Archive for June, 2010

TO: all media FROM: Anthony West, Managing Editor 215-755-2000, 267-456-5687 THE PHILA. PUBLIC RECORD GOES DAILY… WHERE ELSE BUT ON THE WEB? The Philadelphia Public Record, the snappy weekly which covers thoroughly the political, union, and organized communities of this city, will go daily starting tomorrow, Friday, the 25th of June. According to managing editor Tony West, “this will be...
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BY JOE SHAHEELI/ Supporters of merit selection for Pennsylvania Judges are at it again. Gov. Ed Rendell was joined by former Govs. Mark Schweiker, Tom Ridge, and Dick Thornburgh recently to kick-start the taking away of voters’ right to choose Judges. Each decried judicial elections and the fundraising they require as unfair and corrupting. Each...
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JUDGE PAMELA DEMBE instructs groom James Passarelli to place wedding ring on finger of his bride Patricia Kuch. They met in an unusual place: the 50-cent luncheon line set up for the over 1,000 members of the South Philadelphia Older Adult Center at Passyunk and Dickinson in South Philadelphia. She was  66, a widow of...
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LLUSTRIOUS company appeared at Council Majority Leader Marian Tasco’s fundraiser at Penna. Academy Of Fine Arts. Among them were, from left, Dr. Constance Clayton, former Phila School Board Superintendent; State Sen. LeAnna Washington; Robert Archie, School Reform Commission chairman; Tasco; and Tarleton Williams, Phila. Gas Commissioner. Send article as PDF to
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BY JOE SHAHEELI/ The Mayor’s race has to have a lot of people thinking. Can Mayor Michael Nutter be beaten? If the scenario that has taken place since 1951, when the City Charter became the law of the local land, still holds true, he can’t be beaten by a Republican candidate, though on a couple...
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SNOOPER “SNOOPING”: While visiting a local TV STATION, I was told they had a CONGRESSMAN there to be interviewed. Naturally, my curiosity got the best of me, so I proceeded to investigate. Yes, it was none other than CONGRESSMAN JOE SESTAK from The 7th Dist. He was asked what some of his concerns are....
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Both the Democrat and Republican Parties have reorganized. It’s been four years since they last did so. The Democrat City Committee unanimously approved the continuation of  Congressman Bob Brady as its chairman and the slate he recommended.  The Republican City Committee elected Attorney Vito Canuso as its chairman with his recommended slate of officers, but...
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Sixty-three  afford-able rental units for  dis-abled vet-erans and their families were dedi-cated in South-west Philadelphia. Called  HELP Philadelphia Homes/ Robert Brady Sr. Veterans Center, the units will be available to families and disabled veterans by the fall. Brady and HELP USA National Chair, Maria Cuomo Cole, who attended the ceremonies,  said  dozens of local veterans...
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It’s rough being a Governor when your party does not have full control of both chambers of the Pennsylvania General Assembly. You know you are in for a good deal of arm- twisting (your arm, that is) and a lot of give and takes that allow individual legislators to have bragging rights back home,...
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The election of ward leaders in Philadelphia is like the running of the bulls in Spain; scary, yet exhilarating. Dangerous, yet all-consuming. And in both places a whole lot of bull before, during and after the main event. It’s the car crash on the side of the road that you can’t turn away from,...
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