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Vol. III No. 103 (468) Keeping You Posted With The Politics Of Philadelphia June 22, 2012

WISHING HAPPY BIRTHDAY to influential State Sen. Daylin Leach at a

party in his honor at CHOPS on City Avenue are, from left, Alan Kessler, State

Sen. Vincent Hughes, former State Sen. Bob Rovner, and a delighted birthday

boy. More pictures inside. Photo by Bonnie Squires

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C a l e n d a rJun. 22- 1st annual Chickor Fish Fry hosted by Congress-man Bob Brady, State Rep.Mark Cohen, Shirley Gregoryand 49th Ward at Lou & Choo’s,2101 W. Hunting Pk. Ave., 5-9p.m. $10. For info SonjaThomas (215) 200-6144, DuckyBirts (215) 510-1057, TeresaTanner (267) 270-8088, TommyBlackwell (215) 992-4425.Make checks payable to ShirleyGregory/49th Ward, 5803 N. 12th

St., Phila., PA 19141.

Jun. 22- Cocktail recep-tion for Joe Rooney, Republican13th Dist. congressional candi-date, hosted by Donna Parisi atA Child’s Place, 524 SugartownRd., Devon, Pa. Tickets $150-$1,000. For info Maria Diezel(610) 430-0419.

Jun. 23- William Dunbarcampaign headquarters opening,2302 E. Allegheny, noon to 5p.m. Special guest lists includesCongressman Bob Brady, Sen.Christina Tartaglione, DA SethWilliams and Mayor Nutter,

Jun. 24- Celebration OfThe Drum at Hatfield House,33rd & Girard Ave., 12-7 p.m.No cost. Bring your family, in-struments, blankets or chairs.

Jun. 27- 14th annualYouth Anti Violence HealthAwareness Initiative at MyersRec Ctr., 58th & Kingsessing

Ave., 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free event.

Jun. 28- TomMatkowski’s GOP 65th Wardhosts fundraiser at Flukes Bar &Grill, 7401 State Rd., 6 p.m.Tickets $40. For info (215) 298-2251.

Jul. 7- Councilman CurtisJones’ Block Captain BootCamp at Belmont Picnic Grove,Belmont Ave. & Belmont Man-sion Dr., 12-6 p.m. Workshops,picnic, games.

Jul. 21- Fundraiser forState Rep. John Taylor in N.Wildwood at Coconut Cove,400 W. Spruce Ave., N. Wild-wood, N.J., 2-6 p.m. Cash Bar.For info (215) 545-2244.

Jul. 21- Olney HS Classof 1979 Bowling Party at Lib-erty Lanes, 6505 Market St.,Upper Darby, Pa., 7 p.m.-11p.m. Cost $20. BYOB (beer orwine only).

Jun. 28- Tom Matkowski’sGOP 65th Ward hosts fundraiserat Flukes Bar & Grill, 7401State Rd., 6 p.m. Tickets $40.For info (215) 298-2251.

Jul. 7- Councilman CurtisJones’ Block Captain BootCamp at Belmont Picnic Grove,Belmont Ave. & Belmont Man-sion Dr., 12-6 p.m. Workshops,picnic, games.

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City Council Targets

Citizens United RulingPhiladelphia activists today applauded the

Philadelphia City Council for approving a reso-

lution calling for a constitutional amendment de-

signed to curb corporate influence over

elections.

The resolution – which was sponsored by Coun-

cilwoman Maria Quiñones Sánchez and co-spon-

sored by Council Members Curtis Jones, Marian

Tasco and Cindy Bass – calls for passage of a

constitutional amendment that would overturn the

US Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. Federal

Election Commission ruling, which gave corpora-

tions and wealthy individuals the green light to

spend unlimited sums on elections. Since the

Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling, record amounts of

money have been spent in races throughout the

country.

The resolution is one of more than 250 that have

been passed since the US Supreme Court’s Citi-

zens United v. Federal Election Commission rul-

ing. The local effort was organized by numerous

organizations and elected officials, including Pub-

lic Citizen’s Democracy Is For People team in

Philadelphia, Citizens Respond, Common Cause

Pennsylvania, United Food & Commercial Work-

ers Local 1776, Fight for Philly, Philadelphia Jew-

ish Labor Committee, Philadelphia Coalition of

Labor Union Women, Philadelphia MoveOn

Council, Philly Rootstrikers, Philadelphia Neigh-

borhood Networks, Granny Peace Brigade of

Philadelphia and Philadelphia Democratic Progres-

sive Caucus.

House Administration Committee Ranking Mem-

ber, Robert Brady (D-Phila.) commended the

Philadelphia City Council on this resolution. “I

have been a leader on this issue for many years,

and it’s great to see support on this issue from our

city leaders,” said Brady. “The Supreme Court got

it wrong in Citizens United, and it’s time we clean

up the mess it made. Hopefully this resolution will

be a catalyst, inspire more of our state and local

leaders, and push Republicans in the House to ad-

dress this glaring problem and stop running out the

clock on this Congress.”

As Chairman of the House Administration Com-

mittee, Rep. Brady held three hearings on the DIS-

CLOSE Act, a bill that required disclosure of

political contributions that was passed by the

House of Representatives. Unfortunately, the bill

fell one vote short from passing the Senate.

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Daily WafflesFrom Joe Sbaraglia (The Waffleman)

GRAVY - is whatspaghetti sauce is called inSouth Philadelphia. Thesecret brews of tomatoes,various spices and herbswere cooked by manymothers and grandmothersthroughout South Philadel-phia. It was preparedevery Sunday, early in the

morning. Gravy had tosimmer for at least fourhours, for if it cooked forless than that, it was notdone. Some neighborhoodssmelled delightful due tothe aroma generated by thesimmering gravy. Antici-pation of a great spaghettidinner grew as time passed

and the aromas stimulatedone's appetite. It wasmandatory in our homethat Sunday dinner was asclose to noon as possible.

GREEK’S - This lunch-eonette is on Snyder Av-enue between Broad &Fifteenth Streets. The realname of this great lunch-eonette is Texas Wienersbut the owner was fromGreece, therefore the nick-name The Greek’s. TheGreek would line up thebottoms of six hot-dogbuns on his left arm. Hewould then put a split,grilled hot dog on eachbun. Mustard, relish,onions and his specialGreek sauce were then ap-plied to each hot dog. Thetops of the buns were puton and the sandwicheswere put on a paper platesif they were to be eatenthere. If not, they werewrapped to go. The hot-dog sandwiches cost fif-teen cents each. Fishcakesandwiches were ten cents.They also serve delicioushomemade soup.

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(Cont. From Page 3)“We salute Councilwoman Maria Quiñones

Sánchez for her leadership and the entire Philadel-

phia City Council for its courage in taking up this

critical fight to save our democracy from the

tsunami of corporate money flooding our political

campaigns,” said Steve Masters, a team leader in

Philadelphia for Public Citizen’s Democracy Is For

People campaign. “The Supreme Court’s decision

in Citizens United has put the future of our demo-

cratic system of government in peril. This great

city, which gave birth to both our democracy and

our Constitution, is not about to sit quietly and

watch our nation lose that precious gift. We’re

willing to fight as hard as we need to defend and

preserve our democracy for ourselves and future

generations.”

At a press conference following the passage of the

resolution, the Rev. Micah Sims and Lynne Ander-

sson, professor at Temple University’s Fox School

of Business, celebrated this milestone vote along

with dozens of grassroots activists from labor and

community organizations.

Philadelphia is part of a growing movement in

which city and town councils – from Los Angeles

and New York, to Duluth, Minn., and S. Miami,

Fla. – are calling for a constitutional amendment

to curb corporate influence over elections. In addi-

tion, voters have approved similar ballot initia-

tives in cities and towns such as Missoula, Mont.;

West Allis, Wis.; and Boulder, Col. State legisla-

tures in Hawaii, Maryland, Rhode Island, Vermont

and New Mexico have called for an amendment as

well, and similar resolutions have been introduced

in 25 states.



GOP Vice-PresidentialPossible Cancels PhillyFormer Gov. Mitt Romney hassecured the necessary dele-gates to seek his party’s nomi-nation to challenge PresidentObama in November’s Gen-eral election and now the GOPVice-Presidential sweepstakeshas officially begun. Onename who you constantly hearbeing considered is FloridaSen. Marco Rubio, who hasrisen to national prominencein a short time.

The son of parents who emi-grated from Cuba, Rubiowould graduate from lawschool exemplifying the Amer-ican Dream. His start in poli-tics was when he ran for WestMiami City Commissioner andlater got elected to the FloridaHouse of Representatives andbecome Speaker of the House.He then launched a long-shotcampaign for the US Senateagainst Florida’s popular in-cumbent Gov. Charlie Christ.When he upset Gov. Christ,speculation about his politicalfuture started almost immedi-ately.

Many pundits believe Rubiowould be an excellent runningmate for Romney for severalreasons. One, philosophy:Rubio is very conservative, afraction of the GOP that Rom-ney has struggled with over thecourse of the primary. Two,

geography: Florida will be amajor swing state in Novem-ber and the selection of Rubiowould all but guarantee thestate for Romney. The Senatorwas scheduled to be at the Na-tional Constitution Center onWednesday but canceled atthe last minute.

Rubio’s VP speculation took adramatic turn earlier in theweek when the WashingtonPost reported that Rubio wasnot being vetted by Romney’sVP advisors. Romney rebuttedthe report by the day’s end andsaid Rubio was being vetted byhis campaign. Rubio’s presssecretary said the VP specula-tion had nothing to do with thePhilly cancellation and it wasbecause he had to return toWashington for unexpectedvotes in the Senate.

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Blondell Moves Bills

On Bldg. Energy, ATVsCouncilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown intro-

duced a resolution in yesterday’s City Council

meeting authorizing public hearings to review and

examine the regulations surrounding All Terrain

Vehicles (ATVs). The resolution was co-sponsored

by freshman Council Members Curtis Jones, Jr.,

Maria Quiñones Sánchez and Kenyatta Johnson.

The issue has reached a tipping point in many

Philadelphia neighborhoods where riders run reck-

lessly throughout streets and sidewalks, often ig-

noring stop signs and traffic lights. In addition to

the public safety threat, complaints about the ex-

treme level of noise skyrocket over the summer

months.

“Neighbors and community leaders have quite

frankly had enough. This is one of those quality of

life issues that touch a nerve with people in the

heart of their community,” said the Council-

woman. “Factor in that young people are losing

their lives and we have a real public safety crisis

on our hands. Communities and families need to

know that we hear them and are looking for solu-

tions.”

According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety

Commission, 521 deaths have been recorded in

Philadelphia from 1982-2010 as a result of ATVs;

from 1982-2006, 105 deaths were of children

under the age of 16.

Other large cities have implemented solutions to

crack down on the problem. Sting operations are

conducted in New York City and in Baltimore, gas

stations are banned from providing fuel to ATVs

and parents could be jailed for allowing a minor to

ride. The Councilwoman intends to work in con-

cert with police, concerned citizens and commu-

nity leaders to ensure a collaborative effort result-

ing in a series of recommendations and best prac-

tices that make sense for Philadelphia.

That same session saw City Council pass

Reynolds Brown’s Energy Benchmarking Bill.

The legislation, co-sponsored by Councilman

James F. Kenney, establishes a system of bench-

marking and reporting of energy- and water-usage

data for nonresidential buildings with 50,000

square feet or more.

The bill will implement an online citywide pro-

gram where property owners, tenants, prospective

purchasers, lessees and the public at large can

compare energy and water usage among compara-

ble buildings. Property owners will find out how

their buildings stack up to comparable buildings

providing the tools necessary to formulate best

practices and discover savings.

“Step by step, we are taking action to make

Philadelphia the Greenest City in America,” said

Reynolds Brown, chair of the Committee on the

Environment. “Passage of this bill checks off yet

another significant item of the Mayor’s Green-

works Philadelphia Agenda and moves us that

much closer toward our collective goal — a more

sustainable city and planet for our kids.”

Reynolds Brown has worked in concert with a di-

verse group of stakeholders, including the

Mayor’s Office of Sustainability, Building Owners

and Managers Association of Philadelphia and

PECO to ensure and gather input from all sides.

Philadelphia now joins Austin, Tex., New York,

N.Y., San Francisco, Cal., Seattle, Wash. and the

District of Columbia, who have already passed en-

ergy-benchmarking laws.



Meet The Candidates

For School District Head!The School Reform Commission’s Superintendent

Search Team today announced the next phase of

the search process designed to inform the selection

of a final candidate for Superintendent of the

School District of Philadelphia. This phase is com-

posed of two community-engagement forums

where members of the general public will have an

opportunity to meet, hear from and ask questions

of final candidates. The meetings are scheduled for

Monday, Jun. 25, and Tuesday, Jun. 26, from 6:30

to 8:00 p.m. in the Auditorium of the District’s Ed-

ucation Center located at 440 N. Broad Street.

The School Reform Commission will announce

the final candidates on Friday, Jun. 22. In prepara-

tion for the candidates’ announcement the District

is reaching out to parents, students, teachers and

the school community at-large to invite them to at-

tend the community forums.

Members of the public who are unable to attend in

person have the option to watch the community fo-

rums live on Comcast Channel 52, Verizon Fios

Channel 20 and online at

http://www.philasd.org/stream. Questions or com-

ments to the candidates may be submitted in ad-

vance by email at

[email protected].

Smith Whacks Casey

For Blocking Merit PayThe US Senate turned down an amendment to the

Farm Bill offered by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)

that would have permitted individual merit raises

even in union shops, following the model of S

3221, the Rewarding Achievement & Incentivizing

Successful Employees (RAISE) Act.

Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) voted against this amend-

ment, spurring his opponent in the general election

Republican Tom Smith to issue a stinging attack.

“I disagree with Sen. Casey, who with today’s vote

said that union bosses and government bureaucrats

should have the ability to block merit based raises

for hard working union members,” said Smith. “As

an employer, I know the RAISE Act will empower

American workers to earn compensation they de-

serve, something that has been thwarted by the Na-

tional Labor Relations Board and some labor

leaders favoring partisan politics over job creation.

As a former member of the United Mine Workers

of America, I respect the right of every American

to be fairly compensated for their hard work and

success.”

The RAISE Act is not anti-union legislation, Smith

asserted.



Leach Celebrates Birthday

With S.E. Penna. Big Shots

FROM LEFT, Martin Phillips, Jonathan Saidel, and Bill Ryan of Einstein Healthcare Network

were among a large crowd of well-wishers at Montgomery Co. State Sen. Daylin Leach’s birthday

fundraiser on City Line Avenue. Photos by Bonnie Squires



MARSHA

PERELMAN,

Jen & Sen.

Daylin Leach,

Montco Coroner

Walter Hofman,

MD and Leach

children at

birthday cele-

bration.

FROM LEFT, Mar-

cel Groen, chair-

man of

Montgomery Co.

Democratic Com-

mittee; John

Hanger, Esq., for-

mer Secretary of

Penna. DEP; and

Rob & Nancy Fox

joined in celebra-

tion.



PENNA. STATE

TREASURER

Rob McCord

came to wish

Leach a happy

birthday.

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