CITY HALL SAM: Clover Club Gets Festive

Among the State Rep candidates and incumbents who won were EDDIE NEILSON, JORDAN HARRIS, KEVIN BOYLE and JIM ROEBUCK. Long-time incumbent STATE REP. BABETTE JOSEPHS lost by a narrow margin. She had always been able to fend off young challengers in the past and the smart money was on her this time. Regardless, her 28 years of dynamic service will end now. But that’s only in Harrisburg. She will have a significant impact in whatever she chooses to do. She would be a valuable advocate for the trial lawyers or agricultural interests. She distinguished herself as an agricultural advocate; agriculture is the state’s leading industry.

"WHEN WE LIVE, we live in clover. When we die, we die all over." So runs ancient basllad of Clover Club, which convened last week. Among merrymakers were, from left, LIVING it up at Clover Club dinner were, from left, Tom Brady, Clover Club Vice Chairman Norbert McGettigan, Judge Charles Cunningham and State Sen. Mike Stack.

The Clover Club convened once again at the Union League for its annual dinner. At the head dais where Republican WARD LEADER MIKE CIBIK, STATE SEN. MIKE STACK, JUDGES ED BRADLEY and PAMELA DEMBE, and President of the club MIKE WALLACE. Also on hand were JUDGE JIMMY LYNN, VITO CANUSO, TOM DARCY, MARIO MELE, GRACE FLANAGAN, JOE VIGNOLA, and NORBERT & DOREEN McGETTIGAN. The club was started in the late 1880s, when Philadelphia was a Republican town. The club has been a safe haven for fun, friendship, and open conversation between politicians and the media. Daily News columnist CHRIS BRENNAN is a member and regular attendee. The keynote speaker was ED TURZANSKI of LaSalle University. Turzanski is an internationally known national-security expert. His message was that America will be great again.

JOHN DOUGHERTY celebrated at the Palm the day after election. Among the VIPs were former CONGRESSMAN OZZIE MYERS, WARD LEADERS MATT MYERS, MIKE McALEER, SHAWN DILLON and BILL DOLBOW. Newly elected STATE REP. ED NEILSON also attended and thanked well-wishers for their support. He defeated DAVID KRALLE by 500 votes and will face him again in November for the right to hold the seat for a full term. Redistricting battles are ongoing in Harrisburg, so the seat will likely be moved to York in two years. But Neilson may like the job enough to move. His substantial Local 98 backing would put him in play no matter where the seat goes.

Congratulations are in order for MARTY BEDNAREK. In a win-win situation benefiting the city, MAYOR MICHAEL NUTTER has reappointed Marty to the Zoning Board, a position he had held earlier among several others, including the School Reform Commission, which obviously could use his services now.

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