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Our Opinion ... A Pandemic In Philadelphia
Letters • Letters titled, but math indicates if a block doesn’t have enough spaces for every car without any snow, there is going to be no place to put the cars when every vacant space is reserved, which, when everyone shovels, would double the number of spaces needed if everyone reserved a spot. (Cont. Page 13)
Mar. 4- Fundraiser for Councilwoman and Majority Leader Marian B. Tasco at Penna. Academy Of The Fine Arts, 128 N. Broad St., 5:30 p.m. Host Committee $2,500; Majority Leader $2,000; Majority Whip $1,000; Councilwoman $500; or Commissioner $250. R.S.V.P. (215) 843-8482 or email friendsoftasco@yahoo.com. Mar. 4- State Sen. Larry Farnese Labor Event at Bridget Foy’s, 2nd & South Sts., 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tickets $250. For info Ted Mucellin (610) 730-8622. Mar. 4- Fundraiser for State Rep. Brendan F. Boyle at Phila. Federal Credit Union, 1600 Locust St., 5:30-7:30 p.m. For info Seth Kaplan (215) 760-9021. Mar. 4- State Rep. Jewell Williams fundraiser-reception at Jones Mem. Baptist Ch., 20th & Dauphin Sts., 6-8 p.m. Contributions $50; Patrons $100, Sponsors/PACs $100. RSVP (215) 763-0369. Mar. 4- State Rep. Kenyatta
Johnson Petition Party at Lincoln Post, 1940 Federal St., 6-10 p.m. Mar. 4- 82nd Airborne All American Dinner and Award Ceremony, location TBA, 711 p.m. David H. Oh, Esq., Chairman, Hajdak-Mokan Chapter. For info (215) 5692800, ext. 1157. Mar. 5- Sen. Robert P. Casey hosts Count Down to St. Patrick’s Day fundraiser at Finnigan’s Wake, 3rd & Spring Garden Sts., pre-reception 5 p.m. followed by general reception 6 p.m. Event Chairs Congressman Bob Brady and Local 98’s John J. Dougherty, Jr. For info (717) 645-5100. Mar. 5- Hugh Giordano kicks off his campaign as Green Party candidate for State Representative in 194th Dist. at Holy Smoke, 473 Leverington Ave., 6:30-8:30 p.m. $30 per person. For info (215) 843-4256 or email chrisrecon@netzero.net. Mar. 6- State Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown’s free celebration of Black History at Greater Bible Way Temple, 1461 N. 52nd St., 12-5 p.m. Mar. 6- Zecharia Sitchen discusses Earth Chronicles Expeditions, End of Days:
Armageddon and Prophecies of the Return at Free Central Library, Montgomery Auditorium, 19th & Vine, 2 p.m. Mar. 6- Attorney Michael Choi hosts reception for Congressman Mike Honda at Island Green, 74 Sunflower Way, Huntingdon Valley, Pa., 5-7 p.m. For info Sunnie Kim (215) 782-2200 or (267) 255-8296. Mar. 10- State Sen. LeAnna Washington and Financial Freedom Network host free Tax Planning Seminar and Tax Preparation Services, at Upper Room Baptist Ch., 7236 Ogontz Ave., 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Mar. 12- Friends of 58th Ward Democrats host St. Patrick’s Day celebration at Brookside Manor at Somerton Springs, 50 Bustleton Pk., Feasterville, Pa., 8 p.m.-12 a.m. Tickets $40. For info Rosemary Rubino (215) 9643140 or (215) 305-3640. Mar. 17- Judge Jimmy Lynn’s annual St. Patrick‘s Day breakfast at Plow & Stars, 2nd & Chestnut Sts., 7:30-10:30 am. $25. Mar. 18- State Rep. W. Curtis Thomas holds job fair at Bright Hope Baptist Ch. Youth Center, 12th & Cecil
B. Moore Ave., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. For info (215) 5603261. Mar. 20- State Sen. LeAnna Washington holds Tax Planning Seminar & Services at Upper Rm. Baptist Ch., 7236 Ogontz Ave., 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Refreshments. Free. Limited seating, so reserve seat by calling (215) 242-0472. Apr. 1- Commission Chair Margaret Tartaglione hosts 66th Ward fundraiser at Finnigan’s Wake, 3rd & Spring Garden Sts., 6-9 p.m. Tickets $30. For info (215) 743-4699. Apr. 8- Sheriff John Green’s Annual Prayer Breakfast at 1st Dist. AME Plaza, 8:00 a.m. Free event. Apr. 10- Penna. Golden Gloves tourney kicks off at Blue Horizon, 7 p.m. Tickets $35. For info Joe Hand Promotions 1 (800) 557-4263. Apr. 10- Simon Gratz HS Class of January 1965 mark 45th class reunion at School. Call Charlotte Hatcher Conway for info at (215) 927-1079 or email conway7828@juno.com. Apr. 17- Ducky Birts’ Medallion Awards Banquet at 1st Dist. Plaza, 3801 Market St., 6:30 p.m. Tickets $65 each, two for $100.
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No Reservations I have been a supporter of Mayor Nutter’s, but I feel his remarks on reserving parking spaces during snow are a disgrace and show a disturbing lack of ability to see the overall implications of emotional rather than logical thinking. Sure, the person who spent two hours shoveling feels en-
The Public Record • March 4, 2010
Philadelphians share the reality they all can catch a virus from someone else, be it while in an elevator, a train, an office, at home, in a playground, or a restaurant, or a movie, and so on. So little attention is paid by the majority of us as to sexually transmitted diseases. The lack of concern is buffered by the fact a condom will protect you, even if you indulge promiscuously in sexual activity. There is little in the way of government surveillance that can protect one from getting a sexually transmitted disease. Gone are the community and religious mores which were once bastions of protection, since they frowned upon and, as a result, slowed down sexual activity within the family, among friends, or the community. There are a host of sexually transmitted diseases. Thankfully, most are curable. A medical bullet has not been yet to cure AIDS/HIV, though, but only to prolong the life of one so afflicted. Equally deadly is syphilis. It is called the “silent killer”. Seldom do those afflicted recognize the few early warning signs that physically appear on their bodies. So they continue to infect others. But syphilis is curable, although the longer the infection, the harder the cure. The damage it does to the brain and other essential bodily functions cannot be reversed. That is why we carry our “We-told-you-so Story” on Page One of this issue and why we present this editorial. The government system that was in place within the Dept. of Public Health to curb the spread of syphilis has been tweaked to handle less-notorious diseases. This has been going on for a long time, with the result a lawsuit against that practice is working its way up the federal courts. Regardless of its outcome, little is being done to alert the public to the fact it is getting easier and easier to contract syphilis, depending upon one’s tendency to seek multiple sexual partners. What was reported by us as an epidemic in May of 2007 has reached “pandemic” levels in the world we know of as Philadelphia, a situation which the Health Dept. has not honestly corrected.