Aye. The ayes are 16; the nays are zero. A majority of all members present having voted in the affirmative, the bill passes. Mr. Decker, do you have any other resolutions?
A privileged resolution recognizing Mr. Charles 10/11/12 - STATED - 2ND READING Ireland, Principal, Sayre High School, for his life-long dedication to the field of education and applauding and supporting his continued ingenuity, passion, and goals for students, parents, teachers, and the community alike, introduced by Councilwoman Blackwell.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
Been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor? (Aye.)
And a privileged resolution recognizing Chestnut Hill for 10/11/12 - STATED - 2ND READING having been selected by the American Planning Association as one of the 2012 top ten neighborhoods in the United States, and appreciates the honor this reflects on Philadelphia, introduced by Councilman Oh.
Thank you, Mr. President. The resolution is co-sponsored by Councilwoman Cindy Bass, the District Councilperson, and I would move for the adoption. (Duly seconded.)
Moved and properly seconded. All those in favor? (Aye.) 10/11/12 - STATED - 2ND READING
The ayes have it. The resolution is adopted. I would like to say -- let the record reflect that the votes are 17, zero and not 16, zero. I forgot that Councilwoman Tasco left an aye vote on all bills and resolutions. So it shall be reflected it's 17, zero on all those bills and resolutions that have passed.
And a privileged resolution authorizing Council's Committee on Public Safety to investigate the potential financial liability and fiscal impact to the City for the current contract with the Philadelphia Fire Fighters that will enter into arbitration for a third time, introduced by Councilman Oh.
Thank you, Mr. President. And that resolution is co-sponsored by Councilman Curtis Jones, Jr., and I would move for the adoption. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor? (Aye.)
There are no other resolutions on the Final Passage Calendar, Mr. President.
Thank you. We will now ask if there are any speeches on the part of the majority. The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Blackwell.
Thank you, Mr. President. Yesterday we had a briefing in the Caucus Room from the Philadelphia School Partnership. On October 15th, they will launch the Great Philadelphia Schools, which is a free user-free, friendly, multi-media resource that gives parents access to comprehensive data and information for over 400 K through 12 schools in our city. This website, no doubt, will prove to be an invaluable tool for us all. Thank you.
Thank you, Councilwoman. The Chair recognizes Councilman Green.
Thank you, Mr. President. Last night in these Chambers we hosted something called SEED 2.0. It basically recognized entrepreneurs who are coming up with innovative ideas in the education space in order to help our school system and our children. In government, we do things from the top down. This truly was a recognition of people doing things from the bottom up trying to make a difference and change. Normally when people in Philadelphia think of change coming from the bottom, they often think of City Council, and so it was appropriate that we were here in these Chambers. And I just want to say thank you to everybody who participated. There were a lot of great ideas that can help our schools. The winner was Teachers Lead Philly, which was a team of three women and two men who are trying to get the teachers in Philadelphia, whether they're in the School District or the parochial system, the charter system, et cetera, to get together and network and support each other in sort of a mentorship collegial way without the structure of the District or anybody else. exciting thing, and I urge people to check out Teachers Lead Philly. They won $5,000 in order to promote their cause. And we had a lot of great sponsors supporting that - PECO, Blue Cross, Young Involved Philadelphia, Indy Hall, Seed Philly, Flying Kite, Technically Philly, Catering by Miles, and Marabella Meatball Company. This was co-sponsored with Philly CORE Leaders, and their executive Board is Claire Robertson-Kraft, Ami Patel, Sophie Bryan, Ali Goodner, Ricky Cole, and my staff member, my other staff member, Rachel Meadows were instrumental in putting this great event together. The judges who served were four women and two men: Helen Cunningham, Donna Frisby-Greenwood, Donna Runner, Mary Hwang, Alex Hillman, and myself. I mention the gender makeup of both the team that won, the participants, and the judges, because we are here in the City of Philadelphia having a huge about a young girl wearing a T-shirt to school that made a political statement, and freedom of speech is very important. But I just want to put that in the context of what happened in Pakistan yesterday where Malala Yousuf was shot in the head for going to school by the Taliban. And so there are very different challenges around the world and there has never been a successful country that has grown their economy, created a middle class, where women were not full participants, were not educated, were not involved in the decisions of that society, according to the IMF and lots of other sources. And so while we are in the region for reasons that have nothing to do with this President or other things and for some very good reasons, I think it is important for us to take the context of what we have in this country and what we're arguing about and know that in many other regions of the world, about, and people are being shot in the streets for, a girl going to school. And so when people ask President Obama why we're not out of Afghanistan, I think you just have to look at the difference in our societies and understand that America's power is needed in many places in the world. Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you, Councilman. The Chair recognizes Councilman Johnson.
Thank you, Council President. I just wanted to commend you on your leadership and the leadership team from both the democratic party and the republican party in hosting the economic summit yesterday regarding the future economic conditions in the City of Philadelphia. As I work in conjunction with Chair of Public Safety, Councilman Curtis Jones, and now being joined by former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Councilman Denny O'Brien, it's always critical to make sure that when we address the issue of youth violence, we have opportunities for young people to trade in their guns for a job, and it's going to be critical as we move forward to look at the recommendations from the Jobs Commission and really support the efforts of making sure that particularly where there's high incidence of crime, there's poverty. That's just how it is. And so I represent a very diverse district, high income, middle income, and also lower income. And so as we look at making sure we provide more job opportunities for individuals in the City of Philadelphia, that's going to play a major component in addressing the issue of youth gun violence and also giving people an opportunity to move up to the middle class. want to thank you for hosting the summit yesterday. The report that I received back from my staff is very favorable. I look forward to continue working with you on this issue. Thank you very much.
Thank you, Councilman. The Chair at this point recognizes Councilman Jones.
With all of those serious subjects, I'm going to give you one more, but on an upbeat. Give him hell, Joe Biden. Give him hell.
Thank you, Councilman. At this time, I'd like to ask are there any speeches on behalf of the minority? The Chair recognizes Councilman Oh.
Thank you very much, Mr. President. I would like to in the School District of Philadelphia for their very timely response in regards to the Samantha Pawlucy incident. That incident, as reported and described in several articles, involved a teacher who singled out a student for the T-shirt she was wearing, which was a Mitt Romney T-shirt, but during class she pulled the student out of class and subjected her to ridicule and called other people to join with her. Her explanation was that it was intended to be light and humorous. And it's not for me to say what it was, but I do find it very reassuring that the School District is taking action upon it. Whatever they determine is fine, but I think in contrast to the prior School District in terms of their failing in dealing with the incident in which students of Chinese heritage were pulled out of the classroom and beaten and then the principal excused that behavior and action was not taken for many months, to the parents of the children in Philadelphia. Whatever the viewpoints are, especially as we adults get very excited about this upcoming election, I think it is important that we set the right example in school where we want to encourage our students to think for themselves and make their own decisions as they go forward and certainly not to be intimidated or bullied in the classroom. Thank you.
Thank you, Councilman. The Chair recognizes Councilman O'Brien.
Thank you, Mr. President. I would just like to add a little bit to this discussion. I wasn't going to speak, but I will say that my kids, my kids with disabilities, are often victimized in numerous settings, including our educational settings, and with little response. So I can empathize with the concerns that are being advanced here, but I would also like to say that this offers us all an opportunity to look at the bullying concept from its basic origins. We're all involved in discussions where we use inflammatory terms to describe one's race, one's gender, one's sexual preference, one's ethnicity, and it's hurtful at its basic core. But the mere fact that we tolerate this in our casual discussions is the beginning and the root of all this bullying, and we as a society, we as members of City Council and other members of government have to take responsibility for that. We have to own that and enable others to be better when we're confronted with these challenges. Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you, Councilman. There being no other speeches, Brown for a motion.
Surely. Thank you, Mr. President. I move that Council stand adjourned until Thursday, October 18th, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded that Council stand adjourned until Thursday, October 18th, 2012, 10:00 a.m. All those in favor? (Aye.)
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