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State Rep. Kenyatta Johnson promises this year’s community festival will best last year's showcase. Johnson will host the 2nd annual Community Appreciation Day in Point Breeze at the end of the month” "To celebrate each other and our community, I am hosting the Community Appreciation Day,” Johnson said, “Last year was huge, this year will be even bigger.” Johnson said festivities will start
at noon Saturday, Aug. 28 at Point Breeze Avenue & 22nd Street. The festival will feature entertainers, comedians, an awards ceremony and much more! “This annual event brings the community together for a day of celebration, food and fun. “We are expecting more than 1,000 community members to attend this year’s festival.” The event is free. For more information, please call (215) 9523378 or (215) 755-9185.
DooWop Rescheduled For Sunday Rain or Shine Come rain or shine, the E. Passyunk Avenue Business Improvement District will be celebrating its 5th annual DooWop Car Show & Street Festival this cvoming Sunday. The festival was washed out last Sunday and had to be postponed to Aug. 8, from noon to 5 p.m. Whatever the weather, the festival will be held on Sunday at E. Passyunk Avenue between McKean and Dickinson Streets, just east of (Cont. Page 2)
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Future Looks Bright For Sacred Heart 4 Men On A Mission To Save Their Parish by Rory McGlasson New Sacred Heart of Jesus pastor Robert Feeney jokes about how he used to visit the 3rd Street church with a miner’s hat on his head. So dark was the aged building’s interior, Father Feeney says he was barely able to see down the aisle. However, today residents are walking in the church amazed by the light. Not just in a spiritual sense either. Long-time residents are walking in and breaking down in tears of joy because the church has had a makeover. That’s because there is new lighting, and a heavy lick of paint here, there and everywhere … the church has been transformed. (Cont. Page 2)
Jim Stevenson KEEPING THE FAITH! Brian Donnelly, Tom Betteridge, John Demshuck and Mike Connell founded the Sacred Heart of Jesus Men’s Club, to save their church, located at 3rd & Reed Streets in South Philadelphia.
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GETTING SMART ON CRIME: Flurry Of Bills Chips Away At Prison Walls by Tony West Pennsylvania’s prison population is huge and soaring even higher. It stands apart, not only from the rest of the world, but from many other states. In 1980, there were 8,243 inmates in the Keystone State; last year, there were 51,326. The Commonwealth can’t build prisons fast enough; it is exporting prisoners to other states. And it can’t spend money fast enough – the Dept. of Corrections budget is now almost $1.8 billion and climbing. And the killer is – most of these inmates aren’t killers, or anything close. More than half are nonviolent offenders. It doesn’t have to be this way, argues State Sen. Stewart Greenleaf. Neighboring states like New York and Virginia have taken concerted actions to cut their prison populations. Fewer people are going to prison, and more are getting out early. Yet crime is down there. “This is not rocket science,” Greenleaf asserts. “These are tried and tested methods that can work here too.” Greenleaf, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, has never been seen as “soft on crime”. In the Senate since
1985, he was a vigorous advocate of the get-tough legislation that swept Pennsylvania and the nation starting in the 1980s. “We have changed the Constitution twice in this process,” he reckons. Today, he admits this approach didn’t get the results he had expected. “We need now, not so much to get tough on crime, but to get smart on crime,” he says. That a respected senior Republican leader in Harrisburg can say such things is a sign of changing times. A bipartisan faction of lawmakers is pressing to wind down our ballooning prisons. On the Democrat side of the aisle, State Sen. Shirley Kitchen has also been a dynamic leader in this movement, aided by Appropriations Committee Chair Jay Costa. The prison explosion required scores of laws over dozens of years. Rethinking crime and punishment to move in the opposite direction is also a gargantuan project. Three measures written by Greenleaf passed the Senate – a Republican-dominated body – in June and are being studied in the House now. If the House approves them also, six more bills are waiting in the Senate Appropriations Committee to move forward.
Other General Assembly members are advancing their own laws to support this cause. Greenleaf’s SB 1193 authorizes each county court to establish predictable and immediate sanctions on probation violators, particularly substance abusers. It’s modeled on a successful program in Hawai’i, which found it is more important to punish people swiftly than severely. Most offenders don’t have a long-term vision. A small risk of going to jail for a long time, starting a year from now, doesn’t catch their attention. Twenty-four hours in the pokey right away, however, yanks their chain and motivates them to get with their program: less incarceration, but smarter incarceration. SB 1198 is more ambitious. It would establish a comprehensive program to work for successful reentry of ex-offenders into society. Currently, in many cases, prisoners get out with little education, few job skills, drug or mental problems, broken families, and no homes. This is a toxic recipe for recidivism, the risk of which peaks in the first year after release. If this measure is enacted, it would create, for the first time, a system with a mission
to provide post-release services to offenders as a core piece of the criminal-justice system. Another measure, SB 1298, would pump $50 million into parole and reentry services. Testifying in its favor, Parole Board Chairwoman Catherine McVey said, “When comparing those states that have been successful, typically significant funding has been invested in recidivism-reducing strategies rather than prison-bed construction.” SB 1299 would make more nonviolent offenders eligible for Pennsylvania’s alternativesentencing programs. Another bill, SB 1237, would create an Authority to provide meaningful work for some prisoners, at the going community rate for such work, so they can develop job skills and work habits that are transferrable to the outside world. Public anxiety about violent criminals is the chief driver for get-tough legislation and prison-building. As a result, “smart on crime” proponents take care to move in tandem with efforts to rein in violent crime. One of Greenleaf’s measures, SB 150, would set up grants to fund crime-fighting in high-crime areas.
It’s a direction other legislators are moving in. State Sen. Mike Stack’s proposed SB 902 aims, in his words, “to ensure violent and career criminals serve more time in prison and less time on the streets.” To allay public worries about alternative sentencing, it would prohibit repeat violent offenders from being sent to a halfway house as part of parole. Philadelphia Police Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski was murdered by a parolee with a history of violent offenses who “walked away” from a halfway house before he finished his sentence. Early-release programs can’t grow if headlines like these keep appearing. At the same time, Stack has introduced another bill, SB 1410, that hopefully would lead to some prisoners’ discharge. It would create a commission within the Pennsylvania Courts dedicated to investigating claims of wrongful conviction. “We know the criminal-justice system is imperfect and imprisons or penalizes an unknown number of innocent people,” Stack noted. “These imperfections could not be made any more evident than during the recent juvenile-justice corruption scandal in Luzerne Co.” In the House, State Rep.
Ron Waters is tackling the problem from another angle. He wants to merge the State’s Parole Board with the Dept. of Corrections. Simply by administrative reorganization, he says, Michigan was able to cut both its corrections budget and its prison population. Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on State Rep. Kenyatta Johnson’s HB 1999. This bill would provide juvenile offenders serving life sentences must have opportunities for parole at least once during their first 15 years of incarceration, and at least once every three years thereafter. Research has shown youthful offenders, even those who commit heinous deeds, are different from adults, Johnson points out. Adolescent brains aren’t fully formed, so teenagers cannot understand the full consequences of their actions. By the same token, these same brains change as they grow. America leads the world in hurling long sentences at underage criminals. If such inmates have more ways to leave prison, earlier and safely, that can mean fewer mouths for taxpayers to feed – and wall in. NEXT WEEK: “Smart on crime” means money.
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Will ‘Brownouts’ Reduce Fire Department’s Effectiveness?
Will “brownouts” put out the overtime the city has to pay to firefighters, or will it spike up more casualties should fires occur? Rolling the dice is Mayor Michael Nutter. He is closing down, for a shift, a minimum of six firehouses daily. That’s three during the day and three at night. Objecting to the gamble of lives and property is Bill Gault, president of Fire Fighters Union Local 22. He charges, “The ‘Rolling Brownouts’, put in force by Mayor Michael Nutter and his Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers, will only increase deaths and injuries from fires. “Four minutes is the criterion by which we can save
lives and fight fires effectively,” Gault states. “We need to be on the scene in that time frame to be effective.” The Mayor believes the firefighters, transferred to other facilities when theirs is “browned out” or shut down for the shift, will effectively cut into overtime. He needs to pare down the budget, and overtime is one way to do it. Gault blasted the Mayor and Fire Commissioner for presenting stats claiming the City “is safer from fire than a year ago despite their cutting five engine companies and two ladder companies last year.” Now the brownouts are in effect, Gault noted in a press conference outside Fire En-
COUNCILWOMAN Jannie Blackwell assures firefighters and public City Council will look into ramifications of “browning out”. gine 57 at 56th & Chestnut, which had been the first to brown out, “Citizens are in more jeopardy.” Gault said he does not know how the brownouts will serve the citizens.
“Deaths due to fire are up 36% in 2010, fire injuries to civilians are up.” Gault said citizens are “so used to getting quick responses” they did not “flinch with the browning announcement which now will close six companies daily.” He blasted the closure of Engine 57, saying,“Last year, Engine 57 completed 3,978 runs, more than 10 runs a day.” Transferring personnel from the browned-out stations to others will further stretch the thin line of firefighters, according to Gault. Gault noted, “Fire service in Philadelphia was designed and is based on response times. Every resi-
dent, in theory, should have life saving equipment and personnel about the same distance away. Fire Stations and Fire Companies were and are placed and designed to protect lives and property. “It is time to stop using the Fire Stations as the City’s ATM machines. Nutter needs cash for another problem, he closes a Fire Station – that’s unsafe for us and for citizens.“ Firefighters will now engage the public to the damage handed down by the brownout decision. Gault said City Council will be asked to investigate how this decision was made. Local 22 will be issuing warning notices to every browned-out station, to alert neighbor-
hoods what not to expect in response times. Local 22, stated Gault, will ask City Council “to restore the $3.8 million the Mayor claims he is saving in overtime by these closings. It’s pennies in a City that spends $4 billion on the annual budget. “Local 22 will ask Council to hire and train new firefighters. We haven’t had a new training class in two years, despite the fact five firefighters a month retire or are injured.” He noted in the “past 18 months, the City has cut 235 fire fighter positions and 12 fire companies, who are first responders for virtually every emergency call placed by citizens.”
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Fattah Sees December Goal To Cut Deficit As the national debt moves into front and center of public attention during the fall election campaigns, Congressman Chaka Fattah predicts major action will place – right after they’re over. Speaking at Temple University Monday, the Congressman said a committee is already working to plan dramatic legislation to reduce the Federal deficit. The package will involve a combination of spending cuts and tax increases, all of which are guaranteed to make some people unhappy. As a result, he said, no legislators will take any stands in public until after the November election. Look for a lame-duck session of Congress in December to take bold steps. Fattah, who sits on the House Appropriations Committee, is seeking the chair of that powerful body, since its current Chairman, David Obey, is re-
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decide to enter,” Mega stated. Mega added, “I am encouraging the underserved and common man to visit my web site which is www.willmega.com to join me in forming an organization that will play a major political role in the Year 2011.” Mega, who will be 38 in August, is still considered one of Philadelphia's most eligible bachelors. Tea Party May Cut Bryan Lentz A Break A rightwing splinter candidate has emerged in the 7th Congressional Dist. It’s a development that brings smiles to the faces of Democrats and scowls to Republicans in Delaware Co., which incumbent Congressman Joe Sestak is vacating to run for US Senate. Jim Schneller, a birther whose positions generally echo the Tea Party movement, filed more than 7,000 signatures to get on the ballot on the “American Congress Party” line. He claims only sparse funding and it is unclear if he has the resources to mount a substantial campaign. However, even in the Pri-
mary there were rumblings of discontent in some quarters that endorsed Republican candidate Pat Meehan, a former US Attorney, wasn’t conservative enough. If this sentiment endures into the fall, and if Schneller draws any support from Tea Party activists, this can only hurt Meehan and help State Rep. Bryan Lentz, who is the Democrat nominee to replace Sestak. The only cloud in this picture is a report that a Lentz aide did help Schneller get quite a few signatures for his nominating petition. Toomey’s Edge Remains Unchanged Republican Pat Toomey continues to hold a small lead over Democratic Congressman Joe Sestak in Pennsylvania’s US Senate race. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Pennsylvania Voters shows Toomey earning 45% support, while Sestak picks up 39% of the vote. Six percent prefer another candidate in the race, and 10% are undecided. (Cont. Next Page)
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In turn, Sestak’s campaign staff began to hammer Toomey for accepting a campaign donation from national conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly, who has made controversial remarks criticizing unmarried women. Sestak has urged Toomey to return Schlafly’s contribution. GOPers Hold Get Out The Vote Meet The City’s State-sponsored Republican group held a training session at a morning-andafternoon session at SmokeEaters’ Pub in the Northeast. Volunteers turned out to hear how best to bring out the vote. Casey Tapped As Kids' Champ Nurse-Family Partnership®, a leading nonprofit organization addressing the needs of low-income, first-time parents and their children, honored US Sen. Robert Casey as a champion of home visitation in support of America’s children. Casey is one of several Members of Congress who were recognized on Capitol Hill for their contributions to improving the lives of children by championing the Maternal, Infant, & Early Childhood Home Visitation Program. The Federal program provides $1.5 billion over five years to implement or expand home-visitation.
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Sestak Keeps Rangel’sCash At Arm’s Length In another move, Sestak has donated $12,000 in campaign contributions that he received from embattled New York Congressman Charlie Rangel to a foundation that funds child cancer research. Sestak, who is running for the Senate, said last week he had decided to donate the money to Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. The cause hits close to home for Sestak, whose daughter battled a brain tumor as a toddler. Sestak has come under fire for keeping the cash from Rangel, who was charged by a special ethics subcommittee with 13 counts of violating House rules and Federal laws. The National Republican Senatorial Committee pounced on Sestak and a handful of other Democratic Senate hopefuls for accepting and failing to return contributions from Rangel. Sestak said he decided not to keep the money amid news reports that Rangel may have cut a deal with members of the ethics panel. “I thought it was the right thing at this time,” he said, adding that a settlement “meant that some acceptance of responsibility was being done by Mr. Rangel.”
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Balance of Power rankings. This statewide telephone survey of 750 Likely Voters in Pennsylvania was conducted on Jul. 28, 2010 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Support for Sestak has remained in the 36% to 40% range in matchups with Toomey back to February, except for a brief surge after his mid-May victory over incumbent Arlen Specter in the state's Democratic Senate Primary. During that same time frame, Toomey has received 42% to 47% of the vote. Toomey picks up 76% of the Republican vote, while Sestak earns 63% support from voters in his party. The Democrat holds a modest lead among voters not affiliated with either of the two major parties. Pennsylvania voters continue to view the economic future with pessimism. Thirty-four percent say their personal finances are good or excellent, while 20% rate their finances as poor. But, tellingly, while 17% say those finances are getting better, over half (52%) say they are getting worse. Unchanged from two weeks ago is the finding 46% of voters in the state approve of the job President Barack Obama is doing, while 54% disapprove. This is in line with voter sentiments nationally in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll.
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(Cont. From Page 4) That's little changed from two weeks ago. Sixty-six percent of Pennsylvania voters regard Toomey as politically conservative, and 42% place his views in the mainstream. Twenty-seven percent see him as an extremist, with 31% undecided. Forty-five percent feel Sestak is politically liberal, while 27% characterize him as a moderate. But 39% regard his views an extreme, while nearly as many (37%) think his views are in the mainstream. But roughly one in four voters (23%) aren't sure. Sixty-eight percent of conservative voters in the state support Toomey, while 86% of liberals favor Sestak. Moderates are closely divided between the two candidates. Twenty percent of Pennsylvania voters hold a Very Favorable opinion of Toomey, while 12% view him Very Unfavorably. Sestak is viewed Very Favorably by 19% and Very Unfavorably by 18%. At this point in a campaign, Rasmussen Reports considers the number of people with strong opinions more significant than the total favorable/unfavorable numbers. The new survey finds Sestak a point closer to Toomey than he was two weeks ago. While that’s not a significant change, it’s enough to move Pennsylvania from Leans Republican to Toss-Up status in the Rasmussen Reports Senate
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My original intention was to write a column about seeing Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele at the National Association of Black Journalists in San Diego last week. Steele was to be interviewed by CNN pundit (and the best self-promoter since P.T. Barnum) Roland Martin and asked questions about the RNC, his rough-and-tumble tenure as its chair, and how the party plans to move out of its minority status in 2010. But Steele didn’t show. Frankly, I was surprised he had even consented to be interviewed by a panel of African American journalists in the first place. Republicans, even Black Republicans, tend to stay away from large groups of Black people, especially ones armed with notepads. They’re afraid they’ll have to justify some of their more heinous stands. So when Steele’s people told NABJ Convention officials food poisoning was the reason he was taking a pass on our clambake, the general opinion among NABJ-ers was “Yeah, right!” In fact, most convention attendees believed the real reason why Steele decided to bail on us, instead of taking a shot of Kaopectate for his rumbling tummy, was the woman who had visited NABJ the day before he was to appear. That was Shirley Sherrod. Sherrod was the Dept. of Agriculture official who was fired after being caught on tape “being racist” at an NAACP meeting by Andrew Breitbart, a conservative blogger intent (Cont. Page 12)
City Hall intrigue continues. Our fascination continues with an on-again, off-again couple that thinks their romance is under the radar. The late-night dinners at restaurants only ‘they’ know about; the hugs, kisses and who knows what in parking garages, alleys and the like – are all fodder for gossips like us! Keep it up, kids. With nothing else happening in the city during the dog days of August, you make for tempting talk. Congratulations are in order for MARJORIE MARGOLIES on the nuptials between her son and CHELSEA CLINTON. Although our invitation never arrived (darn that postal system … must have been their mixup!), best wishes to the families. There were lots of other nuptials last weekend (some famous, some wannabe famous, some average Joes), but this was the wedding everyone was talking about! Now, when is the grandbaby coming? CONGRESSMAN PATRICK MURPHY is going to be just fine. He’s got a fight in the General Election in November that is on our watch list, but we predict he will prevail once again. This race has been tagged and targeted by national partisan groups and committees. They should focus elsewhere; this young JACK KENNEDY look-alike (with the family to match) from Bucks Co. has been working hard in his district, and his constituents know it. The Rep makes himself available day or night, and is the epitome of service to our country. We predict big things in his future. Maybe a statewide race? How about US Senate? The sky is the limit.
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Yo! Here we go again with this interesting story of the understanding of questions and the explanation of answers. It is not to be offensive or insulting. The situation is all too familiar to all of us as to how to ask or answer questions. Your answers might just sound like the workman. An Italian workman wants a job, but the foreman won’t hire him until he passes a little math test. “Here’s your first question,” the foreman said. “Without using numbers, represent the number 9.” “Without a numbers?” the Italian says, “Datsa easy.” And he proceeds to draw three trees. What’s this?” the boss asks. “Watsa matta wit you – ava you gotta no brain? Tree and tree and tree makes a nine,” says the Italian. “Fair enough,” says the boss. “Here’s your second question. Use the same rules, but this time the number is 99.” The Italian stares into space for a while, then picks up his picture and makes a smudge on each tree. “Ere you go.” The boss scratches his head and says, “How on earth do you get that to represent 99?” “Eacha da trees isa dirty now. So, it’s dirty tree, and dirty tree, and dirty tree and datsa 99.” The boss is getting worried he’s going to actually have to hire this Italian, so he says, “All right, last question. Same rules again, but represent the number 100.” The Italian stares into space some more, then he picks up (Cont. Page 17)
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Once upon a time, the ability of the two party organizations to get out the vote was often the determining factor in the outcome of the election. This involved committeepersons with street lists going door to door, canvassing on behalf of their candidate prior to the election. Now things have changed. Today, “the media is the message.” With money playing a bigger part in the outcome of an election, the role of the political consultant and the TV message which the voters get on behalf of a particular candidate now frequently determines the outcome. When BOB CASEY ran for Governor, he was advised by the well-known political consultant JIM CARVILLE. Casey believed it was not relevant that his opponent WILLIAM SCRANTON, JR. at one time had been a “flower child.” But Casey’s forces had pictures of Scranton in casual hippie outfits and, against his own judgment, he used them in a media blitz towards the end of the campaign. This was generally conceded to be effective and decided the outcome of the campaign. In the 1988 presidential election, MIKE DUKAKIS was filmed sitting atop an armored tank with a silly-looking crash helmet on his head. And the Republicans exploited the fact Dukakis, as Governor of Massachusetts, had pardoned an individual who immediately returned to a life of crime. These two commercials were judged by many pundits to be the deciding tactic of the presidential election. ED RENDELL, towards the end of his campaign for Governor, emphasized the many positive changes which had taken place in Philadelphia during his term as Mayor. This commercial was given credit for swinging the election Rendell’s way. What does all of this mean? Until the Republican candidate, Pennsylvania ATTORNEY GENERAL TOM CORBETT, and his Democratic opponent, DAN ONORATO, unleash their media campaigns, the (Cont. Page 17)
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SNOOPER’S UPDATE: “THE D.R.P.A. DILEMMA” – It seems “Johnny Doc”, JOHN DOUGHERTY, newest DEMOCRATIC WARD LEADER, also ‘Head Man’ of Local 98 I.B.E.W. Union, is one of the principals in the upcoming investigations of D.R.P.A. Heads will roll here before this one is over, and I guarantee you they will. This will see many at “THE TOP” involved, and it seems everyone is calling for an investigation, including “THE FEDS”. I have also have been informed, in regards to this investigation of THE D.R.P.A., they’re after BIGGER FISHES – you’ll see! NOTE: Both JACK WAGNER (Commissioner) and JEFF WALSH (Vice Chairman) all agree there has to be ACCOUNTABILTY FOR ALL THEIR ACTIONS. Watch! SNOOPER’S “Local” NEWS: I can’t imagine how happy and delighted HON. MARTY BASHOFF, former Judge of The Philadelphia Municipal Court ‘retired’, must be knowing the success his son BLAKE BASHOFF is enjoying. This young man was seen in the hit TV show “THE LOST” and, I might add, was remarkable in it. BLAKE BASHOFF is now seen in another great TV Show “MAD MEN” and they gave him a lot of TV time. The Judge also informed me his Son was also a huge STAR on BROADWAY and he had a ‘big run’ doing it. Yes, I was also told he is a celebrity in THE NORTHEAST where he is well known, and also admired! SNOOPER’S “HEIGHT OF IGNORANCE” FILES: Would you believe THE AQUARIUM is allowing and also promoting, your youngsters to come and pet STINGRAYS? Never mind we have heard stories regarding numerous people being STUNG by them, and it seems to be happening all over, including at The Shores! What kind of idiotic ploy is this, to have your children actually PET A STINGRAY and have them believe these creatures are harmless? Let them tell this to all those who have been stung by these supposedly harmless creatures. We all know the story of one of our famous ALLIGATOR HUNTERS who was actually stabbed to death by one. When are these people going to WAKE UP and get their SANITY back again?
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Kurtz Wants To Be The Next Sheriff During a fundraiser at The Prime Rib for Sheriff candidate Alan Kurtz, South Philadelphia real-estate developer Josh Weiner took me aside and let me know what was on his mind. “I’ve had many experiences with various city departments, some smooth sailing and some a little more timeconsuming, but I have confidence in Philadelphia. It’s a wonderful place to live.
“That’s why I believe Alan Kurtz is the best candidate for the office of Sheriff of Philadelphia.” I ask him for the fine points. He says, “Alan is the only candidate that is best qualified for the position. He’s a retired Police Captain and a Marshall. He’s fearless. He has a background in real estate. This man has the knowledge and abilities from all his past
experiences, from transporting criminals to Sheriff sales. His credentials far supersede anyone in the pursuit. He’s also very caring.” I tell him about a story I read in the Daily News a few weeks ago that the Sheriff position was a done deal for
someone else. “The job qualifications are not that it’s got to go the best politician, but go to a candidate with the best real-world experience. It would be a refreshing change from politics as usual. Someone who knows what he’s talking about.”
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HIGH-SCHOOL dropout William Peirce decides to take his friends up on a dare that he could skateboard down 6th Street without aid of his hands. His friends wrapped him up in Saran-wrap and off he went down Moore Street.... Tony Hawk is sleeping safe tonight.
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mural must be redone. “We need an artist,” said Betteridge. The mural of the high altar is based on the Gospel of Luke (12:49) and the Book of Revelations. The mural originally began in 1945 and was finished during its celebration of the parish jubilee. The Men’s Club wants to find a mural artist to come and touch it up. “We have the supplies;
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says. “That shows how excited people are when they come to the church today. That’s what it is all about for us, creating buzz in the parish.” Donnelly said, “When you get the old girl at the back of church with the fuzzy slippers sitting there in tears, because she cannot believe what we have done to the church, it makes it all worth it.”
we just need the expertise,” Betteridge said. Sister Mary Paula Beierschmitt, IHM, founder of the American Academy of the Sacred Arts in South Philadelphia, said she would look at the mural and see if she could find a qualified painter. Sister Beierschmitt resides in St. Monica’s Parish. “People keep asking us, when are you guys going to fix the mural?” Donnelly
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(Cont. From Page 2) has now finished 75% of the painting upgrades in the entire church. Young lovers are coming back to the church to wed. Funeral services have doubled, and more people are returning to the pews, because of the work of the handyman parishioners. They have a couple of sections left to do, however. The choir loft still needs work and the altar
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To DROP Or Not To DROP City Council’s Majority Leader Marian Tasco has indicated she will introduce Mayor Nutter’s legislation to end the DROP program when the City Council returns for its Fall Session. The Council will debate the issue. By then, the full picture of the effects of the DROP program – be it good or bad – will be available to both the Council, the City unions and the general public. Maybe the DROP program will be changed, but it cannot be eliminated, since well-intentioned employees based their entire retirement careers on what was offered them by the DROP program. They entered into a contract and that contract must be honored. Whatever changes come to the DROP program, those City employees who signed up for it must be assured the benefits accruing their pensions via the DROP program will be there the day they sign off from City employment.
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Wow! Talk about big paychecks. Why do these people make so much money? What a joke. The more I read about
the Committee of 70, the more it looks like a lobbying group. Yeah, I like their election book each year. But I always thought it was an election watchdog group. Now it seems to be getting into things that have nothing to do with elections. If they are so worried about saving the City money, they can donate part of their paychecks to the City. There needs to be a watchdog group watching the watchdog group. What I find funny is when I call them on Election Day with problems, they always say call the DA or the City voters department. Yes, they do come by
Aug. 7- Sister Clara Muhammad School’s 1st annual Community Festival at Muhammad Park, 46th & Wyalusing Ave., 10 a.m.-7 p.m.Hossted by Siser Clara Muhammad School CDC and friends of the School. For info Wayne Rahman (267) 252-5547. Aug. 7- Councilman Curtis Jones, Jr. hosts 4th Dist. Appreciation Day at Belmont Picnic Grove, Belmont Ave. & Belmont Mansion Dr., 12-
4 p.m. RSVP to curtisjones08@gmail.com. Aug. 9-12State FOP Convention and Elections at Hyatt Regency on Delaware, Columbus Blvd. & Dock St. Aug. 10- Stu Bykofsky hoats annual Candidates Comedy Night for Variety Club at Finnigan’s Wake, 3rd & Spring Garden Sts., 8 p.m. Tickets $75. Aug. 12- Grand Opening of Phila. GOP Victory HQ, 507 S. 2nd St., 5-7 p.m. RSVP Phil Innamorato (267) 325-0536, pinnamorato@pagop.org. Aug. 14- State Rep. Ronald G. Waters hosts 2010 Village Family Reunion & Festival at
You laid out with clarity what’s really driving “good government” – a need to wrest control of the predominantly minority voters of the city away from government and hand it to predominantly white firms, all in service of increasing mayoral control – a clear violation of the City Charter. Congratulations on journalism the old-school way. Alexis Moore Bruton
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every now and then, but I have had to show them the laws on the books because the people they send out have no clue about our election laws. I remember one year one guy showed a New York ID and wanted to vote. The two people from 70 said we had to let him vote on the machine. I asked them to show me where we let New York people vote in our elections. They started using a whole bunch of legal words. I laughed. Matt Slonaker Northeast Philadelphia Frances Myers Rec Ctr., 58th & Kingsessing Ave., 12-8 p.m. Enjoy and enter “So You Think You Got Talent” contest. Entry forms at www.pahouse.com/Waters. For info (215) 745-6712. Aug. 19- State Sen. Christine Tartaglione hosts annual picnic at Norris Square Pk., 127 W. Susquehanna Ave., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. All invited. Aug. 24- Pat Meehan for Congress fundraiser at McFadden’s Restaurant at Citizens Bank Park, 5-7 p.m. Meet John Runyan. Tickets $100, $50 extra for Phillies game. BARRY FISHER
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Out & About (Cont. From 9) on chastising the organization for calling the Tea Party out on its racist element. Only problem with this video was it was incomplete. While the tape did feature Sherrod talking about her own racism she had to overcome to help a white farmer keep his land, it didn’t include the fact she managed to overcome it and helped that farmer keep the land he works today. (She also gained a fan in country singer and farm activist Willie Nelson, who wrote a piece in support of Sherrod on Huffington Post.)
Sherrod came to visit NABJ bright and early Thursday morning to talk about the part played by the media in her story and to announce two things: (1) if you’re a reporter from Fox News, don’t even bother coming to ask her for an interview, and (2) she’s going to sue Breitbart. It’s the second part that probably kept Michael Steele from visiting NABJ. You see, the Republican National Convention is hosting a fundraiser featuring, you guessed it, Andrew Breitbart. It was a sure bet whatever message Steele hoped to deliver to the 1,600 journalists at the convention would be totally eclipsed by
questions regarding the RNC’s relationship with Breitbart. Being forced to explain the boneheaded actions of the people you’re using to raise money can be a little bit much. I guess that’s even true for Michael Steele, in spite of the fact that explaining the boneheaded actions of people is a large part of his job. Next year, NABJ brings its annual convention to Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists will play host and hopefully (if he’s still RNC chair by next August), we can get Michael Steele to come and talk to us.
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equipped with a flat-screen television, a large communal table, ceiling fans, heaters and a custom all-weather covering. Sampan is open seven days a week for dinner and serves lunch Monday to Friday. For more information. visit www.sampanphilly.com or call (215) 732-3501. More Happy Hour bargains Another center city spot with terrific recently-installed Happy Hour bargains is Alfa, 1709 Walnut Street, a funky 1970s-themed spot below the Walnut Room nightclub. On Wednesdays through Aug. 25 at least, between 5 and 7 p.m., you can get $2 beers (basic national brands, not craft beers), $3 wines; $4 cocktails (mango margarita and Leblon refresca) and $3 snacks (Cajun wings, chips and salsa, hummus and pita, tater tots and edamame). For more information, call (215) 751-0201 or visit www.alfabar.com.
$23 for three courses The upscale Mexican, Xochitl, 408 South 2nd Street, has just initiated “El Sabor,” a new $23 three-course menu from Chef Lucio Palazzo that is available nightly. El Sabor starts with an order of fresh guacamole for the table, followed by a choice of appetizer and choice of taco. The appetizers include: queso fundido — Chihuahua cheese with mushrooms, pickled red onions and shishito peppers; and Chiccarones — housefried pork rinds with radish, mint and salsa verde. Tacos include: Calabacitas — summer squash with their blossoms, mole verde, Swiss chard and pickled fennel. Happy Hour features $5 Margaritas and $3 beers. For more information, call (215) 238-7280 or visit www.xochitlphilly.com. A $15 prime rib steak The Prime Rib, 1701 Locust Street, makes every
Len Lear critic’s list of the best steak houses in Philly, but the menu prices are scary, as they are at their competitors. However, for the month of August only, they have initiated a bargain that shows how hard it is to fill the seats these days in pricey restaurants. For the rest of the month, you can order a 15-ounce cut of prime rib, which normally costs about $45, for just $15. And it is available for everyone at the table. Upscale steakhouses have not seen a price like that
for about 30 years. For more information, call (215) 7721701 or visit www.theprimerib.com. Another beefy bargain Yet another super-pricey steakhouse, Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse at 15th & Chestnut Streets (formerly the Packard Building), with its 40-foot ceilings, 1920s Classical Revival architecture and 34-foot wine tower that holds 2,500 bottles, has also joined the bargain brigade, at least one night a week. Last week it initiated the three-course Sunday Prime Rib Menu that includes soup or salad, 14-ounce prime rib (or dry-aged pork porterhouse or eight-ounce filet mignon) and dessert (chocolate mousse, bread pudding or cheesecake with strawberry or butterscotch sauce) for just $35 per person. For more information, call (215) 2460533 or visit www.delfriscos.com.
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by Len Lear If there is such a thing as a silver lining to the economic cloud hanging over tens of millions of American since September 2008, it is that regular restaurant-goers (those who still have jobs, that is) have many more money-saving options at fine restaurants than they did before the Great Recession. For example, every Monday to Friday from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m., Chef Michael Schulson’s modern Asian restaurant Sampan, 124 S. 13th Street, offers one of the best Happy Hours in the city. It features a very-affordable menu of $2 grilled snacks including satays, sliders and hot dogs; a daily-changing $4 cocktail special and a wealth
of signature cocktails and wines under $10. Sampan’s Happy Hour is offered at both the indoor bar and at the new outdoor Graffiti Bar. “Our customers wanted our food and drink without breaking the bank, and we listened,” said Schulson. “Where else can you order an entire rack of lamb – six of our full-sized lamb satay chops – for just $12 total?” The $2 Happy Hour menu and specials offer a variety of items including six satays such as Korean BBQ beef satay with shortrib, bulgogi and kimchee and corn satay with coconut, lime and togarashi; chicken and shrimp spring roll with crystallized ginger and cabbage; and chicken dumpling with soy, sesame and scallion. The Graffiti Bar, tucked away behind the restaurant, is
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Jimmy Hoffa Visits Teamsters
TOUCHING base with Teamster leaders from the tri-state area was International Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa, 4th from left. Other state leaders with him were, from left, Local 355 President Dennis Taylor, Local 326 President Stephen Sturgis, Local 73 President Anthony Artificio, Joe Smith of Local 326, and host Bill Hamilton, President of Local 107 and Eastern Regional International VP.
Wounded Warrior Joins Brady’s Staff
BRAD HERRON Brady’s man in Kensington! He is a former Army Airborne Infantryman, who served in Iraq, Afghanistan and in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and now he has joined the staff of Congressman Bob Brady. Brad Herron, a Wounded Warrior Program Fellow will serve two years on the Congressman’s staff as a constituent service representative at the 1st Dist. office at 2637 E. Clearfield Street, in the Port Richmond section of the city. “It is an honor to have this young man in my office. This is a win-win situation. We have been able to give this veteran a career-building job. And, he brings to the job his
first-hand experience as a returning veteran,” said Brady. “He is a welcome addition to our staff.” The House Wounded Warrior Program was established at the direction of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and Committee on House Administration Chairman Brady to create fellowships that provide employment opportunities within the House of Representatives. Applicants for the program must have served on active duty since Sep. 11, 2001, have a 30% or greater service-connected disability rating and less than 20 years of military service. The fellowship positions are available in Congressional Member District Offices nationwide. Brady, a ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, said he fought for the creation of the program after visiing with wounded vets. “It was clear to me that these wounded service men and women had a variety of skills and they were enthusiastic and really wanted to work and be self sustaining,” the Congressman said. Herron, who enlisted in the
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Army when he was 20, was a member of the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, N. C. He was deployed to Afghanistan in 2003 and later to Iraq. His primary duties included convoy support and patrolling the base perimeters. His last deployment was to New Orleans in the aftermath of the deadly Hurricane Kat-
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TEAM KELLY RYAN: Fred Druding, Jr., Charley Sgrillo, Ryan and Bill Jackson want rematch with Brooklyn’s Heather Hardy. It was Philly against Brooklyn and a rematch is in the offing again. Considering the great boxing history of both cities, fans expect to see a terrific bout whenever boxers from these two fight towns collide. And
that’s exactly what happened last month when Port Richmond’s Kelly Ryan traveled to New York and took on Brooklyn’s Heather Hardy at the world renowned Gleason’s Gym. Ryan and Hardy both landed big punches in the 1st round and continued trading ferocious exchanges to the final bell. In the end, the judges awarded Hardy with the decision. The Hallahan HS graduate and current Northeastern Hospital School of Nursing student isn’t complaining about a hometown decision. Ryan was the first one to congratulate Hardy on her victory. However, she feels, with just a few minor adjustments, the result would be different should the two meet again. Ryan is already back training at the Harrowgate Boxing Club preparing for her next bout on Sep. 23 at the annual “Irish Boxing Matches” in Wildwood, N. J. After that, she hopes to take “The Big Apple” by storm and avenge her loss.
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Hyundai/Kia Now Shipping To Port In what promises to be a busy month of August at the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal, Philadelphia Regional
Port Authority Chairman John H. Estey this week hailed the arrival of the first of seven vessels scheduled to
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arrive this month, delivering more than 17,000 Hyundai and Kia vehicles to the Port of Philadelphia. The first vessel, named the “Hyundai 230”, arrived late Monday in South Philadelphia. Tuesday, ILA work crews began unloading the vehicles from the vessel and transporting them to the adjacent auto finishing facility at Pier 98 Annex at Columbus Boulevard & Oregon Avenue, by the Walt Whitman Bridge. Teamster labor will handle the vehicles once they arrive at Pier 98 Annex. Once processed at Pier 98 Annex, the vehicles will leave the facility by truck and possibly rail for delivery to Hyundai and Kia dealerships throughout the United States. The first delivery is the culmination of more than a year’s work in bringing this business to the Port of Philadelphia. Ultimately, this business is expected to create 276 full-time job equivalencies locally, and
415 jobs throughout the region. As many as 100 new vessels a year will result from this business. In April, Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell announced the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority and Holt Logistics Corporation had reached an agreement with Hyundai Motor Co. and its logistics affiliate, Glovis of America, to import and process 150,000 Hyundai and Kia vehicles annually through Packer
Avenue Marine Terminal. Holt Logistics Corp. has a long-term lease with PRPA to operate the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal. Philly Ro-Ro Partners will operate PRPA’s 85-acre automobile processing facility at Pier 98 Annex. PRPA will make up to $1 million in capital improvements to the facility, and Philly RoRo Partners will contribute $3.7 million in improve-
ONCE OFF ship at Packer Avenue Marine Terminal, new Hyundai and Kia vehicles were driven to PRPA’s automobile-processing facility at Pier 98 Annex, via this specially prepared roadway.
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ments, turning a wellequipped automobile-handling center into one that is state-of-the-art. Many of these improvements have already been made to ready the facilities for the initial vessel calls. “This much-anticipated relationship brings substantial new business to the Port of Philadelphia,” Estey said, in response to news of the first vessel’s arrival. “We have many people to thank for their hard work and commitment, including Gov. Rendell, Glovis, Philly Ro-Ro, Holt Logistics, the staff of the PRPA, and the dedicated men and women in our labor community.” Glovis previously moved these automobiles through facilities in Newark, N.J. and Baltimore.
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MARION WIMBUSH has moved his Democrats of Oak Lane Team to first floor of building located across from Oak Lane Diner. Spacious headquarters includes a “phone bank” for some serious campaigning for candidates supported by Oak Lane Democrats.
uct sampling that is done at the Vendor Expo,” says DRPA CEO John J. Matheussen. DRPA is encouraging procurement professionals in the Philadelphia region to take part in the Vendor Expo. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet with vendors representing small, veteran-owned, disadvantaged, minority and women-owned businesses offering various products and services from industrial supplies to environmental services to engineering management. The Vendor Expo is one of the many events that helped
DRPA increase the number of contracts awarded to minority, women and disadvantaged businesses. From 1989 to 1993, before outreach efforts began, minority, women and disadvantaged businesses’ share of DRPA spending totaled just $2 million. Since 1994, DRPA and PATCO have paid more than $207 million to minority, women and disadvantaged businesses. In 2009, of the $75 million spent on contracts and purchases, more than $15 million was paid to minority, women and disadvantaged businesses.
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time holds a six-point lead. Typically, after Labor Day the intensive media campaigning begins. In Corbett’s case, the effectiveness of a write-in campaign by his Republican opponent from this year’s Primary, SAM ROHRER, may have to be factored into the equation. When BILL CLINTON ran the first time for President, the effect of an Inde-
pendent campaign run by ROSS PEROT was a big question mark. Although Perot did receive a significant number of votes, it turned out he took also from the Republican candidate. Rohrer has support in the Tea Party movement, which, if his write-in campaign picks up momentum, could operate to take some conservative voters from Corbett.
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Waffleman (Cont. From Page 9) the picture again, makes a little mark at the base of each tree and says, “Ere you go. One undred.” The boss looks at the attempt. “You must be nuts if you think that represents a hundred!” The Italian points to the marks at the base of each tree and says, “A little dogga come along and makes a poopa by eacha tree. So now you gotta dirty tree and a turd, dirty tree and a turd, and dirty tree and a turd, datsa maka one undred. So whenna I start?”
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STATE REP. Rosita Youngblood had an office-warming to welcoms constituents into her new facility. She and her staff were joined by State Rep. Ronald Waters. From left are Cherise Wall, office manager; Kayla P. Hodge, intern; David Tolentino, legal assistant; Antoinette Arter, Germantown EARN Center; Waters; Youngblood; Dayne Cofer, legal assistant; and Rochelle Barabin, legal assistant. Photos by Solomon Williams
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Friends of Joe Hoffman, Jr., are raising funds to help Joe and his family while he is in prison. Joe is now stationed at Ayer, Massachusetts Prison Camp. His mailing address is Joseph Hoffman, Jr., 58404066, POBox 879, Ayer, Massachusetts, 01432. Donations can be mailed to the home of former 1str ward Democrat Ward Leader Joe Hoffman, Sr., at 1306 S. 8th Street, Phila. Pa. 19147. For additional information one can call Tina Hoffman at 609-226-0069 or 215-467-5713.
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The Delaware River Port Authority’s Office of Business Development and Equal Opportunity will hold its 3rd Annual Vendor Expo at the Philadelphia Cruise Terminal on Tuesday, August 10 from 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. New for this year, DRPA is opening up the expo inviting local procurement professionals to attend. “While it has served DRPA very well to have the expo exclusively for our staff, we realize that our neighbors in the Navy Yard and throughout the region could also benefit from the face to face demonstrations and prod-
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TO: The Unknown Heirs of Earl Wilkie,Deceased MORTGAGOR AND REAL OWNER, DEFENDANT whose last known address is 1916 North Howard Street Philadelphia, PA 19122. THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT OWED TO OUR CLIENT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM YOU WILL BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING THE DEBT. You are hereby notified that Plaintiff BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP, has filed a Mortgage Foreclosure Complaint endorsed with a notice to defend against you in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, docketed to No. 100502523 wherein Plaintiff seeks to foreclose on the mortgage secured on your property located, 1916 North Howard Street Philadelphia, PA 19122 whereupon your property will be sold by the Sheriff of Philadelphia County. NOTICE You have been sued in court. If you wish to defend against the claims set forth in the above, you must take action within twenty (20) days after the Complaint and notice are served, by entering a written appearance personally or by attorney and filing in writing with the court your defenses or objections to the claims set forth against you. You are warned that if you fail to do so the case may proceed without you and a judgment may be entered against you by the Court without further notice for any money claimed in the Complaint or for any other claim or relief requested by the Plaintiff. You may lose money or property or other rights important to you. YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS PAPER TO YOUR LAWYER AT ONCE. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A LAWYER OR CANNOT AFFORD ONE, GO TO OR TELEPHONE THE OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW. THIS OFFICE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT HIRING A LAWYER. IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO HIRE A LAWYER, THIS OFFICE MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT AGENCIES THAT MAY OFFER LEGAL SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS AT A REDUCED FEE OR NO FEE. PHILADELPHIA BAR ASSOCIATION One Reading Center Philadelphia, PA 19104 215-238-6333
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NOTICE You have been sued in court. If you wish to defend against the claims set forth in the above, you must take action within twenty (20) days after the Complaint and notice are served, by entering a written appearance personally or by attorney and filing in writing with the court your defenses or objections to the claims set forth against you. You are warned that if you fail to do so the case may proceed without you and a judgment may be entered against you by the Court without further notice for any money claimed in the Complaint or for any other claim or relief requested by the Plaintiff. You may lose money or property or other rights important to you. YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS PAPER TO YOUR LAWYER AT ONCE. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A LAWYER OR CANNOT AFFORD ONE, GO TO OR TELEPHONE THE OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW. THIS OFFICE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT HIRING A LAWYER. IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO HIRE A LAWYER, THIS OFFICE MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT AGENCIES THAT MAY OFFER LEGAL SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS AT A REDUCED FEE OR NO FEE. PHILADELPHIA BAR ASSOCIATION One Reading Center Philadelphia, PA 19107 215-238-6333
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TO: The Unknown Heirs of Kostyantin Sklyar, Deceased MORTGAGOR AND REAL OWNER, DEFENDANT whose last known address is 1619 Solly Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19152. THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT OWED TO OUR CLIENT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM YOU WILL BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING THE DEBT. You are hereby notified that Plaintiff BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP, has filed a Mortgage Foreclosure Complaint endorsed with a notice to defend against you in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, docketed to No. 100504727 wherein Plaintiff seeks to foreclose on the mortgage secured on your property located, 1619 Solly Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19152 whereupon your property will be sold by the Sheriff of Philadelphia.
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS PHILADELPHIA COUNTY CIVIL ACTION - LAW Term No. 100502523 NOTICE OF ACTION IN MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP, Plaintiff vs. The Unknown Heirs of Earl Wilkie, Deceased & DAVID KAINE, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Earl Wilkie, Deceased, Mortgagors and Real Owners, Defendant(s)
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS PHILADELPHIA COUNTY CIVIL ACTION - LAW Term No. 100504727 NOTICE OF ACTION IN MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP, Plaintiff vs. The Unknown Heirs of Kostyantin Sklyar, Deceased & ELENA SKLYAR, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Kostyantin Sklyar, Deceased, Mortgagors and Real Owners, Defendant(S)
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