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Vol. II No. 118 (278) Keeping You Posted With The Politics Of Philadelphia August 9, 2011
No Time ForFlash Mobs?
MAYOR MICHAEL NUTTER yesterday imposed a special 9 p.m. curfew in
Center City for youths, hoping to stem outbreaks of mass violence there. Story
page 3.
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Curfew Fines Could Be The AnswerA 9 p.m. curfew for minors under
18 on Friday and Saturdays could
well be the solution to end flash
mob teen violence in Center City
and University.
Mayor Michael A. Nutter has the
cooperation of the District Attor-
ney’s Office, Philadelphia Munici-
pal Court, Philadelphia Police
Dept., community groups, business
owners and other stakeholders.
Throughout the remainder of the
City, the curfew will remain 10:00
p.m. for minors under the age of
13 and 12:00 a.m. for minors
under the age of 18.
The Mayor added, “In September,
I am looking forward to working
with City Council to amend our
city’s curfew laws to better antici-
pate our enforcement needs.”
Minors who are caught breaking
curfew will be sent home, brought
home or transported to a police
station where their parents will be
contacted. Minors may be issued a
citation with a $100 to $300 fine
for a first offense.
District Attorney Seth Williams
added, “We will be prosecuting
these young criminals to the fullest
extent of the law. There is no ex-
cuse for what they did, and they
have brought great shame upon
themselves and their families. Let
this be a message to any others
who think that participating in
flash mobs is acceptable or fun.”
The Mayor also outlined conse-
quences for parents and legal
guardians of children who break
curfew. Parents, after receiving a
first violation notice, will be fined
up to $500 for successive viola-
tions. These notices and citations
will be issued when the parent
comes to collect their child from
the police station.
If parents do not get their child
within a reasonable time, the PPD
will contact the Dept. of Human
Services to initiate an investiga-
tion. Additionally, parents whose
child under the age of 18 is found
liable or guilty by a court for in-
jury, theft or other criminal acts,
parents will be liable to the person
who suffered the injury or loss of
property. Parents and legal
guardians are subject to imprison-
ment for up to 90 days for repeat
curfew violation offenses.
Until the beginning of the school
year, the PPD will have a greater
presence in the targeted enforce-
ment areas. The enforcement will
include the Mounted Unit, Bike
Patrol and other officers through-
out Center City. To support these
enforcement efforts, community
leaders will volunteer as part of the
Safe Corridors campaign. This
campaign will encourage adults
and responsible youth from across
the region to patrol the targeted en-
forcement areas and to contact the
PPD if violent or suspicious be-
havior is observed.
In the long term, the PPD will con-
tinue to work with SEPTA to en-
hance communication and
coordination during “flash mob”
attacks. Additionally, the PPD’s
SafeCam initiative encourages
businesses and residents to register
their surveillance cameras with the
PPD to assist with the apprehen-
sion and prosecution of individuals
participating in criminal acts. Busi-
ness owners and residents can visit
https://safecam.phillypolice.com/
to join this program.]
The City will expand recreation
center hours to 10:00 p.m. on Fri-
day and Saturday nights at approx-
imately 20 centers throughout the
City.
Speaker Smith Moves Ahead On Plan
To Cut House SizeSpeaker of the House Sam Smith
(R-Jefferson) will testify before
the House State Government Com-
mittee about his legislation (HB
153) to reduce the size of the
Pennsylvania House of Represen-
tatives to 153 members, from the
current 203 members.
Changing the size of the Legisla-
ture requires an amendment to the
state Constitution, which means
the same bill must be debated and
passed in two consecutive ses-
sions, and subsequently approved
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by referendum vote of the people
of Pennsylvania.
This afternoon, the House State
Government Committee will hold
a hearing on Smith’s measure at
the Capitol. It will be chaired by
State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R-But-
ler). Among those testifying will
be James Reichley, member of the
1968 Commission on Legislative
Modernization; Dr. Charles
Greenawalt, senior fellow of The
Susquehanna Valley Center for
Public Policy; Dr. Beverly Cigler,
Penn State Harrisburg; John Bell,
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau; and
Richardson Dilworth, Drexel Uni-
versity.
Temple Hosts White House Urban
Entrepreneurship Forum
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY’S Fox
School of Business hosted White
House’s 6th Urban Entrepre-
neurship Forum. Seen here prior
to the series of speakers and
panels are, from left, Fox School
of Business Dean Moshe Porat;
Mayor Michael Nutter; Michael
Blakes, deputy associate director
of White House Office of Public
Engagement, who served as MC;
and Chip Flowers, Delaware
State treasurer, also a panelist.
Photo by Bonnie Squires
AMONG hundreds of attendees
at Urban Entrepreneurship
Forum were Andy Toy, of Enter-
prise Institute, and Stanley
Taraila, of Renaissance Proper-
ties. Photo by Bonnie Squires
9 AUGUST, 2011 THE PHILADELPHIA DAILY RECORD | 5
Public School Registration Starting
Each summer, neighborhood pub-
lic schools are open to register stu-
dents new to the School District of
Philadelphia for the upcoming
school year. Students who need to
register include: those whose fami-
lies are new to Philadelphia; chil-
dren transferring from private,
parochial and charter schools;
kindergarten students who were
not pre-registered this past spring;
and School District of Philadelphia
students who moved to a new
neighborhood over the summer.
Beginning yesterday, and continu-
ing through Sep. 2, all District
schools will be open for matricula-
tion. Elementary and middle
schools are open from 8:30 a.m. to
3:00 p.m. and neighborhood high
schools are open for registration
from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. On
Sep. 6 and 7, high schools will
also have registration hours after
school from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
High-school students must accom-
pany their parents to registration
so that the students may select
courses.
In addition, the District is running
a special registration program for
new immigrant students. The pro-
gram is available at two locations
until Aug. 31. The locations are:
the School District Education Cen-
ter at 440 N. Broad Street and the
District’s Welcome & Enrollment
Center located at 2603 N. 5th
Street. The services are available
on Monday from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00
p.m. and Tuesday through Friday
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Trans-
lation and interpretation services
are available on site.
Parents are asked to bring the fol-
lowing types of documents to reg-
istration:
Proof of child’s age (exam-
ples: birth or baptismal cer-
tificate or other religious
document, passport or im-
migration documents).
Proof of identification for
parent or guardian (exam-
ples: driver’s license, non-
driver’s identification,
employer identification,
and passport).
Proof of current address (ex-
amples: voter’s registration
card, recent utility bill, and
residency affidavit. The
document must contain the
parent’s name and address).
For children entering the School
District of Philadelphia for the first
time, parents also should bring:
Proof that childhood immu-
nizations are current (ex-
amples: a health passport
or immunization summary
sheet issued by a licensed
health care provider or fa-
cility).
Your child’s most-recent re-
port card, and/or any other
document that will help in
placing your child in the
appropriate grade.
Copies of the child’s Indi-
vidualized Education Plan
(if applicable).
For further information the public
is invited to visit the District’s
Back to School 2011-2012 website
located at www.philasd.org/stu-
dents/backtoschool.
Clothier Joins Board Of College AttorneysRobert C. Clothier, partner with
the firm of Fox Rothschild LLP in
Philadelphia, was elected on Jun.
28 to a three-year term as a Mem-
ber-at-Large of the Board of Direc-
tors of the National Association of
College and University Attorneys
during its 51st conference in San
Francisco, Cal.
Clothier is an attorney representa-
tive for Philadelphia University
and has been a member of
NACUA since 2003. Prior to join-
ing Fox Rothschild, Clothier was a
partner at Dechert LLP and High
Swartz Roberts & Seidel LLP.