Philadelphia Public Record

Vol. XIX No. 52

Issue 987

December 27, 2018

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FAIR IS FAIR

MAYOR Jim Kenney signed into law the Fair Workweek measure requiring large employers to give employees two weeks’ notice of any shift changes. Of huge impact in many retail and hospitality industries, this act will shape, for better or for worse, the economic and political future of Philadelphia going into 2019. Photo by Wendell Douglas

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Guardians Give

Santa Ducky

On Friday, Rochelle Bilal,

LOCAL 332 Laborers again hosted an annual Stay in School Toys for Tots Party.

Hundreds of kids were treated to magic shows and entertainment with the final event of meeting Santa for their gifts; courtesy of Sam Staten, Jr., business manager.

Sheriff Jewell Williams helped Santa Claus (Ducky Birts) to dress up before his surprise entrance.

Photo by Joe Stivala

president of the Guardian Civic League, along with Santa and his helpers delivered toys and coats to the Kindergarten classes at the Blaine School, 3001 W. Berks Street.

Sheriff Delivers Toys

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1199C Parties

AT NUHHCE Local 1199C’s elegant headquarters in Center City, veteran union leader Henry Nicholas, R, was joined by City Council at-large candidate Isaiah Thomas and judicial aspirant Janine Momasso.

SANTA got some help from Sheriff Jewell Williams and his deputies at the Veterans Multi-Service Center in Old City, where they handed out bags of gifts to deserving youngsters.

Photos by Wendell Douglas

L-R WERE civil-rights attorney Janine Momasso, Ward Leader Bernard Lopez, Local 1199C Executive VP Chris Woods and Wanda Davis.

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Local 98 Helps

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ELECTRICIANS from Local 98 volunteered their time to deliver meals – with ham as the main entrée – to a truckload of needy families for the Christmas period. Cases of canned goods, breads, potatoes and pie were given to smiling faces. Photo by Joe Stivala

after the introduction of a bill authorizing the sale, she invoked councilmanic privilege in mid-December to halt the sale pending further hearings.

This happens all the time in Philadelphia public land deals. What was unusual was a ripping attack on the councilwoman’s move by the mayor. Himself an atlarge veteran of City Council, Kenney knows better than to launch a direct assault on a district Council member’s customary authority. But he held little back.

Describing himself as “extremely disappointed” in a statement, the mayor charged that her action “is unfortunate for her own constituents, because it would have brought health care for adults, children and families to West Philadelphia. It would have brought a workforce-development program

and summer youth programming. It would have brought an early-childhood education center and a family-fitness center. It would have brought a community garden and community meeting space.

And most importantly, it would have brought hundreds of jobs to a community that very much needs new employment opportunities.”

Kenney claimed that Philadelphia Industrial Development Corp. flogged the property diligently in 2017 to more than 60 curious developers. Only one came through in the end without a request for public subsidies, he asserted – the Penn-CHOP-Y project he supports.

Kenney hailed the construction jobs that would be created and promised 2,500 permanent jobs at the new agencies, many to local residents.

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THE ICONIC Provident Mutual Building at 46th & Market Streets has become a key battleground between mayoral and councilmanic decision-makers. Photo courtesy of West Philly Local.

MAYOR Jim Kenney takes one approach to redeveloping it…

COUNCILWOMAN Jannie Blackwell takes another.

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for decades. The City spent $53 million to restore the building’s exterior.

But police officers grumbled about the site, which is three miles away from the city’s courts. The incoming Kenney administration sealed a deal instead for the old Inquirer-Daily News Building on N. Broad Street – which once again turned the West Philly site into a white elephant for the City.

Kenney put his weight behind a proposal to sell the building to a consortium that would fill the building with health care facilities for the booming nearby Penn Health System and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, as well as a day-care center run by the YMCA – for a greatly reduced price of $10 million.

That struck Blackwell as a bad deal. In a complex series of legislative maneuvers

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BY TONY WEST RARE PERSONAL CRITICISM of a City Council member

by Mayor Jim Kenney drew attention to a long-stewing neighborhood redevelopment project with citywide implications.

The spectacular Provident Mutual Life Insurance Building at 46th & Market Streets was vacated by that company in 1983. Since then, numerous attempts to repurpose it have been made, none of them successful.

The City acquired the property by default in 2008.

In 2014, City Council approved a plan to move the Police Department headquarters from the cramped, obsolete Roundhouse to this space. It was a feather in the cap of Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell (3rd District), who has been trying to revitalize this West Philadelphia icon

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The Shape of Elections to Come

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BY JOE SHAHEELI hat will be the driving issues in the 2019 Philadelphia Democratic primary?

Let’s talk practical for a moment. Elections must by held on schedule and contestants must campaign about something. So what are the issues that will surface and steer the primary?

One that has long been hanging out there is the famous or infamous Sweetened Drinks Tax, depending on where you stand.

Championed by Mayor Jim Kenney from the start, it has become his signature issue as he faces re-election. It has been criticized for not

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delivering all the money it promised for social projects and it has aroused ire in the city’s retail businesses. But that in itself does not seem enough to overturn an incumbency with broad popular support.

But many hospitality industries were just dealt another blow in the form of the Fair Workweek bill that most Council members passed and Kenney signed. This is guaranteed to win voters but could alienate core donors in Philadelphia’s burgeoning entertainment world, where workforce flexibility is often vital.

Combined, these two issues could have an impact in the 2019 primary. A lot of humble Philadelphians make a living by selling food and they would like to earn higher wages with more-predictable hours. But they wouldn’t like to be put out of business either and they might be susceptible to a high-energy campaign against the soda tax.

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State Senator

Anthony Hardy Williams 8th Senatorial District

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“Paid for with Pennsylvanian taxpayer dollars”

Some other core issues are guaranteed to dominate the primary race. They include the recent rise in the crime rate, which for decades had been plummeting; and the soaring epidemic of opioid abuse, which will also fuel challengers.

If the national economy slips into a slowdown or recession, as many experts predict as likely, then expect a further souring of the mood of the average Philadelphia voter. And such souring is never good news for incumbents.

Where’s the Money?

Cycle 6 Tells Cycle 6 campaign-finance filings, which were submitted on Dec. 6 to the Pennsylvania Department of State, don’t give a comprehensive picture of the upcoming municipal primary. Far from it. But they do give a glimpse of political battles to come.

Campaign-finance committees don’t have to limit their expenditures to the

DCC Sends Holiday Greetings

A GATHERING of merrymakers assembled in Democratic City Committee for its annual holiday gathering. Lawyers, civic leaders, staff and the Public Record thanked Party Chairman Bob Brady for his years of service to Philadelphia in Congress. A bittersweet moment that passed quickly, with great hope for the future. Photo by Joe Stivala

candidate in whose name they are raised. This way, an elected official with a secure position can position himself as a sugar daddy, dispensing his own kitty to other candidates in greater need. So we cannot assume that just because someone has amassed a war chest, that person will spend it on his own next race.

In addition, Cycle 6 reports are still partial. More may trickle in as the election season develops.

Still, there are lessons to be learned from Cycle 6 reports.

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Councilwoman

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Jannie L. Blackwell

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State Rep. Jason

State Senator

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Phila PA 19148

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Rep.Maria P.

Donatucci D-185th District 2901 S. 19th St. Phila PA 19145 P: 215-468-1515 F: 215-952-1164

Representative

Angel Cruz

District Office 3503 ‘B’ St. 215-291-5643 Ready to Serve you

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cause he runs a tight ship.

He may not need that big a kitty heading into the primary.

There are two interesting Council at-large filings.

One is by Democratic 40A Ward Leader Ed Thornton, an astute politico of long service. He started out with $47,960 and concluded with $44,293.

Lou Lanni, a Center City activist who has taken a few shots at state representative races, is amassing a kitty for something. The numbers aren’t clear, though, at this time.

One clear message is being sent by Councilman Kenyatta Johnson in the 2nd District. During Cycle 6, he moved from $521,906 to $583,068. Johnson is (Cont. to Next Page)

Councilman

State Rep.

Joanna E.

Youngblood

cumbent Jim Kenney started out with $435,926 and ended up with $429,401.

Of all the potential competitors whose names have surfaced, only State Sen. Anthony Williams (D-W. Phila.) has released Cycle 6 reports. Having recently won re-election, he went from $80,394 to $74,640 during this cycle.

Register of Wills Ron Donatucci started off the cycle with $12,059 and ended up with $21,100. It’s a prudent gain. But no challengers have been on the horizon for a long time, chiefly be-

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Bullock 195th Leg. Dist.

2835 W. Girard Ave Phila, PA 19130

T: (215) 684-3738 F: (215) 235-4629

City Councilwoman Cherelle L. Parker 9th District

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

Facebook: CouncilwomanCherelleLParker Twitter: @CherelleParker9

floods and snow storms. Local municipalities in Pennsylvania have declared states of emergency not only for weather-related events, but also public-safety situations, such as when the City of Chester in the summer of 2010 declared a month-long state of emergency due to a string of homicides and violence in a matter of only a few days.

With such a proclamation,

Commonwealth agencies can be tapped for resources and personnel. Regular contract procedures can be waived.

Wolf’s renewal allows the 16 state agencies working together as part of the Opioid Command Center at PEMA to continue their collaborative approach at creating and implementing initiatives in this struggle.

A political question arises:

Will state Republicans cede 5 the field to their Democratic governor in taking initiatives to grapple with this problem, which increasingly overshadows the whole state? Or will they seek to develop their own effective responses – which will inherently require bipartisan negotiation?

Pennsylvania’s addicts – and those trying to save them – await an answer.

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An ongoing disaster.

That’s how Gov. Tom Wolf seems to be treating the opioid epidemic. By making another “90-day opioid disaster declaration,” the governor is applying a legal toolkit intended for shortterm natural disasters such as floods, blizzards and the like to an ongoing social crisis that is clearly the work of man.

“This is the best current means we have to maintain a concerted effort focused on fighting this scourge on our state and our nation,” Wolf stated last week. And perhaps he’s right. Since the state legislature was concentrated on its own re-election races this year, it understandably did no meaningful work on the opioid epidemic.

That would have entailed careful, apolitical, expert research that few lawmakers want anything to do with when they’re running for re-election. So Wolf used a dodge in state law to roll over a temporary executive program for the fifth time.

Wolf’s declaration is covered by Subchapter A of

Chapter 73 of Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Title 35 (Health and Safety) relating to the governor and declarations of disaster emergencies. It prescribes a state-of-disaster emergency may be continued by the governor for no more than 90 days, unless renewed by the governor. Most disaster declarations in state history have been in response to natural disasters, like hurricanes,

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(Cont. From Prev. Page) already facing an announced challenger in Lauren Vidas, who served as a finance director under Mayor Michael Nutter. Johnson’s fiscal riposte: bring it on!

State Sen. Larry Farnese (D-S. Phila.) faces re-election in 2020 but that’s a long way off. Still, he faces massive debts, perhaps related to his successful but costly effort to defeat a federal indictment in 2017. So his campaign funds, which hovered around $21,000, leave him relatively lean.

State Sen. Tina Tartaglione (D-Kensington) recently won re-election. She started out the cycle with $93,440 and wrapped up with $80,001.

Even fatter is the account of her colleague Vincent Hughes (D-W. Phila.). He, too, coasted home in November with no opposition.

Yet he went from $141,070 at the beginning of the cycle to $185,241 by Dec. 6. He will be an obvious source of patronage in the 2019 and 2020 races.

Opioid Crisis Looms Ever Larger

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Sid Booker Draws Throng to Holiday Affair

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SID BOOKER’S lavish holiday get-together at Club LaPointé was one of the social highlights of the season. L-R were Booker, co-host Sheriff Jewell Williams, former Police Chief Sylvester Johnson and David Myers. Photos by Wendell Douglas

HUNDREDS from all over town lined up to enter Club LaPointé on N. Broad Street in Logan.

ENJOYING holiday conviviality were, L-R, Lisa Rhoads, former State Sen. Shirley Kitchen, Carol Rhoads, Kitchen’s successor, State Sen. Sharif Street, and Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell.

WARD LEADER Pete Lyde, L, gave season’s greetings to Everett Jackson, aka “Mr. Hollywood DJ.”

L-R WERE Sheriff Jewell Williams with Weeta Frazier-Collins & husband Gary Collins.

SID’S NEPHEW Mark Booker made an appearance escorted by Brenda Mixon.

JUDICIAL candidates Eryn Santamoor, L, and Kay Kyungsun Yu circulated freely through the crowd.

SUPERVISOR of Victim Services Movita Johnson-Harrell from the DA’s Office showed up with husband Mark Harrell.

L-R WERE Rev. Elisha B. Morris of UpLift Solutions, Sheriff Jewell Williams, nightclub impresario Sid Booker and Ward Leader Sharon Vaughn.

HAPPY party-goers were, L-R, Jerry Egan, host Sid Booker, Lois Egan and Brian McArthur.

MAKING merry were, L-R, judicial candidate Janine Momasso, Sheriff Jewell Williams, Councilwoman Cindy Bass and Sid Booker.

SID BOOKER graciously entertained Gloria Blair.

Local 332 Laborers held its annual party for its membership, which VIPs rushed to attend. Sam Staten, Jr., business manager, C, was host. Guests included, L-R, Dr. Stanley Straughter, Mayor’s Commission on Afro-Caribe Affairs; Thomasine Tynes, former jurist; Janine Momasso, Esq., judicial candidate; Councilwoman Cindy Bass; Staten; Judge James DeLeon; Julie Kaiser; Ward Leader Big Pete Lyde; Anthony Lewis, housing expert; and Judge Jacqui Frazier-Lyde.

Photo by Joe Stivala

L-R AT Local 332 Hall on Poplar Street were Talia Taylor, Stanley Straughter, Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell, William Lelli, Mayor Jim Kenney and State Rep. Rosita Youngblood. Photo by Wendell Douglas

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DELTAS forever were, L-R, Marzetta Coleman, Wanda Davis and Desiree Jones. Photo by Wendell Douglas

IN THE HOLIDAY spirit were, L-R, Jalila Parke, judicial hopeful Kay Kyungsun Yu and Nedia Ralston. Photo by Wendell Douglas

NATURALLY, scores of cheerful Laborers enjoyed the chance to hang out with each other and meet the elite as well. Photo by Wendell Douglas

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STATE REP. Maria Donatucci, L and son Tommy Donatucci shared a moment with State Rep. Rosita Youngblood. Photo by Wendell Douglas

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Thanks and Goodnight, 2018 The News in Black & White

OPINION

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T WAS A HECKUVA YEAR. There was a surfeit of good riddance-worthy occurrences this year, but we would like to show our appreciation for the following things Philly: Amazon – Thank you so much for not coming to our city. As time passes, it will become more apparent that the two cities that wound up saddled with billions of revenue lost via sweeteners

will find themselves ruing their deals like an Olympics host city. We prefer to grow our city organically – but! – now that we know just how much the city and the state were prepared to surrender to the world’s richest man and biggest company, we can’t wait to see how they will apply that lucre to instate projects.

Philly politics – Thanks to you, we will always have something to write about, whether it’s reporting or opining. There is no better example of how generous our pols are than to look at the last week’s headlines.

Barely a week after the most consequential midterms in recent memory, Mayor Jim Kenney was already the target of at least two would-be challengers. Where else would a popular Democrat-

ic incumbent mayor in an overwhelmingly Democratic town have so many potential competitors ¬– many of them previously vanquished – to take him on in next year’s primary? And speaking of the primary, thanks to all of the potential City Council candidates out there: With so many profiles to write, you will be keeping us busy from now until May. The Eagles – Thank you for resting on your laurels for most of the season.

Without your Super Bowl hangover – and your distinct knack for keeping this season on tenterhooks until the final weekend – talk radio would be a bore, fans would be insufferable, and the Sixers wouldn’t be getting so much early-season love.

The Flyers – Gritty. That is all.

STATE SEN. Sharif Street, 2nd from R, joined with the 35th Police District and the Phillie Phanatic to deliver the goods during the district’s annual toy drive and giveaway last week. No word on whether Manny Machado was found under any trees.

Photo courtesy of Street’s Twitter

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4601 Market Dispute (Cont. From Page 3) Kenney challenged the “myth” that “the City would have lost $42 million on the deal: “Yes, the City has spent $52 million on the property, and yes, it was to receive $10 million back in the sale. However, the City would have received an estimated $158 million in additional revenue over the next 20 years. It would have received property taxes and business-receipts taxes from the developer that it would not have received under the old deal. It would have received new sales-tax revenue from the businesses that locate in the development. The City would have ended up an estimated $40 million ahead with this deal.”

Kenney disputed that the councilwoman had been left in the dark by the administration. “The Councilwoman’s decision to hold

the legislation deprives her community of many benefits,” he wrote, “and it leaves a hulking eyesore of a building, vacant and unused, in the heart of her district. Yes, I am very disappointed.”

Those are fighting words to any district Council member. Blackwell takes her constituents’ wishes as a lodestar.

“The community is very concerned about the fate of that property,” Blackwell said. “We held a public meeting at West Philadelphia High School that was attended by 285 people. No one was satisfied with the answers that the administration spokespersons gave.

They were vague. They did not give us a clear picture of what that $53 million had been spent on.”

Blackwell also disputes the notion that $10 million is the best deal the

city can get for this property in 2018. At the WPHS meeting, she reported, one group of developers spoke out from the audience to offer $15 million for it, strictly for market-rate housing, which is popping up in parts of West Philadelphia east of 52nd Street.

But it was designed as institutional property; and there are other growing institutions in Philadelphia beside the Penn-CHOP-Y trio. Blackwell has talked with others that are interested.

The next public moves will not come until January.

It is hard to see how any substantial action can be taken until Council meets again on Jan. 24. Doubtless, though, all sides will be hard at work, starting Jan. 2, find a path forward.

That path will probably involve another public meeting.

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N HIS COMMENTS on the attempts to penalize Professor Marc Lamont Hill for recent remarks at the United Nations, City Hall Sam (Dec. 20) misrepresents both what Hill said, as well as what the 1st Amendment says.

As the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education has noted, “Hill’s speech is political expression afforded the most robust protection under the

1st Amendment. Because Hill spoke as a private citizen on a matter of public concern, the question turns to whether the content of his speech is protected by the 1st Amendment. Hill’s speech falls far short of any of the recognized categorical exceptions to the First Amendment, including incitement, and [Temple board chair] O’Connor’s invocation of a ‘hate speech’ exception is at odds with every American court to confront the question, including the Supreme Court of the United States. Further, they note, “Federal courts have consistently protected public university faculty expression targeted for censorship or punishment due to subjective offense.”

Subjective is the operative word here, as Hill didn’t say what CHS attributes to him anyway.

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ELEPHANT CORNER

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HIS HOLIDAY SEASON, as has become tradition, will have a few hopeful blockbusters released on Christmas Day. I am not sure why the studio powers that be think politically focused biopics are going to be big draws, but we are dealing with liberal Hollywood. Both Vice and On the Basis of Sex were released on Christmas Day. Vice covers former VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY’S life from college onward.

On the Basis of Sex covers Supreme Court JUSTICE

EVERYDAY PEOPLE

BY DENISE CLAY ECAUSE I DO a morning radio show, I have to be awake, moving, and, most importantly, coherent at or around 5 a.m. every day.

So I’m not running around in wet socks due to miscalculating the rain. I turn on the NBC-10 news at 5 a.m. to check the weather and traffic reports. The information they provide is pretty decent and I usually know what’s going on by the time I get on the road.

But the newscast almost always begins with the news

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RUTH BADER GINSBURG’S early efforts fighting for women’s rights. I have not seen the Bader Ginsburg movie, so I cannot really comment on it in any detail. From what I have read, the film is generally a flattering portrayal of her. While there have been comments about some factual inaccuracies, the “creative license” does not appear from commentaries to be excessive.

While I frequently do not agree with Bader Ginsburg’s Supreme Court opinions, her work on women’s rights is solid and laudable.

I understand the writers and producers of both On the Basis of Sex and Vice are left-leaning. As many in Hollywood are still reeling over the election of DONALD TRUMP to the presidency, I would not be surprised if perhaps they saw these films as Christmas gifts to like-minded people. If you watch talk shows, you might think that Hollywood sees the United States as comprised entirely

of large metropolitan areas in the Northeast and the West Coast (majority liberal).

Or perhaps it does not care about appealing to people like us. Still, I jumped at the opportunity to attend a premiere of Vice.

Vice opens with Cheney’s time at Yale. He managed to get into Yale, but partied too much. Even someone as brilliant of Cheney had to study at Yale to stay there. And I know the left is cringing at the thought of someone saying the Darth Vader of the GEORGE W. BUSH administration is brilliant – but he is.

CHRISTIAN BALE’S performance of Cheney has received varied reviews. People who like the film (in large part about the liberal message) lauded Bale’s performance.

People who found the film’s gimmicky elements and historical inaccuracies too much to stomach also found Bale’s performance flat. I think both are right – and wrong.

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that someone was shot and killed in the City of Brotherly Love and Put the Damned Gun Down. Sometimes it’s more than just one person.

In any case, it means that there were more than a few families who had an empty seat at their Christmas table on Tuesday. As someone who had to face that reality myself this year, it’s a pain that nothing can soothe.

Normally, Public Record readers would get a fairly detailed, more than a little snarky, look at the previous year in local and national politics from me that would sometimes wind up being two parts long because the year demands it, especially in the Era of Trump.

And you’ll get that because 2018 has been really busy.

We had midterm elections that ensured that the years leading up to the presidential election in 2020 will be real barnburners. We had more than a few school shootings, including one at a Florida high school that wound up

creating a graduating class filled with gun-control activists. We had a gubernatorial race here in Pennsylvania that featured a guy threatening to stomp on the current governor with golf spikes.

The New York Times showcased Philadelphia’s heroin-addiction problem by calling Kensington ”the Wal-Mart of Heroin,” something I’d be willing to bet that Pennsylvania’s Convention & Visitors Bureau won’t be putting on tourism brochures anytime soon.

But right now, I think that we all need to take a look at the Year of Unnecessary Philly Shoot-’Em-ups. The murder rate in here in Philly is the highest it’s been since 2007. This year, according to Philadelphia Police Department statistics, 346 people were lost to homicide, which is up from last year’s 248.

(I know, 248 is still pretty bad. I’m getting to that.)

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WALKING the BEAT

BY JOE SHAY STIVALA

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SAW AN EDITORIAL that said the Police Headquarters deal is TOO EXPENSIVE. The reason is that two buildings are involved.

One is the Provident Mutual Insurance Company at 46th & Market Streets, and the other is the former Daily News-Inquirer Building on Broad Street. The insurance building was a great idea, and ideal for the City Emergency Management Center, since it was away from congestion, as well as the part of the city where terrorist activity might

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INCE FUMO, the former powerful senator, has hosted many legendary Christmas parties at his Green Street mansion. This year was no exception.

The invitation-only packed house of Fumocrats and sophisticates was regaled by musicians singing and playing Christmas carols in three different rooms.

Vince’s lovely DEBBIE was a fabulous hostess who brought additional pizzazz to an always-energetic event.

Debbie’s family and friends mixed well with

occur. The “rumor telegraph” quickly put out the word that police DID NOT LIKE the location. The Broad Street “white tower of truth” (as it was called) will cost $200m for purchase and renovation.

Back in the day, the Inky-DN was reportedly asking $40m including the large parking lot. There is no longer mention of terrorist fears. The city will recover some money with the sale of the “Roundhouse” and Provident Building. It will still cost a good bit; but City governments do not seek to make profits.

POLICE OVERTIME has become an issue. It is growing too fast and choking city revenue coffers. Some argue that it is needed in some police detective units since an informer might call after hours. But city VOICEMAIL is a barrier whether one is on duty or off.

A LOAD of birthdays in December include Lewis NASH, Dem Committeeman in North Philly – who

may run for a higher office one day... Joanne DiBELLA of Brigantine, N.J., has started a fund drive for the American Cancer Society for her B-Day... Dr. Andy WASKIE of Fishtown is now preparing for the CHAMPAGNE TOAST in Laurel Hill Cemetery for the birthday of General George Gordon MEADE on Dec. 31. The free event gets a big turnout!... Best to Korea veteran Elliot MILLER of Elkins Park, and thanks...

And Dr. Mark WATKINS of King of Prussia. Get well soon!

Outgoing Speaker of the House Paul RYAN told of his tenure in office. Paul, JUST GO AWAY. When it was mentioned that he is resigning to run for president, a wise woman pol stated on Facebook that he needs to get a backbone first.... DEMOCRATS will debate all their contenders early to get public opinion on which is best to nominate.... It was argued (Cont. Page 15)

the political movers and shakers. Among them were STATE SEN. LARRY FARNESE, power attorney GEORGE BOCHETTO, former JUDGE ANNETTE RIZZO, JUDGE LOU PRESENZA and former JUDGE GARY DeVITO. Also on hand were CHRISTIAN DiCICCO, CAROL TAMBURINO, JOE RUSSO, JUSTIN WHITMORE, STATE SEN. TINA TARTAGLIONE, former STATE SEN. BOB ROVNER and many stunning women.

Bob Rovner hosted his holiday party the night before at Brookside Terrace at Somerton Springs. Hundreds gathered to celebrate with their friend for another successful year. Among them were STATE SEN. DAYLIN LEACH, JUDGE EUGENE MAIER and his wife LANA, JUDGE FAYE STACK, JUDGE JOEL SLOMSKY, LT. GOV. MIKE STACK, 2ND LADY TONYA STACK, STATE SEN. JOHN SABATINA and likable

Republican COUNCILMAN AT LARGE AL TAUBENBERGER. Bob also always brings the stars and the former lead singer of the Duprees sang the famous “You Belong to Me.” Many political staffers and operatives at the event who are seeking employment continue to hound Stack about running for City Council in the Northeast.

Throughout the town, politically connected holiday parties are an important destination for dozens of candidates in the upcoming May primary. Those who aspire to a judgeship or an atlarge City Council seat can ill afford to pass up these affairs. One will find many different types of people holding or seeking elective office – but few who shy away from social affairs will succeed.

For ordinary people, the holiday season wraps up their social calendar for a while. For politicians, it is just beginning.

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BY MICHAEL A. CIBIK AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY BOARD CERTIFIED uestion: Filing for bankruptcy again?

Watch out for these pitfalls!

If you’re back in debt after a bankruptcy, you’re not alone. With millions of people having gone through the bankruptcy system in the past decade or so, it’s inevitable that at least some will find themselves back in tough times. Add to that the troubles of the past four years or so and you’ve got the makings of a “welcome back” party at the bankruptcy court.

Lots of people walk into their bankruptcy lawyer’s office with erroneous information about the process the second time around. With so much information available online, it’s easy to get tripped

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hourglass, you can look to Chapter 13 a mere four years after your initial discharge.

Filing Chapter 7 After a Chapter 13. What if your last go-around was a Chapter 13, and now you’re looking at going back into bankruptcy?

Have no fear! That’s got a sixyear time window to meet.

Filing Chapter 13 After a Chapter 13. This is the simplest time limit. You can file a new Chapter 13 case 2 years after your prior case.

It’s all right if you believed that you couldn’t file for bankruptcy more than once. Now that we’ve cleared the air, I hope you feel more comfortable with your newfound knowledge.

Next Week’s Question: Was Bank of America sanctioned for discharge violation?

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up by incorrect bankruptcy information.

In particular, many people think they can’t file for bankruptcy again. This, however, is untrue. Though there are limitations and nuances to consider, you’ll be fine so long as you’re mindful of the pitfalls.

Filing Chapter 7 After a Chapter 7 Discharge. Under the bankruptcy laws, you can file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy once every eight years. The clock begins to run from the date your first case was filed.

If you can’t wait for the clock to run, perhaps you can file a Chapter 13 bankruptcy.

Filing Chapter 13 After a Chapter 7 Discharge. I hope you liked that segue. If you’ve already been through Chapter 7 and can’t wait for the sands to run out of the eight-year

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O! HERE we go again with this: banking by a senior.

Dear Sir: I am writing to thank you for bouncing my check with which I endeavored to pay my plumber last month. By my calculations, three microseconds must have elapsed between his presenting the check and the arrival in my account of the funds needed to honor it.

I refer, of course, to the automatic monthly deposit of my entire salary, an arrangement which, I admit, has been in place for only eight years. You are to be commended for seizing that brief window of opportunity, and also for debiting my account $30 by way of penalty for the inconvenience caused to your bank. My thankfulness springs from the manner in which this incident has caused me to rethink my errant financial ways.

I noticed that whereas I personally attend to your telephone calls and letters, when I try to contact you, I am confronted by the impersonal, overcharging, pre-recorded, faceless entity which your bank has become. From now on, I, like you, choose only to deal with a flesh-and-blood person.

My mortgage and loan payments will therefore and hereafter no longer be automatic, but will arrive at your bank by check, addressed personally and confidentially to an employee at your bank whom you must nominate. Be aware that it is an offense under the Postal Act for any other person to open such an envelope.

13 NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE - Parcel#: 132170900 / 125N09-26 - WHEREAS, on October 29, 2009, a certain mortgage was executed by Lillian Presbery, as mortgagor in favor of Bank of America, N.A. as mortgagee and was recorded in Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County in Mortgage Document Number: 52141375 (“Mortgage”); and WHEREAS, the Mortgage encumbers property located at 4539 North 18th Street Philadelphia, PA 19140, parcel number 132170900 / 125N09-26(“Property”); and WHEREAS, the Property was owned

by Lillian Presbery by virtue of deed dated October 29, 2009 and recorded November 9, 2009 in Document Number: 52141374; and WHEREAS, Mortgagor/Record Owner Lillian Presbery died on January 15, 2015 intestate and is survived by her heirs-at-law, Nadine Smith, Michael Bernard Presbery, and Sheila Presbery; 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 April 11, 2014 in Document Number: 52770041, 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 Lillian Presbery died on January 15, 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 August 22, 2018 is $108,416.22 plus interest, costs and other charges through the sale date; and WHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage to be immediately due and payable; NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to powers vested in me by the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994, l2 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR Part 29, and by the Secretary’s designation of me as Foreclosure Commissioner, recorded on September 29, 2011 in Misc. Document #:52395684, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, notice is hereby given that on the sale originally scheduled on November 13, 2018 at 10:00 AM and postponed until December 13, 2018 at 10:00 AM has been postponed until January 11, 2019 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 on the East side of 18th Street at the distance of 306 feet Northward from the North side of Wingohocking Street in the 13th (formerly the 49th) Ward of the City of Philadelphia. CONTAINING in front or breadth on said 18th Street 16 feet and extending of that width in length or depth Eastward between parallel lines at right angles to said 18th Street 62 feet to the middle of a certain 4 feet wide alley. BEING 4539 N. 18th Street. TOGETHER with the free and common use, right, liberty and privilege of the said alley as and for a passageway and watercourse at all times hereafter, forever. Being Parcel #:132170900/125N09-26. The sale will be held on November 13, 2018 at 10:00 AM and postponed until December 13, 2018 at 10:00 AM has been postponed until January 11, 2019 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 $108,416.22 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 $108,416.22 as of August 22, 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. KML LAW GROUP, P.C., Foreclosure Commissioners, 215.825.6305.

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Please find attached an Application Contact Status which I require your chosen employee to complete. I am sorry it runs to eight pages, but in order that I know as much about him or her as your bank knows about me, there is no alternative.

Please note that all copies of his or her medical history must be countersigned by a Notary Public, and the mandatory details of his/her financial situation (income, debts, assets and liabilities) must be accompanied by documented proof.

In due course, I will issue your employee a PIN number which he/she must quote in dealings with me.

I regret that it cannot be shorter than 28 digits but, again, I have modeled it on the number of button presses required of me to access my account balance on your phone bank service. As they say, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Let me level the playing field even further. When you call me, press buttons as follows: 1 – To make an appointment to see me. 2 – To query a missing payment.

3 – To transfer the call to my living room in case I am there. 4 – To transfer the call to my bedroom in case I am sleeping. 5 – To transfer the call to my toilet in case I am attending to nature. 6 – To transfer the call to my mobile phone if I am not at home. 7 – To leave a message on my computer. (a password to access my computer is required. A PIN word will be communicated to you at a later date to the Authorized Contact. 8 – To return to the main menu and to listen to options #1 through #7. 9 – To make a general complaint or inquiry, the contact will then be put on hold, pending the attention of my automated answering service.

May I wish you a happy, if ever so slightly less prosperous, New Year. Your Humble Client.

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EVERYDAY PEOPLE

(Cont. From Page 10) have been only 21 days in 2018 where the phrase “Someone’s been shot” hasn’t had to be said.

Back in October, Mayor Jim Kenney declared a state of emergency to address the violence and tasked a group of folks to take a look at the nonprofits that the city says it threw $60 million at to solve the problem in 2017.

A report from the City’s Office of Violence Prevention says it was actually $13 million. It also says that the 40 nonprofit agencies that got that money weren’t working with the most impacted. Had they just spent a few min-

utes reading Daily News columnist Helen Ubiñas, they could have saved a few bucks.

She’d been calling for this audit for a minute.

Kenney wants to look at violence as a public-health issue, which it is. It’s also a

more-access-to-9mm-handguns-than-decent-schools issue. It’s a “we have a 26% poverty rate and I can’t find a job” issue. It’s a a lot of different things.

Because of the shootings, a lot of the discussions that

NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE - Parcel#: 046N03-0264; BRT 131047600 - WHEREAS, on January 10, 2007, a certain mortgage was executed by C. Julian Thompson and Olivia R. Thompson, as mortgagor in favor of Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corporation, a subsidiary of Indymac Bank FSB as mortgagee and was recorded in Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County on January 20, 2007 in Mortgage Philadelphia Doc ID 51615644 (“Mortgage”); and WHEREAS, the Mortgage encumbers property located at 1810 West Erie Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19140, parcel number 046N03-0264; BRT 131047600 (“Property”); and WHEREAS, Mortgagor/Record Owner C. Julian Thompson died on July 13, 2014. By operation of law title vests solely in Olivia Thompson and C. Julian Thompson is hereby released of liability pursuant to Pa.R.C.P. 1144. Mortgagor/Record Owner Olivia Thompson died on April 24, 2016 and Letters Testamentary were granted to Wilma R. Byrd on September 23, 2016 by the Register of Wills of Philadelphia County; and WHEREAS, the Property was owned by C Julian Thompson and Olivia N. Thompson by virtue of deed dated January 31, 1969 and recorded February 13, 1969 in Book JRS 338, page 137; 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 February 19, 2014 in Philadelphia Doc Id 52751165, 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 Olivia R. Thompson died on April 24, 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 August 9, 2018 is $102,788.05 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 ID 52395684, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, notice is hereby given that at January 10, 2019 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, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate on the South side of Erie Avenue at the distance of 95 feet and 6 inches Westward from the West side of 18th Street in the 38th Ward of the City of Philadelphia, County of Philadelphia, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; thence extending Southward on a line at right angles to the said Erie Avenue 89.00 feet to a point; thence extending Westward on a line parallel with the said Erie Avenue 1 foot and 2 inches to a point; thence extending Southward on a line at right angles to said Erie Avenue 53.00 feet to a point in the northerly side of a certain 3.00 feet wide alley; thence extending Westward on a line parallel with the said Erie Avenue 18 feet 4 inches to a point; thence extending Northward on a line at right angles to the said Erie Avenue 142.00 feet to a point on the said South side of Erie Avenue; and thence extending Eastward along the said Southerly side of Erie Avenue 19 feet and 6 inches to the first mentioned point and place of Beginning. BEING No. 1810 West Erie Avenue. TOGETHER with the free and common use, right, liberty and privilege of the aforesaid alley as and for a passageway and watercourse at all times hereafter, forever. BEING BRT TAX NUMBER 13-1-0476-00. The sale will be held on January 10, 2019 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 $102,788.05 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 $102,788.05 as of August 9, 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. KML LAW GROUP, P.C., Foreclosure Commissioners, 215.825.6305.

people are having about criminal-justice reform have broken down on “law and order” vs. “actual justice” narratives.

Because he felt that they were more interested in incarceration than justice, District Attorney Larry Krasner left the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association because he felt they represented the forces of mass incarceration.

There have been all kinds of panels and events connected to the topic, including one that I went to in Kensington hosted by the NFL Players Coalition and led by Philadelphia Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins.

Heck, even rapper Meek Mill, whose original offense was a gun charge, was finally released after his near decade of finding new ways to violate parole.

But right now, folks may be less interested in restorative justice than in walking the streets safely. If Krasner is going to be able to keep up his criminal-justice reform efforts, he needs to help Kenney come up with a solution to the problem of crime.

Hopefully, in the New Year, the report that Mayor Kenney has asked for to come up with a solution to this problem will have one, because we can’t keep going on like this as a city.

Next week: The Year in Review…now with new snark!

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As he has made clear, “I do not support anti-Semitism, killing Jewish people, or any of the other things

ELEPHANT CORNER (Cont. From Page 10)

Cheney’s public persona is flat as he is very controlled.

Cheney reveals very little about himself, which makes it easy to play him as a caricature. Bale’s performance was more nuanced than I expected, given the script. If the writer and producers wanted to make Cheney look totally awful, they should have hired a poorer actor than Bale.

What the film did to make Cheney look monstrous were clips (without Bale) and other filmography tools that make Cheney look like the cause of everything evil, including climate change and the rise of ISIS. Positive reviews of the

the West Bank/Gaza. The speech very clearly and specifically said those things.

No amount of debate will change what I actually said or what I meant.”

Eric Hamell

film note that it is hilarious.

The first half of the film was a brilliant satire as it showed Cheney evolving into a skilled political operative.

There was a clear break in the film after PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH lost his re-election bid (Cheney was his Secretary of Defense). One of the funnier gimmicks in the film is that at this point, the movie started rolling credits and had an ending narrative of Cheney leaving politics. I found this rather amusing but negative critics did not.

As a political junkie and someone who was prepared for a Hollywood hatchet job on a conservative, I found the film amusing. However, not everyone found the movie entertaining. Walking out

of the film, I chatted with a self-described liberal Democrat who thought the treatment of Cheney was unfair and historically incorrect.

Also interesting was how the film dealt with political operative MARY MATALIN, who was an aide to Cheney when he was vice president.

The audience saw her sitting in meetings, but saying nothing. Was this because the writers found her irrelevant or because they now like her because she left the Republican Party (to be a Libertarian)? Or was this not to remind people that she is married to JAMES CARVILLE? Carville, in my opinion, is the KARL ROVE of the Democratic Party and probably no less Machiavellian than Cheney.

WALKING the BEAT (Cont. From Page 10) that many CEOs do well as elected officials. No – that is BLARNEY. Also military senior leaders who try to campaign for office with military guidelines do not fare well.

Anton MOORE did a fine job with Toys for Tots distribution. He is Leader of the 48th Ward. Ward leaders might get looked down on by the media, but today so many are accomplished in a profession. Media critics need to be asked what they have contributed.

Michael FLYNN was sentenced for lying to the FBI. Are agents charged and tried if they lie or leak a story?

What happened to the agent who admitted to leaking during the FATTAH trial?

It should be a TWO-WAY STREET: If you lie – SAY GOODBYE! I went into the federal prison directory to get a proper address to send former Ironworker leader Joe DOUGHERTY a Christmas

Card. The site said that his release date is 2031! Joe is 77. The judge who sentenced DOC to a “life” sentence was up in years and may not see Joe’s release at age 90. Joe trusted aides and stayed in the office. If any who accused him are tossing in their sleep – it is fine with me.

Some Bob BRADY critics say that he never introduced a bill (he co-sponsored many). But there are TOO MANY LAWS and regulations – many not enforced.

Bravo, Congressman, oh loyal and faithful public servant.

Two lawyers have announced intentions to run for judge: Janine D. MOMASSO of Northeast Philly gets guidance from Consultant Bernard LOPEZ. And Michele HANGLEY, the first woman student in Central High School. She had to sue to get in.

Will Omar SABIR run for City Commissioner? Wait and see.

An editorial told us that it

was time to end the SODA 15 TAX fight. It is not for them to decide for us. It is very AMERICAN to debate and challenge. Why shut debate, here in the BIRTHPLACE of LIBERTY? What about 100 jobs of delivery-truck drivers lost? How will their Christmas be? The folks in the lofty perch of editorial boards will get a pay check.

Year-end retrospective: Is Philly BETTER OFF without AMAZON? Heck yes. An influx of workers would have spiked rentals and home prices. Many here would find digs unaffordable. or be dispersed to pockets of poverty in the city.

CHURCHILL asked, “Is this the beginning of the end or the end of the beginning?”

As 2019 nears, it is a time for new beginnings. Make joy of life YOUR priority.

But make a difference and speak up. Thank you for reading the Philadelphia Public Record. Best of health and happiness on the road of life ahead!

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