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A selection of press clips about my work as a political and community
activist and the groups with which I have been associated in the last few years.
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Leadership Philadelphia
Kristin Pazulski,
Leaders grow on trees in Mt. Airy: Mt. Airy scores well in
Leadership Philadelphia survey, Chestnut Hill Local, October 26,
2006.
Editorial,
The Leadership Boom, Chestnut Hill Local, October 26, 2006
Joseph A. Slobodzian, Real
Leaders, Philadelphia Inquirer, October 15, 2006
Neighborhood Defense.org (The organization devoted to fighting
to repeal act 193 and preserve the rights of community groups to appeal
decisions of the zoning board and other agencies that regulate land use
in Philadelphia.)
Kristin Pazulski,
Civic groups fight for zoning rights, Chestnut Hill Local,
October 12, 2006.
Gwen Shaffer,
Community Chess, Philadelphia Weekly, August 16, 2006
Ed Goppelt,
Unmuzzling
the Citizens, Hallwatch, June 13, 2005
Tom Fitzgerald,
Limits on zoning appeals approved,
Philadelphia Inquirer, December 1, 2004
The Crime Issue
Mark McDonald, He's the
Commish - and he's staying, Daily News, July 28,2006
The Casinos
Tracie Mauriello,
14
arrested for protest about casino information Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, December 12, 2006.
Doron Taussig,
A Minor Victory: Casino foes win a small battle, and vow to fight on,
City Paper, November 1, 2006
Jeff Shields,
Planners hopeful on city's role in slots, Philadlephia Inquirer,
October 26, 2006
Jeff Shields, Local
victory on slots issue, The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 19,
2006
Mary F. Patel,
Fighting the Inevitable, City Paper, September 21, 2006
Chris Satullo, That train
done gone and left the station, Philadelphia Inquirer, September
17, 2006
The Anne Dicker Campaign
Gwen Shaffer, On The Waterfront,
Philadelphia Weekly, May 10, 2006
Fighting for Academic Freedom
Neighborhood Networks
The November 2006 Special Election Controversy and the
Beginning of the Spring 2007 Primary
Gar Joseph, Brady gets
earful from passel of progressives, Daily News, October 13,
2006
Michael Currie Schaffer,
Family tradition a key to city office, Philadelphia
Inquirer, October 2, 2006
Mary Patel,
Sticks, Stones and Hurtful Names, City Paper,
September 14, 2006
Gwen Shaffer,
Special Effects, Philadelphia Weekly, September 13, 2006
Catherine Lucey, Council
wannabes step up, but ward leaders look like shoo-ins, Daily
News, September 8, 2006
The May 2006 Primary / Neighborhood Networks Elects Wards
Leaders and Committee People
Carisa D. Brewster, Dem Lt.
Governor, 198th District candidates meet public, Mt. Airy Times
Express, March 31, 2006
Gar Joseph,
For Dems it's not personal, just strictly business, Daily News,
March 24, 2006
Doron Taussig,
Ward
Cleaving, City Paper, March 8, 2006
Tom Fitzgerald, Insurgent
Democrats win 64 seats on ward committees, Philadelphia
Inquirer, May 19, 2006
Catherine Lucey,
A strong
showing by newcomer pols, Daily News, May 18, 2006
Inclusionary Housing
Larry Eichel,
Council to consider housing concept, Philadelphia Inquirer,
June 16, 2005
Handgun Control
Sarah Watson,
Groups launch letter-writing anti-gun push, Daily News,
January 21, 2006
Ethics Reform
Dave Davies,
Reformed ethics bill ready
for vote, Philadelphia Daily News, November 17, 2005
Marcia Gelbart,
$1 million worth of ethics, Philadelphia Inquirer, November
17, 2005
Marcia Gelbart,
Street
picks 5 for Ethics Board, Philadelphia Inquirer, October 19,
2006
Marcia Gelbart,
Defeat
feared for ethics measure, Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct. 02,
2005
Marcia Gelbart,
Out of scandal, a cry for change, Philadelphia Inquirer, November
10, 2005
Dave Davies,
Voters give big 'yes!' to city ethics reform,
Daily News, November 9, 2005
 Chris Brennan,
Off-year election: yawn, Daily News, November 8, 2005
Raising the Minimum Wage and
The Legislative Pay Raise
Michael Mishak
Delay in Pay Raise Sought, Chestnut Hill Local, August 18,
2005
Tom Barnes,
State legislative pay raise furor not dying away,
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette August 14, 2005 John Baer,
Raised all this
stink...but can the opposition sustain its assault till election
day?, Daily News, August 10, 2005
Amy Worden, Tom Infield and Tom Fitzgerald,
Moves in Pa.
House to stand, Philadelphia Inquirer, Friday, August 5, 2005
Amy Worden,
Pay raise opponents
stripped of posts, Philadelphia Inquirer, July 28, 2005
The Founding of Neighborhood Networks and
Our Impact on Philadelphia Politics
Tom Fitzgerald,
New voters
could shake up city politics, Philadelphia Inquirer, December 27,
2005
Thomas Fitzgerald,
Democrats seek to regain party's soul, Philadelphia Inquirer,
Thursday, June 16, 2005
Gar Joseph,
Shadow Party, Daily News, June 10, 2005
Thomas Fitzgerald,
It's that '70s show of spirit Evans likes, Philadelphia Inquirer,
Friday, June 10, 2005*
James Surdivant, Miracle
on 34th Street, Chestnut Hill Local, June 9, 2005
Gwen Shaffer,
Won't You Be
My Neighbor, Philadelphia Weekly, May 25, 2005.
Chris Satullo,
Slow - but sure
- steps to reform, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 15, 2005
Neighborhood Networks in the Blogs
Comments on our Founding Conference:
Discussion / summary of news reports on NN:
Discussion of the minimum wage:
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State Politics
Tom Barnes and Tracie Mauriello,
House rebels try to
break the iron grip of leadership, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 10, 2006.
Tracie Mauriello,
Fumo will keep
power, experts say. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 2, 2006.
Pennsylvania Transit Coalition / Philadelphia Transit Campaign
Carla Anderson, Kudos to
transit protesters, Daily News, March 1, 2005Gwen Shaffer,
Waiting for the
gravy train; Activists want state lawmakers to put mass transit back on track,
Philadelphia Weekly, January 26, 2005
Myung Oak Kim, Postcards from Route
124, Daily News, January 24, 2005
Carla Anderson,
Tomorrow's the day to 'Ride or Die', Daily news, January 19, 2005
Letters to the Editor: Heavy-Hitters
support a real transit fix, Daily News, January 13, 2005Carla
Anderson, The masses back transit,
Daily News, January 7, 2005
Carla Anderson, Time for
straphangers to unite, Daily News, January 6, 2005
Jere Downs, City halts SEPTA's plans for fare hike,
December 3, 2004
G. W. Miller,
Rendell not
optimistic about transit funding, December 2, 2004
Carisa D. Brewster,
Lawmakers, Governor at impass on transit funding, Mt. Airy
Times-Express, Decumber 1, 2004
Tom Waring,
For SEPTA, it’s a rocky
road, Northeast Times, November 25, 2004
Jere Downs and Anthony R. Wood,
Gas-tax rise may help save SEPTA, Philadelphia Inquirer, November 24,
2005
Brendan I. Keegan,
Riders vent over SEPTA woes,
Temple News, October 22, 2004
Dan Geringer,
Transit-fund brigade rolls to Harrisburg,
Daily News, October 5, 2004
West Mt. Airy Neighbors / Northwest Philadelphia
Honors and Awards
WMAN honors Stier, elects officers at annual meeting,
Mt. Airy Times Express, June 30, 2005
Marc Stier Chosen 76ers
Hometown Hero for February 23
Mt. Airy Day
Beth A. Brooks,
Weather helped Mt. Airy Day succeed once again,
The Leader, May 11, 2005
Crime
James Sturdivant,
Too
Close to Ignore, Chestnut Hill Local, October 28, 2004 Michael
Mishak,
Mt. Airy Revives Safety Network, Chestnut Hill Local, January 22,
2004
Saving the Historic Homes on Johnson Street
Carla Anderson, Bias at issue in
church fight, September 20, 2004Carla Anderson,
It's God against history in West Mount
Airy, Daily News, August 12,2004
Kristin Pazulski,
Neighbors Challenge New Covenant's proposed shelter, Chestnut Hill
Local, April 6, 2006 Michael Mishak,
Neighbors discuss WMAN-EMAN merger, Chestnut Hill Local, January 22,200
Michael Mishak, Organization organizes to fight watershed development,
Chestnut Hill Local, November 18, 2004
Angela Couloumbis, Proposal to curtail retailing draws ire,
Philadelphia Inquirer, December 2, 2004
Wman: Invest in your community, Chestnut Hill Local, May 19, 2005
Northwest Transit Campaign
Tom Namako, Community
leaders decry R-8 cuts, Chestnut Hill
Local, November 27, 2003
Politics in Northwest Philadelphia
Marcia Gelbart,
Watchdog bitten for premature slam,
Philadelphia Inquirer, September 23, 2005
Marcia Gelbart,
3 candidates seek state House seat,
Philadelphia Inquirer, September 12, 2005
Dave Davies,
Green Party ripe for special election, Daily News, September 8, 2005
Dave Davies,
Schwartz-Torsella a tough choice for
Dems, Daily News, April 20, 2004
My Campaign for State Representative, 2004
Editorial, Arlen Specter's filp-flop
election but other incumbents, sadly, post easy wins, April 28, 2004
Erin Einhorn and Bob Warner, Election
results, Daily News, April 28, 2004
Dave Davies and Chris Brennan,
Challengers in 10 districts
look too..., Daily News, April 23, 2004
Katie Worrall and Michael Mishak,
Primary Election Next Tuesday,
Chestnut Hill Local, April 24, 2004
Vernon Clark,
Court challenges leave incumbent with only 2 rivals:
One opponent contends Rep. Youngblood seized on "technicalities" to knock 3 off the ballot,
Philadelphia Inquirer, April 23, 2004
Dave Davies,
Bochetto opts out of
plan to run against Fumo, February 18, 2004
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