South Philadelphia Public Record

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Vol. XV No. 47

Issue 633

November 21, 2019

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Editor/Publisher: Greg Salisbury City Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson set the bar high for every other turkey giveaway with his event at Ralph Brooks Park in Point Breeze. In addition to hundreds of tukeys to be given away with the councilman’s compliments by an army of volunteers, as seen above, the event was enlivened by the surprise appearance of three of the Philadelphia 76ers: All-Star Tobias Harris, James Ennis III, and fan favorite man-about-town Mike Scott. Above right, Johnson, rocking Sixers gear, handed out turkeys alongside the Sixers. Bottom right: The massive crowd was entertained by mixes from T-Town Entertainments.

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IN THEIR FIRST post-election get-together, Philadelphia Republicans flocked to a South Philly social at Toll Man Joe’s in Whitman. Among the attendees were, L-R, Duke Costino, Ward Leaders Matt Wolfe and Mike Cibik, Councilman David Oh and Ivan Soltero.

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A REGULAR at city Republican events, Dr. Carolina Edwards came with her husband David.

BANDING together in one of the Republican Party’s stronger neighborhoods were, L-R, Ward Leaders Denise Furey and Barbara Coxe, Rob Jordan, Ward Leader Matt Wolfe and Marjilyn Murray.

L-R WERE conservative scholar Stew Bolno, Ward Leader Walt Vogler and Drew Murray.

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local.” With an invaluable education from mentors like Hon. Marian Tasco, Congressman Dwight Evans and others, and her desire from a young age to fight for the rights of those who need a strong voice

to suppport them, Councilmember Parker’s past laid the groundwork for a career of advocacy, altruism and accomplishment – as evidenced by the nearly two pages of honors and service details listed in this edition.

To learn more and discover in greater detail what led to Councilmember Cherelle Parker’s unanimous selection as the Philadelphia Public Record Public Servant of the Year for 2019, read on.

Public Servant of the Year 2019

to my colleague, Councilmember Cherelle L. Parker, for her recognition as the Public Record’s 2019 Public Servant of the Year: a very fitting and well-deserved honor for her tireless work on behalf of the 9th Council District and the City of Philadelphia!

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ot long before his untimely passing, Jimmy Tayoun, the founder of this newspaper, was discussing the political climate in the City of Philadelphia with his staff. The topic, as it frequently was, focused on who he thought were the politicians who could take up the mantle to lead the city in the coming years.

For Jimmy, depending on the day, there were two or three names that would constantly crop up in this capacity. Always in that mix: Councilmember Cherelle Parker. “You gotta watch her – she’s gonna be somethin’!” he would say.

One of the things that impressed Jimmy – and countless others as well – is Parker’s keen sense of political history and embrace of legendary U.S. Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill’s maxim that “all politics is

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Congratulations to the Public Record in Recognizing Councilmember

Cherelle Parker

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The Girl Who Found a Home in City Hall Public Servant of the Year 2019

BY TONY WEST lthough she has risen far from humble beginnings, Councilmember Cherelle Parker would never describe herself as a “self-made woman.”

No, she insists proudly, “I am a product of the village.”

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Parker’s “village” is the blue-collar Black community of Northwest Philadelphia, where she was raised in the 1970s and 1980s. She recalls a neighborhood of quiet streets settled by solid folks without much schooling: City workers, factory work-

ers, domestics, pastors – a society where people knew each other, looked out for each other and shared what they had.

Parker describes herself as “a very old-fashioned person, with old-fashioned values.” That’s because she was raised by her grandparents, who came north from the rural South and met in North Philadelphia in 1950s.

Her grandfather, a Navy veteran, was partially disabled; the family relied for the most part on her grandmother, a domestic worker, for support.

The had five children, two of whom were lost to gun violence.

Her mother bore her at age 16. Her biological father was never in her life. When Parker was 11, her mother died.

The linchpin of the family was her grandmother, a strict disciplinarian. “She did the best she could to make sure that I had access to what they did not have,” Parker says. If Cherelle did not do well in school, there were repercussions.

Competitive and headstrong, young Parker learned to play the game – literally.

Like many a working-class Philly kid, neighborhood athletics became a focus of her social life. She participated in track with the Philadelphia Flames and was a cheerleader for the Oak Lane Wildcats – a skill that would later serve her well in public life, as anyone who has heard her address a crowd will testify. She is impossible not to notice and impossible not to hear.

For sure, her colleagues in government have long since caught on to that as well.

But Parker saw early on that there were two kinds of people: the haves and the have-nots – and that she belonged to the have-nots. Her grandparents had little education and few job prospects.

That left them at the mercy of life’s risks as well as of people with more money.

“My grandmother cleaned homes for wealthy people,” Parker notes. “They paid her by leaving a brown envelope, cash under the table. That took her out of the tax structure – but also out of Social Security. We had no health insurance. We depended on food stamps. We were always living close to the edge.”

Parker developed a visceral detestation of domineering in any form. Low-wage workers like her grandmother were being bullied, as she saw it. “I’ve hated bullies since I was a little girl,” she says. “That led to a lot of scuffles in my youth. To this day, nothing ticks me off more than someone who’s never been in poverty who dares to pretend to know what poor people should do. What they need, rather, is the power to advocate for themselves.”

Two hard facts struck Parker’s village in 1989.

The first was her grandmother’s death, when Cherelle was only 16. That left her with only her grandfather, whose strength was the opposite of her grandmother’s: quiet and gentle.

The second was the onset of the crack cocaine epidemic. It devastated her community like it did nationwide.

During that era, the old industrial mainstays of their blue-collar world were flickering out. The Budd plant closed, the Tasty-Kake plant closed.

This world was no stranger to drug problems. There had been opioids in the community since the Vietnam War. But they had become a low background buzz. All of a sudden, crack blitzed Parker’s world.

She was saved by coaches and teachers who inspired her to do better. In particular, Parker credits her highschool English teacher, Jeanette Jimenez. Jimenez filled the girl’s head with (Cont. Page 12)

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The political realm was taken seriously in the Parker home. As veterans of Jim Crow Southern discrimination, her grandparents were committed to voting and took the girl along with them when they went to cast their ballots. They lived in the “10th Ward, 2nd Division,” as the councilmem-

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(Cont. From Page 10) inspirational Black writers: Langston Hughes, Ntozake Shange, Toni Morrison.

She was also supported by the neighborhood matriarchs who drove her to take a positive role in the community by volunteering for service. “They encouraged me to stand up. Had it not been for the community reaching out to me,” Parker

ber will tell you to this day.

Parker still remembers the day in 1979 when a tall, thin insurgent knocked on her family’s door and introduced himself as a candidate for State representative. That tall, thin man was Dwight Evans. She avidly followed the 1983 electoral success of Wilson Goode, the City’s first Black mayor – as well as Marian Tasco, the first Black City commissioner.

But the earth moved for Parker in 1990 when, in high school, she entered a speaking contest sponsored

by Councilwoman Augusta Clark. Her English teacher pushed her to enter, so she wound up orating to City

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Council on “The Power of Writing, Reading & Books.”

After her presentation, Gussie Clark introduced her to then-freshman Councilwoman Tasco, who represented Parker’s district.

It was the beginning of Part 2 in Parker’s life.

That speech in City Council won other things for Parker besides Tasco’s acquaintance. She picked up a $1,000 prize, for one thing – which looked like $100,000 to a poor N.W. Philly kid in 1990.

Most grownups in her neighborhood didn’t get $1,000 checks for anything. The check was sponsored by Dr. Marciene Mattleman, a pioneering journalist with KYW and fierce advocate of literacy.

Parker also won a trip to Senegal and Morocco in West Africa, quite a plum for a young lady at Magnet Parkway High School who had never been out of the United States. Her chaper-

one: Karen Warrington of sponsor WDAS, who later became one of Congressman Bob Brady’s (D-Phila.) most-trusted voices.

The die was cast. At age 17, Parker was discovering the world of politics.

Parker was adopted by Tasco as an intern, paying $200 a week, in a City Council office while still in high school.

It is the same office she now occupies today as councilmember: City Hall Room 577, an interior suite with an unusual mezzanine level, all cluttered with decades of data and memorabilia.

WDAS also gave her an internship, not bad for a college kid on break. Parker’s mentors had seen to it Parker got a scholarship to Lincoln University. So her nose was kept to the grindstone winter and summer.

Meanwhile, she acquired an MS in English education.

The first year out of col-

lege, Parker threw herself into the education field. She took a job as a high-school English teacher in Pleasantville, N.J., a mainland township outside Atlantic City with a high-minority population whose horizons rarely stretched beyond getting a service job in the casinos.

She led the school’s African American Club and taught English as a second language in night school.

No one who engages with Councilmember Parker on any policy will fail to learn that they are dealing with a former teacher. “I am passionate about education,” she says. “It is the most important tool for changing a person and a society.” Later in her career, Parker added a master’s in public administration from the University of Pennsylvania.

But the long arm of her past reached out to Parker (Cont. Page 22)

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For your dedication, leadership and commitment to the community and the City of Philadelphia.

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Councilmember Cherelle Parker The 2019 Public Servant of the Year

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Ducky Birts and Councilmember Cherelle Parker

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Mayor Kenney, Councilmember Cherelle Parker, the Hon. Marian Tasco, the Rec Advisory Council, Parks & Recreation and community members.

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Ducky Birts and the 50th Ward Congratulate Cherelle Parker!

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Making Philadelphia Neighborhoods Competitive Public Servant of the Year 2019 (Cont. From Page 12) and tapped her on the shoulder in 1995, when an opening came up in Tasco’s Council office. She heeded the call and came home. As she puts it today, “I’m Philly born, I’m Philly bred, I’ll be a Philadelphian till I’m dead.”

Parker started out handling public relations for the councilwoman. As an intern in 1991, she was assigned to represent Tasco at community meetings. Over the next 10 years, she more or less ran the table of job titles: special projects coordinator, special assistant. Regardless of the title, most councilmanic work boils down to the endless challenges of constituent service.

“It’s not sexy work,” Parker says. “The problems are complex. But it makes you feel good when you accomplish something for those who need something. We had a strong team that produced results.”

In Tasco’s office, Parker tackled a wide range of issues. Parks and recreation centers, which had done so much for her in her younger years, were a constant cause for advocacy in the 9th District. Actual abandonment and blight are not big problems in Cedarbrook, E. Mt. Airy, Oak Lane, Olney, Lawncrest, Lawndale, Burholme Oxford Circle and Fox Chase; but these “middle neighborhoods” are at risk of developing the problems that have plagued Lower North Philadelphia. They know it – and they don’t, by and large, have the private resources to stave off signs of deterioration in their communities. Tasco’s philosophy was to fight

across the board to maintain the public spaces and public institutions, a view that Parker adopted.

“The aesthetic appeal of a community is important,” she explains. If schools, recreation centers and business corridors look run-down, housing values deteriorate, jobs dry up and neighbors drift away.

When lower-middle-class workers and property-owners run into problems, they are vulnerable to predatory lending. Parker researched that issue and developed legislative initiatives for her boss to tackle it.

During her service as a Council staffer, Parker began to work with the National Council of Cities, polishing her urban-governance expertise.

The most spectacular challenge during Parker’s years as a councilmanic aide, however, was the collapse of the Logan Triangle.

This 36-acre tract just north of Roosevelt Boulevard in Olney had been developed as a seemingly pleasant residential neighborhood in the 1930s – when the chief fuel for industrial power and home heating was still coal.

That led to the production of coal ash, which had to be dumped somewhere. One of those places was the valley of Wingohocking Creek, which widened at that point into a marshy lowland.

Killing two birds with one stone, developers hauled coal ash out from the city and dumped it into the marsh, up to 40 feet deep in places.

Then they threw up housing on the new level surface.

The ash was soft and be-

gan to subside under the weight of buildings and traffic. By the 1980s, frequent sinkholes led to collapses that destroyed homes and triggered hazards in utility lines. The buildings were steadily abandoned and demolished, forcing the relocation of 1,000 households over the next 10 years.

The Logan Triangle lay then in the 9th District.

For years, Tasco and Parker dealt with the final phase of relocation and its aftermath.

First, coal ash contains toxic chemicals and had to be removed. The new wasteland attracted illegal dumping, introducing true blight into a middle-class community.

Then began the long, intricate and frustrating search for a sustainable new development plan for the site.

It’s a process that has continued even after the Triangle was transferred to the 8th Councilmanic District in 2011. There is current hope that a new recreational facility can arise on part of the land, but no ground has been broken yet.

For Parker, it was a lesson in city planning for the long haul.

In the summer of 2005, she was excused from that lesson when a new political opportunity arose. State Rep. LeAnna Washington of Parker’s 200th Legislative District ran for and won the 4th State Senate District seat. Parker decided to go after that vacancy in a special election.

“I knocked on every door in the district,” she says, in steamy summer heat. But she was not alone. A coterie of young Black political operatives, often second-generation consultants like Mungo Sanchez and Billy Miller, bonded with 32-year-old Parker and took up her cause.

A major player, however, was Sam Staten, Sr., the redoubtable head of Laborers’ District Council and a power broker in North Philadel-

phia. Parker reports he was generous with funding and dispatched Local 332 Laborers to work the streets and the polls with her.

To this day, Parkers vows she is a staunch supporter of organized labor.

So Parker arrived in Harrisburg, where she soon learned that much of what she wanted to do for her city was actually determined at the State level.

Take, for instance, the “Philadelphia Tax Fairness Package” that emerged from the General Assembly in 2014. It was Parker’s response to the dilemma that rising home values in the 21st century posed on older residents whose budgets were tailored to the home values of an earlier era. To prevent them from being forced out of their homes by soaring real-estate levies, Parker wanted a cap on tax increases for owners of modest income.

But tax laws like these are determined at the State level. So a measure had to be crafted that would move through a legislature dominated by the opposing party, the Republicans.

Parker succeeded in working from the minority to get a majority to pass her legislation. That result enabled the City of Philadelphia to institute the Longterm Owner Occupancy Program (LOOP) which has spared tens of thousands of homeowners from the worst impact of gentrification – while enabling them to reap its benefits.

Parker served 10 years in the House of Representative, the last five as chair of the Philadelphia Delegation. She served on many committees, including Labor, Appropriations and Rules.

Among her other legislative accomplishments were the Commonwealth’s Transportation Bill of 2013, which mustered a $2.3-billion investment in infrastructure across the state,

including $450 million for public transit – vital to Philadelphia and Southeastern Pennsylvania. Parker pushed through approval of a special cigarette tax to fund Philadelphia schools.

She is particularly proud of Act 75 of 2012, which permits expert testimony regarding victim behavior in sexual-assault trials. Her concern was sparked by the case of Daily News writer Jill Porter, who, after reporting an earlier episode of sexual assault by a man she knew, had to explain why she had not immediately reported the assault to police.

Experts in sexual assault will testify that sexual-assault victims are frequently subject to psychological turmoil that inhibits them from reporting the crime in a timely fashion and most states accept such evidence in court. But not Pennsylvania – not, at least, until Parker’s Act 75 was enacted.

No Democrat in the General Assembly gets anything done when the Republican control both houses unless they are skilled at politicking.

Parker sums up her style: “Even when we agree to disagree, you have to earn compromise and earn respect. And your word is your most important asset. As my grandmother always said, ‘If you don’t have your word, you don’t have anything.’”

In 2015, Marian Tasco announced her retirement.

There was no need to discuss the Democratic Party’s choice to replace her. Parker would return to the city that she loved, to the neighborhood that had made her, to the very office that had taught her the art of public service.

Wrapping up her first term and elected to her second, Parker lays out her aims and methods.

“My goal is to ensure that taxpayers in all neighborhoods get a chance to

see their taxpayer dollars at work,” she says. “They need to see community infrastructure sustained and improved.

“They need to be listened to because the answers to their problems come from them, not from above. My grandmother always said, ‘You have two ears and one mouth; use them in proportion.’

“I am focused on breadand-butter issues. I want to be able to touch it, taste it, feel it.”

Philadelphia’s chief problem, states Parker, is its poverty rate of 25%, highest among large American cities. And there is only one way out of poverty: jobs, good jobs. “We have to grow the pie,” she insists.

But she sees no simple solution, no silver bullet that will generate more and better jobs. Parker presses for a broad spectrum of economic initiatives, informed by the particular needs of her district.

Budd is gone. Tasty-Kake is gone. The 9th District lies far from the beating hearts of Philly’s booming eds and meds, its culture and tourism. Therefore, Parker is looking for any measure that will foster more inclusive growth in all neighborhoods.

For her, neighborhood preservation – its homes and small businesses – is the best medicine for the patient.

Parker chairs the Labor & Civil Service Committee, making her an indispensable player on employment policy in Philadelphia. She is vice chair of the Commerce & Economic Development Committee. These two assignments speak volumes on Parker cares about and what her colleagues trust her in.

She is proud of what she has accomplished in her first term. Parker used $40 million in bond funds to create a low-interest home-repair loan program, Restore Repair Renew. She (Cont. Next Page)

other City-based home-repair programs.

Parker championed the Philly First Home program,

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which offers a home-buyer a grant of up to $10,000 (or 6% of the purchase price) to help entry-level buyers.

She has won four other measures to improve the rights and protections of lawful property-owners and renters from squatters, title theft and foreclosure.

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Honorable Cherelle L. Parker 2019 Public Servant of The Year For your commitment and service to our community

COU NC ILWOM AN Cherelle Parker stood with Rev. Dr. Alyn E. Waller and representatives from the building trades and other vocational programs during her 12th annual College, Vocational & Labor Fair at Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church.

Through many years of partnership and collaboration OLYA has been successful in reaching thousands of youth making a profound difference in their lives by providing them with a place to go, to be a part of something positive and participate in supervised, structured athletic competition that fosters team‐work camaraderie, commitment and pride in one’s self and one’s community as its Core Values!

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COUNCILWOMAN Parker presented a citation to Lawncrest resident Frank DeFranco, chief warrant officer for the U.S. Navy and commander of the Michael J. Crescenz Rising Sun VFW Post 2819 as part of Vet Fest. Standing with them is Council President Darrell Clarke.

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Cherelle Parker’s Honors & Affiliations Public Servant of the Year 2019

(Cont. From Page 17) Delegate, Democratic National Convention- Denver, Col. 1st Vice Chair, 50th Ward Democratic Executive Committee Member, Lincoln Univer-

sity Alumni Association Award, 2018 Woman of Excellence, WDAS-FM, 2018 Award, Apex in Leadership, National Action Network Philadelphia Chapter, 2018

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Congratulations to Councilwoman Cherelle Parker The Public Record’s Public Servant of the Year Your years of hard work and dedication to helping improve the lives of many in the Community and the City of Philadelphia is to be applauded and commended. I am proud to call you a friend and my Council Person.

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Selected, 2017 ClassWomen in Government Leadership Program, Governing Magazine Institute, 2016 Award, Public Service, Fels Institute of Government, University of Pennsylvania, 2016 Award, Public Service & Government, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Philadelphia Alumnae Chapter, 2016 Award, Public Servant of the Year, Greater Philadelphia Association of Realtors Award, 2014 Award, Moorish Science Temple of America, Distinguished Service Award, 2014 Award, African Genesis Institute, Dr. Edward Robinson, Jr. Medallion Award, 2013 Award, Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Freedom Keeper Award, 2012 Award, Urban Affairs Coalition, Dream Catchers’ Award, 2012 Award, Rising Star, EMILY’s List, 2009 Selected, MS Leadership Class, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 2009 Selected, One of 40 under 40 to Watch, Philadelphia Business Journal, 2009 Selected, Most Influential African Americans in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Tribune, 2006-2016 Selected, Area’s 101 Connectors, Leadership Philadelphia’s Connector Project, 2006 & 2008 Award, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, African American Women Achievers, 2008 Award, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Phenomenal Women, Rho Chapter, 2008 Award, Legends in Making, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Philadelphia Alumnae Chapter, 2007 Award, Frank “Tick”

Coleman Outstanding Alumni, Lincoln University Alumni Association, 2007 Award, Envisioning the Dream - Black History Maker, Radio-One & Verizon, 2007 Award, Woman of Distinction, TEENSHOP Inc., 2006 Award, Movers & Shakers in Philadelphia, American Women’s Heritage Society, 2006 Award, David P. Richardson Future Leader, School District of Philadelphia, 2005 Award, Outstanding Community Service, Greater Philadelphia Asian Social Services, 2004 Certificate of Participation, Grace TEENSHOP of Germantown, 2004 Award, Outstanding Community Service, Philadelphia Youth Summit Committee, 1999 Certificate of Excellence, Lincoln University Alumni Association, 1998 Award, Rising Star, Lincoln University Founder’s Day Celebration, 1998 Award, Outstanding Community Service, Oak Lane Youth Association, 1998 National Recognition, Outstanding Young Woman of America 31st Edition, 1997 Award, Outstanding Community Service/Co-Coordinator, Philadelphia Youth Summit, 1997 Certificate of Recognition, School District of Philadelphia/McCloskey Network, 1997 Award, Best Teacher, 2nd Place (student-issued) Pleasantville High School Student Body, 1995 Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities, 1994 Award, Most Likely to Succeed, Lincoln University Student Body, 1992

Parker has several passions.

One is reading – as one might expect of a former English teacher.

She is the mother of a seven-year-old son, Langston – as one might expect of a former English teacher.

And the lady cooks. “I can

burn!” she proclaims. Her specialty is Southern style, from scratch: ribs and beans and all that goes with. And she loves to gather a large party around a table to entertain them with what she has prepared.

What will Parker cook up

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funding for cleanup and business assistance wherever there are stores in her district: Rising Sun and Wadsworth Avenues, Vernon Road, Broad & Olney and more.

When not at work (but when is a City Councilmember really not at work?),

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The Transport Workers Union, Local 234, “We Move Philadelphia”, proudly congratulates Councilmember Cherelle Parker for earning the title of “Public Servant of the Year” Willie Brown‐President Brian Pollitt Executive VP Joe Coccio‐Treasurer

EVERYDAY PEOPLE

BY DENISE CLAY or much of my time writing “Everyday People” here at the Public Record, I’ve been writing about the tendency for the City of Brotherly Love to be less about love than it is about gunplay.

Over the last few weeks, it’s been hard to find a newspaper front page or a television lead story that doesn’t include the phrase “X number dead, and x number injured in shootings across the city last night.”

And so many of those dead or injured these days

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Organized by activist and radio host Solomon Jones, the gathering brought men from all around the city to find out what they could do to make things better for themselves and the children in their neighborhoods.

Everyone has something to bring to the table, Jones said.

“We all come in with a variety of experiences,” he said. “It’s not about any one organization.”

The group is going to have five areas that they will be focused on: Education, Finances, Employment, Criminal Justice, and Parenting. Statistics show that these five areas are in a lot of ways directly responsible for some of the problem of gun violence here in Philly.

Now, let’s be honest here.

This isn’t the first time that a group of Black men has gathered at a college campus here in Philadelphia and pledged to do something about the violence in (Cont. Page 37)

BY JOE SHAY STIVALA OW! A revelation was announced that Philly has FEWER men than WOMEN. A columnist wrote that this is a sign of our inequality. BLARNEY. Another inequality – oh, no! Another PUT-DOWN of our city?

You have to wonder why these gloom-sayers DO NOT MOVE out of our city.

Of course, they would lose a guaranteed paycheck – a check that would be unavailable if there was no Philly.

If you think that we have gender problems, check out

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O U N C I LW O M A N CHERELLE PARKER has been named the Philadelphia Public Record “Public Servant of the Year.”

Cherelle is a hard-charging, hard-working defender of working families and an advocate for public education.

Parker has worked hard to bridge the gap between the haves and have-nots, and she has worked hard to address infrastructure and investments in Middle Neighborhoods. She has held many town hall events in her Council district that stretches from Northwest to

What can we learn – she 29 just won an election there?

The author, who seems to target millennial readers, wrote that the new Scranton mayor is high on constituent service; Philly has been HIGH on it for decades.

My uncle served as register of wills in Scranton for 35 years. It is a town of great folks where the new mayor will soon learn that she cannot go it alone.... That same writer wrote that Philly was TRANSFIXED by the Kendra Brooks win. Wrong; there were a lot of yawns, however.

I got an email from Councilman Helen GYM. On reading it, I felt as though Gym had singlehandedly dealt with State control of our schools, juvenile justice and Pre-K (?). So is Gym running for mayor?

Jannie BLACKWELL will never be rich, since she uses a lot of her own funds to help the homeless.

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Northeast Philadelphia.

While Parker’s re-election and other local races dominated the city for the last year, now the focus turns to Washington and the presidential race. The Democratic presidential field continues to move left in a ploy for popularity to take on an unpopular president.

We have been here before in recent history. In 1972, when GEORGE McGOVERN won the nomination and got landslided by RICHARD NIXON. There were signs and buttons with the slogan “Anybody but Nixon”; easier said than done.

After Reagan’s conservative revolution, the Democrats just needed to move to the center. Instead they swung to the far left and nominated MIKE DUKAKIS, which gave us GEORGE H.W. BUSH. For one brief moment they used their heads, gagged the left and helped BILL CLINTON win.

But it’s back to victory be damned in the name of

principle, it seems now.

Thus, MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, the billionaire former New York mayor, is maneuvering to get into the race. He claims the nominees are all too weak to beat Trump.

But are the Dems the party of the super-wealthy like Bloomberg? The far Left are treacherous and will attempt to eviscerate Bloomberg like they are trying to do to Papa JOE BIDEN. Biden’s attraction to voters is his moderation and stability … his partnership with PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA. Stick to kissing babies and being a centrist.

DEVAL PATRICK, the former Massachusetts governor, also sees weakness so he’s entering the field. Nobody knew him before and no one will know him now.

The candidates in the Democratic primary field have been working hard in the early-voting states for about a year. How will Patrick (Cont. Page 39)

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have been children, Young children. Some of them as young as 11 months old.

The City of Brotherly Love And Put The Damned Gun Down has really been living up to its name of late.

And folks have been wondering when someone, anyone, is going to do something about that. Mayor Jim Kenney has a roadmap he’s working off of, but it appears that we keep hitting bumps in the road.

One of my fellow travelers in journalism, the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Jenice Armstrong, said in a recent column that the answer to solving this problem is going to have to come from Philadelphians in general and Black men in particular.

On Monday night, a group of about 400 men, most of them Black and tired of seeing the streets that they call home in the news for all the wrong reasons, gathered at Community College of Philadelphia to Man Up as part of ManUpPHL.

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the People’s Republic of China, which began a one-child policy decades ago. Chinese families placed value on the male child. As a result, there are millions upon millions more males than females in China. They may need thousands of marriage arrangers – bringing in prospective wives from Southeast Asia.

Yet CHINA and PHILLY are both getting on well despite the disparity.

Writers keep pouring out stories of how tough it is to be broke in Philly, the poorest big city. Only one thing: other news organizations and census figures dispute this! A vice president used to call certain media NATTERING NABOBS OF NEGATIVISM. To all the purveyors of gloom and doom: Why not form a fraternity called the PUT PHILLY DOWN Club?

A newsletter columnist suggested that Philly can learn a lesson from the new mayor of Scranton.

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.S. SEN. PAT TOOMEY (R-Pa.) introduced a resolution in the Senate reaffirming that a president may not unilaterally impose a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing on State and private lands. Also, it is unclear that the President can unilaterally ban hydraulic fracturing on federal lands.

Toomey’s resolution is largely in response to Democratic presidential candidates, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), Bernie Sanders (Vt.) and Kamala Harris

end new natural-gas extraction, drive up the cost of energy, cost many tens of thousands of jobs in Pennsylvania, create big holes in state and local government budgets, and increase our dependence on foreign energy sources once again.”

Toomey is also supporting legislation introduced by Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) to end Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s attempts to block interstate pipelines so Pennsylvania natural gas could be transported to New York and New England customers. This restricted flow of domestic natural gas to New England has forced the region to actually buy imported natural gas from Russia. I guess it is wrong for the Russians to put ads on Facebook about an American election, but it is OK to give them money rather than to buy the same product from U.S. companies.

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(Cal.) saying that they intend to ban hydraulic fracturing if elected president next year.

Toomey sees any ban as a problem for American families, natural-gas workers and the Pennsylvania economy.

The shale-gas revolution led to a significant decrease in energy prices and carbon emissions. Toomey said, “It (natural gas) is our top source for electricity generation, reduces the cost of home heating for tens of millions of Americans, supports our vast manufacturing sector, cuts CO2 emissions and diminishes our reliance on foreign sources of energy. It’s hard to overstate the benefits of natural gas.”

Toomey also stated, “The top Democratic presidential candidates are competing with each other over who can be more hostile to this tremendous source of economic growth and national security. If enacted, their policies would abruptly

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o! Here we go again with this “hot” tale for my good friend Barry L. It’s about McIlhenny Tabasco Sauce.

The pepper sauce was created in the mid-to-late 1860s

by Edmund McIlhenny from capsicum fructescens pepper seeds that had come from Mexico or Central America.

On Avery Island in Southern Louisiana, he sowed the seeds, nurtured the plants,

and delighted in the spicy flavor of the peppers they bore. The word “Tabasco” is of Mexican Indian origin, believed to mean “place where the soil is humid” or “place of the coral or oyster shell – Avery Island.”

He created this pepper sauce to give food some spice, flavor and some excitement. Selecting and crushing the reddest peppers from his plants, he mixed them with

Avery Island salt and aged this “mash” for 30 days in crockery jars and barrels.

McIlhenny then blended the mash with French whitewine vinegar and aged the mixture for at least another 30 days.

After straining it, he transferred the sauce to small cologne-type bottles which he then corked and sealed in green wax. His pepper sauce was concen-

District 1199C, The National Union of Hospital & Health Care Employees, AFSCME, AFL-CIO CONGRATULATES The Honorable Cherelle Parker,

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Philadelphia Council Member PUBLIC RECORD 2019 Public Servant of the Year Award Recipient Thursday, November 21, 2019

We salute you for your many contributions to the community as one of the most effective advocates for the city of Philadelphia and its citizens

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Salima Pace, Secretary—Treasurer Elyse Ford, Vice—President Henry Nicholas, President Emeritus

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Public Servant of the Year 2019 trated and best used when sprinkled, not poured.

The pepper sauce proved so popular with family and friends that McIlhenny, previously a banker, decided to embark on a new business venture by marketing it in 1868. By the late 1870s, he was selling his sauce throughout the US and even in England.

Today, just as then, when the peppers reach the perfect shade of deep red and are at their juiciest, they are carefully picked by hand, gauging the color by comparing it to a small wooden dowel, “le petit baton rouge” painted the preferred hue of Tabasco red.

After the peppers are picked, they are mashed with a small amount of Avery Island salt, extracted from the salt mines that lie beneath the island, mixed

understanding BANKRUPTCY

BY MICHAEL A. CIBIK AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY BOARD CERTIFIED Question: Will filing bankruptcy eliminate tax debts? nswer: Once you file for bankruptcy, the automatic stay will go into effect. This means that creditors, including the IRS, cannot continue to collect money from you. After the bankruptcy, the IRS can resume collection unless

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with high-quality distilled vinegar for up to three years in white oak barrels. When approved, the fully aged mash is then blended with high quality distilled vinegar. Numerous stirrings and about four weeks later, the pepper skins, pulp and seeds are strained out using three different-sized screens.

Then the “finished” sauce is bottled by modern methods.

It is labeled in 22 languages and dialects, sold in over 160 countries and territories, added to soldiers’ rations, and put on restaurant tables around the globe. It is the most-famous, most-preferred pepper sauce in the world.

And will probably remain a “hot” addition to almost any food – except ice cream. the debt has been paid in full or discharged.

Some tax debt can be discharged in bankruptcy. You can discharge wage-related income taxes that were due at least three years ago if you filed the related tax returns at least two years ago and the IRS assessment was at least 20 months ago. If you committed fraud or tried to evade paying your taxes, or if you did not file a return, filed late, or the IRS filed a substitute return for you, your taxes may not be eligible for discharge.

If your tax debt cannot be discharged, a Chapter 13 bankruptcy plan can help you pay it back over time.

Even if you can’t get out of your tax debt, bankruptcy can help you get it under control and behind you.

Next Week's Question: Will filing for bankruptcy take my social security away?

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PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC RECORD’S 2019 PUBLIC SERVANT OF THE YEAR

The Keystone + Mountain + Lakes Regional Council of Carpenters is part of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America and is made up of over 43,000 highly skilled men and women living and working in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Washington, DC, Virginia, West Virginia and ten counties in North Carolina.

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Parcel#: 153N02-0056; 572214400 NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE WHEREAS, on October 15, 2009, a certain mortgage was executed by JEAN BAKUN a/k/a JENNI BAKUN, as mortgagor in favor of Metlife Home Loans, A Division Of Metlife Bank, N.A. as mortgagee and was recorded in Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County in Mortgage Document ID 52146183 (“Mortgage”); and WHEREAS, the Mortgage encumbers property located at 9212 Convent Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19114, parcel number 153N02-0056; 572214400(“Property”); and WHEREAS, the Property was owned by JEAN BAKUN a/k/a JENNI BAKUN as tenants by entireties by virtue of deed dated October 15, 2009 and recorded November 19, 2009 in Instrument #: 52146182; and WHEREAS, Mortgagor/Record Owner Jean Bakun a/k/a Jenni Bakun died on December 17, 2018 intestate and is survived by her heir(s)-at-law, Janet M. Nowakowski and Joseph J. Bakun, Jr; and

WHEREAS, the Mortgage is now owned by the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“Secretary”), pursuant to an assignment recorded on June 3, 2013 in Document ID 52647053, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; and WHEREAS, a default has been made in the covenants and conditions of the Mortgage (paragraph 9 (a)(i)), as Jean Bakun a/k/a Jenni Bakun died on December 17, 2018, and that upon the death the entire principal balance becomes due and owing, and that no payment was made, and remains wholly unpaid as of the date of this Notice; and

WHEREAS, the entire amount delinquent as of Auugst 28, 2019 is $311,815.53 plus interest, costs and other charges through the sale date; and WHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage to be immediately due and payable; NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to powers vested in me by the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994, l2 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR Part 29, and by the Secretary’s designation of me as Foreclosure Commissioner, recorded on September 29, 2011 in Misc. Instrument #: 52395684, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, notice is hereby given that at December 3, 2019 at 10:00 AM at the Southeast Entrance of Philadelphia City Hall located at Broad Street and Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 all real property and personal property at or used in connection with the following described premises will be sold at public action to the highest bidder: ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon erected.

SITUATE in the 57th Ward of the City and County of Philadelphia, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and described according to a revised plan of Academy Gardens made by Franklin and Lindsey, Registered Engineers of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, dated 2/15/1950, last revised 3/21/1950, as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at a point on the Northwesterly side of Convert Avenue (56 feet wide) at the distance of 383 feet measured along the arc of a circle curving to the right having a radius of 1332 feet from a point of reverse curve on the said side of Convent Avenue, which point of reverse curve is at the arc distance of 30.778 feet measured along the arc of a circle curving to the left having a radius of 20 feet from a point of compound curve on the Northeasterly side of Wooden Bridge Road (46 feet wide); thence extending from said beginning point North 27 degrees 55 minutes 47 seconds West 100 feet to a point; thence extending along the arc of a circle curving to the right having a radius of 1432 feet the arc distance of 64.500 feet to a point; thence extending South 25 degrees 20 minutes 56 seconds East 100 feet to a point on the Northwesterly side of Convent Avenue; thence extending along same along the arc of a circle curving to the left having a radius of 1332 feet the arc distance of 60 feet to the first mentioned point and place of beginning.

BEING LOT NO. 396 on said plan.

BEING NO. 9212 Convent Avenue.

Parcel#: 153N02-0056; 572214400 The sale will be held on December 3, 2019 at 10:00 AM at the Southeast Entrance of Philadelphia City Hall located at Broad Street and Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107.

The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development will bid $311,815.53 plus interest, costs and other charges through the sale date. Ten percent (10%) of the highest bid is the deposit required at the sale.

The amount that must be paid to HUD by the mortgagors or someone acting on their behalf so that the sale may be stayed is the total delinquent amount of $311,815.53 as of Auugst 28, 2019, plus all other amounts that would be due under the mortgage agreement if payments under the mortgage had not been accelerated, advertising costs and postage expenses incurred in giving notice, mileage by the most reasonable road distance for posting notices and for the Foreclosure Commissioner’s attendance at the sale, reasonable and customary costs incurred for title and lien record searches, the necessary out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure Commissioner for recording documents, a commission for the Foreclosure Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in connection with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement.

There will be no proration of taxes, rents or other income or liabilities, except that the purchaser will pay, at or before closing, his prorata share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure sale.

When making their bid, all bidders, except the Secretary, must submit a deposit totaling ten percent 10% of the Secretary’s bid as set forth above in the form of a certified check or cashier’s check made out to the Secretary of HUD. Each oral bid need not be accompanied by a deposit. If the successful bid is oral, a deposit of ten (10%) percent must be presented before the bidding is closed. The deposit is nonrefundable. The remainder of the purchase price must be delivered within thirty (30) days of the sale or at such other time as the Secretary may determine for good cause shown, time being of the essence. This amount, like the bid deposits, must be delivered in the form of a certified or cashier’s check. If the Secretary is the high bidder, he need not pay the bid amount in cash. The successful bidder will pay all conveyance fees, all real estate and other taxes that are due on or after the delivery of the remainder of the payment and all other costs associated with the transfer of title. At the conclusion of the sale, the deposits of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned to them.

The Secretary may grant an extension of time within which to deliver the remainder of the payment. All extensions will be for fifteen (15) days, and a fee will be charged in the amount of $150.00 for each fifteen (15) day extension requested. The extension fee shall be paid in the form of a certified or cashier’s check made payable to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. If the high bidder closes the sale prior to the expiration of any extension period, the unused portion of the extension fee shall be applied toward the amount due.

If the high bidder is unable to close the sale within the required period, or within any extensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder’s deposit will be forfeited, and the Commissioner may, at the direction of the HUD Field Office Representative, offer the Property to the second highest bidder for an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bidder.

There is no right of redemption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclosure completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure Commissioner will issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire purchase price in accordance with the terms of the sale as provided herein.

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Minimum-Wage Hike: Has the Time Come?

Greenlee Bows out POLS on the STREET

BY JOE SHAHEELI s we predicted this summer, Pennsylvania is likely on the verge of joining its neighbor states in moving to a higher minimum wage.

The General Assembly session that ended in June saw significant hemming and hawing on this subject – not by the Democrats, who have long been for it, but by Republicans in the House and Senate. Conservative orthodoxy holds that all minimum-wage laws are bad because all wages should be set by whatever the market will bear. This belief is encouraged by the business lobbies

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that Republicans rely on for financial support.

In practice, though, Republicans need votes from ordinary wage-earners; and most workers intuitively feel that there is such a thing as pay that is too low. In fact, because of current political trends, Republicans are increasingly reliant on the votes of humbly paid workers in stagnant rural and smalltown economies. Therefore, sooner or later, they will go along with an increase.

The last time the General Assembly raised the minimum wage was 2009 – and that was to a mere $7.25.

This figure matches the federal minimum wage, which applies to many states with a lower cost of living than Pennsylvania. It is half what the average worker earns.

In the end, the Republicans backed away from an increase in the summer.

But as Christmas – and the 2020 election – approach, they appear ready to bite the bullet, having secured at least another round or two of corporate contributions

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haps, is outrage on the left. State Rep. Patty Kim (D-Dauphin) an ardent advocate of $15 an hour, called Corman’s bid “A little bit of a kick in the gut.” This sort of response is bound

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in the meantime.

The question is: how much?

Given that Gov. Tom Wolf is a Democrat while the General Assembly is controlled

by Republicans, any legislation must be passed through a bipartisan compromise.

Democrats have long settled on an initial $12 target, with a mechanism built in to step it up to $15 an hour, a common liberal goal nationwide.

Precisely because this is what Democrats want, Republicans cannot give it to them.

Instead, negotiations have been floating around a figure of $9.25 or $9.50 an hour, phased in over 18 months to two years. Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman (R-Centre) has signaled that this range is acceptable.

He appears to have corralled House Republicans, who tend to be more hard right, into support: their spokesman Mike Straub opined opaquely, “Our priority remains finding pathways for Pennsylvanians to earn far beyond the minimum.”

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to make combative Republicans feel content with the proposed increase.

Rick Bloomingdale, president of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, chimed in to express his disappointment with the $9.50 number.

“There’s a lot of people struggling to live on eight bucks an hour, nine bucks an hour,” Bloomingdale said.

He also expressed the view that Wolf was giving away State Rep.

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too much to management in work rules as part of the compromise.

But, Bloomingdale said, he was still disappointed with the outcome, thinking that ditching the controversial overtime rule would have earned Wolf a better bargain — such as letting the state’s big, costly cities like Philadelphia push for an even higher minimum wage.

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he traditional gift for a 10-year anniversary is aluminum. It’s ordinarily a way to recognize and remember a happy occasion in life. In the case of State legislators, we can think of some other material, both inorganic and organic, that might be better suited to give them on the ignominious occasion of more than a decade of minimum-wage stagnation in Pennsylvania.

The minimum wage in the commonwealth has not budged since it was set at

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(Cont. From Prev. Page) A March Franklin & Marshall College poll found nearly 70% of Pennsylvanians want the minimum wage should be higher, with 47% strongly favoring it to be boosted to $12 an hour.

Early Primary Could Boost Pa. With the presidential primary looming around the corner, Pennsylvania may be about to move up its primary.

Its current date, falling in April, leaves it well behind prominent states like Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. As a result, by the time Pennsylvanians get to vote, the field has already undergone much winnowing.

Yet the Keystone State has emerged as a decisive battleground in presidential politics, with its 20 Electoral College votes a crucial prize.

It is logical, therefore, that the state rejigger its primary so that it can wield more in-

CONGRESSMAN Brendan F. Boyle, L, was honored by the Holocaust Awareness Museum & Education Center for his continued advocacy for Holocaust education and for supporting HAMEC’s mission to use the lessons of the Holocaust to teach about the terrible consequences of hatred and bigotry. Presenting the award was Chuck Feldman.

fluence on the national stage.

Blessedly, both parties seem to get this.

“We are one of the last states,” State Sen. John R. Gordner (R.-Columbia) said in a Senate State Government Committee hearing as it voted unanimously to approve his measure, SB 779, which would move the primary election to the third Thursday in March in presidential years.

and other appealing causes.

The Kenney administration has responded that revenue necessarily precedes spending and that investments now in the pipeline would eventually catch up with the tax bite.

Unsatisfied, Rhynhart has proposed that the soda-tax revenue be put in a sequestered account to ensure transparency. The administration is resisting.

Every administration values a certain, shall we say, flexibility in handling its accounts. Given the intense public controversy around the soda tax, though, the controller’s suggestion makes good political sense.

Raising the issue at this time may also help Rhynhart as she looks ahead to a 2021 re-election campaign. It’s always a challenge for the occupant of her obscure-yet-vital office to catch the public eye.

The soda tax is one issue that can punch through the blur in the average voter’s vision when talk turns to public financial management.

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For info or RSVP: Matt (215) 696-0291 or Matt@ MDDConsulting.org.

Nov. 21- State Rep. Pam DeLissio hosts Town Hall Mtg. at Falls Ridge, 4349 Ridge Ave., Community Rm., 7 p.m. Discussing voting reform & other legislation. For info: (215) 482-8726.

Nov. 22- State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta hosts Happy Hour at Bob & Barbara’s, 1509 South St., 5:30 p.m. Celebrity bartender: Malcolm Kenyatta! Tickets: $15. For info: Matthew Daggett (215) 696-0291 or Matt@MDDConsulting.org.

Nov. 23- United Block Captains hosts Senior Thanksgiving Luncheon at Victory Christian Ctr., 5220 Whitby Ave., 12-3 p.m. RSVP: (215) 309-5754.

Rhynhart Fizzing Over Soda Tax City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart is hot on the trail of Mayor Jim Kenney’s signature policy, the Sweetened Drinks Tax. Rhynhart has charged that only 30% of the $193.8 million raised by that tax from 2017 to June 2019 has been spent, with the remainder riding in the City’s general fund. This would appear to violate the central promise of the “soda tax”: that it was going to fund specific new investments in pre-K, parks, playgrounds

MARK your CALENDAR Nov. 21- Phila. Public Record hosts “2019 Public Servant of the Year” at Galdo’s, 20th St. & Moyamensing Ave., 5:308:30 p.m. Honoring Councilmember Cherelle Parker. Open Bar, Hors d ’Oeuvres & Dinner.

Tickets: $50 in advance, $60 at door, tables of 10 $450. For info: events@ cityandstatepa.com.

Nov. 21- State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta hosts Cocktail Reception at Bellevue Strategies, 200 S. Broad St., Su. 410, 5:30-7 p.m. Contribution levels:

Dec. 2- Congressman Dwight Evans is panelist for “High Crimes & Misdemeanors: What the Constitution Says about Impeachment” at Nat’l Constitution Ctr., 525 Arch St. 6:30-8 p.m. For info: Merissa Blum (215) 409-6645.

Dec. 4- State Rep. Joe Hohenstein is hosted Holiday Party at Emmy Squared, 632 S. 5th Street, 5:307:30 p.m. Special Guest: State Sen. Christine Tartaglione. Contribution Levels: $50, $100, $250, $500, $1,000, $2,500, $5,000.

Payable to “Elect Joe Hohenstein,” 1117 Wakeling St., Phila., PA 19124 or online https://secure. actblue.com/donate/gojoe4dec2019. For info & RSVP: Ryan Alsayegh ryanmalsayegh@gmail.com.

Dec. 5- State Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler hosts Holiday Office Open House at 2400 S. 9th St., 5-8 p.m.

South Philly treats, unclaimed property. For info: (215) 271-9190.

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2021, and then $9.50 on Jan. 1, 2022. So that’s a reason for tempering enthusiasm.

And let’s also be clear: This raise come years after our neighbors did so – and even at its 2022 zenith, our new and improved minimum wage will still look like these bordering states’ old and inadequate versions. To wit: New Jersey’s minimum wage is currently $10 an hour; New York’s is $11.10 an hour; and Maryland’s is $10.10 an hour.

We have lagged on this core issue to millions of Pennsylvanians for far too long, and we still have too far to go to make up for lost wages, lost time and lost opportunities. This is a good first step, but there are so many more for legislators to take to do right by our citizens.

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$7.25 an hour in 2009 – as State Sen. Christine Tartaglione, one of the chief advocates for raising the wage, has been noting almost daily on her social-media accounts.

But now, that is all set to change. For the first time in recent memory, there is real momentum to raise the wage, as evidenced by this week’s vote by a State Senate committee to increase the pay scale gradually until it hits $9.50 an hour by Jan. 1, 2022.

This is big news. It is good news. It is overdue news. A 31% raise is nothing to sneer at – let’s be clear. But there are a few caveats we would like to, um, raise.

First, that one-third jump isn’t all at once. It’s done in steps: $8 an hour on July 1, 2020, $8.50 on Jan. 1, 2021, $9 on July 1,

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lican City Committee, STATE REP. MARTINA WHITE, is opposed to sanctuary cities or states.

Both believe in immigration reform.

Democrats portray those of us who want Philadelphia officials to honor Immigration and Customs Enforcement requests to detain criminal illegal im-

migrants as heartless people.

We are not. I personally do not want to waste taxpayer money to deport my neighbor’s cleaning lady, but I want people who harm others to be removed. Policies that protect criminals do not affect liberals in Center City for the most part. These criminals prey on the im-

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(Cont. From Page 29) their streets. Back in 2007, then-Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson and a host of community groups, led by Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Kenny Gamble, gathered at Temple University’s Liacouras Center to mobilize what they hoped would lead to a group of 10,000 Black men patrolling the streets on a volunteer basis to combat crime.

When I asked him about that, Jones said that what makes this effort different is that there’s not going to be an attempt to reinvent the wheel. Many of the men who were there on Monday were there as part of community groups that are already doing the work.

It’s time to get them together, and most importantly, get their messages out, he said.

“There are people who already out there doing the work,” he said. “We’re going to make sure that their stories get told.”

By the time that many of the men who came to Community College left the room, many of them had signed up

migrants (legal or not) in 37 those struggling neighborhoods.

Many limousine liberals and academics want ICE disbanded. Well-meaning social and legal changes on paper frequently do not impact the authors of those platitudes, but endangers the people the people that they think they are helping.

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property has been leased or is otherwise under production agreements with U.S. companies and/or individuals. I hope attorneys Warren and Harris do not think they can use an executive order to abrogate contracts entered into by U.S. entities in good faith.

Toomey, like our new chairwoman of Repub-

to be a part of ManUpPHL. Now, here’s your chance.

If you would like to be a part of an effort to stop Philadelphia from continuing to be the City of Brotherly Love And Put The Damned Gun Down, please go to help. manupphl.org and let them know what you can contribute in the hour you’re willing to commit You’ll be asked to do a short questionnaire, which will lead to your getting a link to a social media site called Band, which will serve as a virtual meeting place for the group.

From there, you can sign up for one of the trainings that Big Brothers/Big Sisters will be doing for Man Up PHL at one of three Brown’s Shop Rites – Fox Street, Cheltenham, or Parkside – at 6 p.m. on Dec. 3.

I’m going to be keeping an eye on this because seeing 10-year-olds hospitalized because they got hit in the head with a random bullet is mind-numbingly bad.

And if Jones and the men of #ManUpPHL are successful, not only will that stop happening, but we’ll have a much better city for all of us.

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ban on State and private land. Toomey’s resolution warns that the president should not attempt to declare a ban on federal land.

Oil production on federal land accounts for 24% of all U.S. oil production, and natural-gas extraction on federal land represents 13% of all U.S. natural-gas production. Some of this

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Parcel#: 064N10-0053; 343135600 NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE WHEREAS, on March 06, 2012, a certain mortgage was executed by Peter J. Barone, as mortgagor in favor of MERS, as nominee for Genworth Financial Home Equity Access, Inc. as mortgagee and was recorded in Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County in Mortgage Document Number 52464216 (“Mortgage”); and WHEREAS, the Mortgage encumbers property located at 434 North 66th Street Philadelphia, PA 19151, parcel number 064N10-0053; 343135600 (“Property”); and WHEREAS, the Property was owned by Peter J. Barone by virtue of deed dated September 25, 1996 and recorded December 4, 1997 in Book: 209; Page: 226; and WHEREAS, Mortgagor/Record Owner Peter J. Barone died on May 7, 2018 intestate and is survived by his heirs-at-law, Elizabeth Heiser-Barone, Peter Barone, Jr. and Ronald Barone; and

WHEREAS, the Mortgage is now owned by the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“Secretary”), pursuant to an assignment recorded on January 18, 2017 in Document Number 53164368, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; and WHEREAS, a default has been made in the covenants and conditions of the Mortgage (paragraph 9 (a)(i)), as Peter J. Barone died on May 7, 2018, and that upon the death the entire principal balance becomes due and owing, and that no payment was made, and remains wholly unpaid as of the date of this Notice; and

WHEREAS, the entire amount delinquent as of September 10, 2019 is $164,877.59 plus interest, costs and other charges through the sale date; and WHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage to be immediately due and payable; NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to powers vested in me by the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994, l2 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR Part 29, and by the Secretary’s designation of me as Foreclosure Commissioner, recorded on September 29, 2011 in Misc. Instrument #: 52395684, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, notice is hereby given that on December 3, 2019 at 10:00 AM at the Southeast Entrance of Philadelphia City Hall located at Broad Street and Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 all real property and personal property at or used in connection with the following described premises will be sold at public action to the highest bidder: ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, described according to a Survey and Plan thereof made by George T. Shegog, surveyor and Regulator of the Seventh District, dated November 19, 1947, as follows, to wit: SITUATE on the Northwesterly side of sixty-sixth Street (Sixty feet wide) at the distance of One hundred and thirty-six and Forty- five one-hundredths feet Southwestwardly from the Southwesterly side of Girard Avenue (Sixty feet wide) in the Thirty-fourth Ward of the City of Philadelphia.

CONTAINING in front or breadth on said Sixty-sixth Street Eighteen and Seventy-two one-hundredths feet and extending of that width in length or depth Northwestwardly between parallel lines at right angles to said Sixty-sixth Street and passing partly through the center of the party walls and crossing a certain Twelve feet wide driveway which extends Northeastwardly and Southwestwardly into and from Girard Avenue One hundred and Twenty-three feet.

TOGETHER with the free and common use, right, liberty and privilege of the aforesaid driveway as and for a passageway and watercourse, in common with the owners, tenants and occupiers of the other lots of ground abutting thereon and entitled to the use thereof, at all times hereafter, forever.

BEING known as 434 North 66th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19151.

Being Parcel Number: 064N10-0053; 343135600.

The sale will be held on December 3, 2019 at 10:00 AM at the Southeast Entrance of Philadelphia City Hall located at Broad Street and Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107.

The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development will bid $164,877.59 plus interest, costs and other charges through the sale date. Ten percent (10%) of the highest bid is the deposit required at the sale.

The amount that must be paid to HUD by the mortgagors or someone acting on their behalf so that the sale may be stayed is the total delinquent amount of $164,877.59 as of September 10, 2019, plus all other amounts that would be due under the mortgage agreement if payments under the mortgage had not been accelerated, advertising costs and postage expenses incurred in giving notice, mileage by the most reasonable road distance for posting notices and for the Foreclosure Commissioner’s attendance at the sale, reasonable and customary costs incurred for title and lien record searches, the necessary out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure Commissioner for recording documents, a commission for the Foreclosure Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in connection with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement.

There will be no proration of taxes, rents or other income or liabilities, except that the purchaser will pay, at or before closing, his prorata share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure sale.

When making their bid, all bidders, except the Secretary, must submit a deposit totaling ten percent 10% of the Secretary’s bid as set forth above in the form of a certified check or cashier’s check made out to the Secretary of HUD. Each oral bid need not be accompanied by a deposit. If the successful bid is oral, a deposit of ten (10%) percent must be presented before the bidding is closed. The deposit is nonrefundable. The remainder of the purchase price must be delivered within thirty (30) days of the sale or at such other time as the Secretary may determine for good cause shown, time being of the essence. This amount, like the bid deposits, must be delivered in the form of a certified or cashier’s check. If the Secretary is the high bidder, he need not pay the bid amount in cash. The successful bidder will pay all conveyance fees, all real estate and other taxes that are due on or after the delivery of the remainder of the payment and all other costs associated with the transfer of title. At the conclusion of the sale, the deposits of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned to them.

The Secretary may grant an extension of time within which to deliver the remainder of the payment. All extensions will be for fifteen (15) days, and a fee will be charged in the amount of $150.00 for each fifteen (15) day extension requested. The extension fee shall be paid in the form of a certified or cashier’s check made payable to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. If the high bidder closes the sale prior to the expiration of any extension period, the unused portion of the extension fee shall be applied toward the amount due.

If the high bidder is unable to close the sale within the required period, or within any extensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder’s deposit will be forfeited, and the Commissioner may, at the direction of the HUD Field Office Representative, offer the Property to the second highest bidder for an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bidder.

There is no right of redemption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclosure completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure Commissioner will issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire purchase price in accordance with the terms of the sale as provided herein.

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self apart from the field? It’s hard to see how it will be successful.

Speaking of success, the Philadelphia Republican Party has not been very successful recently. It lost one of two seats on City Council that it normally wins ...

STATE REP. MARTINA WHITE was elected chair of the Republican Party of Philadelphia. Still, that is one weak party. It’s great to have a young woman at the helm but that ship is sinking fast.

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photo was taken in a hur- 39 ry? Another photo showed a solitary person gazing out? BLEAH! Judge Shanese JOHNSON is happy that 10 kids were adopted into their FOREVER HOME last month. One thousand got adopted here this year – but 300 became 18 and aged out.

FOR THE FIRST TIME in the history of the WORLD, more people live in cities than outside of them. Big cities show crime and poverty increases. It happens with people closer together. But there is much on the PLUS side of city life. Make no mistake, Philly is a GREAT CITY. Do not believe otherwise.

PUBLIC NOTICE AT&T proposes to replace an existing 21’ pole with a new 30’ pole and install a top-mounted antenna at 34.6’ at 5100 West Columbia Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19131 (20191613).

Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties.

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EMILIO VÁZQUEZ, C, and members of the 43rd Ward Democratic Committee announced a Community Exploratory Committee at Rosa Linda. Photo by Wendell Douglas

(Cont. From Page 29) Again she is organizing the huge Homeless Holiday Party in the Convention Center. Will her successor in Council be doing anything like this?

We all read about TRASH TRUCKS in accidents. How many times were we annoyed to find a trash truck in our path and hurriedly SQUEEZE past them?

The General Election is over. The new VOTING MACHINES worked well.

All that BS about them proved wrong! All the attacks on the wisdom of CITY COMMISSIONERS was pure, supersized baloney.

Lori SCHREIBER, the first openly gay Montgomery County clerk of courts, says that she will make the courts more user-friendly.

And all those who use it will be treated with dignity and respect. Great news as MONTCO joins Philly in justice reform.

A Delaware County guy who has spent 30 years behind bars is recommended for clemency, but an outstanding warrant for a stolen pair of jeans (that were recovered) bars the door.

The warrant was never act-

ed on in decades; why not?

The Delaware County DA wants the man in court for it. But a MODERN D.A. is coming into office – thank God! I saw a photo of the outgoing DA in the daily media – and who ELSE do you think was in that photo? The U.S. Attorney William McSWAIN – yep.

I had a dream that in the future, when all headline-seeking prosecutors had passed, you could still hear their complaining – even through six feet of earth.

Councilman Allan DOMB has proposed a Wage Tax Refund to the poorest in our city. This is brilliant legislation. I can only wonder how much greater Philly would be if Domb were finance director or IN CHARGE of our City!

The City Controller says that 69% of the SODA TAX is unspent in the General Fund. My guess is that the mayor is holding it as a hedge against any economic downturn (?). But NOW IS THE TIME to lower the soda tax rate! Let’s hope for a Council ordinance on this!

The daily press Veterans Day coverage was weak.

There was one photo shot through a saluting arm, which could mean that the

City of Philadelphia Public Hearing Notice The Committee on Commerce & Economic Development of the Council of the City of Philadelphia will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, November 26, 2019, at 10:00 AM, in Room 400, City Hall, to hear testimony on the following items: 190421

Resolution authorizing the Committee on Commerce & Economic Development to hold hearings regarding the PHL Neighborhood Growth project.

Immediately following the public hearing, a meeting of the Committee on Commerce & Economic Development, open to 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 Council, Room 402, City Hall.

Michael Decker Chief Clerk

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Here’s to leadership that is passionate about public service.

Comcast NBCUniversal is proud to congratulate Councilwoman Cherelle Parker on being named the 2019 Public Servant of the Year.

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