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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

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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

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 rSep. 2- Friends of Quibila

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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

federal and State funding, 10 a.m.-

1 p.m. For info Dr. Churchville

(215) 848-8511 or Mr. Adams

(215) 397-2734.

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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


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.


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.

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