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PhiladelphiaDaily Record
Vol. I No. 112 Keeping You Posted With The Politics Of Philadelphia December 6, 2010
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA announced yesterday he had concluded a deal
with Senate Congressional leadership on the future of the Bush tax cuts. Congres-
sional Democrats remained restive. Will the deal hold?
DEAL OR NO DEAL
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UNITED FRONT behind continued Federal funding of Delaware
River Dredging was obvious as our delegation attended information
brief at Philadelphia Regional Port Authority Headquarters this week.
From left are US Sen. Bob Casey, Congress Members Bob Brady and
Allyson Schwartz, ILA Local 1291 President Boise Butler, PRPA Exec-
utive Director James T. McDermott and Congressman Chaka Fattah’s
aide Solomon Jones.
Feds Pressed To Fund
PRPA BOARD MEMBER Rhonda Hill Wilson, Esq. and ILA Local
1291 President Boise Butler assured US Sen. Bob Casey of superb sup-
port given Port dredging by labor leaders.
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As the new Congress suppos-
edly ponders doing away with ear-
marks, Congressman Bob Brady
said, “If I had my way, I would
earmark for the Delaware River
and the Philadelphia Port all the
millions of dollars they need for
dredging and expansion.”
He summed with that statement
the determination of Philadel-
phia’s Congressional House dele-
gation and US Sen. Bob Casey,
who met with the Philadelphia Re-
gional Port Authority and stake-
holders to support the Delaware
River Main Channel Deepening
Project.
The Senator led members of the
Pennsylvania delegation, includ-
ing Sen. Arlen Specter, Congress-
men Chaka Fattah and Robert
Brady, and Congresswoman
Allyson Schwartz in sending the
letter to Jacob Lew, director of the
Office of Management & Budget.
They called for the inclusion of
the project in the President’s fiscal
2012 budget.
“This project will create jobs
and grow the region’s economy,”
the members wrote. “This project
will make maritime transportation
more efficient and reduce shipping
costs, and is necessary to sustain
the economic viability of the ports
along the Delaware River.”
The letter notes the project,
which will deepen the shipping
channel from 40 feet to 45 feet to
accommodate larger vessels, has
the potential to create thousands of
jobs and generate over $1 billion
in revenue in its lifetime. The
members stressed any delay in the
project will increase costs and
harm the countless residents and
workers in the region who will get
a job, keep their job or otherwise
benefit as a result of this project.
State Rep. Bill Keller reminded
those at the meeting, “The Panama
Canal is being widened as we
speak. When it opens, thousands
of tons of cargo will be shipped to
the Atlantic side of our coastline.
Philadelphia is poised, before all
the other ports, to become the
main port for much of that ship-
ping.”
It its letter to Lew, the group
stated, “In an era in which Con-
gress appears unlikely to direct
funding to specific projects, the
Obama Administration must take
affirmative steps to move this
project forward. Your leadership
on this matter is therefore neces-
sary.”
The signers included U.S. Sena-
tors Robert P. Casey, Jr. and Arlen
Specter and Congress members
Robert A. Brady, Chaka Fattah
and Allyson Y. Schwartz.
Delaware R. Deepening Nutter Hails Blackhawks AndChargers For PopWarner Advances
Mayor Michael A. Nutter has released
the following statement congratulating
the North Philly Blackhawks and the
Frankford Chargers on their first round
victories at the Pop Warner Super Bowl
in Florida:
“Congratulations to the Blackhawks
and the Chargers on their first round vic-
tories at the 2010 Pop Warner Super
Bowl. These teams are representing
Philadelphia on the national stage and
the whole city stands with them as they
progress through this competition.
“I had the opportunity to meet with
these young men and their coaches last
week and it was so inspiring to see their
commitment and dedication to each
other and their communities. Go Black-
hawks! Go Chargers!”
Last Sunday, the North Philly Black-
hawks defeated the King Philip Chiefs
(Mass.) 35-0 in the Division I Pee Wee
Bracket, and the Frankford Chargers de-
feated the Kaneohe Knights (Haw.) 28-0
in the Division I Midget Bracket.
Tomorrow, the Blackhawks take on
the Santa Margarita Titans (Cal.) and the
Chargers play the Detroit Dolphins
(Mich.).
Mayor Nutter announced on Friday he
had raised $26,500 from local businesses
to send the teams to the Championship
in Florida. The Philadelphia Eagles,
Mitchell & Ness, VILLA, Comcast,
CBS Radio, and Bowman Kavulich Law
Firm all made generous contributions to-
wards the teams’ travel and accommoda-
tion expenses.
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COUNCILMAN AT
LARGE Frank L. Rizzo, Jr.
presented a resolution to
Phila. Children’s Alliance
thanking nonprofit for work
it does with city’s child sex-
ual-abuse victims. Accepting
resolution is Chris Kirchner,
PCA executive director;
Betsy Scarcelli, its Board
president, right; and Chris-
tine Jones, its office manager,
far left. PCA promotes heal-
ing and justice for these vic-
tims by conducting
state-of-the-art forensic in-
terviews, by providing vic-
tim-support services and by
collaborating with other
agencies on an integrated re-
sponse.
Time For More ChoiceSTATE SEN. DO-
MINIC PILEGGI
joined other legislators
in touring Walter D.
Palmer Partnership
Charter School to dis-
cuss need for more
school programs at
rally hosted by school.
From left are Rep. Ted
Koch, Pileggi, Palmer,
and Rep. W. Curtis
Thomas.
Alliance Is Commended By Council For Saving Children
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Dec. 8-
Fire Fighters Local 22 and Po-
lice FOP Lodge 5 host plaque
dedication honoring 100th an-
niversary of largest loss of life
which killed 13 firefighters, one
police officer and two fire
horses at Plaza Complex on 2nd
St. south of Girard Ave., 11 a.m.
For info Jerry Kots (267) 549-
6326.
Dec. 14-
Portrait presentation of Hon.
Sheldon C. Jelin at City Hall,
Room 653, 4 p.m. Reception
following in Conversation Hall.
Dec. 18-
Caribbean Night Happy Hour
fundraiser for Lawrence Clark
for City Council at Banana’s
876 Lounge, 5500 Rising Sun
Ave., 6-9 p.m. Donation $10 in-
cludes food.; donate blanket for
homeless and it’s $8. Make
checks to Clark4Change, P.O.
Box 27154, Phila., PA 19118.
Jan. 27-
Edward J. Lowry, founder of
Phila. Veterans MultiService
and Education Ctr., will be hon-
ored on retirement at Waterfall
Rm. in Plumbers Local 690
Union Hall, 2791 Southampton
Rd., Cocktails 6-8 p.m., fol-
lowed by Tribute Program.
Tickets $65. Order by phone
(215) 238-8050. Event Chair Ed
Keenan, Board Chair Jim Mc-
Nesby and Exec. Dir. Marsha
Four.
Once, the 146-year-old Lutheran
Theological Seminary at Philadel-
phia gave the architectural impres-
sion of being “walled off” from the
Mount Airy community it has his-
torically and increasingly supported
over the years.
Visually, that changed a year ago
with the dedication of William Allen
Plaza, a public square on German-
town Avenue in front of the Semi-
nary’s chapel. Seminary President
Philip D. Krey says the inviting
space was created to be a “gateway”
to the neighborhood the school cher-
ishes, serving also as a functional
public space. The new plaza was
part of a $3 million renovation un-
dertaken by the seminary for its
chapel.
Community development group
Mount Airy USA suggested ele-
ments for the plaza’s design. Local
officials secured $500,000 in state
grants and $400,000 in city grants to
cover the plaza’s construction. This
summer, the plaza became the site
of a Tuesday afternoon Farmer’s
Market that attracted many commu-
nity shoppers.
Now, several Mount Airy busi-
ness leaders, inspired by the initia-
tive, have taken the project a step
further by donating the creation and
installation of three permanent
benches to make the plaza even
more accommodating to visitors.
The benches, which “wrap around”
three trees on the plaza, were fabri-
cated by craftsman Matt Sharaat of
Mount Airy Custom Furniture, and
dedicated Dec. 3 as part of the tree-
lighting and caroling held annually
there.
The plaza-furniture project was
the brainchild of Elise Rivers, who
with her husband moved to Mount
Airy six years ago. Rivers explains
she and her husband have both
formed strong businesses, hers
being Community Acupuncture of
Mount Airy.
“I’ve always loved the outdoors,”
she explains, “and when I saw the
space I thought it is just what the
community needs along German-
town Avenue.” She became further
involved through her role as a board
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member of the Mount Airy Business
Improvement District. One of its
missions is to add green space along
Germantown Avenue between
Cresheim Valley Road and Wash-
ington Lane. With the help of
MABID, she has already improved
the “pocket park” at Germantown
Avenue & Carpenter Lane, with
more in the works for next spring.
Pondering benches, Rivers con-
tacted Ken Weinstein, owner of the
Trolley Car Diner and current
MABID chair, for advice and sup-
port. Weinstein told Rivers the Sem-
inary has historically supported
Mount Airy in multiple ways.
“During the Germantown Avenue
reconstruction, the seminary com-
munity really supported the diner,
which was so negatively impacted
for a time by the construction,” We-
instein said. The road excavation
made access to the restaurant a real
challenge for many months. Wein-
stein also praises the seminary for
investing in the fledgling Valley
Green Bank five years ago. In addi-
tion the Seminary has energetically
participated in Martin Luther King
Day service projects and cleanups
along Chew Avenue.
Rivers met with Krey, then
pledged a $4,000 gift toward the
benches. Weinstein made a $1,000
supportive pledge and also con-
tacted Robert Elfant of Elfant-Wis-
sahickon Realtors, who pledged
$1,000 toward the project. And
Elfant contacted Edward Hillis,
owner of Domus Inc., the German-
town general contractor recently in-
volved in building a new Weaver’s
Way Co-op store in Chestnut Hill.
Hillis made a $1,000 gift. The Sem-
inary also contributed $2,000.
In addition to the successful
Farmer’s Market, the initiative is
generating a vision for other possi-
ble activities are well – maybe out-
door concerts and movies.
“I’ve long had a soft spot in my
heart for the seminary,” Elfant ex-
plained. “The seminary is physically
such a big part of the community,
and it plays a major role in how it
serves the neighborhood.”
Krey said, “I think we’re part of a
mutual admiration society in Mount
Airy. We all help each other.”
Participating in the Friday cere-
monies were LTSP President Philip
Krey, bench donors Rivers, Elfant
and Weinstein, East Mount Airy
Neighbors President Dan Muroff,
Mount Airy USA Executive Direc-
tor Anuj Gupta, LTSP Professor
Katie Day, and Councilwoman
Donna Reed Miller. Professor Day
led the prayer for the dedication of
the benches, and the Councilwoman
flipped the switch to light the plaza
tree. Seminary Director of Music
Ministries and Cantor Michael
Krentz and seminarian Pam Peter-
son, playing the flute, led the com-
munity in singing carols.
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Xmas Came Early In Northeast’s 55th Ward HOST Ward
Leader Bob
Dellavella, right,
welcomes, from
left, Judge Roger
Gordon, Scott
O’Keefe, Michael
“Ozzie” Myers
and Gill Dolbow.
E N J O Y I N G
55th Ward
Party were
Margaret and
Councilman Bill
Green, left, and
Anna and
Shawn Dillon.
JOINING Sen. Christine
Tartaglione, seated in
front, were elected offi-
cials, ward leaders and
candidates at Bob
Dellavella’s 55th Ward
Christmas
Party. Photo by Harry Leech
JOHNNIE’S Restaurant on
Harbison Avenue was scene of
Ward Leader Bob Dellavella’s
Democrat 55th Ward Christ-
mas Party. Among honored
guests were Frank Dillon,
Lisa Deeley and Controller
Alan Butkovitz.
Photo by Harry Leech
by Adam Taxin
Irving Berlin’s holiday musical
classic White Christmas opened last
month at the Walnut Street Theatre.
Directed and choreographed master-
fully by Marc Robin, artistic director
of Lancaster, Pa.’s Fulton Opera
House, the production runs through
January 9 on the Mainstage.
The show is based on the block-
buster 1954 same-titled movie star-
ring Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye
and, predictably enough, features
the popular Berlin song “White
Christmas,” for which it encourages
audience participation. Berlin, it
should be noted, considered “White
Christmas” “the greatest song I have
ever written.” The song is only tan-
gentially related to the show’s plot;
the song’s lyrics express the wistful-
ness of a Southern Californian who
misses the more traditional winter
weather he experienced as a boy in
the Northeast.
As for the show’s plot, Bob Wal-
lace (Jeffrey Coon, who just ap-
peared at the WST as Aaron Fox in
Curtains) and Phil Davis (David
Elder, a veteran of the WST’s Cur-
tains, State Fair, 42nd Street, Windy
City and Phantom of the Opera) are
former US Army buddies who have
become a successful song-and-
dance team. They attract the fellow-
entertainer Haynes sisters, Betty
(Julie Reiber, who played Niki Har-
ris in the WST’s Curtains as well as
Elphaba in Wicked on Broadway)
and Judy (Vanessa Sonon, a WST
rookie who appeared both on Broad-
way and on tour in both 42nd Street
and Spamalot). If audience members
let down their guard, they may even
speculate that one of the two pair-
ings may not last.
Meanwhile, a former general,
Thomas Waverly (Paul Nolan, who
has performed in Honor and the
River, Of Mice and Men and After-
play at the WST), the commanding
officer of the two Army frets, among
other things, about finances about
the lodge he has opened, post-retire-
ment, in Pine Tree, Vt.
The quaintest plot device, tying in
to the original meaning of the song,
is, with apologies to Al Gore, Ver-
mont’s unseasonably high weather
and lack of snow. Given Philadel-
phians have experienced 79 inches
of snow (including about 0.1 inch
this past Thanksgiving morning)
since a different version of White
Christmas played just a year ago at
the Kimmel Center, this is more
likely to trigger audience amuse-
ment than empathy.
Clean and family-appropriate as
the show is, it is not mere pablum.
As one expects from the Walnut
Street Theatre Mainstage, the acting,
singing, set design and dancing are
at the level of Broadway. And, in
terms of dancing, in contrast to, say,
the classic South Pacific (which just
came through the Academy of
Music), there is plenty, the highlight
of which being the Act II opener “I
Love A Piano.”
The other standout musical num-
ber is “Blue Skies,” which closes
Act I. Director/choreographer Robin
caught this reviewer pleasantly off
guard when the well-known stan-
dard was staged and performed in a
surprisingly invigorating and edgy
way reminiscent of Bob Fosse’s
Chicago and Cabaret.
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Surprisingly Fresh ChoreographyAdds To Charm Of White Christmas