Members of the Take Back Your Neighborhood civic association last week heard from a local attorney and the head of Pennsylvania Working Families.
Kati Sipp, director of the liberal Pennsylvania Working Families, spoke about her group’s effort to abolish the School Reform Commission. The group helped collect 40,000 petitions to lobby City Council to place a nonbinding resolution on the Nov. 4 ballot, calling for an end to the SRC.
But, Council failed to vote on the proposal at its Sept. 11 meeting, meaning it could not make it on the ballot in time for this fall. Council approved the measure at its Sept. 18 meeting, meaning the question will go to voters in the May 2015 primary.
Meanwhile, attorney Larry Levin spoke of his firm’s work in the areas of workers’ compensation, Social Security disability and veterans’ benefits. He is a partner in the Jenkintown firm of Shor & Levin. He and Jay Shor are known as the “Bulldog Lawyers.”
In other news from the Sept. 15 meeting:
• Rhawnhurst Naturally Occurring Retirement Community will meet on Thursday, Oct. 23, at noon at Ner Zedek Synagogue, 7520 Bustleton Ave. Lunch costs $5.
The NORC will also sponsor a series of book talks by Jack Belitsky on selected Thursdays at 1 p.m at the Klein JCC, 10100 Jamison Ave. The dates are Oct. 30 (Happiness, by Tal Ben Shahar); Dec. 11 (Storyteller, by Jodi Picoult); Feb. 12 (Chestnut Street, by Maeve Binchey); April 16 (Angel of Losses, by Stephanie Feldman); and June 11 (Margot, by Jillian Cantor).
The NORC is looking for volunteers for its annual winterization day, set for Nov. 2. Volunteers will perform minor home repairs, lawn cleanups and chores for senior citizens. Call 215–320–0351 or email [email protected]
• The newly formed Take Back Your Neighborhood Business Association will meet on Sunday, Sept. 28, at 2 p.m. at 6601 Rutland St.
• The Take Back Your Neighborhood civic association will meet again on Monday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m. at Max Myers Playground. ••
