Vol. III No. 80 (444) Keeping You Posted With The Politics Of Philadelphia May 2, 2012

WILL STATE LAWMAKERS from N.E. Phila. Sen. Mike Stack and Rep. Mike

McGeehan be able to spur City of Phila. into collecting that $470 million in un-

paid property taxes it’s owed? Maybe – if they stop City from raising anybody’s

rates until all old money is in first.

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C a l e n d a rMay 4- Carpenters JointApprenticeship Committee hostsannual Contest & Open Houseat Training Facility, 10401 De-catur Rd., 8 a.m.-5 p.m. For infoDirector Charles T. Brock (215)824-2300.

May 5- Historic AMEChurch’s Rev. Dr. Mary LouMoore of “I Can Ministries,Inc.” and Wells Fargo Bank host“I Can Empowerment Expo”,1at Union AME Church, 1600W. Jefferson St., 10 a.m.-3p.m.All invited to attend. Activitiesinclude financial workshops,breakout sessions for all ages.Family event. For info Dr.Moore (215) 920-8604.

May 7- Fundraiser forPhila. 9/11 Memorial at Pub &Grub, 2001 Hamilton St., 6-9p.m. Open bar, food. Donation$30. For info Joe Eastman (609)290-8803.

May 11- State Rep. RonWaters hosts Senior HealthExpo & Luncheon for 191st

House Dist. at KIPP W. Phila.Charter Sch., 5900 BaltimoreAve., 11 a.m.-2 pm. Free. Forinfo (215) 748-6712.

May 15- Mothers InCharge hosts 9th AnniversaryCelebration at Penn’s LandingCaterers, 1301 S. ColumbusBlvd., 5:30 p.m. For info

Dorothy Johnson Speight,Mothers In Charge, 1415 N.Broad St., Suite 229, Phila., PA19122.

May 17- 1st Annual SpringSocial for Chapel of Four Chap-lains, 1201 Constitution Ave.,Bldg. 649 in Navy Yard, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $20 Early Bird, byMay 16. At door, $25. For info(215) 218-1943 orEvents@Fourchaplains.org.

May 19- Asian PacificAmerican Heritage Month Cele-bration at Franklin Sq. Park, 6th

& Race, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

May 23- Jobs With Justiceannual Solidarity Reception atDistrict 1199C, 1319 Locust St.,5:30-7:30 p.m. To be honoredare Henry Nicholas, Jody Dodd,Jim Savage, Amanda Geraci andOccupy Phila.

Jun. 10- St. Edmond’sParish Centennial Dinner atPenn’s Landing Caterers, 1301S. Columbus Blvd., 2-6 p.m.Ticket $65 with a cash bar. Forinfo (215) 334-3755.

Jun. 15-16-7- Annual St. MaronChurch Lebanese Festival onEllsworth Street beween 10thand 11th. Friday from 5 pm,Saturday and Sunday from 11a.m. No admission. All wel-come. Authentic Middle Eastcuisine and entertainment.

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Dems Call Guv’s Budget

Numbers ‘Way Off’Senate Democratic Leader Jay

Costa and Senate DemocraticAppropriations Chair VincentHughes offered the followingcomments regarding today’s In-dependent Fiscal Office RevenueEstimate Report, which stated theprojected shortfall will be $300million, not $719 million as re-ported by the Governor duringhis budget presentation earlierthis year.

Costa remarked, “The Inde-pendent Fiscal Office release ofits independent preliminary esti-mate of the fiscal condition ofPennsylvania confirms what Sen-ate Democrats have predictedsince the Governor made hisbudget presentation in February.The governor’s estimated deficitof more than $700 million wasway off target.

“There now is no questionthere will be far more availabledollars to restore key budget linesthat support job creation, educa-tion, safety-net programs and in-vestments for the future.

“Funds are tight and resourcesmust be stretched. However, it isclear the administration does notneed to cut so deeply into socialsafety-net programs, educationand human services that impactso many.”

“Hughes was scathing: “For asecond year, the Governor hasmiscalculated the revenues. TheIndependent Fiscal Office has re-inforced what Senate Democratshave argued for months. There isadditional funding available, byIFO estimates, of more than $800million.

“With April’s revenue collec-tions reducing our current short-fall to below $289 million, thelikelihood is our yearend shortfallcould be below $200 million,providing even more state rev-enue.

“Instead of providing falsechoices – pitting seniors againststudents – we have the option todo so much more – restore edu-cation, protect our social safetynet programs and tackle our num-ber one priority – job creation.

“The devastating cuts the Gov-ernor has proposed should be setaside and a new fiscal plan devel-oped that is reconciled with thenew revenues. Pennsylvania canmove forward if it moves awayfrom the Governor’s fuzzybudget numbers based on rheto-ric, not arithmetic.”

Corbett Confirms

Philly AppointeesGov. Tom Corbett announced

confirmations of his appoint-ments by the Pennsylvania Senateon Apr. 30. Three Philadelphians

were named to state positions.

Placed on the Council ofTrustees of Cheyney Universitywere Larry C. Skinner and

Joseph I. Wells.

John Paone was appointed tosit on the Pennsylvania HousingFinance Agency.

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Daily WafflesFrom Joe Sbaraglia (The Waffleman)

AIR RAID BOXES- DuringWorld War II, storage boxeswere used for air-raid sup-plies and were placed in var-ious neighborhoods. Theywere large wooden boxeswith slanted, lift lids thatwere padlocked. In these

boxes, the air-raid wardenskept their helmets, armbands, shovels, ropes andfire buckets. These itemswere to be used in the remotechance of an air-raid. Theboxes remained long aftertheir need.

ACCENT- In SouthPhiladelphia, some words arepronounced uniquely. Theyare spoken with a distinctiveaccent. The residents don’tthink they have an accent.Non-residents however, usu-ally detect it. These wordsappear in their phoneticspelling, approximating theSouth Philadelphia accent.Pronounce them as you readthem. Each has an exampleexplaining their usage.

ACTION IN THE AFTER-NOON - was a live westernshow from Hubberly, Mont.However, Hubberly wasn't inMontana. It wasn’t even westof the Mississippi River.Hubberly, Mont. was locatedin Philadelphia, just west ofthe Schuylkill River, at CityAvenue & Monument Road.There, behind the WCAUtelevision studio, Channel 10had a western town built. Itwas a western set used forthe first live Western TVshow. “Action in the After-noon” was broadcast live,daily on the CBS network na-tionwide. You could visit theset on weekends, when theywere not broadcasting.

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Sen. Williams’ Protégée

Falls Short In 188th by John Kromer and

David Lynn

In the 188th Dist., which en-compasses University City,Spruce Hill, Cedar Park andparts of Southwest Philadelphia,The outcome of a fiercely con-tested primary was: James R.Roebuck, 3,888 votes (55.77%);Fatimah Loren Muhammad,3,081 votes (44.20%).

A billboard displaying thewell-known Obama “Hope”image, accompanied by an imageof State Representative candidateFatimah Muhammad in a similarstyle, can be seen by voters ahalf-block away from the 46thWard, 19th Division pollingplace, the Garden Court Plaza,located at 47th & Pine. Muham-mad posters are taped to tele-phone poles lining the approachto the polling site. Outside the en-trance to Garden Court, Muham-mad campaign workers aredistributing sample ballots andflyers, including a Liberty Cityflyer urging voters to “Be part ofhistory by voting for … FA-TIMAH MUHAMMAD — help-ing to elect the first out membersof the LGBT community to the

state legislature in the history ofPennsylvania!”

In 2010, Roebuck won 46/19with 220 of 223 votes cast in thisdivision (he was virtually unchal-lenged in that race). This time, atotal of 235 votes were cast in46/19, with 182 for Roebuck and53 for Muhammad.

In all, Muhammad won 10 ofthe 23 divisions in the 46th, Roe-buck’s home ward. Although shelost the 46th Ward decisively,Muhammad won the 60th Ward’snine divisions (south of Marketbetween 45th and 52nd), 682-443, and nearly matched Roe-buck’s results in the 51st Ward’s11 divisions (south of BaltimoreAvenue between 50th and 58thStreets). Roebuck’s victory wasmade possible in large part bysubstantial margins in the Uni-versity City-oriented divisionsbetween 45th and 49th Streets,where he outpolled Muhammadby as much as 5 to 1, as well asby his 522-277 victory overMuhammad in the 27th Ward’s18th division (east of 45th , southof Market).

According to a Roebuck sup-

porter outside the polling placefor the 46th Ward’s 1st Division,located opposite the St. Francisde Sales Catholic church, manyof the parents picking up theirchildren at the de Sales parochialschool that afternoon were Roe-buck supporters — this electionwas about a lot more than vouch-ers (a barrage of negative adver-tising by the Muhammadcampaign during the weeks lead-ing up to the election had por-trayed Roebuck as a staunchopponent of school, choice).Roebuck won the 1st division de-cisively, with 141 votes toMuhammad’s 34 (in 2010, Roe-buck had received 155 votes inthe 1st Division).

Muhammad raised enoughmoney to mount a credible cam-paign against Roebuck. In 2012cycle 1 and cycle 2 alone sheraised $75,195.03 – $49,400.00,or almost 2/3, through PAC con-tributions. Roebuck, on the otherhand, began 2012 with$42,106.92 in the bank, andraised an additional $21,841.83in 2012 cycle 1 and cycle 2 togive him a total of $63,948.75available to spend. Of thisamount, $23,050.00 came from

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PACs, and $13,950.00 camefrom individual contributions. Ofthe PAC contributions, $500.00came from APPAC (Associatesof PA PAC) which appears tohave received large sums ofmoney from well-heeled donorsover the past few years, includingcharter-school proponent VahanH. Gureghian. Additional educa-tion-related contributions camefrom Faculty Federation of theCommunity College of Philadel-phia ($500) and PhiladelphiaFederation of Teachers Commit-tee to Support Public Education($5,000).

During 2011 and 2012, Roe-buck's campaign had only$48,963.51 in expenses.$6,444.00 of this amount was inpublic relations work. Therewere no staff, payroll, or volun-teer expenses in 2011 or 2012,indicating Roebuck was intent onusing the well-established Demo-cratic machine in West Philadel-phia to turn out votes for him. Onthe other hand, Muhammad spent$25,259.90 on canvassers andcanvassing related expenditures.She also spent $13,118.77 onwages for staff in 2012.

Two takeaways from the can-didacy of Muhammad and certainother candidates in the 2010 pri-mary:

1. The SuperPACs havenow entered the city limits. Thepro-voucher Students First PACthat funded a major portion ofState Sen. Anthony HardyWilliams’ 2010 statewide cam-paign for Governor was a majorcontributor to Muhammad’s cam-paign, and this PAC and otherslike it have the potential to be-come a force in local Philadel-phia politics. For a SuperPAC, apolitical campaign represents ashort-term investment that canproduce long-term benefits if thecandidate wins. Will other Super-PACs — both right- and left-leaning — get involved inPhiladelphia politics in the fu-ture? With a growing population,a revitalized downtown, andnewly-trendy neighborhoodsemerging despite the setbacks ofthe recession, Philadelphia couldbe viewed as a promising loca-tion for political investment byoutsiders—with serious conse-quences for the city.

2. Williams has made majoradvances in building a politicalinfrastructure – one that includeschallengers such as Muhammadand other Students First-sup-ported candidates, as well as re-cently elected officials such as2nd Dist. Councilman KenyattaJohnson — and this infrastructureis likely to grow stronger as plansfor the 2015 mayoral electiontake shape. Mayor Michael Nut-ter never had a grassroots politi-cal infrastructure, withconsistently loyal supporters ca-pable of influencing political out-comes in large areas of the city,and neither did his three prede-cessors (although WilsonGoode’s election as Mayor owedmuch to the political infrastruc-ture skillfully managed by then-Congressman William Gray).With Vincent Fumo out of thepicture and once-powerful North-west Philadelphia leaders DwightEvans and Marian Tasco in de-cline, Williams has a good op-portunity to build on the alreadystrong political network that hehas already created.

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SEPTA Now Recruiting

Summer Intern ProgramThe 2012 SEPTA Internship

Program will consist of a 10-week period, commencing onJun. 4, 2012 and concluding onAug. 10, 2012. Interns will beselected through a competitive in-terview process and will have theopportunity to work closely withSEPTA staff on a wide variety ofprojects.

All applicants must apply on-line via SEPTA’S ApplicantTracking System. For a listing ofthe specific Internships available,please click on the web addresslisted below: http://autohire.ca-reershop.com/septajobs_intern/JobSearch/JobSearchList.asp.Note: if you are unable to openthe web page from this link,please copy the address into yourweb browser and select enter/go.Click on “Apply for this Job” atthe bottom of each job postingpage and complete the onlineform. Candidates may submit ap-plications for more than one in-ternship.

Students who applied for a

SEPTA Internship last year mustenter the application system as aRegistered User, using their pre-established user name and pass-word. Please remember to updatethe application on file and thenapply for any Internships of inter-est. Students who cannot locatetheir user name and passwordfrom last year should call (215)580-7110 for assistance.

The deadline to apply for In-ternships is Saturday, May 5.

Four internships are in Informa-tion Technology – IT desktop sup-port, Legal Dept. video evidencemanagement, Control Center real-time passenger-information designand Rail Transportation databasewww.development/audit.

Six are in Engineering –Civil/Structural, Mechanical andElectrical.

Applicants must be currentlyenrolled in a Bachelor’s program(going into sophomore year orhigher), or graduate program.They must hold a Cumulative

Grade Point Average (GPA) of2.5 or better. They should beavailable to work a full-timeschedule (40 hours per week) fora 10-week period, beginning onJun. 4 and ending on Aug. 10.

Previous SEPTA Interns willnot be considered for new posi-tions, unless they have been des-ignated as career-track Interns.SEPTA does want to increase theopportunities for family membersof SEPTA employees.

The rates of pay for Internswill range from $12.00 to $16.00per hour, depending on gradelevel and area of specialty as-signed. In addition, Interns willreceive free transportation passesfor the duration of their assign-ment.

For further information on thisprogram, please contact DanAmspacher at x 7018(www.damspacher@septa.org)or Joe Quinn at x 3578(www.jquinn@septa.org).

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