South Philadelphia Public Record 584

SOUTH PHILADELPHIA

Vol. XIV No. 48

Issue 584

November 29, 2018

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

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STATE SEN. Larry Farnese, R, joined legendary Phillie Mickey Morandini to help drum up donations for the annual Preston and Steve Camp out for Hunger at Xfinity Live. The legislator and the former All-Star second baseman were on hand during the WMMR morning show’s food drive, which continues through tomorrow morning.

Photo courtesy of Sen. Farnese’s Facebook.

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Mums & Mutts Donates $42,000

Grays Ferry Bridge Gets Major Rehab

C MUMS & MUTTS are Mummers who want to help change the lives of rescue pets and the organization continued its mission recently by making donations to 18 different rescue and shelter partners to assist with vet care and foster pets totaling $42,000. They were able to do this largely in part to a highly successful fundraiser held in South Philly at Burke Playground that drew over 1,000, that included Mums & Mutts Board Member Fred Druding, Jr., Mums & Mutts Founder Megan McFarland, and State Rep.-Elect Elizabeth Fiedler. “We are so humbled by the love and support,” said McFarland.

onstruction will begin on Monday, Dec. 3, on a project to rehabilitate the bridge carrying Grays Ferry Avenue over the Schuylkill River, Amtrak/ SEPTA and CSX railway tracks in Philadelphia.

“This project serves as another example of PennDOT’s commitment to rehabilitating poor condition bridges,” Gov. Tom Wolf said. “The enhancements will not only benefit the thousands of driv-

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Public Hearing Notice The Committee on Appropriations of the Council of the City of Philadelphia will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, December 3, 2018, at 3:00 PM, in Room 400, City Hall, to hear testimony on the following items: 180999 An Ordinance amending Bill No. 180162 (approved June 21, 2018), entitled "An Ordinance to adopt a Capital Program for the six Fiscal Years 2019-2024 inclusive."

181000 An Ordinance amending Bill No. 180163-A (approved June 21, 2018), entitled "An Ordinance to adopt a Fiscal 2019 Capital Budget."

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181001 An Ordinance authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2019 from the General Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions, the Grants Revenue Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions, the Community Development Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to the General Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions, the Water Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions, the Aviation Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions, the County Liquid Fuels Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions, and the Community Development Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.

181002 An Ordinance authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2018 from the General Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions, the Grants Revenue Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions, and the Aviation Fund certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions, to the General Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions, and the Aviation Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.

Immediately following the public hearing, a meeting of the Committee on Appropriations, open to the public, will be held to consider the action to be taken on the above listed items.

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

Michael Decker Chief Clerk

ers who cross this structure every day, it will improve the mobility and safety of pedestrians and bicyclists who use the scenic trails on either side of the Schuylkill River.”

Under this project, PennDOT will rehabilitate the existing superstructure which includes repairing the structural steel, concrete substructure, bearings and steel box girder pier caps; replacing expansion joints; resurfacing the bridge deck with a new latex modified concrete overlay; and milling and paving the approaches on Grays Ferry Avenue from 48th Street to 35th Street.

This project also includes incorporating a 10-foot wide, barrier‐separated multi‐use trail on the eastbound side of the bridge; realigning the approach roadways on both sides of the bridge to accommodate the trail; upgrading pedestrian facilities at the intersections of Grays Ferry Avenue and Paschall Avenue and Fed Ex driveway; and installing new Intelligent Transportation Systems equipment, signing, pavement markings and lighting throughout the project limits.

PennDOT worked closely with the City of Philadelphia throughout the design process to ensure consistency and compatibility with exist-

ing city traffic and lighting features.

The first stage of construction will begin in late December when westbound Grays Ferry Avenue will be closed between Grove Street and Paschall Avenue through 2019. During this operation, traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction and be carried on the eastbound side of Grays Ferry Avenue.

Prior to the first stage of construction, left lane closures are scheduled in both directions on Grays Ferry Avenue between Grove Street and Paschall Avenue on Monday, Dec. 3, through Friday, Dec. 21, for temporary paving and other construction activities.

Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the work area because backups and delays will occur.

The second stage of construction will begin late next year and will reverse the pattern and close the eastbound side of Grays Ferry Avenue while two lanes of traffic are carried on the westbound side.

Buckley & Co. Inc., of Philadelphia is the general contractor on the $13,332,482 project which is financed with 100% State funds. The entire project is expected to be completed in late 2020.

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T-Mobile proposes to collocate antennas (tip heights 129’) on the smokestack at 7500 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA (20182125). Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties.

T-Mobile proposes to collocate antennas (tip heights 96’) on the building at 6635 McCallum St, Philadelphia, PA (20182126). Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties.

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One Ward More than Doubled Turnout!

Workforce-Housing Project Starts

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POLS on the STREET

BY JOE SHAHEELI IDTERM ELECTIONS have seldom been record-breakers in recent decades. Although U.S. House Speaker Tip O’Neill’s famous adage was “All politics is local,” increasingly voters turn out more for presidential elections.

This month’s election turnout was high by midterm standards, though, in some areas approaching presidential standards. Phil-

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adelphia voters did well, casting 157,000 more ballots than in the 2014 gubernatorial election.

As political blogger Jonathan Tannen noted, all wards at least held their own. But some wards woke up more than others. In general, North Philadelphia (known for low turnout) and Northwest Philadelphia (known for high turnout) remained consistent.

The pop came in wards near Center City where millennials have been settling.

The 18th and 31st Wards, which take in much of Kensington and Fishtown, saw a 95% jump in turnout.

But even they were put to shame by the 27th Ward in West Philadelphia, which is home to the University of Pennsylvania, Drexel University and University of the Sciences. Turnout exploded by 135% compared to 2014 there.

What happened? In Tannen’s words, “It’s all Penn.

The division right along the river, containing most un-

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State Senator

Anthony Hardy Williams 8th Senatorial District

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“WORKFORCE HOUSING” is the aim of a new development in W. Poplar, ground for which was broken this week by Council President Darrell Clarke in his home district. Photos by Wendell Douglas

dergrad dorms, went from 116 votes in 2014 to 585 in 2018. That manages to make the second and third place divisions look a weaker green, even though they quadrupled (!!) their votes, from 88 to 363 and from 82 to 322, respectively.”

While college students tend to be enthusiastic about politics, they often are not plugged into local politics.

Many of them recently came from different places and are

unfamiliar with the faces and issues that appear on their ballot. Any ward leader who serves campus neighborhoods knows how hard it is to get them out.

Not this year, though. They voted in droves in the 27th – primarily for Democrats.

At-Large Council Races Beckon So much for 2018. Onward! The 2019 municipal primary is on the horizon and this is where PhilaState Rep.

Councilwoman

Kevin J.

Jannie L. Blackwell

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District 3 City Hall, Room 408 Philadelphia, PA 19107 (215) 686-3418, (215) 686-3419 FAX: (215) 686-1933

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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

Councilman Wm.

Greenlee Room 506 City Hall P. 215-686-3446/7 F. 215-686-1927

Representative

Angel Cruz

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

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cumbents are not shoo-ins; usually at least one goes down to defeat. It doesn’t take much to get your name on the ballot.

But it takes a lot to run an effective citywide campaign – a lot of money and a lot of connections. It’s easier to raise citywide money for a high-stakes office like mayor or sheriff but harder to do the same in order to become one of seven out of 17 on City Council.

Mark

McClinton

Rep. Rosita

delphia’s government will largely be decided for the next four years.

As a coequal branch of government, City Council races are where the rubber hits road. Of particular interest are the contest for the seven at-large seats. They are inherently competitive, because random ballot position plays a major factor in determining the winners amid a large field. And the field tends to be large. In-

Councilman

State Rep.

Joanna E.

Youngblood

BREAKING ground for W. Poplar Homes are, L-R, Angel Rodríguez, Greg Heller, Max Frankel, Zack Frankel, Jane Golden, Council President Darrell Clarke and Diane Monroe.

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Bullock 195th Leg. Dist.

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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

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health care and education, also announced early. This Washington Square resident won her spurs as an activist in the Philadelphia Women’s March.

Another member of the younger set, Justin DiBerardinis, is the son of Managing Director Michael DiBerardinis. He has a strong background in environmental activism, in part derived from his father, who has led both City and State departments in that area. Justin is an executive

at historic Bartram’s Garden in Southwest Philadelphia.

Isaiah Thomas will likely be making his third try for an atlarge seat. This North Philadelphia educator is well connected.

Asa Khalif, the face and voice of Black Lives Matter in Philadelphia, is all in. He is an expert at gaining free news coverage for sure and is familiar to many voters by now.

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For the largest mid-term increase in voter turnout in Philadelphia!

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At least eight challengers have lined up to enter the scrum so far in the Democratic primary competition. The top five finishers in that election are sure to win Council seats in November.

Attorney Eryn Santamoor of Fairmount was the first to announce last summer. She has been diligently fundraising among her peers, who tend to be younger inner-city professionals.

Beth Finn, an IT analyst for

PITCHING in for the senior luncheon were, L-R, Christian Keo, Marlene Trice, Jong Kim, State Rep. Isabella Fitzgerald and Yohan H. Kim.

Congratulations, Committee People of the 27th Ward!

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THESE SENIORS were treated to a holiday meal in W. Oak Lane. Photos by Wendell Douglas

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Ban Female Genital Mutilation – Now The News in Black & White

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EMALE GENITAL MUTILATION, or FGM, is not something we ever envisioned ourselves writing about in this paper. But recent events have left us no choice but to speak out on the ritual, which is sometimes euphemistically called female circumcision, and which involves cutting away either part or all of the external genitalia – including the clitoris – of a young girl is practiced in Africa, Asia and

among them. As one of 24 similarly benighted states, the onus to rectify this grievous affront to the safety and health of girls and women in the commonwealth is now squarely upon the shoulders of our state legislators.

Their mission is clear: One of the first pieces of business that the Philadelphia delegation should bring up when the General Assembly reconvenes is to propose legislation to make female genital mutilation a crime in Pennsylvania. In an era of increased partisanship, this issue is one that should easily bring lawmakers together.

There is no place for it, there is no valid reason for it, there is no way we can call ourselves a just society without condemning and criminalizing it and the barbarians who would inflict such lifelong pain and terror upon victims.

TWO DAYS after the election, the Philadelphia Foundation and the Knight Foundation organized hundreds of round-table citizens’ discussions on the issues facing Philadelphia. Cheryl Wadlington, C rear, executive director of Evoluer House in Old City, who specializes in empowerment programs for teenage girls, literally brought these young ladies to the table. See P. 9. Photo by Wendell Douglas

Have Pa. Republicans Crested?

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ave we seen high tide for Republicans in Pennsylva-

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the Middle East.

It is also practiced by some members of those communities in the United States as well – against the law. For the past two decades, this horrific, medically unnecessary maiming has been designated a federal crime. But last week, a federal judge ruled that outlawing FGM is not the responsibility of the federal government, but rather that of the states. Judge Bernard Friedman of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ruled that “FGM is a ‘local criminal activity’ which, in keeping with longstanding tradition and our federal system of government, is for the states to regulate, not Congress.”

Accordingly, 26 states have legislation on the books banning the procedure.

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nia?

From the Civil War until the mid-20th century, Republicans dominated Pennsylvania politics, gradually giving way to a shared power two-party system by the mid20th century. But by the early 21st century, Republicans had reestablished control over state politics, coming to control the state Legislature by overwhelming numbers as well as the state’s congressional delegation.

As recently as four years ago, the GOP controlled the governor’s office, maintained unchallenged control of both houses of the Legislature, and dominated the state’s congressional delegation, holding three of every four seats. Few if

any political parties outside the Southern states have enjoyed such a hegemony lasting as long as Pennsylvania’s GOP. But now the party may be facing long-term decline after some 160 years of party ascendancy.

Evidence for that conclusion is abundant.

Exhibit A is the recent abysmal record of state Republicans in winning the governorship. Tom Wolf’s 2018 victory now means Democrats have won four of the past five gubernatorial elections. Moreover, Republicans are simply not nominating the caliber of gubernatorial candidates they once did. Both of the last two (Tom Corbett and Scott Wagner) have only faintly resembled earlier GOP icons like Bill Scranton, Dick Thornburgh or Tom Ridge. Wagner in particular was an inept nomi-

nee, raising questions about the party’s ability to recruit the kind of candidates that used to win gubernatorial elections regularly despite large Republican registration deficits.

But gubernatorial futility is not the Republicans’ sole problem. Closely related is the party’s inability to win Pennsylvania’s “independent” statewide offices: attorney general, auditor general and treasurer. The last Republican to win attorney general was Tom Corbett in 2008. The last Republican treasurer was Barbara Hafer (2000) who actually left office as a Democrat.

The last Republican auditor general was that same Republican-turned-Democrat Barbara Hafer in 1997. Before her, no Republican had held the office since Charles Smith in 1957. The GOP’s virtual freeze-out from these (Cont. to Page 11)

MARK your CALENDAR Nov. 30-Dec. 2 - Pe n n a .

Soc. Weekend is held at N.Y. Hilton Midtown, 1335 Ave. of the Americas, New York City. Brian Roberts of Comcast is honoree.

Dec. 4 - Phila. Council AFLCIO hosts Holiday Celebration at Sheraton Downtown Center City Hotel, Horizons Rooftop Ballrm., 17th & Race Sts., 12-3 p.m. For info: (215) 665-9800.

Dec. 4 - State Rep. Pam DeLissio hosts Town Hall Mtg. at Roxborough Mem. Hosp., Wolcoff Aud., 5800 Ridge Ave., 7 p.m. Focus on

unfinished business in Harrisburg. For info: (215) 4828726.

Dec. 6 - Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown is hosted Cocktail Reception at Palm Restaurant, 200 S. Broad St., 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Honored guest: Council President Darrell Clarke.

Entrepreneurs $250, Developers $500, Ground Breakers $1,000, PAC Sponsors $2,500. Payable to “Friends of Blondell Reynolds Brown,” P.O. Box 22556, Phila., PA 19110.RSVP: Kristen (215) 327-6031.

Dec. 6 - City Council candidate Beth Finn hosts Campaign Launch Party at 1026 Catharine St., 5:30 p.m. Hanukkah theme with latkes. RSVP: bit.ly/ Beth4PHLLatkes.

Dec. 6 - SEAMAAC hosts Winter Ball Fundraiser at Hilton Phila., 4200 City Line Ave., 6-10 p.m., cocktails 6-7 p.m. Dinner, drinks & dance; silent auction & raffle. Valet service. Evening or formal attire. For tickets:

seamaacball.brownpapertickets.com. For info: (215) 467-0690.

Dec. 10 - C i t y Council candidate Isaiah Thomas hosts Holiday Party at Dist. 1199C, 1319 Locust St. 6:30-8:30 p.m.

For info: Dominique Miller (609) 784-4513.

Dec. 12 - C o u n c i l m a n Derek Green hosts Reception at Haute Lounge & Restaurant, 1420 Locust St., 5-7:30 p.m. Contribution levels $3,000, $1,000, $250. Payable to “The Green Fund.”

RSVP: Cole Dougherty (215) 251-0585 or cole@ rittenhousepolitical.com.

Dec. 18 - State Sen. Larry Farnese hosts Fundraiser at McCormick & Schmick’s, Wm. Penn Rm., 1 S.Broad St., 5:307 p.m. Contribution levels: $2,500, $1,000, $500, $250. Payable to “Friends of Lawrence Farnese.”

RSVP: Cole Dougherty (215) 251-0585 or cole@ rittenhousepolitical.com.

PHILADELPHIA AFL-CIO President Pat Eiding received the “Roving Ambassador for Peace” World Peace Prize last week. It was conferred by Chief Judge Fr. Sean McManus, L, of the Irish National Caucus, and Chairperson Barbara Flaherty.

THE AWARD was presented at AFL-CIO Council in Rittenhouse Square. It paid tribute to Pat Eiding’s lifelong quest for justice for working people, which the World Peace Prize identifies as a necessary precondition for peace.

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COUNCILMAN Bobby Henon, R, himself a prominent labor activist, greeted Fr. Sean McManus, a decades-long advocate for justice in the Irish National Caucus.

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R-L, LIZ & PAT Eiding were cong r atu lat e d by their friends Christopher & Maureen Drum.

IBEW LOCAL 98 colleagues Marita Crawford and Jack O’Neill flash their famous smiles as Councilman Bobby Henon reviews the remarks he will soon make.

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PASSING ON a City Council citation were, L-R, Councilman Bobby Henon.

Councilwoman Cherelle Parker, Pat Eiding, and Councilwoman Helen Gym

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Delco Dems’ Victories Hailed by Pelosi, Wolf AT THE RADNOR Hotel, hundreds of Delaware County Democrats gathered to salute elected officials and candidates and to hear from VIPs like the woman likely to be the next Speaker of the U.S. House, Nancy Pelosi.

L-R were Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon, Esq.; Pelosi; and Congressman Bob Brady.

Photos by Bonnie Squires

GOV. TOM WOLF gave an upbeat salute to the Democrats’ historic successes in the Philadelphia suburbs.

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GERARD LAWRENCE, L, spoke with State Sen. Daylin Leach and his wife Jen.

FIORMER City Controller Jonathan Saidel greeted Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi.

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Congresswoman MARY GAY SCANLON welcomed former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, who then went on to a Scanlon fundraiser where he played guitar and per-

CELEBRATORY Delco Dems enjoyed a chance to pose with Gov. Tom Wolf and their new Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon. For the first time in a century, there are now two Democrats on the Delaware County Council. Delco Dems chairman Colleen Guiney was delighted also to welcome an officer of the Pennsylvania Young Democrats.

EVERYDAY PEOPLE

BY DENISE CLAY ne of the things that I’m committed to doing in the New Year is putting together a workshop on podcasting for young women looking for a means to get their stories told in their own words.

How I made that commitment and who I made it to is what I want to talk about in this week’s column.

I made this commitment at an On The Table workshop held at the Evoluer House a couple of weeks back. On The Table, in case you missed it, is a series of

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BY JOE SHAY STIVALA n editorial-page article by an officer of the Bicycle Coalition advocated REMOVING all parked cars from South Street. It cited empty storefronts and a general business decline caused by the cars. No dollar loss figures, ratios, percentages or even links were offered as EVIDENCE. With autos removed, bikes, skateboards and scooters could descend on the street. Does this mean that they will clog other streets attempting to get to South Street? Where

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HE PHILADELPHIA MEDIA are predicting that hundreds of people will be running for City Council in the upcoming year. It is typical of their failure to understand that just getting in the petitions to get on the ballot requires a level of organization and professionalism.

Most wannabe candidates are all talk and little action. A lot of the activists like to hear the sound of their own voice but when

year will see a DEMOCRAT- 9 IC RESURGENCE with a sendoff party tonight at the chic JG DOMESTIC hosted

by Philly’s Dan MUROFF....

The Northeast and Western Pennsylvania will take over with a Sen. Bob CASEY reception, and on Friday, Congressman Conor LAMB’S reception, and Pittsburgh Mayor Bill PEDUTO and Allegheny County Executive Rich FITZGERALD host a party!

MEDIA: In the federal Smukler trial, a reporter wrote that it offered a RARE GLIMPSE into Bob Brady's behind-the-scenes tactics. Did the reporter study under KARNAK to ascertain this? He later wrote that a point remained unclear. Who was he speaking for: himself, the jury, whom? What should be straight news reporting can easily slip into a PARALLEL TRIAL; which helps the prosecution.

(Cont. to Page 10) The experts at the Inquirer are forecasting that both PACs will spend millions of dollars to determine the composition of Council.

They surmise that this is to control what happens with that tax that provides pre-K education funding to Philadelphia children and a lot of money for renovations at Philadelphia recreation centers. The rec-center renovations are all or almost exclusively performed by members of the Philadelphia building trades.

In fact, the soda-tax dollars do less than was advertised for pre-K students for public schools and it does harm to the soda industry and hundreds of small businesses that have long relied on sales of soda and other sugary drinks for revenue. Philadelphia is world-renowned for being unfriendly to business – and then shocked when companies leave.

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does the writer propose that the displaced vehicles park (no solution was offered)? South Street looks VIBRANT to me. Empty storefronts are part of life and their cause can vary.

The writer did not address empty stores on other avenues. As bike riders get older, or have kids, they may switch to cars. The writer might not remember – or was NOT YET BORN for – an older, ramshackle South Street. Or a time when the south side of the street, river to river, was to be the Crosstown Expressway.

South Street has COME A LONG WAY back! The writer should post a bond of several million to guarantee a super business boost if his plan is implemented.

The PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY is this weekend.

While it is considered largely a Republican event; Philly Democrats had some rocking parties in the recent past only to see them VANISH from the schedule. This it comes to knocking on doors and recruiting other people to help, they go silent. That’s why there are so many successful incumbents. They know what they’re doing.

In 1999, 31 people successfully got on the ballot for Council at large. And that was the last time that more than 20 people ran.

That was 20 years ago and BLONDELL REYNOLDS BROWN had the last ballot position. Her stump speech was that the last shall be first. She wasn’t first but she did come in fifth, which was good enough to call her councilwoman. And she is still serving the people of Philadelphia as a councilwoman.

Now there are apparently two major super-PACs that could decide the Council races. One is a pro-soda-tax, union-controlled super-PAC and the other is a business and soda-industry super-PAC.

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ormer Pennsylvania ATTORNEY GENERAL KATHLEEN KANE is in the news yet again. I have mixed feeling about her occupying media time. As a woman, I would like to see her go to jail ASAP and not have to listen to this embarrassing episode for the first elected female 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 judicial seat to be decided.

ing on her door immediately and taking her away in handcuffs. The DA’s Office said it is willing to work with the defense to set up a date for her to report to jail. Otherwise, the judge could set a date for her to report immediately.

The defense appealed to the Supreme Court a three-judge Superior Court decision to uphold her conviction. Superior Court also ruled that the defense was not entitled to use evidence of a pornographic email scandal or the JERRY SANDUSKY child-molestation case that her office prosecuted.

Kane had been critical of how the office handled the Sandusky investigation at Penn State. This caused resentment among some of the lawyers who had worked on the Sandusky case. However, this cavalier treatment of staff was only the tip on the iceberg. By the time she resigned, the morale in the AG’s (Cont. to Page 11) representative of color, and, inadvertently, me.

I hadn’t meant to speak because I was just there to cover the discussion. But whenever the subject of people of color and how they’re portrayed in the media, my journalism researcher hat immediately comes on. Besides, it was a great talk that covered body image, stereotypes, and how to negotiate a life that sometimes throws them unfair curves.

Most importantly, it allowed a group of young Black women to make their voices heard.

One of the things that has really bothered me over the years is the fact that when we talk about issues in the Black community, that discussion is almost always focused on Black boys and men.

Now, I understand why that is to an extent. Black men are often the poster children for the community’s concerns. They’re most (Cont. to Page 11)

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Just in case you forgot, Kane was convicted and sentenced for leaking grand jury information and lying about it. She has been out of jail on bail pending her attempts to appeal her case.

The state Supreme Court announced Monday it will not review Kane’s conviction.

Specifically, the justices declined to reconsider Kane’s claims she was improperly convicted of two counts of felony perjury and seven misdemeanor charges, including obstruction and conspiracy.

The Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office (where the case was originally tried) said it would ask a judge Tuesday morning to revoke her bail. Kane has been out on $75,000 bail since her October 2016 sentencing to 10 to 23 months in jail. However, it does not appear that Montgomery County anticipates knockconversations sponsored here locally by the Philadelphia Foundation and the Knight Foundation. Similar discussions on a variety of topics ranging from politics to global warming to education were held across the country and sponsored by a variety of organizations.

At the Evoluer House, the focus was on young Black women, their issues and how they can help others while helping and taking care of themselves. That’s a big part of what Evoluer House, a program designed to help young women come into their own that was honored by the Obama Administration, does.

Cheryl Wadlington, the founder of the organization, gathered a group of women that included Eva Blackwell, one of Evoluer’s program inspectors and a former radio reporter, Sheila Simmons, a prolific writer who just finished making Malcolm Kenyatta Pennsylvania’s first LGBT state

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(Cont. from Page 9) An article over real-estate development in Point Breeze, where a developer made a few thousand dollars when he flipped properties, is about PEANUTS in cash. I would like to know where the idea for the story came from (?).

Was it from another developer making much MORE MONEY? Stories on Point Breeze growth always seem to ZAP at Councilman Kenyatta JOHNSON. Why? Do some reporters subscribe to the old Hindu Sanskrit: “I am become DEATH, the destroyer of worlds”?

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CITY: $21 million of a reported $33.3 MILLION missing City taxpayer dollars has been accounted for. The $33m was reduced to $27m earlier. SIX million to go (?). The problem seems to have started in 2016 (when it was $40M).

No one has been blamed.

All, up to the Finance Director, knew of it. Rebecca RHYNHART, now City Controller, complained of it in 2016. Councilman Allan DOMB wonders why it was not fixed from 2016 to 2018.

Is Mayor Kenney inclined to offer city workers a $15-an-hour minimum wage? In re-election campaigns, any plus for city employees can give you a 26,000-VOTE BOOST on

Election Day. City Council Members Cherelle PARKER and David OH have a disagreement on a squatter’s law.

But both CARE about out our residents; so settle it.

LAW: The BAR Association findings on evictions are important to read up on.... The MARSHALL Project outlined how a HOLISTIC approach for defendants is better. The defendant gets his post-trial life on track with it....

Did midterms include candidates who are criminal-justice reform-minded?... The withdrawal of DA Larry KRASNER from the DAs’ Association should be taken as a signal to other DAs to wake up to what voters want.

I was moved by a Facebook post in awe of the silence in the streets on Thanksgiving Day. The SILENCE is incredible. An ENTIRE NATION of 325m seems to halt. This is proof that despite our disagreements, the USA is a blessed land, unlike any other.

And that is the day that the Lord hath given us to let our blessing SINK IN. TRUMP might shut down the government over A wall is a weapon and like other weapons, countermeasures are devised to breach it. LITTLE TRACE remains of the Berlin Wall today. Most of the Chinese Wall is decayed straw. A migrant sign at the border read, “Walls can be jumped over.”

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Col. Tom ANGLIM of Ambler, Pa. Since retirement, my old CO has been training business leaders. Bravo Sierra!

Rumors have arisen that outgoing Lt. Gov. Mike STACK might run for 10th District Councilman against GOP incumbent Brian O’NEILL. Rumors of O’Neill’s retirement have circulated MUCH LONGER.

High Tide for Pa. GOP? (Cont. from Page 6) offices means the Republican bench for higher state offices is inevitably leaner while the offices themselves individually exercise considerable influence over state government policy.

Equally troubling for state Republicans is their steady erosion of support in the voter-rich Philadelphia suburbs. Loss of Republican strength in the suburbs traces back to former Gov. Ed Rendell (2003-2011), a popular former Philadelphia mayor. But the carnage in the suburbs has accelerated under President Trump.

This year, the Philly suburbs, comprising a third or so of all voters statewide, gave Democrat Tom Wolf an astounding 320,000 more votes than his opponent. In the wider election, suburban voters flipped some 12 State House seats and four State Senate seats from Republican to Democrat, while adding three congressional seats to the Democratic column. These suburban votes represent a longterm abandonment of the once-solid Republican vote expected from suburban voters.

Also ominous is the Democratic Party’s successful efforts to weaken the iron grip Republicans hold over the state Legislature. Party strength changes at a glacial pace in the General Assembly where incumbency re-election rates can run over 95%. But Republicans in 2018 saw their majorities shrink substantially, including th eloss of their Senate supermajority. Democrats flipped 11 seats in the State House and four Senate seats, leaving Republicans battle-scarred.

Some observers now think Democrats have a chance to win back one or both houses in 2020.

Last but certainly not least among Republican worries is President Trump’s anemic approval rating in Pennsylvania.

Real Clear Politics reports his average national approval rate at a mere 43.8%. Approval rates matter more when the president is also on the ballot – as he is expected to be in just two years (2020). Trump still has time to raise his approval both in Pennsylvania and nationally. But if his popularity doesn’t improve heading into 2020, it will

be difficult for Republicans to bounce back.

So have we seen high water for a once-dominant party now showing some cracks in a façade of invulnerability? If demographics are destiny, Republicans are in trouble, anchored in a constituency of mostly white, less-educated, older voters – while their support is hemorrhaging among women, minorities, more educated, younger and suburban voters. Women voters are an especially acute problem for Republicans with exit polls from the recent gubernatorial election showed Democrat Tom Wolf winning a stunning 65% of the female vote while ticket mate Senator Bob Casey won 63%.

But, betting against a party that has made an art form of reinventing itself for some 160 years may be a bad idea. Certainly, Pennsylvania Democrats have regularly demonstrated their talent for rescuing defeat from the jaws of victory. Hoping for Democrats’ ineptness, however, is not going to solve the deep problems confronting the GOP. Republicans must do that themselves.

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work the way it’s supposed to, it makes sense to help both our young ladies and young men get themselves together simultaneously.

So to help make that happen, I’m going to be teaching a group of young ladies how to do podcasts so that they can tell the world what’s going on in their schools, their homes and their communities.

THE LATEST addition to rapidly expanding University City Science Center, at 3675 Market Street, opened this month. L-R for the grand opening were Tim Rowe, State Sen. Vincent Hughes, Mayor Jim Kenney, Tracy Brala, Steve Zarilli. Joe Reagan, Craig Carnonroli and Saul Behar.

Photo by Wendell Douglas

CITY HALL SAM (Cont. from Page 9) The amazing thing is the tolerance of the super-PACs, which clearly skirt all of the reforms of campaign-finance laws.

The reforms are now com-

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(Cont. from Page 9) office was abysmal. She fired, threated to fire or forced out people she did not believe were loyal to her.

Her legal demise began with two former AG prosecutors forwarding to the Montgomery County judge information that Kane was instrumental in the leak of secret grand-jury information about former NAACP Philadelphia PRESIDENT JERRY MONDESIRE. The judge then appointed the special prosecutor who investigated Kane. The lawyers who contacted the judge about grand-jury leaks, former state prosecutors FRANK FINA and MARC COSTANZO, were also implicated in the pornographic email scandal (Porngate) and played key roles in Sandusky’s prosecution.

Kane repeatedly contended that she was the vic-

pletely useless because of the super-PACs. Among the new Council members elected four years ago are DEREK GREEN and HELEN GYM, who have essentially gone along with everybody else.

Their classmate ALLAN DOMB is distinguish-

able in that he fights for sensible business and tax plans, but he is clearly in the minority.

Council hasn’t been exactly a rubber stamp for MAYOR JIM KENNEY under the leadership of COUNCIL PRESIDENT DARRELL CLARKE.

tim of a conspiracy among a group of “good old boys” in Harrisburg for her pursuit of Porngate. Superior Court obviously did not agree and held Kane’s request to use evidence of the pornographic emails was baseless.

The email scandal, however, did impact the state’s judicial community and led to the resignation of two Supreme Court justices.

Kane went after anyone who received these inappropriate emails, but had the judgment not to forward them as was the case with Costanzo. One of the most prolific senders of these emails was former Pennsylvania Supreme Court JUSTICE SEAMUS McCAFFERY. I guess some assistant AG was supposed to rat out a Supreme Court justice who was not doing anything illegal but clearly extrajudicial (if he was sending them from a private email

account).

Superior Court said the trial judge was correct to decide “the probative value of evidence of pornographic materials discovered in Fina’s and Costanzo’s OAG email accounts was speculative and inadmissible” and that evidence of the Sandusky investigation was irrelevant.

Kane had repeatedly accused former Attorney General and GOV. TOM CORBETT of delaying the prosecution of Sandusky for political reasons. A review of the case determined that Corbett and his staff were warranted in taking the time to build a solid case.

Superior Court also ruled against her claims that all Montgomery County judges should have been prevented from handling her case, that evidence against her was illegally obtained, and that she was the victim of selective and vindictive prosecution.

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(Cont. from Page 9) often the ones shooting each other in the streets of Philadelphia for reasons that are heartbreaking and hard to wrap our minds around. They’re the ones most often felled by bullets when encountering a police officer who sees them not as human, but

as something to be feared.

There’s a lot going on with them. I get it.

But there’s a lot going on with our women and girls as well. They make up the fastest-growing prison population nationally. Some of them are dealing with the trauma connected to sexual assault.

And let’s face it: If you want the community to

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Seasonal Fun Starts at the Art Museum

Jannie Feeds Flock

THE LINE stretched far down the block at Allegro Pizza, 40th & Market Streets, where Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell was giving out free turkeys before Thanksgiving. Photos by Wendell Douglas

ENJOYING the show were, L-R, Courtney & Christopher McElwee, Mayor Jim Kenney and Cayla McElwee.

Universal Gifts

UNIVERSAL CREIGHTON Charter School in Lawncrest gave out turkeys to parents, neighbors and friends in the community with a voucher or their name on a list. Photos by Leona Dixon

Clarke Brings Birds

COUNCIL President Darrell Clarke sponsored the Martin Luther King, Jr. Older Adult Center Turkey Giveaway. Joining Clarke were, State Rep. Donna Bullock, Councilman Bill Greenlee, Clarke, judicial candidate Kay Kyungsun Yu and Ward Leader Mark Green.

Photos by Leona Dixon

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THE BAND York Street Hustle performed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art before its 55-foot spruce’s lights were lit. Photos by Wendell Douglas

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WALMART staff showed off some of the hundreds of turkeys they had donated for the event.

More than Prayer

COUNCILWOMAN Jannie Blackwell, L, presents turkeys to Karen Bradley and Sandy Nixon.

IBEW Local 98 again delivered a tractor trailer load of turkeys to needy families. Local 98 had assistance from charitable and church groups which aided in distribution to the worthy. Jack O’Neill, Esq., top 3rd from L, coordinated the effort with assistance from 98 volunteers who gave up their day – including Sam Neill, supervisor, top C, and Ward Leader Brian Eddis, top 4th from R.

ASSISTANT Principal Michelle Handis made sure no one was turned away.

L-R WERE Janice Martin, climate counselor); Michelle Handis; Ezekiel Mathur, multilingual Community Liaison; and Angela Cuff, instruction coach.

THE BLACK CLERGY of Philadelphia & Vicinity presented a Health Resource Fair & Thanksgiving Turkey distribution at Zion Baptist Church. This annual event included screenings, community and information resources, flu shots, “Get in the Know” sessions, mental wellbeing and more. BCPV also distributed over 150 turkeys to Health Fair attendees throughout the community. Pictured here preparing to distribute Turkeys are, L-R, committee members Rev. Jerome Fordum and Rev. Maxcine Collier; Rev. Robert Collier, Sr., chair health fair; and Rev. Jay B. Broadnax, BCPV president. Photo by Martin Regusters, Leaping Lion Photography

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(Cont. From Page 5) Fernando Treviño-Martínez of South Philadelphia is going for it also. A political consultant who served in the Office of Immigration & Multicultural Affairs in the Nutter administration, he is a Mexican American.

City Council lacks Latino rep-

resentation right now; if Treviño-Martínez can unify the city’s disparate Hispanic communities, he may have a shot.

A more-seasoned contender is Sherrie Cohen. The daughter of fabled liberal Councilman David Cohen, she ran in 2015 and came close to winning a ballot position for the general election.

She is well known in progressive circles. This Logan resident

Court of Common Pleas Phila. County Civil Action – Law No. 180402735 Notice of Action in Mortgage Foreclosure Ditech Financial LLC, Plaintiff vs. The Unknown Heirs of Martha L. Robinson, Deceased, Mortgagor and Real Owner, Defendant(s) To: The Unknown Heirs of Martha L. Robinson, Deceased, Mortgagor and Real Owner, Defendants, whose last known address is 2959 North Hicks Street, Philadelphia, PA 19132.

This firm is a debt collector and we are attempting to collect a debt owed to our client. Any information obtained from you will be used for the purpose of collecting the debt. You are hereby notified that Plaintiff, Ditech Financial LLC, has filed a Mortgage Foreclosure Complaint endorsed with a notice to defend against you in the Court of Common Pleas of Phila. County, PA, docketed to No. 180402735, wherein Plaintiff seeks to foreclose on the mortgage secured on your property located, 2959 North Hicks Street, Philadelphia, PA 19132, whereupon your property will be sold by the Sheriff of Phila. County. Notice: You have been sued in court. If you wish to defend against the claims set forth in the following pages, you must take action within twenty (20) days after the Complaint and notice are served, by entering a written appearance personally or by attorney and filing in writing with the court your defenses or objections to the claims set forth against you. You are warned that if you fail to do so the case may proceed without you and a judgment may be entered against you by the Court without further notice for any money claimed in the Complaint for any other claim or relief requested by the Plaintiff. You may lose money or property or other rights important to you. You should take this paper to your lawyer at once. If you do not have a lawyer or cannot afford one, go to or telephone the office set forth below. This office can provide you with information about hiring a lawyer. If you cannot afford to hire a Lawyer, this office may be able to provide you with information about agencies that may offer legal services to eligible persons at a reduced fee or no fee. Community Legal Services, Inc., Law Center North Central, 1410 W. Erie Ave., Phila., PA 19140, 215.227.2400/215.981.3700. Phila. Bar Assn., Lawyer Referral & Info. Service, One Reading Center, Phila., PA 19107, 215.238.1701. Michael T. McKeever, Atty. for Plaintiff, KML Law Group, P.C., Ste. 5000, Mellon Independence Center, 701 Market St., Phila., PA 19106, 215.627.1322.

would be the first LGBT member of City Council if elected.

Rev. Lewis Nash of North Central has already opened a campaign office. Last spring he sought to fill the vacancy left by State Rep. Curtis Thomas, Jr. in the 181st Legislative District but was bested by Thomas’s chosen successor Malcolm Kenyatta.

Nash claims the backing of the newly reorganized 47th Ward.

Kendall Hayes-Fullard, a self-described “entrepreneurial engineer,” is crowdfunding for an at-large race. She has long been involved with school issues and would stress education in her campaign – a cause that certainly didn’t hurt Helen Gym when she won her at-large Council seat three years ago.

More challengers are sure to appear in coming months.

What of the incumbents? If some of them retire, that would open up more room for aspirants. Rumors have abounded that Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown (aged 66) and Councilman Bill Greenlee (aged 65) might be ready to hang it up.

But Council President Darrell Clarke seems pretty satisfied with his current team and is not actively recruiting newcomers.

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He has persuaded Greenlee to run again.

As for Reynolds Brown, she is planning a fundraiser next month. Of course, that does not bind her to run for re-election; her campaign fund could benefit a chosen successor as well.

But Reynolds Brown is a forceful voice in Council and it is hard to see why she would now wish to silence it.

Weather was always a serious consideration. Evening fog made it impossible to see the movie. “Fog” passes were given to the patrons so they could return to the movies another day. Rain would always be a real problem. Dad’s car did not have air conditioning, so in order to cool the interior of the car we had to keep the windows and even the doors open to catch the breeze. If there was no breeze, we kids sat outside on the hood of the car while Mom and Dad sat on folding beach chairs brought just for that purpose.

And to torture all the movie patrons were the hordes of mosquitoes. The fog truck went around the

drive-in before the movie started. The repellant fogs it created drove away or killed the mosquitoes, but they were soon replaced by even more.

Dad also used green mosquito coils. The green coils were some kind of bug repellent similar to what we knew as “punks.”

The coil was placed on a tin holder which also came in the box. The tin holder with the green coil in place was put on the dashboard of the car. The end of the green coil was then lit with a match and then extinguished. The smoke that resulted from the smoldering green coil was supposed to keep away the mosquitoes.

No way. It seemed like the

bugs enjoyed the smell of 15 that smoke and feasted on us anyway.

I am glad to hear drivein theaters may come back.

Those like me that miss them will rejoice – those that never experienced may have precious memories to tell their grandchildren after they visit the drive-in.

There was one sad sign the drive-in posted: CLOSED TILL SPRING. It meant those dreary nights of the coming winter seemed so much longer with the memories of a relaxing evening at the drivein that we could not go to because it was closed till spring – hurry up, spring – I want to go back to the drive-in.

BY MICHAEL A. CIBIK AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY BOARD CERTIFIED uestion: Chapter 13 b a n k r u p t c y time bomb: mortgage modification?

One of the major benefits of Chapter 13 bankruptcy is the ability to avoid second mortgages that are not secured by any value in your home.

By following standards outlined in the Bankrupt-

cy Code, you can reclassify that loan on your home into the same category as credit cards or other ordinary bills and discharge them at the end of your Chapter 13 payment plan.

This is called lien stripping. You cannot do this to a mortgage in a Chapter 7 case.

However, if there is even a penny of value in the home that would go to a second mortgage when the

property was sold, the loan cannot be valued as unsecured. That means it must be paid during the Chapter 13 case and it also survives the Chapter 13 as a lien on the property until it is paid off.

So where’s the time bomb? Let’s assume that you’ve been dealing with your lender trying to work out a modification of your first mortgage.

Well, what if your lender

were to give you a modification that reduces your principal balance?

That modification now results in a little equity in your home.

Sounds like good news, right? Nope. With the reduction in the principal balance gives your second mortgage a toe-hold onto your home. Once that happens, the Bankruptcy Code will not allow you to avoid that second mortgage

and gain the benefit of a Chapter 13 case.

If there is any doubt that you should file a Chapter 13 bankruptcy before you work out a debt reduction deal with your first mortgage, this should do it. File first, work out the modification later, before that second mortgage gets you.

Next Week’s Question: Is the trillion-dollar student-loan industry exempt from bankruptcy?

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o! Here we go again. I hear drive-in movies are making a comeback. Wow. What great memories I have of them.

We had two drive-in theaters in South Philly – the South City Drive-

location. After paying the admission, Dad drove his car to an empty space – adjusting the viewing angle of the car by driving up or down the parking “hill” so we kids in the back seat could see out the windshield.

When it got dark enough, the show started with previews of coming attractions, a cartoon, a short subject and then a double feature. I remember that the 61st Street Drive-in had a midnight monster fest on or near Halloween – six “B” horror movies. It lasted well into the wee hours of the morning and was great fun for horror-movie buffs; the frugal shopper got a lot for his admission.

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in – which was the site of the Vet Stadium – and the 61st Street Drive-in on 61st Street, of course.

On movie nights, usually on Friday or Saturday, Mom and Dad got us kids into our pajamas because it was almost a guarantee that we would fall asleep before returning home from the movies. Snacks like chips, popcorn and pretzels, etc. were brought to the movies. Sometimes Mom even brought pepperand-egg sandwiches. All of them were washed down with generous amounts of Frank’s soda in quart bottles.

The movie started at sundown but we always got there early to get a good

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