Re: [UC] rally and march 11 AM

[Craigsolve]

In a message dated 10/16/2009 8:24:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
glen...@earthlink.net writes:

Join  with citizens across the country tomorrow to demand an end to all the 
wars  

Rally at City Hall at 11 AM.  March to Independence Hall at  noon.

(Today is the 150th anniversary of the great John Brown's action  at 
Harpers Ferry.  The spirits of John Brown and Kathy Change will be  with us!)

_
 
Bad reference to an unlawful insurrection. Are you looking to get hung? I  
can imagine the list's finest woodworkers stepping forth to craft you a most 
 fine gallows. Fortunately for you, I don't think it will get permitted for 
Clark  Park.
 
Ciao,
 
Craig

[UC] rally and march 11 AM

[Glenn moyer]

Citizens,

Join with citizens across the country tomorrow to demand an end to all the wars 

Rally at City Hall at 11 AM.  March to Independence Hall at noon.

(Today is the 150th anniversary of the great John Brown's action at Harpers 
Ferry.  The spirits of John Brown and Kathy Change will be with us!)


http://www.phillyimc.org/en/event/march-and-rally-end-wars-afghanistan-and-iraq

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[UC] electric room heater

[Gay Carducci]

If anyone has an electric room heater that they no longer use, we would really 
appreciate it for our theatre office and classrooms
thanks a lot
gay carducci

Gay Carducci-Kuhn  General Manager  Curio Theatre Company  815 S. 48th St.  
Philadelphia,Pa. 19143  office 215-525-1350  cell 610-368-4450  
www.curiotheatre.org  g...@curiotheatre.org
  "It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression 
and knowledge." Albert Einstein




  

[UC] Phila Community Voice Program scores on maiden campaign

[Krfapt]

The Philadelphia Community Voice Program (PCVP) has scored a victory on its 
 maiden campaign.
 
PCVP's first effort was a two-phase appeal to members of city council  to 
rescind the $500 fee the Nutter Administration proposed charging small  
buildings with offices, stores, and other types of commercial space for trash  
pickup. This, after the mayor had promised in the spring that "trash fees are  
off the table."
 
The first phase was to heighten awareness among Council members that the  
city has many small businesses who would be required to pay, but generate 
less  rather than more trash than residential occupants of comparable space 
(contrary  to the city's assertions). In part as a result of this increased 
awareness,  Councilman Frank DiCicco introduced a bill to rescind the proposed 
fee. The  second phase was accordingly implemented to thank Mr DiCicco and 
urge other  Council members to support his bill.
 
Council's Committee on Streets voted earlier this week to approve this bill 
 and pass it on to the full Council for a vote, where it is now expected to 
 pass.
 
PCVP's methodology is to create a convenient on-line form to be completed  
by members of the public, which is then automatically converted to a fax and 
 sent to all appropriate parties (City Council in the present case, but it 
could  be other groups -- or individuals -- as well).
 
An article from the Oct 14 Inquirer reports on the Committee hearing, and  
is reproduced below.
 
PCVP is open to suggestions and is willing to work with anyone having a  
campaign that the directors of the organization believe is appropriate. There 
is  a fee for the service to cover the cost of the form set-up ($25) and the 
 use of the multiple fax transmission service ($0.07 per page per 
recipient).  Email me at _krf...@aol.com_ (mailto:krf...@aol.com)  if you have 
a  
campaign you'd like to propose for this service.
 
Alan Krigman
KRF Management, ICON/Information Concepts Inc
211 S 45th  St, Philadelphia PA 19104-2918
215-349-6500, fax  215-349-6502
krf...@aol.com or al.krig...@krf.icodat.com
  



>From the Inquirer (10/14/09):
Council committee votes to kill $500  biz-trash fee

By CHRIS BRENNAN
Philadelphia Daily  News_  bren...@phillynews.com_ 
(mailto:bren...@phillynews.com)  215-854-5973

Last  May, City Council approved - and then quickly regretted - a $500 
annual fee  for businesses that have their trash picked up by the Department of 
 
Streets.

But attempts by Councilman Frank DiCicco to address those  concerns were 
met with silence this summer from the Nutter administration. So,  add that to 
the pile of fractious issues now causing friction for Nutter with  friends 
and foes on Council.

DiCicco, chairman of Council's Committee  on Streets and Services, 
introduced legislation Sept. 17 to repeal the trash  fee. That committee held a 
hearing on the issue yesterday, during which  Streets Commissioner Clarena 
Tolson testified for the Nutter administration  and requested that no action be 
taken.

Council members were not in the  mood, voting unanimously to approve 
DiCicco's bill.

Councilman Jim  Kenney, like DiCicco a longtime but now frustrated Nutter 
ally, sat in on the  hearing, even though he is not a member of the 
committee. He urged a vote so  that the issue would not be "lost in Delay-land."

"I just think that  things will get done if there is a pending piece of 
legislation," Kenney  added.

Councilman Bill Green, a frequent Nutter critic, pressed Tolson  for an 
explanation for the lack of action over the summer.

"Were you  instructed to not work with Councilman DiCicco?" Green asked  
Tolson.

Tolson said that she was busy with budget issues during that  time but 
ultimately did not answer the question, responding instead: "I think  that 
you're asking me for an answer that I don't have to give."

Green  backed off, warning that Council would start requiring 
administration  officials to answer the question if delays persist.

Mayor Nutter said  before the hearing that he met with DiCicco last week on 
the issue and expects  to continue working with Council.

The $500 fee is expected to raise $7  million from 15,000 businesses 
getting trash service.

"It's revenue  we've counted on in our budget and five-year plan," Nutter 
said. "It has  serious financial implications."

The city is ready to start collecting  the fee, but Tolson said that her 
department would wait while the  administration works with Council.

DiCicco and others expressed  concerns about the impact of a new $500 fee 
on mostly small businesses.  DiCicco noted that buildings with six or fewer 
apartments, but no commercial  or retail space, are exempt. He would like to 
include those properties,  increasing the number of businesses that would 
pay the fee as a way of  reducing the $500 cost.

Tolson agreed to consider that and other  ideas.

With the committee's vote yesterday, Council could give final  appro