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by Joe Shaheeli First commissioned in September of 2009 by Mayor Michael Nutter, the “official” release last week of the Report on the Deferred Retirement Option Plan, known to all as DROP, has split City employees and their unions from the Administration. While most publications took the report at face value and ran with the numbers quoted for the overall cost, the Philadelphia Public Record found the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College – which was given the chore of determining the impact of DROP on the City budget – actually released a report on Jun. 15, 2010 to the Administration. That report placed the cost (Cont. Page 2)
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(Cont. From Page 1) Mayor to do away with the program, but such a reactionary response betrays a lack of managerial skill and a lack of a reformer’s will. Used correctly, the tool of DROP could save the City millions and allow the City to best configure its workforce to respond to the challenges that confront us. In a City where rationalizing the size of the workforce is a major challenge and where long-term planning is often sacrificed for the need to deal with today’s crisis, DROP was presented as a management tool that could help the City plan and save. DROP (Deferred Retirement Option Plan) is a retirement-incentive program introduced in Philadelphia in October 1999, modeled on similar programs in other cities. One compelling reason to create the program was to keep the more-experienced employee, especially in the uniformed forces, from leaving the payroll and leaving the City without effective agency leadership. By encouraging workers to commit to staying on the job for a period, DROP helps retain institutional knowledge and gives the City the managerial certainty to accomplish succession planning, reconfigure organizational personnel, and/or reduce payroll expenses. Knowing a valued employee would be retained for a number of years, agency leaders could train that employee’s (lower-salaried) replacement and evaluate ways to reduce top-heavy management by replacing, for example, three departing employees with two promoted employees. Here's how it works. The employees who elect to participate in the DROP make a commitment to retire no later than four years after entering the program. While the workers remain employees of the City, they (and the City) stop making contributions to the pension system; so their takehome pay increases and the City saves money. In addition, the employees
no longer accrue any additional service credit for pension purposes, so the long-term value of the employees’ pension does not increase as it otherwise would with continued service. While enrolled in the DROP, the still-employed workers receive a pension payment that is deposited into an escrow account that is guaranteed to earn at least 4.5% interest annually. When the employees ultimately retire, they receive a lump-sum check for all the accrued pension payments as well as the interest earned.
DROP Turns Into A Business It is easy to see why employees would want to enter the DROP, as it essentially allows them to increase takehome pay while working (by eliminating employee pension contributions) and, at the same time, start accruing pension payments, which are guaranteed to grow at a 4.5% interest rate. It is also easy to see why the City would want to utilize the DROP program. It reduces costs in the short run by eliminating pension contributions for participants, gives the City the predictability to plan to reduce the size of the City workforce in the future, and generates long-term gains when pension funds grow at historical rates. As long as our pensionfund investments earn a return of more than 4.5%, our employees’ behavior doesn’t change radically in response to the DROP incentive, and our leaders are prepared to use the DROP tool to manage the size of the workforce, the program is a can’t-lose proposition. But things certainly change. It didn’t take long for employees to recognize if they were thinking of retiring anyway, DROP could generate a nice benefit for sticking around for a few years. Their change in behavior, encouraging some to retire earlier, has increased pension costs. Also, with the underperforming economy, pension funds certainly did not earn
more than 4.5% interest in recent years and keeping that interest promise has been costly in many years. When the DROP originated, the stock market was performing well and the fund enjoyed returns of 11% in fiscal year 1999 and 9.5% in fiscal year 2000. When the stock market started to decline, the fund absorbed losses of -5.5% and 5.2% in FY 2001 and FY 2002, respectively. We all know what has happened in the most-recent years. Even with that cost, the City could have taken advantage of the program to make major strides in reducing the costs associated with its workforce. But the City never responded with a comprehensive plan to use the tool of DROP to make dramatic changes to the size and configuration of its workforce. While the City workforce did drop from a recent high of 24,500 in FY 2003 to 22,900 in FY 2005, the numbers have not changed much in the five years since and the City employs about 22,500 workers today. While nearly 7,000 workers have already left City employ through DROP and more than 2,000 are currently enrolled in the program, the City has made almost no change to the size of the overall workforce in recent years. Of course, there could never be a program that presents a benefit without someone looking for an edge. So it is with DROP. First, City officials decided to allow certain employees to enter the DROP program, collect the DROP payout, and return to the payroll. This was obviously never the purpose of DROP and any excuses that some employees are too valuable to let go fly in the face of the mechanics of the program, which create the certainty of a four-year window when employees' replacements should be trained to take over. Then, a few elected officials decided that they would like a piece of the DROP action. Certainly, nobody could (Cont. Page 10)
(Cont. From Page 1) at a number $100 million below what was quoted in the Jul. 29, 2010 version. In a third version, uncovered by Inquirer writer Jeff Shields and dated Oct. 30, 2009, the cost was not quantified but simply said, “Has a substantial cost to the Employer.” That initial report came out a month after the Boston research group was given the go ahead to do the study, though their contract was not finalized until December of last year. While there can certainly be a debate over the merits of the program, these facts raise the following questions: Whose report is this really? Why was the report modified? Can it really be used to determine the viability of the program? All indications are the authors are well respected in their field and have done some outstanding work in past studies. Unfortunately, this study was conducted without key requested materials being provided by the City, as requested on page 10 of the report. The authors admit to using only about half the participants’ data and to spreading the information across the entire study. Administration officials have been quoted as saying the first reports were simply works in progress, but a review of the three versions reveals no real or substantive differences other than the amounts listed for the costs of the DROP Program. In fact, the Jun. 15 report lists the period covered as 2003-2008. In the version given to the public on Jul. 29 was a footnote on pages 21 and 22 in which the authors say they excluded data from the period 1999-2002 and also data from the year 2009, which only leaves the period from 2003-2008, as stated in the earlier report. So there were no added statistics in
the official version now being debated. The report deals with behavior of employees and possible retirement choices, but refuses to answer the question of whether the program is of value to the city’s taxpayers. In its final analysis, the author closed with, “such a conclusion is outside the scope of this study.” Many people have talked about elected officials’ participation in this program and it should be stated that no newly elected official is eligible to participate in DROP. Council has passed legislation removing them from eligibility. What current elected officials who are enrolled in this program will do remains to be seen. The regulation states DROP is irrevocable, but a City Solicitor’s opinion has allowed for a candidate to run and be reelected. The savings to the pension fund and the citizens in this situation would be approximately $120,000 a year for each person remaining in office, due to the fact while serving, the salary is paid and the pension payments are frozen. If the elected official retired, they would be receiving a pension and the citizens would be paying the salary plus benefits for someone new to fill the position. Hence, savings did result from those who successfully were reelected after a oneday “retirement.” The report dealt with past experience. It did not deal with future costs. The basic overview of the program is employees of the City pick a date four years in the future when they will retire and then continue to work until that date. At that time, the employee officially retires and receives a lump sum equal to what their pension would have been for the four year period, plus 4.5% interest. For this advance notice, the City is supposed to be able to do better succession planning and budget more
accurately for workforce expenditures. While the Mayor has declared DROP dead, many others like Councilman Darrell Clarke and economic activist Brett Mandel said much more information is needed and maybe the Program should be “amended, not ended.” Councilman Frank DiCicco, who authored the original bill and has now decided to kill the program, had asked for a special session of Council to deal with this issue. Council leaders said they will study the situation upon return from summer recess. A review of the minutes from the City Council session dated Jun. 8, 1999 reveals many Council Members were happy to support the DROP program then. Some even questioned why the program didn’t pay more interest to the participants. Then-Councilman Michael Nutter and Councilman Brian O’Neill led the questioning. In the end, O’Neill offered an amendment to raise the interest rate for all DROP participants from 3.5 % to an adjustable rate as high as 10%, but no lower than 4.9 %. Councilman Jim Kenney made the motion to move the bill creating DROP out of the Committee with a favorable recommendation. We now know Mayor Nutter has changed his view. Kenney also has changed course by calling for the end of the program. Before Nutter made his announcement of his intention to drop DROP, only 16 people had enrolled in the program this year. Following his announcement, an additional 397 City employees were reported as filing in the past week for the DROP program. There’s a bright side to this. It should give the City administration the opportunity to learn how to effectively reduce costs and train 397 replacements, if replacements are necessary.
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Did Onorato Aid Tea Party Candidate? Republican Party Pennsylvania Chairman Rob Gleason yesterday charged Dan Onorato supporters and Democrat operatives circulated petitions for John Krupa, a candidate claiming to be the Tea Party nominee for Governor. "It's obvious that Dan Onorato is willing to resort to anymeans necessary tactics in a desperate attempt to improve his chances to win elections this fall," Gleason said. "The allegations made against the Onorato campaign and the Democratic Party, as they pertain to their involvement with John Krupa's nominating papers, are extremely troubling.” Gleason added, “Dan Ono-
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David Oh To Enter Council Primary
Attorney David Oh ran for Philadelphia City Council At Large in 2003 and 2007. Although the odds were against him, he worked hard and campaigned on key issues. In his 2007 run he won by 7 votes on Election Day, but lost a couple weeks later by 122 absentee-ballet votes. He is now planning a third run for City Council At-Large in 2011. “I will once again advocate that we work together to implement legislation, programs and processes that will dramatically improve the lives of every day people living in
our neighborhoods and working in our businesses,” he stated. “For that reason,” he added, “I am proud State Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams, Councilwoman Maria Quiñones Sánchez and former State Sen. Philip Price, Jr. will join me on Friday, Sep. 10 at my exploratory fundraiser. In addition, many dignitaries and friends will attend, including our keynote speaker, Don Liu, General Counsel of Xerox, and Mistress of Ceremony actress Tiffany Dupont.”
Green Party Files 7 In State Races
Green Party candidates successfully filed all nominating petitions with the Pennsylvania Bureau of Commissions & Elections allowing all candidates to compete in the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 2. Ed Bortz, Green Party candidate for US Congress in the 14th Dist. of Pennsylvania, which encompasses the city of Pittsburgh, filed 9,900 signatures, more than twice the minimum requirement for ballot access. Mel Packer, Green Party candidate for US Senate, also satisfied the statewide signature requirement, as did all (Cont. Next Page)
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Ringside With The Shadowboxer Jimmy Arthur (1932 - 2010) Legendary Trainer Passes
It is with deep sorrow that SHADOWBOXER must report legendary South Philly trainer James Arthur Washington, known in boxing circles as Jimmy Arthur, died last week at 78. A boxer himself in the 1950s, Arthur found his niche as a trainer at the old Passyunk Gym, and became one of Philly’s best. The list of boxers he trained reads like a Who’s Who of South Philly boxing. Eddie and Tyrone Everett, Kevin Howard, Frankie Mitchell, Mike Rafferty, Mike Rossman, Roger Russell, and his son James Washington are just some of the fine boxers he guided in his long career – a career that ended only about two years ago, when he suffered a
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Debate Time The first debate between the Republican and Democrat running for Pennsylvania Governor is scheduled for Sep. 27. Aides to Republican Tom Corbett and Democrat Dan Onorato said the candidates plan to attend a debate at an annual Pennsylvania Chamber of Business & Industry dinner in Hershey. Former ABC News anchor Ted Koppel will moderate.
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(Cont. From Prev. Page) Green Party candidates for Representative in the General Assembly. Packer works as a physician assistant in an emergency room in Pittsburgh. He was once a Teamster and helped organize Teamsters for a Democratic Union, a rank-and-file union-democracy movement. Packer was recently on the board of the Thomas Merton Center, a nationally known peace-and-social-justice center. Green Party candidates in 2010 include Packer; Bortz; Hugh Giordano, State Rep for the 194th Dist. in Northwest Philadelphia; Rex D’Agostino, State Rep for the 183rd Dist. in the Lehigh Valley; Jay Sweeney, State Rep for the 111th Dist. in rural Northeastern Pennsylvania; Edward Bonsell, State Rep for the 53rd Dist.
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The Battle Over Bail: Who Gets The Money?
by Tony West Philadelphia’s bail system is a mess, most observers say. Reforms of some sort are inevitable, now the Clerk of Quarter Sessions Office, which used to process bail records, has been eliminated. In a Senate hearing Tuesday at the Bar Association, leaders of the different branches of public-safety professions butted heads as they struggled to move these reforms toward often-opposed goals.
On one bottom line, however, all public-sector officials – the City Controller, 1st Judicial Dist., District Attorney’s Office and Public Defender’s Office – banded together to fight off the reintroduction of private bail bondsmen to city courts. With equal force, bail bondsmen argued they can handle the job better than government has. Bail is money. And it’s a fact as long as bail is handled
internally by the court system, its revenues return to the courts. That matters to President Judge Pam Dembe, who testified her pre-trial services are funded by bail money. At a time when court budgets are under extraordinary pressure, nobody wants to surrender control of a revenue source that, properly managed, could bring in new millions – money that could fund innovative alternative programs to empty out over-
crowded prisons in better ways. Jodi Lobel, who heads the Charging Unit in the DA’s Office, even asserted going after back bail owed by “skips”, which has been estimated to run as high as $1 billion, should be the top priority of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is investigating Philadelphia’s bail system. But spokespersons for the bonding industry retorted
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CONTINUING his series of late-night walks through highcrime areas, DA Seth Williams, right, was joined on 22nd Street in South Phila. by, from left, Damon Roberts, State Rep. Kenyatta Johnson, CB Kimmins and Irv Schwartz. provide area residents with the resources to improve their community’s quality of life. Waters said he got the idea when he participated in Philadelphia’s “10K Men Call to Action” in 2007, which was designed to get men involved in helping to solve problems in their communities. “When I saw all of those men with rolled-up sleeves, ready to go to work, I was impressed. I was determined to do the same thing in my district,” Waters said. Waters’ Community Outreach Talk will be held at 3
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The Arts Garage, located at 1533 Ridge Avenue will host its first annual canvas battle titled, Artist for Social Change | Battle of the Canvas 2010! Aug. 28 from 4 p.m. to midnight. This is an open call for all levels of visual artists, painters and graffiti artists. A 48” x 96” canvas will be provided to competing artists and for eight hours, they will paint, listen to live music, DJ sets, eat, drink and network, all in the name of artistic social change. For battling artists, there is a $25 registration fee and for regular entry (non-competing artists), $5 for students with ID and $10 for non-students. This publicly juried exhibition will feature a grand prize of $500.
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State Rep. Ronald G. Waters is mixing a little seriousness in with the fun at his annual Village Family Reunion and Festival this Saturday. He wants to connect residents with community resources. Waters will do so by hosting a Community Outreach Talk with those at the festival. The 2010 Rep. Ron Waters Village Family Reunion and Festival will be held from noon to 8 p.m. at the Frances Myers Recreation Field, 58th Street & Kingsessing Avenue. “The goal of this Community Outreach Talk is to connect interested individuals with area organizations that work to improve the quality of life for the community,” Waters said. “Many people ask me what they can do to help their community, but don’t know how or where to begin. This talk will bridge that gap and bring neighbors together to help anyone who wants to participate in making a difference.” His annual festival also will
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Aug. 12- Councilman Curtis Jones hosts job fair at High School of the Future, 4021 Parkside Ave., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 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 Sen. Shirley Kitchen hosts Community Day at Lenfest PAL Ctr., 10th & Pike Sts., 11 a.m.-3 p.m. First 100 to sign up will receive
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With two views starting on Page One of this issue, we believe we have printed answers to many questions on the minds of those who are involved in City government, as well as of the citizenry that pays its taxes. DROP can be explained this way. It’s a management tool. If you use it right, you not only continue to save the City money, but you can tailor its workforce commitments whenever and wherever City employees sign on to the DROP program and retire. Elected officials on DROP, for instance Councilwoman Joan Krajewski, have been working for less than they would earn weekly, had they not cashed in on their DROP retirement. Had it correctly designed, their “early payouts” would have wound up costing taxpayers less than traditional delayed payouts. Unforeseen, however, was the fact the 4% contribution to the pensions of DROP applicants, which seemed to be frugal on the part of the City when it was passed in the ’90s, is now exorbitant by today’s interest stats, which average a little more than 1%. So we caution the DROP program works well – if managed properly. This can be done easily, with some tweaking by City Council. What is not necessary is to cave into the avalanche of demands that paint the DROP program as a giveaway of taxpayers’ money. It isn’t. A little work with pencil and paper will show anybody why. back-to-school supplies. Event for seniors, youngsters, adults. For info Hugs (215) 332-5264. Aug. 14- State Rep. Ronald G. Waters hosts 2010 Village Family Reunion & Festival at 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. 14- 20th annual Richard Allen Homes Reunion at Lemon
ter, benefiting veterans everywhere. Top entertainers include Little Isidore and the Inquisitors, Cornerstone and The Chantels. Admission is free. For more info www.phillydoowopfestival.org. Sep. 20- Tri-State Labor & Management Council and City of Hope host Spirit of Life Awards to Larry Christenson and Ralph J. Teti, Esq. at Hyatt Regency at Penn’s Landing, Columbus Blvd. & Dock St., 6 p.m. For info Harry Giordano (800) 3448169. Sep. 21- Al Stewart hosts 11th Ward Fish Fry at Lou & Choo’s, 21st & Hunting Pk. Ave., 5-9 p.m. Donation $10. For info Tutie Edwards (215) 228-3134. Sep. 24- 65th Republican Ward Exec. Committee hosts Fall Bash at Ashburner Inn, 8400 Torresdale Ave., 7-10 p.m. Tickets $20. For info (215) 298-2251. Sep. 25- Democrat 56th Ward Picnic, joined by 35th, 53rd, 55th and 63rd Wards, Cottman & Central Aves., 1 p.m.-dark. Tickets $35. For info (215) 742-8600. Oct. 2- 50th anniversary of Phila. Council AFL-CIO at Sheraton City Ctr., 17th & Race Sts. Details in future issues.
Oct. 2- Fishtown River City Festival at Penn Treaty Park, Delaware & Columbia Aves., 10 a.m.-12 midnight Oct. 4- First annual fundraiser golf outing and banquet hosted by W. Phila. Cultural Alliance’s Paul Robeson House Museum at Bala Golf Club. Lunch and registration at 11 a.m. Dinner banquet will honor three freedom fighters.
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I do not know what more I can say about the Mayor of Philadelphia. I am officially using up the English vocabulary to describe his pathetic, weak, vacillating, fear-mongering, cowardly and bullying tactics in his feeble attempts to get what he wants, and not to benefit all Philadelphians. He has taxed and cut jobs and much needed resources in our city since the onset of his administration more that 2 years ago. When history revisits this individual, I believe it will share my view of Mayor Michael Nutter which is he was a “first-rate, second-rate man.” Anthony P. Johnson
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Hill, Fairmount Pk., 33rd & Poplar Sts., 12-7 p.m. 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. Aug. 26- GLBMA Business Breakfast at Warnock Housing Development, 2862 Germantown Ave., 8-10 a.m. Members free, nonmembers $25. Pre-registration required. Mayor Michael Nutter and PHA Executive Director Carl Greene to speak. Aug. 28- Fundraiser for State Rep. John Taylor at Shawcrest Pointe, Wildwood, N.J., 2 p.m. Tickets $40. Aug. 29- Billy Meehan Clambake at Cannstatter VolksfestVerein, 9130 Academy Rd. Great food, top entertainment. Tickets $100. For info Republican City Committee (215) 561-0690. Sep. 10- Fundraiser for David Oh at Zarwin Baum DeVito Kaplan Schaer Toddy PC, 1818 Market St., 13th fl., 6:30 p.m. Sep. 11- Annual DooWop Festival honsted by Phila. Veterans Multi service and Education Cen-
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Drop Is An Effective Management Tool (Cont. From Page 2) make the case that DROP should apply to elected officials and, happily, State lawmakers recently ended elected officials’ eligibility for the program. Still, many elected officials who are already in the program have or are looking to run for re-election and then return to office after having "retired" to take advantage of the DROP payment. While the cases of retired-
but-retained officials and elected office-holders entering DROP are few compared to the scope of the overall program, they have become emblematic of what taxpayers see as the greed and excess of those who run Philadelphia. Stop it? Or DROP it? Give a child a hammer, they say, and all the world becomes a nail. So it is with this tool. If DROP is seen as a tool to increase individual wealth, then it will be a benefit to be
protected by the City’s bargaining units, a perk to be extended to high officials, and a scam to be exploited by scoundrels. However, if DROP is used as a tool to create effective succession planning and workforce management, then it can be used to help configure City agencies to efficiently serve the citizenry. My father always told me that it’s the poor craftsman who blames his tools. If one
is hitting his thumb instead of the nail, it is not the hammer’s fault. Hit the nail on the head and it works quite well. Rather than drop DROP altogether and lose the possibility of being able to use this tool effectively, the City should make two minor changes to the mechanics of the program and one major change in mindset of administration officials to make it work for Philadelphia. First, rather than a guaran-
teed return of 4.5%, DROP participants should earn a much-smaller guaranteed return of, say, 1.0% plus a variable rate of return tied to the performance of the pension fund. This way, the pension fund is not devastated during slow-growth periods and DROP participants can share in the benefit when the investments perform well. Second, the City must shut, lock, and bolt the door after employees enter DROP and ultimately leave City service. No more retiring and rehiring. No more post-DROP consulting arrangements. Finally, and most impor-
tant, the City must use the tool of DROP much more effectively. Informed with the certainty created by the DROP participants’ timetable for retirement, the City should reassess workforce planning to best manage our organizational approach toward fulfilling agency missions. We should use the tool of DROP to ensure we have a lean management structure overseeing a workforce that is deployed effectively to meet the needs of the citizenry. It is not about doing more with less. It is about doing what we should be doing most efficiently.
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4th ANNUAL Lancaster Avenue Jazz & Arts Festival at Saunders Park was a heated blast of great “Real Jazz”, family, friends and vendors. This festival supports cultural arts, showcasing local and national talents. It was sponsored by Lancaster Avenue 21st Century Business Association and Peoples Emergency Center. Pictured here at are, from left, Robert Kenyatta, performer; Elenor Childs; George Stevens; Paulette Adams; and Glen Bryan, performer. Photo by Martin Regusters, Leaping Lion Photography
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Eagles safety Quintin Demps shows Avery Jones, a client of Phila. Developmental Disabilities Corp., at training camp his gloves which he actually gave to him. Mike Barnes, marketing director of PDDC, took al group of clients (adults with intellectual disabilities) to visit the Eagles Training Camp at Lehigh University yesterday, arriving for the 8:15 practice session. A number of Eagles players have participated in events which benefit The Arc of Phila. and PDDC. Annual visit to Training Camp is one of PDDC’s calendar highlights.
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More affordable deals at fine restaurants by Len Lear Continuing with last week’s theme of relatively low prices at normally expensive restaurants, each Wednesday through Sunday, at least until the end of August, Meme at 2201 Spruce Street is offering a $35 threecourse prix-fixe menu, and on Sundays there is an even-better deal. On Sunday nights, you might enjoy some delicious grilled bread with various types of spread like chick pea, heirloom tomatoes, fava bean pesto and several others as part of a three-course dinner. The selection changes every week. In addition to the three-course dinner, a bottle of red or white wine is also included in the fixed price of $37! A recent Sunday night menu included grilled bread with chick peas and herbs; baby romaine salad with green beans, red potato, hard cooked egg and Dijon dressing; roasted organic chicken
with mushroom-Gruyere mac & cheese g r a t i n (owner/chef David Katz’ signature dish), peas and chicken jus; and for dessert, old-fashioned strawberry shortcake. For more information, call (215) 735-4900 or visit www.memerestaurant.com. The menu for each Sunday night dinner will be posted the Friday before in the “menu” section of this website, which you can copy and put into your browser. New All-You-Can-Eat Buffet Speaking about bargains, the brand new Happy Buffet Sushi Hibachi & Grill at 2210 W. Oregon Avenue, next to a Home Depot, has prices that are basically impossible to beat. I’m sure the quality is not what you would find in Old City or the Rittenhouse Square area (I have not eaten there yet), but you can get an all-you-can-eat dinner, including dessert, for the price of one appetizer in the fancier downtown emporiums. For example, there are over
200 items to choose from, including crab legs, salmon, oysters, flounder, New York steak, barbecued pork chops, mussels, Peking duck, sushi, fresh, fruit, a salad bar, etc. For this pigout, lunch is $6.99, and dinner is $11.49 per person on weekdays and $12.49 on weekends. The prices are even lower for children, and they are open seven days a week (dinner only on Sundays). For more information, call (215) 271-3420. SoleFood you can afford One of the more upscale downtown restaurants to join the Bargain Parade is SoleFood, located in the Loews Philadelphia Hotel, 1200 Market Street. My only knock against SoleFood, which the Zagat Dining guide also mentions, is the super-loud din at the bar during Happy Hour, since there is no real separation between the bar and the dining room. But the food has always been fine, and they are now offering a $29 prix-fixe menu, which is a little different from any other bargain offer I’ve seen. Instead of the usual appetizerentree-dessert trifecta, the $29 pays for one entree and your
choice of two of the following: appetizer, cocktail, wine, dessert and/or draft beer. Maybe this will start a trend, since a drinker who’s not all that hungry might prefer to order two drinks and an entrée for his $29 instead of just food. For more information, call (215) 231-7300 or visit www.loewshotels.com. Impressive Happy Hour One of the better Happy Hours in the area, price-wise, is at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut Street, every Monday through Friday, 5 to 7 p.m. Enjoy Yuengling lager light bottles for $2, Yuengling drafts for $3, house wines for $4 and house cocktails for $5. And there are lots of bar eats for $3 such as sweet potato fries with chipotle ketchup; eggplant fries with horseradish ranch dip; and hummus with pita bread. Others are $4, such as chicken wings with “wings of the week” sauce and chicken fingers with buffalo blue sauce. For more information, call visit www.worldcafelive.com or call (215) 222-1400. A French Bargain French food is normally quite
Len Lear pricey, but throughout Aug. 28, owner/chef Patrice Rames of Bistro St Tropez, on the fourth floor of the Marketplace Design Center, 2400 Market Street, has
created two menus to choose from, three courses for $28 or five courses for $48 (plus tax and tip). Wine pairings with each course are also available. Dinner is served Wednesday through Saturday beginning at 5:30 p.m. A typical $28 dinner might include tomato and peach gazpacho followed by lobster-stuffed tomato provencale with cauliflower puree, grilled scallop, shrimp and peach brochette. Then one could try a dessert like peach tart with orange chiboust and lavender cream. Call (215) 569-9269 or visit www.bistrosttropez.com.
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Congrats to ELENA KAGAN as her confirmation to the United States Supreme Court sailed through the Senate. Her Saturday swearing-in was historic as well. Who will be the next retire? With Justices KENNEDY, BREYER and GINSBURG likely to be one of the next to go (although not likely to go anytime soon), any local judge interested in being considered should start distinguishing themselves now. How about another African American on the Court, as many feel CLARENCE THOMAS has been a huge disappointment? How about the likes of RENEE CALDWELL HUGHES? A great pick … someone who could add some smarts, sizzle and style to the court! Let’s start preparing now by moving up to statewide office. Her handling of the recent trial for the killers of SGT. STEVEN LICZBINSKI shows that she has the right stuff. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON will be in town this week stumping for gubernatorial candidate DON ONORATO. It should be a Who’s Who of Philadelphia elected officials, fundraisers and power brokers. CLINTON is like Hellman’s Mayonnaise; he brings out the best! Message to all future candidates: Buy a ticket and go! This is an excellent opportunity to work the room with the folks who can make your career. Well worth the price of admission. Speaking of Governors, our favorite guy ED RENDELL has been mum on his baby-gone-bad, the DROP program. Ed, we love you, but say something to defend yourself; this is part of YOUR legacy. Mayor MICHAEL NUTTER’S press conference last week all but laid it on your lap. Speaking out on the program’s intent is critical to making sure peo(Cont. Page 17)
As I was running errands this morning, I got an email on my Blackberry from the Mayor’s office that informed me, and all of the other reporters who get things from Mayor Michael Nutter’s office, that Charles Bowser Sr. had died. He was 80. In addition to being a Deputy Mayor of the city from 1967 to 1969, executive director of the Philadelphia Urban Coalition, and an executive director of the Philadelphia AntiPoverty Action Committee, Bowser had been a pioneering civil-rights attorney. He was also one of the many African American politicians who had tried to become the city’s first Black Mayor before the city itself was ready to make that change, a change that allowed Nutter, and his predecessors W. Wilson Goode and John F. Street, to realize the dream. “Charlie Bowser was a great man, a great lawyer, a friend to many, a leader of a movement that led not only to Black empowerment politically, socially and economically, but also brought Blacks, Whites, Latinos and Asians to a better understanding of our united power,” Nutter said. “He gave me and many others wise advice, and whenever I saw my neighbor walking down the street or at his home, I knew that I was in the presence of greatness. This city has suffered a great loss, but we would not be the great city that we are but for Charlie’s influence, insight and personal strength.” State Rep. Mark Cohen took to Philly.com to sing Mr. Bowser’s praises. “Charles Bowser was a superb lawyer who had a knack for getting to the heart of a legal issue and making a compelling presentation of the relevant facts. An elo(Cont. Page 17)
Yo! On TV this past Saturday morning I watched the rerun of an episode of the “Captain Kangaroo” program that aired in 1993. One memory he had on this show was his description of the Popsicle. The Popsicle was first made in 1905 by Frank Epperson, who was 11 years old at that time. He left a stir stick made from birch wood in a mixture of powdered flavored soda and water out on the porch. The next morning, he discovered the drink had frozen to the stir stick, creating a fruit flavored icicle, a treat he had named the Epsicle. In 1923, Epperson introduced the Epsicle to the public at an Alameda, Cal. amusement park and they loved it. He applied for a patent in 1924 for his “frozen confectionery” called the Epsicle Ice Pop. At the insistence of his children, he later renamed it the Popsicle. It was originally available in seven flavors and marketed as a “frozen drink on a stick.” In 1925, Epperson sold the rights to the Popsicle to the Joe Lowe Co. of New York. Good Humor, a subsidiary of Unilever, bought the rights in 1989. Twin Popsicles (two popsicle sticks together) were invented during the Great Depression so two could share the one Popsicle. Fudgsicle is a variation; and it too is a registered trademark of Unilever. This frozen dessert is chocolate-flavored and creamy, with a flavor and texture somewhere between a water ice pop and ice cream. Slow Melt Pops are newer to the Popsicle product line. The addition of a small amount of gelatin helps the pops stay frozen longer than traditional ice pops. Pudding Pops consist of frozen creamy pudding on a stick. They were marketed by Jell-O but now appear under the Popsicle brand. Creamsicle is a brand name, also owned by Unilever, for a frozen dessert which resembles an ice pop, with a center composed of vanilla ice cream, and an exterior layer of flavored ice all around a wooden stick. In the United States, National Creamsicle Day is celebrated on Aug. 14 annually, so … happy National Creamsicle Day! And thanks for the memory, Captain Kangaroo. Seventeen years after you broadcast that show, you’re still teaching me things.
The Brehon Law Society, an Irish network of Philadelphians, sponsored a panel discussion where the subject was “what lessons can an increasingly multi-cultural Ireland learn from Philadelphia’s conflict resolution strategies.” Included in the panel were the Philadelphia Common Pleas Court PRESIDENT JUDGE PAMELA DEMBE and COUNCILMAN JACK KELLY. DR. JOE TOLAN, who is the ward chairman for the Republicans of the 61st Ward (that’s the Olney area) is having his annual party which starts at noon on Wednesday, Aug. 18 at his home on Roberts Avenue in Sea Isle. This is always an enjoyable affair. Joe gave the eulogy at the Mass of the Resurrection for that wonderful judge from Olney, JOHN PATRICK WALSH. He said Judge Welsh helped him with his English: “You fix flats and you adjust tickets.” Judge Walsh for a long time was the President Judge of the Philadelphia Traffic Court. Dr. Tolan’s place is across the street from the bay and it includes lots of singing and high-cholesterol picnic food. BILLY IVERS, the ward leader in the 61st Ward, has an excellent singing voice which kept the group entertained throughout the festivities. STATE SEN. MIKE STACK is back after a strenuous two weeks of training with the Army Reserve in Charlottesville, Va. He was the host for a party at the Phillies game on Sunday. His guests were mainly colleagues from the Senate and CONGRESSMAN BOB BRADY. It was a sunny day and, to make it perfect, the Phillies won. Well-known attorney RICK FURIA is recovering from a respiratory illness. Rick is the son of the late Federal Magistrate of happy memory ED FURIA.
SNOOPER’S ‘Feel Good Story’: Here’s one that really moved me, and it was good to see it all happen. Last week, THE VAIRD BOYS & GIRLS CLUB was THE HOST for over 300 children. They held their annual “KIDS DAY”, and it involved over eight Boys & Girls Clubs from all over the City of Philadelphia. They had BOYS and GIRLS from WISSAHICKON, GERMANTOWN, FRANKFORD, NICETOWN, BRIDESBURG, WILSON PARK, and SOLIS COHEN. Everyone had a great time, even FREE FOOD too! Must give recognition to JOHN GONZALEZ and ROGELIO RIVERA – job well done! SNOOPER’S SPECIAL REQUEST: I promise not to do this too often, but it’s one I must really do today. One of my associates informed me of this gentleman who could really use OUR help. This gentleman, as I was told, is an exceptional photographer, and I was shown quite a few photos he has taken. MR. NELSON (he is the gentleman I’m referring to, and he’s the one I would like YOUR HELP for) can photograph anything you want, including WEDDINGS, BIRTHDAYS, BAR MITZVAHS, MOTHER’S DAY, HOLIDAYS, or whatever event you need. Yes, I would greatly appreciate any and all HELP you can give this gentleman. Please call him at 267-228-0571. SNOOPER’S “Breaking News” Dept.: Remember the case involving three POLICE OFFICERS involved in ‘stealing’ drugs, then selling them on the streets of this City? Here’s the latest on this one … you can expect more arrests in this case because, I have been informed, there are at least 14 other OFFICERS who may be involved in this case, one way or another. Yes, there were those who knew it was going on but chose NOT TO TELL; after all, they do have a CODE of their own to protect each other and ‘watch’ each other’s backs. The POLICE DEPT. is really under fire because of these C-R-O-O-K-E-D OFFICERS. Watch. SNOOPER’S “W-A-K-E U-P CALL”: When are the citizens of this City going to wake up and realize both THE MAYOR and CITY COUNCIL (which, by the way, gave themselves a ‘hefty raise;, then went on vacation) DON’T CARE ABOUT YOU! What are WE paying our TAXES for, Mr. Mayor? You talk about BUDGETS; you happen to have the HIGHEST BUDGET any Mayor ever had, including MAYOR JOHN STREET. Why don’t you lead by example? Cut your BUDGET. God knows we could save us a lot of monies doing it. You had better pray there are no serious emergencies involving our FIRE DEPT., because if that hap(Cont. Page 18)
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last year. However, this question is not used in the calculation of the Alienation Index, because it was not asked before 1992. Demographically, some people feel more alienated than others. Hispanics feel more alienated than African-Americans and Whites. (Alienation Index of 55 compared to 49 and 52). People with more education feel less alienated than people with less education. The Index is 56 among people with only a high-school education compared to 43 among those with a post graduate education and 44% among those with a college degree.
company as a “house-driver”. But, with this company, he was losing the Midas touch. So he quickly opted out, joining a much larger company as an independent operator. He started with one car four years ago, slowly and deliberately growing his fleet to 11 vehicles. The company, Four Seasons Limousine Services, Inc., is now among the top in Philadelphia for limousine services of all kinds. His fleet was too big to avoid parking tickets around his home in Delaware Co., so he began shopping around for a garage with at least four bays to house his fleet. The Midas touch came in handy in his search. He was fortunate to find a closed dealership in the Airport Auto Mall located on Essington Avenue in South Philadelphia. The facility has a total of 31,000 sq. ft., under the roof, with a repair and body shop of 14,000 sq. ft. and 23 bays. This meant it was time for Dawara to add on another business. He picked up a fran-
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A new Harris Poll finds the level of alienation among Americans remains, as it was in 2009, somewhat lower than it was for most of the years that George W. Bush was president, and all of the years when Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush were in the White House. Almost every year since 1966, the Harris Poll has measured how alienated Americans feel and then calculated the Harris Alienation Index based on the results. The questions measure how much, or how little, people feel their interests are heard and addressed by people with power and influence. This year the Harris Alienation Index stands at 52, compared to 53 last year and 58 in 2008 when George W. Bush was still president. These are some of the results of The Harris Poll of 1,066 adults surveyed by telephone between July 13 and 18, 2010 by Harris Interactive. The Index is based on replies to five questions, which show only modest changes since last year. Sixty-eight percent of all adults believe the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer, compared to 66% last year; 50% believe that the people running the country don’t really care what happens to you, compared to 53% in 2009; 53% believe that most people in power try to take advantage of people like you compared to 57% last year; 52% believe what you think doesn’t count very much anymore, compared to 56% last year; 37% believe they are left out of things going on around them, compared to 35% last year. In addition, 70% feelt the people in Washington are out of touch with the rest of the country, compared to 72%
workers to believe if he worked hard and stayed focused, he could be successful in business here in America, and specifically in Philadelphia. He was fortunate to have family members here show him some of the “ropes” in this new country. That meant looking for work. Which he did. His first job lasted 17 hours a day. He worked one shift in a diner as a busboy and the second shift as a dishwasher. When his father surprised him and bought him a car, he then began delivering pizzas. And did he deliver, saving enough money to buy a taxi. While still driving a taxi in the winter he began another business in the summer, selling ice cream and at one point in time had six ice cream trucks covering South Philadelphia. Until today, he still has the only permit to sell ice cream in FDR Park. He then moved on to become a driver for a limousine
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by LeRoy H. Johnson Just about 10 years, ago a young man in Syria borrowed $800 for an airplane ticket to Philadelphia. He was traveling kind of light, with a cou-
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Courts Struggling To Do More With Less by Ruth R. Russell Funding for the courts — not corruption — was the theme of the talk given by Chief Justice Ron Castille to an overflow crowd of judges in Hershey. The occasion was the official opening session of the Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges. Nearly 300 jurists from across the Commonwealth gathered for three days of educational programs. Castille alluded to the judicial scandal in Luzerne Co., lamented the improper behavior of some constables across the state, and stressed the need to do away with the elected office of Clerk of Quarter Sessions Court in Philadelphia. He said nothing about this city’s Family Court building controversy, which has recently been dominating the news, but concentrated his firepower on the tide of red ink still threatening to engulf the Pennsylvania court system. The deficit for 2009-2010 was $19 million — equivalent to the salaries and benefits for 75 Common Pleas Court judges and 105 magisterial/district judges. By dint of great effort, $10 million in internal savings was achieved, according to Castille. However, this is just a drop in the bucket as the 2010-2011 budget will have a $25 to $35 million deficit, and the challenge will be “to balance the budget and deliver justice to the people of Pennsylvania,” he emphasized. This will not be an easy job. Cutbacks, layoffs and judicial district mergers lie ahead. There is already a moratorium on filling vacancies for judges (currently there are 29 in Common Pleas and Magisterial/District Courts) but it has saved about $3 million. “We have started looking at our magistrates and at combining districts to reduce the number of justices needed in them. We are looking at ways to absorb employees of the Prothonotary’s and the
Clerk’s offices. There are approximately 183 positions now under review,” Castille continued. On the brighter side, the judiciary’s work has resulted in a reduction of 4,500 children in foster care since 2006. Moving them into permanent homes has resulted in a gross cost savings of $225 million, according to the Chief. Problem-solving courts, such as the recently established one for veterans, are a bit costly to set up. There are approximately 79 in 60 judicial districts as of June 2010. However, Castille estimated that for every $1 spent in these courts, $4.78 was saved. Meanwhile, the work of the State courts goes on. The Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Courts is working on a Code of Ethics, dealing with confidentiality and conflict of interest, for state judicial employees. The American Bar Association judicial code of conduct is being reviewed as well as the handbook for constables. An Elder Task Force has been set up to deal with the problems of senior citizens who are often taken advantage of. This is important because the number of seniors here is growing. “Pennsylvania has the largest elderly population of any state in the nation except Florida and California,” Castille said. Supreme Court Justice Seamus McCaffery is doing a “comprehensive review of courts,” primarily of Municipal Court in Philadelphia, while Justice Max Baer is working in Allegheny Co. to improve the handling of children and youth in the court system. About 4,000 juvenile records were expunged in Luzerne Co. after the recent judicial mishandling. Castille concluded his remarks by praising the judges for their dedicated service and stressing the need to “work more efficiently to provide justice for the people of Pennsylvania.” He said he would “go hat in hand” to anyone who would help solve the current financial dilemma.
City Judges Attend State Conference
HON. John M. Younge and his wife, Joy, left, are HON. James J. Fitzgerald III, Sr. HON. Albert Snite Jr., left, with joined by Hon. Pamela Pryor Dembe, President Judge Superior Court, and his Hon. John J. O’Grady Jr. and Hon. Leon W. Tucker, right. Judge, and Hon. Lillian Harris Ransom, right. wife Carol.
HON. Joseph D. O’Keefe, Administrative Judge, HON. Adam M. left, is joined by Hon. HON. Denis P. Cohen, left, with Hon. Amanda Beloff, left, with Glynnis D. Hill, center, Cooperman, center, and Hon. D. Webster Hon. Paul P. and Hon. George W. Keogh, Administrative Judge, and his wife. Panepinto. Overton.
HON. Edward E. Russell, Conference Parliamentarian, HON. Charles J. Cunningham III, left, with Hon. Robert J. HON. Matthew D. Car- and his wife, Ruth R. Russell, Colville, Past Conference Presi- rafiello, left, and Hon. CitiLife Editor, Philadelphia Flora Barth Wolf. Public Record. dent.
HON. Ann M. Butchart, left, with, from HON. Doris A. Pechkurow, left, left, Hon. Karen Shreeves-Johns, Hon. and Hon. Holly Ford, right, join Gwendolyn N. Bright, Hon. Sheila A. Hon. John Braxton. Woods-Skipper and Hon. Annette M. Rizzo.
HON. Mark I. Bernstein, left, with Hon. Nitza I. Quinones Alejandro.
HON. Arnold L. New, Conference President and his wife Hon. Shelly Robins New.
HON. Arnold L. New, center, Conference President, with his wife, Hon. Shelly Robins New, and mother, Mrs. Beatrice New, surrounded by members Photos by Ruth Russell of his family.
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(Cont. From Page 14) ple understand the thought process on how and why it was designed. On a national note, did anyone see US House MINORITY LEADER JOHN BOEHNER on “Meet the Press” recently? John, please stop tanning; you look like a cast member for MTV’s “Jersey Shore”. You’re also starting to look like a candidate for Botox. The Show of Shows for Philly politicos, of course, is STU BYKOFSKY’S Candidates Night comedy club for Variety – The Children’s Charity. It’s our chance to watch people running for office actually try to make fools of themselves. This took place at Finnigan’s Wake last Tuesday, and those of us who enjoy dead-to-rights impressions of GOV. ED RENDELL and SEN. ARLEN SPECTER had a good time when professional standup comic JOE CONKLIN nailed
these gents. ATTORNEY GENERAL TOM CORBETT ventured into the lion’s den, Democrat-laden Philadelphia, with pretty good grace and humor! CONGRESSMEN PAT MURPHY, CHAKA FATTAH and BOB BRADY all took their turns on stage and carried it off well enough.
definite violation of civil rights, Bowser was less than pleased with how the city under Mayor Goode conducted itself during this confrontation. Bowser was a 1948
graduate of Central HS and was an alumnus of Temple University’s School of Journalism. He received his law degree from Temple as well and was also an administrator at his alma
mater. At press time, funeral arrangements for Bowser were not available. But once we get them here at the Public Record, we will make sure to get them to you.
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him greatly.” But where I remember hearing Charles Bowser, Sr.’s name for the first time was when the City held hearings into the MOVE confrontation in 1985. Bowser was among those selected to look into the incident, which began with a bomb and ended with several dead, a lot of folks injured, and a city block that is still not quite what it used to be. Because he was a civil-rights attorney, and people being burned out of their homes was a
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(Cont. From Page 14) quent, articulate, thoughtful man, he raised the bar as to what was expected of a mayoral candidate and a Mayor. If he had won the opportunity to serve
as Mayor, his thoroughness, incisiveness, and intellectual integrity would have produced an excellent administration of which Philadelphians would have long been proud. I am one of many thousands of Philadelphians who will miss
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PORT” BUREAU: Must let our photo editor know, I received an Email from one of JUDGE JACQUELYN FRAZIER-LYDE’S personal friends, and they were a little upset. We ran a photo involving “THE SAM STATEN, Sr.” event, and in one of these photos, there’s one with THE LYDES, both FATHER and SON. The Father’s name is JOHN LYDE, posing with his son PETER LYDE, SR. All right, JUDGE FRAZIER LYDE, it’s now been corrected. PARIS, your personal “tipstaff”, tells me your daughter TAMYRA got mar-
ried to a great gentleman, BO THOMAS. I understand TAMYRA is your oldest daughter and is beautiful. We wish TAMYRA & BO the best; after all, look at MOM and POP! SNOOPER’S “SOAPBOX” files: I spoke with a member of The Philadelphia Board of Pensions, and what he told me did indeed shock me. He was explaining the D.R.O.P. PROGRAM, a four-year program for City Retirees. Yes, during the four years, they withhold your pension, and when the four years are completed, you get quite a sum of
money. Once you complete the four years as mandated, you are, in essence, RETIRED as a CITY EMPLOYEE. He explained, once you leave the City’s employ you can not come back. If you do, you must start out as a NEW EMPLOYEE. Yes, there have been those who abused and used our D.R.O.P. PROGRAM for their own good. The former Police Commissioner was one, and also a City Council Member. Both of these people came back as if they never left! Elected Officials should not have been allowed to join, not even Mayor Street. SNOOPER’S “CERTIFIED” ELECTION POLL:
I went to SCRANTON to find out how these people are going to VOTE in the upcoming GENERAL ELECTIONS. Here it is: I asked 100 people, “Who would you VOTE for as Governor? Write this down: 43 said TOM CORBETT, 31 for ONORATO, 26 were still undecided. Next “Who would you VOTE for as SENATOR?” Again, 100 people said the following: PAT TOOMEY – 51 told me they would vote for him tomorrow. For JOE SESTAK, 42 would consider him, while 7 of them were not sure whom to vote for. Interesting! Let me know WHOM WOULD YOU VOTE FOR and WHY.
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PREPARING to grill more chicken for his 4th Council District cookout which drew over 800 as well as several council members and candidates is Chef host Curtis Jones, Jr.
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ZONING Code Commission held workshop in Kingsessing to get citizens to advise on proposed overhaul of zoning regs. Here, Natalie Hsueh leads table as it makes recommendations for parking rules.
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