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Vol. XIV No. 27

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July 5, 2018

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MAYOR JIM KENNEY was not the only one to juggle responsibilities as Wawa Welcome America was officially launched in City Hall Courtyard. A massive, citywide team effort carried off Philadelphia’s signature national 4th of July celebration.

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Fiedler Followed in Fumo’s Footsteps to Victory

BY COLT SHAW HE EVENING of May 15, Elizabeth Fiedler gathered with her small team and volunteers in her campaign office at 12th & Tasker Streets, a space once better known as the HQ of former State Sen. Vince Fumo, before it became a doctor’s office – there were still exam tables and scales scattered across the warren of rooms.

From this command center – “(Fumo’s staffers) called it ‘his bunker,’” Fiedler said – the candidate and her team waged an insurgent campaign to win the Democratic nomination for the State House’s 184th District, which stretches across parts of Pennsport and Whitman. She took on – and defeated – the Philadelphia Democratic establishment’s preferred candidate, Jonathan “JR” Rowan, an aide to State Sen. Larry Farnese (D-S. Phila.) who counted as his main sponsor none other than the politically powerful John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty, boss of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. The district’s incumbent, Bill Keller, announced his retirement in February after 25 years in the seat, and also threw his weight behind Rowan. By beating Rowan and the rest of the field – attorney Tom Wyatt and former police officer Nick DiDonato – and with no Republican on the ballot for the general election in November, Fiedler virtually assured herself a spot in Harrisburg come January 2019.

Part of Fiedler’s success may lie in her former career: she was a radio reporter for a decade with WHYY, first as a stringer and then as a staffer. She partially credits her proximity to power in that role – and her interviews with Pennsylvanians on the issues that most im-

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pacted them – with her final decision to announce her candidacy in September.

“As a reporter, I covered education, health care, and city and state politics, and so I got to see firsthand some of the struggles that people had with the education system, the impact of underfunding,” she said. “And I also got to see firsthand a lot of lawmakers and how they set their priorities and their legislative decision-making ... that’s when I really started to think about” running for office.

Prior to WHYY, Fiedler, who hails from Bloomsburg, studied international relations at Bucknell University and worked for six years at several restaurants in Center City Philadelphia.

Her only prior political experience was as president of the Board of Governors in 2014 for the Pen & Pencil Club, the social organization for the Philadelphia press.

The oldest of three kids, Fiedler was raised by a middle-school teacher and a high-school teacher. The discussion of educational politics was a staple in her childhood home.

“Mostly, my parents talked about being teachers and how hard it was: how frustrating it was, their dedication to their students, you know, frustrations with underfunding and the challenges of navigating administration and sort-of educational politics,” Fiedler said.

“But politics itself wasn’t really discussed.”

Fiedler says her main impetus in running for public office is her own family.

She’s been married since 2004 and has two sons: a 3-year-old and an 11-monthold.

“They are really part of the reason I decided to run,” she said. “As a parent, I feel a lot of responsibility for bringing human beings

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into this world. Just looking at our trajectory and thinking about where we’re headed politically, and as a state and a country, is really terrifying at moments.”

Fiedler’s campaign manager, Amanda McIllmurray, was a Bernie Sanders staffer responsible for organizing South Philly, and a delegate to the 2016 Democratic National Convention. McIllmurray co-founded Reclaim Philadelphia with fellow staffers after Sanders’ loss in the 2016 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary. The group was instrumental in catapulting criminal justice reform advocate and progressive defense attorney Larry Krasner, previously known for his pro bono work for activists, to become Philadelphia DA last fall.

The group, following McIllmurray, mobilized behind Fiedler. In all, the team says that their patchwork foot-soldier canvassing effort – comprised of Reclaim members, returning citizens, volunteers, individual residents, and others – knocked on 50,000 doors in the district and increased turnout in a number of wards.

The team trained to make their outreach more chat than spiel. They trained volunteers to discuss their own reasons for supporting the candidate and to listen to the feedback from their neighbors so they could consider incorporating their concerns into the broader platform.

Fiedler’s vocal support for Medicare for All won

her the endorsement of the Philadelphia chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America. She racked up endorsements from the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses & Allied Professionals, the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, Planned Parenthood and Represent PAC, an organization focused on electing progressive women, something Fiedler feels strongly about.

“I do also think a lot of folks want to see more women in office,” Fiedler said.

“Pennsylvania is 49th in the nation in women in elected office – second-worst to Mississippi.”

Critics of Fiedler focused on her lack of South Philly bona fides. She moved to the neighborhood in 2014, after 10 years in North Philly.

On primary night, the team gathered in the bunker, nerves tempered only by hopeful anticipation. Volunteers staking out polling places texted and called with snippets of hopeful-sounding information: huge turnouts and long lines in wards they knew were friendly.

Those gathered walked from the headquarters to a gathering at Broad & Mifflin above a dentist’s office, where 60 or 70 volunteers grazed on donated food and drink.

On a projector screen, incoming poll results scrolled.

“It seemed like we had blown everybody else out of the water from those results. We were very excited,” McIlmurray said. “And then we started watching the

more-official results return online. The numbers kept going up and down – we weren’t sure what was going to happen.”

“Eventually, we got to a point where we were ahead by a lot and knew which areas hadn’t been counted yet and knew which areas we were expecting to do well in and poorly in,” McIllmurray said. “And we felt confident in saying ‘Yeah, we actually won this thing.’”

Fiedler said, “It was so celebratory – we were all so exhausted from working so hard. And we ran a campaign that we could be proud of. No deals, no shortcuts – nothing like that.”

Any progressive proposal Fiedler brings to Harrisburg starting next year could be a Sisyphean task: 119 of 203 representatives are Republicans. Of 50 senators, 34 are Republicans, and November could see the election of a Republican governor, Scott Wagner.

Her solution: creative coalition-building. She’ll be reaching out to new faces and incumbents, she said.

“OK, this problem has been approached from one direction or one perspective: Can we step back and think of new things?” she asked rhetorically. “Is there a different way to go at this?

Can we build a broader coalition to make this happen?”

Beyond that, she plans on returning to her district frequently to reconnect with constituents. To hear; to listen. She needs to.

Town halls “will be in the district and I think that those will be real opportunities both to hold me accountable for some of these things and also for (voters) to let me know they’ve got my back,” Fiedler said. “I’m going to encounter some resistance in Harrisburg and I’m going to do that on behalf of the people of South Philadelphia.”

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Many distinguished Philadelphians have served as president of the Association since the death of Judge Glass. Annual awards have been given to the President of the United States, Senators, Judges, Mayors, State and City Officials, and leaders of our veteran organizations. Twenty-five veteran organizations are members of the Philadelphia Flag Day Association.

The Philadelphia Flag Day Association remains the premiere patriotic organization in the Delaware Valley devoted to promoting respect for the Flag as the most important symbol of our country’s traditional values, laws and institutions and in celebrating National Flag Day. Come join us.

OUR NATIONAL SYMBOL NEEDS YOU! The Philadelphia Flag Day Association 802 Tomlinson Road, Philadelphia, PA 19116-3428 Phone/Fax: 215-464-2809 Chairman/Board: Jay M. Ginsburg, Esq. President: Col. Siegfried Honig, U.S. Army Retired “Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white on a blue field, represent­ing a new constellation.”

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THE PHILADELPHIA Flag Day Association marked June 14 by swearing in 13 new U.S. citizens at the Betsy Ross House. A parade of Revolutionary War re-enactors added pomp to the ceremony. Receiving an award was Robert Allen: Below, right, L-R, PFDA’s Jay Ginsburg, Allen, former Justice James Fitzgerald, former State. Rep. Marie Lederer and PFDA’s Col. Siegfried Honig. Photos by Wendell Douglas

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The Philadelphia Flag Day Association, the oldest Flag Day Association in our country, was founded in 1934 by three distinguished Philadelphians, Common Pleas Judge Leopold C. Glass, Cardinal Dougherty, and Rabbi Wachtman.

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Wolf Readies Minimum Wage as Campaign Cause Roebuck Talks Education

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POLS on the STREET

BY JOE SHAHEELI HE SUMMER before a general election is when the issues that drive the fall campaign are shaped.

Legislators have finished their work; primary voters have chosen their candidates; and the hot topics on TV screens have less time to fade from mind.

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Raising the minimum wage is a movement that is catching on across America, as several states and municipalities have pushed it higher.

For decades, minimum wages – and wages in general – have stagnated in both good times and bad. Even many Republicans have begun to advocate an increase in the minimum wage, although generally to a lower rate than Democrats prefer.

State Sen. Scott Wagner (R-York), who is running to take Gov. Tom Wolf’s job away from him, is one of them.

Wagner supports raising the state’s $7.25 minimum wage to about $9.75. The increase, Wagner notes, isn’t as high as some private businesses, such as Sheetz, are already paying workers.

Still, he has said, it would be useful for the state’s

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of our surrounding states, leaving many Pennsylvanians behind.”

The governor’s executive order also covers employees of State contractors and those that lease property to the Commonwealth.

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STATE REP. Jim Roebuck was interviewed recently by Jill Horner for “Comcast Newsmakers,” regarding the state government budget and education funding. Roebuck praised Gov. Tom Wolf for including an additional $100 million for basic education, which includes additional funding for pre-K, special education and higher education. There is money for school safety as well. “This represents a broad-based commitment for all levels of education,” said Roebuck. “This brings us back to where we were five years ago before cuts were made, but we need to move forward in finding a reliable source of funding for basic education.”

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leaders to “get the issue off their plate.” Wagner bested two opponents in the May primary who stood by the current minimum wage; he may have a keener sense of the political wind.

But Wolf has already topped him. Last week, he signed an executive order that increased pay for employees under the governor’s jurisdiction to $12 an hour on July 1, 2018, and raises the wage by 50 cents a year until reaching at least $15 per hour in 2024.

Wolf asserted, “This executive order increases the wage floor for state workers and state contractors, but the General Assembly has not given all minimum-wage workers a raise in nearly a decade.

“More than half of the states have a higher minimum wage, including all

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understanding BANKRUPTCY

BY MICHAEL A. CIBIK AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY BOARD CERTIFIED uestion: Should my business file for Chapter 7?

I frequently meet with clients who own a business that has financial problems.

It may not be able to pay its bills as they come due, there may be an eviction threatened, or a lawsuit. These clients have done some homework, and usually start out our meeting by saying that they want to retain me to file Chapter 7 bankruptcy for their corporation or LLC. They are also surprised when I tell them that for some businesses, Chapter 7 makes absolutely no sense.

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ple think of when they think of bankruptcy. For individuals, it results in the discharge of general unsecured debts, such as credit cards and trade debt. It allows for the discharge of some older taxes. So why wouldn’t it make sense for a business in financial difficulty to file?

The answer lies in Section 727(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code. This section, which deals with Chapter 7 discharges, says: “The court shall grant the debtor a discharge, unless the debtor is not an individual.” Since corporations and LLCs are not individuals, they cannot receive a Chapter 7 discharge.

This means that, although a corporation or LLC can file for Chapter 7, it cannot receive a discharge.

However, even though the corporate entity does not get a discharge there is no need for a discharge because essentially the business entity is terminated. The owners of the business now have the added benefit that the trade creditors will not be calling them about the corporate debt once a Chapter 7 is filed--- provided that the individuals have not guaranteed any corporate debt.

lashed out at the ruling.

Philadelphia AFL-CIO President Pat Eiding said, “This decision is nothing more than another phase in a longtime campaign by the forces of wealth and privilege to destroy America’s labor movement.”

“By taking away fees paid to hundreds of workers that we represent, we will have less funds to use for negotiations on behalf of all pub-

lic-sector workers and for use in support of worker-friendly candidates,” AFSCME District Council 47 President Fred Wright said.

“This decision is a direct result of Congress stonewalling former President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee until President Trump’s presidency, when a more conservative judge could be sent to the high court. This is a clear

indication of the importance of 5 the impact of political participation and decision-making,” Wright added.

Philadelphia Federation of Teachers President Jerry Jordan defended his union’s record, saying, “Class size; lead-free drinking water; and a minimum of one counselor and nurse at every school are among the provisions achieved through collective bargaining.”

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Pennsylvanians can find jobs, they can be compensated fairly for them, and we can make reforms to the public education system we need.

“If Tom Wolf and the public-sector union bosses are really committed to protecting and empowering workers, they should celebrate this decision and the freedom it provides,” he concluded.

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(Cont. From Prev. Page) inspire those unions to a frenzy of activism in this election cycle. Battle lines are already forming.

At the top of the ticket, Wolf and Wagner are staking out starkly different positions on this matter.

Wolf issued a statement saying, “The Court’s decision is a major step backward for working families and the middle class. For generations, unions in our country have fought for and won protections we all enjoy, including the 40-hour work week, weekends, paid time off, and improved conditions for those who are trying to make ends meet.

“When people can come together and use their voic-

es, we all benefit. And when workers are silenced, families pay the price and the economy becomes more rigged for the rich and powerful.

“Here in Pennsylvania, I will continue to focus on creating good-paying jobs and growing our economy. Protecting the rights of those who work hard, every day, to get ahead, is integral to achieving our collective goals.”

Wagner struck a defiantly anti-union tone, calling the Supreme Court decision “a huge step forward empowering workers and putting more money in the paychecks of public employees, for them to do what they want with it, not what union bosses want.

“With this precedent now in place, as governor, I will be able to make the necessary reforms to ensure that more

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Should Pa. Legislature The News in Black & White Go Unicameral?

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BY JON GEETING GUEST OPINION ennsylvania has the largest full-time state legislature in the nation, and our General Assembly has the second-largest House of Representatives – a fact that has led to populist calls over the years to shrink the legislature, largely for cost-saving reasons.

Proponents of shrinking the state legislature cite its $300+ million annual price tag – out of a $32.7 billion budget – as an example of bloat and inefficiency that could be pared back, and they had enjoyed some political success recently with a push to amend the state Constitution to downsize the State House from 203 members to 151. (Why not just a round 150, I’ll never understand.)

That amendment passed the State House and Senate last year, but it appears not to have the votes to pass this year, which effectively kills the idea for the time being.

That’s because an amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution needs to pass in two consecutive sessions and then win a ballot referendum. Since it won’t pass this session, proponents will have to start the process all over again.

The bill ended up failing this time because opponents successfully inserted a poison pill amendment

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that would also shrink the state Senate from 50 members down to 38 members in the same stroke. Senators didn’t like that idea, so they stripped it out and sent it back to the House in the same version that passed last cycle, and supporters in the House couldn’t cobble together the votes to pass that version again.

That’s ultimately a good thing, because this particular version of downsizing the legislature really wouldn’t do anything to improve governance, and would generate only minuscule savings.

The better approach, which is admittedly a heavier political lift – but too correct not to discuss – is to shrink the Senate down to zero members and go fully unicameral.

The problem with the current thinking about this topic is that it’s driven by a one-dimensional cost-cutting motive that totally fails to take accountability and representation into account. The more seats that you cut from the House, the larger the districts have to become, and the harder and more expensive it becomes to campaign for the seats. Currently, you can win a state House primary with a solid door-knocking game and fairly minimal resources.

You can’t really do that in one of the gigantic state Senate Districts. And from a constituent services perspective, a larger number of state House seats ensures that the number of households assigned to each lawmaker isn’t unmanageably large.

Eliminating the state Senate is also better for political accountability because voters’ attention would be concentrated on a single easy-to-monitor state lawmaker working in a single chamber, rather than two

representatives in two chambers. There would be just one version of each bill to watch and just one vote of the legislature. There would be no confusion about which chamber bears responsibility for a bill failing to pass.

Inter-cameral negotiations do nothing to enhance accountability; rather, they scramble it by making it unduly difficult to pass laws, thus creating more opportunities for lawmakers to deflect blame for failing to properly serve their constituents.

The justification for having two chambers seems to be little more than a vague notion that our federal Constitution is an ideal model, or that making it procedurally difficult for elected officials to enact the policy agendas they run on is good insurance against overreach – two extremely questionable premises given the past decade of congressional dysfunction.

Historically, upper chambers have existed either to provide representation for the constituent elements of a confederation (the US Senate, which represents states, or the German upper House) or to provide an aristocratic (UK House of Lords) or quasi-aristocratic (Canadian Senate) balance to a more democratic lower chamber. But the Pennsylvania Senate has no such basis and was not created to represent any historic subdivisions like county governments. Its districts are, in principle, no different or less arbitrary from those of the House. And even if an elite body to counterbalance the “democratic” House was desirable in theory, it simply doesn’t function this way in reality. It’s just a meaningless, additional barrier to legislative action and responsive government.

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KICKING off Welcome America at Independence Mall and the lawn of the National Constitution Center was the crowd-favorite Wawa Hoagie Day, honoring U.S. troops – some of whom labored to build a 7-ton hoagie. Photo by Wendell Douglas

MARK your CALENDAR Jul. 5- Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell hosts W. Phila.

Thursday Night Jazz Series at Malcolm X Park, 52nd & Pine Sts., 7 p.m. Drummer Carlos DeVaughn & the All Stars.

Jul. 7- Congressman Bob Brady hosts “Brady Bunch Beach Party” at Flip Flopz, 106 W. Spruce St., N. Wildwood, N.J. Tickets $35.

Jul. 7Carpenters’ Union hosts Beach Party at Keenan’s N. Wild-

wood, 113 Olde New Jersey Ave., 3-7 p.m.

Jul. 10- City Council candidate Eryn Santamoor is hosted Meet & Greet at Strangelove’s, 216 S. 11th St., 6-9 p.m.

Jul. 11- Philly for Change hosts July Meetup at Tattooed Mom, 530 South St., 2nd fl., 7 p.m.

Jul. 13- State rep candidate Elizabeth Fiedler is hosted Fundraiser at Mamma Maria Ristorante, 1637 E. Passyunk Ave., 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Contribution levels $50, $100, $500, $1,000, $5,000 – preferred in advance at elizabethfiedler.com/contribute.

RASVP: (267) 2504168To host or sign up for free child care: (267) 250-4168 or info@elizabethfiedler.com.

Jul. 14Teamsters’ Unions hosts Unity Day at Keenan’s N. Wildwood, 113 Olde New Jersey Ave., 3-7 p.m.

Jul. 19- Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell hosts W. Phila. Thursday Night Jazz Series at Malcolm X Park, 52nd & Pine Sts., 7 p.m. Vocalist Shirley Lites.

Jul. 21- Glaziers’ Union hosts Day at Keenan’s N. Wildwood, 113 Olde New Jersey Ave., 3-7 p.m.

Aug. 4- Firefighters Local 22 hosts Beach Party at Keenan’s N. Wildwood, 113 Olde New Jersey Ave., 4-8 p.m.

Aug. 10- Councilman Mark Squilla hosts Summer Soirée at Keenan’s N. Wildwood, 113 Olde New Jersey Ave., 7-10 p.m.

Aug. 11- Gas Workers’ Union Local 686 hosts Day at Keenan’s N. Wildwood, 113 Olde New Jersey Ave., 4-8 p.m.

Aug. 11- Electricians’ Union Local 98 hosts Down Under at Keenan’s N. Wildwood, 113 Olde New Jersey Ave., 3-7 p.m.

er shots of alcohol. The bill had variously sought to force these businesses to install more seating, serve hot food, open public bathrooms and, in one iteration that earned the legislation its media nickname, to remove Lucite barrier screens designed to protect staff from robbery attempts.

Although the last stipulation was eventually watered down, the proposal inflamed racial tensions between Asian American merchants and some of Bass’ supportive constituents in her heavily African American district.

However, the Board of Ethics found that the AALBA had spent thousands of dollars coordinating a publicity campaign around their opposition to the bill, violating a provision that requires individuals who spend more than $2,500 in an effort to influence legislative action to register as lobbyists with the city.

The group was fined $2,000 and agreed to register as a lobbying organization, which entails a $200 registration fee.

With elections for both mayor and City Council seats just around the corner in 2019, Cooke said he hoped the agreements would put pressure on future candidates to keep their campaigns transparent.

“Not just with El-Shabazz, but other recent campaign finance matters; it really emphasizes the need for candidates and treasurers to make sure they’re paying attention to what's going on in their campaigns and exercising appropriate oversight,” he said.

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wave PAC agreement the board approved last year,” said Michael Cooke, director of enforcement for the Board of Ethics. “It resolves violations for the El-Shabazz campaign that arose because of the campaign’s involvement with Trustwave.”

The investigation into the irregularities began in May of last year. Cooke said the timing of these latest fines had allowed the involved parties to negotiate a mutually agreeable settlement.

“We put a high premium on settlement. If it takes a little extra time to get a settlement, we’re willing to do that,” he said.

A second settlement agreement also laid out a separate series of fines for a group that had sought to kill off a City Council bill regulating bulletproof glass shields in Philadelphia businesses. The Asian American Licensed Beverage Association, which was fined for failing to register as a lobbying group, had vehemently opposed a socalled “bulletproof-glass ban” floated by Councilmember Cindy Bass last year.

The legislation had sought to impose stricter regulations on take-out beer stores – known locally as “stop-and-go” stores.

Numerous neighborhood groups and activists have complained that these establishments, which are often Asian American-owned, are skirting the intent of Pennsylvania’s liquor codes.

Bass said the businesses were ordinary beer stores masquerading as bars for licensing purposes in order to sell over-the-count-

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BY RYAN BRIGGS HE PHILADELPHIA Board of Ethics released a settlement agreement today that hit former district attorney candidate Tariq El-Shabazz and an associate with thousands of dollars in fines over campaign finance violations dating to the 2017 Democratic Primary for the city’s top law enforcement position.

The new fines are connected to a supportive political action committee that the board had previously ordered to dissolve over related violations.

During his campaign, staffers for El-Shabazz created Trustwave PAC, an outside group that supported his campaign but was also helmed by some of his own staffers – a clear violation, since coordination with outside PACs is considered an in-kind contribution subject to the city’s donation limits and financial disclosure rules.

Trustwave printed and distributed sample ballots at polling places that supported El-Shabazz. The close ties led the Board of Ethics to dissolve the PAC last year after it became clear the group was coordinating with the El-Shabazz campaign.

Although this arrangement was initially set up without El-Shabazz’s knowledge, the most recent settlement, released Thursday, directly faulted El-Shabazz and his campaign treasurer, Taylor Daukaus. The pair agreed to pay $2,750 and $2,000 fines, respectively, for effectively operating two political committees.

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BY DENISE CLAY efore President Harry S. Truman integrated the Armed Forces in 1948, the prospect of a man of color – we’re not even going to talk about women here – commanding a platoon of troops that included white men was unheard of.

Sure, you could go to Officer’s Candidate School.

You could even serve in the military as a private.

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even been a Black Commander in Chief.

And last Friday, John Edward James Jr., at age 98, became a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Army.

At a ceremony held at the Museum of the American Revolution in Old City, James was given the commission he had earned so long ago. Flanked by his daughters Marion Lane and Brenda Watts, he stood tall in his dress blues as Retired Air Force Gen. John Jumper, chair and acting CEO of the Museum of the American Revolution, issued his oath of office and his daughters pinned on the long-awaited 2nd Lieutenant’s epaulets.

At a young age, James’s children were forbidden to ask about his military service because it was seen as too painful, Lane said in a statement. It was a photo of her father’s graduation class that led to her trying (Cont. Page 10)

BY JOE SHAY STIVALA AM REMINDED this week of the inscription on the Liberty Bell from LEVITICUS 25.10: “Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof.” In re-reading it, I realized that there was more to it: “AND YE SHALL RETURN EVERY MAN (and child) UNTO HIS FAMILY.” Get that, Donald Trump, Jeff Sessions, et al.?

It turns out that detained parents are having to PAY jet fare for the escort and child to be returned! Why? The whole BUMBLING

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ORTH WILDWOOD has been called the Irish Riviera and during the holiday weekend this is very true.

But many non-Irish Philadelphia politicians also seek respite from their hectic lives and head down to the shore.

The most notable is CONGRESSMAN BOB BRADY, who is also chairman of the Democratic Party of Philadelphia. He heads to the shore and ends up being the top pop-pop for his grandkids. He entertains

addressing. One of its plans 9 is to change the Girard Avenue trolley to bus. But that gives a FALSE increase in bus riders…. And why did SEPTA spend thousands to lay track and install trolley poles on Richmond Street beyond Frankford Avenue for that Girard Avenue trolley? The tracks head north to nowhere, abruptly ending with no turnaround (?). The Route 15 trolley DOES NOT interfere with vehicle traffic. The historic trolleys that terminate at SugarHouse Casino scan be a tourist attraction. Hey, SEPTA general manager!

What’s up?

SAD LOSSES: Are the passing of Dr. D. Walter COHEN at 91. The Dean of many colleges and pioneer in modern DENTISTRY lived life to the full in service to others.... Judge John POSERINA, Jr. lived for the law... Edith Juanita LOWERY, mom of State Rep. Vanessa BROWN, worked (Cont. Page 12)

multiple dozens of family and friends.

Brady will host his Brady Beach Bash this weekend and no matter where the politicians are from, what office they hold, or what they are running for, they like to come to North Wildwood to see the chairman.

A number of influential labor leaders also go to North Wildwood, including JOE ASHDALE of the Painters’ Union, JOHN KANE of the Plumbers’ Union and ANTHONY GALLAGHER of the Steamfitters’ Union.

Philadelphia Building Trades leader and IBEW Local 98 BUSINESS MANAGER JOHN DOUGHERTY has a place in North Wildwood, as does Former Supreme Court JUSTICE SEAMUS McCAFFERY and his younger brother, Common Pleas Court JUDGE DAN McCAFFERY. 66A WARD LEADER MIKE McALEER goes to Margate because it’s a shorter com-

mute from Northeast Philadelphia.

It’s not clear where Philadelphia MAYOR JIM KENNEY goes to the shore. He has been seen in North Wildwood and has hosted fundraising events, but ever since he has achieved the title of mayor, he hasn’t been seen down the shore as much.

And many Philly pols just choose to stay in one of the greatest cities in the world for vacation, the city of Philadelphia. STATE SEN. SHARIF STREET, who has been getting very good publicity recently on criminal-justice reform, is comfortable vacationing in Philadelphia.

Sen. Street’s colleague and fellow senator, ANTHONY HARDY WILLIAMS, takes his lovely wife SHERRY for vacation in the Hamptons. Rumor has it that STATE SEN. LARRY FARNESE used to be a (Cont. Page 12)

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around for you to command … and even then, that wasn’t a given.

Because of this reality, there were a lot of people who were more than capable of being officers that didn’t get the chance because they were the wrong color at the wrong time.

One of those men was John Edward James, Jr. In 1941, James was drafted into the Army, in 1942, and sent to Officer’s Candidate School. He went through the program, only to be told that he wasn’t going to receive his commission as a 2nd Lieutenant.

He was never told why, and because soldiers obey orders even if they don’t really make sense, he did his job as a corporal and left it at that.

Fast forward 75 years.

The military has been integrated for decades. We’ve had a man of color serve as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. There’s

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concept was flawed from the outset. Why have to PAY for government, mean-spirited wrongdoing? Obama waived any such charges.

ACLU: Sue ICE! Memories have faded of detainees at military bases. But decades ago, at Fort INDIANTOWN GAP, Cuban detainees escaped and scampered all across the Lebanon County countryside. The election of OBRADOR as Mexico President will keep Trump busy; it will be a ROLLER-COASTER ride, Donald.

The most patriotic 4th of July celebrations are again in LAWNCREST and PORT RICHMOND. Thanks to Ward Leader Brian EDDIS and many others!

SEPTA is worried that BUS RIDERSHIP is down, and has plans to increase it.

The Economist just reported that bus riders are DOWN WORLDWIDE. They blame remote working, Uber, cheap car loans and the internet – which SEPTA is not

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AST WEEK, the U.S. Supreme Court, in the case of Janus v. AFSCME, ruled that it is a violation of the 1st Amendment for public-sector unions to force all public employees — whether union members or not — to pay agency fees that support union activities. Agency fees are collected by state and municipal governments on behalf the unions.

The reason why public-sector unions and the government officials they support claim that it only fair that non-union employees pay

union public-sector workers free up other union money to engage in political activity. Since 2007, Pennsylvania public-sector unions have spent at least $115 million in dues and PAC money for lobbying and election-related matters.

In response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling, the Republican Party of Pennsylvania issued a press release applauding the decision.

PAGOP CHAIRMAN VAL DiGIORGIO stated, “we are pleased that the Supreme Court finally acknowledged what we’ve known all along: That many Pennsylvania public-sector employees have been forced to live under the yoke of public sector unions and pay their hard-earned money into organizations they neither wish to support nor belong to.” He added, “the forced payment of agency fees to public-sector unions has helped put these organizations at an unfair political advantage.”

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for the collective-bargaining activities that accrue to the non-union employee’s benefit. They claim it is a service and not political activity. This is either naïve or disingenuous on the part of the union officials.

Many politically moderate and conservative government workers do not agree that the contracts that expand government employment rolls are beneficial to them and other taxpayers.

Many public-sector union contracts contain provisions that inflate public-sector payrolls with work rules and provisions that make it almost impossible to fire a non-performing employee.

Bottom line: people have opted out of unions because they do not think they need the unions. They think they do solid work that will continue their employment, and do not want to pay taxes to retain non-performing or superfluous workers.

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(Cont. From Page 9) What I found most interesting was a reference to a letter sent GOV. TOM WOLF concerning the Commonwealth’s timely compliance with ceasing to subtract agency fees from the paychecks. Additionally, it appears PAGOP is prepared to pursue legal actions supporting employees who continue to see agency fees removed from their compensation.

The letter written by PAGOP GENERAL COUNSEL JOEL FRANKS asked Wolf to indicate when the Commonwealth would be in compliance with Supreme Court ruling and asked that Wolf respond to the PAGOP letter within five days.

However, it is reported that states that have similar rules are still collecting dues from those home assistants unless the Medicaid recipient complains.

The impact of Janus may not be immediate except on those who already declined to join the union. However, to shore up public-sector union power, a number of states have made it harder for people not to join the union. These states, as part of new-employee job orientation, require all to attend a union organizing meeting.

Oddly enough on the day the Janus decision came down, California (as part of the state budget) decided that the time and place of mandatory union “initiating” meetings are not a matter of public record. Thus, the only outside party with the time and location of the meeting is the union.

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One may think that the PAGOP’s letter essentially demanding that the governor say he is going to comply the Supreme Court decision may seem overly suspicious and high-handed. However, events in other states with legislatures and/or governors with heavy political support from public-sector unions have engaged in activities that circumvented Supreme Court decisions to limit their powers.

In the Harris v. Quinn case, the Supreme Court ruled invalid an Illinois regulation that determined that people who were given Medicaid money to assist ailing relatives at home were public employees and subject to paying union fees. These people assisting loved ones did not affirmatively agree to join the union.

(Cont. From Page 9) to get his commission, she said. Enter Sen. Bob Casey.

When Lane brought the request to right this wrong, he and his staff got on it and, while it took a while, the wrong was eventually righted.

So as we headed into the Fourth of July, we had a new Second Lieutenant.

Alan Parham, Adminstrator

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ter nation.

“The Scripture reminds us,” continued Holston, “that if we offend one of these little ones, better a millstone be thrown around our neck and we be cast into the sea. We’re offending the little ones of Pennsylvania each and every day, when we put them in schools with peeling paint, when we put them in schools with rusted pipes, when we put them in schools where they can’t even drink out of the water fountain because they’re afraid of lead poisoning, when we put them in schools where rodents are running under their feet, when we put them in schools with not enough counselors, not enough teachers, not enough NTAs.” He concluded, “we offend them each and every day, when we place them in school districts that are underfunded, like in Philadelphia,” and he cited how the School District of Philadelphia and other Pennsylvania districts have been underfunded.

Holston added, “We’re here to say today, we’re not just going to be offended, we stand here in love for our children” to fight for fair school funding.

The Rev. Dr. Patricia McAllister, pastor of Mount Zion AME Church in Columbia (a POWER member congregation), stated, “We believe that all children across the state of Pennsylvania are entitled to a quality education. We believe that all school districts across the state of Pennsylvania are entitled to have available resources that would guarantee our children that quality education.”

The proposed fair funding formula for school funding, said McAllister, would assure a quality education for minority students in urban districts.

PHILLY POWER activists wait in the Capitol Rotunda to lobby lawmakers for additional funding for city schools.

Unicameral Legislature

(Cont. From Page 6) This idea is not untested conjecture. Nebraska famously has a unicameral legislature, and there are functioning examples of unicameral bodies even closer to home that everyone is already used to dealing with: municipal governments.

All major cities in the United States get on with just one legislative chamber, and for all the real issues with the quality of local

governance, nobody ever proposes bicameralism as a serious remedy. You never see anybody advocating to add an upper House to Philadelphia City Council, for all its problems – that’s because there’s no conceivable problem that this would solve. It’s still plenty hard to pass significant laws, even without the unnecessary hassle of sending the sausage through a second grinder.

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$2,000 less per student, and Philadelphia getting $4 million less in education, and places like Lancaster, Allentown, and Norristown” will receive more funding as well.

Jordan Ford, POWER community organizer and one of our bus captains, informed us, “We’re going there (to Harrisburg) today to call for Gov. Wolf to demand full and fair funding,” for schools, and to lobby the legislature for a bill, introduced by State Representative Chris Rabb, that would eliminate discrimination in funding of school distracts due to the racial composition of the student body.

We arrived in Harrisburg, next to the State Capitol, and we went to visit the offices of the state representatives and senators and spoke with their staff on school funding.

After the lobbying, we assembled in the stairway of the Capitol Rotunda for a rally; we chanted “Stop education apartheid!” and “100% fair, 100% just, 100% kids!” and “Tell me what democracy looks like!

This is what democracy looks like!”

Rev. Holston spoke to the crowd, stating about the crowd, “We’re multi-faith, we’re multi-ethnic, and multi-racial. We’re Muslim, we’re Jewish, we’re Christian. We’re Black, we’re white, we’re Latino.

We’re rural, we’re suburban, we’re urban.” Emphasizing that the crowd comprised people from all over the state, Holston said, “We know North Philly, and we know Harrisburg. We know West Philly, and we know Lancaster. We know Reading, Allentown, and every place where there’s injustice, and there we are standing together, to fight together, to believe together, to hope together, to dream together,” for a bet-

may be dead in this session, the cause of shrinking the legislature is almost certainly not. So let’s do it the right way. If we’re going to go to all the trouble of passing a Constitutional amendment, let’s improve political accountability in addition to cutting costs by deleting our unnecessary state Senate.

Jon Geeting is the Director of Engagement for Philadelphia 3.0, where this op-ed first appeared.

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BY JOHN O. MASON went with other members of congregations affiliated with Philadelphians Organized to Witness, Empower & Rebuild (POWER), a coalition of religious congregations, for a 100% School Funding Day of Action in Harrisburg, on June 20.

The plan was for participants to meet with legislators and their staffs to lobby for a Fair Funding Formula for the state’s education budget, in order to prevent the underfunding to schools in urban areas like Philadelphia.

We assembled at St. Malachy Roman Catholic Church, 1429 N. 11th Street, and we boarded our buses. The Reverend Gregory Holston, executive director of POWER, visited us on the bus and said, “I’m so excited about being here and (about) your presence today. There is power in presence, and your presence in Harrisburg today sends a message to all the legislators across the state of Pennsylvania, that we need a hundred percent fair funding for all children, and we’re willing to fight for it, and continue to fight until it’s done.”

Discussing the group’s planned meeting with the staff of Gov. Tom Wolf, Holston told the participants, “As we go into Harrisburg and meet with the governor, and (with) your presence and your prayers, I know the governor will feel your presence and those prayers as we’re talking to him, and he will be motivated more than ever to stand for what is right.” Referring to the issue of inequality in school funding in the state, Holston added, “I’m believing, in the next year, if we’re going to have this problem solved, we’ll no longer have black children, and brown children, getting

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CITY HALL SAM (Cont. From Page 9) lifeguard in Wildwood

and he was credited with saving at least three lives.

Former STATE SEN. VINCE FUMO also likes to go to Margate so that he can be near JERRY

BLAVAT’S club, Memories. Fumo’s new book has received critical acclaim and hopefully will make the former senator a few bucks.

WALKING the BEAT (Cont. From Page 9) at the Evening Bulletin, and

NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE - Parcel#: 48N06-31; 123075600 - WHEREAS, on November 09, 2010, a certain mortgage was executed by Jaffis Harris, as mortgagor in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Nominee for Generation Mortgage Company as mortgagee and was recorded in Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County in Mortgage Document Number 52291409 (“Mortgage”); and WHEREAS, the Mortgage encumbers property located at 71 West Manheim Street Philadelphia, PA 19144, parcel number 48N06-31; 123075600 (“Property”); and WHEREAS, the Property was owned by Jaffis Harris and Equilla Harris by virtue of deed dated September 8, 1967 and recorded September 12, 1967 in Book CAD 1073; Page 202; and WHEREAS, Equilla Harris died on March 20, 2001. By operation of law title vests solely in Jaffis Harris and Equilla Harris is hereby released of liability pursuant to Pa.R.C.P. 1144; and WHEREAS, the Mortgage is now owned by the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“Secretary”), pursuant to an assignment recorded on August 25, 2015 in Document Number 52957759, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; and WHEREAS, a default has been made in the covenants and conditions of the Mortgage (paragraph 9 (b)(i)), as the property ceases to be the principal residence of the borrowers and the balance becomes due and owing, and that no payment was made, and remains wholly unpaid as of the date of this Notice; and WHEREAS, the entire amount delinquent as of May 25, 2018 is $161,965.63 plus interest, costs and other charges through the sale date; and WHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage to be immediately due and payable; NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to powers vested in me by the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994, l2 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR Part 29, and by the Secretary’s designation of me as Foreclosure Commissioner, recorded on September 29, 2011 in Misc. Instrument #: 52395684, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, notice is hereby given that at July 19, 2019 at 10:00 AM at the Southeast Entrance of Philadelphia City Hall located at Broad Street and Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, SITUATE in the Twelfth Ward of the City of Philadelphia and described according to a Survey thereof made on the Twentieth day of January A.D. 1908, by Joseph C. Wagner, Surveyor and Regulator of the Ninth Survey District, as follow, to wit: SITUATE on the Northwesterly side of Manheim Street, at the distance of Eighty-nine feet Northeastwardly from the Northeasterly side of Greene Street; CONTAINING in front or breadth on the said Manheim Street Nineteen feet and extending of that width in length or depth Northwestwardly between lines parallel with the said Greene Street One Hundred Three feet One and five-eighths inches; The improvements thereon being known as No. 71 Manheim Street. Being parcel: 48N06-31; 123075600, The sale will be held on July 19, 2018 at 10:00 AM at the Southeast Entrance of Philadelphia City Hall located at Broad Street and Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development will bid $161,965.63 plus interest, costs and other charges through the sale date. Ten percent (10%) of the highest bid is the deposit required at the sale. The amount that must be paid to HUD by the mortgagors or someone acting on their behalf so that the sale may be stayed is the total delinquent amount of $161,965.63 as of May 25, 2018, plus all other amounts that would be due under the mortgage agreement if payments under the mortgage had not been accelerated, advertising costs and postage expenses incurred in giving notice, mileage by the most reasonable road distance for posting notices and for the Foreclosure Commissioner’s attendance at the sale, reasonable and customary costs incurred for title and lien record searches, the necessary out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure Commissioner for recording documents, a commission for the Foreclosure Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in connection with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement. There will be no proration of taxes, rents or other income or liabilities, except that the purchaser will pay, at or before closing, his prorata share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure sale. When making their bid, all bidders, except the Secretary, must submit a deposit totaling ten percent 10% of the Secretary’s bid as set forth above in the form of a certified check or cashier’s check made out to the Secretary of HUD. Each oral bid need not be accompanied by a deposit. If the successful bid is oral, a deposit of ten (10%) percent must be presented before the bidding is closed. The deposit is nonrefundable. The remainder of the purchase price must be delivered within thirty (30) days of the sale or at such other time as the Secretary may determine for good cause shown, time being of the essence. This amount, like the bid deposits, must be delivered in the form of a certified or cashier’s check. If the Secretary is the high bidder, he need not pay the bid amount in cash. The successful bidder will pay all conveyance fees, all real estate and other taxes that are due on or after the delivery of the remainder of the payment and all other costs associated with the transfer of title. At the conclusion of the sale, the deposits of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned to them.

The Secretary may grant an extension of time within which to deliver the remainder of the payment. All extensions will be for fifteen (15) days, and a fee will be charged in the amount of $150.00 for each fifteen (15) day extension requested. The extension fee shall be paid in the form of a certified or cashier’s check made payable to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. If the high bidder closes the sale prior to the expiration of any extension period, the unused portion of the extension fee shall be applied toward the amount due. If the high bidder is unable to close the sale within the required period, or within any extensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder’s deposit will be forfeited, and the Commissioner may, at the direction of the HUD Field Office Representative, offer the Property to the second highest bidder for an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bidder. There is no right of redemption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclosure completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure Commissioner will issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire purchase price in accordance with the terms of the sale as provided herein.

passed on GOOD GENES to her daughter!

In the Summer news DOLDRUMS, the daily press ran GREAT features on poor medical care for the homeless, high temperatures in the paved city areas, and bedbug regulations. Good stuff!

The BLASTING of Judge Geniece BRINKLEY by the Meek MILL defense lawyer seems uncouth to me...

Suburban DA’s got good PR by saying that they incarcerate while Philly is going the other way. Their policy is NOT BETTER. There is only one city of the FIRST CLASS in our state.

POLICE MISCONDUCT or deadly force costs in law suit payouts.

TAXPAYERS: These millions cannot be used for NEEDED municipal services. When I read of the Tased person in a coma and the altered life of the family – there in no payment big enough.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Col. Tim WILLIAMS, Director of the Vets Multi-Service Center at 4th & Race!

His recent drive eliminated vet homelessness. He also operates in South Jersey and Delaware.

A column about our ineffective legislature is all true. They embarrass us. The problem began with the William Penn WALKING PURCHASE. The lawmakers reflect the rurals, who do not understand us.

Philadelphia 3.0 called for a unicameral legislature. A 3.0 effort failed effort to elect committeepersons in all wards.

GET WELL: To Rev. Paul MOORE, who is fighting Cancer. Paul’s soldier training won’t let him give up the fight. Prayers for Paul.

Why is the suburban GOP going after congressional candidate Scott

WALLACE in so strident a way? Because he has money and is the grandson of Vice President WALLACE. CITY COUNCIL: Why is Councilman Mark SQUILLA is the only member doing something about the bedbug epidemic? And all hail Cindy BASS’S opposition to a natural gas plant in Nicetown. The election of Bass is always a smart choice.

Daily Media gave out awards to lawyers who made a difference in the law. But the honorees all seemed to be with major law firms. What about OTHER LAWYERS, ordinary folks that make a difference EACH DAY? They might not be able to afford a table of 10 for the event.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Bea WITZEBEN commented on a ward leader in a sentencing hearing.

That ward leader was not being sentenced, or in the courtroom. No facts were presented. Does Bea have a LICENSE in besmirch?

It is SAD to know that Trump Tariffs will cause HARLEY-DAVIDSON, of York, to part-manufacture overseas. The HD cycle symbolizes America at its best. Trump says that HD owners voted for him.

They did. But will they NEXT TIME, Donald?

In this JOYOUS WEEK, remember the American experiment is still ongoing. Help refine and define it by your participation.

And celebrate in the words of President John Adams: “It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty.

It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.”

LT. GOV. MIKE STACK

BY RYAN BRIGGS He’s not out of office yet, but lame-duck Lt. Gov. Mike Stack is already signaling his readiness for his next act in politics. tack lost a Democratic primary to Braddock Mayor John Fetterman in May, which means he’s out as lieutenant gov-

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“He is keeping all options open and believes strongly that public service is his calling.”

-- Marty Marks ernor next January, whether Gov. Tom Wolf secures re-election or not. But rumor had it that Stack is already talking up a 2019 run for Philadelphia City Council.

Stack spokesman Marty Marks said there’s something to that rumor.

“He is certainly interested,” Marks said. “He is keeping all options open and believes strongly that public service is his calling.”

But Marks added that Stack wasn’t necessarily interested in Council, specifically.

“Keep in mind we are only two election cycles away from new districts at every level from Congress to City Council,” he said, of planned 2020 redistricting.

“That makes for lots of options.”

But even if a new district emerged from that legislative process – one that played to Stack’s deep family roots in Northeast Philadelphia politics – it’s not clear how easy a road it would be for the lieutenant governor.

Stack was politically wounded by a series of scandals last year, particularly allegations that he had harassed members of his security detail. In the ensuing fallout, Stack’s fraught relationship with Wolf was laid bare and he was eventually stripped of his state vehicle and ejected from the lieutenant governor’s residence. Later, his rivals raised questions about his residency, leading to revelations that the Democrat had come to reside with his mother in Philadelphia.

After months of withering news, Stack finished second-to-last out of five candidates in the May Democratic primary, But Philadelphia political consultant Larry Ceisler said it would be unwise to count out a political figure with deep roots in the city and connections to deep-pock-

ence for elected office – Congress, City Council or otherwise – Marks demurred.

“All options are open as far as I know,” he wrote, in an email.

NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE - Parcel#: 156N19-202; 521082300 - WHEREAS, on June 25, 2010, a certain mortgage was executed by Helen Lee, as mortgagor in favor of MERS, as nominee for Generation Mortgage Company as mortgagee and was recorded in Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County in Mortgage Instrument Number 52235195. (“Mortgage”); and WHEREAS, the Mortgage encumbers property located at 5309 Euclid Street Philadelphia, PA 19131, parcel number 156N19-202; 521082300 (“Property”); and WHEREAS, the Property was owned

by Helen Lee by virtue of deed dated October 4, 1976 and recorded October 5, 1976 in Volume DCC 1220, page 040; and WHEREAS, Helen Lee died on March 10, 2016 intestate and is survived by her heir(s)-at-law, Norwood Cogdell and Dawn Cogdell; and WHEREAS, the Mortgage is now owned by the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“Secretary”), pursuant to an assignment recorded on June 17, 2016 in Instrument Number 53072824, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; and WHEREAS, a default has been made in the covenants and conditions of the Mortgage (paragraph 9 (a)(i)), as Helen Lee died on March 10, 2016, and that upon the death the entire principal balance becomes due and owing, and that no payment was made, and remains wholly unpaid as of the date of this Notice; and WHEREAS, the entire amount delinquent as of April 5, 2018 is $161,821.30 plus interest, costs and other charges through the sale date; and WHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage to be immediately due and payable; NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to powers vested in me by the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994, l2 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR Part 29, and by the Secretary’s designation of me as Foreclosure Commissioner, recorded on September 29, 2011 in Misc. Instrument #: 52395684, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, notice is hereby given that at July 17, 2018 at 10:00 AM at the Southeast Entrance of Philadelphia City Hall located at Broad Street and Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon erected. SITUATE on the Northwesterly side of Euclid Avenue at the distance of Two hundred Fifty-four and Four hundred Thirty one-thousandths feet Northeastwardly from the Northeasterly side of George’s Lane, in the Fifty-second (formerly part of the Thirty-fourth) Ward of the City of Philadelphia. CONTAINING in front or breadth on the said Euclid Avenue Fifteen and One hundred Sixty-six One-thousandths feet and extending of that width in length or depth Northwestwardly between parallel lines at right angles to Euclid Avenue Seventy-five feet including on the rear thereof the soil of a certain Ten feet wide driveway which extends Northeastwardly from George’s Lane and Southwestwardly from Fifty-third Street. BEING #5309 Euclid Avenue.

TOGETHER with the free and common use, right, liberty and privilege of the aforesaid driveway as and for a driveway and watercourse at all times hereafter, forever. BEING parcel number 156N19-202; 521082300. The sale will be held on July 17, 2018 at 10:00 AM at the Southeast Entrance of Philadelphia City Hall located at Broad Street and Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development will bid $161,821.30 plus interest, costs and other charges through the sale date. Ten percent (10%) of the highest bid is the deposit required at the sale. The amount that must be paid to HUD by the mortgagors or someone acting on their behalf so that the sale may be stayed is the total delinquent amount of $161,821.30 as of April 5, 2018, plus all other amounts that would be due under the mortgage agreement if payments under the mortgage had not been accelerated, advertising costs and postage expenses incurred in giving notice, mileage by the most reasonable road distance for posting notices and for the Foreclosure Commissioner’s attendance at the sale, reasonable and customary costs incurred for title and lien record searches, the necessary out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure Commissioner for recording documents, a commission for the Foreclosure Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in connection with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement. There will be no proration of taxes, rents or other income or liabilities, except that the purchaser will pay, at or before closing, his prorata share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure sale. When making their bid, all bidders, except the Secretary, must submit a deposit totaling ten percent 10% of the Secretary’s bid as set forth above in the form of a certified check or cashier’s check made out to the Secretary of HUD. Each oral bid need not be accompanied by a deposit. If the successful bid is oral, a deposit of ten (10%) percent must be presented before the bidding is closed. The deposit is nonrefundable. The remainder of the purchase price must be delivered within thirty (30) days of the sale or at such other time as the Secretary may determine for good cause shown, time being of the essence. This amount, like the bid deposits, must be delivered in the form of a certified or cashier’s check. If the Secretary is the high bidder, he need not pay the bid amount in cash. The successful bidder will pay all conveyance fees, all real estate and other taxes that are due on or after the delivery of the remainder of the payment and all other costs associated with the transfer of title. At the conclusion of the sale, the deposits of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned to them. The Secretary may grant an extension of time within which to deliver the remainder of the payment. All extensions will be for fifteen (15) days, and a fee will be charged in the amount of $150.00 for each fifteen (15) day extension requested. The extension fee shall be paid in the form of a certified or cashier’s check made payable to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. If the high bidder closes the sale prior to the expiration of any extension period, the unused portion of the extension fee shall be applied toward the amount due. If the high bidder is unable to close the sale within the required period, or within any extensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder’s deposit will be forfeited, and the Commissioner may, at the direction of the HUD Field Office Representative, offer the Property to the second highest bidder for an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bidder. There is no right of redemption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclosure completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure Commissioner will issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire purchase price in accordance with the terms of the sale as provided herein.

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NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE - Parcel#: 158N02-203; 663337200 - WHEREAS, on May 19, 2005, a certain mortgage was executed by Bernard Lashner, as mortgagor in favor of Cardinal Financial Company, LP as mortgagee and was recorded in Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County in Mortgage Document Number 51195038 (“Mortgage”); and WHEREAS, the Mortgage encumbers property located at 12706 Hollins Road Philadelphia, PA 19154, parcel number 158N02-203; 663337200 (“Property”); and WHEREAS, the Property was owned by Bernard Lashner and Dorothy M. Lashner by virtue of deed dated December 6, 1962 and recorded December 12, 1962 in Book CAB 2054; Page 094; and WHEREAS, Dorothy M. Lashner died on April 15, 2004. By operation of law title vests solely in Bernard Lashner and Dorothy M. Lashner is hereby released of liability pursuant to Pa.R.C.P. 1144. Bernard Lashner died on April 22, 2015 intestate and is survived by his/her heir(s)-at-law, Karen Bradley and Diane Marino; and WHEREAS, the Mortgage is now owned by the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“Secretary”), pursuant to an assignment recorded on November 7, 2014 in Document Number 52848644, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; and WHEREAS, a default has been made in the covenants and conditions of the Mortgage (paragraph 9 (a) (i)), as Bernard Lashner died on April 22, 2015 and that upon the death the entire principal balance becomes due and owing, and that no payment was made, and remains wholly unpaid as of the date of this Notice; and WHEREAS, the entire amount delinquent as of May 24, 2018 is $212,684.97 plus interest, costs and other charges through the sale date; and WHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage to be immediately due and payable; NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to powers vested in me by the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994, l2 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR Part 29, and by the Secretary’s designation of me as Foreclosure Commissioner, recorded on September 29, 2011 in Misc. Instrument #:201714939, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, notice is hereby given that at July 19, 2018 at 10:00 AM at the Southeast Entrance of Philadelphia City Hall located at Broad Street and Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, SITUATE in the 66th, formerly part of the Fifty-eighth Ward of the City of Philadelphia, described according to a Plan made for Parkwood Manor by John J. McDevitt, Surveyor and Regulator of the Fourth District, dated October 15, 1962, to wit: BEGINNING at a point on the Northwesterly side of Hollins Road (Fifty feet wide) measured South Forty-four degrees, Eighteen minutes. Forty-five seconds West along the said Northwesterly side of Hollins Road the distance of Fifty-eight feet, Ten and one-half inches from a point of tangent, which point of tangent is measured Southwardly on the arc of a circle curving to the right; which connects the said Northwesterly side of Hollins Road and the Southwesterly side of Medford Road (Sixty-four feet wide); having a radius of Fifteen feet the arc distance of Twenty-two feet, Seven and seven-eighths inches from a point of compound curve on the said Southwesterly side of Medford Road. CONTAINING in front or breadth South Forty-four degrees, Eighteen minutes, Forty-five seconds West along the said Northwesterly side of Hollins Road Nineteen feet, Eleven and five-eighths inches and extending of that width in length or depth North Forty-five degrees, Forty-one minutes, Fifteen seconds West between parallel lines at right angles to the said Hollins Road Ninety feet. The Northeasterly and Southwesterly lines passing through the center of party walls between the said premises and the premises adjoining on the Northeast and Southwest. Being #12706 Hollins Road.

Being parcel #158N02-203; 663337200.

The sale will be held on July 19, 2018 at 10:00 AM at the Southeast Entrance of Philadelphia City Hall located at Broad Street and Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development will bid $212,684.97 plus interest, costs and other charges through the sale date. Ten percent (10%) of the highest bid is the deposit required at the sale.

The amount that must be paid to HUD by the mortgagors or someone acting on their behalf so that the sale may be stayed is the total delinquent amount of $212,684.97 as of May 24, 2018, plus all other amounts that would be due under the mortgage agreement if payments under the mortgage had not been accelerated, advertising costs and postage expenses incurred in giving notice, mileage by the most reasonable road distance for posting notices and for the Foreclosure Commissioner’s attendance at the sale, reasonable and customary costs incurred for title and lien record searches, the necessary out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure Commissioner for recording documents, a commission for the Foreclosure Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in connection with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement. There will be no proration of taxes, rents or other income or liabilities, except that the purchaser will pay, at or before closing, his prorata share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure sale. When making their bid, all bidders, except the Secretary, must submit a deposit totaling ten percent 10% of the Secretary’s bid as set forth above in the form of a certified check or cashier’s check made out to the Secretary of HUD. Each oral bid need not be accompanied by a deposit. If the successful bid is oral, a deposit of ten (10%) percent must be presented before the bidding is closed. The deposit is nonrefundable. The remainder of the purchase price must be delivered within thirty (30) days of the sale or at such other time as the Secretary may determine for good cause shown, time being of the essence. This amount, like the bid deposits, must be delivered in the form of a certified or cashier’s check. If the Secretary is the high bidder, he need not pay the bid amount in cash. The successful bidder will pay all conveyance fees, all real estate and other taxes that are due on or after the delivery of the remainder of the payment and all other costs associated with the transfer of title. At the conclusion of the sale, the deposits of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned to them. The Secretary may grant an extension of time within which to deliver the remainder of the payment. All extensions will be for fifteen (15) days, and a fee will be charged in the amount of $150.00 for each fifteen (15) day extension requested. The extension fee shall be paid in the form of a certified or cashier’s check made payable to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. If the high bidder closes the sale prior to the expiration of any extension period, the unused portion of the extension fee shall be applied toward the amount due. If the high bidder is unable to close the sale within the required period, or within any extensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder’s deposit will be forfeited, and the Commissioner may, at the direction of the HUD Field Office Representative, offer the Property to the second highest bidder for an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bidder.

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

Read The Paper Leaders ReadThe Public Record COURT OF COMMON PLEAS PHILA. COUNTY, PA CIVIL ACTION-LAW NO. 180404876 NOTICE OF ACTION IN MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Champion Mortgage Company, Plaintiff vs. Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns and All Persons, Firms or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Patrick Gary Dean, Deceased, Patricia Dean, in Her Capacity as Heir of Patrick Gary Dean, Deceased, Patrick Dean, Jr., in His Capacity as Heir of Patrick Gary Dean, Deceased, Derek Dean, in His Capacity as Heir of Patrick Gary Dean, Deceased and United States of America, c/o Office of the United States Attorney, Eastern District of PA, Defendants To: Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns and All Persons, Firms or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Patrick Gary Dean, Deceased, Defendant(s), 7920 Michener Street, Philadelphia, PA 19150.

COMPLAINT IN MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE You are hereby notified that Plaintiff, Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Champion Mortgage Company, has filed a Mortgage Foreclosure Complaint endorsed with a Notice to Defend, against you in the Court of Common Pleas of Phila.

County, PA, docketed to NO. 180404876, wherein Plaintiff seeks to foreclose on the mortgage secured on your property located, 7920 Michener Street, Philadelphia, PA 19150, whereupon your property would be sold by the Sheriff of Phila. County. NOTICE: YOU HAVE BEEN SUED IN COURT. If you wish to defend against the claims set forth in the notice above, you must take action within twenty (20) days after this 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 GO TO OR TELEPHONE THE OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW. THIS OFFICE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THE 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. Lawyer Referral and Info. Service, Phila.

Bar Assn., One Reading Center, 1101 Market St., 11th Fl., Phila., PA 19107, 215.238.6300. Jenine Davey, Atty. for Plaintiff, RAS CITRON, LLC, 133 Gaither Dr., Ste. F, Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054, 855.225.6906.

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O! HERE WE GO again with this; read it slowly. It’s about the winter of life.

Time has a way of moving quickly and catching you unaware. It seems just yesterday that I was young, just married and

and getting gray. They move slower. Some are in better and some worse shape than me. But I see the great change. Not like the ones that I remember who were young and vibrant. But, like me, their age is beginning to show and we are now those older folks that we used to see and never thought we’d be.

Each day now, I find that just getting a shower is a real target for the day!

And taking a nap is not a treat anymore – it’s mandatory! Because if I don’t nap of my own free will, I just fall asleep where I sit!

And so as I enter into this

new season of my life unprepared for all the aches and pains and the loss of strength and ability to go and do things that I wish I had done but never did!

But, at least I know, that though the winter has come, and I’m not sure how long it will last – this I know, that when it’s over on this earth. It’s not over.

A new adventure will begin! Yes, I have regrets.

There are things I wish I hadn’t done, and things I should have done; but indeed, there are many things I’m happy to have done. It’s all in a lifetime.

So if you’re not in your winter yet, let me remind

you it will be here faster than you think. Whatever you would like to accomplish in your life, please do it quickly! Don’t put things off too long! Life goes by quickly. Do what you can today, as you can never be sure whether this is your winter or not!

You have no promise that you will see all the seasons of your life. So live for today and say all the things that you want your loved ones to remember.

And hope they appreciate and love you for all the things that you have done for them in all the years past!

Life is a gift to you. The

way you live your life is 15 your gift to those who come after. Make it a fantastic one.

Lastly, consider the following: Today is the oldest you’ve ever been, yet the youngest you’ll ever be; enjoy this day, then, while it lasts. Have a great day!

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