Category: Delco

Tahmir Craig Case Black Eye For Whelan

Tahmir Craig Case Black Eye For Whelan — Delaware County District Attorney Jack Whelan announced in a press conference yesterday, March 20,  that he was dropping the case against Tahmir Craig whom he had charged with first degree murder for the May 28 killing of Devon Williams in Chester.

It turns out that Craig had a strong alibi and that he was six-inches too short to have been the shooter who was captured on video.

Craig had spent the last 10 months in the county lockup.

Whelan appears to be expecting some pats on the back for, well, deciding against trying to send this young man — Craig is 23 — to  the execution gurney.

“As prosecutors in the administration of justice, we have an absolute
duty to exhaust all resources in our efforts to pursue the truth,”
Whelan said.

The pats on the back are not going to come from here.

Craig was arrested after tips came  to police that the shooter was named “Tahmir”. Police checked a police data base and Craig’s name came up. They thought his picture sorta looked like the one on the video, and witnesses picked him out of a photo array.

Bingo! Case solved!

You would think, though, that due diligence by trained professionals would involve checking alibis and determining heights before filing charges, and that a private attorney would not need to be hired to insist on these rather basic things being done before one tries to send a young man to his death and requires him to spend nearly a year in prison.

You know the real killer is still out there, right, Jack?

 

Tahmir Craig Case Black Eye For Whelan

Tahmir Craig Case Black Eye For Whelan

After Watching Silver Linings Playbook

Things to do after watching Silver Linings Playbook:

1. Order Raisin Bran at the Llanerch Diner, which, btw, is $2.20.

2. Check out the Eagles 2008 season to see how well it jives with the film. It’s a perfect match it seems.

Things not to do:

1. Walk from the Llanerch Diner to the Lansdowne Theater.

2. Expect to see a Ridley Park cop patrolling the neighborhood.

Things To Do After Watching Silver Linings Playbook

 

Things To Do After Watching Silver Linings Playbook

Watchstander Is Online

The 14-mile stretch of the Delaware River bordering Delaware County, Pa. is now covered by Boeing Watchstander Integrated Security Solutions, which provides 24-hour surveillance, detection, identification and recognition at key sites.

Watchstander cameras show live activity including boat traffic along the Delaware with views of the refineries, shipping terminals, PPL Park, Commodore Barry Bridge and Harrah’s Casino and Racetrack.
Boeing got the contract to install it in July 2011. The announcement that it was online was made Oct. 16.

“Delaware County is home to refineries, two-thirds of Philadelphia International Airport is in the County, plus the Delaware River runs parallel to an interstate highway and major railroad lines, which demands that we provide the most advanced security available for this region,” said District Attorney Jack Whelan.

 

Watchstander Is Online

Delco Council Commends Honor Flight Philly

Honor Flight’s year-old Philadelphia hub was commended, today, Aug. 22, by Delaware County Council for its work in honoring veterans. Honor Flight gives veterans trips to Washington D.C. for a day in which they tour their memorials and are treated with special honor. There is no cost to them. As of now, the trips are restricted to World War II and terminally ill veterans although the group soon expects to be including veterans from the Korean War. Delco Council Commends Honor Flight Philly
Delco Council Commends Honor Flight PhillyPresenting the certificate is Councilman Mario Civera Jr., who is the council’s liaison to the county’s Department of Veterans Affairs and an Air Force veteran. Flanking him are World War II veterans Carmen Laino of Springfield and Ed Pizzi of Newtown Square who will be participants in Honor Flight Philadelphia’s Sept. 9 trip. With them in the front row are (from left) Honor Flight members Rick Megaro of Springfield, Marie Martinelli of Havertown, group president and founder Andrew Schiavello of Springfield, Grace Amen of Philadelphia and Bill Lawrence of Springfield. In back are county council members John P. McBlain, Dave White, Tom McGarrigle and Colleen Morrone.
Delco Council Commends Honor Flight Philly

Bee Mites Cancel Grange Honey Harvest

Due to an infestation of bee mites and white moths, there will not be a “honey harvest” at the Historic Grange Estate this summer.

However, the Grange beekeepers will hold a “Bee Demonstration,” 1 p.m., July 21, that will include the six new hives — two Russian and four Carniolan hives — recently built and relocated on the property, a visit to the “bee house” to see the tools and clothing used by the beekeepers and observing live bees in a plexiglass box to see how they operate in the hive.

For questions or more information, call the Grange office at 610-446-4958 or e-mail grangeest@verizon.net.

The Historic Grange Estate is at 143 Myrtle Ave., Havertown, Pa. 19083

Hat tip Cathy Martin

Bee Mites Cancel Grange Honey Harvest

Bee Mites Cancel Grange Honey Harvest

Mitt Romney In Chester Township

Mitt Romney In Chester Township — Here is a close up taken by the McGrane sisters of Springfield of Mitt Romney greeting supporters at the April 23 event in Chester Township. He may be our next president.Mitt Romney In Chester Township

 

Mitt Romney In Chester Township

 

 

Credit Republicans If Refineries Are Saved

Credit Republicans If Refineries Are Saved — A state cabinet member told the House Appropriations Committee, Feb. 27, that there is a strong likelihood that two of the three Philadelphia area refineries scheduled for shut-down may be saved.

C. Alan Walker, secretary of Department of Commerce and Economic Development, told the legislators that an angel in form of United Refining Co. of Warren, Pa. may be interested in buying the Sunoco ones in Philadelphia and Marcus Hook.
Apparently a lot of work has been going on behind the scenes. Note the work appears to be being done by the Republican Corbett administration.
Hopefully, someone can be found to find save the idled ConocoPhillips plant in Trainer.
It might be bargain. If the administration changes in Washington, relief would be expected from the regulatory burdens largely responsible for its closure that had been imposed by the religious zealots who have taken over the Obama-run EPA.

Faith Ryan Whittlesey, Whatever Happened To?

Remember Faith Ryan Whittlesey, the Delaware County councilwoman and 166th District state representative in the 1970s who became a high ranking staffer in the Reagan Administration and eventually ambassador to Switzerland?

Well she just wrote this column for Newsmax.com vigorously defending Newt Gingrich against the charges being levied that he was somehow anti-Reagan.

Whatever Happened To Faith Ryan Whittlesey?

Whatever Happened To Faith Ryan Whittlesey?

Meehan Only Hero In ConocoPhillips Tragedy

Meehan Only Hero In ConocoPhillips Tragedy — ConocoPhillips announced billions in profits, yesterday, shortly before it was expected to layoff its workforce at its refinery in Trainer, Pa.

This has resulted in outrage, and there should be outrage. Not just an employer but a major part of our industrial infrastructure is shutting down.

Where is the attempt to save it?

ConocoPhillips spokesman Rich Johnson explained the reasoning for the closing as being “based on the level of investment required to remain competitive in the U.S. East Coast refining market that has been under severe market pressure for several years.”

He cited product imports, weakness in motor fuel demand and costly regulatory requirements as the cause of this market pressure.

Where were our politicians in demanding relief from these requirements? Congressman Pat Meehan (R-7) is the closest thing we have to a hero on this and even he could have been a lot louder.

Congressmen Bob Brady (D-1) and Chaka Fattah (D-2) have been dead silent on the issue. One of the similarly endangered Sunoco refineries is in Fattah’s district and Brady’s district includes many of refinery workers.

How about the union leaders? Notice Johnson was not blaming labor costs for the closings? Why do they continue to support politicians who want to regulate away our industry?

Our senators Pat Toomey (R) and Bob Casey (D) haven’t been particularly outspoken on providing relief for the refineries and their workers.

And of course there is President Obama. Obama didn’t even make the feeblest effort to save them and it would have been likely been all that it would have taken. Does Obama want to destroy our industry? I fear the answer to that.

So outrage is warranted but don’t direct it all at the oil company.

Feds Shut American Eagle Savings Bank

Feds Shut American Eagle Savings Bank — American Eagle Savings Bank, whose only branch was at 3915 Chichester Ave. in Upper Chichester, Pa., was shut by the feds Friday.

Capital Bank of Rockville, Md. has agreed to purchase its assets   from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

American Eagle had about $19.6 million in assets and $17.7 million in deposits as of Sept. 30.

Hat tip, Tom C.

 

Feds Shut American Eagle Savings Bank

Feds Shut American Eagle Savings Bank