Philadelphia Daily Record

Vol. III No. 10 (380)

Keeping You Posted With The Politics Of Philadelphia

January 19, 2012

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Toomey Rakes Obama For Killing Pipeline US Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) denounced President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline permit yesterday.

“President Obama has been trying to campaign against a do-nothing Congress, but he is the one who is impeding job creation and eco-

nomic growth in this country,” Toomey said. “The Keystone pipeline has the potential to create tens of thousands of American jobs, increase our access to oil from our friend in Canada, and diminish our dependence on less secure sources of energy. The pipeline has broad bipartisan sup-

port in Congress, and it does not require any taxpayer dollars to build it. I’m extremely disappointed President Obama has chosen to sacrifice American jobs and our energy security to appease environmental special interests.”

No Free Trade For Japan, Says Casey US Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) visited Spalding Automotive yesterday to call on the Obama Administration to oppose the possible inclusion of Japan in a free-trade partnership that would harm Pennsylvania manufacturers and cost jobs.

Japan is under consideration to be included in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, an international trading body that removes barriers to trade between member countries. Inclusion of Japan in the TPP would give Japanese manufacturers greater access to the US market

without affording US manufacturers the same increase in business potential, the Senator wrote in a letter to President Obama.

“Japan has not proven to be a fair trading partner, and including them in this partnership could harm Pennsylvania manufacturers and cost jobs,” said Casey. “Our trade policy should support the creation of high-paying jobs in Pennsylvania, but Japan’s participation in the TPP could threaten our industries and impede growth.”

Spalding Automotive is an automotive parts supplier that provides stamping, roll forming, welding and assembly services. After nearly closing its doors at the height of the recession, Spalding has exponentially increased its workforce and continues to add workers to meet increasing demand.

As Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, Senator Casey has held a series of hearings on US manufacturing policy.

Welch Zings Casey For Internet Bill to Protect Republican Senate candidate Steve Welch commented on the protest that was held online by websites such as Wikipedia and Google.

Like many Senators, Casey had initially been favorable to the Protect Internet Privacy Act (PIPA), until a wave of protests by internet companies derailed it yesterday.

Welch said, “As someone who has

been intimately involved in the startup of multiple web-based companies, this SOPA/PIPA legislation is the perfect example of how out-of-touch Washington is with the real world. Protecting Intellectual Property Rights is something we need discuss. However, SOPA/PIPA goes beyond that and is just another regulation being shoved down the throats of Ameri-

cans that will empower the regulators and power brokers in Washington, and infringe on every citizen’s First Amendment rights.

Giving bureaucrats in Washington the power to shut down and censor websites based on very loosely-defined terms in this legislation is completely unacceptable.”

“Sen. Casey has no clue how dam-

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THE PHILADELPHIA DAILY RECORD aging this type of legislation could be and how it would affect people in the real world. This is just another example of how Sen. Casey

sees the federal government as the solution. He only knows how to grow government, since he has spent his life in government.”

Welch, a Chester Co. entrepreneur, earned a mechanical-engineering degree from Penn State University.

Guv Seeks Nominees For Citizen Service Awards Governor Tom Corbett today encouraged residents to nominate Pennsylvania “citizen heroes” for a Congressional Medal of Honor Society & Foundation award to be presented in March.

The “Citizen Service Before Self Honors’‘ program recognizes people who have demonstrated a willingness to sacrifice for others, whether it was risking one’s life through a single act of extraordinary heroism or through a pro-

longed series of selfless acts.

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The commendable acts must have taken place within the past three years. Nominees may include individuals who are deceased. The nomination deadline is Friday, Feb. 10.

Previous Pennsylvania honorees included Timothy Brooks, who rescued a woman and her three children from the Delaware River after a boating accident, and Dr. Pascal Spino, for his career-long commitment to treating children.

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Zarwin Baum Hosts ‘Ban The Box’ Talk With Mayor Zarwin, Baum, DeVito, Kaplan, Schaer & Toddy, PC will host an informational networking breakfast with Mayor Michael A. Nutter and a panel of city leaders to discuss what employers need to know about Philadelphia’s new “Ban The Box” law and the benefits provided by the City to employers who help ex-offenders. This event will take place at Zarwin Baum’s office at 1818 Market Street, 13th floor, from 8 to 10 a.m. There is no cost to attend.

In April 2011, the Mayor signed legislation prohibiting City agencies and private employers from knowingly inquiring about criminal background and arrests on the

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THE PHILADELPHIA DAILY RECORD application for a position. Following an initial interview with the prospective employee, the employer may perform a background check. The law, titled ‘Ban The Box’, went into effect in Philadelphia on Jan. 13, 2012.

As Nutter stated upon signing the legislation, “Everyone deserves an opportunity to work to provide for their families and should not be discriminated against before they even have a first interview. Offering jobs to ex-offenders improves the quality of life for all Philadelphians, and this Ordinance is an important aspect of our overall job and public safety strategy.”

Breakfast guests will hear more

about the Office of Reintegration Services for Ex-Offenders and the City’s tax incentive for employers who hire formerly incarcerated individuals. Attendees will learn the key provisions of ‘Ban The Box’ and discover how the law is being enforced by the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations, while also learning about the City’s commitment to providing employers with trained and qualified workers, and why the formerly incarcerated may become their best employees.

Bill Hart, executive director, Mayor’s Office of Reintegration Services for Ex-offenders; and Rue Landau, executive director, Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations.

Moderated by Keri Salerno of the City’s Public Safety Office, the panel will include Sharif Street and Jill Fisher of Zarwin, Baum, DeVito, Kaplan, Schaer & Toddy, PC;

Space for the breakfast is limited.

To RSVP, contact Monique Andes at (215) 569.2800 or mandes@zarwin.com by Friday, Jan. 27.

Says Zarwin Baum managing shareholder Mitchell S. Kaplan, “We feel the City’s initiative to encourage businesses to employ exoffenders is in the best long-range interests of our community; therefore, we are pleased to assist in getting out the message.”

Bishop Would Set Up Child Sex-Abuse Month State Rep. Louise Williams Bishop (D-W. Phila.) introduced a resolution that would designate February 2012 as “Children’s Sexual Abuse Awareness Month” in Pennsylvania.

“If you suspect a child is being victimized, speak up,” Bishop said. “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves.”

Bishop’s resolution has 73 cosponsors from members on both sides of the aisle. She is Democratic chairwoman of the House Children & Youth Committee.

DeLissio Grateful For Town-Mtg. Turnout State Rep. Pamela A. DeLissio (DNorthwest) said last week’s townhall meetings were well received and well attended.

“More than 90 citizens took part in three town-hall meetings,” DeLissio said. “I am pleased so many people took the time out of their busy lives to get an update from me as well as provide me with input about their concerns and

questions about state government.”

eral Assembly on Feb. 7.

DeLissio said issues covered included the State budget. “It is important to understand how and where our dollars are being spent.

Specifically discussed were the costs of corrections and human services.”

DeLissio said, “Knowledge is power and my goal is to inform as to how the system works. My ‘show and tell’ – which includes sample co-sponsorship memos, pre-session reports and caucus materials – is well-received. People like being informed.”

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Port Numbers Up Smartly For 2011 With 3,993,616 metric tons of cargo handled at the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority’s waterfront facilities in 2011 compared with the 3,628,312 tons of cargo handled in 2010, the Port of Philadelphia marked a solid 10% increase in cargo last year, officials of the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority reported. Gains in both containerized cargoes and several non-containerized cargoes contributed to this gain. Combined with the 17% increase in cargo in 2010 over 2009, PRPA has reestablished and surpassed pre-recession cargo levels.

With 2,028,011 metric tons of containerized cargoes handled in 2011 compared to the 1,860,097 tons handled in 2010, container tonnage was up 9% last year. Counted as individual containers, or TEUs, the 291,091 TEUs handled in 2011 marked a 6.7% gain over the previous year’s 272,824 TEUs. Containers move through the Port of Philadelphia at the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal and the Tioga Marine Terminal.

Many of the Port’s regularly-handled breakbulk cargoes (all noncontainerized cargoes excluding automobiles and liquid bulk cargoes) also experienced big gains in 2011. These included forest products (432,270 metric tons handled, an 11% gain); cocoa beans 6|

(111,773 tons handled, a 15% gain); and project cargo (41,996 tons handled, an almost 4% gain).

Steel (167,353 tons) and fruit (290,146 tons) performed at about 2010 levels last year.

Projections indicate continued growth in breakbulk cargoes in 2012, with several positive developments already occurring. The Port’s cocoa-handling center at Pier 84 handled a record-size cargo of cocoa beans (19,328 metric tons) in early January, and forest products carrier Spliethoff Line will return to the Port later this month, regularly delivering highquality paper and other forest products to the Port’s Forest Products Distribution Center at Piers 78/80 and 74.

The biggest highlight among the Port of Philadelphia’s 2011 noncontainerized cargoes was undoubtedly automobiles, due to continuous growth in the Port’s Hyundai and Kia automobile business. With 127,347 Hyundai and Kia automobiles arriving at the Port of Philadelphia in 2011 compared with the already sizable 68,876 automobiles that arrived in 2010, the Port experienced a dramatic 85% gain to this alreadyhealthy cargo. Counted as tonnage instead of units, 174,978 tons of automobiles were handled in 2011 compared to the 77,350 tons han-

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dled in 2010, a 126% gain.

In a joint ILA/Teamster operation, automobiles are discharged at PRPA’s Packer Avenue Marine Terminal and then processed for eventual further shipment inland at PRPA’s Automobile Processing Facility, located directly across the street from the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal.

Finally, with 740,890 metric tons of liquid bulk cargoes handled in 2011 compared to the 677,553 tons handled in 2010, liquid bulk cargoes demonstrated a sizable gain of more than 9%. More-substantial growth is anticipated in this area in 2012 as a result of cooperation on capital improvements and marketing between PRPA and its liquid bulk-handling terminal operator, Kinder-Morgan.

“While in many ways the Port of Philadelphia’s activity levels are tied to the US economy, we nevertheless always strive to move as much cargo through this Port as possible, no matter the economic climate,” said PRPA chairman Charles G. Kopp. “That ongoing effort, by both our Port staff and our terminal operators, helped to yield big results last year. It also helped that the economy has shown improvement, a trend that we hope will continue in 2012.”

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‘Rainy’ Tapped For PBA Board Ourania “Rainy” Papademetriou, a managing attorney for Philadelphia VIP, the hub of pro bono legal services in Philadelphia, was elected to a three-year term on the Board of Governors of the Philadelphia Bar Association. The Board of Governors works with the Chancellor to establish official policy for the Philadelphia Bar Association. These policies help the Association achieve its mission to serve the profession and the public by promoting justice, professional excellence and respect for the rule of the law.

Philadelphia VIP since 2005. Her prior experience includes serving as an assistant DA for the City of Philadelphia and as Legal Center director for Women Against Abuse, Inc. She is a graduate of Temple University School of Law.

“We are excited to have Rainy serve on the Board of Governors.

Her extensive experience in public interest and passion for public service will add an important perspective to the board,” said Sara Woods, the executive director of Philadelphia VIP.

“It is a great honor to serve on the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Board of Governors. I feel my experience with Philadelphia VIP and working in the public-interest sector will provide a fresh perspective that will greatly benefit Philadelphians,” said Papademetriou.

Papademetriou has been a managing attorney of litigation at

During her experience at VIP, Papademetriou has had the privilege to see firsthand how the Philadelphia Bar Association and its many hard-working attorneys are committed to addressing the important issue of ensuring justice and access to the courts.

Philadelphia Bar Association include the chair of Public Interest Section, co-chair of the Delivery of Legal Services Committee and a member of various committees of the Family Law Section. She is a member of the Nicholas A. Cipriani Family Law Inn of Court and has served on its executive committee since its establishment in 2007. Papademetriou was awarded the 2010 Philadelphia Bar Foundation Award for her service to the public-interest community.

Papademetriou is a resident of Center City with her husband and two daughters.

Philadelphia VIP (www.phillyvip.org) was founded in 1981 by the Philadelphia Bar Association and Community Legal Services to meet the legal needs of low-income Philadelphians by recruiting and training attorneys to provide pro bono legal services.

Previous leadership roles with the

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