PhiladelphiaDaily Record

Vol. II No. 118 (278) Keeping You Posted With The Politics Of Philadelphia August 9, 2011

No Time ForFlash Mobs?

MAYOR MICHAEL NUTTER yesterday imposed a special 9 p.m. curfew in

Center City for youths, hoping to stem outbreaks of mass violence there. Story

page 3.

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9 AUGUST, 2011 THE PHILADELPHIA DAILY RECORD | 3

Curfew Fines Could Be The AnswerA 9 p.m. curfew for minors under

18 on Friday and Saturdays could

well be the solution to end flash

mob teen violence in Center City

and University.

Mayor Michael A. Nutter has the

cooperation of the District Attor-

ney’s Office, Philadelphia Munici-

pal Court, Philadelphia Police

Dept., community groups, business

owners and other stakeholders.

Throughout the remainder of the

City, the curfew will remain 10:00

p.m. for minors under the age of

13 and 12:00 a.m. for minors

under the age of 18.

The Mayor added, “In September,

I am looking forward to working

with City Council to amend our

city’s curfew laws to better antici-

pate our enforcement needs.”

Minors who are caught breaking

curfew will be sent home, brought

home or transported to a police

station where their parents will be

contacted. Minors may be issued a

citation with a $100 to $300 fine

for a first offense.

District Attorney Seth Williams

added, “We will be prosecuting

these young criminals to the fullest

extent of the law. There is no ex-

cuse for what they did, and they

have brought great shame upon

themselves and their families. Let

this be a message to any others

who think that participating in

flash mobs is acceptable or fun.”

The Mayor also outlined conse-

quences for parents and legal

guardians of children who break

curfew. Parents, after receiving a

first violation notice, will be fined

up to $500 for successive viola-

tions. These notices and citations

will be issued when the parent

comes to collect their child from

the police station.

If parents do not get their child

within a reasonable time, the PPD

will contact the Dept. of Human

Services to initiate an investiga-

tion. Additionally, parents whose

child under the age of 18 is found

liable or guilty by a court for in-

jury, theft or other criminal acts,

parents will be liable to the person

who suffered the injury or loss of

property. Parents and legal

guardians are subject to imprison-

ment for up to 90 days for repeat

curfew violation offenses.

Until the beginning of the school

year, the PPD will have a greater

presence in the targeted enforce-

ment areas. The enforcement will

include the Mounted Unit, Bike

Patrol and other officers through-

out Center City. To support these

enforcement efforts, community

leaders will volunteer as part of the

Safe Corridors campaign. This

campaign will encourage adults

and responsible youth from across

the region to patrol the targeted en-

forcement areas and to contact the

PPD if violent or suspicious be-

havior is observed.

In the long term, the PPD will con-

tinue to work with SEPTA to en-

hance communication and

coordination during “flash mob”

attacks. Additionally, the PPD’s

SafeCam initiative encourages

businesses and residents to register

their surveillance cameras with the

PPD to assist with the apprehen-

sion and prosecution of individuals

participating in criminal acts. Busi-

ness owners and residents can visit

https://safecam.phillypolice.com/

to join this program.]

The City will expand recreation

center hours to 10:00 p.m. on Fri-

day and Saturday nights at approx-

imately 20 centers throughout the

City.

Speaker Smith Moves Ahead On Plan

To Cut House SizeSpeaker of the House Sam Smith

(R-Jefferson) will testify before

the House State Government Com-

mittee about his legislation (HB

153) to reduce the size of the

Pennsylvania House of Represen-

tatives to 153 members, from the

current 203 members.

Changing the size of the Legisla-

ture requires an amendment to the

state Constitution, which means

the same bill must be debated and

passed in two consecutive ses-

sions, and subsequently approved

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by referendum vote of the people

of Pennsylvania.

This afternoon, the House State

Government Committee will hold

a hearing on Smith’s measure at

the Capitol. It will be chaired by

State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R-But-

ler). Among those testifying will

be James Reichley, member of the

1968 Commission on Legislative

Modernization; Dr. Charles

Greenawalt, senior fellow of The

Susquehanna Valley Center for

Public Policy; Dr. Beverly Cigler,

Penn State Harrisburg; John Bell,

Pennsylvania Farm Bureau; and

Richardson Dilworth, Drexel Uni-

versity.

Temple Hosts White House Urban

Entrepreneurship Forum

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY’S Fox

School of Business hosted White

House’s 6th Urban Entrepre-

neurship Forum. Seen here prior

to the series of speakers and

panels are, from left, Fox School

of Business Dean Moshe Porat;

Mayor Michael Nutter; Michael

Blakes, deputy associate director

of White House Office of Public

Engagement, who served as MC;

and Chip Flowers, Delaware

State treasurer, also a panelist.

Photo by Bonnie Squires

AMONG hundreds of attendees

at Urban Entrepreneurship

Forum were Andy Toy, of Enter-

prise Institute, and Stanley

Taraila, of Renaissance Proper-

ties. Photo by Bonnie Squires

9 AUGUST, 2011 THE PHILADELPHIA DAILY RECORD | 5

Public School Registration Starting

Each summer, neighborhood pub-

lic schools are open to register stu-

dents new to the School District of

Philadelphia for the upcoming

school year. Students who need to

register include: those whose fami-

lies are new to Philadelphia; chil-

dren transferring from private,

parochial and charter schools;

kindergarten students who were

not pre-registered this past spring;

and School District of Philadelphia

students who moved to a new

neighborhood over the summer.

Beginning yesterday, and continu-

ing through Sep. 2, all District

schools will be open for matricula-

tion. Elementary and middle

schools are open from 8:30 a.m. to

3:00 p.m. and neighborhood high

schools are open for registration

from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. On

Sep. 6 and 7, high schools will

also have registration hours after

school from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

High-school students must accom-

pany their parents to registration

so that the students may select

courses.

In addition, the District is running

a special registration program for

new immigrant students. The pro-

gram is available at two locations

until Aug. 31. The locations are:

the School District Education Cen-

ter at 440 N. Broad Street and the

District’s Welcome & Enrollment

Center located at 2603 N. 5th

Street. The services are available

on Monday from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00

p.m. and Tuesday through Friday

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Trans-

lation and interpretation services

are available on site.

Parents are asked to bring the fol-

lowing types of documents to reg-

istration:

Proof of child’s age (exam-

ples: birth or baptismal cer-

tificate or other religious

document, passport or im-

migration documents).

Proof of identification for

parent or guardian (exam-

ples: driver’s license, non-

driver’s identification,

employer identification,

and passport).

Proof of current address (ex-

amples: voter’s registration

card, recent utility bill, and

residency affidavit. The

document must contain the

parent’s name and address).

For children entering the School

District of Philadelphia for the first

time, parents also should bring:

Proof that childhood immu-

nizations are current (ex-

amples: a health passport

or immunization summary

sheet issued by a licensed

health care provider or fa-

cility).

Your child’s most-recent re-

port card, and/or any other

document that will help in

placing your child in the

appropriate grade.

Copies of the child’s Indi-

vidualized Education Plan

(if applicable).

For further information the public

is invited to visit the District’s

Back to School 2011-2012 website

located at www.philasd.org/stu-

dents/backtoschool.

Clothier Joins Board Of College AttorneysRobert C. Clothier, partner with

the firm of Fox Rothschild LLP in

Philadelphia, was elected on Jun.

28 to a three-year term as a Mem-

ber-at-Large of the Board of Direc-

tors of the National Association of

College and University Attorneys

during its 51st conference in San

Francisco, Cal.

Clothier is an attorney representa-

tive for Philadelphia University

and has been a member of

NACUA since 2003. Prior to join-

ing Fox Rothschild, Clothier was a

partner at Dechert LLP and High

Swartz Roberts & Seidel LLP.