The University City Timmy Trumpet Tuesday, October 8, 2013 “[Democratic] Councilwoman Maria Quinones-Sanchez, who sat on the [special City Couincil] committee, said she is worried that a requirement that all workers at demolition sites carry city-issued ID will create a ‘barrier’ for undocumented workers.” The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 4, 2013, reporting one of the stupidest quotes by a Democratic member of City Council in some time. I presume when she refers to “undocumented workers” she means “illegal aliens.” She obviously does not understand what the term “illegal” means. They should not be working on these sites in the first place. That being said, she is willing to put her extreme left-wing agenda ahead of your safety when considering a bill to improve the city’s regulation of demolition sites in the wake of the Salvation Army building collapse. Not even a tragedy of the highest degree can get these people to stop pandering to special interests. UNIVERSITY CITY FUNDRAISER FOR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY: Thursday, October 10, from 6PM until 8PM, Matt Wolfe and Denise Furey will host a fundraiser for Danny Alvarez’s campaign. The event will take place in their home at 4256 Regent Square and the cost is $50. It should be a great event for a great candidate. Thanks to the host committee: Jay Borowsky, Linda Kerns, Adam Lang, Leonora Cravotta, Andrew Gentsch, Lou Lanni, Craig Melidosian, Megan Rath, Mark Supple, Mauricio Mendez-Vaz, Lamont Foreman and Andy Cole. IDIOCY ON CITY COUNCIL, PART I: Democratic City Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown is very proud of her “Women on Corporate Boards” bill that Democratic Mayor Nutter signed into law. This requires that contractors that do business with the city disclose demographic information, such as race and gender, of those serving on their boards and their executive staff. Of course, what this really does is increase the cost of doing business with the city, raising the city’s costs and therefore your taxes. This hurts our tax base and hurts the very people that City Council is telling that they are helping. Another Philadelphia-only bill is not what we need to attract business to the city. If this is such a good idea, it should be done on a state or federal level. Sadly, this bill was passed unanimously by council. IDIOCY ON CITY COUNCIL, PART II: City Council recently passed a proposed charter amendment to extend the Philadelphia ordinance that requires that the city and businesses doing business with the city pay all of their workers at least 150 percent of the state or federal minimum wage, whichever is higher, to subcontractors. Of course, what this really does is increase the cost of doing business with the city, raising the city’s costs and therefore your taxes. This hurts our tax base and hurts the very people that City Council is telling that they are helping. Another Philadelphia-only bill is not what we need to attract business to the city. If this is such a good idea, it should be done on a state or federal level. Sadly, this bill was passed unanimously by council. Does anyone see a pattern developing? EXACTLY WHAT ARE THEY TEACHING THESE DAYS: Temple University’s College Republican Club recently hosted a discussion on “Right to Work” issues. Joseph Schwartz, incredibly a Professor at Temple, disrupted the meeting with a profane tirade, presumably because he respects the free speech rights of everyone who agrees with him. Don’t take our word for it. Check out the Fox News account at: foxnews/opinion/2013/09/19/ultra-liberal-professor-disrupts-college-republican-meeting-with-vulgar-rant/ and the entire incident on YouTube at: youtube/watch?v=L-tM4Msrqig Temple is allegedly reviewing the incident and a spokesman said that “Temple University is a community of scholars in which freedom of inquiry, freedom of expression and mutual respect are valued.” Well, we’ll see if they mean it or if those were just hollow words and they protect the liberal professor. What would have happened if a professor has disrupted a College Democrats meeting? CALENDAR Tue 10/8 GOProud Happy Hour, 421 S. 2nd St., drink specials 5:30-7PM Tue 10/8 Spruce Hill Community Assn. Board Mtg, 257 S. 45th St 7:30PM Wed 10/9 Republican Happy Hour 6-9PM Wed 10/9 Pa.State Committee Commonwealth Club lunch, Union League, 12PM $$$ Wed 10/9 Ethics/Campaign Finance training, 1515 Arch St. 18th floor 5:30PM Wed 10/9 Tracy for Controller Town Hall, 860 N. 24th St., 7PM free Thu 10/10 Alvarez for DA fundraiser, Matt & Denise’s 4256 Regent Sq 6-8PM $50 Tue 10/15 Edgar Allen Poe dramatization, 4000 Woodland Ave, 6:30PM $15 Wed 10/16 Deadline to file to appoint Republicans to local Election Boards Wed 10/16 University City Historical Society fundraiser, 4207 Walnut St. $45 Thu 10/17 Toomey fundraiser for Alvarez and Tracy, 334 S. Front St. 6PM $150 Thu 10/17 35th & 53rd Wards Reception, 7960 dungan Rd., 7PM $35 Thu 10/17 Parent Infant Ctr. Artstart Fundraiser, 4205 Spruce, 5:30PM $30 Thu 10/17 Bell for Mayor event, 1100 Washington Ave, 7-11PM $25 Sat 10/19 Alvarez for DA fundraiser, 9640 Wissinoming St. 3-6PM $50 person Sat 10/19 Powelton Village tour, SW corner 36th & Lancaster 10AM $10 Sat 10/19 PAWS Mut Strut, Alvarez and Tracy sponsor a table, 4747 S. Broad St. 11AM Mon 10/21 Friends of Clark Park membership meeting, USP Griffith Hall 7PM Wed 10/23 Community Night at the University Museum, 5-8PM free Fri 10/25 South Philly Republican Fall Festival 7PM 10/25-27 Haunted Cemetery Tours, 4000 Woodland Ave. 8-9:40PM $20 Sat 10/26 United Republican Club Crab Nite, 3156 Frankford Ave, 7-11PM $35 Mon 10/28 Gleason/Asher/Taylor fundraiser for Alvarez, 140 S. Broad, 5:30PM $100 Tue 10/29 Deadline to apply for absentee ballots Tue 10/29 Republican City Committee reception, 325 N. Columbus Blvd 6-8PM $125 Wed 10/30 University City Republican Com. Reception, 4200 Chester Av. 7PM $40 Thu 10/31 HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Party on Regent Square for kids 5:30-7:30PM Fri 11/1 Absentee ballots must be received by the City Commissioners TUE 11/5 GENERAL ELECTION – EARLY AND OFTEN The University City Trumpet is a publication of the University City Republican Committee in Philadelphia. It is published whenever we want to publish it and it contains whatever we want to put in it, although generally it contains information that we think will be of interest to Republicans in University City. Feel free to pass it along to a friend (or to an enemy). If you want to be put on our subscription list or want to be taken off, let us know at [email protected]. Copyright 2013
Posted on: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 06:58:33 +0000