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Vol. I No. 99 Keeping You Posted With The Politics Of Philadelphia November 12, 2010

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Major Donors Grab Top Spots In Corbett Transition TeamGovernor-Elect Tom Corbett tran-

sition team will be made up of 10

people, most of whom were big

time supporters.

The team members are unpaid, but

will influence much of the new hir-

ing needed to replace Democrats in

key administrative positions.

The list included many who helped

raise big dollars for the campaign.

Governor-Elect Tom Corbett

The team includes Christine

Toretti, CEO of S.W. Jack Drilling

Co., co-chair along with Bob

Asher, of Asher Candies. Other co-

chairs on the transition team are

Jack Barbour, CEO of Ingersoll &

Rooney and Bill Sasso, chairman

of the law firm Stradley Ronon,

based in Philadelphia.

Christine Toretti

Laura Ellsworth, the other co-chair

of Corbett’s inauguration commit-

tee, is partner-in-charge of the

Jones Day law firm’s Pittsburgh of-

fice. The firm contributed more

than $23,700 to Corbett’s guberna-

torial campaign.

Leslie Gromis-Baker and Tom

Paese were named by Corbett as

co-directors of the transition. Paese

served as Secretary of Administra-

tion for Gov. Tom Ridge. Gromis-

Baker was campaign manager for

Ridge during his successful reelec-

tion campaign in 1998 and was the

state director of the 2000 election

campaign of President George W.

Bush.

Jack Barbour

Brian Nutt, who served as Cor-

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bett’s campaign manager and chief

of staff of the State Attorney Gen-

eral’s office, will be the transition

team’s chief of staff.

Pennsylvanians.”

Bill Sasso

Joint Statement on Casey-Toomey Meeting

US Sen. Bob Casey and Senator-

Elect Pat Toomey released the fol-

lowing joint statement after

meeting in Scranton:

“After speaking on the phone last

week, we had lunch where we dis-

cussed a number of issues impor-

tant to Pennsylvania and the

country. It was also a good oppor-

tunity to get to know one another

better ahead of the new Congress.

We look forward to working to-

gether on a broad range of issues,

especially on creating jobs in Penn-

sylvania.”

Vacant PropertiesCost Philadelphians$3.6 Billion inHousehold WealthWith more than 40,000 vacant

properties scattered throughout the

City of Philadelphia, the cost to all

citizens is more than $3.6 billion.

That fact is just one of the key

findings of a study released

Wednesday by the Philadelphia As-

sociation of Community Develop-

ment Corporations and the City’s

Redevelopment Authority which

jointly commissioned the research.

The study, “Vacant Land Manage-

ment in Philadelphia: The Costs of

the Current System and the Bene-

fits of Reform,” was prepared by a

team of consultants led by Econsult

Corp. The goals were to quantify

the costs of the City’s current sys-

tem for managing vacant land and

to demonstrate the urgent need for

and benefits of a reformed system.

Key findings include:

$3.6 billion in lost household

wealth due to blighting effect of

vacant properties;

While three-quarters of the vacant

properties in the City are privately

owned, the City in essence “owns

the problem”, spending over $20

million in maintenance costs each

year;

Each year, the City and School

District lose an additional $2 mil-

lion in uncollected property taxes;

System reform would bring vacant

property back into productive use,

generating over $180 million in

economic impact each year, while

expanding the City’s tax base and

stabilizing neighborhoods.

“One or two vacant properties on a

block - or dozens across a neigh-

borhood - have a devastating, nega-

tive impact,” said Rick Sauer,

executive director of PACDC.

“Hard-working neighbors are

stymied when they try to get the

City to ‘fix’ problem properties.

Also, community development cor-

porations and for-profit developers

have to navigate the inconsistent

rules of multiple public agencies to

acquire property for redevelop-

ment. That’s just not fair, and we

need to fix this ‘broken’ system

now,” Sauer explained.

The full report and information on

neighborhood revitalization efforts

in Philadelphia can be downloaded

from the PACDC website at

www.pacdc.org.


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Nov. 10-

State Sen. LeAnna M. Washing-

ton hosts luncheon at Tempta-

tions Restaurant on Chelten

Ave., 12 m. Women Vets are

asked to contact Michele Clark

(267) 271-4309.

Nov. 11-

Fundraiser for Homeless Veter-

ans Outreach at Swanky Bub-

bles, 10 S. Front St., 6-8 p.m.

$20. For info Joe Eastman

(609) 290-8803.

Nov. 12-

Nat’l Society of Colonial

Dames of America host James

Logan Award Gala honoring

Gail Harrity, black tie, at 1630

Latimer St., 6:30 p.m.

Nov. 13-

State Sen. Shirley Kitchen and

Lady-G Enterprises host

“Mothers & Daughters Day,” in

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Health Disparities ConferenceLaunches Bloggers CampaignThe organizers of the fourth annual

National Conference on Health

Disparities yesterday announced a

diverse group of 30 students from

six colleges and universities have

already begun to post daily blog

accounts of their experiences and

perceptions leading up to, and dur-

ing, the conference, which con-

vened Tuesday and continues

through Nov. 13, here, at the

Philadelphia Marriott Hotel.

According to the National Health

Disparities Report in 2009, Blacks,

Asians, American Indians and His-

panics received worse care than

whites in 50%, 30% 45% and 70%,

respectively, of the core measures

of health care reviewed in the re-

port. In addition, poor people re-

ceived worse care than

higher-income profile in 75% of

the same core measures. Also, ac-

cording to the Journal of Public

Health, if African Americans had

experienced equivalent mortality

rates of whites, from 1991 to 2009,

over 880,000 African-American

deaths would have been averted.

This year’s conference will specifi-

cally address the non-medical de-

terminants of health, including

education levels, health literacy,

poverty, public safety, community

design, areas of care, environmen-

tal quality, environmental justice

and personal, government and cor-

porate responsibility.

The first two student “blogs” were

posted on Nov. 8 by Sarah Pan and

Oyinkansola Kusemiju, Master of

Public Health candidates from

Drexel. Their posts and those of

other students can be accessed on

the conference’s web site

www.buildinghealthycommuni-


ties2010.com. Pan has been work-

ing on a research project with a

neurologist from the University of

Pennsylvania that focuses on the

potential underlying causes of

treatment disparities. She said the

project and the upcoming confer-

ence have led her to think more

about whether “health care is a

right or a privilege” and that she

believes it is “important to bring

these issues to the table in a discus-

sion with leaders from across the

nation.”

Kusemiju wrote what she hoped

“to take away from this conference

are solutions and recommendations

on ways to reduce these disparities

and improve the life outcomes of

communities.”

The 30 students from Cheyney

University, Drexel University, Lin-

coln University, Morehouse Uni-

versity School of Medicine, Tem-

ple University and the University

of Pennsylvania, will continue to

post blogs about their experiences

throughout the conference. The

students’ participation at the con-

ference, inclusive of the blogging

experience, has been funded by the

Office of Minority Health, of the

US Dept. of Health & Human

Services.

Metro Caucus Launches Energy-Saving Loan Program

MAYOR Michael Nutter, along with members of five-county Metropolitan Caucus, announced yesterday

the new EnergyWorks program and website offering low-interest loans to homeowners and commercial-

property owners to finance energy-efficient building improvements. Phillies relief pitcher Ryan Madson

and his wife Sarah joined Mayor and spoke about their experience in renovating their own home to be

energy-efficient and reduce their carbon footprint. Free home assessments will be given to first 20 resi-

dential loan applicants in each county. EnergyWorks is supported by a $25 million grant from the US

Dept. of Energy’s Better Buildings Program. EnergyWorks helps owners find ways to reduce their build-

ing’s energy use, and below-market, low-interest loans help them pay for upgrades. Initiative hopes to

issue more than 2,000 loans in next three years. Photo by Mitchell Leff


Ceremonies At Washington Sq.,Parkway Salute Military Service

CITY OFFICIALS including Mayor Michael Nutter, Controller Alan Butkovitz, and Councilman Bill

Greenlee listen as Veterans Center Director Ed Lowry addresses group of veterans at Washington Square

honoring Veterans Day.

MEANWHILE, Prince Hall Masons organized tribute to Black service personnel on Parkway. Their

lodge is named after a Revolutionary War veteran.


They’re Helping Homeless Vets

FRANK SILEO, left, congratulates Joe Eastman, Col. Al Flood and Chris Hill, organizers of Broad

Street Ministry’s outreach program for homeless veterans, at fundraiser for their cause at Swanky Bub-

bles in Old City.

GOLD STAR family attended fundraiser to honor their lost son and brother: from left, Young, Ki &

Crystal Moon. Fundraiser collected $1,500.


POLITICALLY active

Philadelphians

reached out across

party lines to ease

tragic plight of city’s

population of homeless

veterans, including

from left, Council-

manic aspirant Lou

Lanni, Sheriff candi-

date Alan Kurtz and

Ward Leader John

Sabatina.

HAVING FUN while

doing good are, from

left, Erik Jacobs, at-

torney Andy Cole and

columnist Adam

Lang at Swanky Bub-

bles, a posh lounge on

Front Street whose

owner John

Frankowski donated

space and supplies to

help veterans in dire

need.

STATE REP. Mike McGee-

han (D-Northeast) was privi-

leged to join the members

and friends of the Tacony

Memorial American Legion

Post 735 for their annual Vet-

erans Day service. Solemn

wreath-laying ceremony was

held to honor those brave

men and woman who made

the ultimate sacrifice in their

service to America to ensure

our safety and freedom.


Nominate Historical MarkerThe Pennsylvania Historical &

Museum Commission and State

Rep. Thomas P. Murt (R-North-

east) are reminding residents to

submit nominations for a person,

place or event for a Pennsylvania

Historical Marker by Jan. 5, 2011.

The person, place or event to be

marked must have had a significant

impact on its times, is of statewide

or national historical significance

and occurred at least 10 years prior

to the nomination. Additionally, a

person being nominated must have

been deceased for at least a decade.

The nomination must include thor-

ough documentation with selected

photocopies and bibliographies

from primary and secondary

sources and verification of the facts

claimed.

For more information and a link to

nomination forms, visit Murt’s

website at RepMurt.com.

Rudmans Honored At Temple TV

HONORING Kal & Lucille Rudman, left, for their donation of $1.2 million to Temple University for its

TUTV channel which debuted last week are, from left, Janet & Lew Klein and Mr. & Mrs. Paul Gluck of

Temple’s School of Communications.

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