Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption of the resolution.

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Thank you, Mr. President. I have one bill and one privileged resolution.

Be it resolved, by the Council of the City of Philadelphia, that we hereby recognize and honor the Alumnae Association of the Philadelphia High School for Girls on its 125th Anniversary.

Further resolved, that an engrossed copy of this resolution be presented to the Alumnae Association of the Philadelphia High ...

Thank you.

And our resolution reads: Recognizing and honoring the Alumnae Association of the Philadelphia High School for Girls on its 125th Anniversary.

Whereas, the Alumnae Association of the Philadelphia High School for Girls was founded in 1889, a time when most professions and workplaces were restricted to the male ...

And so before we begin reading our resolution, I wanted to bring Councilwoman Brown up to make a few remarks, if you would.

Good morning, everyone. We do great things here in Philadelphia and among them on the education side is Girls' High. It's one of our city's premier schools, and I'm so happy that it's in the 8th District, along with some other great schools, but they do ...

Whereas, through Ms. Thornton's leadership of the Heritage Society, Belmont Mansion has become one of the most important buildings in Fairmount Park open to the public as the Underground Railroad Museum; and

Thank you, Mr. President. I just wanted to mention a couple things. Number one, I wanted to echo Councilwoman Tasco and Councilman Jones in that we do have a significant mental health issue here in the City of Philadelphia that at some point we have to figure out how to ...

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Thank you. I offer two bills today.

And whereas, of the ten largest cities in the United States, Philadelphia has the highest rates of obesity and diabetes; and

Whereas, according to the Philadelphia Department of Health, in 2008, 64 percent of Philadelphia's adults and 57 percent of Philadelphia's children between the ages of 6 and ...

Whereas, the American Red Cross Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter and the City of Philadelphia formed an exciting partnership to train citizens to become providers of Mental Health First Aid, with the goal of having more than 360 people trained by June 30th; and

Whereas, the American Red Cross Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter ...

Thank you, Mr. President. I do want to -- I was in the hearing yesterday for part of it and I did hear some of the questions that were asked, and I have to say I was shocked and surprised as well and very much troubled by the information that we ...

Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption of the resolution.

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Hearing.

Thank you, Mr. President. I offer one privileged resolution.

Thank you, Mr. President. I have no bills or resolutions.

Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption of the resolution.

Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption of the resolution.

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Thank you, Mr. President. I have two privileged resolutions, one co-sponsored by Councilwoman Blackwell, Tasco, and Reynolds Brown and the other by Councilman Jones and Reynolds Brown.

Thank you, Mr. President. I wanted to just take a moment today and recognize Temple University and a new initiative that they have, Fly in 4. And I know that, Mr. President, you and I share Temple University's campus, whether it be the main campus or the medical campus ...

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Thank you, Mr. President. Nothing this week.

Thank you, Mr. President. On any given day there is no shortage of things to be outraged about, but in light of the recent snow, I was preparing to take the train into town and wondered if I should carry my pocketbook. In light of the recent shootings around purse ...