaders had foisted an undemocratic selection process on the district; some committee people had never even met Isaacson, let alone alternative candidates.

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pletely alienating to voters.”

However, Isaacson denied that it was all a premeditated “bait-and-switch.”

She said she didn’t know O’Brien had planned to retire until last week – conveniently after he had survived a primary but just before the filing deadline for any other would-be challengers.

She described herself as a victim of circumstance who was being unfairly criticized by reformers and the press.

“Boyle called me and told me I would be the best candidate.... This was decided by the ward leaders. I didn’t get a say,” she related. “I assume they could have delayed the meeting, but it wasn’t my decision. The request was that it was as soon as possible.”

She said she didn’t ask supportive wards to delay the vote that ended with four out of five wards voting to put her on the ballot.

But Isaacson says she would support changing the process in the future.

“I said I’d support changing the rules,” she said. “Of course, that’s going to have to come up from organizing ... and you have to go out and get two-thirds of the ward leaders to change the city committee bylaws.”

Committee person Neil Makhija said it was a little late for all that – he and another resident both unsuccessfully presented themselves as last-minute alternatives for the seat on Sunday, just before the ward vote.

He said ward leaders could have acted differently without changing party bylaws and that the decision to expedite the appointment had shut out potential candidates from different communities in a highly diverse House district.

“I don’t want to make it personal.... But we need to start enfranchising those

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BY RYAN BRIGGS EMOCRATIC 5th Ward Leader Mike Boyle found himself at the center of a rare controversy in his Center City Philadelphia district. A vocal minority of committee people, many of them insurgent reformers, said Boyle had colluded with 175th District State Rep. Mike O’Brien to appoint O’Brien’s chief of staff Mary Isaacson as a successor after his abrupt retirement.

Boyle said he was just following party bylaws – as did Isaacson, for her part – and delivering a prompt fill-in candidate for the November election. But Isaacson now says she realizes her unusually swift appointment, just five days after O’Brien announced his retirement, could cost her.

“They were bombarding him with emails,” Isaacson said of Boyle’s critics. “I recognize it. I told every single committee person that I will immediately start meeting with voters in order to earn their trust.”

But some in the district say that might not be good enough. Nikil Saval, who rode a wave of resentment against politics-as-usual into leadership of the 2nd Ward this year, said he had supported a call to delay the appointment to give alternative candidates a chance to pitch themselves to the wards. But he felt Boyle and other ward leaders had intentionally rushed the process, depriving committee people of the chance to hear from potential candidates – including Isaacson herself.

“I thought it felt like (the nomination) had been set up. I didn’t understand why it was being rushed,” he said. “I just don’t understand how dire the situation has to get for this party or the country to realize that this kind of politics is com-

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Slain Officer Honored

MURAL ARTS Program unveiled a painting of Sgt. Robert Wilson III by artist Felix St. Fort at 29th Street & Ridge Avenue. Officer Wilson lost his life during an armed robbery in a GameStop store at 22nd & Lehigh Avenue in 2015. Photo by Leona Dixon

Teamsters Show Unity At Wildwood Party

DAN BOSAK, VP of Teamsters Local 500, C rear, led his membership on Unity Day in N. Wildwood. The local was founded in 1968 to serve essential industries such as public transit, food services, entertainment and airlines, and is headquartered at 3461 N. Delaware Avenue.

JIM DiVERGILIS, Esq., kneeling, displays Tea m s t er Mascot Dog “Giusepp e” during the Tea m s t er Unity celebration of Philadelphia-area Tea m s t er locals. Jim is special counsel to Local 830. Locals in the Philly area include 107, 115, 500, 830 and 929 as well as Graphic Arts District 9.

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by Elsie, a reader and a resident of Scranton.

They say the people who live in South Philly “tawk” funny. Elsie says folks in the Scranton area also talk a little different.

For example: “Hayna Valley” – where people who say “hayna” live. “Wixberry” – what Scrantonians call Wilkes-Barre.

“Gimme a Steg” – I’ll have a cold beer, please.

“Melk” – white liquid kids drink before they’re old enough for a Steg. “Piggies” – cabbage rolls that can be eaten with melk or beer. “Halushki” – cabbage again, sautéed with pasta sauce. “Dee Ackamee” – said the same way as in Fluffya, “Meet me at dee Ackamee.”

Mayan is the ancient Mexican civilization; also “that belongs to me”. “Lecktrick” – Scranton is called

the Electric City. “Brefiss” – first meal of the day. “Baff room” – where you go after eating brefiss. “Draff” – beer is served cold from the tap. “Lie berry” – classy place with books.

The Pennsylvania Dutch also have a distinctive “tawk”: “Gett’n to wet’n” – looks like rain. “Leb’nen” – county adjoining Lancaster; or a type of baloney. “Stop being so shussly” – can’t you walk without tripping over your own feet? “Outen the lights” – don’t waste electricity. “The baby’s grexy” – my, what a cranky baby.

“Wootz” – a person who makes a pig of himself at dinner. “Raison strop” – Amish buggies don’t have them painted on the sides, but hotrods do. “Fressing” – indulging a sweet tooth, a wootz with candy.

“Hurrieder” – what you can’t do in traffic stuck behind an Amish buggy.

“Mishty” – nickname for an Amish person. “Dippy” – flip those eggs over easy.

“Crotch” – enclosed place to park the car.

“Throw mamma from the car a kiss. Kiss me from the window.”

“Quit yer brutzin” – you’re acting like a grexy.

“Come the house in – but first off the wipe feet.”

“Tastes like more” – are you serving seconds?

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NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE - Parcel#: 402018300 / 40S20-62 - WHEREAS, on February 08, 2008, a certain mortgage was executed by LEON HILL, as mortgagor in favor of Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corporation, A Subsidiary of Indymac Bank, F.S.B. as mortgagee and was recorded in Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County in Mortgage Document Number 51859456 (“Mortgage”); and WHEREAS, the Mortgage encumbers property located at 2508 South 57th Street Philadelphia, PA 19143, parcel number 402018300 / 40S20-62 (“Property”); and WHEREAS, the Property was owned by Leon Hill, by virtue of deed dated August 5, 1983 and recorded August 12, 1983 in Book: EFP 808; Page: 205; and WHEREAS, LEON HILL died on August 21, 2016 intestate and is survived by his heir(s)at-law, ANTOINETTE LAWRENCE; 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 July 14, 2016 in Document Number 53084459, 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 Leon Hill died on August 21, 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 June 15, 2018 is $92,551.36 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 August 22, 2018 at 10:00 AM at the Southeast Entrance of Philadelphia City Hall located at Broad Street and Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 all real property and personal property at or used in connection with the following described premises will be sold at public action to the highest bidder: ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, SITUATE in the 40th Ward of the City of Philadelphia, described according to a Survey there of made for Burns and Lange, Inc. by Joseph A. Singer, Surveyor and Regulator of the 10th District, dated the First day of May A.D. 1951, as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at a point on the Southwesterly side of 57th Street, 70 feet wide, at the distance of 75 and forty-nine hundredths feet Southeastwardly from the Southeasterly side of Elmwood Avenue, 80 feet wide.

CONTAINING in front or breadth on the said 57th Street, sixteen and twenty-four hundredths feet and extending of that width in length or depth Southwestwardly between parallel lines at right angles with the said 57th Street, partly through partywalls70 feet to the center line of a certain 4 feet wide alley which extends Southeastwardly from Elmwood Avenue into Lindbergh Boulevard, 108 feet wide. TOGETHER with the free and common use, right, liberty and privilege of the above-mentioned alley as and for a passageway and watercourse at all times hereafter forever in common with the owners and occupiers of the other lots of ground bounding thereon and entitled to the use thereof. BEING NO. 2508 South 57th Street. BEING Parcel#: 402018300 / 40S20-62. The sale will be held on August 22, 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 $92,551.36 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 $92,551.36 as of June 15, 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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HUNTING PARK pavilion last Friday was packed with seniors who were enjoying a day of food, entertainment and community services.

Organized by Bishop Melvin Howard with aid from State Sen. Sharif Street, this team of volunteers helped make the day a success.

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BY MICHAEL A. CIBIK AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY BOARD CERTIFIED

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uestion: Your bankruptcy information: Is it more like fish or red wine?

Unlike red wine, the information you provide a bankruptcy lawyer does not improve with age.

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Bankruptcy information is far more like fish: no longer palatable after it sits for a while.

A bankruptcy filing is a snapshot of the client’s situation on the day the case is filed. From the point when the case is filed, bankruptcy law looks backward and forward.

The rights of all of the parties are driven by the passage of time.

For instance, the statement of financial affairs looks back at recent financial history: • Income year to date • Income for the past two years • Payments on old debts in 12 months • Transfers or gifts in

past 24 months.

The means test analyzes income for the six months before the month in which the case is filed. A drop in income may make your bankruptcy filing simpler; a substantial increase may require reconsidering your choice of bankruptcy chapter.

Lives are fluid and when months go by between starting work on preparing bankruptcy documents, the changes can have significant consequences.

Bank accounts are opened or closed; lawsuits are served; asset values change. Each of those changes can alter your rights and those of your creditors and your family.

When asset values change, what’s exempt may change. Acquire property, or just add your name to the title of someone else’s property, and the property may be vulnerable to your creditors in bankruptcy. Fail to pick up new creditors and the debt may not be discharged.

So, while time may do lovely things to red wine; bankruptcy information is simply subject to spoilage.

If events or lack of funds put your bankruptcy filing on hold for a while, be prepared to revisit the information you may already have provided.

While it may be tedious and time-consuming to gather more information or submit to another interview with your lawyer, it is absolutely in your best interest to have the information fresh and complete.

Next Week’s Question: Does bankruptcy have any effect on arrest warrants?

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WALKING the BEAT (Cont. From Page 10) An editorial appeared calling for a sea of INDEPENDENT candidates to run in Philly. It AIN’T GONNA HAPPEN. It even questioned how State Rep. Vanessa BROWN has time for constituents due to her court case. To answer that question, they might come down from their LOFTY PERCH and read the press releases where Brown holds

FREQUENT events for youth, seniors and all constituents. If you write editorials on the PAOLI LOCAL – quit doing it. Hold a meeting with Brown. Bring your tea and crumpet.

MEEK MILL noted that he would devote efforts to help incarcerated folks find justice. Let us have a PROGRESS REPORT on your efforts to date! Mill should set up a $100,000 BAIL FUND, and announce it at Made in America! A helicopter should be provided to ferry released

defendants home.

Again a Real Estate Tax ABATEMENT story on the editorial page. GIVE IT A REST! Place another push-pin note up on this to check how long until the next one. (Next to the pins on merit selection, voting machines, and the Sheriff’s Office) The State Ethics Commission hearings on former prosecutor Frank FINA got a blast from their target. The hearings would be better helped with a level of decorum.

(Cont. From Page 10) of natural gas since they see carbon emissions as an environmental problem. They do not tell us that the development of modestly priced natural gas has replaced coal as a preferred fuel for electricity.

This increased use of natural gas in electric generation has reduced carbon emissions by the electric generation sector by roughly 20% from 2005 to today. Perhaps these groups should look again at Voltaire’s adage, “to not let the perfect be the enemy of the good.”

DEP stated that the settlement with environmentalists does not change in any way the 20 permits it granted to Sunoco, noting that, “[e] ach permit was lawfully issued after a thorough environmental review involving approximately 35 DEP and County Conservation District staff over the course of nearly two years.” My question is why it took DEP a year and a half to reach this conclusion

shown that he is only inter- 15 ested in shale-gas production if he can tax it.

He is in line with the other liberal governors of New York, New Jersey and Delaware to make the ban of hydraulic fracturing in the fields near the Delaware River watershed permanent.

Until now, the ban was in effect owing to Delaware’s and New York’s unwillingness to agree to environmental standards for natural gas development in the region.

Wolf is one of five votes on this issue, with the other local governors and the Army Corps of Engineers

(Cont. From Page 11) policies. But it was almost was like this process was separate from who the candidate ended up being,” she said. “I’m disappointed by the process, not necessarily the candidate.”

She said that her fellow reform-minded committee people wouldn’t forget the

experience. Some have called for a longshot effort to recall Boyle as a ward leader; others are already calling on primary challengers.

“It’s made all the reform-minded committee people very aware of this seat – and that it will be up for reelection in 2020,” Tiger said.

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COUNCILWOMAN Jannie Blackwell personally enjoyed the Be Whole concert finale at Penn’s Landing.

She was joined by old friends, L-R, Arleen Jones, Dennis Lee, Blackwell, Robert Evans and Karen Corley.

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about its work.

Mariner East is a 300-mile pipeline that will carry Marcellus Shale natural-gas liquids from Southwestern Pennsylvania to a Marcus Hook refining complex in Eastern Pennsylvania. There is no denying that construction of this pipeline stopped periodically over other issues that were the fault of Sunoco, which they addressed. I do wonder if the Wolf administration’s caving to environmentalist complaints is a way not to honor its regulatory obligation to respond to permit requests in a time frame mandated by law.

Wolf has repeatedly

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Please join us on August 30th in our 2018 Labor Day Commemorative Issue honoring our Local Unions and their membership Please send your ad to mbarrett@phillyrecord.com Melissa Barrett 215-755-2000 Ext. 5

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