Aye. The ayes are 17, the nays are 0. A SECOND READING AND FINAL PASSAGE CALENDAR majority of all Members of Council having voted in the affirmative, the bill passes. The last bill to be called for consideration is Bill No. 010129.
An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia maps by changing the zoning designations of the following area of the City: Area generally bounded by Rhawn Street, Whittaker Street, a certain railroad right-of-way Kendrick Street extended and Docker Street.
This bill having been read on two different days, the question now is shall the bill pass finally? The Clerk will please call the roll.
Aye. The ayes are 17, the nays are 0. A SPEECHES majority of all Members of Council having voted in the affirmative, the bill passes. This concludes our calendar for today. Are there speeches on part of the minority? Are there speeches on the part of the majority? The Chair recognize Councilman DiCicco.
Thank you, Madam President. Earlier today in the Caucus Room, I commented on some of the articles that appeared in today's paper concerning proposed wall wrap legislation and I spoke to some of the -- what gave me this idea, basically when I was Europe a couple years and I saw where they take public buildings, even private buildings that are undergoing extensive renovations that require scaffolding to the building. Robin Schatz will be circulating a copy of three of the photographs that were taken in Rome so that folks can look at this over the summer months. I have a rough draft of the wall wrap legislation this upcoming week for people, again, to make comments and review over the summer months. And I won't do anything with the bill, obviously, SPEECHES until the fall. But I'm available for comments. I'm available for discussions. I appreciate everyone taking a looking at this. And by the way, two of the photographs are historical buildings that the wall wraps were placed in Rome, so it's not just an individual owners taking an opportunity to generate revenue for his or her building. These were publicly-owned buildings in Rome that the government has allowed certain types of advertising on scaffolding on a temporary basis. So Robin Schatz will be circulating them for your review. Thank you.
Thank you. The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Tasco.
Thank you, Madam President. Madam President, in recent years, the incredible talents of Tiger Woods and the dynamic duo sisters Serena and Venus Williams have ignited an unprecedented amount of interest in the sports of golf and tennis, respectively. In addition, these extraordinary young athletes have brought true meaning to the old saying, "If you can see it work, work hard for it and believe it, you can achieve it." SPEECHES With all of this in mind, I am truly disgusted when the ills of cultural ignorance and bigotry rear their heads in our society in an attempt to discredit the honor and success of anyone. However, ignorance and bigotry are just what we got a whiff of when Syd Rosenberg, the new sports reporter for the Don Imus show stated that, and I quote, he can't stomach either of the Williams sisters and called Venus an animal. He said he couldn't even watch the sisters play any more because he finds them disgusting. Furthermore, when one of Rosenberg's friends jokingly quipped that he should cool down his venom for the Williams sisters because one day the sisters may be in Play Boy, Rosenberg responded that Venus and Serena have a better shot at posing nude for National Geographic than Play Boy. While I doubt that these distinguished and learned sisters would even entertain the thought of doing such a thing, Rosenberg's comments were tasteless and dim-witted. I am pleased to note that Syd Rosenberg was fired from the Don Imus show. And since SPEECHES Rosenberg got the boot hours after making his outlandish remarks, maybe the next time he'll think twice before putting his foot in his mouth. For the record, we should all know that after being fired Rosenberg said that he is not a racist. However, I hope that he has learned like Fuzzy Zoeller, that a man's words and actions are a true reflection of who he is and what he represents. And I'd like to read this quote. I was reading the quotes of Dr. Martin Luther King for a speech I'm going to make on Saturday, but I thought it was appropriate to read after my comments. And I quote. "There is little hope for us until we become tough-minded enough to break loose from the shackles of prejudice, half-truths and downright ignorance." Thank you very much. (Applause.)
Thank you. The Chair recognizes Councilman Nutter.
Thank you, Madam President. First, I just want to commend my colleague Councilwoman Tasco for, as they say, bringing it home and keeping it real. I really appreciate what you just said and the message that SPEECHES you carry. Madam President, I wanted to share a little bit of information, probably having what some might refer to as somewhat of a middle-aged moment. There are a couple of us around here who are right about at the middle point, with the exception of Councilman Cohen, who have a number of years before us and a number of years behind us and we're kind of -- and so from time to time I do reflect on some things that seem to have happened a long time ago. And I'd like to go back to 1983, which for me personally, was an incredible year of great joy and great sadness, and a number of things happened to me during that year and thoughts of a couple of things that happened this year reminded me of them. In somewhat chronological order, in May of 1983, 18 years ago, the City nominated in the democratic primary the person who was subsequently to become the first black Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, and his son is now our colleague, W. Wilson Goode, Jr. That was an exciting year for the City. It was the first kind of big political campaign that I worked on for a former colleague of SPEECHES many of the Councilmembers here today, the late Councilman-at-Large John C. Anderson. It was the first campaign I worked on. The Councilman was a Councilman-at-Large running for reelection in a primary election that had 57 Council-at-Large candidates. Councilman Anderson in that reelection campaign actually came in first, having nothing to do with my campaign knowledge. Actually, I had none, which the Councilman reminded me on a number of occasions. But it was an exciting time for me and crystallized for me my interest in politics. And 18 years later, I'm here in this Body. Shortly after that election, my son was born, and that was also a great time of joy. Later on that year, later on into June, the Philadelphia 76ers won the NBA Championship and there was a great parade in this City. And because of Councilman Anderson, I actually had an opportunity to participate in the parade and ride along in one of the trucks or floats. And as a very young person, it, again, was a very exciting time. Unfortunately, later that year, great tragedy struck and Councilman Anderson passed away and the City has suffered a loss since that time. SPEECHES Eighteen years later, the young boy who was born in May of 1983 is now 18, two weeks from today will graduate from high school. We also find that our Philadelphia 76ers are in the finals. They played an incredible game last night in great Philadelphia tradition. They never blinked. I think almost all of the game they led the way and shocked the Los Angeles fans. And then when we couldn't put it away in regulation, we toughed it out, we grinded it out and won in overtime. And I'm sure the rest of the games will be exiting. But I want to commend the 76ers. They have continued to thrill us, and I'm looking forward to participating in another parade 18 years later with the Philadelphia 76ers. Thank you, Madam President.
Thank you. And they really showed true teamwork. They were absolutely fabulous last night. The Chair recognizes Councilman DiCicco.
Yes, Madam President, just one more brief statement about the photographs that I circulated and a comment, again, on the article that appeared in a paper, the one that shows "place your ad here" on the base of the ADJOURNMENT Tower William Penn. I certainly would never want to do anything to degrade this magnificent building. Anyone who knows me knows how much I care about this City and the historical buildings and all the other things that we're proud of. But understand while you're reviewing these materials over the summer months that it's not unusual for us to do some very unique things with this building. William Penn has had the Phillies uniform on, the Flyers uniform on, and I'm hoping and praying that he will be wearing a 76ers jersey next week. So I don't find that degrading. We've done things with this building in the past and I'm hopeful we'll do them in the future. Thank you, Madam President.
Thank you. Are there any other speeches? The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Tasco for a motion.
Madam President, I move that Council stand adjourned until Thursday June 14, at 10:00 a.m., 2001.
It has been moved and seconded that Council stand adjourned until Thursday, June 14, 2001 at 10:00 a.m. All in favor will say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. Council will stand adjourned until Thursday June 14, 2001 at 10:00 a.m. Thank you. (Witness excused.) (Deposition concluded at 12:30 p.m.) C E R T I F I C A T I O N I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing proceedings of the Council of the City of Philadelphia of June 7, 2001, were reported fully and accurately by me, and that this is a correct transcript of the same. RE: STATED MEETING ___________________________ Lisa C. Bradley, RPR and Notary Public