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Vol. XV No. 1

Issue 589

January 3, 2019

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A GREAT START

PENNSPORT String Band strutted down Broad Street on Tuesday. Many South Philadelphians enjoyed a traditional day of fun on New Year’s Day – although some wanted the parade returned to its Downtown roots. More pics P. 2. Photo by T Marley

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South Philly Parades – and Protests SECOND STREET wenches didn’t quite bare all – but they put on a brave show of mummery. Fortunately, the weather was balmy for January.

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THE GREATER part of the 2nd Street brigade proudly retained all their orange finery.

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RIVERFRONT, marching with Murray, let their hopes for the Eagles fly.

SOME South Philadelphians made no bones about the fact they thought the parade belonged back home.

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107-3290

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Sheriff’s Race Promises a Complicated Contest

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BY JOE SHAHEELI 2018 – we got all that behind us. Now it is time for the main event in a true city politico’s heart: the May municipal primary elections. This campaign season already looks to be filled with unprecedented races rich with wild cards.

One of the top row offices at stake is that of Sheriff.

This important office, while not subject to the mayor, helps fund the rest of city government because it is charged with auctioning real estate in addition to executing law-enforcement operations. So it’s a com-

plex job that requires a multitalented chief executive.

First out of the gate was Malika Rahman, who announced her candidacy in early December. Rahman has experience in the Sheriff’s Office, having served under its current leadership. She began her career in law enforcement in 2009, working as a correctional officer in the Philadelphia Prison System – a system that the Sheriff’s Office plays an essential partnership with.

Rahman has made transparency the key issue in her campaign, saying, “Philadelphia residents not only have a right to be informed of the actions and activities of their elected officials; they also have a right to use that information to comment, make complaints, or raise concerns that will hold me and others in this office accountable for our actions.

If elected, I will provide timely access to resources, information and opportunities.”

She is the founder of Be A

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FORMER Deputy Sheriff Malika Rahman was first to announce her candidacy for sheriff in the May 2019 primary election.

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Great You, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing and empowering the lives of young women in urban communities. As an advocate for change and a member of various committees for youth engagement in Philadelphia, she takes pride in serving as “a voice for the voiceless.”

Rochelle Bilal entered the race a week later. The long-serving president of the Guardian Civic league,

which represents Black police officers, Bilal has made excellent connections with many new-wave progressives as well as traditional players. DA Larry Krasner and Minister Rodney Muhammad, of the Philadelphia NAACP Chapter, were both at her launch.

Bilal cites “over three decades of experience in leadership, an unparalleled background of ensuring women’s rights are protectState Rep.

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strong. The revenue he delivers to the city has doubled since the time of his elected predecessor, John Green – from $28 million to $61 million. Meanwhile, operational costs were driven down by $1 million in the last fiscal year.

Williams asserts a strong record on transparency and change. “I’ve promoted females. I have created more public seminars.”

He argues against candidates with a detective background; that’s a police responsibility that does not contribute to the Sheriff’s Office, he says. And he stresses that “a sheriff’s job (Cont. Next Page)

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ed in the workplace, and being the driving force of compassionate reasoning while community policing.”

Last but not least is Sheriff Jewell Williams. Like most incumbents, he is under less pressure to go through ceremonial announcements early; he will do so after Martin Luther King Day. But he’s in.

An incumbent gets to run on his track record.

And Williams’s record is

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City Councilwoman Cherelle L. Parker 9th District

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City Commission Race Also Popping Another important row office is up this year: That’s the three City commissioners.

These officers oversee Philadelphia’s elections.

In bygone years a favorite national scandal, since the turn of the century they have been radically reformed and now deserve to be held up as a national model for running urban elections fairly, safely, transparently and cheaply.

The one minority commissioner, Republican Al Schmidt, will face no primary opposition.

On the Democratic side, one incumbent, Commission Chair Lisa Deeley, has not formally announced for re-election. She will. And she will be hard to beat.

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ROCHELLE BILAL, head of the African American police officers’ association, has made her bid to head the Sheriff’s Office.

She will begin her campaign with significant support. Photo

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(Cont. From Prev. Page) is to take orders from the court.”

An oddity is that all three formally announced candidates are based in North Philadelphia. So whoever wins this race must reach beyond their home neighborhood.

Williams has his share of North Philly-based backers such as Laborers’ Local 332. But AFSCME District Council 33, the Black Ward Leaders and the Northeast Ward Leaders are also in his camp.

Some have speculated that a row among three North Philadelphians will open a door for a fourth candidate from another part of town. If so, expect a public announcement from another candidate before the end of January – but not without extensive background research first, which is necessarily quiet during the week when the City is sweeping up after Mummers Parade. ’Tis the season to be snooping.

Commissioner Anthony Clark, on the other hand, is retiring. His seat is effectively vacant. And many eyes are cast upon it.

One candidate, Omar Sabir, enjoys the backing of both Deeley and Schmidt – not to mention the powerful Laborers’ Union. He formally announced on Dec. 19 at Mingle in Overbrook.

Sabir has an ironic history of electoral success. He was elected as Traffic Court judge in 2013; unfortunately, that office was abolished in the same year, so he never got to serve. But Sabir knows how to run for office.

“I recognized at an early age that voter access and participation are vital to ensuring systemic change,” Sabir said. “Ensuring that all communities and stakeholders have equal access to the institutions of voting should be a fundamental focus and my candidacy will be based on achieving that goal.”

But Sabir faces challenges for that vacancy. Three others have already declared for that office: Kahlil Williams, a Ballard Spahr attorney with an impressive pedigree; Moira Bohannon, a North Central single mom whose most striking brag is that she helped write the DREAM Act; and Jen Devor, a Point Breeze resident who was director of partnerships at Campus Philly before she launched her campaign.

These are only the “announced” candidates. At least as many more are lurking in the wings. We’ll update you on them in coming weeks.

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Our Don’t-Wish List

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OPINION

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E’RE normally pretty good about seeing the glass half-full, but having to read through so many hopeful paeans to 2019 has left us feeling more than a bit contrarian. Accordingly, instead of what we hope to see, here’s what we’re hoping we don’t see happen this year: • Crumbling school infrastructure: No more mold, leaks, understaffing, inadequate supplies, too-cold or too-hot classrooms … you get the picture.

• Fiscally reckless behav-

ior: Management of the City’s finances will no doubt be a major talking point during this year’s elections.

We hope that deeds will accompany words to make accountability de rigueur and not happenstance.

• Attacks on the City’s sovereignty: Whether it’s broadsides leveled by Trump administration officials thirsty to prove we don’t have the right to be a sanctuary city, or the General Assembly trying to do an end-run around paid sickleave legislation, the time is well past nigh for lanes to be stayed in.

• Keeping the status quo on poverty: Enough already.

Enough rankings, enough hand-wringing, enough recriminations. We are better than this. We need to prove it.

• Keeping the status quo on opioids: Mayor Kenney’s

state of emergency declaration for Kensington was a great step, as was the Wolf administration’s unprecedented naloxone giveaway.

Now we need to see the next phase, which will need to include verdicts against the companies that knowingly downplayed the consequences of using their products – and a decisive move to create the nation’s first clean-injection site.

• Pandering to corporate overlords: We dodged a bullet when Amazon decided to locate elsewhere.

Now is the time to refocus all of that work to showcase the city’s attributes for prospective employers – but without the obscenely large tax breaks and incentives.

Let’s get back to what we’re best at: bringing in people and businesses that want to be here because there is no place better to be.

The News in Black & White

THE ARC of Philadelphia held a press conference recently with Joe Mancini, L, executive director; and Thomas Earle, R, CEO of Liberty Resources; to announce a $500,000 zero-interest loan for housing development. Twenty-five percent of the newly built units will be dedicated to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Liberty Housing Developers Corp. is a nonprofit organization that develops affordable, accessible, integrated housing for people with disabilities and their families. Liberty Housing Developers believes that people with disabilities should have the right to make their own choices and to live independently. In their housing units, they work with property managers, landlords, and developers to create these opportunities. Photo by Bonnie Squires

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Jan. 5- Penn Ag Democrats grant Jefferson Award to State Sen. Sharif Street, Chair of the Senate Ag Committee & Vice Chair of the Pa. Democratic Party, at Farm Show Complex & Expo Ctr., 2300 N. Cameron St., VIP Rm., Harrisburg, Pa., 12 m.

For info: Peggy Lucas (814) 360-3341.

Jan. 6- City Commission candidate hosts Fundraiser at Haute Lounge, 1420 Locust St., 3:30 p.m.-end of game. Eagles vs. Chicago Bears.

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We of a certain age have been blessed to live in changeful times.

For a child, each new word is like a shiny toy, a toy that has no age.

We at the other end of the chronological arc have the advantage of remembering there are words that once did

not exist and there were 7 words that once strutted their hour upon the earthly stage and now are heard no more, except in our collective memory. It’s one of the greatest advantages of aging. We can have archaic and eat it, too.

Thanks, Ed B. See ya later, alligator!

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our youth, these words that lodge in our heart’s deep core. But just as one never steps into the same river twice, one cannot step into the same language twice.

Even as one enters, words are swept downstream into the past, forever making a different river.

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O! HERE WE GO AGAIN with this from Ed. B. At the New Year, we often think of days gone by.

Well, we writers also muse on words gone by … words gone as fast as the buggy whip! Sad, really!

The other day a notso elderly lady (65) said something to her son about driving a jalopy and he looked at her quizzically and said, “What the heck is a jalopy?” OMG (new phrase), he never heard of the word! I hope you are hunky dory after you read this and chuckle.

Some of these phrases included: Don’t touch that dial, carbon copy, you sound like a broken record, and hung out to dry.

Back in the olden days we had a lot of moxie. We’d put on our best bib and tucker and straighten up and fly right.

Hubba-hubba!

We’d cut a rug in some juke joint and then go necking and petting and smooching and spooning and billing and cooing and pitching woo in hotrods and jalopies in some passion pit or lovers’ lane.

Heavens to Betsy! Gee whillikers! Jumping Jehoshaphat! Holy moly!

We were in like Flynn and living the life of Riley, and even a regular guy couldn’t accuse us of being a knucklehead,

papers. Don’t take any wooden nickels. Heavens to Murgatroyd! And awa-a-ay we go! Oh, my stars and garters!

It turns out there are more of these lost words and expressions than Carter had liver pills. This can be disturbing stuff, this winking out of the words of

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a nincompoop or a pill.

Not for all the tea in China!

Back in the olden days, life used to be swell, but when’s the last time anything was swell? “Swell” has gone the way of beehives, pageboys and the D.A.; of spats, knickers, fedoras, poodle skirts, saddle shoes and pedal pushers. Oh, my aching back! Kilroy was here, but he isn’t anymore.

Like Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle and Kurt Vonnegut’s Billy Pilgrim, we have become unstuck in time. We wake up from what surely has been just a short nap, and before we can say, “I’ll be a monkey’s uncle!” or “This is a fine kettle of fish!” we discover that the words we grew up with, the words that seemed omnipresent as oxygen, have vanished with scarcely a notice from our tongues and our pens and our keyboards. Poof, poof, poof go the words of our youth, the words we’ve left behind. We blink, and they’re gone, like Mickey Mouse wristwatches, hula hoops, skate keys, candy cigarettes, little wax bottles of colored sugar water and an organ-grinder’s monkey.

Long time ago: Pshaw. The milkman did it. Think about the starving Armenians.

Bigger than a breadbox. Banned in Boston.

The very idea! It’s your nickel. Don’t forget to pull the chain. Knee high to a grasshopper.

Turn of the century.

Iron curtain. Domino theory. Fail-safe. Civil defense. Fiddlesticks!

You look like the wreck of the Hesperus. Cooties. Going like sixty.

I’ll see you in the funny

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ELEPHANT CORNER

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HE YEAR IN review.

The Republicans had some things to cheer about and many to be chagrined by.

Some of the things we can cheer about, as Republicans in Pennsylvania, are that our bad actors were not nearly as bad as the Democrats.

We started the year with former civil-rights attorney LARRY KRASNER taking the oath of office to be the district attorney of Philadelphia. His relationship with other members of the law-enforcement communi-

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BY DENISE CLAY F YOU’RE A PERSON whose’s spent some time on social media, you’ve probably seen the video of Joanne The Scammer.

Joanne, who is actually a dude dressed up in a fur coat with a blond wig, is someone who goes around trying to get away with some blatant dishonesty.

Sometimes, she gets away with it, but most of the time she doesn’t.

If there’s no one human being that summarizes 2018, it is Joanne The

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ty started out on a bad footing and got worse.

The latest question is whether the increase in homicides in the city and the reduced solution of crimes is owing to the incompetence of JOHN RYAN, the seasoned, highly respected head of the Police Homicide Unit. If criminals feel that police will not pursue them effectively because the police in turn they fear the DA’s Office does not have their backs, of course it is the fault of the head of the homicide unit.

Ryan has been mysteriously removed from the Homicide Unit and is rumored to be reassigned to the Major Crimes Unit. Is this a way to cover over the problems between the police force and Krasner?

Not long before this most recent problem with Philadelphia Police Department, Eastern District of Pennsylvania U.S. ATTORNEY WILLIAM McSWAIN offered a public reprimand of Krasner. He criticized

Krasner’s focus on helping offenders at the expense of victims. McSwain was particularly critical of the DA’s failure to notify (let alone ask for feedback) from victims before offering plea deals in violent crimes.

Former Pennsylvania ATTORNEY GENERAL KATHLEEN KANE finally went to jail. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s refusal to hear her appeal of Superior Court’s upholding of her Common Pleas conviction hopefully put this episode to sleep.

I have mixed feeling about her occupying media time. As a female, I would like to see her go to jail ASAP and not have to see a rehash of this embarrassing episode for the first female (elected) attorney general in Pennsylvania. As a Republican, rehashing her demise is good for us as we go into an election year where there is at least one statewide (Cont. Page 13)

Scammer. In fact, I say that we declare 2018 The Year of the Scammer because on both the local and national level, scammers have been plying their trade, and, for the most part, getting away with it.

Since scamming begins at home, let’s start with some local scammaliciousness.

(Yeah, I know that’s not a word, but work with me here.)

Probably the best bit of scammaliciousness I’ve seen this year – and from the number of City Council at-large and mayoral candidates running to repeal the Sweetened Beverage Tax, it’s scammaliciousness that will continue in 2019 – is the way that soda distributors, a prominent grocery-chain owner, and one of these mayoral candidates have managed to sucker you all into believing that it’s more important to protect their profits than it is to create community schools, universal pre-K and recre-

ation centers so people can stave off the health consequences of poverty.

And the saddest thing about this particular scam is that the main people who have been targeted are community leaders, activists and even journalists who should know better.

The City in general and Mayor Jim Kenney in particular have played a significant part in the Soda Tax Scam taking hold here. The tax is supposed to go to distributors, and because the city hasn’t made an example of anyone yet by slapping a big fine on someone who decided to pass that cost on to customers, the scam continues. Hopefully, that will change in 2019.

But because it’s a scam, and it’s my job to keep people from falling for scams, here’s some information that you might need to keep from falling for this particular scam in 2019: The tax is supposed to be paid by distributors and (Cont. Page 14)

WALKING the BEAT

BY JOE SHAY STIVALA

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HE STRONG WILL to HOLD FAST for a border wall seems to be withering. Trump lowered his request to $2.1 billion and his advisors downplayed his “dog on a bone” position. Assertions that Democrats caused the recent border deaths are just SILLY. The Border Patrol chief defended its action on the deaths of two children.

Of course he would. Counties in the states along our border with Mexico mostly vote Democrat. Texans DO

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E N N S Y LVA N I A Senate Democrats thought they would have to spend New Year’s Day fighting Republican PRESIDENT PRO TEM JOE SCARNATI. Scarnati said he would deny the seating of newly elected Pittsburgh STATE SEN. LINDSEY WILLIAMS. Allegheny Democratic STATE SEN. JAY COSTA asked outgoing LT. GOV. MIKE STACK to preside and protect the procedural rights of Democrats and help them seat Senator-Elect Williams.

Stack served as a senator

NOT want a wall. Trump noted that mostly Democrats (employees) were hurt by the shutdown; a remark sure to anger them all the way to 2020 elections. The GOP is being HURT by the Trump wall episode, and would wish it over. Does it edge closer to a moment in the past when a bombastic President Teddy Roosevelt was NOT NOMINATED for a second term by his party?

In 2019, there is hope for an ALASKA-SIZED patch of ocean in the Northern Pacific which contains plastic bags (there is now enough plastic in the oceans to cover EVERY square inch of the world’s seas). A ship is being built to suck up the plastic. It will take five years to finish the job.

When manufacturers decide to make their product overseas with cheaper labor – is that PATRIOTIC? Many will suffer lower profits if they stay. But it is STILL PROFIT…. In the case of

General Motors, I feel that they are wrong. Yet we are not buying cars so much anymore. Americans want SUVs and monster trucks.

The plants that make cars are the ones that are closed or cutting production – on THE BACKS OF WORKERS. And what of monster trucks used as a ROAD BULLY? Including extra-bright headlamps. It is natural to feel macho driving one. Driving my new Army HUMVEE for the first time – with startled roadside spectators – was a Marlboro Man experience for me. But do these trucks and some autos need the extra lights? And headlight alignment with the road is NO LONGER part of an inspection.

A pause to congratulate: Lindsey PERRY for seven years at Perry Group LLC. Brian PRESKI for five years at HPA Consulting. And (Cont. Page 15)

and then became a master of the Senate as lieutenant governor, protecting Democratic stature.

But Scarnati decided that caution was the better side of valor and has indicated he will stand down. Unless something unforeseen happens, Williams will be sworn in as one of five new Senators on the Democratic side.

Scarnati is a skillful president pro tem put recently received national negative press from Esquire magazine. One has to be pretty darn formidable to get that kind of press.

He likely was concerned about Southeastern STATE SEN. TOM KILLION. Republican Killion is running for re-election in volatile Delaware County. That’s an area that’s trending more Democratic – evidenced by the surprising loss of incumbent STATE SEN. TOM McGARRIGLE in the most recent elections. Killion would have looked bad vot-

ing against a woman.

Lindsey Williams was one of five Democrats to win seats in November’s election. The other wins were in Delco, Bucks, and Montco.

The makeup of the Senate will go from an overwhelming majority of Republicans at 34-16 to a still-formidable Republican majority of 29-21. But that is dramatic progress. The Democrats were within three seats of the majority just four years ago at 27-23.

The important thing is there are six women in the Democratic Caucus.

The emergence of elected women is long overdue in Harrisburg and it will be interesting to see how some long-term male senators react.

Now pivot to one of the most intriguing election topics of 2019: the Philly mayor’s race. Everybody thinks MAYOR JIM KENNEY has lost South Philly – but where will those voters (Cont. Page 15)

ERNIE BRISTOW played the gracious hostess at the party. Photo by Richard Ryckard

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HENRY NICHOLAS, 3rd from R, president of Local 1199C Hospital Workers, held his 31st annual New Year’s Day party at his historic home in the Temple University campus. Seen L-R are City Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown; Common Pleas Judges Frederica Messiah-Jackson and Sheila Woods-Skipper; and former City Controller Allan Butkovitz, a potential mayoral candidate. Photo by Joe Stivala

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NICHOLAS’ home almost doubles as an art museum. The union leader is a savvy collector. Photo by Richard Ryckard

A LIVE jazz band kept the party jumping all afternoon and into the evening. Photo by Richard Ryckard

VIVIAN GARY posed for this picture with Henry Nicholas.

Photo by Richard Ryckard

CHANTEUSE ValRay Sturgis wowed the crowd. Photo by Richard Ryckard

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HENRY NICHOLAS moved through the packed house, greeting all guests, at a party that lasted for hours. Photo by Richard Ryckard

Tayoun, Bernard Honored

Meade Is Toasted

A surprise event was held at the Shamrock Mummer’s Club on “2” Street that honored the life of Jim Tayoun and accomplishments of Charles Bernard. Tayoun was publisher of The Philadelphia Public Record from 1999, and a former state representative, ward leader and city councilman. His memorial award was accepted by Dr. David Tayoun Truscello, 2nd from R. Honoree for lifetime achievement was Charles Bernard (3rd from R), aide to Democratic Party Chairman Bob Brady, R. Bernard has helped thousands of citizens obtain eligible government, medical and social services. Included at the event are Bill Dell, civic leader; Fred Druding, community servant; Carmella Jacquinto, Esq.; and Jim Jenkins, IATSE Local 8. Photo by Joe Stivala

CITY COUNCILMAN Al Taubenberger, 3rd from R, was a speaker at the 27th annual Champagne Toast on the birthday of Gen. George Gordon Meade, savior of the Union at Gettysburg. The event is held each New Year’s Eve at the grave of Gen. Meade in Laurel Hill Cemetery. Two hundred attended the event hosted by Laurel Hill, the Meade Society, and Ben Franklin American Legion Post of the Union League. It was capped by a reception. Seen are, L-R, Dr. Walter White, Army War College; CSM Jeff Hill; Post 405 members Rev. John Brown and Maj. Andre McCoy City Council aide; Taubenberger; Capt. Uriah Levy; and Dr. Theodore Whitney, Post 405. Photo by Joe Stivala

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2019 NOTICE OF VACANT PROPERTY REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETINGS

2019 NOTICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETINGS

The Vacant Property Review Committee will meet in the Caucus Room, (Room 401, City Hall) from 10:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. on the following dates: JA N UA RY 3, 2019

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Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Tuesday, July 9, 2019

The Economic Opportunity Review Committee, established and constituted pursuant to Phila. Code § 17-1607 and Resolution No. 120184, will meet in City Council Chambers (Room 400, City Hall) on the following dates and times:

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Monday, March 4th, 2019, at 10:00 A.M.

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Monday, June 17th, 2019, at 10:00 A.M.

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

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SUSIE D. JARMON, CHAIRWOMAN Vacant Property Review Committee

Monday, September 9th, 2019, at 10:00 A.M. Monday, December 9th, 2019, at 10:00 A.M. IOLA HARPER, CHAIRPERSON Economic Opportunity Review Committee

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107-3290

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2019 NOTICE OF VETERANS ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETINGS

2019 NOTICE OF LIVING WAGE AND BENEFITS REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETINGS

The Veterans Advisory Commission, established pursuant to Resolution No. 060059 (Adopted February 2, 2006), will meet in City Council Chambers (Room 400, City Hall) on the following dates and times.

The Living Wage and Benefits Review Committee, established and constituted pursuant to Phila. Code § 17-1311 and Resolution No. 110807, will meet in City Council Council Chambers (Room 400, City Hall) on the following dates and times:

Wednesday, March 6th, 2019, at 2:00 P.M.

Tuesday, March 5th, 2019, at 11:00 A.M.

Wednesday, June 19th, 2019, at 2:00 P.M.

Tuesday, June 18th, 2019, at 11:00 A.M.

Wednesday, September 11th, 2019, at 2:00 P.M.

Tuesday, September 10th, 2019, at 11:00 A.M.

Wednesday, December 11th, 2019, at 2:00 P.M.

Tuesday, December 10th, 2019, at 11:00 A.M.

GEORGE GINDER, CHAIRMAN Veterans Advisory Commission

RICHARD LAZER, CHAIRPERSON

Living Wage and Benefits Review Committee

POLITICAL fashionistas like, L-R, Cynthia Rashed, Councilman Curtis Jones, Mustafa Rashed and councilmanic candidate Isaiah Thomas set the tone for the evening.

L-R WERE Sekela Coles, Lisa Rhoads, Carol Rhoads and Darby Councilwoman Darlene Hill.

TREND-SETTERS were, L-R, Jazelle Jones, State Rep. Morgan Cephas, Councilman Curtis Jones, State Rep. Jason Dawkins and Council President Darrell Clarke.

ENJOYING the evening were, L-R, State Sen. Sharif Street, Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown and political strategist Al Spivey.

RIDING high was Jetta Setaway, guided by her groom Tommie St. Hill.

SHARING a moment were L-R, State Rep. Morgan Cephas, Rachid Ordrick and sheriff candidate Malika Rahman.

BOB BRADY, L, relaxed after his long stint in Washington with Carmella Jacquinto and Young Democrats Events Chair John Brady.

MECCA ABDULLAH joined her brother Marcus Spivey at the affair.

L-R WERE State Rep. Jordan Harris, Councilman Curtis Jones and Abdul Fareed.

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DISPLAYING their fashion sense in different ways were, L-R, community organizer Bilal Qayyum, Congressman Bob Brady, judicial aspirant Carmella Jacquinto, Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown, Councilman Jones and Ward Leader Lou Agre.

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COUNCILMAN Curtis Jones, Jr. and wife Jazelle took a whirl on the historic carousel in the Please Touch Museum in Fairmount Park during Jones’ Black Party, the fashion event of Philadelphia’s winter season. Photos by Wendell Douglas

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BY MICHAEL A. CIBIK AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY BOARD CERTIFIED uestion: Was Bank of America sanctioned for discharge violation?

Bankruptcy Judge Arthur B. Briskman recently smacked Bank of America to the tune of $12,500 for violating a debtor’s discharge.

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The award included $2,500 in attorney’s fees.

Shockingly, Bank of America did not attend the evidentiary hearing set by the court. However, even if its team had attended, I doubt there was much they could have done to prevent Judge Briskman from imposing the same sanction.

Doing a little research, this is obviously not the first time getting smacked for the bank.

Based upon the pleadings in the record and the evidence presented at the hearing, it was obvious that Bank of America was well aware that the debtors not only filed for bankruptcy protection, but that they had received a copy of the discharge as well. Post-discharge, the debtors received

approximately thirty-eight (38) phone calls. The testimony at trial was that agents of Bank of America stated that they didn’t really care about the bankruptcy and that they would keep calling until the computer system was updated.

Debtor’s attorney sent several letters demanding that the calls stop; however, these letters fell on deaf ears. The debtors moved to re-open the case and requested sanctions.

During the hearing, Judge Briskman took evidence on the debtor’s damages and the amount of attorney’s fees involved in bringing these actions. The best part of the opinion for me was how the judge stated that each phone call was a violation of the discharge injunction. It was like music to my ears.

Judge Briskman found that Bank of America willfully and intentionally violated the discharge injunction of 11 U.S.C. 524. He went even further to find that its conduct was vexatious, wanton and oppressive.

Along those lines, the Judge cited a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals case to state that medical evidence is not required to prove emotional distress when the emotional distress is caused by conduct which is extreme or egregious.

Next Week’s Question: what is the biggest tax-time mistake that can also cost you in bankruptcy?

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the incident occurred did not recall being there. Her best friend at the time does not only not recall the party; she does not recall even meeting Kavanaugh. The governor of Maryland, Republican LARRY HOGAN, where the alleged incident

occurred, reached out to her and asked her to file a complaint; she did not respond.

Yet every Democrat in the U.S. Senate except for West Virginia SEN. JOE MANCHIN voted against Kavanaugh’s appointment.

The public servant of

the year is Maine’s SEN. 13 SUSAN COLLINS. Her speech regarding her vote to confirm Kavanaugh was reasoned, intelligent and respectful of common decency, due process and the U.S. Constitution. Thank you, Sen. Collins!

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.

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TINE BLASEY FORD, was deemed by even the (liberal) mainstream media as credible. Blasey Ford accused Kavanaugh of assaulting her 35 years ago when she was 15 and he was a year older. The friends she claimed were with her at the party where

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(Cont. From Page 8) judicial seat to be decided.

Then there is former STATE REP. VANESSA LOWERY BROWN’S conviction for accepting inappropriate and illegal contributions from lobbyist TYRON ALI. She was caught in a sting operation orchestrated by the AG’s office (before Kane).

All of the other politicians caught in this sting had the common sense to plead guilty, frequently to lesser charges. Lowery Brown was at one time a Republican, so we are very lucky she threw us under the bus to be a Democrat.

We cannot forget that long-time CONGRESSMAN and Chairman of the Democrat City Committee BOB BRADY decided not to run for re-election. If you think that this decision had nothing to do his aide KENNETH SMUKLER’S conviction of two felony crimes relating to contributions to the campaign of Brady’s primary opponent JIMMIE MOORE, you live in a different reality than I do. Apparently, Smukler orchestrated a $90,000 donation from Brady’s campaign to “compensate” Moore for losses of Moore’s campaign. It is rumored that Brady was not charged as he decided not to run for re-election.

On the national level, the Democrats embarrassed themselves with the witch-

hunt against U.S. Supreme Court JUSTICE BRET KAVANAUGH. A series of women came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct on the part of Kavanaugh decades ago.

Only one of the allegations, by DR. CHRIS-

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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.

EVERYDAY PEOPLE (Cont. From Page 8) distributors alone. If it’s being passed on to you, report it. If it’s being applied to milk, juice, or anything else that doesn’t have extra sugars in it, report it. If it’s being passed on to you in any way, report it.

And whatever you do, stop buying the argument that this is a tax on poor people.

It’s not. It’s a tax on distributors who are passing it on to poor people in the hope that they will take to the streets and demand that these distributors not be made to pay for making it so there is literally a dialysis center on every corner due to the consequences of sugar-related illnesses like diabetes.

Oh, and here’s one more thing. Don’t buy the whole “Why is the tax going into the general fund?” argument. Every tax the city assesses goes into the general fund. That’s how the city pays its bills. The bond financing Rebuild, universal pre-K and Community Schools is a bill. The Sweetened Beverage Tax pays that bill. Thus, it goes into the General Fund. This is the end of my TED talk.

But while local governmental scammers focused on keeping Philadelphians awash in sweetened beverages, they weren’t the only ones.

Let’s just say that you might want to ask a few additional questions before you make that next GoFundMe donation.

The story began when homeless veteran Johnny Bobbit, Jr. gave Katelyn McClure his last $20 when she ran out of gas. In return for his kindness, McClure and her fiancé, Mark D’Amico, started a GoFund Me account to raise money to help him.

Fourteen thousand donors, $400,000, a lawsuit, and several arrests later, it was discovered that Bob-

bit, McClure and D’Amico had actually hatched this plan together and the only reason that it fell apart was because McClure and D’Amico allegedly spent the money on trips, shopping and other luxuries without giving Bobbit his cut.

GoFund Me has refunded the $400,000 to the 14,000 donors.

In Memoriam In 2018, Aretha Franklin, 76, the Queen of Soul, lost her battle with cancer and was memorialized in a service filled with music and lots and lots of speakers, including former President Bill Clinton. Penny Marshall, 75, the “Laverne” of “Laverne and Shirley” and director of such films as “Big” and “A League of Their Own”, also died. William Goldman, the Oscar-winning screenwriter who created one of my favorite movies, “The Princess Bride”, died this year, as did Harry Anderson, “Night Court’s” Judge Harold T. Stone. He was 65.

Within months of each other, President George H.W. Bush, 94 and First Lady Barbara Bush, 92 left us this year. Arizona Sen. John McCain 81, lost his battle with cancer.

National Association of Black Journalist founder Les Payne, 76, former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, 80, and local anti-gang activist David Fattah, 75, also left us this year, as did Winnie Mandela, 81, actor Burt Reynolds, 82, wrestler Bruno Sammartino, 82, and songstress Nancy Wilson, 81.

For comic book fans like myself, the loss of Stan Lee, 94, creator of Marvel Comics, was a big loss.

And for people who liked their politicians with HBO specials featuring his legalized Vegas brothel, Dennis Hof, the so-called “Trump from Parumph” died this year as well.

Have a happy 2019 … and may the Municipal Elections not be too daunting.

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TATE REP. JORDAN Harris (D-W. Phila.) has named colleagues Ryan Bizzarro (D-Erie) and Jared Solomon (D-Northeast) as chief deputy whips and Donna Bullock (D-N. Phila.) as his assistant whip

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(Cont. From Page 8) go? ALAN BUTKOVITZ, the former City controller, isn’t really their cup of tea

WALKING the BEAT (Cont. From Page 8) Todd FARALLY of Local 19 Sheet Metal Workers for two years on the DELVAL AFL-CIO Labor Council.

The USA is drowning in STUDENT DEBT. Democrats need to resolve this dilemma and make it a campaign issue in 2020!

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trict in 2016, previously served on multiple House committees as well as the Pennsylvania SAFE Caucus and the Philadelphia County Delegation.

Solomon said, “Whip Harris is committed to an overhaul of the whip operation that will lead to better communication with members both in Harrisburg and in their district. Most importantly, this will result in better policy for all Pennsylvanians.”

Bullock was first elected in a special election in 2015 to represent the 195th Legislative District. Bullock previously served on multi-

ple committees and served as the vice chairwoman of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus.

“Last session, Rep. Harris and I worked together as part of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus leadership, and I look forward to working with him again,” Bullock said.

The chief deputy whips serve as the primary assistants to the whip in managing the House floor, ensuring members are aware of legislation moving on the House calendar and are in Harrisburg and ready to vote during session.

“Pennsylvanians used

and neither is STATE SEN. ANTHONY WILLIAMS. Most mayors get re-elected with the voters holding their noses because there is no better

option. But the year is young and Sen. Williams has never struggled for funding from his hedgefund buddies. He has probably learned a lot from his previous may-

oral run against Kenney and could repackage himself learning from his mistakes. After all, isn’t that what the New Year is all about for politicians?

potholes as in 2018 – including in the best neighborhoods – got me to thinking that folks do not complain to City Hall for the holes, broken street lights of traffic signals. It is lost practice that needs to be relearned. If you call 311, you might get repairs. If you call your DISTRICT COUNCILPERSON, there is a good chance for service. Ask

for a constituent-services person. And FOLLOW UP.... Let us pray that Mayor KENNEY uses some of the $400 million surplus to buy more pothole-filling trucks. Bring back the days when a roving pothole truck would spot dangerous holes and fill them. Why wait for it to become a re-election issue?

The Philly ASIAN

community tendered Municipal Court Judge James DeLEON a birthday party. The jurist actively helps in assimilation, as well as the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, etc. He is truly a beacon of LIGHT! AS we enter 2019, thanks to you for supporting and reading the Philly PUBLIC RECORD!!

their power at the ballot box last month to show that they support the Democratic ideals we fight for, including criminal-justice reform, good jobs, affordable health care, quality schools and a fair economy,” Harris said.

Harris has represented the 186th District since first being elected to the House in 2012. He previously chaired the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus and will be the first African American to serve as whip since K. Leroy Irvis in the 1970s.

Roebuck Wins Wilson Fellowship

State Rep. Jim Roebuck (D-W. Phila.) was selected for the Woodrow Wilson Higher Education Policy Fellowship, which took place near Raleigh, N.C., Nov. 30 through Dec. 2, 2018. According to the invitation letter, Roebuck was among a handful of higher-education leaders — state legislators, commissioners, and university and community-college presidents from several states — chosen carefully for this invitation-only program to build bridges in higher education and policy.

A second session is planned.

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PUBLIC SERVANTS at WORK

for the 2019-20 legislative session.

Bizzarro has represented the 3rd District since being first elected to the House in 2012. He previously served as vice chairman of the House Democratic Policy Committee and vice chairman of the Northwest Delegation.”

Bizzarro said, “I’m confident Rep. Solomon and I will work well with Whip Harris as we bring together the diverse voices in our caucus and hit the ground running on swearing-in day.”

Solomon, first elected to represent the 202nd Dis-

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