The South Philadelphia Public Record

Courting Seniors For Votes

Thousands of South Philadelphiaresidents will get a little help payingtheir bills at the end of May.

Thanks to the American Recovery& Reinvestment Act of 2009, which

President Barack Obama signed intolaw in February, 32,000 SouthPhiladelphians receiving Social Se-curity and Supplemental Security In-come benefits will get a $250 check.

The one-time recovery paymentswill go out in May 2009 and all pay-ments should be received by the endof May, according to officials at theSouth Philadelphia Social SecurityAdministration.

In April, Social Security willsend a letter with additional informa-tion to each person who is eligiblefor the one-time payment. The pay-ments will be sent automatically,meaning no action is required on thepart of the person receiving benefits.The economic-recovery paymentswill be made separately from a per-son’s regular monthly payments.

All adults who receive Social Se-curity benefits, including disabledadult children (but not minor chil-dren) are eligible for $250 payment.In addition, all persons who receiveSSI payments, including minor chil-dren, are eligible for the payment.Anyone who receives benefits orwho was eligible to receive benefitsduring any of the three months priorto enactment (November and De-cember of 2008 and January 2009)

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Vol. III No. 11 (Issue 75) “Reporting South Philadelphia the way it deserves” Value 50¢ March 12, 2009

Economic Boost!

STATE SEN. Larry Farnese participated in "Read Across PhiladelphiaWeek," at Jackson ES, where he read Dr. Seuss's Yertle the Turtle tokindergartners and surprised them with challenge to a book-reading con-test. The winner will receive four free tickets, donated by the Senator,to Please Touch Museum. Joining Senator were teacher Edith Leiberand assistant Carol Shipley with excited kindergarteners.

by R. George LintonA South Philadelphia candidate for

Judge has found a unique way to can-vass for votes.

While many judicial candidates areattending fundraisers, ward partiesand meetings, Common Pleas Judgecandidate Adam Beloff can be foundcourting seniors.

Every Friday night, you will findAdam back in his old community,meeting and greeting seniors at theSouth Philadelphia Older Adult Cen-ter, 1430 E. Passyunk Avenue.

According to regular dancers at thecenter, Adam has some good moveson the dance floor!

Beloff was born in South Philadel-phia to Ruth and Stanley Beloff. Hewas raised in a family of six children.

Beloff says he has wanted to runfor Judge ever since he was electedJudge during "student day" at hisgrammar school. “The experiencesparked my desire to study the law at

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Who Wants Pampered?The Lobster Club will be hosting

its annual Pampered Chef night thisFriday. Chef Lisa Caines will show-case her culinary delights at the clubfundraiser. The night starts at 7:00p.m. at Lobster Club, 1310 PorterStreet. For more information call:(215) 356-1518.

Candidates NightThe Neighborhood Networks

hosts a District Attorneys CandidatesForum Mar. 18 at Tritone, 1508South Street, 6-8 p.m. For more in-formation, contact Damon K.Roberts at (215) 965-1582.

Wellness of YouThe Wellness of You, Inc. hosts

Annual Wellness Breakfast for MenSunday, Mar. 15, marks at the Uni-versal Institute Charter School at1415 Catherine Street. Free gather-ing encourages males of all ages totake charge of their health.

The program begins at 9 a.m. andwill conclude no later than 1 p.m.Pre-registration is suggested due tolimited seating. Males of all ages canregister online at www.wellnesso-

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Obama Pledges $800,000 To South Philly

Back To School

MUMMER string bands paid homage to Philadelphia Public Record’sPublic Servant of the Year Geno’s Joe Vento at newspaper’s 10th birth-day celebration at Swan Caterers. Presenting Vento with plaque wereBob Shannon and String Band President John Pignotti.

Photo by Donald Terry

Over 60 members of various Mummer String Bands marched into SwanCaterers Monday night to thank Public Servant of the Year Joe Vento of Geno’sSteaks for his major donation to making the New Year’s Parade a reality.

They did so with a long serenade of popular string-band music that thrilledJoe, his family and the crowd attending the Philadelphia Public Record’s 10thbirthday celebration at Swan Caterers.

Led by former Quaker City Capt. Bob Shannon and String Band Associa-tion President John Pignotti presented Vento with a plaque showing their ap-preciation. Vento, in turn, pledged to do what he could to insure the paraderemained a Philadelphia fixture on New Year’s Day.

Scores of elected officials and primary candidates from both parties attendedthe newspaper’s birthday party.

COURTING FOR VOTES! Judicialcandidate Adam Beloff stops by theSouth Philadelphia Older Adult Cen-ter dance night to canvass for votes.

Mummers Serenade Vento At Record’s

Tenth Birthday Bash

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(Cont. From Page 1)will receive the one-time pay-ment as long as the address ofrecord is in one of the 50states, the District of Colum-bia, Puerto Rico, Guam,U.S. Virgin Islands, Ameri-can Samoa, or the NorthernMariana Islands.

The payments will bemade in the same way thatregular monthly payments aremade. People with direct de-posit will receive their pay-ments electronically. Those

who receive paper checkswill receive their payments inthe mail. People who receiveregular payments through theDirect Express debit card willreceive their one-time pay-ments through the card.

If someone receives bothSocial Security and SSI, onlyone payment of $250 will bemade. The economic recoverylegislation also provides for aone-time payment to recipientsof Dept. of Veterans Affairsand Railroad Retirement Board

benefits. However, if you re-ceive Social Security or SSIbenefits and you also receiveVA and/or RRB benefits, youwill only receive one $250payment. The SSA will sendyou this payment.

To assist in processing thepayments as efficiently as pos-sible, please do not contactSocial Security unless do notreceive a payment by Jun. 4,2009. Information is availableat www.socialsecurity.govand will be updated regularly.

South Philadelphia Business AssociationOldest Business Association in South Philadelphia – Chartered in 1897

Growing SPBA MembersA.J. Mechanical (John Franklin)Academy of Sacred Arts (Sr. Paula )Allstate Insurance Agent (Michael Phillips)Allstate Insurance Agent (Frank Genzano)Alpha Realty Group (Joseph Bianco)Angelo’s Tile & Marble Outlet (Angelo Bucci)Cedar Shopping Centers Partnership, LP - Bruce NobileArmando Rey Jewelers (Armando Rey)Beneficial Savings Bank (Donna Russo)Business Development (Joe Reo)Capozzi Real Estate (Barbara Capozzi)Career Link (Janice Amoroso)Carmana Designs, Ltd (Annamaria Vona)Catch (Ray Pescatore)Century 21 (Stephanie Capocci)Century 21 (Albert Perry)Cheech’s Beef & Ale (Frank Spatocco)Chickie’s Deli (Henry George)Chris Miceli (Christine Miceli)Citizen’s Bank (Darlene Cellucci)Clinical Research Services (Tracy Abraham R.N.)Commerce Bank (Rosaanna Chiappetta)Commerce Dept./OBS (Marge Marziani)Conestoga Bank (Jackie Fitzpatrick)Creative Financial Group (Tom Hayn)DeFino Law Associates (Vince DeFino)DeMarino Chiropractic Ctr. (JamesDeMarino)Dom’s Auto Repairs (Dominic Vitale)DP Construction Mngt. LLC (Mark DeMatteis)Engineer Bldg Supervisor (Phil Filippello)Foundation Investment LLC (Phil Sestito)Galdo’s Catering (Lou Galdo)Gangemi Funeral Home (Vince Gangemi)Goebel Insurance Agency (Chris Goebel)Gold Medal Disposal (Lou Gentile)Goldstein’s Men’s Clothing (Vince Talatta)Home Helpers (Ralph Digneo)JohnDelGaiso,Pediatric Dentist (John DelGaiso)Landmark Prof. Design (Vince Mancini)Leonetti/O’Leary Funeral Home (Katy Logan)Louis Tag Agency (Louis Cerino)Lou Lozzi’s Auto (Lou Lozzi)M & S Garage (Sonny Marino)Maggie Moos (Frank Pantano)Mamma Maria’s (Sante Chiavatti)Mason’s Local #592 (Mike Fera)Mercury Realty (Greg Ferry)Merit Manufacturing (John Ciancaglini)Dr. Michelle Eisenhower (Internest)Micolex Pest Control (Michael Busillo)Money Mailer of Philadelphia (Thomas Cimino)

Monti-Rago Funeral Home (Mark Rago)New York Bakery (Stephen Candeloro)Olivieri Jewelers (Daniel Olivieri)Oregon Window Co Inc. (Tony Nardy)Pacifico Ford (Rocky DeGregorio)Packer Café Inc. (Ciarrocchi)Pastificio (Frank Sangiuliano)Penna Burial Company Inc. (VictorBaldi Jr.)Petal Pusher Florist (John Vacca)Phila Family Medicine (Joseph Di Renzo)Phila Performing Arts School (Joan Pescatore)Phil’s Excellent Auto Repair (Phillip Rick’s)Pietro Jewelers Inc. (Pietro Pace)Precise Realty (Ray Rizzo)Presto Printing (John Savarese)Professional Custom Tailoring (Pat Scioli)Prudential Savings Bank (Nick DiGianvittorio)Public Record (Jim Tayoun)Ralph & Rickey Inc (Rickey Sciulli)RHG Products (Michael Ristagna)New York Life Insurance (Rosetta Conigliaro)Rizzio’s General Auto Repairs (Mike Rizzio)Ron Donatucci, Reg. of wills (Ron Donatucci)Ron Patterson, Esq. (Ron Patterson)Royal Villa Café (Nella Scafidi)Scaramuzzi Construction Co. (Frank Scaramuzzi)Simonetta’s Italian Deli (Philip Simonetta)South Phila Family Practice (Bill O’Brien DO)South Phila. Orthodontic Assoc.- Steven CohenStolfo Funeral Home (Paul Stolfo)Sunoco Oil Refinery (John McCann)Swan Caterer’s (Carmen D’Aquilante)The Cutting Point (Jerry Masciantonio)The Temple Group Inc. (Maceo Cummings)Today’s Styles (John Palella)United Savings Bank (Denise D’Eletto)University Dynamics MRI (Linda A Duffy)Vare Ave. Auto Sales (Todd Coles)Vince Guisini, Esq. (Vince Guisini)South Philly.com (Don Burleson)Weccacoe Development Inc. (Fred Druding Sr.)William Mestichelli, DDS (William Mestichelli)Southern Auto Tags (Anthony Prisco)Southwark Civic Assn. (Karen Brown)South Philly Pretzel Factory (Sam Sklaroff)P.N.C. Bank (Joanne Baccari)P.N.C. Bank (Chad Shank)Your Optimal Health LLc (Freddie Ganno)United Check Cashing (John Shegda)William Festa Realty (Ed LeClair)

1505 South Broad StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19147(215)-336-1108 (215)-336-1149 (fax)

Executive BoardPresident – Louis Lozzi, Sr.Vice President – Barbara Capozzi, Esq.Secretary – Lou CerinoTreasurer – Reggie LozziExecutive Director – Edward J. Wright, Jr.

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Kay Healy, of SouthPhiladelphia, has been namedassociate director of the Cul-tural Arts Center at the Arc ofPhiladelphia and PhiladelphiaDevelopmental DisabilitiesCorp.

Healy had been an artteacher at Building BlocksMontessori School in StatenIsland, N.Y. She majored inart history at Oberlin Collegeand earned an MFA from theUniversity of the Arts inPhiladelphia.

The Arc of Philadelphia,founded in 1948, is a non-profit organization which pro-

vides advocacy services andresource information to indi-viduals, families, andproviders so that they canmake informed choices.

PDDC is an affiliate of TheArc of Philadelphia, offeringtraining and employmentservices to individuals along aspectrum of supports to meetindividual needs.

PDDC specializes in pro-grams for people who havebarriers to employment andpeople who need specializedservices, including job train-ing, services for seniors, artsand recreation programs, andcommunity events. It is lo-cated at 2350 W. Westmore-land Street. PDDC can becontacted at www.arcpddc.orgor (215) 229-4553.

Arc Appoints Healy To Arts Center

…Kay Healy

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Easter Egg HuntEast Passyunk Avenue

Business Improvement Dis-trict will host their EasterEgg, 1927 East Passyunk Av-enue, between Mifflin andMcKean Street on Saturday,Mar. 28. Children can deco-rate an Easter bag, hunt fortreats, and visit with theEaster Bunny. The event isfree and outdoors. There is norain date. Participating restau-rants will offer kid-friendlybrunch. For more informa-tion, please visit www.vis-

iteastpassyunk.com or call(215) 336-1455.

Ballers WantedTHE SOUTHWARK

Civic Association is lookingfor basketball players in theneighborhood. The kids teamand adult team are looking toswell their ranks. Practicesare every Tuesday and Satur-day at the Southwark SchoolGym, 7-9 p.m. For more in-formation call Matt McKeown(215) 799-6048.

Equal Partners in Changeholds meetings 5-7 p.m. Apr.9 and Jun. 11 at the DixonHouse, 1920 S. 20th Street,and Mar. 12 and May 14 atUnited Communities, 2029 S.Eighth Street.

Other Listings…Single Parents Society

holds senior dances 8-11 p.m.

Fridays at 1430 S. PassyunkAvenue. (215) 465-2298.

South Philadelphia OlderAdult Center holds a SocialNight 7-10 p.m. Wednesdays.Cost: $6. 1430 E. PassyunkAvenue. (215) 952-0547.

Passyunk Square Civic As-sociation holds a communitycleanup 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Satur-days at Gold Star Park. (215)605-5153, (215) 551-0309 orwww.passyunk.org.

JCCs Stiffel Senior Centerhas a thrift shop that sells usedclothing 10 a.m.-noon Mon-days, Tuesdays and Fridays at604 Porter Street. (215) 468-3500.

The Lighthouse gives awayclothes and food 11 a.m.-1p.m. Tuesdays at 30th &Wharton Streets. (215) 463-2434.

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Good news for real-estateagents is rare these days, butMayor Michael A. Nutter hadsome for them last week. Heannounced the expansion ofPhiladelphia Home-Buy-Now, a program that helpsemployees of local companiesbuy homes in the city, at aNortheast Chamber of Com-merce luncheon.

Participating employersvolunteer to provide their em-ployees with grants or forgiv-able loans toward thepurchase price of a newhome, which the City willmatch partly. With additionalincentives from participatingdevelopers, banks and insur-ers, the total benefit to ahome buyer can reach$18,500.

“Philadelphia Home-Buy-Now is a perfect policy toolfor a tough economy,” saidthe Mayor. “Hundreds ofPhiladelphians get help buy-ing homes, which gives ourbattered housing market ashot in the arm. At the sametime, local businesses get atool to recruit and retain aworld-class workforce.”

The program will help atleast 300 homebuyers makebuys next year, leveragingmore than $30 million in pri-

vate investment with a publiccommitment of only $1.5million.

The program is adminis-tered in partnership with non-profits Neighborhoods Nowand the Greater PhiladelphiaUrban Affairs Coalition. It isfunded by bonds and does notimpact the general fund.

Businesses are excitedabout Philadelphia Home-Buy-Now. Bruno Cellemme,CEO of AgustaWestlandPhiladelphia, said, “The de-cision to participate in theHome-Buy-Now programdemonstrates our commit-ment to our employees and

ensures we retain and attracthighly talented individuals tosupport and build our worldclass helicopters. Philadel-phia and AgustaWestlandhave a long history of work-ing together and our partici-pation will contribute to thecompany’s continued successand growth in the region.”

Companies seeking moreinformation on PhiladelphiaHome-Buy-Now should visitthe website at www.phila.gov/HomeBuyNow orcontact Jim Flaherty [email protected] or(215) 683-2126.

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City, Companies Help Workers Buy HomesSharmain Mat-lock-Turner,head ofGreater Phila.Urban AffairsCoalition, ad-ministers Buy-It-Now inpa r t n e r sh i pwith DeputyMayor forPlanning & De-v e l o p m e n tAndy Altman.


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REPUBLICANS congratulating Joe Ventoincluded Walt Vogler, Al Schmidt, Joe De-Felice Joe D’Urso and Nick Marrandino.


CONGRATULATING Joe Vento, center,are Jim Tayoun, Bonnie Squires, Council-man Bill Green and Marita Crawford.


COLUMNIST Maria Merlino interviewsMarion Wimbush, head of Oak Lane Team,former Congressman Bob Borski, William“Bootie” O’Meara and Dan Anders.


ENJOYING birthday party were Judges PatDugan and Dan Anders, philanthropist KalRudman, and DA Candidate Seth Williams.


FORMER Councilman Leland Beloff,2nd from left, finds himself in companyof William Coleman, John Braxton andJudge Joe O’Neill. Photo by Donald Terry

BRIAN C. ROBIN-SON, founder ofJimu Foundation,Inc., presentsCommunity HealthAward to PublisherJim Tayoun at galaheld at SwanCaterers.


PUBLISHER Jim Tayoun presents PublicRecord’s “Public Servant of the Year” Awardto Joe Vento. Son Geno holds award as Mrs.Eileen Vento looks on. State Sen. ChristineTartaglione awarded Senate citations to bothVento and Public Record. Photo by Donald Terry

PUBLIC RECORD’S Pub-lic Servant of Year JoeVento does Mummer’s jigto string-band music atPhila. Public Record’s 10thanniversary bash. Mum-mers paid a surprise tributeto him for his contributionsthat saved New Year’s Pa-rade. Photo by Donald Terry.

P O P U L A RCOLUMNISTJoe “Waffle-man” Sbaraglia,escorts JudgeJoyce Eubanksand her daugh-ter Dr. LeishaEubanks intoSwan Caterers.

F O R M E RCITY CON-T R O L L E RJonathan Saidel,the evening’sM.C., almostmissed this pic-ture with KazemNabavi andfriend.

JEFF FELDER, candidate John Irvine andPRPA Executive Director James T. McDer-mott congratulate Joe Vento.

Judicial candidate Vince Guisini meets upwith Jim Tayoun and Ralph, from Ralph &Ricky’s Pizza. Photo by Donald Terry



JONATHAN Q. IRVINECandidate for Judge

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS• Qualified• Dedicated• ExperiencedVote Tuesday May 19, 2009

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Kitchen Hosts Energy Seminar

Over 500 Jam RoofersHall For 35th, 55th WardFundraiser

STATE SEN. Tina Tartaglione finds herself with this escortof ward leaders and judicial candidates at fundraiser hostedby combined 35th and 55th Wards at McCollough Hall inNortheast. From left, they are Judge Dan Anders, WardLeader John Sabatina, Sr., Judicial hopeful Bob Coleman,Ward Leader Lou Agre and Judge Pat Dugan.

WISHING judicial candidate Joe Waters, right, well incoming primary were Marie & Dennis Kelly, Karen Brownand Ed Donnelly.

HOSTS 35TH WARD Leader Bill Dolbow and 55th WardLeader Bob Dellavella are joined by ward leaders, electedand union officials giving a sense of power-packed crowdthat attended gala sponsored by two wards.

STATE REP.J o h nSabatina, Jr.,center, isflanked by ju-dicial candi-dates JimFloyd, StanleyBeloff and JoeWaters.

RETIRED Ward LeaderFrank Conaway, right, in-troduced his successor in57th Ward Pat Parkinson tofellow ward leaders at gala.

JUDICIAL candidate Vin-cent Giusini, center, chatswith Ward Leaders MattMyers, left, and Willie Jor-dan as he circulated his pe-titions for signatures at galagathering.

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STATE SEN. Shirley Kitchen and Energy CoordinatorEdgar Encarnación were pleased at crowd, right, that at-tended her symposium to help constituents effect energy-cost reductions in their homes.

STATE SEN. Shirley Kitchen thanks Elder Michel Beau-ford for use of his church at Broad & Belfield as aideRalph Ogilvy looks on.

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Carpenters Help Seniors

Stevenson Move Benefits Unions

PhillyUnions.com whichfeatures Philadelphia’s pre-mier union-friendly serviceproviders, is lauding the moveof Jim Stevenson with Chap-man Auto Group.

He is being highlighted inthe Philadelphia CouncilAFL-CIO online Buy-Union/Pro-Union Guide athttp://phillyunions.com/gold-pages. This Guide offersunion members and their fam-ilies those professionals andbusiness committed to provid-ing union members and theirfamilies with the utmost inquality, service and discounts.

Stevenson, formerly ofNortheast Lincoln Mercury,is now with Chapman AutoGroup, located at 9371 Roo-sevelt Boulevard. Jim ispleased he can now “offer ourunion members and familiesthe full Ford Lincoln Mercuryline as also Chevrolet,Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge andmore. I’m now able to offerdeep discounted special pric-ing for union members andtheir families.”

On Left: METROPOLI-TAN Regional Council ofCarpenters sent over someof its journeymen to put inscreens to deflect heat thatcauses recreation rooms atS. Phila. Seniors Center,Dickinson & Passyunk Av-enue to swelter. Watching isState Sen. Larry Farnese. On Right: UNION carpen-ters flank State Sen. LarryFarnese after completingwork on screening for S.Phila. Senior Center. Fromleft are Rick Ivins, JohnCandelori and Gerard &John Rowan.



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Union Labor...Building it right for a better and stronger community!

Mar.12- Young Republicanshost Sips Happy Hour, atSmith’s, 39-41 S. 19th St.,5:30 p.m.Mar. 12- Councilman JimKenney’s St. Party at Shera-ton Society Hill, Dock St. &Columbus Blvd., 7 p.m.Mar. 13- Variety Gold HeartBall at Crystal Tea Rm., Ju-niper & Markets Sts., cock-tails 7 p.m., dinner & program8 p.m. Tickets $300. For infoEric Perry (215) 735-0803.Mar. 13- Bill Pettigrew &GOP Wards 23 & 54 host St.Patrick’s Day Party at Quaker

City Yacht Club, 7100 N.Delaware Ave., Milnor &Princeton. $30 at door.Mar. 13- 58th Ward Democ-rats’ St. Patrick’s Day Partyat Brook Side Manor, 50Bustleton Pk., Feasterville,Pa., 8-12 p.m. Tickets $40.For info call Rosemary (215)964-3140.Mar. 14- Beef & Beer toElect Judge Pat Dugan at StDominic's Hall, 8532 Frank-ford Ave. Donation $30. CallBrian (215) 779-1330.Mar. 15- DA CandidatesForum at Tritone, 1508 SouthSt., 6-8 p.m.Mar. 16- St. Patty's DayParty hosted by 56th WardLeader John Sabatina & StateRep. John Sabatina, Jr. atMoriarty's,1116 Walnut St.,

5:30-8:30 p.m. Ticket $50,Friend $100, patron $250.Mar. 17- St. Patrick’s DayBreakfast with Judge JimmieLynn at Plough & Stars, 2ndSt. above Chestnut, 7:30-10:30 a.m. Tickets at door$25. RSVP (215) 686-8330Mar. 18- Neighborhood Net-works hosts DA CandidatesForum at Tritone, 1508 SouthSt., 6-8 p.m. For more infor-mation, contact Damon K.Roberts (215) 965-1582.Mar. 20- Project H.O.M.E.benefit, 28th anniversary ofMuldoon’s Saloon at Boat-house Row Bar, RittenhouseHotel, 5:30-7:30 p.m.Mar. 25- ADA CandidateQuestionnaire for DA race at1st Unitarian Ch., 2125Chestnut St., 6-8 p.m.

Mar. 28- Hallahan HS OpenHouse for prospective stu-dents at 311 N. 19th St., 1-3:30 p.m. Call Ms. Dumin(215) 563-8930, ext. 251 [email protected]. 16- Matt Myers hostsDemocratic 39B Ward SpringFestival at E. O’Malley BoysClub, Front & Moore Sts., 6p.m. Tickets $50. For info(215) 467-4643.Apr. 18- Democratic Ward40B’s Candidate Party atRoche Post, 6400 PaschallAve., 12-4 p.m. $50.Apr. 25- German AmericanPolice Association honorsGeno’s Steaks’ Joe Vento asMan of Year at CannstatterVolksfest Verein, 9130 Acad-emy Rd. For details call JimSchwartz (856) 236-2286.



Our Opinion ...Harrisburg’s Escape Hatch

When it comes to taxes, all tiers of governmentare looking for a way to avoid jacking them up topay for essential services in the midst of a terrify-ing recession. Different governments will havedifferent success in doing so.

It’s an easy call in Washington, because thatcity’s political leaders enjoy the privilege of print-ing money without going to jail for it. So tax hikesare being shrugged off there this year and even taxcuts come with no immediate cost attached.

It takes stronger magic to pull off the same trickin Harrisburg, where gross revenues are down11% even as demands for basic public services inhealth, education, public safety and social welfaresoar. Harrisburg does not own a mint. Fortu-nately, although the Keystone State’s budget is stillin the throes of negotiation, Old Souls on CapitolHill are cautiously optimistic that broad-spectrumState tax hikes can be avoided this year at least.

There are three keys to this hopeful scenario.One is the Obama stimulus package. The Ameri-can Recovery & Reinvestment Act has allocatedseveral billion dollars to Pennsylvania that skilledpolitical operators believe can be spread around topatch important holes in the budget.

A second key is a consequence of the ARRA.Increased spending on major infrastructure proj-ects should yield a swift return in increased StateIncome Tax and Sales Tax receipts.

A third key is the fact the State’s slot-parlor sys-tem has not yet been fully developed. A glaringgap lies in Philadelphia, a major market now twoyears behind owing to local political pressures.Reasonable though slots opponents’ grievancesare, few seasoned observers now think they willget the same kind of support from city-basedpoliticians in 2009 that they did in 2007, whentimes were flush. Look for the remaining barriersto these casinos to come tumbling down, and wel-come new revenues to come onstream, just in timeto save the State.

Philly, Where’s Our Song?Another Opinionby Nicola Argentina

Poet, Artist, Musician The city of Philadelphia

boasts it has over 2,800wall murals. They’veearned us some small recog-nition as a city with thelargest collection of wall artin the United States – andcost a lot of money in theprocess. Still, there is noone outside the city singingthis town’s praises over the

murals.Meryl Levitz, head of the

Tourism Marketing Corp.,ran an ad campaign focusedaround “celebrity spokesper-sons” as driving the city’smessage. In the process, sheabandoned the concept of aPhiladelphia theme song.

To the contrary, the Eng-lish essayist, critic, and nov-elist, Walter Horatio Pater didnot say, “All art aspires to the

condition of painting”; rather,he intoned, “All art aspires tothe condition of music.” Sim-ilarly, the great German-bornAmerican actress, singer, andentertainer, Marlene Dietrich,knew differently. She did notsay, “I knew America by herspokespersons,” but rather, “Iknew America by her songs.”

Therefore, a greatPhiladelphia theme songwould significantly outweigh

the combination of “celebrityspokespersons” and ournearly 3,000 wall murals.

Perhaps Levitz shouldconsider launching onceagain “The Great Philadel-phia Song Competition.”Tunes like “New York, NewYork,” “Chicago, That Tod-dlin’ Town,” or “I Left MyHeart In San Francisco” areclassics heard around theworld via (mostly) the

sounds of Frank Sinatra andTony Bennett.

We do have a Philadelphiasong, supposedly. But whichof you reading this can humit or even remember we havesuch a song? It was mediocreat best! We have enough tal-ent in this town; ask KennyGamble. He’ll second thatstatement. I’m sure someonein this city has penned or willpen the kind of song that peo-

ple will remember around thecountry and the world oncethey hear it.

The great musicals of ourtime are remembered becauseof the number of songs or theone song that people andcouldn’t forget. That’s whyour city’s history, our greatpeople and their efforts stayin the back row.

So how about it, Levitz?Let’s kick off a contest.

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CCIITTYY OOFF PPHHIILLAADDEELLPPHHIIAAPublic Hearing Notice

The Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Af-fairs of the Council of the City of Philadelphia will holda Public Hearing Wednesday, March 18, 2009, at 9:00AM, in Room 400, City Hall, to hear testimony on thefollowing item:

090057 Resolution authorizing Council’s Committee onParks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs to holdpublic hearings for applicants seeking nomina-tion to serve on the Commission on Parks andRecreation, and further authorizing the Com-mittee to recommend for Council’s considera-tion nominations to be forwarded to the Mayor.

Immediately following the public hearing, a meeting ofthe Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs,open to the public, will be held to consider the action to betaken on the above listed item.

Copies of the foregoing item are available in the Office ofthe Chief Clerk of the Council, Room 402, City Hall.

Patricia RaffertyChief Clerk

CCIITTYY OOFF PPHHIILLAADDEELLPPHHIIAANotice Hearing Notice

The Committee on Licenses and Inspections of theCouncil of the City of Philadelphia will hold a PublicHearing Wednesday, March 18, 2009, at 1:00 PM, inRoom 400, City Hall, to hear testimony on the followingitem:

080650 An Ordinance amending Section 9-605 of ThePhiladelphia Code, entitled “Towing,” byamending the requirements required for TowingFrom Private Lots, Private Property and Drive-ways, all under certain terms and conditions.

Immediately following the public hearing, a meeting ofthe Committee on Licenses and Inspections, open to thepublic, will be held to consider the action to be taken onthe above listed item.

Copies of the foregoing item are available in the Office ofthe Chief Clerk of the Council, Room 402, City Hall.


Tenth Anniversary

BILL PETTIGREW joins State Rep. Curtis Thomas, JudgeJimmy Lynn, an aide to Thomas, Sean Dillon and Pat Parkin-son at the gala.

(1)PUBLIC Health experts from JIMU Foundation in attendance includedRon Bailey, Brian Robinson, Andrew Stanley and Diane Fleming Myers.(2) JUDY TAYLOR shares moment of celebration with Publisher’s wifeDolores Tayoun. (3) BOXING expert Frank Talent shares moment with JoeVento and Attorney Jerry and wife Judith Taylor. (4) MASTER OF CER-EMONIES Jonathan Saidel, 2nd from right, welcomes to gala Judge DanAnders, Leon King, Jr., Judge Jimmy Lynn and Judge Bob Mulgrew.

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Public Servant Of Year Surprised With Mummers’ Serenade

WALT VOGLER joins GOP Controllercandidate Al Schmidt and Joe DeFelice atPublic Record gala.

RECORD COLUMNISTS Joe “Waffleman” Sbaraglia and The Snooper meetPublic Record supporters.

DEMOCRATIC 1st Ward Leader Joe Hoff-man, Sr., gives Vince Guisini tips on how tobecome a judge.

MIKE “Ozzie” Myers and Judge JoeO’Neill flank Superior Court candidateJudge John Younge.

S N O O P E RColumnist tries toshake up LucretiaMinnitti.

ENJOYING birthday party wereJudges Pat Dugan and Dan Anders,Philanthropist Kal Rudman and DACandidate Seth Williams.

GOP 26TH WARD LeaderJim Dintino discusses CityCouncil with CouncilmanBill Green.

JUDGE Paula Patrick oncampaign trail with Attor-ney Zohreh Nabavi.

ELEANOR & AL Dezzi flank Joe Vento and Joe Sbaraglia.

ROSS POLI-NOW, left,finds himselfwith Judicialc a n d i d a t e sRoxanne Cov-ington andJohn Irvine andconsultant JeffFelder atRecord party.

by Dr. Nicholas DePace,M.D. FACC, FCCP

There has been contro-versy regarding the use ofstatins to lower cholesterolsince the first one, Lovastatin,was released by Merck in theearly 1980s. This class ofdrugs lowers cholesterol sig-nificantly, in some cases byup to 60%. They have beenshown to reduce heart attacksand cardiac deaths in patientsboth with and without heartdisease. The risk-benefit ratiois greater in patients with es-tablished heart disease or vas-cular disease. Here most ofthe statins have been shown to

be extremely effective in ei-ther reducing cardiac end-points of death, heart attack,or stroke, or in demonstratingreversal of plaque in variousarteries in the body.

Primary prevention in-volves preventing vascularevents in patients who do nothave established heart dis-ease. Statins are effective inthese patients, especially ifthey have an elevated CRP(which is an inflammatorymarker). This is true even ifthe total cholesterol levels arenormal. Recently a study inthe Archives of Internal Med-icine showed statins reduce

the risk of death in a cohort ofpatients with elevated choles-terol by 45% over approxi-mately five years. This was aprimary-prevention study be-cause the patients did not haveestablished heart disease.There was a primary-preven-tion study of 136,000 patientsand a secondary-preventionstudy (patients with estab-lished heart disease) of nearly94,000 patients. The individ-uals took the statin drug ap-proximately 95% of the time.They lowered their chance ofdeath by approximately 45%.This is a tremendous efficacy.Whether the patients alreadyhad heart disease or not,statins extended life and pre-vented death.

Many individuals areafraid to take statins becauseof the side effects. Some ofthese include liver-function

abnormalities. Cholesterol ismanufactured in the liver byan enzyme. The statins specif-ically inhibit this enzyme andtherefore need to, in essence,“go to the liver” to inhibit thisenzyme, which overproducescholesterol. Only a few pa-tients have abnormal liver-function tests. Generally thesetests have to go above threetimes normal, which is veryrare. Simple tests can monitorthis and the statin can bestopped if this occurs. In myexperience, this is less than1% of the time.

Muscle aches are a com-mon complaint. This oftencan be relieved by loweringthe dose of statin, taking thestatin every other day, andsubstituting to a different typestatin.

Statins commonly used areSimvastatin (Zocor), Atorvas-tatin (Lipitor), Rovustatin(Crestor), Fluvastatin (Le-scol), and Pravastatin (Prava-chol). A physician coulddetermine which would bemost appropriate for you.Several are generic and there-fore one can have a cost sav-ings. The generic statins alsowork very well. Statin drugsdo have side affects but thesecan easily be overcome. Ifone can reduce deaths by ap-proximately 45% over a five-year period of time,potentially this could be aworthwhile investment inhealth. Recently I heard oneprofessor say, “The main sideeffect of statins is longevity.”

Still there are many pa-tients who are apprehensiveabout taking statins for thecourse of their lifetime, or arevery sensitive to statins nomatter which ones are used.

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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

PHILADELPHIA COUNTY - CIVIL ACTION - LAW

Term No. 090101612

NOTICE OF ACTION IN MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE

M&T BANK, Plaintiff

vs.

BRENDA G.SUTERS, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of GLADYS SUTERS, De-

ceased, DEBORAH SUTERS, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of GLADYS

SUTERS, Deceased, LINDA MARTIN SUTERS, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of

GLADYS SUTERS, Deceased, MICHAEL SUTERS, Solely in His Capacity as Heir

of GLADYS SUTERS, Deceased, ROLAND T. SUTERS, Solely in His Capacity as

Heir of GLADYS SUTERS, Deceased, THOMAS T. SUTERS, Solely in His Capac-

ity as Heir of GLADYS SUTERS, Deceased & UNKNOWN HEIRS OF GLADYS

SUTERS, Deceased

Mortgagors and Real Owners, Defendant

TO: BRENDA G.SUTERS, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of GLADYS SUTERS,

Deceased, DEBORAH SUTERS, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of GLADYS

SUTERS, Deceased, THOMAS T. SUTERS, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of

GLADYS SUTERS, Deceased & UNKNOWN HEIRS OF GLADYS SUTERS, De-

ceased, MORTAGORS AND REAL OWNERS, DEFENDANTS whose last known

address is 5441 Hunter Street Philadelphia, PA 19131.

THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COL-

LECT A DEBT OWED TO OUR CLIENT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED

FROM YOU WILL BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING THE

DEBT.

You are hereby notified that Plaintiff M&T BANK, has filed a Mortgage Foreclosure

Complaint endorsed with a notice to defend against you in the Court of Common

Pleas of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, docketed to No. 090101612 wherein

Plaintiff seeks to foreclose on the mortgage secured on your property located, 5441

Hunter Street Philadelphia, PA 19131 whereupon your property will be sold by the

Sheriff of Philadelphia County.

N O T I C E

You have been sued in court. If you wish to defend against the claims set

forth in the following pages, you must take action within twenty (20) days after the

Complaint and notice are served, by entering a written appearance personally or by

attorney and filing in writing with the court your defenses or objections to the claims

set forth against you. You are warned that if you fail to do so the case may proceed

without you and a judgment may be entered against you by the Court without further

notice for any money claimed in the Complaint or for any other claim or relief re-

quested by the Plaintiff. You may lose money or property or other rights important

to you.

YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS PAPER TO YOUR LAWYER AT ONCE. IF

YOU DO NOT HAVE A LAWYER OR CANNOT AFFORD ONE, GO TO OR

TELEPHONE THE OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW. THIS OFFICE CAN PRO-

VIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT HIRING A LAWYER.

IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO HIRE A LAWYER, THIS OFFICE MAY

BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT AGENCIES

THAT MAY OFFER LEGAL SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS AT A RE-

DUCED FEE OR NO FEE.

COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES, INC.

Law Center North Central

3638 North Broad Street • Philadelphia, PA 19140

215-227-2400 or 215-981-3700

PHILADELPHIA BAR ASSOCIATION

One Reading Center • Philadelphia, PA 19107 • 215-238-6333

Michael T. McKeever, Attorney for Plaintiff

Goldbeck McCafferty & McKeever, PC

Suite 5000, Mellon Independence Center

701 Market Street •Philadelphia, PA 19106-1532

215-627-1322

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

PHILADELPHIA COUNTY

CIVIL ACTION - LAW

ACTION OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE

March Term 2005 No. 003433

NOTICE OF ACTION IN MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE

WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK FA

Plaintiff

vs.

JOHN DOE, IL KWANG KIM, KAREN SAVERASE & JOHN C. SAVERASE

Mortgagors and Real Owners

DefendantTO JOHN DOE MORTAGOR AND REAL OWNER, DEFENDANT whose last

known address is 2828South 64th Street Philadelphia, PA 19142.

THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COL-

LECT A DEBT OWED TO OUR CLIENT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED

FROM YOU WILL BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING THE

DEBT.

You are hereby notified that Plaintiff WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK FA, has

filed a Mortgage Foreclosure Complaint endorsed with a notice to defend against

you in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, docketed

to March Term 2005 No. 003433wherein Plaintiff seeks to foreclose on the mortgage

secured on your property located, 2828 South 64th Street Philadelphia, PA 19142

whereupon your property will be sold by the Sheriff of Philadelphia County.

N O T I C E

You have been sued in court. If you wish to defend against the claims set

forth in the following pages, you must take action within twenty (20) days after the

Complaint and notice are served, by entering a written appearance personally or by

attorney and filing in writing with the court your defenses or objections to the claims

set forth against you. You are warned that if you fail to do so the case may proceed

without you and a judgment may be entered against you by the Court without further

notice for any money claimed in the Complaint or for any other claim or relief re-

quested by the Plaintiff. You may lose money or property or other rights important

to you.

YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS PAPER TO YOUR LAWYER AT ONCE. IF

YOU DO NOT HAVE A LAWYER OR CANNOT AFFORD ONE, GO TO OR

TELEPHONE THE OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW. THIS OFFICE CAN PRO-

VIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT HIRING A LAWYER.

IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO HIRE A LAWYER, THIS OFFICE MAY

BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT AGENCIES

THAT MAY OFFER LEGAL SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS AT A RE-

DUCED FEE OR NO FEE.

PHILADELPHIA BAR ASSOCIATION

One Reading Center


215-238-6333

COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES, INC.

Law Center North Central

3638 North Broad Street


215-227-2400 or 215-981-3700

Michael T. McKeever

Attorney for Plaintiff

Goldbeck McCafferty & McKeever, PC

Suite 5000, Mellon Independence Center

701 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19106-1532

215-627-1322

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Snooper Scooper: Email from the World of Sports. I havesomething for all our PHILLIES FANS. Here is an oppor-tunity for “The traveling Public” to have a picture taken withthe WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY, and it’sFREE! The Philadelphia Airport is where it will all happenand take place. I’m told The Phillies will have their 2009Championship Trophy there for them. Just have your ‘board-ing pass’ and a camera, for your photo opportunity. Re-member this date, THURSDAY, MAR. 12, happens to beTODAY!Snooper SPECIAL: For ALL OUR LOYAL READERS,OUR LOYAL ADVERTISERS and, of course, ALL OFYOU, you made our 10th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONone we will never forget. Because of you, it was a tremen-dous success. Did you get to see me?Snooper’s “Aftermath”: The CHRIS WRIGHT TRIAL isover and done. Now, all we have left is the sentencing byThe Judge. I’m wondering if he’ll be joining a former Coun-cilman named RICK MARIANO. The latest on Mariano hashim wanting to get out early, citing GOOD BEHAVIOR,and also being a “MODEL PRISONER”. He says he’s readyto serve his constituents. RICKY, we are NOT READY foryou!Snooper’s “Double Bubble” Files: Last week, two ofradio’s biggest ICONS passed away. PAUL HARVEY andhis “REST OF THE STORY” will be missed. We here inPhiladelphia also lost an ICON in the person of FRANKFORD. He was the loving husband of our D.A. HON.LYNNE ABRAHAM. We all remember him from two local

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Yo! Here we go again with some tips on life, sent to me by my friend Ginger. Ithought you would enjoy them as much as I did. Ready?

Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimateanti-depressant. / Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. / Tape your late-night showsand get more sleep. / When you wake up in the morning, complete the following statement,‘My purpose is to _____ today.’

Live with the 3 Es: Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy. / Play more games andread more books than you did in 2007. / Make time to practice meditation, and prayer. Theyprovide us with daily fuel for our busy lives. / Spend time with people over the age of 70 andunder the age of six. / Dream more while you are awake.

Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufacturedin plants. / Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat blueberries, wild Alaskan salmon, broc-coli, almonds and walnuts. / Try to make at least three people smile each day. / Clear clut-ter from your house, your car, your desk and let new and flowing energy into your life. /Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip or issues of the past, negative thoughts or thingsyou cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.

Realize life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of thecurriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class, but the lessons you learn will last alifetime. / Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with amaxed-out charge card. / Smile and laugh more. It will keep the negative blues away. / Lifeisn’t fair, but it’s still good. / Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does. / You don’t have to win everyargument. Agree to disagree. / Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present. /Don’t compare your life to others’. You have no idea what their journey is all about. / Noone is in charge of your happiness except you.

Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay intouch. / Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful. / Envy is a waste of time.You already have all you need. / The best is yet to come. / No matter how you feel, get up,dress up and show up.

Please tell this to everyone you care about. I just did.

COUNCILMAN JIM KENNEY is the guest of honor at a Kenney for Council fundraiserto be held at the Sheraton Society Hill, 2nd & Dock Streets, on Thursday, Mar. 12, 6-9 p.m.It includes traditional Irish food, entertainment and beer and wine. You can get additional in-formation by calling (215) 520-6953. This is always a fun affair. Parts of the proceeds areused for various charitable ventures sponsored by the Councilman.

JUDGE JIMMY LYNN, who is a candidate for the Commonwealth Court and endorsedby a vote of the Democratic Party held in Harrisburg, will hold his annual St. Patrick’s Daybreakfast at the well-known Irish watering spot The Plough & Stars Restaurant which is at2nd Street above Chestnut. It includes Irish music, dancing for those who can limber up at 7:30in the morning and a traditional Irish breakfast which would include scones, brown bread,tea, coffee and juice. Guests are invited to make their entertainment contribution in the formof a song, a poem, a toast or a reading, even a joke. The price is a reasonable $25; checksshould be made payable to The Plough & Stars. Besides hosting this very entertaining break-fast, Jimmy has been campaigning throughout the state to win the primary for one of the twoseats currently available in the Commonwealth Court.

Moonstones in St. Peter’s Church will have a presentation by JACK FRUCHTMAN onWednesday, Mar. 11 beginning at 6:00 p.m. on “Thomas Payne: Apostle of Freedom.” Itwill be at St. Peter’s Church at 3rd & Pine Streets in Philadelphia.

Sunday Brunch will be held with S. J. ROZAN and LEIGHTON GAGE at Les BonsTemps, 114 S. 12th Street, sponsored by Robins’ Books Crime Fiction Book Club. There isno charge and it is open to everyone. The host is DEEN KOGAN, director of the SocietyHill Playhouse.

SEN. MIKE STACK will host a St. Patrick’s Day Party at Somerton Springs on Friday,Mar. 13 beginning at 8:00 p.m. Irish music and an outstanding buffet featuring, among otherdelicacies, corned beef and cabbage is included in the price of $40, as well as wine and beer.It promises to be an evening filled with laughter and song. All candidates for office, espe-cially judges, are invited to attend. Somerton Springs can be reached by driving north onBustleton Avenue until you reach County Line Road, which takes you into Bucks Co. Im-mediately on your left is Somerton Springs. Chairpersons for the event are ROSEMARYCUTRERA and HENRY WINKLESPECHT.

First of two partsThat many of the people participating in Seth Williams’

campaign for District Attorney, including the candidate him-self, are former Obama campaigners is no accident. He’susing the Obama model, a model that includes a Facebookpage, email blasts on an almost daily basis, and lots and lotsof change.

I spent a few moments with the former Assistant DA tofind out why he wanted to take another run at the top job,what he hopes to do for the city, and why he probably won’tget the endorsement of current DA Lynne Abraham.

PR: What made you decide you wanted to make an-other run for District Attorney?

SW: I was an assistant DA for over 10 years. It was agreat job and I loved trying to help the citizens and the chal-lenge of it. But at the same time, the criminal-justice systemin Philadelphia is broken. Philadelphia leads the nation inthe rate of homicides by handguns. The leading cause ofdeath for Black men under 35 is homicide. Fifty-nine per-cent of the felony cases here get thrown out because theDA’s office isn’t ready to prosecute. Philadelphians are notgetting justice and we’re wasting too much money in thesystem for that. There has to be a better way.

PR: When you say that there has to be a better way,what do you mean?

SW: There should be more community-based justice. Thecity is broken down into Detective Divisions and Police Dis-tricts. Crime has patterns. For example, there are more cars

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The problem with socialism is eventu-ally you run out of other people’s moneyto give away. By way of a local example,we had one tiny snowstorm this winterand not one street was plowed. As I restedafter digging out my car, I caught a storyabout the Philadelphia Housing Author-ity’s groundbreaking on a $46,000,000

affordable-housing project with “first-class amenities.”That’s our money and besides, I thought the City was broke.I’m not against giving the less fortunate a hand, but am Ibeing selfish about wanting my street plowed? The hard-working people of this town pay more per capita in taxesthan any other city in the US. Under MICHAEL NUT-TER, your taxes will go up, but don’t hold your breathwaiting for a snowplow. The sound of screeching tires youjust heard was another taxpaying citizen bolting for the sub-urbs.

Newsflash! Club for Growth CEO PAT TOOMEY isabsolutely running for US Senate in 2010. Word on thestreet is he has already secured the commitment of many in-fluential Elephant Ward Leaders, potential candidates, andassorted Philly movers and shakers. This is not good newsfor SEN. ARLEN SPECTER.

I want to give a shout out those outstanding individualson our GOP team who’ve been pounding the pavement andgetting signatures for our candidates. It’s thankless work in-deed. ARTHUR BARLOW was doing the toil of 10 men,not only for his own North Philly Ward, but also for count-less other wards in the city. RSC Southeast CoordinatorJOE DeFELICE was also doing yeoman’s work, onceagain proving he never asks anyone to do work he isn’t will-ing to do himself. I heard PHIL INNAMORATO was

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(Cont. from Prev. Page)doing an excellent job in the65th. Countless others likeFRED HESS, SUZANNEHANEY, CHRIS VOGLER,LINDA WOLFE BATE-MAN, MIKE CIBIK and ourvery own Controller candidateAL SCHMIDT knocked onthousands of doors and askeda very simple question: Are

you happy about how this cityhas turned out after 60+ yearsof Democrat rule? The dirtylittle secret is most people areoutraged. We need to harnessthat fury.

It was fabulous to seeeveryone Monday night at thePublic Record tribute to agreat conservative business-man and philanthropist, JOEYVENTO. JIMMT TAY-OUN, TONY WEST, thetemporarily single RORYMcGLASSON and all ourwonderful team are the best ofthe best. Pachyderms, peaceout!

(Cont. from Prev. Page)stolen at Franklin Mills;meanwhile more homicidesoccur in the 22nd and 23rd

and 16th and 17th Dusts.If I’m elected, the Dis-

trict Attorneys will be as-signed to neighborhoods.Right now, 59% of the casescurrently given to DAs aregiven to them the night be-fore they go into the court-room. Because of this, thereare a lot of people whodon’t trust the DA’s officebecause they don’t thinkthey’ll get justice. If an at-torney is assigned to aneighborhood, they get thechance to work with com-munity groups, neighbors,the police and other stake-holders in the community.

PR: Right now the Cityis in a big cash crunch.How will you be able topull that off with a $1 bil-

lion deficit to consider?SW: By having commu-

nity-based Assistant DAs,we’ll be able to save moneyin Police overtime. Becauseof how the office is cur-rently structured, we don’tnotify the Police quicklyenough that they’re neededin court. This way, we’ll beable to notify them sooner.We’ll also be able to admin-ister justice more quickly.Fifty-eight percent of thepeople currently in jail arethere because they’re wait-ing for trial or have been in-volved in a continued case.We pay the cost per day fortheir prison stay. We’ll beable to practice more effi-cient justice.

We have to be smart oncrime, not just tough on it.We have to make sure we’respending the taxpayer’smoney efficiently.

Next week: Part II of myinterview with SethWilliams.

(Cont. from Prev. Page)radio stations, WPEN andWWDB-FM. His friend, IRVHOMER, stated, “He was areal ‘pussycat’ and a gentle-man, whom I had the pleasureof working with.”Snooper’s Court NewsDept.: The 1st Judicial Dist.has two of THE BEST Pro-fessional Umpires in thisCity. One is Mr. ED RE-MENTER, baseball and soft-ball, and the other is from

The Prothonotary’s Office,RON BRUNNER. He used toumpire games for The North-east Peanut League but he hasmoved up “the ladder of suc-cess”. SNOOPER ALERT: Mr.Mayor, I have an offer youcannot refuse. You keep allthe money you’re making onRECYCLING, and forget theridiculous FEE for my trash.Hey, I’ll take it anywhere Iwant, and I’ll make more than$5 because I was alreadygiven a price for it. I agreewith Council Persons HON.BILL GREEN and HON.

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SnooperOut & AboutJANNIE BLACKWELL thisis a crazy idea.

by Len LearAs I’ve written before in

this column, if there is such athing as a silver lining to thevery dark economic cloudhanging over the entire coun-try, it’s the dramatically re-duced prices offered by manyrestaurants — from midscaleto the most upscale — to ex-tract those dollars that con-sumers are increasinglyreluctant to part with.

My wife and I and ournext-door neighbors, for ex-ample, recently had a com-plete three-course dinner,with choice of lobster orsteak as the main course, atLondon Grill, the long-run-ning gastropub at 2301 Fair-mount Avenue in the ArtMuseum area, for just$18.95 per person, with twoglasses of wine thrown into

the mix forjust $5apiece. Theportions weremodest, butthe food wasfine, defi-

nitely a tremendous bargain(good at least through the endof March). For more infor-mation, call 215-978-4545 orvisit www.londongrill.com.

Four of us also went lastweek to the Iron Hill Brew-ery & Restaurant in theShoppes at English Village,1460 Bethlehem Pike (atWelsh Road) in North Wales(Iron Hill has six other loca-tions in the area), for anothergreat deal that’s good untilthe end of March.

We had a char-grilledAngus top sirloin steak in amushroom sauce with three-cheese macaroni, precededby a wedge salad with bluecheese or ranch dressing, forjust $17.95. Consideringdowntown steak houses areselling steaks for $35 to $50,with side dishes and salads

costing extra, this is a greatprice. And while this foodwill not be pictured on thecover of Gourmet magazine,it has a chance to make it intoRecession Fighter magazine(if there is one), and thereare lots of excellent micro-brews made on the premises.For more information, call(267) 708-2000 or visitwww.ironhillbrewery.com.

Now restaurant critics (ofwhom I am not one becausemy critical faculties are notfine-tuned enough, and mypalate does not have an ad-vanced degree) can be apretty snobbish lot. Mostusually have very little to saythat’s positive about down-scale and midscale chains,for example, although thosechains could obviously notexist if millions of consumersdid not think they were pro-viding good value for themoney.

The region’s most influen-tial critic, the PhiladelphiaInquirer’s Craig LaBan, hasconsistently derided even the

most upscale seafood andsteak chains for their allegedlack of imagination and inno-vation, the fact that theirchefs are usually required tofollow “corporate” recipes,etc.

And I will admit for yearsI have also shunned mostchains as if they were servingsauteed salmonella. I havenot been to any fast-foodrestaurant except Subway inabout 20 years. And up untilrecently, I had never steppedfoot in any midscale chainsuch as Red Lobster, RubyTuesday’s, TGI Friday’s,

Bennigan’s, Houlihan’s, etc.But the current economic

recession/depression ischanging many lifestyles, in-cluding ours, so we recentlyhad dinner for the first timeat an Olive Garden (1346Chestnut Street), and now Ican understand why this eco-nomic plunge is probably abonanza for them. They wereso crowded our party of fourhad to wait for more than 30minutes to be seated.

I never thought I’d writethe following words about anOlive Garden, but the foodvalue was worth the wait. Ihad an entree of pasta andshrimp for $10.95, and therewas so much free salad andbreadsticks (unlimited — andquite tasty), we wound uptaking some of the entreeshome. A super bargain. Formore information, call (215)546-7950.

And just a few days agowe made our first visit everto an Applebee’s, the largestcasual-dining chain in theworld with about 2000

restaurants in 49 states and17 foreign countries. We ateat the Applebee’s in the An-dorra Shopping Center inUpper Roxborough, althoughthere is also one at 215 S.15th Street, where Book-binder’s used to be, as wellas three in Northeast Phillyand one on City Line Av-enue. All have the samemenu.

Talk about recessionfighters! Of all the impres-sive dining bargains we’vesampled, the best is the al-most unbelievable deal atApplebee’s. At least throughthe end of March, two peoplecan share a large appetizerlike boneless Buffalo wings,spinach and artichoke dip,etc., and two entrees from agroup of nine, including asirloin steak and a basket ofribs, for $20. That’s not $20per person; it’s $20 total forboth people! Mind-boggling.For more information, call(215) 482-2805 or visitwww.applebees.com.

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Hacking, gagging andhonking like a goose – they’re

just a few of the coughingsounds that puzzle “dog par-ents” everywhere. So when isa cough serious enough towarrant a vet visit? “Everycough does. Even the mostcommon-sounding cough canbe an indication of a very se-rious health problem, likeheart disease and heart fail-ure,” says Board Certified

veterinary cardiologist Dr.Megan King, VMD, ACVIM.

Like humans, dogs cough.“Dog coughs can vary insound, seriousness and cause,adding to the confusion for petowners,” says Dr. King, ofthe Center for Animal Refer-ral & Emergency Services inLanghorne, Pa. As a special-ist, heart disease and heartfailure top the list of reasonsto treat coughing dogs. “Acough is one of the first signsa pet may be suffering fromheart disease,” explains Dr.King, “which can be fatal.”

There are many more rea-sons why dogs cough. Dr.

King cites respiratory airwaydisease, collapsing trachea, in-fectious diseases and cancer aspossible causes.

“The method of treatmentfor a coughing dog is deter-mined, first, by diagnosing the

underlying cause. Taking x-rays of the dog’s chest is thebest way to ’picture’ what isgoing on in the lungs,” shesays. “The good news is, inmost cases, there is somethingthat to treat a cough.”

by Michael A. Cibik, Esquire

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Question: When can Iapply for credit again after abankruptcy?

Answer: The decisionwhether to grant you credit inthe future is strictly up to the

creditor and varies from credi-tor to creditor. There is no lawthat prevents anyone from ex-tending credit to you immedi-ately after the filing of abankruptcy, but creditors aren’trequired to extend you credit.

Next week’s question: Wholets my creditors know I’ve filedfor bankruptcy?




The Committee on Licenses and Inspections of the Council of the City of Philadelphia willhold a Public Hearing Wednesday, March 18, 2009, at 1:00 PM, in Room 400, CityHall, to hear testimony on the following item:

080953 An Ordinance amending Subcode “P” (The Philadelphia Plumbing Code) ofTitle 4 of The Philadelphia Code (“The Philadelphia Building ConstructionAnd Occupancy Code”) by providing for the use of ABS plastic pipe andPVC plastic pipe, under certain terms and conditions.

Immediately following the public hearing, a meeting of the Committee on Licenses and In-spections, open to the public, will be held to consider the action to be taken on the abovelisted item.

Copies of the foregoing item are available in the Office of the Chief Clerk of the Council,Room 402, City Hall.



The Committee on the Environment of the Council of the City of Philadelphia will holda Public Hearing Tuesday, March 17, 2009, at 10:00 AM, in Room 400, City Hall, tohear testimony on the following item:

080025 An Ordinance amending Chapter 17-100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled“Procurement Contracts,” by adding a new Section, providing that any con-tract for the construction, extension or major renovation of certain buildings,paid for with public funds, contain a provision requiring the contractor to cer-tify that a certain level in energy and design efficiency will be achieved, inaccordance with the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design(LEED) Rating System, or that equivalent standards will be met, requiringLEED certified professionals, and by providing for penalties, all under cer-tain terms and conditions.

Immediately following the public hearing, a meeting of the Committee on the Environment,open to the public, will be held to consider the action to be taken on the above listed item.




The Committee on Public Safety of the Council of the City of Philadelphia will hold a Pub-lic Hearing Wednesday, March 18, 2009, at 3:00 PM, in Room 400, City Hall, to heartestimony on the following item:

080750 An Ordinance amending Title 10 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Reg-ulation of Individual Conduct and Activity,” by amending Chapter 10-300,entitled “Minors,” by providing for the establishment of a daytime curfewfor minors of compulsory school age on days when such minors are requiredto be in school, providing for penalties, adding definitions and making cer-tain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.

Immediately following the public hearing, a meeting of the Committee on Public Safety,open to the public, will be held to consider the action to be taken on the above listed item.



(Cont. deom Page 14)There are alternatives to

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Thomas Rallies Against District Plan To Close William Penn High School Philadelphia School District

Superintendent Dr. ArleneAckerman admits she flunkedher first test … called “Naminga Plan.”

She issued a five-year planput together by some 300Philadelphians involved in var-ious phases of education andcalled it “Imagine 2014”. Shenow admits, “There wouldhave been less headache had Icalled it what it really is. whichis a ‘Back To Basics’ plan.”

That would get her a pass-ing grade from some of theelected State officials whospend much time in Harrisburglobbying for additional schoolfunds. But she still would get afailure mark from House Inter-governmental Affairs Commit-tee Chairman State Rep. W.Curtis Thomas.

The Imagine 2014 plan in-cludes William Penn HS,which is home to many stu-dents living in his 181st Leg-islative Dist. It is one of 35underperforming schools thatare to be closed, restaffed fromscratch, and refurbished in theprocess.

She ducked a meeting Mon-day night which the Represen-tative called on behalf of hiscommunity. He had invited herto come. Instead, she sentmembers of her staff. Theywere greeted by several irateparents, students and commu-nity leaders. Thomas said hehoped they would convey toher the strength and intensity ofthe opposition she faced on herplan.

She has scheduled six com-munity meetings to explain theprogram. The third will be

held at South Philadelphia HS;others will follow at NortheastHS, Pepper MS and Girls HS.All will run two hours, from 6to 8 p.m. Those attending willbe tratee to dinner with childcare rpovided. One needs toRSVP Denis Hurst at (215)400-5837 or respond todhurst@ philasd.org to insurea seat.

That should give her somecontrol of the crowds attend-ing, which wasn’t the case atThomas’ meeting.

Her plans for William PennHS call for creating a new K-12 school on the current sitethat utilizes the five independ-ent buildings which make upthe William Penn campus, orcreating a magnet school andworkforce training center orbuilding a new small school forWilliam Penn HS Communitywhich would number 653 stu-dents.

Thomas says there are“compelling reasons why Wiil-liam Penn should remain open.It is the only comprehensivepublic high school east ofBroad Street between SpringGarden, Hunting Park and 5thStreet to Broad Street.”

Dr. Ackerman’s plan hopes

to remedy the fact the Districthas a 47% dropout rate. Shecites, “In many of our failingschools the dropout rate ishigher than the District aver-age. Too many schools havefailed students for many years,some for a decade or more. Itis time the district stop tolerat-ing mediocrity, failure or ex-cuses about why we cannotprovide great schools and greatchoices for all families.”

But Thomas points out withthe exception of Edison HS,William Penn is the newesthigh school in North CentralPhiladelphia, built in 1971. “Itis illogical for the District toclose one of the newer schools.It is the only high school inNorth Central with an outdoortrack, a football and baseballfield, AAU approved-swim-ming pool, gym, fullyequipped exercise and dancerooms, and state-of-the-artcommunications equipment.”

Thomas said, “Sending the653 students from WilliamPenn to Benjamin Franklin HSwould be a recipe for disaster.It would result in larger classsizes for students with alreadychallenging academic and per-sonal needs.”

PROTESTING School District plan naming William PennHigh school as one of 35 underperforming schools to beclosed, State Rep. W. Curtis Thomas conducts press con-ference announcing formation of opposition coalition.

(Cont. From Page 1)They are: for District At-

torney, Dan McCaffery; forCity Controller, AlanButkovitz; for SupremeCourt, Jack Panella; for Su-perior Court, Judge John Mil-ton Younge, Jr.; forCommonwealth Court,Stephen Pollock; for Court ofCommon Pleas, SharonLosier, Judges Joyce Eubanksand Angeles Roca, T. FrancisShields, Roxanne Covington,Dawn Tancredi and Joe Wa-ters; and for Municipal Court,

Judge Pat Dugan and JohnIrvine.

Staten and Gillespie eachtook the occasion to say thiswas labor’s strong effort tolevel the playing field for theaverage worker in front of thecourts. Staten added, “In thehigher courts, victory usuallygoes to those with money whocan hire the best attorneys.Our selection in those courtsis candidates who will makesure justice is decided onmerit and not who looks goodpleading a case.”

Outside of the DemocraticCity Committee endorsement,these are considered to be ofthe most valuable. With themgoes the rest of the BuildingTrades.

McCaffery gets an extraboost in his efforts to becomethe next District Attorneywith expected endorsementsfrom the Firefighters Unionand DC 47, the municipalwhite-collar workers.

The Oak Lane DemocraticTeam, led by Marion Wim-bush, has endorsed this slate.

Laborers District Council Endorses Slate

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(Cont. From Page 1)a young age,” he said.

Adam has a life long com-mitment to community serv-ice. He served as the presidentof the South Seventh StreetRedevelopment Association.He has been a volunteer to theMiss Columbus Day.

He attended the GeorgeWashington University, inWashington D.C., receiving aB.A. in Public Affairs. Aspart of his education he at-tended Catholic Universityand St. Louis University inSpain. He subsequently at-tended the Thomas M. CooleyLaw School, in Lansing,Mich. While in law school, hesuccessfully competed on hislaw school’s National Trial

Team.After law school, Adam

became a law clerk andworked for the Hon. LouisG.F. Retacco (dec.), Hon.

Eric Lilian (ret.), and theHon. John O’Grady at theCriminal Justice Center inCenter City. He now practicesin Philadelphia and New Jer-sey.

Adam married his partner,Christine (Hope) Beloff, Esq.,a well-known criminal-de-fense and family-law attorney.Their Center City practice in-cludes divorce, alimony, childsupport, child custody, adop-tion, name changes, child re-location, asset protection,domestic violence and relatedmatters. Adam also representsclients with their personal-in-jury claims and real-estatetransactions. Adam is also acertified mediator and arbitra-tor.

Seniors Inspire Judicial Candidate

ADAM BELOFF, candidatefor Common Pleas Court,listens to senior as theydance a few steps at SouthPhiladelphia Older AdultCenter.

Carmen Salutes Vento at Swan

A few years ago, when Ibelonged to the DemocraticWomen of Philadelphia andour dearly departed Commit-teewoman Angela Cinquinowas the president, we had aChristmas fundraiser forCongressman Bob Brady atThe Waterfall Room. I wason one side of Bob and shewas on the other. Angelahanded the Congressman themicrophone. He took it,stared straight at the back ofthe room where the bountifulbuffet was laid out and said,“I know I’ve arrived in life.I just saw my name baked inbread!”

Carmen D’Aquilante,owner of the award-winningSwan Caterers, laughs whenhe hears the story. I need toknow more. “About 18 yearsago, a salesman walked inwith bread. Just for kicks, Iasked him spell a name inbread. The next day he cameback with my name twistedout in a baked loaf. He gotthe contract and we’ve beendoing it ever since.”

D’Aquilante’s parentsstarted a deli 42 years ago at19th & Hoffman Streets. Hismother’s recipes were sogood they started to caterand expanded to 15th &Shunk Streets. “It’s difficultto survive in South Philly.Everybody is a good cook.You can’t serve Ragù and

get away with it,” he lets meknow. “People watch theFood Channel. I go back tothe archives. Look at po-lenta. I remember this whenI was kid. We called it

mush. Now you can order itat fine restaurants. I pridemyself on the Italian foodbut I also have internationalcuisine and menus, African,Caribbean, Asian. Youname it, we can do it for allcultural groups. In 1968, Iwas the first to do the mini-hoagie. Everyone does themnow but I started thattrend.”

In 1984, he saw an op-portunity to expand andbought the old IronworkersUnion Hall at Water & Sny-der Avenue. “I’ve been in

the food business since I was13 years old. I put out pret-zels and potato chips at theold Holy Ghost Hall at 21st& Wolf. My 85-year-oldmother still goes to workwearing her starched whiteshirt. I have three children:Crystal, 24, Joy, 21, andFrankie, 16. Crystal is ahairdresser but Joy andFrankie are involved withthe business. My customersare in their third generationalso. I see the parents andgrandparents now bookingbaptism and communionparties.” What’s the secret,I ask? “Very simple,” he an-swers. “In a word: consis-tency. It’s the most difficultthing, but you must maintainit. I put in 14-16 hours daysto maintain the reputation.

“I give to schools andcommunity. My business isword of mouth because ofit.” Asked about his food he-roes, he quickly points outhis late father: “He startedall this and I have some bigshoes to fill”; icon FrankPalumbo “He was the origi-nal South Philly philanthro-pist”; and, of course, JoeyVento. “Over the last 20years Joey has given awaymillions. And that’s thegross, not the net. He does-n’t take out for the bread,meat or salaries. He justgives it.”

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