City of Philadelphia - File #: 110928

• File #: 110928
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 12/15/2011
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 12/15/2011
• Title: Honoring and Thanking City Council President Anna C. Verna for her unparalleled Sixty-Years of Exemplary Service to the Citizens of Philadelphia, including Thirty-Six Years representing the People of her Beloved Second Council District.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Sanchez, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Green, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Kelly, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Rizzo

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
12/15/2011	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Moved to Be Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar - Rules Suspended	Pass
12/15/2011	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED

Title
Honoring and Thanking City Council President Anna C. Verna for her unparalleled Sixty-Years of Exemplary Service to the Citizens of Philadelphia, including Thirty-Six Years representing the People of her Beloved Second Council District.
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WHEREAS, Her colleagues and friends on the Council of the City of Philadelphia are very pleased and proud to demonstrate their deep and abiding respect and admiration for City Council President Anna Cibotti Verna on the occasion of her retirement. For the last sixty years she has given selflessly of herself with her exemplary service to the citizens of Philadelphia. She is also the first woman in Philadelphia's over 300-year history to serve as President of the City Council, the second highest elective office in the City.

WHEREAS, Anna C. Verna was born and raised in the Point Breeze section of South Philadelphia. She and her brother Angelo "Sonny" were born to William and Pauline Cibotti. From her earliest age, public service and a deep affection for the people of her community was deeply ingrained in her, as was an innate sense of fairness and respect for the dignity of all people; and

WHEREAS, Anna C. Verna began her career with the City of Philadelphia on February 1, 1951 and first made the news in 1954, when a columnist for The Evening Bulletin noticed a "pretty working girl" with a passion for TV crime dramas and an aversion to pasta. At that time, she was serving as secretary to District Attorney, and later mayor, Richardson Dilworth. When her father, William A. Cibotti, was elected to represent the people of the Second Councilmanic District, Anna became his assistant and right-arm, soon becoming a popular source to district residents needing services and information from the City. In 1975, when Councilman Cibotti passed away suddenly, Anna was approached by numerous citizens and community groups imploring her to seek the office. She decided to run and, after successfully running in the Prima...