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ELECTED BUT NONPARTISAN school boards are the answer, especially in Phila., says State Sen. An-
drew Dinniman. He was joined by Phila. colleagues Michael Stack, LeAnna Washington and Larry
Farnese in front of School District HQ on N. Broad Street this morning to press
for abolition of School reform Commission and institution of a School Board re-
sponsible to city’s voters. Story page 3. Photo by Rory McGlasson
PhiladelphiaDaily Record
Vol. II No. 131 (291) Keeping You Posted With The Politics Of Philadelphia August 31, 2011
Take OutThe SRC
2 | THE PHILADELPHIA DAILY RECORD 31 AUGUST, 2011
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5-10 p.m. Platters $10. For tickets
(215) 225-7241.
Sep. 3- State Sen. Anthony
Williams’ Neighbor to Neighbor
Summer of Peace 2011 Cookout at
Eastwick Park, 74th & Lindbergh
Blvd., 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free food.
Family fun. Adults’ and children’s
activities. For info (215) 492-2980.
Sep. 5- Tri State Labor
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CIO annual Labor Day Parade &
Family Fun Day, starting at Sheet
Metal Workers, Columbus Blvd. &
Washington Ave., 9 a.m.
Sep. 10- 1st Nat’l Organiza-
tional Policy Summit at School
District Bldg. Main Audit., 440 N.
Broad St. to fight for additional
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25 AUGUST, 2011 THE PHILADELPHIA DAILY RECORD | 3
State Sen. Mike Stack
(D-Northeast) has intro-
duced legislation that
would eliminate the
Philadelphia School Re-
form Commission and
replace it with an unpaid
elected school board.
“The SRC has completely
let down our city’s public
school students, their fami-
lies and the taxpayers,” said
Stack. “The last several
months have showed the
SRC’s dysfunctional gover-
nance because they were not
prepared to deal with severe,
yet anticipated cuts to pub-
lic-school funding.
“When this happened, who
could parents and students
turn to? Who could they hold
accountable for the poor plan-
ning? The answer is no one,
because under the current sys-
tem the SRC isn’t accountable
to anyone,” he said. “This un-
elected board is unaccountable
to the taxpayers. Yet taxpayers
will have to foot the bill
through increased property
taxes. It’s time to put the
power of the School District
of Philadelphia into the hands
of the citizens whose taxes go
to our public schools, and
that’s what my legislation ac-
complishes.”
Under SB 1210, the
school board would be
comprised of nine non-
partisan members
elected by Philadelphia
citizens to four-year
terms.
The board would be responsi-
ble for drafting annual five-
year budget plans that would
be submitted to the Philadel-
phia Intergovernmental Co-
operation Authority for its
review and approval.
The board would also have the
authority to approve labor,
service and other contracts.
The board would not have tax-
ing authority or the ability to
incur debt. The City Con-
troller and State Auditor Gen-
eral would have pre-audit,
post-audit, and performance
audit powers over the School
District of Philadelphia.
The Mayor would appoint
the Superintendent. The
school board would have
the power to pass a resolu-
tion of no confidence on the
superintendent, which
would be forwarded to the
Mayor to decide whether to
keep or fire the superinten-
dent. The Mayor would also
have the power to fire the
superintendent at any time
for any reason that does not
violate the law.
Stack has strong support
from State Sens. LeAnna
Washington (D-Northwest),
Larry Farnese (D-S. Phila.),
Andy Dinniman and Rep.
Angel Cruz.
The SRC was created in
2001 when the State took
over the city’s public
schools. The governor ap-
points three members and
the mayor, two.
Stack Seeks To Replace SRC
With Elected School Board
4 | THE PHILADELPHIA DAILY RECORD 31 AUGUST, 2011
Saint-Gobain, a company with
strong historic ties to the greater
Philadelphia area, has announced
the appointment of John Crowe as
president and CEO of both Saint-
Gobain Corp. (the holding com-
pany for all of Saint-Gobain’s
North American operations) and
CertainTeed Corp., the largest
North American subsidiary of
Saint-Gobain, which is also head-
quartered on the Valley Forge cam-
pus.
Saint-Gobain has been headquar-
tered in Greater Philadelphia for
nearly 45 years; CertainTeed has
been headquartered here since
1948. There are more than 800
employees in the Philadelphia re-
gion, and more than 1,300 in
Pennsylvania.
Crowe, a Saint-Gobain veteran
with more than 30 years of service
in a variety of global roles, is
charged with continuing to de-
velop the company’s business
throughout the United States and
Canada, where it already employs
over 19,000 people in 265 loca-
tions.
Crowe Named Head of
Saint-Gobain Operations
PennDOT Labor Day Closing
The Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation announced
all driver license and photo centers, including its full-
service center in Harrisburg, will be closed Saturday,
Sep. 3 through Monday, Sep. 5 in observance of
Labor Day.
IBOPE Zogby Poll More Bad Numbers for Obama
Majorities of likely voters con-
tinue to disapprove of President
Barack Obama’s job performance
(60%) and say it is “time for
someone new” (55%) in the White
House.
Among those who do approve of
Obama’s performance, 34% say
they are disappointed by the Presi-
dent, but don’t want to undermine
him by saying they disapprove.
The job approval and re-election
results in the Aug. 25-29 IBOPE
Zogby interactive poll are little
changed from the last similar sur-
vey conducted Aug. 2-4.
31 AUGUST, 2011 THE PHILADELPHIA DAILY RECORD | 5
Summit Draws Penna., National Leaders
To Examine Issues Ex-Offenders Face
Challenges facing offenders who
are re-entering their communities
after incarceration will be the
focus of an event presented Tues-
day, Sep. 13 by the Law & Gov-
ernment Institute on the
Harrisburg campus of Widener
Law.
The event, organized by Pennsyl-
vania Commonwealth Court Judge
Emeritus Doris A. Smith-Ribner,
will feature four panels of distin-
guished criminal justice experts
who will explore these challenges
and offer solutions for change.
The event, titled the “Pennsylva-
nia Re-entry Summit: Exploring
and Examining Innovative Re-
entry Strategies for the 21st Cen-
tury,” runs from 1 to 6 p.m. in
room A180 of the school’s admin-
istration building at 3800 Vartan
Way, Harrisburg.
More than 700,000 people are re-
leased annually from State and
federal prisons, with more than
two-thirds rearrested within three
years. Nationally, the United
States spends nearly $70 billion on
corrections while the current
Pennsylvania corrections budget is
almost $2 billion.
The summit will look at barriers
that hinder successful reentry to
the community, such as laws that
impose collateral consequences
upon people with convictions, and
offer new and innovative ideas for
improving the reentry process.
“Effective reentry strategies will
reduce recidivism and enhance
public safety. They also will save
tax dollars by decreasing incarcer-
ation costs, and, perhaps most im-
portantly, they will help give
offenders the best chance at be-
coming productive citizens,”
Smith-Ribner said.
Among those in the speaker lineup
are:
Pennsylvania Secretary of Correc-
tions John Wetzel and Amy L.
Solomon, senior advisor to the as-
sistant attorney general in the US
Justice Dept., speaking on a panel
that will examine remedies to re-
duce recidivism.
Christopher Gowen, senior staff
attorney to the American Bar As-
sociation Criminal Justice Section,
speaking on a panel about the col-
lateral consequences of a convic-
tion.
Mark Boyd, president and chief
executive officer of Goodwill In-
dustries of Southern New Jersey
and Pennsylvania, speaking on a
panel about best reentry practices
and policies.
Joseph A. McMillan, past national
president of the National Organi-
zation of Black Law Enforcement
Executives, speaking on a panel
about the law enforcement and ex-
offenders’ re-entry initiative.
Pennsylvania Sen. Stewart J.
Greenleaf and Rep. Ronald G. Wa-
ters also will take part in the day.
Both legislators have taken an ac-
tive and vigorous role in criminal-
justice reform in the
Commonwealth.
“Reentry challenges affect every-
one, whether it is the offenders
who are returning to society or
their neighbors, who are in every
community. This summit will ex-
plore a lot of important issues and
new ideas. Widener’s Law & Gov-
ernment Institute is proud to join
with Judge Smith-Ribner in pre-
senting a program that has so
much to contribute to the public
discourse on this important topic,”
said Professor John L. Gedid, di-
rector of the institute.
Orie Facing New
Charges
State Sen. Jane Orie (R-Al-
legheny) was reportedly arraigned
last evening on charges of perjury,
forgery and tampering with evi-
dence before being released on her
own recognizance. The charges
were filed yesterday in connection
with evidence submitted during
Orie’s corruption trial earlier this
year, which ended in mistrial over
the question of whether docu-
ments presented by the defense
had been altered. The charges
against Orie include five felony
perjury counts and six tampering-
with-evidence charges as well as
obstruction of law and forgery
counts.
6 | THE PHILADELPHIA DAILY RECORD 31 AUGUST, 2011
Peace Was A Winner At This
Tournament
STATE REP. KENYATTA JOHNSON co-hosted, along with Kenyatta Bey, the 5th Annual Peace Not
Guns Memorial Basketball Tournament, which took place Friday, August 26, 2011, at the Chew Play-
ground and Recreation Center.
This basketball tournament was
aimed at building positive rela-
tionships between youth and the
Philadelphia Police Department,
and also promoted safety and
peace throughout the entire com-
munity. “Each year these two
groups come together for a
friendly game of basketball.” Rep.
Johnson states. “We want the en-
tire community to see these posi-
tive relationships and use it to
motivate them to continue build-
ing positive community relations.”
Although a close game, youth
from the Point Breeze Youth De-
velopment Basketball Team were
victorious over police officers,
with a final score 65-68.