PHILA. AMATEUR Silver Medalist middleweight Jesse Hart is one of USA’s strong prospects for 2012 Olympics. He, along with another local up-and-comer, Damon Allen, Jr., was congratulated by Mayor Nutter Friday. Story page 4 Philadelphia Daily Record Vol. II No. 126 (286) Keeping You Posted With The Politics Of Philadelphia August 22, 2011 Great Silver Hope
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PHILA. AMATEUR Silver Medalist middleweight Jesse Hart is one of USA’s
strong prospects for 2012 Olympics. He, along with another local up-and-comer,
Damon Allen, Jr., was congratulated by Mayor Nutter Friday. Story page 4
PhiladelphiaDaily Record
Vol. II No. 126 (286) Keeping You Posted With The Politics Of Philadelphia August 22, 2011
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2 | THE PHILADELPHIA DAILY RECORD 22 AUGUST, 2011
T h e P h i l a d e l p h i a P u b l i c R e c o r d C a l e n d a rAug. 26—
State Sen. Shirley Kitchen and Rep.
Mark Cohen will celebrate odlen
yerasr on Senior Day in Memoprial
Hall at St. William’s Church, Robbins
and Argyle from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free
health screenings, breakfast and lunch
will be served. For info, call 215-227-
6161.
Aug. 26-
Golf Outing fundraiser for Democrat
candidate for 10th Dist. Council can-
didate Bill Rubin at Juniata Golf
Course, 1392 E. Cayuga St., registra-
tion 12:30, shotgun start 1 p.m. $80 in-
cludes green fees, cart, refreshments
and barbecue. For info Tom Dooley
(267) 246-5512.
Aug. 27-
State Rep. Michelle Brownlee hosts
Back to School Giveaway Kids Day at
Strawberry Sq. Mall, 2901 Dauphin
St., 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Free school sup-
plies, health screenings, entertainment.
For info (215) 684-3738.
Aug. 27-
Mantua Community Improvement Ctr.
hosts Family Day Festival at 34th &
Mantua Ave., 12-7 p.m. Loaded with
family activities. Event is supported
by Councilwoman Jannie L. Black-
well and others.
Aug. 27-
Ward Leader George Brooks hosts an-
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22 AUGUST, 2011 THE PHILADELPHIA DAILY RECORD | 3
Pa. Misses Key Federal Sex
Offender Deadline
Pennsylvania missed a federal deadline for revamping
its sex-offender registration laws and risks becoming a
“safe haven”.
The Adam Walsh Act, enacted in 2006, mandated a
more-comprehensive, nationwide system to track sex
offenders. It gave states five years to adjust their laws
to conform with new guidelines. Fourteen states made
the July deadline.
Soon after Gov. Tom Corbett took office in January, he
directed his staff to work on the changes needed to
bring State law in line with the Adam Walsh Act, said
spokesman Kevin Harley. “It’s the Corbett administra-
tion’s intention to bring Pennsylvania into compliance,”
he said.
Lawmakers Set To
Redraw State’s Political Map
For political junkies, the once-a-decade redrawing of
Pennsylvania’s legislative District lines is a board-game
geek’s paradise: It’s “Risk”, “Stratego” and “Battle-
ship” all rolled into one, with the balance of power for
the next 10 years as the prize. And as the five-member
Legislative Reapportionment Commission starts its 90-
day sprint to come up with a preliminary map by this
fall, there’s no shortage of pieces to move around the
board.
This much is known: In general, western Pennsylvania
has lost population. Eastern Pennsylvania has gained.
And lawmakers have to create Districts with “ideal”
populations of 62,573 constituents for each House seat,
up from 60,498 a decade ago, and 254,048 constituents
for each Senate seat, up from 245,621 a decade ago.
Mayor, Citizens Bank
To Pack 15,000 School Bags
Hundreds of volunteers from Citizens Bank, Cradles to
Crayons and other local organizations will converge on
the Philadelphia Zoo on Thursday, Aug. 25, for the
largest-ever backpack-a-thon in Philadelphia. Approx-
imately 15,000 new backpacks will be stuffed with
school supplies and prepared for delivery to school stu-
dents across Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.
As part of its Gear for Grades initiative, the Citizens
Bank Foundation donated $35,000 to Cradles to
Crayons in July to help the nonprofit organization ex-
pand its services and reach its goal of 15,000 back-
packs. In addition, Citizens Bank collected school
supplies in all of its bank branches across Pennsylvania,
New Jersey and Delaware. Those supplies were do-
nated to Cradles to Crayons for the backpack-a-thon.
Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter and executives
and volunteers from Citizens Bank and other local or-
ganizations will sort school supplies and stuff back-
packs during the daylong event.
Cradles to Crayons and Citizens Bank will donate the
backpacks to more than 200 agencies that serve chil-
dren and families in need across the tri-state region.
4 | THE PHILADELPHIA DAILY RECORD 22 AUGUST, 2011
STATE REP. Kenyatta Johnson honors Universal Cos. and Universal Family of Schools with State Citation
at 2nd annual Universal Community Day Festival at Stinger Square, 32nd & Reed Streets. At citation pres-
entation were Johnson; Rahiem Islam, CEO Universal Cos., Mayor Michael Nutter; and Glenn Ellis. Photo
by Martin Regusters, Leaping Lion Photography
Mayor Congratulates
Amateur Boxers Jesse Hart
And Damon Allen
Mayor Michael A. Nutter welcomed amateur boxers
Jesse Hart and Damon Allen, Jr. to City Hall Friday to
congratulate them on their participation in the US
Olympic Team Trials for Men’s Boxing in Mobile, Ala.
earlier this month. Both Hart and Allen are due to com-
pete in the 2011 World Championships in Baku, Azer-
baijan which runs from Sep. 22 until Oct. 10, with the
hope of continuing on to the 2012 Summer Olympics
in London.
Hart is a Middleweight Silver Medalist. Allen, a light-
weight, comes from a distinguished West Philadelphia
boxing family.
“It’s a pleasure to have you, your families and your
coaches here today,” said the Mayor. “As a City, it is
important that we take the time to recognize young
people who are doing positive, extraordinary things. I
am extremely proud that you are Philadelphians and
that you are inspiring your communities with your ac-
complishments. I know that your parents are proud of
you too. Congratulations and good luck at the World
Championships this fall.”
“I want to thank Mayor Nutter for inviting me here
today, and especially for keeping the City’s recreation
centers open, even in these difficult times,” said Hart.
“The recreation centers are important, especially to the
young people in boxing programs. Because I was able
to practice in the facilities the City provides, the pro-
gram made me who I am today. I am going to have the
chance to go to the Olympics because of my neighbor-
hood recreation center.”
Honoring Universal Family
22 AUGUST, 2011 THE PHILADELPHIA DAILY RECORD | 5
City Business Group Beats
LCB In Court
A Pennsylvania appellate court judge has recently ruled
in favor of a local Philadelphia business association
that sued the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board and
City of Philadelphia to stop the enforcement of a con-
troversial four-year old State law aimed at preventing
the sale of take-out beer in Philadelphia.
The lawsuit, filed by the Asian American Business As-
sociation of Philadelphia, challenged the legality of the
State’s takeout beer law, known as Act 155 of 2006.
Following a final hearing on Jun. 22 in Harrisburg,
Senior Judge James R. Kelley of the Commonwealth
Court of Pennsylvania recently issued a ruling that
agreed with AALBA’s argument that Act 155 – which
was enforced only against Philadelphia retail liquor-li-
cense owners – violated the owners’ constitutional right
to due process.
Beginning in 2007, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control
Board enforced Act 155 by requiring Philadelphia busi-
ness owners – all of whom already owned and operated
retail liquor licenses for many years at the same loca-
tion – to apply for an additional takeout beer permit
every year if the owner wished to continue selling any
takeout beer at his business. The application also re-
quired the business owner to pay an additional filing
fee of $600 per year, half of which was paid to the City
of Philadelphia, and to secure an approval letter from
an administrative agency that was operated under the
City’s Dept. of Licenses & Inspections. In many previ-
ous instances, the City denied a business owner’s take-
out beer application while the PLCB approved the
renewal of the same owner’s liquor license.
In late 2007, AALBA filed a constitutional challenge
in the Commonwealth Court to discontinue the enforce-
ment of Act 155. In December of the same year, the
Court granted a temporary injunction in favor of
AALBA that temporarily discontinued the enforcement
of Act 155. The Court’s most recent ruling against Act
155 provides more permanent relief for AALBA and
all other Philadelphia business owners who wish to
continue selling takeout beer as authorized by their
state liquor licenses.
The Commonwealth Court also rejected the legality of
the City of Philadelphia’s controversial takeout beer or-
dinance by essentially ruling that the City gave itself
power over the retail sale of takeout beer that was far in
excess of the authority of the State’s Liquor Code.
AALBA, through its board of directors and Chairman,
Adam Xu, was represented by attorneys Stephen R.
Murphy, Esq. of the Law Offices of Stephen R. Mur-
phy, Esq., PC and Paul George, Esq., of McKinney &