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f you’ve been paying attention to New error by accidentally including test ballots in York’s mayoral primary, you will have the real count, making the whole thing look noticed that it’s a mess. The first resuspect — the last thing any electoral system action by Philadelphians to a screw- needs these days. up in the Big Apple must always be The system makes a lot of sense in a prischadenfreude — taking a bit of pleamary, especially a primary in a big city where sure in the failures of our arrogant, one party dominates the political scene. By bigger, wealthier neighbor to the the time we get to the general election in Philadelphia, there are usually just two cannorth. That is natural. Since being dethroned didates and everyone hates at least one of as America’s largest city more than 200 years ago, Philadelphians have always looked to them. But in a primary, there are more varied shades of opinion. Voting for one candidate in New York with a mixture of distaste, annoya field of eight or 10 does not mean you could ance and, yes, envy. never stomach voting for any of the But once those feelings are out others. It only means you rank that of the way, there are lessons to be candidate first on your own mental learned from New York’s experilist of choices. ment in ranked-choice voting. DeIn a city like Philadelphia, where spite the foul ups in administration, the Democratic nomination is tanthe idea behind the new system is tamount to election, ranked choice a good one. Philadelphians should voting would ensure a consensus consider revising our own voting choice, at least among those regsystem to be more like theirs, one istered with that party. Consider that takes a broader consensus of some of the more fractured electhe electorate rather than awarding tions of the recent past. John Street the narrow winner of a large field was nominated for mayor in 1999 of candidates. with just 36 percent of the vote. MiIf you haven’t been following the chael Nutter had only 36 percent in news from New York, here is what 2007, as well. And of course in 2017 you missed: they moved to a system @KYLESAMMIN we saw Larry Krasner nominated of ranked-choice voting for their for DA with 38 percent of the vote primaries. As the New York Times explained it: “Instead of casting a single vote — and a load of out-of-town fundraising. None of these men could truly claim to be the overfor a single candidate, voters in a rankedwhelming choice of their party, much less of choice system select a set number of candithe city. dates in order of preference. In New York’s In New York, the result was similar. The mayoral primary, voters will be allowed to leading candidate, Brooklyn borough presichoose up to five.” After all the votes are counted, if no candidate has a majority — that dent Eric Adams, leads the first-preference votes with 31.8 percent, though the lengthy is, more than 50 percent — the candidates with and convoluted process to cure defective balthe fewest votes are eliminated and the subselots may shift that figure slightly. Without acquent choices on those ballots are distributed to other candidates. The process repeats until counting for people’s second and third choices, it would be impossible to know who was someone emerges with a majority. the party’s consensus candidate. Thanks to It sounds complicated, but other countries and some smaller American jurisdictions ranked-choice voting, we will know. The anhave been doing it for years. Ireland held their swer still looks to be Adams, though by a narrow margin of 51 percent to 49 percent. first ranked-choice voting election in 1922, and Other ranked choices systems also hold has done so for a century without incident.

Maine held its elections this way last year, and promise for a city like ours. In Alaska, all candidates for an office would enter a nonpartisan Alaska is going to do so next year, as well. primary. The top four finishers would proceed Opponents say that people would be conto a general election featuring ranked choice fused, that making voting more complicated voting. This gives people outside the biggest will end up disenfranchising many. But, as in party a say in the process, too, something ReIreland, Maine, and elsewhere, the people of publicans and independents in Philadelphia New York handled the task of ranking their preferred candidates just fine. Only the city have lacked for decades. Someone from the bureaucracy found a way to make a hash out majority party would still probably win, but the more inclusive voting system allows the of it. First, they released totals that were inpublic to choose a more moderate or indepencomplete and started the subsequent rounds dent candidate if the biggest party’s nominee based on that. In traditional elections, releasis too extreme. Given the Democratic Party’s ing incomplete figures is fine, but in rankednominees here in 2021, that is no mere hypochoice voting, the order of the finishers matthetical. ters. NYC’s elections board compounded that

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The current number of homicide victims year-todate under Mayor Jim Kenney and District Attorney Larry Krasner’s leadership. This represents a 34 percent increase over the same time last year and is higher than the annual number of homicides that took place in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.

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Retired Philadelphia Police Deputy Commissioner Joseph P. Sullivan believes in the need for criminal justice reform and police reform, but he also believes that it needs to be done in a thoughtful and reasonable way. Image | Courtesy of Joseph P. Sullivan

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n my last column, retired Philadelphia Police Deputy Commissioner Joseph P. Sullivan offered his take on the police leadership’s response to the violent protests, arson and looting that occurred in Philadelphia after the death of George Floyd.

I mentioned to Sullivan that in the aftermath of the violent protests, some 700 protesters were released, and it appears that the only people charged with serious crimes were cops. I asked him for his view of the arrest of Inspector Joseph Bologna.

“I can understand why the case was thrown out initially,” Sullivan replied. “I think that is an example of a knee-jerk reaction. The inspector was arrested within 24 hours. I looked at the video over and over again and I’m not seeing what he was charged with. If I were the district attorney, I would have taken more time to review the evidence. You want to make sure that when you arrest a police officer, you’ve got a solid case.”

I asked him why he was supporting Chuck Peruto for DA against Larry Krasner.

“I’m a life-long Philadelphian and I’m retired from the police department after 38 years. I love my city,” Sullivan said.

He said he believes in the need for criminal justice reform and police reform, but he also

ing, growing up in these neighborhoods, hearbelieves that it needs to be done in a thoughting gunshots, seeing shooting victims, hearing ful and reasonable way. constant sirens, and we need to make a differ“What I’ve seen is a disturbing rise in violence, chaos and disorder, and this is not good ence in these communities,” Sullivan said. “I believe that Peruto will work with for the city. I believe it is time to go these communities and form a in a different direction,” Sullivan partnership, in the same way that said. “I remember being grilled by police need to partner with comChuck Peruto on the stand and he munities.” is very passionate about what he Sullivan said the problem will does. I think he will be a moderate not be solved solely by law enforceDA, one who will continue with ment and it won’t be solved solely reform and hold police officers acby social services. It is a matter of countable. both working independently but “When a police officer breaks cooperatively to make a difference. the law, he will be arrested and I mentioned that nearly all of the prosecuted, but in kind, I believe cops I’ve talked to believe that the Peruto will vigorously pursue vimayor, the DA and police commisolent criminals. There is a small sioner don’t support the police. number of people in our city that “I talk to a lot of police officers are wreaking havoc and there is of all ranks every day and right an epidemic of gun violence in our now there is a lot of confusion,” city that needs to be addressed,” PAULDAVISONCRIME.COM Sullivan replied. “What are the Sullivan said. expectations? What is it you want Sullivan said that people who us to do? They are receiving a lot hurt people need to be taken out of of mixed signals. They believe if they make a society. Violence traumatizes neighborhoods mistake or even if they don’t make a mistake and Sullivan noted that the vast majority of violence occurs in poor neighborhoods and and there is an allegation, they’re not sure what the response will be as the response is neighborhoods of color. generally inconsistent. Morale is extremely “They are traumatized by what they’re see-

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low in the department.”

I asked Sullivan about his take on the defund the police movement.

“It is a vocal minority. What we know from research from academia, is that 81 percent of African Americans in America do not want less police. They do want better police and they want to be safe. We have a responsibility to provide them with both of those things,” Sullivan said.

“We have already seen the impact of defunding. Look at the murder rate. It is outrageous. And the vast majority of people who are dying are people of color. So, we are allowing people without voices, people without power, to die because of a small number of people.”

Sullivan said that if you want better training, better equipment, and you want to hire better police officers, it will cost money, “The number of police officers in Philadelphia is at an all-point low in modern times and we’ve seen the effects of that,” Sullivan said.

Would you advise a young person to become a police officer today?

“Absolutely. Change the profession for the better.”

Paul Davis’ Crime Beat column appears here each week. You can contact him via pauldavisoncrime.com.

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a cross-section of generations, neighborhoods, ticking out in the sea of red, white, and backgrounds. To Nashville, they brought and blue patriots swallowing downa kaleidoscope family of city dwellers and town Nashville this holiday weekcountry dwellers tied together by a team. end was a ragtag flock of PhiladelThey also brought their chants. phians dressed in light blue.

While the streets of Music City filled with a Wearing scarves around their cacophonous din of country music, the Sons neck, locking their arms, and chantof Ben warmed up their stadium vocals: “No ing, they cut through the honky-tonk madness, noisily making their way to a soccer one likes, Oh! No one likes us, No one likes us, match. For the Sons of Ben (SOB), the official and we don’t care! We’re from Philly, fuckin Philly, no one likes us and we don’t care!” supporters club of the Philadelphia Union, The chants started at the rooftop, led them descending unannounced into opposing stadiinto the street, and directed them through a ums chanting “Philadelphia” is nothing new.

In fact, that’s precisely how Philadelphia sea of denim and cowboy boots, beyond the tents of yellow-clad Nashville fans, and into got an MLS team in the first place. It was the Sons of Ben fanbase that brought the team to the stadium where they barely stopped cheerPhiladelphia, rather than a team attracting ing throughout the match.

The SOB held down section 104 in a sea of fans. bright Nashville SC yellow. They looked and Major League Soccer’s 1996 inaugural seasounded like every kind of Philadelphia sports son featured just 10 teams, none in Philly. The fan imaginable. Some were friendly, some ill-thought logic was that soccer fans in Philly were feisty. Some were loud, some watched would cheer for New York or D.C. But that was not to be, and the Sons of Ben made sure MLS silently, carefully analyzing each play. There were older couples and younger couples. noticed their mistake.

Soccer-mad Philadelphians came up with There were Eagles fans seduced by SOB and an elderly man who captured snapshots with a plan to travel to stadiums across the northeast to lobby MLS and the city to create a team a vintage camera, alone, who said he attended nearly every game since the in Philly. The Sons of Ben would Union’s start – home or away. appear in New York and D.C. When the opposing team came chanting, “We don’t have a team!

BY MEGAN out of the tunnel it was backs We don’t have a team! We have as SWANICK turned, scarves up, and a few midmany cups as you and we don’t dle fingers toward the sky. Songs have a team!” along with cries of and cheers erupted when Union “Phil-a-delphia!” The fan club offiplayers ran past, the players acknowledging cially formed in 2007 and had a crest, chants, the SOB from the grass. and leadership three years before the PhilaWhen Nashville scored in the second mindelphia Union was announced. ute, fans were dismayed but not silenced.

They became notorious from the start.

They held out hope and sang until the end.

That continues to the present day, as on last Saturday, when more than 60 members of the The game wasn’t lost until the final whistle, Sons of Ben united on a rooftop blocks away 1-0, and the fans were there throughout to cheer the Union along. Noise was what the from where the Union would take on NashSOB came to make, in that stadium, in that ville SC. To be a soccer fan in Philadelphia you’ve city – in their city – and relentless noise was what they made. got to muscle for space and wrestle for hearts The result wasn’t what the fans wanted, in a crowded landscape of team loyalties. The Sons of Ben are up to the task: They know but the score wasn’t the point. It was a 1-0 loss their mission is as much to cheer for Union from a too-early goal to a lower-ranked team. victory as it is to spur forward its supporter But the trip itself still accomplished what the SOB set out to do. base. They know it will take caring more and In the coming year, the Sons of Ben will be giving more than the rest of Philadelphia’s back out on the road. They’ll hit the regular fanbases.

Philadelphia Union fans “are more dedi- bus trips in the northeast, fly to Miami and Orcated because they have to be,” said Heather lando, and go as far as Mexico City in August for a Champions League match against Club Reppert, the SOB’s director of travel, as we obAmerica. Of course, they’ll hold down the fort served the rooftop party.

Vince Rizzuto, president of Philly Sports on the Delaware River, too, creating the atmosphere at Subaru Park for every home game, Trips and an organizer of the weekend’s doing their part for their team and their sport.

Nashville invasion, has been traversing the “The Sons of Ben are true and true Philacountry with Eagles, Phillies, and Union fans delphia fans. Loyal and passionate about our for years. “All Philly sports fans are passionteam,” Sons of Ben President Matt Gendazsek ate, but the SOB are the best organized supsaid. “From smoke bombs, drums, and songs porters group/fan club of any of the five masung throughout the match, we provide an enjor teams,” he said. vironment unlike any other in Philadelphia With official annual memberships and 10 sports.” elected positions, the Sons of Ben are meticGendazsek is excited for the future, and welulously organized. They’re using that formal structure to get more Philadelphians invested comes all newcomers to check them out. The in supporting the Union. The SOB faithful are Philadelphia Union will play their next big

match on Saturday, July 17 against their old rivals from D.C. The Sons of Ben, like always, will be there hosting a huge tailgate with food, drinks, and chants – of course – to get excited.

After a three-year wait for their team, and another 10 years until the team won their first Supporters Shield, they’re looking for a playoff run and beyond to an MLS cup.

No matter the outcome of the season, the Union’s dreams rest on the sturdy laurels of knowing they’ve grown a culture of soccer in Philadelphia as Everyman, underdog, diehard, and as foreboding as the city’s infamous vibe.

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BELOW: The Sons of Ben introduced themselves to Music City this past weekend with their vocals, ‘No one likes, Oh! No one likes us, No one likes us, and we don’t care! We’re from Philly, fuckin’ Philly, no one likes us and we don’t care!’ Image | Megan Swanick

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fter a July 4th of cannon fodder-like fireworks worthy of a Civil War reenactor’s wet dream, here’s a fun Philadelphia fact regarding July 8: Even though the Declaration of Independence was pretty much wrapped up and put through Grammerly’s paces by the Fourth of July, it wasn’t until July 8th that it actually got a staged reading, its first, right outside

BY A.D. of Independence Square AMOROSI in Old City (which was then likely known as New City, or City for the sake of smug quotation mark-capable irony). The reviews were mixed, and its inequities were made abundantly clear from the start, but its authors – not crazy about editing in Kerouac-like fashion – left the stately document intact and the nation in psycho-political tatters for centuries to come.

Still, freedom from tyranny was one of its principle selling points, one I am reminded of with a weekend filled with a Patriot Front march through Philly and a Rise of the

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Coney Shack arrives Oh, and another space you recognized as something else is changing faces and names this week as Hamilton Court at 38th and Chestnut presto-change-os into Coney Shack; a small-but-mighty NYC chain whose first casual dining Shack away from Coney Island to offer mixed bag Mexican, Southeast Asian and contempo American fare hits University City July 9 Higher ed shuffling Which reminds me: U of P Pres. Amy Gutmann leaving town for a Biden administration appointed ambassadorship is just the tip of Philly area college chiefs dropping jobs quicker than restaurant workers during COVID. Moore College of Art, Temple University, Penn State and Ursinus are all part of the winter (OK, summer) of higher learning discontent.

Are Philly-region university heads, like ants, the first to know of an impending underground danger? Or do they all just know best when they’ve drained the heavy cream from the cash cow and got to get out of Dodge?

PhilaMOCA reopens More on this as we get closer to the date, but come Thursday, July 22, Diplo’s one-

FIGHT THE TYRANNY Moors caravan along I-95. Neither militant group is fair, right, good or admissible, and in a manner of speaking, both provoke their own brands of tyranny over those they wish to silence, then conquer.

Now, not to get all Bill Pullman on you, but this year, we’re not just fighting from tyranny, oppression or prosecution, but total annihilation from all fronts. So let’s get Will Smith back in town and fight this shit.

IMMEDIATELY. It’s going to be a long, hot summer, and the time to start the cooling psychic fire hydrant spray is now.

Bar plus restaurant complex Speaking of July 8, that’s the day the not-exactly secret outdoor bar plus restaurant complex is taking over where the former 7-11 resided at 15th and JFK. Teddy Sourias’ Craft Concepts Group revives its Uptown Beer Garden at Love Park with everything from a water fountain made of recycled beer taps (didn’t we do that when we were kids in grade school – oh wait, that was beer can TABS) and a koi fish pond. I’m fond of that.

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Recent events show now is the time to stand up

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time mausoleum warehouse, Eric Bresler’s Philadelphia Mausoleum of Contemporary Art – PhilaMOCA to you – will host its grand opening. “We’re back after 685 days of closure,” goes Bresler’s site legend. Stay weird, Philly.

Simmons moving?

76er Ben Simmons just bought a nearly $18 million estate in Los Angeles. Simmons is rumored to be going to the Charlotte Hornets in a hasty trade. Really, his moving away from Philly only matters if the latter occurs as well. Fingers crossed.

Girard zoning We know that Mayor Kenney isn’t much good for anything save for playing Where’s Waldo with and virtue signaling. But, along with asking him nicely just to pick up a quill and sign the anti-ATV bill before him, maybe he could also signal a veto against Council President Clarke’s bill that promises to downzone much of Girard Avenue east of Broad Street, a sadly underused space as it is, which – in Clarke’s plans – would screw up any economic and-or residential growth.

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PHILADELPHIAWEEKLY.COM @PHILLYWEEKLY Gossip world erupts While the social media planet ogles Philly tattoo love god/rapper Lil Uzi Vert for his still new relationship with City Girls JT, the gossip world is ripe with news that Uzi hit and pointed a gun at his ex, Brittany Byrd, during an argument with fellow rapper Saint Jhn in LA at Dialog Café. Per Byrd’s manager, Brianna, on TMZ, “Uzi has been stalking Brittany since they broke up… Uzi is toxic and mentally and physically abusive. He has been for years.”

C’mon, man.

30 years for Brian Sanders Did you realize that with Lady Alma | Image | Craig Kaplan his newest show, Dragonbutter, starting at 200 Spring Garden Street on July 8, that Philly choreographer/ movement art avatar Brian Sanders’ JUNK will have been at his game for 30 years? Time has the most fun when its aerial motion literal movers and shakers are flying high.

Masked Philly: Lady Alma In Icepack’s continuing saga of asking mask-donning local celebrities what they’ve been up to, beyond the pale, during C-19 – from lockdown to the current reopening, present-day un-masking and worrying about Delta variants – I reached out this week to Lady Alma.

The Goodly Mistress of Spirited Philadelphia R&B, Post Neo-Soul Division, was last heard from in the middle of COVID doing tracks (e.g. “Landlord”) with fellow Philadelphians Swift Technique, this right after having become internationally famous courtesy of South Africa’s The General De Kok doing a video performance of Alma’s classic “Let it Fall,” and all that following the all-too-sadpassing of Lady Alma’s mother.

“My manager, WalkingBear, and myself began working on a curated music show called ‘Gimme That Music,’ a partnership between us and World Cafe Live,” says Alma of the “perfect platform” to showcase her new mu-

sic. “I was EVERYWHERE. Definitely a blessing I must say. Then COVID hit and it was like a tornado hit my life as well as my career.”

Used to dealing with adversity from rising beyond the pains of losing a mother, Alma and her manager refused to become unfocused on their freshly set goals. “We got back to the grind creating one of the greatest virtual shows, if I must say so myself, made ‘Gimme That Music’ virtual and took it to Twitch. We also made it interactive as we wanted to give folks an experience that would make them feel a part of the show. What touched me the most, in this pandemic, was how I was able to interact with more people than I normally would. I made new friends, formed new relationships and developed some new business.”

Lady Alma was not only fond of the masks during the pandemic’s depths, she still is and wears one from N-DOWD designer Capri Lewis proudly.

Which I totally get. “I AM A MASKED WOMAN,” she exclaims. “Absolutely. You know the Japanese always wore them and so did Michael. I feel the practice of wearing it helps.

Nope, I plan on wearing a mask forever.”

What the beloved Alma has coming up next is her first hometown appearance since everything opened back up at the lovely Cira Green rooftop venue on July 16.

“I’m bringing the people ‘Gimme That Music’ live with my brothers in music Vertical Current. I’m working on new music with Vertical Current, DJ Terry Hunter and DJ Emmaculate, both from Chicago, traveling for gigs and just trying to be great. What the music will sound like now, will always be good for the soul. Even with being affected by so many energies this past year and a half, my music and sound will always be what it is…SOULFUL, SELFLESS, HEALING, HAPPY and whatever else my FAM calls it.”

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Government-funded labs don’t invent new drugs House Democrats just introduced a bill designed to lower prescription drug prices. It doesn’t. But wait, it gets worse.

The Lower Drug Costs Now Act, or H.R. 3, is a reprise of a 2019 bill that passed the House but failed to gain support in the Senate.

Back then, opponents criticized the measure for the impact it would have on innovation. One economic analysis found the 2019 bill would result in 56 fewer new drugs over a decade.

To preempt that criticism this time around, the new version boosts funding for the National Institutes of Health.

The logic here rests on the notion that government researchers invent and develop new drugs. While I sympathize with the desire to lower drug costs for everyday Americans, that logic is wrong. The new version of H.R. 3 would have just as devastating an impact on innovation as the old version.

Yes, NIH labs and federally supported researchers at universities conduct critical, basic research that broadens our understanding of medicine.

But private firms, backed by billions in private capital, explore those ideas to see if they might be able to develop new drugs. If those companies think they’re onto something, they begin the arduous and expensive process of FDA clinical trials.

At the end of the day, private firms, not the federal government, invent new drugs.

NIH scientists do a fantastic job making basic scientific discoveries. Basic doesn’t mean easy, but rather foundational. The NIH spends about $15 billion annually to find out how certain molecules interact with one another or how something like mRNA could be used for a vaccine.

Private firms license that public research

and use it to develop a new drug with a specific application. That applied science costs a lot.

U.S. firms – from large biopharma companies to smaller biotech startups – spend around $100 billion every year on R&D – more than six times the NIH budget.

Moderna offers an illustrative example.

Barney Graham, deputy director of the NIH’s Vaccine Research Center, is often profiled for the major role he played in the foundation of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine.

That work was certainly critical. But it depended on Moderna’s mRNA delivery platform, which had been in the works for a decade – and cost its investors and partners about $2 billion to develop. So without Moderna, a small biotech backed primarily by private investors, what we now know as one of the game-changing COVID-19 vaccines would have languished in a government lab.

Put plainly, private firms invent the life-saving drugs people actually buy at the pharmacy.

The whole innovation ecosystem would crumble if the government could swoop in and set below-market prices on drugs. Since successful drugs have to pay for all the experiments that never make it out of the lab or through clinical trials, it costs nearly $3 billion to bring one new drug to market. Investors only take those odds because market prices give them a chance to recoup investment costs for the ones that do succeed.

If the government makes it impossible to earn a return, investors would flee to other sectors.

H.R. 3 is an assault on our innovation ecosystem and needs to be stopped. The government certainly plays a critical role in funding foundational research, but it’s the private sector that brings new medicines to market.

Peter J. Pitts, a former Food and Drug Administration associate commissioner, is president of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest. Reprinted with the permission of The Washington Times.

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Philadelphia’s ban on single-use plastic bags took effect recently, although strict enforcement won’t begin until next year.

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Defunding public schools is the goal I’ve been following the hysteria being created by right-wing media over “Critical Race Theory” and how it has now devolved into the Republican Party calling for an army of the uninformed, or misinformed, to show up at school board meetings to protest a curriculum that doesn’t exist.

Now they have told people that “CRT,” as it is being called, is really what is meant by “equity.” It is not.

Equity is the idea that every student has individual educational needs that we must supply in order to provide the FREE and EQUAL education our Constitution mandates.

Yes, it is a Constitutional RIGHT. Critical Race Theory has NOTHING to do with equity policy. CRT is just a fear-mongering tactic by the far right to convince people to distrust public schools.

And what is there to gain by creating this distrust? Hundreds of millions per district, and by some estimates maybe a trillion dollars total per year in school funding. The goal is to launder these public funds into private profit by creating voucher schemes and online charters “managed” by vulture capital created education management corporations.

You see, local property taxes go directly to local school districts. The funds are used to create local jobs. Fund local construction projects. Care for local grounds and create opportunities for local families.

The money never goes to D.C., or Harrisburg.

And that is the problem. There is no way to skim off money, or create earnings per share, if you don’t move the money out of local school districts.

This is just another scheme to scam taxpayers into distrusting government and blaming schools to enrage the base of the far right and undermine our democratic foundation.

And if you don’t believe me that public education is the foundation of our republic, just ask George Washington.

In an address to Congress, he said, “A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.

In a republic, what species of knowledge can be equally important? And what duty is more pressing than communicating it to those who are to be the future guardians of the liberties of the country?” That includes teaching facts. And history.

Equity is simply the idea that we provide the students with what they need.

Anyone who tells you different is lying. And by the way, equity will save school districts money. So it will also keep property taxes low. So why are Republicans trying to remove something that will keep taxes low? Why would the Republican Party want to force property tax increases?

Attend your local school board meetings.

Don’t let disinformation and fear mongering do real and lasting harm to our children.

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Forced union dues fuel a culture of big labor corruption in Pennsylvania Not long ago, notorious Philadelphia union boss John Dougherty (AKA “Johnny Doc”) and half a dozen of his cohorts were expected to go on trial in May for embezzling more than $600,000 in union funds from rank-and-file electricians in Pennsylvania.

But May has come and gone, and the reality is it turned out well for Johnny Doc and other International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 union bigwigs. Their federal trial for embezzlement, bribery and theft has been pushed back to a yet-to-be-determined date.

And early this month, Johnny Doc, who is separately awaiting trials on 18 counts of extortion and one count of conspiracy to commit extortion and on charges that he bribed a Philadelphia city councilman with a $70,000-a-year no-show job, received a big show of support from dozens of his fellow union bosses in the Keystone State.

On June 7, Philadelphia Inquirer staff writer and columnist Chris Brennan reported that the bosses of the AFL-CIO-affiliated Philadelphia Building and Construction Trades Council, a conglomerate of more than 50 unions, had just re-elected Johnny Doc as their outfit’s top officer.

The PBCTC has offered no public explanation as to why Johnny Doc deserved another term as business manager after he and his cohorts allegedly stole more than $600,000, primarily dues and fees that the employees under their control are forced to fork over as a job condition due to Pennsylvania’s lack of a Right to Work law.

But in February 2019, the first time PBCTC officers met after Johnny Doc and company were indicted, Philadelphia AFL-CIO President and PBCTC Secretary-Treasurer Pat Eiding emphasized to the Inquirer’s Juliana Feliciano Reyes that council support for the indicted union bigwig was universal. “Nobody, and I clearly want to say nobody, asked John to leave the Building Trades,” declared Eiding.

In the alternative world where Eiding and many other Pennsylvania union officials live, it seems, there is nothing wrong with Big Labor bosses using dues and fees that workers

are forced to fork over as a job condition to enrich themselves and buy political influence.

And a host of union-label Keystone State politicians also evidently live in that world.

One remarkable illustration of the mindset of pro-forced unionism Democrat politicians in Philadelphia was their decision last fall to launch a legal defense fund for Councilman Bobby Henon, the former Local 98 staffer who, according to a federal criminal indictment, wielded the power of his office to do Johnny Doc’s bidding, year after year, in exchange for a series of bribes.

Henon allegedly even “weaponized the city’s Department of Licenses and Inspections against non-union labor, sending them after a [union-free] company hired to install an MRI machine at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia,” as investigative journalist Max Marin put it in a report for WHYY radio last year.

Of course, Johnny Doc, Bobby Henon, and the rest of the IBEW gang all have a right to their day in court before they are subjected to any criminal punishment. But no citizen with a modicum of common sense needs to wait for a jury to tell him or her that Local 98 is a crooked operation that is not run for the benefit of the workers it purportedly represents.

So why are other union officials and union-label politicians continuing to side with the Local 98 hierarchy rather than abused forced dues-paying workers?

The fact is, the lack of a Pennsylvania Right to Work law protecting employees has fostered a “culture of corruption” in which many union bosses come to believe, whether they say so openly or not, that it’s OK for them to do whatever they wish with money extracted from unionized workers.

In a Right to Work environment, union members who suspect their dues money isn’t being used for good and proper purposes can fight back by resigning from the organization and cutting off all financial support for it.

That’s a message union bosses in all 50 states can understand. It undoubtedly helps account for the fact that documented cases of union corruption are far more rare in Right to Work states.

Mark Mix is President of the Springfield, Va.-based National Right to Work Committee.

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GHOST SIGNS, FLOWERS, DANCING AND MORE

From faded signs around the city to dancing and more, summer in the city is heating up with these events.

Seeing Ghosts: 7 Photographers Capture Faded Wall Ads

Atlantic City’s famed Steel Pier

Exciting things are happening in Atlantic City this summer! From allyou-can-eat seafood to tropical vibes and live music, the famed Steel Pier has activities fit for beachgoers of every age. Take it all in and see AC like never before when you ride on the country’s third-largest Ferris wheel, featuring panoramic views of the Atlantic City shoreline from one of 40 temperature-controlled gondolas.

Through Sept. 23. steelpier.com

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Ghost signs, or faded wall ads, are folk art diamonds in the rough of today’s shiny plastic cities. Their fossilized messages, ranging from obvious to obscure, are the focus of our show’s ghost sign hunters, who’ve captured these fading designs and histories in photographs, videos, and interviews. At the Neon Museum of Philadelphia, see work by Pete Woodall, Frank Jump, Chris Brace, Len Davidson, MaryAlice Bitts-Jackson, Gibbs Connors, and Jordan Keiffer. Through Aug. 8. neonmuseumofphiladelphia.com

SOUR Prom Dance Party

SOUR PROM Dance Party, presented by Riot Nerd Prom, would be brutal without you! Sept. 3, 9pm - 2am at Underground Arts. 21-plus. Prom photos

by Pop Up Polaroid! Prom attire is encouraged but not required. Prom decor, themed drink specials, and more. Tons of Olivia Rodrigo, Taylor Swift and similar artists. Brought to you by the same people that throw Shake It Off: Taylor & Friends Dance Party. Tickets on sale now. at riotnerdphilly.com.

Bastille Day at East Market Philadelphia

To celebrate the National Day of France, East Market is proud to host its very own Bastille Day Festival. Celebrate the holiday with French-inspired food and drink specials, live music, a photobooth, giveaways and more. Sip on French 57 riffs and specially brewed Saison’s, alongside sweet and savory crepes, sliders and pommes frites from Iron Hill Brewery and The Wayward Brasserie. Plus, say ooh la la in front of our photobooth with friends as you listen to the sounds of Judah Kim and Blues Junior. Admission to Bastille Day is free, with food & drink specials for purchase a la carte. 1pm - 6pm Free. 1118 Market Street.

Philadelphia Piazzolla Festival

The Philadelphia Piazzolla Festival includes Tango concerts and social dance events, masterclass for musicians, dance workshops and lectures.

The purpose of all of these activities? To celebrate the centennial of composer/bandoneonist Astor Piazzolla. July 11 at 7pm - July 20 at 9pm. Visit philadelphiatangoschool.com for details.

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Summer Sidewalk Sale

Nice weather and COVID on the run means it’s time to get back out there and take in life.

Here are a few things you don’t want to miss.

East Passyunk Avenue Business Improvement District, home to more than 150 independently-owned businesses in South Philadelphia, is hosting “Shop Small, Shop Local: East Passyunk’s Summer Sidewalk Sale,” an afternoon of shopping locally-made, Philadelphia-themed, vintage finds, pop-ups, and grab-and-go fare, with a lineup of live music and entertainment, on Saturday, July 10 from morning till night.

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Listen to the music – and more PHS Pop Up Garden in Manayunk

The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society has announced the full-service opening of the PHS Pop Up Garden in Manayunk. Families, friends, and pets now can enjoy the PHS Pop Up Garden’s beautiful horticultural displays along with a full-scale menu with new food and beverage offerings, as well as new artistic design elements, and new public and private seating options. 106 Jamestown Avenue. phsonline.org/popup

Shakespeare in Clark Park

This summer, Shakespeare in Clark Park is back in full swing! This July 28 - Aug. 1, they present Pericles: Prince of Tyre at 7pm nightly. For the first time, Shakespeare in Clark Park is also producing in two other locations. Both projects are community created original pieces led by professional artists that use Pericles as a launching point. August 13-15, the Kensington team will present Peril’s Island in Harrowgate Park. August 27-29, the Germantown crew will present Germantown Plays Pericles in Vernon Park. Shakepeareinclarkpark.org

Cape May concerts

The City of Cape May has announced the return of the Summer Concert Series. Three of the acts originally scheduled to perform in 2020 will take the stage in August. All shows will be held at Cape May Convention Hall, 714 Beach Avenue, at 8 pm.

Tickets for each concert are $48. On Wednesday, Aug. 4, The Manhattans featuring Gerald Alston bring their unique brand of rhythm & blues to the Jersey Shore. On Wednesday, August 11, THE HIT MEN: Legendary Rock SuperGroup & Musicians Hall of Fame Honorees bring a multi-media entertainment experience to music fans. On Wednesday, August 25, The Modern Gentlemen: The voices behind Frankie Valli over the last decade close out the Summer Concert Series. capemaycity.com

Sellersville Theater

Sellersville Theater has an excellent lineup of entertainment scheduled. Here are just a couple of examples: CSN Songs,celebrating the music Of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Saturday, Sept.

18 at 8pm; and Hollywood Nights, a Bob Seger experience, Sept. 25, 8pm. 24 West Temple Avenue.

Visit st94.com for details and a complete list of entertainment.

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Booze N’ Brush Next to Naked Sip n’ Paint

Join this Philadelphia Sip N’ Paint where you will be painting a canvas of a sexy next-to-nude male model with the direction from a painting instructor and enjoy the fun and excitement with your friends!

Attending a Booze N’ Brush Sip n’ Paint in Philadelphia is a sure-fire way to make your next girl’s night out in Philadelphia an unforgettable experience. This location has a full liquor bar available for purchase, so drink what you like while you get your paint on! 1334 Chancellor Street. $40 to $1,199.

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From the causes behind wild weather to taking great photos, here are a few events that should be on your calendar.

Take some pictures, find out what’s going on with the weather Princeton Photo Workshop The Clay Studio

The Clay Studio, Philadelphia’s preeminent ceramic arts and resident artist’s center, has a series of eclectic new exhibitions from nationally and internationally recognized artists in July and August.

They’ve recently updated their schedule and shared details on a new collection that’s set to debut in August! Former Clay Studio Resident Artist Peter Barbor’s new exhibition, “Falling Short of Heaven,” is a collection of sculptures inspired by Edward Hicks paintings, and is on display in the Harrison Gallery. Lots more to discover too.

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Explore Spruce Street Harbor Park, Philadelphia’s popular summertime “urban beach park,” complete with boardwalk, chairs, tables, games, hammocks and food vendors. Also tour year-round attractions, including the historic ships moored at the Penn’s Landing Marina. Work on training your eye, sharpening your photography skills, and creating dynamic and engaging images. July 10 at 5pm. princetonphotoworkshop.com

Preparing for a Warmer, Wetter Philadelphia

Presented by The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Climate change is causing Philadelphia not only to heat up, but also to experience more frequent and intense flooding events. In this program you’ll explore how local communities are dealing with increasing temperatures exacerbated by the urban heat island effect; natural cycles of flooding; and how urbanization and climate change impact flooding risks in our city. But where there are challenges, there are people ready to step up and face them.

Thursday, July 29, 7pm. Free. Online. eventbrite.com

The Fires of Philadelphia

Lost City Books is pleased to welcome Professor Zachary M. Schrag to discuss his new book “The Fires of Philadelphia: Citizen-Soldiers, Nativists, and the 1844 Riots Over the Soul of a Nation.” A gripping and masterful account of the moment one of America’s founding cities turned on itself, giving the nation a preview of the Civil War to come. Online.

Free-$29.95. Mon, July 12, 7pm. eventbrite.com

Franky Bradley’s

Mark Bee’s effervescent funk- and kitsch-filled nostalgic restaurant and bar in the heart of Center City’s Midtown Village, is relaunching in-person live shows at the iconic venue. Following the return of cabaret, comes the launch of Franky Bradley’s Snatcherella 3000 beginning Wednesday, July 21 at 8pm. The nine-week performance competition features a slew of famed performers from the Philadelphia-area and beyond, competing every Wednesday for the Snatcherella title with a cash prize of $500, the sought-after crown, a laundry list of bookings, and some arranged flowers. frankybradleys.com/

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Laff Out Loud Sundays

Presented by More Life entertainment, Philly will be lit on Sunday, July 25. They have put together the DOPEST lineups in standup comedy. Gracing the stage will be seven comedians, including Carl Payne, best known as Cole Brown on the sitcom “Martin,” and Cockroach on the “Cosby Show;” and Chuhchea Mac, a Philly comedian, actor and TV host. 7pm. $50-$75. The Met Philadelphia, 858 North Broad Street. eventbrite.com

With all of the things going on these days, it’s hard to keep up.

That’s why you should check out eventbrite.com. We did, and found these events that we want to attend.

Murals, sneakers and more Nohsav Presents: Drip Or Flip Philly Sneaker Show

This event will include plenty of local sneakerheads, collectors, resellers and content creators. Get ready for one day of buying, selling, and trading the most sought-after sneakers and clothes on the market! The event will take place from noon-6pm at Counter Culture on 514 South Street. Free - $100.

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Borrowed Time featuring Hoffman and The N Crowd

Presented by Crossroads Comedy Theater, Borrowed Time is an indie improv showcase hosted by an area stand-up comedian. Each show features a different mix of acts from outside of Crossroads Comedy Theater. There’s a lot of great comedy to be seen in Philly and limited stage time right now, so this is a chance to see some stuff you might not otherwise get to see for a little while. Donations. Sunday, July 18. 8pm. eventbrite.com

Punk Rock & Paintbrushes

Presented by Romantic Rock, Punk Rock & Paintbrushes is coming to Philadelphia for a two-day art extravaganza at James Oliver Gallery and Brewerytown Beats. With the incredible artists Chali2na Of Jurassic 5, Warren Fitzgerald of The Vandals, Mike Gallo of Agnostic Front, Soma Snakeoil, Kristin Koefoed... and more to be added! Free-$110.

Saturday, July 24 at 6pm and Sunday, July 25 at 7pm. 723 Chestnut Street. eventbrite.com

Thottin’ & Boppin’

Presented by Burd Events, it’s a night where you can express yourself, be free and thot all night! Join Philadelphia’s favorite Mz. Peaches for a night of turn up featuring a rotating cast of Philly’s thotty performers every month! Come out, make it rain and get lit! $12. Tabu Lounge & Sports Bar. 254 South 12th Street. eventbrite. com

Morals + Murals: Tales from Our Hood Experience

Presented by Philly Experiences, Morals & Murals: Tales from Our Hood is a one-of-a-kind curated experience that ethically immerses guests into realities and dopeness of Philly’s hood culture. Join Chrissy, native and mom, as she guides you through a “Day in the Life” of locals; hear her inspiring tales of growing up throughout the city while enjoying its current beauty and spirit. All are welcome and encouraged to enjoy and support the hood! $49.

Saturday, July 10. 11am. Dilworth Park. eventbrite.com

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“I spent years wanting to do ageplay but eitreat me also as an adult and I would act as ther wasn’t around people I trusted enough to an adult, but they guided my daily life or enengage in it with or I was embarrassed. Even couraged me to do the unfun bits of adulting among kinksters, DDlg gets kind of frowned (like admin work and drinking water). Then in on. But once I started it just clicked. I loved it the bedroom they were the one in charge and so much,” says Maggie McMuffin, a 31-year- there was a reward/punishment system. old who describes herself as “At one point I had three core having been “an out and out daddies, a mommy, and play babygirl” for several years. partners I’d engage in similar “I was a child who spent a lot dynamics with,” she says, addof time alone, caring for myself, ing that “the specifics for each and having to be mature for my partnership were different. age,” she says, adding, “Once I You’ve got nice daddies, mean got to college and started explordaddies, daddies with vibes ing kink, I gravitated towards more reminiscent of an early being submissive because it was Lana Del Rey song...And I had important for me to have some daddies who were more into age time where I wasn’t in charge of play with me vs. ones who just everything and my brain could liked being a paternal figure.” switch off, even for an hour.”

For some, these power exMcMuffin found pleasure in change dynamics are highly engaging in DDlg dynamics – erotic, for others it’s more of a @TIMAREE_LEIGH also known as Daddy Dom/ litlifestyle. On DDlg social media tle girl. It’s a form sites like DDlgof power exchange friends, members role play that grew seek partners, share out of BDSM and memes, talk about usually involves the intricacies of one partner taking their relationships a caregiver role and or just post pics of the other acting as their daily lives. a submissive, or “I love stuffed “little.” Through role play with a caretaker, animals, pink sparkly things, hyper-feminine littles are able to tap into an emotional state aesthetics,” says 42-year-old self-described of Little Space, where they feel more child-like “bratty girl” Starlight. She says her caregiver, and carefree. Despite the gendered nature of whom she calls Sir, enjoys being more “serithe name, caregivers and littles can be of any ous and grown-up than I am – and we find a gender. lot of joy and playfulness and intimacy within It’s important to note everyone involved in that push-pull.

DDlg is an adult in real life and has nothing to “I love all things cute and I really enjoy bedo with interest in actual children. McMuffin ing able to freely embrace my natural affinity says, “lgs dress younger, in a certain style that for everything girly and sweet,” she says, addis evocative of youth, but honestly not 100 pering, “And he enjoys being able to take me in cent how actual children dress. But there is hand, act as a guide and leader… Sexually? lots of coloring and stuffed animals.

It’s super fun to be able to play with themes of “While it obviously has to do with ageplay, innocence and corruption in our scenes – and I don’t think the age regression is the key elethat’s definitely enhanced by my girly side.” ment to this dynamic,” she adds, “There have Starlight says she recognized she was kinky been plenty of times when my Daddy would at a young age. “I used to act out BDSM scenes

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“I have never met a Caregiver Dom who is truly interested in sex with children. This stereotype is unfounded and cruel.”

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with my Barbie dolls, although I didn’t have responsibilities, much like they would for clithe words for it then.” She says her scenes ents in a vanilla relationship.

“People who are drawn to these dynamics with her Sir, to whom she is married, “look enjoy power exchange relationships that feel very much like other BDSM scenes, but my leathers are baby pink (custom made for me more nurturing, supportive, and playful, rather than focusing on the strict hierarchy and as a gift from my Sir) and our ropes are raindark aesthetic themes bow-dyed. often found in ‘main“I still get flogged, stream’ BDSM,” she I still take pain, I still says, “Many of them suck cock – but he enjoy aspects of childcalls me ‘little girl’ or hood play and child-like ‘princess’ while I’m dobehavior and appreciing so and that pushes ate being able to weave me deeper into subthese into their power space than the usual exchange in ways to feel black-and-red-Masternormal, natural, and slave-cliched-kink ever joyful for them.” could,” she says, addAsked whether DDlg ing that her Sir “loves dynamics would be conthe feeling of taking sidered a coping stratuld act as someone sweet and inegy, Goerlich says they life or en- nocent and making me are, “in the same way f adulting do depraved, delightful, where any supportive r). Then in things for him. I think partnership helps us cope with the trials and harge and that some DD/lg people use more age-play eletribulations of daily life.” She adds, “When ments such as bottles, pacifiers, and overt age tem. three core roleplay. We don’t do that, but what we do is mutual affection and support are present in a relationship, we are betand play deeply satisfying for us.” ter able to cope with what n similar How do mental health life throws at us.” says, add- professionals view these When it comes to being According s for each dynamics? a Daddy Dom, 35-year-old different. to Stefani Goerlich, cerJake says that for him, ies, mean tified sex therapist and DDlg is an extension of ith vibes founder and Clinical Dihis natural inclination to an early rector of Bound Togethbe a caretaker.

And I had er Counseling, “Many “I can look back and e into age clinicians do not undersee ways in which it was caregiver/little who just stand always present in relafigure.” dynamics.” Because few tionships to an extent, power ex- counselors receive trainsort of an energy I give re highly ing in sexuality and even off.” He recalls, “half-jokmore of a fewer in kink, Goerlich ing with a partner once cial media says clinicians “tend to when we went to the groe DDlg- assume that these reMaggie McMuffin, 31, cery store that I’d let her represent members lationships describes herself as pick ‘one thing out as a ners, share a form of regression having been ‘an out treat’ and she shot off to alk about on the part of the little, and out babygirl’ for the candy aisle. For the cacies of codependency for both several years. Image | next two years we datationships partners, and expressed Iain Marcks ed, that was a thing she st pics of concern about unhealthy looked forward to doing boundaries between the lives. every time we went.” e stuffed Little and their caregiver.”

He describes the process of organically inr-feminine She says caregivers and littles face stigma troducing DDlg elements into relationships.

-described from both in and outside of the kink commu“I generally let it come up in subtle ways, it caregiver, nity. “There are still misperceptions about more “seri- caregiver/little kink as a form of sublimation can be a divisive topic if rushed into. Humor can be a great way to feel it out. I’ve strategiwe find a of desires that might otherwise be socially cally made nonsensical comments like, ‘Your acy within unacceptable or even criminal,” she says, adding, “I have never met a Caregiver Dom who mother and I are so proud’ to gauge how such things land before bringing it up.” enjoy be- is truly interested in sex with children. This For someone who might be interested in ral affinity stereotype is unfounded and cruel and can do trying these dynamics in their life, Jake says, says, add- great harm when acted upon by community “Don’t get bogged down in the specific details ake me in members or mental health professionals.”

Sexually? Instead of adding to the stigma, Goerlich, of what goes on in the bedroom with it, enjoy playing with the energy in more wholesome themes of who is the author of “The Leather Couch: situations – that’s part of the fun.” enes – and Clinical Practice with Kinky Clients,” says Have a question for Dr. Timaree? Send y side.” clinicians can be helpful for folks in DDlg an email to asktimaree@philadelphiwas kinky dynamics in doing boundary setting and balaweekly.com.

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MAINTENANCE TECH Must have knowledge of plumbing, painting & some electrical. Prior maintenance exp. necessary. Salary commensurate with exp. Email: nsgprop@gmail.com

PAID RESEARCH SUBJECT SPACE MISSION SIMULATION 8 day study of resilience at U. of PA. Must be healthy, about 27-55 yr. old with BS/BA or military exp.Compensated time & travel.

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Full Time Flagger Traffic Plan seeks FT Flaggers to set up & control traffic around construction sites.

A valid drivers license is a must, good pay & benefits.

If interested please fill out an application at 510 Hertzog Boulevard King Of Prussia, PA 19406 on Mondays 9am -12pm or apply online at or online at www.trafficplan.com

GENERAL AND TREATMENT FOSTER PARENTS NEEDED Open your heart and home to children of all ages New Foundations, Inc. 215-203-8733 www.nfi4kids.org SECRETARY/ LEASING AGENT - F/T Located in Montgomery Co. Pleasant person with good phone skills, to show apt's., process applications, minimal secretarial work.

Email resume to: nsgprop@gmail.com or Call 732-886-6830

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