Philadelphia Daily Record

Vol. III No. 93 (459) Keeping You Posted With The Politics Of Philadelphia June 1, 2012

CONGRESS MEMBERS Allyson Schwartz and Lou Barletta are emerging as

key spokespersons for the Barack Obama and Mitt Romney campaigns re-

spectively in Penna. See story

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T h e P h i l a d e l p h i aP u b l i c R e c o r d

C a l e n d a rJun. 9- Republican State

Senatorial candidate Mike Tom-

linson fundraiser at Chickie’s &

Pete’s, 11000 Roosevelt Blvd.

Tickets at door $40, two for

$75. 6 pm on. For info contact

Kathy Lombardi, (215) 519-

7553 or [email protected].

Jun. 10- St. Edmond’s

Parish Centennial Dinner at

Penn’s Landing Caterers, 1301

S. Columbus Blvd., 2-6 p.m.

Ticket $65 with a cash bar. For

info (215) 334-3755.

Jun. 13- Republican City

Committee schedules meeting

for ward leadersa at United Re-

publican Club, 7 p.m.

Jun. 14- Fundraiser for

Councilwoman Cindy Bass at

Tavern 17, Radisson Warwick

Hotel, 220 S. 17th St., 5-7 p.m.

Ticket levels $50 to $1,000.

RSVP by Jun. 7 to Fran Fattah

at [email protected] or

(215) 370-9883.

Jun. 14- Creative Class

Fundraiser for Councilman

David Oh at the Walnut Room,

1709 Walnut Street, 5 to 8 pm.

Tickets $50 up. Special for

Artists, $5 at the door. For in-

formation call John Kathrina at

215-252-6918.

Jun. 15-16-7- Annual St. Maron

Church Lebanese Festival on

Ellsworth St. between 10th and

11th. Friday from 5 p.m., Satur-

day and Sunday from 11 a.m.

Admission free. All welcome.

Authentic Middle East cuisine

and entertainment.

Jun. 15-17- Remembering

Juneteenth (Freedom Day, Jun.

19), three-day celebration

hosted by Berean Baptist Ch.,

2425-33 W. Indiana Ave. Rev.

James Henry Buck, Jr., pastor.

For info (215) 229-8048.

Jun. 15- Celebrating 60th

anniversary of SS United States

celebration and stack lighting at

Independence Seaport Museum,

211 S. Columbus Blvd., 6:30-9

p.m Tickets $30.

Jun. 22- Cocktail reception

for Joe Rooney, Republican 13th

Dist. congressional candidate,

hosted by Donna Parisi at A

Child’s Place, 524 Sugartown

Rd., Devon, Pa. Tickets $150-

$1,000. For info Maria Diezel

(610) 430-0419.

Jun. 27- 14th annual Youth

Anti Violence Health Awareness

Initiative, 9am to 4 pm, Myers

Rec. Center, 58th and Kingsess-

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Presidential Campaigns

Curry In-State VoicesBoth Republican and Democrat national campaign

teams are developing articulate Pennsylvania polit-

ical leaders as spokespersons for day-to-day press

events, in what will be a key swing state in the No-

vember 2012 presidential election.

On Friday, Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz (D-

Phila) was tapped for an Obama for America press

conference call to discuss Mitt Romney’s eco-

nomic philosophy, “his failed economic record in

Massachusetts and why he’s the wrong choice for

Pennsylvania.” In recent weeks, Schwartz has sur-

faced repeatedly at Pennsylvania press events that

have been presenting national issues for in-state

audiences.

“Looking at his record in Massachusetts as Gover-

nor, we can see how he would take his private sec-

tor experience to the Federal Government.

Running for Governor he promised that he would

create more jobs, there would be less debt and

smaller government, but that actually didn’t work.

The actions that he took in fact lead to opposite

outcomes, he really failed to deliver on those

promises,” said Schwartz.

Schwartz was joined by State Rep. Eugene De-

Pasquale (D-York) in this conference call. While

not a statewide name yet, DePasquale is running

for Auditor General in the fall and is expected to

be able to carry water for Democratic campaigns.

“We can’t afford to let Romney do to America

what he did to Massachusetts. While Romney Eco-

nomics promises more outsourcing, loopholes and

risky financial deals, that’s exactly the opposite of

what President Obama believes. President Obama

is fighting to move America forward, not back-

ward,” said DePasquale Friday. “He believes we

need a job-creating economy built to last – one

where we grow the economy from the middle out,

not the top down, and where hard work pays off,

responsibility is rewarded, and everyone from

Main Street to Wall Street does their fair share and

plays by the same rules.”

Schwartz is well known in the crucial Mont-

gomery Co. suburbs, where Obama must runs

strongly if he is to take the Keystone State.

This morning, the Romney campaign struck back

with a conference call featuring Congressman Lou

Barletta (R-Luzerne), a dynamic campaigner who

drew national attention for his anti-illegal-alien

stance as Mayor of Hazleton. Barletta was pack-

aged with two small-business owners to develop

the theme President Barack Obama’s policies have

been harmful to “job creators”.

Suppressing the Democrat vote in Barletta’s

Wyoming Valley home turf is important in enhanc-

ing Romney’s chances to take the state.



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CREAM CICLE - A deliciousorange ice, surrounding vanillaice cream on a stick; they costten cents.

CREPES - were hung on frontdoors of homes where someone

had recently died. This wasdone as a local obituary. Thecrepe was provided by the fu-neral home. An attached signdisplayed the name of the de-ceased, where the serviceswould be held and other mat-ters concerning the funeral. At-tached to it was a small light to

make it readable at night. Acolored ribbon was attached toshow the age of the deceased;white for young, grey for mid-dle aged and black for olderpersons. The crepes ceased tobe used because of dishonestpersons. They used the infor-mation on the crepe to find outwhen the house would be emptyand the family was at the fu-neral to set up robberies.

CURTIS PUBLISHING - at11th Street & Washington Av-enue was the home of the Sat-urday Evening Post and othergreat publications. After theywere printed, the magazineswere moved to and from thevarious loading docks and de-livery points by big battery-op-erated trucks. These truckswere green, with wooden stakesides and had very large, wide,solid rubber tires. These tiresmade their trip really rough be-cause they had to travel onWashington Avenue, whichwas paved with Belgian blocks.

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Montco Dems Fête Leach

AT WELL-ATTENDED RECEPTION in Villanova over the weekend for State Sen. Daylin Leach

were, from left, Montgomery Co. Coroner Walter I. Hofman, MD; Vice Chair of the Montco

Board of Commissioners Leslie Richards; Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz; Senator Leach; and

Senator Judith Schwank of Reading. Leach, Schwartz and Schwank discussed challenges facing

the state legislature as well as Congress, including women’s rights, budget cuts to education and

research, and the lack of bipartisanship in government at all levels. Photos by Bonnie Squires

HOSTS ANNE &

RICK UM-

BRECHT held

this reception.

Among attendees

were, from left,

the Umbrechts;

Leach; and Dr.

Hofman.

State Revenue In May

Lags Behind ForecastsPennsylvania collected $1.9 billion in General

Fund revenue in May, which was $43.8 million, or

2.3%, less than anticipated, Secretary of Revenue

Daniel Meuser reported Friday. Fiscal year-to-date

General Fund collections total $24.9 billion, which

is $332.9 million, or 1.3%, below estimate.

Sales-tax receipts totaled $710.5 million for May,

$44.4 million below estimate. Year-to-date sales

tax collections total $8 billion, which is $29.7 mil-

lion, or 0.4%, more than anticipated.

Personal income-tax revenue in May was $803.6

million, $300,000 below estimate. This brings

year-to-date PIT collections to $9.8 billion, which

is $224.8 million, or 2.2%, below estimate.

May corporation-tax revenue of $81.3 million was

$18.4 million below estimate. Year-to-date corpo-

ration tax collections total $4.3 billion, which is

$141.6 million, or 3.2%, below estimate.

Inheritance-tax revenue for the month was $85.8

million, $6.1 million above estimate, bringing the

year-to-date total to $756.2 million, which is $5.5

million, or 0.7%, below estimate.

Realty transfer-tax revenue was $28.3 million for

May, $5.8 million above estimate, bringing the fis-

cal-year total to $263.3 million, which is

$400,000, or 0.2%, more than anticipated.

Other General Fund tax revenue, including ciga-

rette, malt beverage, liquor and table-games taxes,

totaled $131.5 million for the month, $7.9 million

above estimate and bringing the year-to-date total

to $1.4 billion, which is $2 million, or 0.1%, above

estimate.

Non-tax revenue totaled $51.7 million for the

month, $600,000 below estimate, bringing the

year-to-date total to $409.9 million, which is $6.9

million, or 1.7%, above estimate.

In addition to the General Fund collections, the

Motor License Fund received $189.3 million for

the month, $23.9 million below estimate. Fiscal

year-to-date collections for the fund – which in-

clude the commonly known gas and diesel taxes,

as well as other license, fine and fee revenues –

total $2.2 billion, which is $14.9 million, or 0.7%,

below estimate.

For more information, visit

www.revenue.state.pa.us.



City’s Sales Tax Take

Keeps Up Yearly GainsCity Controller Alan Butkovitz today issued his

latest economic report that indicated the $20.1 mil-

lion sales tax collection for April 2012 marked the

sixth consecutive monthly increase over the prior

year. April’s collection was about $400,000 more

than in April 2011.

While monthly collections in the first four months

of the current FY12 fell behind the previous year’s

revenues, the increased revenues since November

2011 have kept the City on pace to meeting its cur-

rent fiscal year estimate of $250 million. To meet

this estimate, May and June’s collections will also

need to slightly exceed collections from the same

two months of last year, which were $22.7 million

and $20.5 million, respectively.

Along with highlighting sales tax collections, the

Controller’s April 2012 economic report reviewed

the latest Recovery.gov quarterly report of the

American Recovery Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

for funds received directly by the City of Philadel-

phia. The Recovery.gov report showed that the

City, as the prime recipient, still had 17 projects

that were not completed but were still receiving

funds.

These open projects accounted for a total award

amount of $206 million, with about $130 million,

or 63% that had been received so far by the City.

One of the top ARRA awarded projects that’s less

than 50% completed is the $43.9 million Neigh-

borhood Stabilization Program 2, which is

recorded as creating 56 jobs through the construc-

tion of 256 new multi-family affordable housing

units.

Other top awarded projects that are not completed

but still receiving funds include the following:

$25 million

EnergyWorks: scale up the region’s energy retrofit

market by enhancing retrofit lending programs

$21.5 million

Homelessness Prevention & Rapid Re-Housing

Services

$19.5 million

Construct an improved transportation structure and

facilities to screen passengers’ baggage for secu-

rity at airport

$15 million

Establish policy and reform systems to improve

food and physical activities in communities,

schools, worksites, etc.

$14 million

Energy Efficiency & Conservation: replace traffic

signals with LEDs, RFID readers to support city

recycling program, etc.

To view an extended list of ARRA projects

awarded to the City of Philadelphia as well as ad-

ditional city revenues, please download the City

Controller’s Economic Forecast and Monthly

Snapshot on Controller’s Web site at

www.philadelphiacontroller.org.



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