City of Philadelphia - File #: 060020

• File #: 060020
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 1/24/2006
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 1/24/2006
• Title: A resolution encouraging Philadelphian's to observe February 1st 2006 as a day of private meditation and prayer in the hope that 2006 will be blessed to have a reduced murder rate.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Mariano, Councilmember Ramos, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Clarke, Council President Verna, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Nutter

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
1/24/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
1/24/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
1/24/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title

A resolution encouraging Philadelphian's to observe February 1^st 2006 as a day of private meditation and prayer in the hope that 2006 will be blessed to have a reduced murder rate.

Body

WHEREAS, 2005 will forever be stained by a string of 380 murders that commenced with a nineteen (19) year old boy named Terrance on January 1^st and ended with a twenty one (21) year old man named Isaac on December 31^st; and

WHEREAS, The 380 homicides in 2005 represent a significant increase over the 2004 total, one of the largest increases in any large American city from 2004 to 2005; and

WHEREAS, Forty-six (46) of those murders were in the 7^th Council District, with nine (9) in the month of December; and

WHEREAS, The Philadelphia Daily News published a compelling January 13^th article detailing the names and age of the victims ranging from a one (1) year old child named Ryan on January 17^th to an eighty six (86) year old man named Woodrow on November 11^th; and

WHEREAS, There were one hundred and thirty eight (138) non-fatal gunshot victims in 2005; and

WHEREAS, It is only the Grace of God that these one hundred and thirty eight (138) non-fatal shootings did not push our murder toll to five hundred and eighteen (518); and

WHEREAS, In 2006 we continue the bloody trend of 2005 with 20 homicides in 22 days as of January 22, 2006; now therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the City Council of the City of Philadelphia encourages all Philadelphian's to observe February 1^st as a day of private meditation and prayer.

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