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Vol. I No. 75 Keeping You Posted With The Politics Of Philadelphia October 8, 2010

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13th CongressionalRace Looks TightA

poll conducted by Neil

Newhouse, Public Opinion

Strategies, shows the 13th

Congressional Dist. seat may not be

as safe as was thought earlier.

In a summary memo, Neil New-

house said, “Forget the Democrat

registration edge here enjoyed by

Congresswoman Allyson

Schwartz (D-Phila.-Mont-

gomery). Voters in this district

are leaning toward the GOP can-

didate in the November election

by a 44%-42% margin, with even

27% of Democrats supporting a

‘checks-and-balances’ Republi-

can. Voters here are clearly look-

ing for a change.”

Dee Adcock, the Republican candi-

date is benefiting from this effect.

Schwartz’s reelection support is at

41%, while 37% say it is time to give

a new person a chance.

The survey of likely voters, con-

ducted by Public Opinion Strategies,

in Pennsylvania’s 13th Congressional

District on behalf of the Dee Adcock

campaign. The survey was conducted

Aug. 31-Sep.1 among 300 likely vot-

ers and has a margin of error of

±5.66% in 95 out of 100 cases.

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Aman’s home is his castle. He

has the right to defend him-

self and his family within

his home from intruders who intend to

do harm, including, in some cases, the

use of deadly force.

But a new law passed by the State

House would vastly expand that right

into the streets, allowing shooters to

claim as a defense they felt threatened

by people they shoot. Many of the

city’s State Representatives voted

against HB 40, which broadens the

definition of the Castle Doctrine. It is

now on its way to the Senate.

This has State Rep. Angel Cruz (D-

Kensington) worried, which is why he

was among those voting no. He be-

lieves HB 40, introduced by State

Rep. Scott Perry (R-York), would lead

to more gun violence.

Current law gives citizens the right to

protect themselves in their own home

under the Castle Doctrine. HB 40

would expand that right to include ve-

hicles and any other place the individ-

ual has the right to be.

Cruz said that description is too vague

and could lead to escalated gun vio-

lence throughout Philadelphia and the

state.

“What Pennsylvania needs is better

enforcement of laws regarding the use

and sale of guns,” Cruz said. “This

dangerous legislation essentially

amounts to a ‘shoot first, ask later’

policy with regard to gun rights.”

Cruz noted the Pennsylvania District

Attorneys Association opposes the

bill.

Several amendments were filed to im-

prove the legislation, but House Re-

publicans used a parliamentary

procedure that allowed HB 40 to be

considered without amendments, and

without debate.

The amendments would have required

a missing firearm to be reported to po-

lice within three days; limited the pur-

chase of handguns to one per month;

required Pennsylvania residents to

have a state license to carry a firearm;

allowed Philadelphia to create an ordi-

nance on assault weapons; and banned

assault weapons.

Another amendment would have

closed a loophole in state law that al-

lows people to carry guns with an out-

of-state permit, even after being

denied a gun permit in Pennsylvania.

“Despite efforts by me and my fellow

colleagues from Philadelphia, this

reckless legislation passed the House

by a vote of 159 to 38,” Cruz

lamented.

Rage Spreads In House Over ‘Castle Bill’

Morning Call/Muhlenberg

College poll shows Tom

Corbett leading Dan

Onorato by 11 percentage points,

47% to 36%. Republican US Senate

candidate Pat Toomey holds a 7-

point lead over Joe Sestak, 45 to

38%.

Police unions around the state have

come to a consensus supporting Tom

Corbett. US Sen. Arlen Specter has

joined the Sestak campaign, appear-

ing at one or more fundraisers.

Voters of Democrat Congressman

Joe Sestak’s District in Delaware and

Montgomery Cos. prefer Sestak by a

three-point margin over Republican

Pat Toomey in the Keystone State’s

Senate race. Forty-nine percent of

voters in the state’s 7th Congres-

sional Dist. said they plan to support

Sestak for Senate, compared to 46%

who plan to vote for Toomey. Fix

percent were undecided or planned

to vote for another candidate.

Sestak’s lead in his own home base

is well within the margin of error of

the Monmouth University Poll of the

district released Thursday. The poll

suggests that Sestak, the two-term

congressman who beat Sen. Arlen

Specter (D) to snag the party’s Sen-

ate nomination this cycle, is begin-

ning to fall behind in his race against

Toomey – even in his own home

base.

Fighting to replace Sestak as Con-

gressman in that same District, State

Rep. Bryan Lentz is seeking to hang

an albatross around his opponent Pat

Meehan’s neck – in the form of State

Sen. Vincent Fumo (D-S. Phila.).

Fumo was convicted of corruption

and is serving time in Federal prison;

Meehan is a former US Attorney

whose office prosecuted Fumo.

“According to campaign finance

records, Pat Meehan’s campaign has

received funding from a range of

donors who also made substantial

donations to Vince Fumo, one of the

prosecutions that Meehan has touted

repeatedly along the campaign trail.

Meehan has received more than

$114,000 from Fumo’s benefactors,

records show,” Lentz has charged.

“Apparently these friends of Vince

Fumo see something that they like in

Pat Meehan, but we’re still scratch-

ing our heads over here about what

exactly that might be,” said Kevin

McTigue, Bryan Lentz’s campaign

manager.

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In Other Election Action….

Mayor Michael A. Nutter

announced his appoint-

ment of 19 new mem-

bers to the Mayor’s Airport

Advisory Board yesterday. John

Saler, chairman of the Government

& Public Affairs Group of

Stradley, Ronon, Stevens &Young,

LLP, has been appointed the new

Chair of the Airport Advisory

Board. Pamela Harper, Esq., COO

& chief compliance officer of

StoneRidge Investment Partners,

has been selected as vice chair.

The Philadelphia International Air-

port is the single biggest economic

engine of the Philadelphia region,

contributing $14 billion annually to

the local economy, creating more

than 141,000 jobs within the region

through both direct and indirect

employment, and generating

$404.4 million in annual tax rev-

enues for the region. The Board

will assist Airport CEO Mark Gale

as he works to growing the airport

as a global destination.

“The Philadelphia International

Airport has the potential to have a

transformative effect on our re-

gional economy and make

Philadelphia a world-class city. In

order for that to happen though, we

must work hard as a City, as a re-

gion, and as citizens,” said the

Mayor Nutter. “I want to thank all

18 members of the new Board for

stepping up to help make that pos-

sible.”

Also appointed to the Board are

Steve Aichele, partner, Saul Ewing;

Romona Riscoe Benson, president,

African American Museum in

Philadelphia; Peter Dachowski,

president & CEO, Certain Teed;

Kevin Dow, COO, City Commerce

Dept.; Jack Ferguson, executive

VP and Incoming president,

Philadelphia Convention & Visi-

tors Bureau; Meryl Levitz, presi-

dent & CEO, Greater Philadelphia

Tourism Marketing Corp.; Ed

Mooney, VP, Communications

Workers of America, District 13;

Anthony Moore, principal & CEO,

Paradigm Group Consultants; Tom

Morr, president & CEO, Select

Greater Philadelphia; Bret Perkins,

senior director, public policy, Com-

cast; Andy Reilly, Esq., partner,

Swartz Campbell, LLC; Mickey

Rowley, deputy secretary for

tourism, Pennsylvania Dept. of

Community & Economic Develop-

ment; Mark Segal, publisher,

Philadelphia Gay News; Bernard

Smalley, Esq., partner, Anapol

Schwartz; David Woods, chief of

staff, State Sen. Dominic Pileggi;

Harold Yoh, president & CEO, Day

& Zimmerman; and Ahmeenah

Young, president & CEO, Pennsyl-

vania Convention Center Author-

ity.

Board members are not compen-

sated for their service and serve at

the pleasure of the Mayor.


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Doc Blazing Mad Over Brownouts;

Firefighters Sue For ParamedicsELECTRICIANS leader John

Dougherty, who lives 1/2 block away,

was livid with rage yesterday as two-

alarm fire tore through building at 4th

& McKean Streets in Pennsport. His

nearby fire station, he said, mercifully

was open that day – but is on brownout

schedule. Bitterly he charged, “The

only fire station not being browned out

is the one near Mayor Nutter’s home.”

Yesterday, Philadelphia’s City

Council voted unanimously to sup-

port Fire Service Paramedics and

Local 22 of the IAFF.

In 2009, Mayor Michael Nutter

challenged the status of FSPs as

firefighters before the Pennsylva-

nia Labor Relations Board. The

Administration’s goal is to sever

these workers from Local 22 and

renegotiate their compensation and

work rules. The FSPs have ap-

pealed this move.

In its resolution, Council “strenu-

ously and respectfully urges the

Mayor to direct all Administration

officials to cease and desist in any

and all efforts to convert FSPs into

non-represented employees, and to

instead maintain for FSPs the work-

ing conditions and benefits to which

they were entitled prior to the is-

suance of the PLRB’s Order, pend-

ing the resolution of this matter on

appeal.” Council further resolved to

back the FSPs in any legal action.

This morning, Local 22 filed a law-

suit against the City for interfering

with the terms of employment of

Fire Service Paramedics while a

lawful union election is being con-

ducted.

MIKE KANE of Inter-

national Association of

Fire Fighters Local 22

brandishes list of

browned-out fire sta-

tions, which union

claims is indefensible

threat to safety of

Philadelphians. Fire de-

stroyed still-smoldering

condo behind him, hos-

pitalizing one person.


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COUNCIL MEMBERS Curtis Jones and Maria Quiñones Sánchez hosted

conference at Convention Center yesterday aimed at showing minority

businesses how to penetrate Philadelphia’s burgeoning industries of higher

education and medicine. Jones is joined by colleague Blondell Reynolds

Brown

Minorities InvitedTo ‘Eds & Meds’Business Table


Verna Gets What FDR Pk. Needs CITY COUNCIL President Anna C. Verna helps

Parks & Recreation Commissioner Michael DiBer-

ardinis with a ribbon-cutting ceremony to offi-

cially open new restroom facilities in FDR

Park. Members of community and city officials

joined presentation. President Verna’s Council-

manic District budget funded construction of

much-needed bathrooms.


During these troubled eco-

nomic times, many Amer-

icans are facing financial

uncertainty, a loss of assets and di-

minished quality of life. While

some have prepared to weather this

financial storm, others have press-

ing questions and could use advice

from a professional financial plan-

ner.

The City of Philadelphia, US Con-

ference of Mayors, Certified Fi-

nancial Planner Board of

Standards, Financial Planning As-

sociation and Foundation for Fi-

nancial Planning have partnered to

host Philadelphia Financial Plan-

ning Day on Saturday, Oct. 23

from 9:00 a.m.to 2:00 p.m. at Ben

Franklin HS, located at 550 N.

Broad Street. Professional finan-

cial planners will provide Philadel-

phians with free financial advice

and education at no cost and with

no strings attached. One-on-one

counseling and workshops will ed-

ucate registered attendees about

retirement planning, investment

strategies, estate planning, tax is-

sues, insurance, employee benefits

and more.

Philadelphia Financial Planning

Day is part of the National Finan-

cial Planning Days initiative, a

partnership between 20 US cities

and financial planners across the

country to provide free financial

education to Americans. To register

or learn more about Philadelphia

Financial Planning Day, log onto

www.FinancialPlanningDays.org/P

hiladelphia or call 1 (877) 861-

7826.

FinancialPlanning

Will Be Free On Oct. 23


Pennsylvania Ballet an-

nounces the election of

Janis Lynn Goodman, PhD

to Chair of the Board of Trustees.

Also, five new members have been

elected to the Board: Deborah Gill

Hilzinger, Emily Kuhn, Karen A.

Smith, Esq., Jon Weinstein, and

Tracy Wenzinger.

Goodman serves on the Advisory

Board of The Field Center for Chil-

dren’s Policy, Practice & Research

and the Board of Directors of the

Alliance Française.

Hilzinger serves on the Executive

Committee of the Board of

Trustees of the Baldwin School and

was recently appointed to the

Alumnae Board of the Graduate

School of Arts and Sciences of Co-

lumbia University. Kuhn is a Sus-

taining Member of the Junior

League of Philadelphia and serves

on the fundraiser committees for

Congregation Rodeph Shalom.

Smith is a partner at Vinson &

Elkins LLP. Her practice concen-

trates on acquisition, project, and

structured finance transactions.

Weinstein is a partner at Pay Gov-

ernance LLC, an independent con-

sulting firm focused on delivering

advisory services to compensation

committees. Wenzinger volunteers

as a tutor for West Philadelphia Al-

liance for Children and is an active

member of Impact 100 Philadel-

phia, a women’s non-profit organi-

zation.

Founded in 1963 by Balanchine

student and protégée Barbara Weis-

berger, Pennsylvania Ballet is one

of the nation’s leading ballet com-

panies. Headquartered in Philadel-

phia, the Company’s annual local

season features six programs of

classic favorites and new works,

including the Philadelphia holiday

tradition, George Balanchine’s The

Nutcracker™.

Pennsylvania BalletAnnounces New Chair, BoardMembers


Oct. 7-

Councilman Curtis Thomas

hosts Eds and Meds: Secrets to

Success, a Business Roundtable

at Penna. Convention Ctr., Rm.

303. Preregistration 2:30-3 p.m.,

program 3-4:30 p.m. Registra-

tion deadline Oct. 1. Call (215)

686-3416.

Oct. 7-

Fundraiser for State Rep candi-

date Brendan Boyle at American

Pub, Concourse, 1500 Market

St., 6-8 p.m. Tickets $50, stu-

dents $25.

Oct. 8-

NAACP will hold 2010 Free-

dom Gala on Friday, at A.M.E.

District Plaza, 3801 Market

Street. Theme Fashionable For-

ties. Show and Entertainment

by Kathy Sledge of Sister

Sledge.ecdption 6 p.m. Dinner 7

p.m. For info call 215 848-

SUN4.

Oct. 8-

Golf Outing for State Rep. John

P. Sabatina at Island Green C.C.,

1 Red Lion Rd. Cost $125 per

player. Includes golf, lunch, din-

ner and party after event. Regis-

tration noon. For info Steve

Campanile (215) 460-4697 or

(215) 742-8600.

Oct. 10-

Columbus Day Parade and Ital-

ian Festival along Broad Street

from Morris St. to Marconi

Plaza, starting 12:30 p.m. Festi-

val at Marconi Plaza runs to 6

Casey to Discuss Bullying

With City School KidsUS Sen. Bob Casey visited Joseph

Pennell Academics Plus School in

Philadelphia this morning to dis-

cuss the bullying and harassment

epidemic facing our schools. Sen-

ator Casey discussed his bill, the

Safe Schools Improvement Act,

which aims to help prevent bully-

ing in schools. Joining him were

representatives from the Philadel-

phia School District.

Bringing Farmers To The City

PROUD to bring locally grown fresh, healthy food to inner city is

State Sen. Shirley Kitchen (D-N. Phila.), who sits on Senate Agricul-

ture Committee. This Farmers’ Market, managed by The Food

Trust, takes place Thursdays through fall on Temple campus at 13th

& Cecil B. Moore Avenue. Senator here joins table of SHARE Food

Program, staffed by Jonathan Na and Bill Schick.


Raise one up for Kensington,

Frankford and Bridesburg –

three industrial “River

Wards” where breweries large and

small quenched the thirst of thousands

of workers and shipped beer through-

out the world! Brewing was yet an-

other industry in these Northeast

neighborhoods that practically gave

them the distinction of being “Work-

shops of the World.” Schmidt’s and

Gretz were two of the last of the city’s

breweries to close, while the brew-

eries of John Fritsch and John Grauch

in Frankford never made it past prohi-

bition. And while the Erdrich brewery

started in Bridesburg, it later moved

into a large modern facility in Frank-

ford. The good news is that brewing

has returned to Kensington in the form

of Philadelphia Brewing Co., a proud

supporter of the community.

Rich Wagner, who will speak at His-

torical Society of Frankford, 1507 Or-

thodox Street, at 7:30 p.m. next

Tuesday, Oct. 12. He has been re-

searching the history of the brewing

industry in Pennsylvania since 1980

and began home-brewing in 1983.He

has interviewed people with long ca-

reers in the brewing industry and col-

lected an impressive amount of

information and photographic docu-

mentation of Pennsylvania’s rich

brewing heritage. In 1990, he inter-

preted the brewing process at Penns-

bury Manor using reproductions of

colonial brewing equipment. Three

years later, he created his own equip-

ment and has demonstrated colonial

brewing from coast to coast. He

earned a Diploma in Brewing Tech-

nology from Chicago’s Siebel Institute

and spent seven years working in

Philadelphia’s craft breweries. Stu-

dents, researchers, historians, genealo-

gists, and all others invited.

The monthly program meetings are

held at the Historical Society of

Frankford’s 1930 building, housing its

Library and Museum. Light refresh-

ments are served so participants and

presenters can refresh and exchange

ideas. Members free; others $5.

Brewing History Talk, By A Master, Comes To Frankford

No Walls Between WomenSandy Sheller, family therapist, and

Renee Amoore, of The Amoore Group,

held initial breakfast meeting of

Breaking Down the Walls Forum at

the Four Seasons with a diverse group

of women from different socio-eco-

nomic, ethnic and cultural back-

grounds to meet and communicate

with each other. Each woman spoke

about her life and family. Three more

quarterly meetings are planned in

order to forge relationships and create

understanding. Photo by Bonnie

Squires

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