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rime Statistics & Crime Report Updates. If you have any crimes to report, please send them to N.C. at newsdesk@pressreview.net by press time, Monday at noon.


3rd DISTRICT: If anyone has informa-


tion regarding any of the reported incidents, please call South Detective Division at 215-686-3013 or submit a tip. Reporting 3rd


& Shunk St; district crimes from Dela-


ware Ave to Broad St. and Lombard St. through Oregon Ave.) Aggravated Assaults: 8th 5th & Watkins St;


Robbery: 800 Morris St; 1700 S. Broad St; 2500 S. 6th


St; Burglary: 2400 S. 3rd St; 400 Cantrell


St; 700 Mountain St; 1100 Johnston St; 1100 Washington Ave; Theft: 400 Titan St; 2100 S. Philip St; 2400 S. Orkney St; 800 S. 3rd


St; 800


Dickenson St; 1500 S. Broad St; 1000 Washington Ave; 700 Christian St; 1400 S. 10th


St; 1400 Passyunk Ave;


110 Morris St; 700 E. Passyunk Ave; 2400 Orkney St; 1100 Morris St; Theft from Auto: 500 Gerritt St; 1100 S. 10th


St; 2800 S. 3rd St; 0 Porter St; St; 600 Watkins St; 2100 S. 10th


Rape: 1000 S. 5th 6th


St;


tion regarding any of the reported incidents, please call the 6th 215-686-3060. Reporting 6th


DISTRICT: If anyone has informa- District at


District


Crimes from Front and South to Broad to Front and Poplar Sts. Aggravated Assault: none reported Robbery: 10th


St; 11th & Spruce St; 1300 Chancellor St; 1100 Market St; 100 S. 11th St; 10th


& Market St; Burglary: 1200 Market St; 0 N. Juniper St; 200 Church St; 900 Cypress St; 900 Clinton St; 1100 Market St; 100 S. 11th


St;


Theft: 800 Spruce St; 1000 Spring St; 100 S. Independence Mall; 300 Co- lumbus Blvd; 200 N. 11th


St; 0 N. Juni-


per St; 200 Stampers St; 1000 Race St; 1200 Chestnut St; 100 S. Juniper St; Theft from Auto: 400 S. 4th 6th St; 10th


St; 300 S. & Sansom St; 1200 Spruce St; 0 Brown St; 10th & Sansom St; 1200


Spruce St; Stolen Auto: 0 Noble St;


9th DISTRICT: Anyone who wants to


report a crime: 215-686-3090. District covers Lombard St. to Poplar St., Broad St. to the Schuylkill River Aggravated Assault: 2700 Pennsylva- nia Ave; 1700 JFK; Uber & Parish St; Robbery: 800 N. 23rd


St; 23rd & Walnut St; 1800 Market St;


2100 Locust St; Burglary: none reported Theft: 2200 Pkwy; 1900 Fairmount Ave; 1900 Fairmount Ave; 2200 Penn- sylvania Ave; 2600 Swain St; 1500 Spring Garden St; 2200 Pkwy; 2100 Chancellor St; 2000 Delancey Pl; 1600 Walnut St; 1500 Sansom St; 1600 JFK; 1500 Market St; 2000 Walnut St; Theft from Auto: 700 N. 22nd


St; 19th


& Wallace St; 1800 Wylie St; 2400 Pennsylvania Ave; 1600 Callowhill St; 2200 Park Towne Pl; 17th


& Chestnut


St; 2200 Summer St; Stolen Auto: 800 Perkiomen St; 1400 Locust St; 1900 Hamilton St; 15th Sansom St; 18th & Mount Vernon St;


&


DISTRICT: To Report a Crime to the 12th District: 215-686-1320. The 12th District Covers Southwest Philly bounded by Grays Ferry Ave at 50th St.


12th St. to Woodland Ave at 70th


Aggravated Assault: 5800 Springfield Ave; 6000 Greenway Ave; 1900 S. Cecil St; 2000 S. Alden St; 6900 Theo- dore St; Robbery: 6200 Elmwood St; 6600 Yocum St; 6800 Paschall Ave; 66th


&


Buist Ave; 5600 Woodland Ave; 5200 Woodland Ave; 5800 Elmwood Ave; 1200 S. 47th


St;


Burglary: 6600 Greenway Ave; 6500 Theodore St; 5400 Angora Ter; 5300 Hadfield St; 2000 S. 57th


St; 5500


Litchfield St; 6700 Linmore Ave Theft: 6000 Angora Ter; 5800 Wood- land Ave; 5600 Belmar St; 2500 S. 67th St; 5800 Woodland Ave; 6500 Grays Ave; 5900 Woodland Ave; 2200 S. Felton St; 5000 Allman St; 6600 Yocum St; 5700 Hadfield St; Thefts from Auto: 6900 Chester Ave;


& Market St; 800 Market


Jackson St; 1200 Ellsworth St; Stolen Auto: 1300 Morris St; 2500 S. 8th


St; 2400 S. Reese St; 900


1500 S. 58th 2200 S. 68th


6500 Wheeler St; 900 S. 51st Kingsessing Ave; 1100 S. 52nd Stolen Auto: 2000 S. 69th


St; 6700 Greenway Ave; St; 6500 Greenway Ave; St; 6100 St;


St; 6900


Buist Ave; 5700 Malcolm St; 5200 Pen- tridge St; 6400 Chelwynde St; 2500 Shields St;


16th


the 16th 16th


Ave to 34th 68th


District covers 33rd & Market St;


DISTIRCT: To report a crime to District: 215-686-3160. The and Powelton &


and Girard Ave to 52nd


Aggravated Assault: 4200 Westmin- ster Ave; 3800 Folsom St; 5900 Race St; 4100 W. Girard Ave; 1200 N. Saint Bernard St; 5400 Pennsgrove St; 5500 Lansdowne Ave; 4000 Girard Ave; Robbery: 4000 Brown St; 3700 Girard Ave; 5600 Vine St; 400 Busti St; Burglary: 3200 Wallace St; 3300 Wal- lace St; 600 N. Shedwick St; 5400 Girard Ave; 1300 N. 57th


St; 500 N.


Allison St; 5500 W. Thompson St; 100 New Dewey St; Theft: 4000 Lancaster Ave; 3800 Melon St; 4000 Girard Ave; 5300 Wy- alusing Ave; 5500 Haverford Ave; 5900 Race St; 6500 Haverford Ave; 600 N. 41st


St; 0 N. 39th St; 3400 Haverford


Ave; 3500 Baring St; 6000 Market St; 6500 Haverford Ave; Theft from Auto: 800 N. 39th N. 61st 40th


St; 600 N. 63rd St; 1100 N. St; 3800 Spring Garden St; 3800


Hamilton St; 4000 Wallace St; 400 Saunders Ave; 3600 Haverford Ave; 4000 Wallace St; 400 Saunders Ave; 400 N. Preston St; Stolen Auto: 4000 Reno St; Rape: 5100 Reno St; 0 N. 56th Homicide: 700 N. 38th


St; St;


17th DISTRICT: To reports a crime to the 17th The 17th


St; 1900 Wallace


Police District: 215-686-3170. Police District covers Lombard


St. to Moore St. and Broad St. to the Schuylkill River Aggravated Assault: 1700 Latona St; 1800 Corlies St; Robbery: 1400 S. 19th St; 1500 S. Broad St; 20th St; 700 S. 20th


St; 29th


Burglary: 1700 S. 23rd St; 1600 S. 21st


St; 1600 Moore St; St; 1500 Manton St;


St; 1300


OPED L


By Denise M. Furey


ast week Governor Wolf reached a par- tial agreement with the Republican dominated House and Senate (State Legislature) regarding the now 5 plus month late bud- get. The informal agreement includes a 7.25% state sales tax (9.25% in Philadelphia), a $350 million increase in school funding and a de- crease in real estate taxes. Wolf took the natural gas severance tax off the table – at least for this year. Wolf’s reasoning for tabling the severance tax was that the current price for natural gas is so low that it would not render the targeted revenue figure. Subsequently he said that he would revisit the tax next year. The governor’s initial severance tax proposal (which did not change at


least publically) called for a 5% tax along with a fixed fee of 4.7 cents on each thousand cubic feet (MCF) of shall gas extracted. Fur- thermore, he wanted the tax accessed on a minimum price of $2.97/MCF in order to generate a desired rev- enue level.


I do not believe that the price for Marcellus Shale gas will rebound in any mean- ingful way by next June when the next budget it due. I believe he pulled the tax because he realized that to get it through the Legis- lature he was going to need to compromise significantly on either the privatization of liquor or on pension reform. Even if the Legislature com- promised on the severance tax issue, it was not going to go along with the proposed floor price per MCF. Today’s market price for the US benchmark for natu- ral gas, Henry Hub is $2.37/ MCF, which is already 20% below his floor price of


LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Subjects on which to muse


Dear Editor, Y & Reed & Fitzwater St; 1800 Fernon


Theft: 2200 Montrose St; 1200 S. 26th St; 1700 Mole St; 2100 Earp St; 2300 Dickenson St; 2100 Pierce St; 1700 Fernon St; Theft from Auto: 900 S. 18th 22nd


St; 1100 S. 25th St; 31st St; & Tasker


St; 2000 Carpenter St; 1500 Dickenson St; 1400 Washington Ave; Reed & Hol- lywood St; 800 S. 18th


Stolen Auto: 2500 Tasker St; Rape: 1700 S. 18th


St


18th DISTRICT: Covers: Baltimore Ave to Lancaster Ave, 30th


Street to 62nd St


Aggravated Assault: 5600 Washington Ave; 0 S. Yewdall St; 3900 Sansom St; 5700 Spruce St; 5200 Pine St; 5100 Irving St; Robbery: 4000 Walnut St; 4400 Locust St; 52nd St; 56th


200 Farragut St; 500 S. 52nd


& Ranstead St; 5200 Addison & Spruce St; 4500 Regent St; St;


Burglary: 4000 Pine St; 5700 Osage Ave; 5600 Christian St; 6100 Webster St; 0 S. Yewdall St; 5300 Catherine St; Theft: 3000 Market St; 3400 Spruce St; 3700 Walnut St; 200 Hanson St; 4600 Baltimore Ave; 4900 Walton Ave; 3400 Civic Center Blvd; 4300 Lo- cust St; 3400 Walnut St; 4600 Chest- nut St; 0 S. 52nd


St; P St; 5900 Carpenter St;


5600 Chestnut St; 5600 Chestnut St; Theft from Auto: 5700 Market St; 5800 Osage Ave; 4800 Walnut St; 132 S. 56th


Stolen Auto: 200 N. 42nd


Pine St; 5600 Cedar Ave; Rape: 4300 Chestnut St;


St; 61st &


olitical updates on the State & Local Level


The UC Review and Phila- delphia Free Press compile political news that affects voters each week on the city and state level to keep readers more abreast of local politics. If there’s an issue you would like included in this column, please email it to newsdesk@press- review.net by the Monday, noontime deadline!


State Rep. Vanessa Low- ery Brown, D-Phila. Chair- woman of the Pennsylvania


Legislative Black Caucus, and other state representa- tives and members of the PLBC, alumni and current students held a rally on No- vember 10th


in the Capitol


Rotunda. More than one hundred students, alumni and con- cerned citizen gathered in the rotunda along with twelve state representa- tives, demanding equity in funding and programs for Cheyney University, one of 14 institutions in the State System of Higher Educa- tion, and the first in the na-


our publication has more subjects to com- ment on than the major newspapers. Thank you. Sorry this e-mail is so long. 1. Thank you for report- ing the Society Hill Civic Association united against development at SuperFresh market at 5th and Spruce. The ladies at nearby St. Mary’s Residence are low in- come and many are disabled. SuperFresh is the only one convenient, affordable shop- ping two blocks away, for those who can walk or have fellow tenants assist them. A “luxury” co-op at 5h and


St; 900 S.


Walnut is going up, but those tenants will probably have servants to shop for them, and won’t object to higher prices.


What is the urge to build up after needlessly tearing down still-usable proper- ties? This is a double waste of energy (demolishing and then re-erecting). Successful civilization contains a mix of new and old, large and small structures for an interesting combination leading to imag- inative ideas. The public’s architectural heritage should not be taken from them. Humans need green space as well as skyscrapers. To honor returning mili- tary veterans seeking ad-


$2.97. Perhaps more impor- tantly, the gas producers in Pennsylvania are reported to be receiving significantly lower prices in the range of $1.20 to $1.80/MCF owing to inadequate transporta- tion infrastructure. At these prices, the tax works out to be as high as 16%/MCF making it one of the highest in the nation. This would be on top of 9.99% state corporate income tax which is also among the highest in the US. His tax would chase drillers to other states. Neighboring and fellow shale gas producer, West Virginia, already has a simi- lar severance tax structure of 5% tax (with the 4.7 cent fee). However, it has a low- er corporate income tax rate at 6.7% and does not have the floor price mechanism. The American Petroleum In- stitute estimates that Wolf’s plan would reduce Pennsyl- vania’s gross state product by $20 billion through 2025. We hear that Pennsylva-


ditional skills for gainful civilian employment, a new FREE hands-on Academy of Building Conservation is be- ing formed, based on Phila- delphia’s eminently success- ful Academy Program of 30 years ago. It will train how to extend the life, value of use- fulness of standing structures as long as wanted. ESSENTIAL to reach ex- pected profitable goals in building conservation is a knowledgeable team of crafts people, able to execute COR- RECTLY the professionals’ conservation plans on time, on budget, while respecting original design and fabric. Unnecessary gutting and de- molition are avoided. Com- ponents removed are reused, if possible. There is a huge untapped market for conserving and


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tion of what have become known as the historically black colleges and universi- ties.


Rep. Stephen Kinsey, D-


Phila, organized the event in the Capitol. who pro- claimed, “Let’s make sure we don’t let Cheyney die!” Brown endorsed that comment, adding, «If we allow Cheyney to die, a part of us will die as well.» Michael Coard, a 1982 Cheyney graduate and law- yer, has been instrumental in the fight for equity at Cheyney University. He was one of the attorneys who filed a federal lawsuit under the U.S. Constitution›s 14th Amendment equal protec- tion clause against Pennsyl- vania in 2014. According to Coard, the lawsuit was filed 21 years after the federal government


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nia is the only state with meaningful hydrocarbon extraction that does not have a natural gas severance tax. That is not entirely true, as California, which is a crude producing state, does not have a severance tax on any hydrocarbons. But more importantly, in Pennsylva- nia, we already have a shale tax referred to as an impact fee. Gov. Wolf also appeared not to see it as separate from a “tax” as he wanted to do away with the impact fee and include it in his tax. The impact fee is in my opinion a fair tax. The companies are charged for what they cost the Commonwealth and local communities. It is dispersed primarily to those communities impacted and to state government to cover increased regulatory costs. Wolf wants the proceeds from the severance tax is to be earmarked for public ed- ucation. However, a better look at his budget showed it going into the general fund.


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