Got Jobs? 2ND DIST. City Councilman Kenyatta Johnson welcomes an estimated crowd of over 3,000 job-seekers who lined up at job fair he sponsored. There they met with potential employers at Phila. Navy Yard. Photo by Rory McGlasson Vol. VI No. 18 (Issue 291) The Only Union Newspaper Reporting South/Southwest Philly The Way It Deserves May 2, 2013 PhillyRecord.com PhiladelphiaPublicRecord @phillyrecord Jim Stevenson 9371 ROOSEVELT BLVD. PHILADELPHIA, PA 19114 215-698-7000 [email protected]www.disabledatwork.com Do you want your claim settled for Maximum Value? Are you being bullied by your employer and need the real facts about your rights? If you have been injured on the job site, work site, waterfront doing loading or repairing work. You need our free advice....We fight for your right to ben- efits and we never ask you to pay a fee.... We have successfully helped get money for thousands of injured workers over the last 30 years. ALSO OFFICES IN PHILADELPHIA, MEDIA, LANCASTER INJURED AT WORK!
Transcript
Got Jobs?
2ND DIST. City Councilman Kenyatta Johnson welcomes anestimated crowd of over 3,000 job-seekers who lined up at jobfair he sponsored. There they met with potential employers atPhila. Navy Yard. Photo by Rory McGlasson
Vol. VI No. 18 (Issue 291) The Only Union Newspaper Reporting South/Southwest Philly The Way It Deserves May 2, 2013
www.disabledatwork.comDo you want your claim settled
for Maximum Value?
Are you being bullied by
your employer and need
the real facts about your rights?
If you have been injured on the job site, work site, waterfront doing loadingor repairing work. You need our free advice....We fight for your right to ben-efits and we never ask you to pay a fee.... We have successfully helped getmoney for thousands of injured workers overthe last 30 years.
ALSO OFFICES IN
PHILADELPHIA,
MEDIA, LANCASTER
INJURED AT WORK!
Gold bugs. Gold fever.Gold is in the news a lot lately.Hitting highs of $1,800 to lowsof $1,375, correct reaction tothis element will attract in-vestors.
One of the few in the citythat is fully licensed to buy andsell precious metals, DannyOlivieri explains the differencein gold dealers. “There is atype of license that allows theowner to buy only. If you goto a limited licensed buyer,you’ll get scrap gold value,even if it’s a piece of jewelry.But, by having a buy-and-selllicense, I can offer a highervalue for your antique, vin-tage, heirloom or market valuepiece. Also, in Philadelphia,
selling to a licensed dealer,any merchandise reportedstolen, is returned.
Gold is low now,” reportsOlivieri. “Now is the time tobuy for personal use or invest-ment. It’s a hedge against in-flation and unlike stockcertificates, you can take yourprecious metal home with you.In the last few years, goldwent from $600 to $1,800.That’s like tripling yourmoney. You couldn’t do thatin a bank in a lifetime. And thething is, you can invest $20 or$20,000. You can makemoney no matter how high orlow, you can make money.”
Olivieri posts the price ofgold everyday in his store.
You can call him and get theprice, with a little knowledgethrown in. The US Mint’s one-ounce bullion coin is an invest-ment, but personal jewelry canalso be worn. “We have averypopular piece of jewelrycalled an anklet, it’s a goldbracelet for your foot. Wehave them for $49 and manyothers for less than $100. Chil-dren’s jewelry starts at $39.Our family has built up manyEuropean contacts for the bestvalue in gold to sell.”
The key to buying or sellinggold is to deal with honest andreputable merchants. After 56years in the business,Olivieri’s Jewelers is top-notch.
EDITORIAL STAFF Editor & Publisher: James Tayoun Sr. Managing Editor: Anthony West Associate Editor: Rory G. McGlasson Social Media Director: Rory G. McGlasson Editorial Staff: Joe Sbaraglia Out & About Editor: Denise Clay Contributing Editor: Bonnie Squires Columnist: Hon. Charles Hammock CitiLife Editor: Ruth R. Russell Dan Sickman: Veteran Affairs Creative Director & Editorial Cartoonist: Ron Taylor Photographers: Harry Leech Kate Clarke Leona Dixon Production Manager: William J. Hanna Bookkeeping: Haifa Hanna Webmaster: Sana Muaddi-Dows Advert. Director: John David Controller: John David Account Exec: Bill Myers Circulation: Steve Marsico Yousef Maaddi
South Philadelphia Business AssociationOldest Business Association in South Philadelphia – Chartered in 1897
To join as a member of the SPBA, please call: (215)-336-1108P. O. Box 31425• Philadelphia, PA 19147(215)-336-1108 (215)-336-1149 (fax)
John Savarese Louis Galdo Dr. Jim MoylanMark Rago Vince Giusini Bill Ciampitti
Johnsons To Host Doggie Ball fundraiser;Mothers Day Gala
STUDENTS from George W. Sharswood ES, 2nd & Ritner, march along S. Broad Street toCenter City in protest of Phila. School District school closures. Students attended SchoolDistrict budget hearings at City Hall on Tuesday.
Olivieri Encourages Investors To Buy Gold
Lena Olivieri and son, Danny Olivieri of Olivieri’s Jewelers,are fully licensed to buy and sell gold Photo by Maria Merlino
On TheMarch
Councilman Kenyatta John-son and wife Dawn Chavous,announced they will host a pet-friendly fundraiser.
The Johnson will host the"Doggie Ball" Saturday, May18 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., atFriends of Schuylkill RiverTrail Dog Park, 25th &Spruce Streets. Dog ownersand pet lovers are invited tothis fun-filled event that willfeature a silent auction,games, activities, agilitycourses, treats, gifts andprizes. Resource informationfor dog owners also will beprovided. There is a minimum
donation of $20 to PAWS. Toconfirm your dog’s atten-dance, call Michele DiPietroat (215) 686-3412 by May 15.
Johnson will also host hisannual Mother’s Day SeniorBall on Saturday, May 11from 2 to 6 p.m. at St.Charles Senior CommunityCenter, 1941 S. ChristianStreet. Mothers will be hon-ored for the special role theyplay during this afternoonfilled with free food, musicand live entertainment. To re-serve a seat, call Tiphanie at(215) 686-3412 RSVP byMay 6.
Page 3 The Public Record • May 2, 2013www.phillyrecord.com
• 215-755-2000
by Rory McGlassonA Philadelphia school-
teacher walked 66 miles lastweekend to raise money forcancer.
Harry Palumbo, 45, a for-mer Southern HS graduate,walked from Fox Chase Can-cer Center in NortheastPhiladelphia to the Trump TajMahal in Atlantic City in twodays to raise money for theAmerican Cancer Society.
“I felt like I wasn’t goingto make it,” Palumbo said,who was also walking to honorhis South Philadelphia parentswho died of cancer.
His parents were with himevery step of the way,Palumbo said. He walked last
30 miles with a swollen ankleafter twisting his foot.
“I was in pain,” Palumbosaid.
“There was no way I wasgoing to give up, though.
“My parents helped mereach my finish line.”
Palumbo said he has raisedover $1,200 thus far, andhopes more donations will bemade after his race.
For those looking to do-nate, donations can sent toFighting for Cancer Step ByStep, PO Box 24666, Philadel-phia, PA 19111-24666. Youcan visit his Website atwww.66milein2days.webs.com or at the Fighting for CancerStep By Step Facebook page.
www.
philly
reco
rd.co
m •
215-
755-
2000
The S
outh
Phi
ladelp
hia P
ublic
Rec
ord
• May
2, 20
13Pa
ge 4
It’s histime...He deserves your support!
Endorsed by:
• I.L.A. 1291
• Engineers 542
• Ironworkers 401
• Teamsters 115
• Teamsters 830
• F.O.P. Lodge 5
• Fire Fighters 22
Pull Lever
114
Marnie Aument-LoughreyDemocrat Candidate For Traffic Court
• Lifelong Philadelphia Resident• Mother of 2 Jerremy and
Brieanna• Graduate Little Flower High
School 1983• President Sheridan Head Start• Vice-President Ascension
Grade School• Presidnet North Catholic
Parent Crew Association• Vice-President Franklin Towne
Charter H.S.• Member 25th District PDAC• Member Kensington
BRIAN SEVER and DawnParks enjoy hot baked riga-toni from Chiarella’s,served by chef Tommy“Bones” DeFino. “Totallyauthentic,” they said. Photos by Maria Merlino
ENJOYING FESTIVAL offood on E. Passyunk Avenueare Lazer family: Rich, Lind-sey and sleepy baby John,who got there early to beatthe sell-out crowd.
HARRY Palumbo reaches thefinish line in Atlantic City lastSaturday afternoon. Palumbowalked 66 miles from Fox ChaseCancer Center in N.E. Phila. tothe Trump Taj Mahal in AtlanticCity, to raise money for theAmerican Cancer Society, andhonor his late South Philadelphiaparents.
FROM 2010Bachelorette tele-vision show,bachelor attorneyCraig Robinsonand fromTANGO TV, re-porter Gina Gan-non. It was firsttime Craig at-tended Food Fes-tival and Ginasaid E. PassyunkAvenue is hernew favoriteplace.
FORMER 1st Dist. Councilman Frank DiCi-cco with friend Jerry Costello. Jerry camedown from Margate to see his good friend andenjoy foods of the Avenue. Retired Frank isnow consulting for PSG, Philadelphia Strate-gies Group, LLC. “Whoever has a check thatdoesn’t bounce, I’ll work for!” he quipped.
by Joe ShaheeliUnder the name of every
candidate seeking a statewideelected post is the name of thecounty from which he or shecomes.
Almost from the beginningof political time in Pennsylva-nia, “Philadelphia County”has been a jinx label. Some ofour Supreme and SuperiorCourt candidates beat the jinx,but these winners are few andfar between. Philadelphiansstriving to become the state’sGovernor, Treasurer, AuditorGeneral, or Attorney Generaltypically fall victims to thatjinx.
Breaking it, we trust forgood, was Gov. Ed Rendelland he did it for the full twoterms in which he served.
Now the question beingasked around town these daysis, “Will State Sen. MikeStack (D-Northeast) win theGovernor’s race?” The infer-ence is he will easily take theprimary for Governor if he
enters that race. The reason ishe would have the backing ofthe powerful chair of theDemocratic City Committee,Congressman Bob Brady, whomade known, as the onlyPhiladelphian in the race,Stack would have the supportof the city’s ward leaders,committee people, and hope-fully its voters.
What preoccupies Stackright now is a search for theanswers he needs to these
questions:1) He knows the other de-
clared candidates will do wellin their back yards. Can theDemocratic City Committeereassure him it can turn outthe amount of votes needed topar him with the others, so histotals in other counties canhelp put him over the top?
2) Can he raise enoughmoney to get a stronger pro-file on television with statevoters, knowing millionaireTom Wolf has pledged $10million of his own money forthe campaign and Congress-woman Allyson Schwartz, isbringing over $3 million inher campaign chest?
3) Will Katy McGinty, whohas the Eleanor Dezzi teamhandling her campaign here,and State Sen. Daylin Leach(D-Montgomery), the darlingof this city’s liberal voters, beable to take away a sizeablenumber of Philly voters?
If he announces, be surehe’s gotten the right answers.
As of now, the latest Quin-nipiac shows a trio of Democ-rats leading the Governor,whose job-approval rating andother numbers are upsidedown. Corbett’s bad numbersare driven by strong disap-proval from women. StateTreasurer Rob McCord isahead 44% to 35%, Congress-
woman Schwartz leads 47%to 34%, and former Congress-man Joe Sestak has the widestmargin, winning 48% to 34%.
Rendell PraisesButkovitz
As His Primary ChoiceThe one Pennsylvania
Governor who can still getvoters to wave happily to him
is this state’s version of Pres-ident Clinton: Ed Rendell. Hisendorsement goes well withmany Philadelphia voters. Socarrying Rendell’s nod intothe primary Democrat cam-paign for City Controller is in-cumbent Alan Butkovitz. Addto that the endorsement by
(Cont. Page 9)
Page 5 The Public Record • May 2, 2013www.phillyrecord.com
• 215-755-2000
On May 21st VOTE FORTracy RomanTracy RomanCandidate For Common Pleas Court
Life Long Philadelphia Democrat
Dedicated To Bringing Fairnessbefore the Bar of Justice
Caring, Courage, Competence, and Commitment
Endorsed by • Sheet Metal Workers Local #19• Philadelphia Ironworkers Local #401
Paid for by Citizens for Tracy Roman.
Pull Lever
104
Will Stack Do What Rendell Did?
Sen. Michael Stack...yes or no?
www.
philly
reco
rd.co
m •
215-
755-
2000
The P
ublic
Rec
ord
• May
2, 20
13Pa
ge 6
by State Rep. Ronald G. Waters
Democratic Caucus Secretary
Post-Traumatic Stress Dis-order is most readily associatedwith the various symptoms suf-fered by war veterans whenthey return from combat. Pro-longed exposures to “hostile”environments, coupled withexper iencing, witnessing andperpetrating violent acts, areoften the causes of the traumasthat lead to PTSD — but whatif our soldiers aren’t the onlyones at risk?
Every day in Pennsylvania,there are children who wakeup to living conditions that areless than desirable. Perhapsthey live in a house where do-mestic turmoil is prevalent, ormaybe their exposures to crim-inal and violent acts occur out-side of the home; but the fact
remains, if any of the afore-mentioned conditions are true,for any child, there is a veryreal possibility of the child,much like the soldier, develop-ing various symptoms as a re-sult of the trauma — PTSD.
The physical and mentalwell-being of Pennsylvania’syouth are important issueswithin themselves, but I be-lieve the physical and mentalhealth of our youth, or lackthereof, should be of concernto the citizens of the Common-wealth for a secondary reasonas well — childhood traumacan lead to youth violence,which is a gateway into a vio-lent, criminal adulthood.
Many urban cities aroundthe globe can be characterizedas war zones — a fitting titlefor a city like Philadelphia thatsees hundreds of homicidesannually — and there is much
continuity between urban warzones and actual, declared warzones. One striking similarityis the fact children who arewitnesses or victims of violentcrimes, and who do not re-ceive positive intervention, aremore likely to commit minorand major crimes in theiryouth, as well as when theyreach adulthood.
While the exact correlationis unknown, many believetrauma, when it is not dealtwith properly, can lead to bot-tled up aggression that cancause a young person to be-have in an uncontrolled man-ner when tension boils over.
For this reason, the Pennsyl-vania House of Representativesrecently adopted a resolution Iintroduced, HR 191, which de-clares youth violence as a pub-lic-health epidemic and calls forthe establishment of statewidetrauma-informed education tohelp treat our Pennsylvaniachildren who suffer from PTSDor other, related disorders.
HR 191 was adopted by theHouse by a 187-9 margin and
(Cont. Page 23)
Page 7 The Public Record • May 2, 2013www.phillyrecord.com
• 215-755-2000
May 2- Fundraiser for AnnaMarie Coyle for judge at PFCU,1600 St., 5:30-7:30 p.m.May 2- Judge Kenneth J. Pow-ell Jr. Fundraiser at ArcherGreiner PC, 1 Liberty Pl., 32ndfl., 5:30-7:30 p.m. For infoJudy Camiel (610) 668-1730.May 2- Angel Cruz’ 7th Wardand 51st State PAC host Can-didates and Friends Night atIsla Verde, 2725 N. AmericanSt., 6 p.m. For info CarolEvangelista (215) 360-1524.May 3- Contest & Open Housesponsored by Carpenters JointApprenticeship Committee atits Training Facilities, 10401Decatur Rd., 8 a.m.-5 p.m.Family fun. For info CharlesT. Brock (215) 824-2300.May 3- LGBT Bar Crawl forjudicial candidate GiovanniCampbell, starts at Woody’s,202 S.13th St., 5-7 p.m.May 3- Fundraiser for judicialcandidate Inja Coates at Fergie’s
Pub, 1214 Sansom St., 5:30-7p.m. Free food (vegan, vegetar-ian and meat) and a cash bar.Donations $10-$100, cash under$100 or checks in any amount toFriends of Inja Coates.May 3- AOH 25 hosts “DayOf The Rope” dinner at Iron-workers’ Ha., 11600 NorcomRd., 7-11 p.m. Honorees in-clude Bill Taylor, LaborLeader Of The Year; JosephCleary, Lifetime AchievementAward; and Joe Mullin, Hi-bernian Of The Year. Openbar, buffet dinner. Tickets $50.May 4- Beech Interplex andCecil B. Moore Phila. FreedomFighters host March AgainstViolence, starting at Phila.NAACP, 1619 Cecil B. MooreAve., 9 a.m., marching to Gi-rard Coll. There marchers willparticipate in Girard Coll. CaresDay. For march info [email protected]; forGirard Coll. day info [email protected] or(215) 787-4423.May 4- Democratic 6th Wardholds Candidates Mtg. at St.Ignatius Nursing Ho., 4400Haverford Ave., 10 a.m. For
info Phyllis Boggs (215) 877-6096.May 4- State Rep. CherelleParker hosts “Your Right toKnow Legal Workshop” atFinley Rec Ctr., 7701 Mans-field Ave., 10 a.m.-3 p.m.For info (215) 242-7300.May 4- Fundraiser for SierraThomas-Street at Pleasures onthe Ridge, 2154 Ridge Ave., 4-7 p.m. Donations $20. For infoTim Cooper (215) 850-0251.May 5- Friends of MarianTasco host Jazz Brunch at TheView, 800 N. Broad St., 1- 4p.m. Live music, bottomlessMimosas and Bloody Marys.Tickets $65. For info (215)437-3294.May 5- Judge Kenneth J. Pow-ell Jr. Fundraiser at home ofBrian & Sandy Powell, 8440Ardleigh Street (one block eastof Germantown Avenue), 3-7p.m. Light appetizers, bever-ages, beer and drinks. Raindate May 19. For info JudyCamiel (610) 668-1730.May 5- Donna DeRose ForTraffic Court Fundraiser atPolish American Citizens
(Cont. Page 24)
Our Opinion...True or False?
Gov. Tom Corbett continues to step on his owntoes. He may not be building a voter base for him-self with his comments about Pennsylvania em-ployers being unable to find employees who canpass a drug test.
There will be people who see his statement asbeing truly reflective of our culture and the grow-ing epidemic of casual and hardcore users of bothlicit and illicit drugs. Then there are others whosee him lying his way out of the predicaments thathave seen the Commonwealth plummet as a job-creator under his administration.
State Sen. Tina Tartaglione is among those, andhas blasted him in a report which appears on page12 in this edition.
Corbett continues to look like a lame duck,which is why there is a growing interest in the gu-bernatorial primary – much more so than the cur-rent one, which has already been decided for themost part, including some of the judicial races, astypified by today’s offering from our famous car-toonist RT (aka Ron Taylor).
Another OpinionYouth Violence – It’sA Public-Health Problem
www.
philly
reco
rd.co
m •
215-
755-
2000
The P
ublic
Rec
ord
• May
2, 20
13Pa
ge 8
Pull Lever
128
Experience•Integrity•CommitmentEndorsed by
Democratic City CommitteeRecommended by
Philadelphia Bar Association
Paid for by Martin Coleman for Municipal court Judge
1st In Our Hearts
1st On BallotExperienced
Recommended by Philadelphia Bar AssociationEndorsed by FOP Lodge 5 and IAFF Local 22
12 Years As Fierce Family Advocate17 Years As Skilled Prosecutor
for Court JUDGE
Common Pleas
Pull Lever
103
Mabel Windham Honored For Years Of Service
REMEMBERED for her many years of service to 17th Ward and city Democrats was Mabel Windham,in green suit in photo at left. Look close and you’ll see host 17th Ward Leader Raynard W. Hughesand, bringing citations with them, State Sen. LeAnna Washington, State Rep. Mark Cohen, Councilmanat Large Bill Greenlee and Florence Cohen, among other leaders. In photo at right, newly elected WardLeader Hughes presents her with gift from 17th Ward Democratic Executive Committee.
Photos by Otis Hightower
WARD LEADER AnnBrown welcomed to her can-didates forum, from left,Martin Coleman, HenryLewandowski; GiovanniCampbell and Dawn Tan-credi, all Common PleasCourt Candidates, along withJudge Ken Powell, seekingreelection, and Judge TomMinehart, who is seeking re-tention. Photo by Joe Stivala
Ann Brown’s Ward Brings Out Candidates
Page 9 The Public Record • May 2, 2013www.phillyrecord.com
• 215-755-2000
Vote For A TruePeople’s Servant
Candidate For
Traffic Court Judge
Paid for by Sabir for Traffic Court Committee
Omar Sabir
Pull Lever
144(Cont. From Page 5)
Democratic City Committeeand a host of labor unions.Butkovitz’s followers believewhat’s left of this campaign isto guess what will be his mar-gin of victory.
Struggling To EducateVoters On Their DutyCity Commissioner
Stephanie Singer continues hertrek through the city, mainlyvisiting supermarkets and sen-ior groups to educate citizenswhy voting is so essential. Justthis Tuesday, she took her “BeThe Boss – Vote May 21”show to Parkside ShopRite inWest Philadelphia.
She says, “Typically,
Philadelphia has our highestturnout in the Presidentialelection: on average over50%. The other three years,the percentage of eligible vot-ers casting their vote dipsdown to a whopping 10% to25%. In a city that has over 1million eligible voters, we canno longer afford to have somany of our fellow Philadel-phians not participate.”
(Cont. Page 15)
Marking Big Birth Dates
MARKING her 75th at Mt. Sinai Apts. wasJane Young with sons Steve, Jerome, Keithand Michael. Photo by Leona Dixon
CELEBRATING 92nd birthday is veteran 2ndWard Democratic Committeeman Bill Pricesurrounded by his family. With him are Com-mitteeman’s son Kevin Price with his wife, chil-dren and grandchildren at Mt. Sinai Apts.
Photo by Leona Dixon
www.
philly
reco
rd.co
m •
215-
755-
2000
The P
ublic
Rec
ord
• May
2, 20
13Pa
ge 10
Northeast Philadelphia political legend COUNCILWOMAN JOAN KRAJEWSKI hasdecided to retire from the helm of the 65th Ward. The long-time public servant and ward leaderwho represents the blue-collar 65th is stepping down in favor of her City Council successorBOBBY HENON. He has done well as a Councilman and has made friends throughout theclose-knit circle of ward leaders. He is so highly regarded that he almost considered a run asChairman of the Northeast Ward Leaders. Krajewski held this title as well.
It appears that 66B veteran WARD LEADER MIKE McALEER will ascend to that post.Another contender is BOB DELLAVELLA, but there appears to be a deal in the making thatwill allow McAleer to be elected uncontested. JOHN SABATINA was thought by some to beinterested in this post, but he will likely continue as the strong Ward Leader of the 56th with avariety of friends in his network of influence.
JIM CRUMLISH is picking up steam in his quest to get elected judge of the Court ofCommon Pleas without the endorsement of City Committee. Crumlish is highly respected witha very-famous family name. His father JIM CRUMLISH, JR. was District Attorney ofPhiladelphia. It will likely be a low-turnout election, so Crumlish needs every ward leader hecan get.
JOE FERNANDES, a member of JOHN SABATINA’S law firm, found a way to threada needle. He was a long shot for endorsement but kept his name in consideration. When anumber of candidates drew bad ballot positions or developed other personal problems, Fer-nandes moved into the endorsed ranks.
JUDGE BEN LERNER was the main witness before the Senate Judiciary Committee atthe Philadelphia Bar Association. Judge Lerner has been advocating for truth in sentencing inthe Philadelphia court system. This proposal would require judges to set a specific amount ofyears someone would serve time in prison rather than a range of years. His testimony waswell received by STATE SEN. STEWART GREENLEAF and other members of the Penn-sylvania Senate including STATE SEN. LARRY FARNESE.
Philadelphia DA SETH WILLIAMS started a new public-corruption unit. From a public(Cont. Page 25)
Yo! Here we go again with this greeting – Happy IVGLDSWDay, International Very Good-Looking, Darn Smart Women’sDay. Please send this message to someone you think fits this de-scription. I have already received it from a Very Good-Looking,Damn Smart Woman to pass it on to those that fit the description.Do it to honor those special ladies in your life. To the Girls!
Inside every older person is a younger person — wonderingwhat the hell happened. – Cora Harvey Armstrong. Inside melives a skinny woman crying to get out. But I can usually shuther up with cookies. – Unknown
The hardest years in life are those between 10 and 70. – HelenHayes (at 73). I refuse to think of them as chin hair. I think ofthem as stray eyebrows. – Jeanette
Old age ain’t no place for sissies. – Bette Davis. Thirty-five iswhen you finally get your head together and your body startsfalling apart. – Caryn Leschen
If you can’t be a good example – then you’ll just have to be ahorrible warning. – Catherine. I’m not going to vacuum until theymake one you can ride on. – Roseanne Barr
Behind every successful man is a surprised woman – MarionPearson. Nobody can make you feel inferior without your per-mission. – Eleanor Roosevelt
When life hands you lemons, ask for tequila and salt and callme over! – Dean Martin
There’s another adage that goes something like ... when youwake, hit the flooring and make the Devil say, “Damn, she’s up!”
Tell this to five bright women you know and make their day.Only five! You’ve got to be kidding.
COUNSEL MIKE MEEHAN noted negotiations were on-going. As it happened, there were not enough ward leadersat the meeting to form a quorum for a valid election. The lowturnout tells this elephant everyone knew that there wouldnot be an election for Chairman or, more frighteningly, didnot care.
Tuesday was the beginning of a number of fundraisers forJUDGE KENNETH POWELL. The event was at the UnionLeague. The host committee headed by Powell’s brotherDENNIS included some Republican luminaries including for-mer mayoral candidate and President of the PhiladelphiaStock Exchange JOHN EGAN and Republican NationalCommittee representative from Pennsylvania BOB ASHER.Other host committee members included Republican activistsDONNA PARISI, THERESA MURTAGH, SEANREILLY, MICHAEL TIERNEY, MICHAEL ADLER,DENISE FUREY and WARD LEADER MATT WOLFE.Powell announced that he received the endorsement of theLiberty City gay and lesbian group. Powell is currently aCommon Pleas Court judge appointed to complete the termof a retired judge. Powell has been appointed to fill out termsof judges by both Democrat former GOV. ED RENDELLand current GOV. TOM CORBETT.
(Cont. Page 25)
“It’s not what you know that gets you in trouble, it’s whatyou know that’s just not so…” the late Reggie Bryant
There’s really no easy way to get to the Eden Cemetery inCollingdale.
When I went there on Saturday afternoon, my friend Ger-maine went through twists and turns and bypassed all sortsof Southwest Philadelphia construction. I was really glad tonot have to do this on the bus, if for no other reason but Iwouldn’t have even known which bus to take.
But once you get to Eden Cemetery, African American his-tory surrounds you from all sides. Prominent African Ameri-cans including opera diva Marian Anderson, ChristopherPerry, founder of the Philadelphia Tribune, and John Taylor,Jr., the first African American to win an Olympic Gold Medal,are buried behind the historic cemetery’s wrought-iron gates.
Reggie Bryant is also there. And while on one hand thatbreaks my heart, because Bryant, a man who was probablythe most literate man that Philadelphia talk radio is ever goingto see, was also someone who was kind enough to mentor meas I got started in the business, Eden Cemetery is wheresomeone like him belongs.
That’s because Bryant made history. In addition to beinga top-notch journalist who co-hosted a program many are stilltrying to duplicate, “Black Perspective on the News”, he wasa founder of two organizations that have helped smooth thepath for those wishing to be journalists.
On Saturday, the people from the Philadelphia Association (Cont. Page 30)
Tuesday night, Republican City Com-mittee met … after months of long negoti-ations to end the civil war with in the cityparty that included a group of roughly nineward leaders from both sides as well asstate and other party officials from the sur-rounding counties. However, the wafflingcontinues. At the Tuesday meeting,
WHEN you read many times of judges being suspended with NO PAY, it gets old andboring. It is intended as a spectacular announcement, but has no jolt anymore. The folks whorecommend the no-pay suspensions – perhaps they do not know what it is like with no funds(?). Does it seem mean-spirited, and more heavy-handed than the crime the person is NOTconvicted of? When some say the TRAFFIC COURT issue is a CLASS WAR, prove it bytaking away the PAY of the high court for SIX months.... The case of the beaten school-crossing guard: In the end, her employer let her go – after 19 years (?). They could not giveher work for ONE MORE YEAR? Ugh.
GUILTY/NOT GUILTY PLEAS: In the curious case of the big T Shirt, a defendant isaccused of hiring teenage neighborhood kids to work on a park. That is wrong?? With youthunemployment so high in the world that it equals the population of the UNITED STATES?For that you deserve a medal, not indictment.... AND THE DA’s new unit to seek out cor-ruption. Seriously, who needs it? They cut the DA’s budget too much already. Now we aretalking salaries, benefits and medical in a field where investigators trip over each other. Whereis all this corruption?
AVI TAX INCREASES: At this juncture it seems Councilman MARK SQUILLA fightson almost ALONE. Do some comrades seem to deny him “three times before the cockcrows”? He is almost HEROIC in his NOBLE endeavor. And he is RIGHT!.... The finestAVI kit was prepared by Jannie BLACKWELL for her constituents. All the relevant formsare in there. If you are unhappy with the outcome of your first-level review, you can get anappeal form ONLINE from the Board of Revision. They are located on the 3rd floor of theCurtis Building on the 6th Street side. But they do NOT have a PUBLIC ENTRANCE there(??)!
You can ANYTIME file an INQUIRY with the OPA (It was not mentioned?). You can doit in person – 7th Street side of the Curtis Building, or online, or by phone. Each inquiry geta number for your followup…. POLICE were reportedly called to the OPA after an employeeallegedly complained about actions of a manager. I hope it was not over the big A.V.I. PROB-
(Cont. Page 29)
Page 11 The Public Record • May 2, 2013www.phillyrecord.com
• 215-755-2000
State Sen. LeAnna Wasington State Sen. Michael Stack III
State Rep. Rosita Youngblood State Rep. Ronald Waters
State Rep. Cherelle L. Parker State Rep. Michelle Brownlee
State Rep. Vanessa Brown State Rep. Stephen Kinsey
State Rep. J.P. Miranda Councilwoman Marian B. Tasco
Councilman Cindy Bass Councilman Curtis Jones
Councilwoman Blondelle Reynolds-Brown
Gov. Tom Corbett’s con-tention that drug use is respon-sible for Pennsylvania’s highunemployment rate is disturb-ing, but not the most-disturbingthing about him, charged StateSen. Tina Tartaglione (D-Kens-ington).
“The Governor’s disdain forthe unemployed and the thou-sands of families affected islong-held and already well-known,” Tartaglione said. “Butthe rest of the interview showeda state executive with a poorgrasp on Pennsylvania econom-ics and a propensity to freelymake statements unburdened byfacts.”
Among the glaring misstate-ments of fact Corbett made inthe interview is the contentionthat “we now have more peopleworking than ever before.”
“There are, in fact, more un-employed Pennsylvanians todaythan there were the day theGovernor was inaugurated,”Tartaglione said. “And the sizeof the labor force is still morethan 100,000 short of its peakduring the Rendell administra-tion. These are numbers that areeasy to obtain by anyone with acomputer. It’s stunning.”
In one of the interview’smore eye-opening moments,Corbett questioned the accuracy
of the US Labor Dept.’s em-ployment calculations, sayinghe recently learned how the un-employment rate is calculated.
Addressing criticism thatPennsylvania has fallen fromthe top ten to the bottom fiveamong states in job creation,Corbett didn’t dispute the fig-ures.
“What I dispute is the use ofstatistics,” he said. Corbettwent on to misattribute the quo-
tation about “lies, damn lies andstatistics” to Mark Twain, whohad actually misattributed ithimself in a 1906 magazine ar-ticle.
Corbett also claimed thatPennsylvania’s stubbornly highunemployment rate is due tomore people re-entering theworkforce after having givenup.
Figures released by USDept. of Labor this week indi-
cate the opposite, with two con-secutive monthly drops in thesize of the labor force.
Before making his statementthat prospective employees fail-ing drug tests was a chief reasonfor high unemployment, Cor-bett also blamed poorly trainedPennsylvania workers who areunable to take advantage of op-portunities in the gas drilling in-dustry.
The Governor suggested
workers need more trainingthrough vocational schools andcommunity colleges.
“Year after year the Gover-nor has proposed cuts in fund-ing for the types of training he’ssuggesting, including for com-munity colleges, which haven’treceived a state funding increasesince before the gas boombegan,” Tartaglione said. “Youcan’t just talk the talk, you haveto walk the walk.”
www.
philly
reco
rd.co
m •
215-
755-
2000
The P
ublic
Rec
ord
• May
2, 20
13Pa
ge 12
Paid for by Committee To Elect Vince Giusini
Tartaglione Says Corbett Lies On Drug Use
Page 13 The Public Record • May 2, 2013www.phillyrecord.com
• 215-755-2000
Union Labor…Building it right for a better and
stronger community!
Laborers’ District Council of the Metropolitan Area of Philadelphia
and vicinity is comprised of four unions:
Local 332, Samuel Staten, Jr., Vincent Primavera, Jr.
Business Manager/Co-Chairman L.E.C.E.T. Co-Chairman
Local 135, Daniel L. Woodall, Jr., Damian Lavelle
Business Manager L.E.C.E.T. Management Trustee
Local 413, James Harper, Jr., Fred Chiarlanza
Business Manager L.E.C.E.T. Management Trustee
Local 57, Walt Higgins Harry Hopkins
Business Manager L.E.C.E.T. Management Trustee
Laborers District Council, Ryan N. Boyer,
Business Manager.
Laborers’ District Council promotes a safe work environment,
jobs completed on time and on budget, and represents
union members, who are well trained, productive, professional,
and take pride in their work. Union labor…building better
and safer communities in Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester,
Delaware, and Montgomery Counties.
This ad is presented by LECET
The Laborers Employers Cooperation and Education Trust
319 N. 11th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Telephone: 215-922-6139 Fax: 215-922-6109
Web: www.ldc-phila-vic.org
Juan F. Ramos
Administrator
www.
philly
reco
rd.co
m •
215-
755-
2000
The P
ublic
Rec
ord
• May
2, 20
13Pa
ge 14
Integrity, Full Knowledge of the Law
Chief Legal Counsel, Sen. Anthony H. Williams
Former Public Defender
Endorsed by Democratic City Committee
Endorsed by Labor including: FOP Lodge 5,
Laborers District Council, TWU 234
Recommended by Philadelphia Bar AssociationPaid by Friends of Timika Lane
TIMIKALANEFor Judge Common
Pleas CourtPull Lever 106
Congressman Robert Brady Hosted In Manayunk
FOURTH DISTRICT Councilman CurtisJones Jr., and his Chief of Staff, Al Spiveyjoin guest of honor Congressman Bob Bradyat Manayunk fundraiser.
Photo by Rory McGlasson
STATE SEN. Anthony Williams intro-duces Congressman Bob Brady topacked crowd in Manayunk.
BROTHERS IN ARMS! State Rep. BrendanBoyle, who is running for Congress, and hisbrother Kevin Boyle join Congressman BobBrady at fundraiser on Monday night.
PACKED HOUSE filled Winnie’s Le Bus in Manayunkon Monday for Congressman Bob Brady fundraiser.Joining Brady here are members of fundraising hostcommittee: State Sen. Anthony Williams, Mark Lopez,Winnie & Bob Clowry, Jane Lipton and Barbara Dee-ley. Photos by Rory McGlasson
PACKED HOUSE IN MANAYUNK includes Barbara Dee-ley, Eleanor Dezzi, Kathleen McGinty and Mark Lopez.Both Deeley and Lopez cosponsored event.
CONGRESSMAN Bob Brady helped to save the 2013 bikerace that was renamed the Philly Cycling Classic in 2013.Brady was thanked by many supporters at fundraiser heldat Winnie’s Le Bus in Manayunk on Monday.
ENJOYING FUNDRAISER in honor of Congressman BobBrady is Barbara Deeley, Joe Vignola, John Paone, EleanorDezzi, Kathleen McGinty, Brady and Bob Borski.
Page 15 The Public Record • May 2, 2013www.phillyrecord.com
• 215-755-2000
(Cont. From Page 9)It’s been estimated here
and elsewhere turnout May 21will edge toward 18%. So sheis right. She also offers busi-nesses or organizations can getinvolved in spreading theword, by contacting her officeat (215) 686-3460.
Brendan Boyle WinsTeamsters Endorsement
The Pennsylvania Confer-ence of Teamsters, which rep-resents every Teamsters localunion in the state and over95,000 members, has offi-cially endorsed Brendan Boylefor Congress in the 13th Con-gressional Dist.
Boyle addressed the confer-ence this week about eco-nomic opportunity for allPennsylvanians. Immediatelyafter, President Bill Hamiltonmade a motion the Teamstersofficially endorse Boyle forCongress. It carried unani-mously by all members.
Teamsters President BillHamilton said, “Brendan is afighter for working families.We are proud to endorse himand will work hard to see himelected.”
Boyle stated, “I am excitedto have earned the Pennsylva-nia Teamsters endorsement.This is a campaign for work-ing men and women who de-serve the opportunity to liveout the American Dream. Thatstarts with supporting goodjobs and ensuring access to agreat education. The excite-ment we have gotten at thegrassroots level for our cam-paign is truly overwhelmingand this endorsement contin-ues that momentum.”
Boyle, who currently rep-resents Northeast Philadelphiaand Montgomery Co. in thestate legislature, recently an-nounced his candidacy forCongress and has already re-ceived a flood of key endorse-ments. They include FraternalOrder of Police Lodge 5,IBEW Local 98, Sprinklerfit-ters Local 692, PlumbersLocal 690, Steamfitters Local520, Iron Workers Local 401,Bricklayers and Allied Craft-workers Local 1, Operating
Engineers Local 542, Com-munication Workers of Amer-ica Local 13000, theTransport Workers Union,and Congressman Bob Brady.
Pa. Bar OKs SuperiorCourt Candidates
Judges Joe Waters, JackMcVay and Vic Stabile haveone thing in common. Thoughelected by voters, they stillmerit the Pennsylvanian BarAssociation’s Judicial Evalua-tion Commission’s rating as“recommended”.
Stabile is the Republicanwithout a primary fight. Wa-ters and McVay will vie in theprimary for Democratic votes.
According to the Bar’s Ju-dicial Evaluation Commission,a rating of recommendedmeans: “Based on legal abil-ity, experience, integrity andtemperament, the candidatewould be able to perform sat-isfactorily as a judge or justiceof the court for which he/sheis a candidate.”
The best rating possible is“highly recommended”, thelowest is “not recommended”.
Starting Yesterday,70 Up And RunningThe Committee of Seventy
urges voters to direct ques-tions about the upcoming May21 Primary Election to a na-tional, nonpartisan hotline: 1(866) OUR-VOTE. Volun-teers trained by Seventy willfield calls from all acrossPennsylvania.
The 1 (866) OUR-VOTE(1-866-687-8683) ElectionProtection Hotline is spon-sored nationally by theLawyers’ Committee for CivilRights Under Law and staffedin Pennsylvania by the Com-mittee of Seventy for each
year’s primary and generalelections. “It’s a great re-source for voters with anyquestions about elections,”said Molly Morrill, who isoverseeing Seventy’s 2013Primary Election Day pro-gram.
Morrill encouraged callersnot to wait until the May 21primary to get informationabout voting, including pollingplace locations, deadlines forabsentee ballots and ElectionDay rules. “The earlier youget prepared to vote, the bet-ter,” she added.
The deadline to request anabsentee ballot for the May 21primary is Tuesday, May 14by 5:00 p.m. Completed ab-sentee ballots must be receivedby County Boards of Electionby Friday, May 17 by 5:00p.m. For absentee ballot appli-cation forms and contact infor-mation for County Boards ofElections, go towww.votespa.com or call 1(877) VOTESPA (1-877-868-3772).
City CommissionersUpdate Website
The City Commissioners’website,www.phillyelection.com, which already has muchmore information, now listswho is currently elected or ap-pointed Judge and Inspector ofElection in your division.
GOP Group SeeksWhistleblowers?
The Right To Know Com-mittee of the Philadelphia Re-publican Leadership Councilsays it is seeking out “stupid-ity in government at the cityand state level. We want toknow what you know. Wewant your input.”
Its online director is DavidLynn, who asks he be called at(215) 821-1156.
SEPTA Hires Inspector
SEPTA is proud to announcethe addition of veteranPhiladelphia police officer E.Teresa Peay-Clark to SEPTATransit Police Dept. in the roleof Inspector. Inspector Clarkwas a member of Phila. PoliceDept. for 26 years, achievinga variety of ranks and servingin a number of different roles.
Heard on the Hill / in City Hall
State Sen. LeAnna M.Washington (D-Northwest)has received communicationfrom Revenue Secretary DanMeuser containing followupfrom the Feb. 26, 2013 Ap-propriations hearing. Meusersaid in the letter the Common-wealth may owe millions inconsultancy and legal fees.
To which, Washington an-swered, “Throughout the Lot-tery private-managementprocess, I have repeatedlyasked about the projected con-sultancy fees that would arisefrom the work being done toexecute and defend the PrivateManagement Agreement withCamelot. My questions wereeither dodged or met with ex-tremely vague answers. Nowwe know why.
“Unfortunately, I am notsurprised by the excessive costprojections that SecretaryMeuser provided to the Ap-propriations Committee. Foran administration that pridesitself on rooting out instancesof ‘waste, fraud, and abuse,’this sum represents the kind ofmisguided policies that con-tinue to hurt working familiesacross the Commonwealth.
“The most disappointingpart of Secretary Meuser’s re-sponse is that even though thePMA deal was disapproved byAttorney General Kane, ourseniors will be left with thisbill when they can least affordit.
“In the wake of continuedcuts to aging and human serv-ices, too many older Pennsyl-vanians are struggling to makeends meet. The money owedby the Commonwealth tothese firms cuts into vital serv-ices that are funded by the lot-tery. As a result, even lessmoney will be available tofund programs that seniors de-pend on to live healthy and in-dependent lives.”
Senators Seek ‘VetsFirst’ Tax-Credit BillsState Sen. Mike Stack (D-
Northeast) and State Rep.Bryan Barbin (D-Cambria)have urged the Senate to takeaction on “Vets First TaxCredit” legislation whichwould provide a $4,000 taxcredit for each veteran an em-ployer hires. The Barbin bill,HB 159, was unanimouslyapproved by the House inMarch and has been referredto the Senate Finance Com-mittee. Stack’s companionbill, SB 468, has been re-ferred to the equivalent com-mittee.
In order to qualify for aVet’s First tax credit, the tax-payer who owns a small busi-ness is required to certify theveteran was hired for a newposition in the taxpayer’s busi-ness or was hired to fill theposition of another employeewho voluntarily separatedfrom employment with thetaxpayer and to agree to con-tinue the operation of its smallbusiness for at least five yearsfollowing the taxable year forwhich the taxpayer first claimsthe tax credit.
Goode Pushes StudyOn Employment
Councilman Wilson Goodewants City Council to get ahandle on the city’s ability todevelop what it takes to pre-pare a workforce to help drawmore business into the city.He has introduced a resolutionauthorizing the Committee onCommerce & Economic De-velopment to do so.
It cited the unemploymentrate in Philadelphia as of Sep-tember 2010 was a staggering10.2%, according to the Bu-reau of Labor Statistics, andthe unemployment rate inmany of Philadelphia’s neigh-borhoods far exceeded eventhat level.
Committee Passes BillsTo Aid City’s Taxpayers
The House Urban AffairsCommittee has passed severalbills that would give Philadel-phia more authority to providetargeted tax relief to home-owners and allow the city toget tougher on tax deadbeats.Here’s a breakdown of thebills:
HB 388 targets tax delin-quents by allowing the City toput a lien against all the prop-erties owned by the tax delin-quent within theCommonwealth.
HB 390 allows the City toprovide aid to individualsbased on age and financialneed, such as occurs when theCity hikes property taxes forlongtime residents in gentrify-ing neighborhoods.
HB 391 allows Philadel-phia to accept periodic pay-ments of property taxes. Thisis in response to concerns ofthose people who may not beable to pay such a large bill allat once.
Lawmakers’ SurplusReaches $140M
Despite widespread statespending cuts, the General As-sembly ended fiscal 2011-12with an uncommitted surplusof $140 million, according toan audit report approvedWednesday by a state commis-sion.
The report, approved bythe Legislative Audit AdvisoryCommission, also shows 80%of the $306 million spent bythe legislative branch that fis-cal year went for salaries andbenefits of lawmakers andstaff.
The surplus was reducedlast year by $43 million froma $183 million surplus in fiscal2010-11, and is nearing an ap-propriate level, said StateRep. Gordon Denlinger
(Cont. Page 18)
Sen. Washington BlastsLottery Consultant Fees
www.
philly
reco
rd.co
m •
215-
755-
2000
The P
ublic
Rec
ord
• May
2, 20
13Pa
ge 16
Page 17 The Public Record • May 2, 2013www.phillyrecord.com
• 215-755-2000
Democrats Of Oak Lane Team267-335-4336
Candidates - “Your Choice”, “Our Choice”PRESENTS
MOTHER’S DAY BREAKFASTSunday May 12, 2013
9 am - 12 am
Oak Lane Diner6528 North Broad StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19126
Hosted By:
Marion WimbushTribute To Mothers
First 100 Mothers Age 50 and Older Receive
Free Breakfast And Free Gift
Mothers Come Have Free Breafast
This Event Will Be Broadcasted “Live”
on 900 AM WURD
Pollock’s Herbs & Vitamins5925 N. Broad St. (215) 549-4377
Blatt Tires10th & Callowhill St (215) 922-5525
Cedarbrook Mall, Wyncote PA (215) 887-8476
Sam Staten, Jr. Ryan Boyer
Omar Sabir
Brett Mandel
Martin Coleman
Vince Giusini
Timika Lane
Fran Shields
Dawn Tancredi
Paid by The Working Families, PAC
The Democrats of
Oak Lane Teamare hosting a
“Meet and Greet”Sunday May 19th - 9:00 am to 12 am
Hosted by Marion WimbushCommitteeman, 49th Ward
Come out and Meet and GreetBroadcasted on 900 AM WURD
Omar SabirTraffic Court Judge
TimikaLaneJudge Common Pleas
BrettMandelCity Controller
Fran ShieldsMunicipal Court Judge
Martin ColemanMunicipal Court Judge
DawnTancrediJudge Common Pleas
VinceGiusiniJudge Common Pleas
Paid For By:
Working
Families PAC
D#106
D#133
D#113
D#105
D#128
D#165
D#144
Supporters
Pollock’s Herbs & Vitamins5925 N. Broad St. (215) 549-4377
Blatt Tires10th & Callowhill St (215) 922-5525
Cedarbrook Mall, Wyncote PA (215) 887-8476
Sam Staten, Jr. Ryan Boyer
Omar Sabir
Brett Mandel
Martin Coleman
Vince Giusini
Timika Lane
Fran Shields
Dawn Tancredi
Supporters
www.
philly
reco
rd.co
m •
215-
755-
2000
The P
ublic
Rec
ord
• May
2, 20
13Pa
ge 18
(Cont. From Page 15)(R-Lancaster), the commis-sion chairman.
“The reserve is maintainedto allow the General Assemblyto operate during a stalemate,”he said.
The General Assemblyspends about $30 million eachmonth and needs to be able tooperate independently in caseof a prolonged state budgetstalemate as happened in 2009with former Gov. Ed Rendell,said Denlinger. Stalemates aremore likely to occur whenstate government is under di-vided political control, he ex-plained.
Lawmakers had openly dis-cussed reducing the surplus to$120 million last year, but theaudit report indicates that goalwasn’t reached, said Capitolactivist Tim Potts.
Another activist leveled abroader criticism of the leg-islative surplus which has de-veloped over decades. “Theslush fund is justified as anemergency reserve to protectthe balance of power shouldthe budget not be done Jun.30, 2012,” said Eric Epstein,cofounder of RocktheCapital.-com. “Surplus money hasbeen used in ways over theyears that have nothing to dowith a budget impasse.”
The General Assembly hasignored previous recommen-dations from an auditor toadopt a policy to cap the sur-plus and monitor it, said Ep-stein.
Greenlee Bill WouldCurb Stolen Properties
Councilman Bill Greenleehas introduced a bill whichaims to curb the number ofstolen properties committedthrough deed theft. The billplaces many roadblocks in thebeginning of the recordingprocess to prevent the deedtheft from occurring.
The Councilman hasworked over a number ofyears to reduce the number ofproperties stolen throughoutthe City by placing additional
regulations on the recordingof deeds, but deed theft con-tinues to be a rampant prob-lem. This new legislationrequires that a purchaser of aproperty who foregoes titleinsurance must sign a state-ment as presented by theRecords Dept. acknowledg-ing the risks and benefits ofnot purchasing it.
Under the legislation, be-fore the recording of the deed,the Records Dept. will per-form a records check and de-termine whether the requireddocumentation for the deedhas been presented. If there isno discrepancy, the Depart-ment will record the deed pur-suant to state law. If there is adiscrepancy and the Depart-ment is satisfied with the pur-chaser’s explanation for thediscrepancy, the deed will berecorded.
If however, the Departmentdetermines there is no reason-able explanation for the dis-crepancy, the deed will bestamped “Not Certified,” andbe recorded. The Departmentmust then notify the propergovernmental agency of thesuspected fraud.
The legislation also callsfor the Law Dept. or anagency designated by theMayor to develop and admin-ister a Tangled Title Assis-tance Program to help thevictims of deed theft obtainlegal services and other re-sources because many victimsdo not know how to resolvethe tangled title process.
While this bill does notstop a deed from beingrecorded, it does place redflags on the deeds and willhopefully prevent thethieves from risking beingcaught. Deed thieves willknow the City will comeafter them.
“A home is the most valu-able and important thing peo-ple will own in their lives,”Greenlee stated. “It is govern-ment’s responsibility to takewhatever steps are necessary
to protect a citizen’s prop-erty.”
Boyle And Murt UrgeTransportation Funding
For Our RegionState Reps. Brendan F.
Boyle and Thomas P. Murt,chair and co-chair of the East-ern Montgomery County-Northeast PhiladelphiaLegislative Alliance, urgedstate lawmakers to use the up-coming transportation fundingprocess to dedicate resourcesto renovating the HuntingdonPike (PA 232) and PhilmontAvenue corridors, both ofwhich run through NortheastPhiladelphia and MontgomeryCos.
“As someone who repre-sents a district that includesboth of these roadways anddrives on them almost everyday, I call on our colleagues inthe House and Senate to takethis opportunity to commitfunding to the renovation ofwhat are two of the major cor-ridors in our region,” saidBoyle. “The condition of theseroads is deteriorating everyyear, restricting traffic flowand further driving up the fu-ture cost of eventually ad-dressing these issues.”
Murt emphasized the eco-nomic benefit of investment inthe region’s core infrastruc-ture.
“Going forward with re-habilitating these roadwayswill not only create jobs inconstruction and other relatedindustries, but will also im-prove traffic flow and easecongestion on surroundingroads, allowing people andgoods to move more effi-ciently through our region,”said Murt. “Investing in ourroads and other transporta-tion links is a critical factorin attracting businesses andother forms of investment toour communities, so this callfor funding is not just a trans-portation issue, but an eco-nomic and quality of lifeissue as well.”
Heard on the Hill / in City Hall
by Joe ShaheeliPhiladelphia boasts two of
the three youngest members inthe State House. They areState Reps. Jordan Harris,186th Legislative Dist., andJ.P. Miranda, 186th Legisla-tive Dist.
Twenty-eight-year-old Har-ris, like Miranda, is in heavilypopulated Democratic districtsand know their chances at hold-ing the seats down for years tocome are exceedingly good.
Harris, now 28, is senior bya year. But he talks like an old-timer. New to elected office, heis experienced as a leader, firstserving two years as executivedirector of City’s Youth Com-mission. Prior to that, heserved as a staffer workingCongressman Chaka Fattah’sGear Plan with the School Dis-trict.
Through that process, heunderstood what he now sees tobe a key problem which needsserious consideration, the re-duction of recidivism: how tokeep released inmates from re-turning to prison. He says,“We’ve been doing the samethings over and over again andall our efforts show littleprogress.”
He’s introduced two pieces
of legislation he hopes will gaintraction. His premises for bothare simple: “We want to findand help those prisoners beingreleased who want to do right.”
His HB 909 affords thosewho were arrested, placed ontrial, and found not guilty achance to have their recordsexpunged without goingthrough a laborious and costlyprocess. HB 908 will give of-fenders who served time forless-serious crimes a chance togo before a judge after sevenyears to show why they deserveto be pardoned.
Along with those aids, hesees the necessity to probeevery opportunity to find em-ployment for them.
Being pragmatic, what hehopes to do in Harrisburg is toinsure his district represents hisconstituency well. “Already we
have serviced with state andcity needs over 1,000 of ourvoters who have learned ourstaff is ready and willing tohelp them.”
One of his worries is Gov.Tom Corbett’s effort to priva-tize the liquor system in Penn-sylvania. He sums his concernby saying, “We have 52 wine-and-spirit shops in Philadel-phia. If Corbett gets his way,we will have close to 250 out-lets selling liquor in this city.”
He noted the communitieshave long had problems withstop-and-go shops that carriedbeer licenses. They became thehubs for criminal activity.
Surprisingly, another con-cern comes from the fact hewas the beneficiary of closefamily ties. Born and raised inSouth Philadelphia in the 1400block of S. 17th Street, hesays, “My grandmother andher sisters still live across fromwhere I was born. From her Ilearned vividly of the plightsand needs of seniors. One ofthose was hearing loss and theinability to pay for hearingaids. So I hope to get the Gen-eral Assembly involved inmaking hearing aids affordableto seniors by getting them taxcredits.”
Rep. Jordan Harris AmongYoungest House Members
Rep. Jordan Harris....seasoned at early age
Ringside With Ringside With The ShadowboxerThe Shadowboxer
BEHIND EVERY great boxer, there is a great trainer, andthat is evidenced by the fact that three trainers have beennamed as part of the 2013 Penna. Boxing Hall of Fame Class.Trainer Fred Jenkins, Sr., pictured here with CouncilwomanJannie Blackwell, will be enshrined at induction ceremonyon May 19 at Romano’s Caterers.
GONE BUT not forgotten,Trainer Norman “Reds” Tor-pey, Sr. will be enshrinedposthumously, joining Jenkins,Tyrell Biggs, Charley Burley,Chuck Hasson, John Mul-venna, Ivan Robinson, MarioSaurennann, Steve Smoger,and Roy Williams as part 2013Penna. Boxing Hall of FameClass. Also that evening, GaryPreston will be honored as theVeteran Boxers AssociationPerson of the Year.
Call To The Hall
Page 19 The Public Record • May 2, 2013www.phillyrecord.com
• 215-755-2000
www.
philly
reco
rd.co
m •
215-
755-
2000
The P
ublic
Rec
ord
• May
2, 20
13Pa
ge 20
Room 506City HallP. 215-686-3446/7F. 215-686-1927
STATE SENATORLEANNA M.
WASHINGTONDISTRICT OFFICE
1555-D Wadsworth Ave.Philadelphia, PA 19150
(215) 242-0472Fax: (215) 753-4538
WEB SITEwww.senatorwashington.com
State Rep. Cherelle
Parker200th Legislative District1536 E. Wadsworth Ave.
Phone: (215) 242-7300Fax: (215) 242-7303
www.pahouse.com/Parker
State Senator
Anthony Hardy Williams8th Senatorial District
2901 Island Ave. Suite 100Philadelphia, PA 19153
(215) 492-2980Fax: (215) 492-2990
Always Hard Working .. .for You!
Councilman Wm.Greenlee
State Rep.
WilliamKeller
184th District1531 S. 2nd Street
215-271-9190
Senator Tina
Tartaglione127 W. Susquehanna Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19122215-291-4653
1063 Bridge St.Philadelphia, PA 19124215-533-0440
2nd Dist.
Rep.Maria P.DonatucciD-185th District2115 W. Oregon Ave.
Phila PA 19145
P: 215-468-1515
F: 215-952-1164
State Rep.
Kevin J.
Boyle172nd Dist.7518 Frankford Ave.
Phila., PA 19136
215-331-2600
iMunch Hosts Sabir Fundraiser
Council Hears AVI ComplaintsCROWDED audi-torium heapedAVI and budgetquestions andcomplaints onCity Councilmembers as theyheld hearinghosted by 6thDist. Councilman Bob Henon in his district at Lincoln HS. Council Members above wereDenny O’Brien, Henon, President Darrell Clarke, Council’s CFO Folasade Olanipekun-Lewis, David Oh and Mark Squilla. Photo by Harry Leech
EAST FALLS Ward 38Democratic Leader MarkGreen, seated in rear, listensas Councilwoman BlondellReynolds Brown broughtcommitteepersons up to dateon City Council activity andservices for constituents.Photo by Joe Stivala
BREWERYTOWN’S newest food cafe, iMunch, at 1233 N. 31st Street, founditself swamped by crowd of supporters attending fundraiser hosted by LDC’sRyan Boyer for Traffic Court candidate Omar Sabir. In photo are owner J.Roger Powe, Nicetown CDC President Zakariyya Abdur Rahman, Boyer,State Reps. Michelle Brownlee and Ron Waters, and candidate Sabir.
iMUNCH owner J. Roger Powe gives OmarSabir and State Rep. Michelle Brownlee awelcoming hug as State Rep. Ron Waterslooks on.
DINING CARRestaurant ’ sChef LarryThum, 2ndfrom right,showcases hisspecial beefbarley soup inpreparation forHail To TheChefs event benefiting Greater N.E. Phila. Chamber of CommerceFoundation to be held at Knowlton Mansion, 8001 Verree Road, onApr. 29. Sharing tasting are NancyMorozin, co-owner of DiningCar, left; Andrew Stein; and Rose McMenamin, right, founder ofGNPCC Scholarship Foundation.
Tasty Affair For N.E.
Reporting OnCity Council
STATE REP. Michelle Brownlee is flanked by WayneJohns, Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell, former StateRep. Frank Oliver and Traffic Court candidate OmarSabir at packed fundraiser held in Fairmount.
Photo by Rory McGlasson
Page 21 The Public Record • May 2, 2013www.phillyrecord.com
• 215-755-2000
REPRESENTATIVE
ANGEL CRUZDISTRICT OFFICE
3503 ‘B’ St. 215-291-5643
Ready to Serve you
State Representative
RONALD G.WATERS
191st Leg. District6027 Ludlow Street, Unit A
215-748-6712
COMMISSIONER
AL SCHMIDTROOM 134City Hall
215-686-3464
State Senator
Larry FarneseFirst Senate District
Tel. 215-952-3121
1802 S. Broad St.• Phila. PA 19145www.SenatorFarnese.com
STATE REP. JOHN
SABATINA JR.174th District
8100 Castor Ave
Phila, PA 19152
T: 215-342-6204
State Rep.
Brendan F.
Boyle170th Dist.14230 Bustleton Ave.Phila., PA 19116
215-676-0300
State Rep.
John
Taylor(R) 177th Dist.
4725 Richmond St.
Phila., PA 19137
215-744-2600
State Rep.
Jordan
Harris186th Dist.1310 Point Breeze Ave.Phila., PA 19137
215-952-3378 P.215-952-1141 F.
]|ÅÅç W|Çà|ÇÉGOP
(215) 468-2300
Councilman
Kenyatta
Johnson2nd Dist.City Hall Room 580
Phila., PA 19107
215-686-3412
Rep. J. P.
Miranda197th Dist.2243 W. Allegheny Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19132
215-978-2540
3728 Midvale Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19129
215-849-8505
Sen.Mike StackS E R V I N G T H E 5 T H D I S T R I C T
Parkwood Shopping Center
12361 Academy Road, Phila., PA 19154,
215-281-2539
8016 Bustleton Avenue
Philadelphia PA 19152
215-695-1020
Open Mon. - Fri. 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
The Animal Care and Control Team of Philadelphia
(ACCT Philly) is sponsoring a special promotion for
National Armed Forces Day. ACCT Philly will offer a
free pet adoption for all active, reserve and veteran
armed forces members on Saturday, May 18th from
10 am - 5 pm. The event will take place at the ACCT
Philly shelter at 111 W. Hunting Park Avenue,
Philadelphia PA. The standard adoption screening
process applies and veterans and armed forces
members will need to show their military ID. State Sen. Shirley M.
Kitchen3rd Sen. District
1701 W. Lehigh Ave. Suite 104 Phila., PA 19132
215-227-6161 www.senatorkitchen.com
State Rep.
Mark B.COHEN
215-924-0895202nd Legislative District
6001 N. 5th St., 2nd Fl.
Philadelphia PA 19120
Rep. Rosita
YoungbloodDistrict 198th District310 W. Chelten Ave.
Phila PA 19148
P: 215-849-6426
Happy Birthday Michelle!
COUNCIL President DarrellClarke stops by fundraiserheld in Fairmount for StateRep. Michelle Brownlee.Clarke was one of many toattend packed fundraiser forBrownlee, held at the Jack'sFirehouse, 2130 FairmountAvenue. Photo by Rory McGlasson
LET THEM eat cake! Michele Brownlee celebrated her up-coming birthday at fundraiser held in her honor in Fair-mount. Photo by Rory McGlasson
LETTY D. THALL, director of public policy atMaternity Care Coalition, and Anita Lewis ofHealth Partners of Phila. flank guest of honorMichelle Brownlee. Photo by Rory McGlasson
POLITICAL consultant Wayne Johns joinsState Rep. Michelle Brownlee and her politicalmentor, former State Rep. Frank Oliver, ather birthday-party fundraiser.
Photo by Rory McGlasson
SENIOR AIDE to StateSen. Vincent Hughes,Ron Allen, is usuallymore comfortable be-hind the camera lensthan in front of it. How-ever, Allen was happy tosmile for camera withhis long-time friendState Rep. MichelleBrownlee at fundraiserin Fairmount section.
Photo by Rory McGlasson
JUDICIAL candidate Sierra Street washappy to meet her State Rep. MichelleBrownlee at Fairmount fundraiser.
KEVIN PRICE, acting Democratic 2nd Ward leader, left,hosted Congressman and Democratic Chairman Bob Bradyand candidate Timika Lane at Saigon Maxim restaurant, asward committee interviewed host of candidates.
Photo by Baba Bob Shipman
COUNCILWOMAN Jannie Blackwell,co-hosting candidates forum with S.W.Community Development Corp., intro-duces Omar Sabir, Democratic candidatefor Traffic Court. Photo by Joe Stivala
SOUTHWEST Directors Kevin Horne and Martin Jones, and CouncilwomanJannie Blackwell, are seen here at candidates forum with Donna Marie Laws,Traffic Court candidate; Tracy Roman, Common Pleas candidate; Barry Smith;and Rev. Darian Thomas. Photo by Joe Stivala
Hosting Candidates At 2nd Ward
(Cont. From Page 7)is another victory in what hasbeen a long battle to establishnew ways of viewing thecauses of youth violence.
In 1985, former SurgeonGeneral C. Everett Koop de-clared violence to be a public-health issue, and in the year2000, former Surgeon GeneralDavid Satcher released a re-port declaring youth violenceas a threat to public health andcalled for federal, state, localand private entities to invest inresearch to inform interven-tion programs.
There is no denying that in-tervention is needed.
In a 2011 survey of high-school students under 18, theNational Center for InjuryPrevention and Control(NCIPC) found 16% of malestudents and 7.8% of femalestudents reported being in aphysical fight on school prop-erty in the 12 months preced-ing the survey; 5.9% did not
go to school on one or moredays in the 30 days precedingthe survey because they feltunsafe at school or on theirway to or from school; 5.4%reported carrying a weapon(gun, knife or club) on schoolproperty on one or more daysin the 30 days preceding thesurvey and 20.1% reportedbeing bullied on school prop-erty in the 12 months preced-ing the survey.
Another NCIPC reportstates youth younger than 18accounted for 13.7% of all vi-olent-crime arrests, 22.5% ofall property crime arrests, andthat 784 youth under 18 werearrested for murder, 2,198 forforcible rape, and 35,001 foraggravated assault in 2010.
Up until now, our societyhas dealt with the issue ofyouth violence primarily bytaking punitive actions —whether the punishment ishanded out at home, school orby the criminal justice system
— but I believe that it is timewe abandon a solely reac-tionary response to this youthviolence epidemic and start todeal with this proactively.
Viewing youth violencefrom a public health perspec-tive allows trained profession-als to treat the root causes ofthe violence — traumas —rather than simply punishingthe violent acts that stem fromthem.
Furthermore, by viewingperpetrators of youth violencethrough a new lens, expertsand authorities will be able todeal with them more compas-sionately, taking into accountthe many traumatic experi-ences that have undoubtedlyconditioned them towards vi-olence. This change in per-spective calls for medical andscientific intervention to seek
to answer the question, “whathas happened to you,” ratherthan, “what is wrong withyou,” and by doing so, theproper specialists can beginasking the question, “how canI help you?”
The public-health model it-self has a specific protocol —at-risk populations are identi-fied, given information andeducation about the healthproblem and treated. Steps tocontain the epidemic aretaken, and preventive meas-ures are put into place.
I believe this is the modelthat will finally bring about abreakthrough in the age-oldstruggle to find solutions andcorrective remedies for theyouth violence epidemic, andthis will undoubtedly help tokeep our young people on theright track.
Page 23 The Public Record • May 2, 2013www.phillyrecord.com
• 215-755-2000
0%
FINANCING
AVAILABLE
Contractors and Home Owners!Dream kitchens at a price you can afford!Guaranteed lowest prices on marble and
granite countertops and solid "real" wood vanity and kitchen cabinets.
Bring us your lowest bids and we'll beat it www.MyKitchen7.com
David
Tayoun
Office: 609-318-0357
Cell: 609-338-7497
Fax: 609-344-2744
Gateway Electrical & Fire Alarm Specialist, Inc.
Residential • Commercial • Industrial
Anthony Armando2601 South Hutchinson St.Philadelphia, PA 19148(P) 215-271-1282 (F) 215-271-6127(C) 215-778-6554
PAT & ANNA SCIOLI1744 E. Passyunk Ave. • 215-334-0990
GIVE THE GIFT OF NOSTALGIAGive the 5 Waffleman BooksMemories they’ll always Cherish.
They will remember you everytime they read them!
Call: Joe “Bag-A Donuts”215-463-2632
In The Court of Common Pleas
Philadelphia County
Civil Action – Law
No. 121201390
Notice of Action in Mortgage Foreclosure
Reverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc., Plaintiff vs. The Un-
known Heirs of Samson O. Adenaike, Deceased, Christina
Adenaike, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Samson O.
Adenaike, Deceased, David Adenaike, Solely in His Capac-
ity as Heir of Samson O. Adenaike, Deceased, Emmanuel
Adenaike, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Samson O. Ade-
naike, Deceased, Israel Adenaike E, Solely in His Capacity
as Heir of Samson O. Adenaike, Deceased, Michael Ade-
naike, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Samson O. Ade-
naike, Deceased & Samuel Adenaike, Solely in His Capacity
as Heir of Samson O. Adenaike, Deceased, Mortgagor and
Real Owner, Defendants
To: The Unknown Heirs of Samson O. Adenaike, Deceased,
Christina Adenaike, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Sam-
son O. Adenaike, Deceased, David Adenaike, Solely in His
Capacity as Heir of Samson O. Adenaike, Deceased, Em-
manuel Adenaike, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Samson
O. Adenaike, Deceased, ISRAEL Adenaike, Solely in His
Capacity as Heir of Samson O. Adenaike, Deceased,
Michael Adenaike, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Samson
O. Adenaike, Deceased & Samuel Adenaike, Solely in His
Capacity as Heir of Samson O. Adenaike, Deceased, Defen-
dants, whose last known address is 5228 Vine Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19139. This firm is a debt collector and we
are attempting to collect a debt owed to our client. Any in-
formation obtained from you will be used for the purpose of
collecting the debt. You are hereby notified that Plaintiff,
Reverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc., has filed a Mortgage
Foreclosure Complaint endorsed with a notice to defend
against you in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia
County, Pennsylvania, docketed to No. 121201390, wherein
Plaintiff seeks to foreclose on the mortgage secured on your
property located, 5228 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19139,
whereupon your property will be sold by the Sheriff of
Philadelphia County. Notice: You have been sued in court. If
you wish to defend against the claims set forth in the follow-
ing 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 en-
tered 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, 3638 N. Broad St., Phila., PA 19140, 215-
227-2400 or 215-981-3700. Phila. Bar Assoc., One Reading
Center, Phila., PA 19104, 215-238-6333. Michael T. McK-
eever, Atty. for Plaintiff, KML Law Group, P.C., Ste. 5000,
Mellon Independence Center, 701 Market St., Phila., PA
19106-1532, 215.627.1322.
Youth Violence
(Cont. From Page 7)Harmonia Club, 2404 Ortho-dox St. Shrimp, beef and beer.Tickets $35. 6 p.m.May 5- Fundraiser for judicialcandidate Donna DeRose atHarmonia Club, 2404 Ortho-dox St., 4-7 p.m. Shrimp,beef & beer. Tickets $35.May 6-7- “Cost of Violence”National Conference hostedby Mothers in Charge at Sher-aton Hotel and Commence-ment Of Peace Gala at SheetMetal Workers Hall, 1301 S.Columbus Blvd., 5:30 p.m.Tickets $85. For info DorothyJohnson-Speight (215) 228-1718. For tickets Peter Lyde(267) 303-3203.May 7- Republican City Com-
mittee holds Primary Electiongala at Cannstatter VolksfestVerein, 9130 Academy Rd, 5p.m. Tickets $125. For info(215) 561-0650.May 7- James B. Shaw hostsfundraiser for Judge KennethJ. Powell, Jr. at OrpheusClub, 254 S. Van Pelt St.,5:30-7:30 pm. For info JudyCamiel (610) 304-0471 or(610) 668-1730.May 8- Elite Donors Wine &Cheese Fundraiser for TrafficCt. candidate Lewis Harris,Jr., 1218 Chestnut St., Su.2901, 6-8:30 p.m. Donations$100, $200, $300.May 8- Germantown Republi-can Club celebrates V-E Dayat Chestnut 7 Restaurant, 8201Germantown Ave., 7-9 p.m.Key speaker is Verne Rider,former veterans’ congressionalliaison. For info [email protected].
May 9- State Sen. AnthonyWilliams and CouncilwomanJannie Blackwell sponsor Can-didates Forum at 1st Dist.Plaza at 3801 Market St., 6-9p.m. For info Jeffrey Felder(267) 809-2626. In attendance3rd, 6th, 24th, 27th, 44th,46th, 51st and 60th wards,May 9- 21st Ward GOP hostsFundraiser at Finnigan’s Wake,3rd & Spring Garden Sts., 6-9p.m. Wine, beer, food andfriends. Tickets $40. For infoWalt Vogler (215) 482-2834.May 9- Fish Fry Fundraiserfor Donna Laws for judge atChampagne, 21 E. CheltenAve., 6-10 p.m. Tickets $10.For info Toni Laws.May 9- Candidates Night atMiracle Temple, 2600 TaskerSt., 6-9 p.m. Fish Fry andChicken Sandwiches $5. Forinfo (215) 334-4430.
(Cont. Page 26)
www.
philly
reco
rd.co
m •
215-
755-
2000
The P
ublic
Rec
ord
• May
2, 20
13Pa
ge 24
SEPTA Warns PedestriansIt’s a call no parent, spouse
or friend should have to take— their loved one isn’t cominghome because he or she madea fatal decision to take a short-cut across the train tracks. Yetevery day, people across theGreater Philadelphia regionare increasing the chances thattheir families and friends willreceive devastating news be-cause they made a riskychoice.
To remind the public of thedangers of walking along,playing by or cutting across itstrain and trolley tracks andthrough its rail yards and de-pots, SEPTA held its first-ever “Make the Safe Choice”Safety Awareness Day onWednesday, May 1. From 6-9:30 a.m., 500 Authority em-ployees and City Year corpsmembers distributed educa-tional materials and answeredsafety questions at more than160 SEPTA rail, trolley andbus stations, loops and trans-portation centers throughout
the Authority’s five-countyservice area. Safety messageswere also displayed on the Au-thority’s vehicles and in itsstations.
“You wouldn’t walk downthe middle of the highway,why would you walk along thetracks? The tracks are thehighway for our trains,” saidSEPTA General Mgr. JosephM. Casey.
Rail fatalities, accidentaland intentional, are a nationalproblem. Through the firstfour months of 2013, therehave been eight deaths involv-ing SEPTA’s Regional Railand Broad Street lines. Sadly,that puts the Authority on apace this year that could ex-ceed the 12 deaths on allmodes in 2012.
“The majority of transit-re-lated incidents are preventa-ble,” said SEPTA SystemSafety Director Scott Sauer.“A moving train can’t steerout of the way of an object orperson in the tracks and it
takes more effort and time toslow or stop a train. By cross-ing the tracks instead of usinga dedicated overpass or under-pass to get to the other side ofstation, people are puttingthemselves in imminent, andunnecessary, danger.”
More than 1 million cus-tomers ride SEPTA’s trains,buses and trolleys every dayand thousands more of the re-gion’s residents live near theAuthority’s stations, shops,vehicles, infrastructure and fa-cilities. Because so many peo-ple interact with SEPTA on adaily basis, the Authority iscommitted not only to provid-ing a safe travel environmentfor its customers, but also toensuring all members of thepublic understand how to“make the safe choice” whenriding on or walking nearmass-transit vehicles and facil-ities.
“You can never be toorushed to be cautious,” said
(Cont. Page 28)
(Cont. From Page 10)Chester Co. SHERIFF
CAROLYN “BUNNY”WELCH was criticized forbeing involved with a rafflethat included guns as prizes.The raffle will be held at theDowningtown Country Clubon May 13 and proceeds willbenefit the Sheriff’s Dept.’sdog unit. Prizes include $100and two guns, one of which isa Colt AR-15 which is appar-ently similar to the gun usedin the Newtown Connecticutkillings. Welch noted the gunswere donated and that winnerwould be subject to a back-ground check.
We may have a serious fe-male candidate for Mayor in2015. DANA SPAIN, a busi-ness executive, apparently isinterested in running. Spain, aresident of Queens Village,currently runs DLG Commu-nications, a branding firm. In2008, she sold a magazine thatshe founded, PhiladelphiaStyle, for an undisclosed fig-ure. While she has not beenactive in politics, she has been
involved in civic affairs. Shefounded the Philadelphia Ani-mal Welfare Society. She hasalso been on the boards thePhiladelphia Police Founda-tion and the Center City Dis-trict’s Retail MarketingAlliance. It appears she hassufficient wealth to contributeheavily to her own campaignif she decides to run. Somehave questioned whether shehas the ability to run this Citywith its complex financialproblems. Perhaps what weneed is a successful businessperson to help fix the financialmess created by a long list ofpoliticians.
Former GOP mayoral can-didate JOHN FEATHER-MAN has landed the perfectgig as a guest columnist forPhilly.com. Featherman com-bines just the right amount ofintelligence, lunacy and polit-ical insight to make his col-umn enjoyable and not toofar-fetched. His most-recentcolumn focused on potentialmayoral candidates. In addi-tion to Spain, his list includesSAM KATZ, STATE REP.JOHN TAYLOR, ELMERMONEY, JOE MCCOL-GAN and KAREN BROWN.
Spain just got a big boost inname recognition becauseFeatherman’s column waspicked up by the Drudge Re-port.
ADAM GATTUSO isnow working for Monroe En-ergy. He is a member of theMayor’s Task Force on Ad-vanced Manufacturing. Wecan expect to see him in a vis-ible role with GOV. TOMCORBETT’S reelection cam-paign.
Philadelphia is now goingto pay for sex-change opera-
tions for its workers courtesyof City Council. The cost ofthis procedure is around$50,000 per person. As partof the LGBT Equality Bill in-troduced by COUNCILMANJIM KENNEY, gender-spe-cific terms like “mother” and“father” will be removedfrom all future city forms andreplaced with terms such as“parent/legal guardian”. Italso requires employers tochange the name and genderof an employee upon requestof that employee regardless of
the individual’s legal name orgender. Both COUNCIL-MEN BRIAN O’NEILL andDAVID OH voted against thisbill. Unfortunately, COUN-CILMAN DENNYO’BRIEN had a brain crampand voted with the liberals.
STATE REP. JOHNTAYLOR has been hard atwork ensuring that the StateLegislature is providing PhillyTaxpayers the relief we need.The House Urban AffairsCommittee has passed severalbills supported by Taylor that
would give Philadelphia moreauthority to provide targetedtax relief to homeowners andallow the City to get tougheron property tax deadbeats.“The City of Philadelphia hasbeen asking for the authorityto better target tax delinquentsand help property owners whoface daunting tax bills,” Tay-lor said. “These bills give theCity the tools to make the kindof reforms necessary to helpour taxpayers.” The billsmove to the whole House fora vote.
(Cont. From Page 10)relations standpoint, this is anexcellent idea. However, inthe highly politically chargedatmosphere of the city, thismay be perceived as an attackon the party establishment.But such a view is unreason-able.
Former Pennsylvania AT-TORNEY GENERALJERRY PAPPERT com-mented on WPVI’s politicaltalk show, “Inside Story”, thatthe endorsement by CON-GRESSMAN BOB BRADYof STATE SEN. MIKE
STACK will bolster hischances of successfully captur-ing the Democratic nominationfor Governor. No oneshould’ve been surprisedabout the endorsement. Bradyhas been a dear friend to theStack family and a mentor toSen. Stack.
A resolution in City Coun-cil providing tax benefits tocompanies that offer healthcoverage to LGBT employees’life partners and children drewthree interesting opponents.The only three to vote againstthe measure were RepublicanCOUNCILMEN BRIANO’NEILL and DAVID OH –and Democratic COUNCIL-MAN BILL GREEN.
Page 25 The Public Record • May 2, 2013www.phillyrecord.com
• 215-755-2000 ELEPHANT
MAN
CITY HALLPull Lever
164
(Cont. From Page 24)May 10- City ControllerForum sponsored by GreaterN.E. Phila. Chamber ofCommerce at Wesley En-hanced Living, 8401 E. Roo-sevelt Blvd., 8:30 a.m. Allcandidates invited. $10 atdoor. (215) 332-3400.May 10- Fish or Chicken Frysponsored by Beth & MikePender, 13th Ward commit-teeman, at Lou & Choo’sLounge,21st & Hunting Park.Also marking Beth’s “pre re-tirement” celebration, 5-10p.m. Donation $10. Benefit-ing 3800 Block N. 16th St.May 11- State Rep. MichelleBrownlee hosts Pre-Mother’sDay Celebration at her office,2839 W. Girard Ave., 12-3p.m. For info (215) 684-3738.May 11- Councilman Keny-atta Johnson hosts Mother’sDay Senior Ball at St. CharlesSr. Community Ctr., 1941Christian St., 2-6 p.m. Moth-ers honored with free food,music and live entertainment.To reserve a seat callTiphanie (215) 686-3412 byMay 6.May 11- Ward 40A Demo-cratic Club hosts Beef & Beerat Italo-American Bocci So-cial Club, 2001 Point BreezeAve., 7-11 p.m. Donation$50.May 13- Democratic CityCommittee Jefferson JacksonCocktail Party at Sheet MetalHa., 1301 S. ColumbusBlvd., 5:30 p.m. Tickets$150. For info (215) 241-7804.May 14- Fundraiser for Com-mon Pleas Court Judge Ken-neth J. Powell, Jr. hosted byattorneys George Bochettoand Gavin Lenz at 1524 Lo-cust St., 6-8 p.m. For infoJudy Camiel (610) 668-1730.May 14- Fundraiser for DAcandidate Danny Alvarez atPaddy Whacks, 2nd & SouthSts., 8:30-11:30 p.m. For theyoung and young at heart.Beer, wine, roast beef andmeatballs. Tickets $40, Stu-dents $25.
May 15- Firefighter HeroPlaque Dedication honoringLaddermen Gilloway andPaxon from Truck 2 andHosemen Fischer and Murrayfrom Engine 21 at Ladder02’s Station, 4th & Arch St.,11 a.m. Followed by lunch-eon at station.May 15- Friends hostFundraiser for 63rd WardCommitteeman John Duffy atCottage Green, 9001 AshtonRd, 6-10 p.m. Will defraynew housing costs followingstroke. Tickets $50. For infoLinda Gaynor (267) 257-7414. Checks payable toFriends of John Duffy, 8932Alicia St., Phila., PA 19115.May 16- District Attorney R.Seth Williams and 2ndChance Foundation host 2ndAll Faiths Prayer for PeaceBreakfast at 1st District Plaza,Grand Ballrm., 3801 MarketSt., 8 a.m. Ticket $25.Keynote speaker is BishopKeith W. Reed, Sr., PastorSharon Baptist Ch. For infocall (215) 792-4158.May 16- Fish or Chicken Fryhosted by Friends of Council-woman Cindy Bass, at Lou &Choo’s, 2101 W. HuntingPark Ave., 5-9 p.m. Tickets$15. Make checks payable toFriends of Cindy Bass.May 16- Hardy Williams Ed-ucation Fund hosts Scholar-ship Award Reception atTendenza, 969 N. 2nd St.,5:30 p.m. reception, programat 6:30. Comcast VP DavidL. Cohen keynote speaker.May 17- 60th Ward Democ-rats hold Fish Fry and Candi-dates Night at 5542 ChestnutSt. Fish fry starts 11 a.m. andcandidates 6-9 p.m. Candi-dates $50.May 17- 33rd Ward Progres-sive Democrats hold Fund -raiser, Juniata G.C., 1391Cayuga St., 7 p.m.-12 a.m.Tickets $30.00, 2 for $50.For info Donna Aument (215)370-3689.May 17- State Sen. ShirleyKitchen and Sid Booker hostGet Out Vote Rally at ClubLaPointe, 4600 N. Broad St.,5:30-7:30 p.m. Radio Person-ality Patty Jackson, MayorMichael Nutter, CouncilPresident Darrell L. Clarke,Congressman Chaka Fattah.
www.
philly
reco
rd.co
m •
215-
755-
2000
The P
ublic
Rec
ord
• May
2, 20
13Pa
ge 26
Michael A. Cibik, EsquireAmerican Bankruptcy
Board CertifiedQuestion: Should you buy acar prior to filing Chapter 13?Answer: You may want toconsider buying a car prior tofiling your Chapter 13 bank-ruptcy case. Filing bankruptcyisn’t a matter of going to yourbankruptcy lawyer’s office,plunking your money down,and signing a few documents.It involves planning.
Chapter 13 bankruptcy – ifyou’re over median income(using the six-month averageprior to filing) – is a five-yearprocess. If you’ve got an oldercar, you’re probably better offreplacing it prior to filing.
If it dies or begins “nickeland diming you to death” dur-
ing your bankruptcy, you’llneed to file a motion to incurdebt. You’ll have to make thecase for needing that newer ve-hicle, and getting an order en-tered will take about a month.Net/net, it’s a hassle, and ahassle you probably won’twant to deal with if your trans-mission just failed or the vehi-cle can’t be driven because ofsome major mechanical fail-ure.
Buying a car will also helpyou on the means test, whichdetermines how much you’llneed to pay to your unsecuredcreditors in your plan. No carnote means no ownership al-lowance on the means test.That, in turn, means (pardonthe pun) that you lose $517 onthe means test.
Am I saying you buy the
car to do better on the meanstest? No. But if you need a car,it’s best to take care of thatprior to filing. And if thathelps you on the means test,well, so be it.
Buy a high-quality usedcar, and be sure you need tobuy a vehicle. For example, ifyou have a 2008 model vehiclewith 60,000 miles on it thatyou just paid off, I would notadvise you to buy a newer carprior to filing. In contrast,however, if you owned a 2004with 120,000, I would. As Jus-tice Potter Stewart wouldlikely say, I can’t define it, butI know it when I see it.
Next Week’s Question: Doyou ever want to live thelifestyle of the rich and fa-mous? Celebrities file bank-ruptcy too!
by Tom Flynn and Rocco DeGregorio
Question: I am 15 and Iam very interested in cars. Iwould like to be a mechanicwhen I am done school. Canyou give me any tips on what Ishould do to be able to get ajob when I graduate? I haveworked on some cars before,but not a lot, and I am suremost places want experience,right?
Answer: Dear reader, weare so happy to hear that youare trying to get a jump startto your career!
There are many things thatyou can do to help yourself getstarted. I don’t know whatarea you are in, but if there isa tech high school near youthat has an automotive pro-gram going there for your jun-ior and senior year, it wouldbe a good step in the right di-
rection. After you finish tradehigh school, there are manytech colleges around that offerautomotive programs as well.
Also, try and get your footin the door at an auto-bodyshop for an internship. Weoften offer internship pro-grams to local students. Checkin at our shop or other shops.Most would love to have aneager worker like you as longas you have a work permit andthey have an opening for you!
Most importantly, never letyourself get discouraged if youget turned down. Always keeplearning and trying for yourgoal! Good luck!
Tom has been serving auto-motive customers in thePhiladelphia area for over 20years as a salesman and thenGeneral Manager of PacificoAuto Group. Rocco is a topautomotive consultant.
Page 27 The Public Record • May 2, 2013www.phillyrecord.com
• 215-755-2000
CCIITTYY OOFF PPHHIILLAADDEELLPPHHIIAA
The Committee on Finance of the Council of the City of Philadelphia will hold a PublicHearing on Thursday, May 9, 2013, at 2:00 PM, in Room 400, City Hall, to hear tes-timony on the following items:
121037 An Ordinance amending Section 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled“Business Income Receipts Taxes,”by, including but not limited to, modifyingcertain definitions, all under certain terms and conditions.
130225 An Ordinance authorizing the Office of the City Treasurer, on behalf of theCity, to enter into an agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. for provision ofpayroll banking services to the City, under certain terms and conditions.
130227 An Ordinance amending Section 19-200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled“City Funds - Deposits, Investments, Disbursements,” by amending Section19-201, entitled “City Depositories,” by authorizing the City Treasurer to de-posit funding Bank of New York Mellon, under certain terms and conditions.
Immediately following the public hearing, a meeting of the Committee on Finance, opento 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 Coun-cil, Room 402, City Hall.
Michael DeckerChief Clerk
www.
philly
reco
rd.co
m •
215-
755-
2000
The P
ublic
Rec
ord
• May
2, 20
13Pa
ge 28
The Public RecordProudly presents its
13th Annual Memorial
Day Special IssueMay 23rd, 2013
Call 215-755-2000
(Cont. From Page 24)Sauer. “Just taking a few sec-onds to check your surround-ings, staying behind yellowlines on platforms and not run-ning to catch a train or bus canbe the difference between lifeand death.”
SEPTA’s system-wideSafety Awareness Day is un-precedented — this is believedto be the only such all-out en-deavor by a US transit organi-zation.
“At least once a month, oursafety officers visit railroad,rail transit and bus stationsacross the Authority, review-ing regulations and precautionswith thousands of passengers,”said Sauer. “We often visit lo-cations as a result of commu-nity request or stations thathave had a high volume of pas-sengers or trespassers.”Among the stations frequentlytargeted for Safety Blitzes areOverbrook and Fern Rock Re-gional Rail stations and LeamyAvenue on the Route 101 Trol-ley line — locations that havecopious amounts of tres-passers. “We find that peopleeither don’t recognize that en-tering the track area is tres-passing and a violation of thelaw, or that they believe theywill be able to hear the train ortrolley coming and get out ofthe way,” said Sauer. “Whatthey don’t realize is that a trainor trolley can come on anytrack at any time, not all vehi-cles make all stops and electrictrains are very quiet. Youshould never assume you willhear the vehicle coming andhave time to get out of the
way.”SEPTA’s System Safety
Dept. also makes OperationLifesaver rail safety presenta-tions to students from kinder-garten through high school andto a wide variety of audiencessuch as hearing and visuallyimpaired adults, driver’s edu-cation students, emergency re-sponders and professionaldrivers. SEPTA offers the pre-sentations free of charge toschool and community groups.“We urge more organizationsto take advance of the Opera-tion Lifesaver training we pro-vide,” said Casey. Eachprogram is tailored to the spe-cific audience and includes aslide show, video and ques-tion-and-answer session.
“We have made Opera-tion Lifesaver presentationsto thousands of children andadults throughout our serv-ice region over the lastseven or eight years and wefind that younger childrenunderstand the dangers oftrespassing on or near therails, but adults don’t com-prehend the risk they aretaking,” said Sauer. “I askthose people that, beforethey make the deliberatechoice to walk along thetracks, they think about theirfamilies and the loved onesthat are waiting for them tocome home.”
For more information aboutSEPTA safety and to down-load PDFs of safety tips for allSEPTA modes, visithttp://www.septa.org/safety/tips/. For information aboutSEPTA’s Operation Lifesaverpresentations, and to schedulea presentation, call (215) 580-7800. For more informationabout Operation Lifesaver,
SEPTA
Urges Safety
(Cont. From Page 10)LEM. The big problem withAVI is that it is not done right.City COUNCIL asked for thecomputation formula BEFOREthe Budget Hearings. The askedDURING the Budget Hearings.So WHERE IS and WHAT ISthe SUPER-SECRET FOR-MULA? Taxpayers must acceptthe FORMULA results withoutknowing the HOW! Matt
RUBEN, Northern Liberties cit-izen, explained taxpayerthoughts. Let’s CHECK individ-ual sales and values; start withthe home of the Finance Direc-tor.
AVI will soon spawn aplethora of APPEAL PREPA-RATION businesses.... StateLAWMAKERS are proposinggood legislation that might easeA.V.I. PAIN. State Rep.Cherelle PARKER proposes thatdelinquents receive tax liens.State Rep. Mike O’BRIEN wantsAGE and FINANCES of long-
time residents to determine areal-estate tax freeze. State Rep.Mike MC GEEHAN proposesinstallment paying of taxes.Bravo trio!
State Sen. DAYLIN LEACHreportedly sent the Governor alist of jurist names to fill the va-cancy on the State SupremeCourt. He should KEEP OUT ofit. It won’t work, and there areno brownie points…. In the cityjudicial races, Judge FranSHIELDS has a speech of factand levity. Forceful talkers areHenry LEWANDOWSKI, and
Dawn TANCREDI, TimikaLANE and SIERRA Street – thelatter two both out of BrightHOPE Church. Making friendsare Tracy ROMAN and MartyCOLEMAN. Joe FERNANDESis also a Consul General.
MABLE C. Windham retiredas 17th Ward Leader. This grandlady of the Old South will reallybe missed for her graciousness.Raynard HUGHES, her succes-sor, knows Mable’s shoes are bigto fill. He is in SEPTA manage-ment.... Mark SEGAL is stillwinning prizes from Press Asso-
ciations. He is praising CityCouncil for their strongest LGBTlegislation EVER!
GOV. Tom Corbett continuesto keep his poll figures LOW.Negative ADS are out alreadyacross the state. Leave officeNOW, Gov!... BIRTHDAYS:The unsinkable DUCKY BIRTScelebrated his 77th year with astrong life force taking him eas-ily to 110! Joe FOX, President ofPHILLY A.O.H. What can onesay? A grand and good man, heis! And AOH 4 in MontgomeryCo. celebrated its 10th birthday.Tom COUGHLIN is President.
VETS: George PEREZ inCongressman Bob BRADY’s of-fice notes the Congressional GodMedal will be given to the 65th
Infantry Division Regiment – thefamed “Borinqueneers”….PHILLY LABOR website of JoeDOC, Jr. wants vets to knowthat lifeinc.today.com offers
VETS advice on job-seeking.The site reports UPS is contentwith a five-year contract. ButSEPTA conductors had to rejectan offer.
JOE ASHDALE, Painters’ &Glaziers’ Chief, keeps rising upthe Labor Ladder. He just re-turned from a week in Washing-ton...ED HARKINS, politicalguy for the Bucks Boilermakers,reports unionization is more suc-cessful in lifetime career satisfac-tion with increasing good jobsthan college attainment.
Not to be missed: Is the DAYOF THE ROPE Dinner by AOH25. Bill TAYLOR of the Plaster-ers’ Union is the principal hon-oree. The event commemoratesthe hanging of good and innocentunion men during the early daysof labor organizing in Schuylkilland Carbon Cos. It will be heldon May 3 in Joe DOC’S Bridge-man’s Hall, 7-11 p.m., for $50.
by Michael P. Boyle, Esq.In a recent column, I dis-
cussed the proposal floated by theObama administration to switchto what is called the “chainedCPI” method when calculatingcost-of-living increases to SocialSecurity benefits. The end resultof switching to this methodwould lead to lower increases inCOLAs in the future.
A recent study by the Con-gressional Budget Office suggeststhat implementing the chained
CPI (consumer price index)method would have a greater im-pact on seniors. According to theCBO, “the chained CPI may un-derstate growth in the cost of liv-ing for some groups. Forinstance, some evidence indicatesthe cost of living grows at a fasterrate for the elderly than foryounger people, in part becausechanges in health care prices playa disproportionate role in olderpeople’s cost of living.” Seehttp://www.cbo .gov/sites/default
The CBO looked at a measureof inflation called the CPI-E,which gives greater weight to thecosts of health care and othergoods/services seniors consumein greater numbers. The CBOfound that, since 1982, inflationas measured by the CPI-E hasbeen 0.2% higher, on average,than inflation as measured byother CPI measures.
The longer-term differencebetween the growth rates of theCPI-E and CPI-U (for all urbanconsumers) mainly reflects thefact a larger percentage of spend-ing by seniors is for items whose
prices rise especially quickly. Inparticular, compared with every-one else, seniors devote a muchlarger percentage of spending tomedical care.
This means slowing thegrowth of COLAs (by switchingto a chained CPI) will adverselyimpact seniors, whose livingcosts are rising at a higher ratethan their benefits.
The study observes a“chained version of the CPI-Ecould be developed to better ac-count for economic substitutionby seniors, but doing so wouldrequire collecting significantlymore data about the purchasingpatterns of the elderly.”
Page 29 The South Philadelphia Public Record • May 2, 2013www.phillyrecord.com
• 215-755-2000
2400 E. Somerset Street Phone: 215-423-2223Philadelphia, PA 19134 Fax: 215-423-5937
The City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia International Airport,is requesting PROPOSALS for “SECURITY & SPECIALSYSTEMS ENGINEERING SERVICES”.
All proposals are to be submitted to www.phila.gov/con-tracts/ by 5pm MAY 22, 2013 and also as directed in theREQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. Interested firms are invitedto download the rfp directly from http://www.phila.gov/con-tracts/ (click under “eContract Philly”).
The City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia International Airport,is requesting PROPOSALS for “ON-CALL MARKET-ING & GRAPHIC DESIGN SERVICES”.
All proposals are to be submitted to www.phila.gov/con-tracts/ by 5pm MAY 14, 2013 and also as directed in theREQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. Interested firms are invitedto download the rfp directly from http://www.phila.gov/con-tracts/ (click under “eContract Philly”).
ELEPHANT MAN
www.
philly
reco
rd.co
m •
215-
755-
2000
The P
ublic
Rec
ord
• May
2, 20
13Pa
ge 30
Rocky has been in the auto business since 1994. He has been rec-ognized by Ford Motor Company with numerous achievements in-cluding Master Certified in car and trucks.
He’ll use his experience to help you maximize your benefits and reduce your expenses!
6700 Essington AvenuePhiladelphia, PA 19153
______________________215.492.1700
www.pacificocars.com
Pacifico FordGood Credit • Bad Credit
No Credit • Don’t Sweat it!
LIVE AUCTIONS EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 5PM (Preview 3PM)
LIVE INTERNET AUCTION EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 3:00 PM
LIVE AUCTIONS EVERY SATURDAY AT 11AM (Preview 9AM)
LIVE INTERNET AUCTION EVERY SATURDAY AT 4PM AT:
www.capitalautoauctions.com To Register & To Bid
(Cont. From Page 10)of Black Journalists, and the Na-tional Association of Black Jour-nalists did the right thing. Flankedby fellow NABJ founders AcelMoore, Les Payne and PaulBrock, State Sen. AnthonyWilliams and his WURD family,a tombstone marking the grave ofReggie Bryant was unveiled.
The black marble stone is inthe shape of a book and bears thequote I started this column with.
Out & About
&
District Attorney R. Seth Williamscordially invite you to
2nd All Faith Prayer for Peace Breakfast
Thursday May 16, 2013 / 8:00 am(Doors will open at 7:45)
The First District Plaza Grand Ballroom3801 Market Street
Keynote Speaker:Bishop Keith W. Reed, Sr. Pastor
Sharon Baptist Church of PhiladelphiaTickets: $25 per person / Table $250.00
Please reserve your ticket or table by calling 215.792.4158 or by sending an email to: [email protected]
Taylor Pals Savor Wine, Cigars
BACKERS of State Rep. John Taylor gathered to promoteleading Republican lawmaker at in Rittenhouse Square. Join-ing Taylor, left, here were attorneys Jim DiVergilis of Phila.Regional Port Authority and Neil Morris.
SAVORING aromatic cigars in rear garden of ColonialDames of America’s gemlike hall on Latimer Street were,from left, Republican Ward Leaders Mike Cibik and TomMatkowski, George Twardy and Ward Leader Joe DeFelice.
CITY COMMISSIONER Al Schmidt enjoyedanimated chat with noted GOP strategistFrank Buzydlowski, left, and Mike Oscar atState Rep. John Taylor’s wine-and-cigarfundraiser at Colonial Dames.
AHOY MATES! Port of Phila. leaders BobPalaima of Delaware River Stevedores, left,and Capt. James Roche who leads river pi-lots’ association were proud to acknowledgeTaylor’s tireless work for Phila. shipping.
ADOPTIONPERSONALS
ADOPTION: Loving, Ac-tive Couple Hoping to
Adopt. Home full of love,laughter & security foryour baby! Help with ex-penses. Call George &
Heather 1-877-370-2422HELP WANTED
Heavy Equipment Opera-tor Career! 3 WeeksHands On TrainingSchool. Bulldozers, Back-hoes, Excavators. Na-tional Certifications.Lifetime Job PlacementAssistance. VA BenefitsEligible! 1-866-362-6497
GORDON TRUCKING,INC.-CDL-A DriversNeeded! Up to $3,000SIGN ON BONUS. Refrig-erated Fleet with GreatMiles. Up to .46 cpm w/10years experience. FullBenefits, 401k, EOE. NoN.E. Runs! Call 7days/wk! TeamGTI.com866-554-7856AVERITT OFFERS CDL-A Drivers a Strong, Sta-ble, Profitable Career.Experienced Drivers andRecent Grads- ExcellentBenefits, Weekly Home-time, Paid Training. 888-3 6 2 - 8 6 0 8AverittCareers.com EqualOpportunity Employer$4K Sign on$ - CDLDriver Average $800-$1000 per week. NoTouch Freight. WeeklyHome Time! Class A w/1yr exp. HOGAN BenefitsAvailable. Hogan Deidi-cated. Call Kim @ 866-275-8838
LAND FOR SALEUP STATE NY COUN-TRYSIDE SPRING LANDSALE. $5,000 Off EachLot. 6 AC w / TroutStream: $29,995. 3 AC /So. Tier: $15,995. 5.7 ACOn the River: $39,995.Beautiful & All Guaran-teed Buildable. Financing
Available ... Offers End5/15/13... Call Now: 1-800-229-7843 www.lan-dandcamps.com
MISCELLANEOUSSAWMILLS from only$3997.00- MAKE & SAVEMONEY with your ownbandmill- Cut lumber anydimension. In stock readyto ship-FREE Info/DVD:www.NorwoodSawmills.com 1-800-578-1363Ext.300NATTEND COLLEGE ON-LINE from Home. *Med-ical, *Business, *CriminalJustice, *Hospitality. Jobplacement assistance.Computer available. Fi-nancial Aid if qualified.SCHEV authorized. Call888-220-3984. www.Cen-turaOnline.comAIRLINE CAREERSbegin here-Become anAviation MaintenanceTech. FAA approved train-
ing. Financial aid if quali-fied-Housing available.Job placement assis-tance. CALL Aviation In-stitute of Maintenance888-834-9715
NOTICESPursuant to §128.85 ofthe Pennsylvania Depart-ment of Agriculture Title 7regulations, GROW-MARK FS, LLC. herebygives notice of ground ap-plication of "RestrictedUse Pesticides" for theprotection of agriculturalcrops in municipalities inPennsylvania during thenext 45 days. Residentsof contiguous property toour application sites
should contact your localGROWMARK FS, LLC.facility for additional infor-mation. Concerned Citi-zens should contact:Michael Layton, MGR.Safety & Environment,[email protected] GROWMARK FS, LLC.308 N.E. Front Street, Mil-ford, DE 19963. Call 302-422-3002
VACATION RENTALSOCEAN CITY, MARY-LAND. Best selection of af-fordable rentals. Full/ partialweeks. Call for FREEbrochure. Open daily. Holi-day Real Estate. 1-800-638-2102. Online reservations:www.holidayoc.com
Page 31 The South Philadelphia Public Record • May 2, 2013www.phillyrecord.com
• 215-755-2000
Public Record Classifieds: small ADS BIG Deals
Say You Saw It In The PUBLIC RECORD
Highest Cash PaidInstantly
For Junk CarsNo Keys - No Title
No Problem!!!Call: 215-715-9316
‘IF IT’S ELECTRICAL, WE DO IT”100 & 200 AMP Service Specials
FREE ESTIMATES
215-783-384424-Hr. Emerg. Service
Discounted Specials
LICENSED & INSUREDLI. NO. 18313
PA LIC # 053919
We Buy Junk Cars
$300 to $400Cash PaidFree Towing
Same Day Service
Titanium Construction Group
For All Phases of ConstructionResidential • Commercial • Industrial
And Maintenance Work• All Electric • Plumbing• HVAC • Dry Wall• Tilework • Cement• Stucco/Drivit • Brickwork• Painting • Cleanouts• Carpentry
2 67 - 2 7 5 - 8 6 3 1
$400 & Up For Running VehiclesHighest Cash Paid for Junk Vehicles
We sell new and used parts. SAME DAY SERVICE
(215) 203-0993
215-333-3844We Deliver
2157 E. Lehigh Ave.Phila., PA 19125
The company for womenand a few good men
TO BUY OR SELL contact:
MARY IEROIndependent Sales RepresentativeNational Recruiter
215-906-1321
K-SquadAuto SalvageBatteries: $35.00
We Buy Junk Cars!4087 Richmond St.
Phila., PA 19137
(215) 288-9500(215) 688-0949
7 Days a Week • 9AM-5PM
ELECTRICIAN
BARRY FISHER
LICENSED ELECTRICIAN
Over 42yrs experience
low prices, fast service
lic/ins* FHA/VA Cert
215-927-0234
REGIONAL DRIVERSHiring Regional Drivers for Out & BackRuns. Out of our Croydon, PA Location.$500 Sign-On Bonus! Home 3-5 Times aweek. (Overnight Breaks may be req'd 1-2 times a week) Highway TransportChemical. Must Have: CDL-A with Tanker,hazmat endorsed. 18 months current trac-tor trailer exp. Or 24 months in the last 4years driving tractor trailer. TWIC card as-sistance available. Excellent Benefits:Medical, Dental, Vision. Company PaidLife Insurance. 8 Paid Holidays per year,2 weeks vacation after first year. 401K50% Company match on first 6%. PaidOrientation & Training. "Safety FocusedQuality Driven, our CSA rating reflects ourcommitment" EOE/M/F/V/D 800-818-1190x208 www.drive4hyttchemical.com
NOTICE TO BIOLOGICAL FATHERTO: Any male claiming to be the biological father
of Lay’onnah Lashay NewellLay’onnah Lashay Newell was born to BreannaLashay Newell on January 10, 2012, in MontgomeryCounty, Pennsylvania. A Petition for Adoption in-cluding the Termination of Parental and Other Rightsis pending in The Superior Court of GwinnettCounty, Georgia. Be advised that you will lose allrights to the child and will not receive notice nor beentitled to object to the termination of any rights youmay have to this child unless within 30 days of yourreceipt of this Notice you (1) file a Petition to Legit-imate the child complying with the provisions of theOfficial Code of Georgia, §19-7-22 (and in accor-dance with the ruling of the Supreme Court of Geor-gia in Holmes v. Traweek, 276 Ga. 296 (2003); (2)provide notice of the filing of your Petition to Legit-imate with the Adoption Clerk, Superior Court ofGwinnett County, 75 Langley Drive, Lawrenceville,GA 30045, Case No. 13-24-4; and (3) provide noticeof the filing of your Petition to Legitimate with coun-sel for the Birth Mother listed below.
Lori M. SurmayClaiborne & Surmay, P.C.
60 Lenox Pointe, N.E. Atlanta, GA 30324
215-333-8108
4712 Wingate St.Phila., PA 19136
Free computer diagnostic testing.
I year, 12,000 mi warrantyAll work guaranteed
Honoring most extended warranties
Serving the community for over 20 years
Drivers: Local,Home Daily!Weekly Pay
Guarantee. Week-end, PT Also
Avail. CDL-A,2yrs Exp. 23yoa.GoPenske.com#1203677 or 866-823-0357
