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REPRINTED FROM THENEXTMAYOR.COMMarch 5, 2007 press release, (submitted via e-mail) |
Sharif Street
City Council at Large
www.SharifStreetforPhilly.com
March 5, 2007
FOR MEDIA PLANNING PURPOSES
Contact: Dale Wilcox, BUZZCommunications LLC
Tel. (215) 985-2899, Cel. (267) 255-1640
Dale@BUZZCommunications.biz
MEDIA ADVISORY
WHAT: Endorsements, rally and caravan for Sharif Street's campaign for City Council at Large
WHO: Sharif Street, Candidate, City Council at Large and Jeff Brooks, President, TWU Local 234; Walter "Butch" Bennett, Business Agent, Operating Engineers Local 542;
WHERE: TWU Headquarters, 2233 Spring Garden Street
WHEN: 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 7
City Council at Large candidate Sharif Street will receive the endorsement of several key Philadelphia unions, including the 5400-member Transit Workers Union Local 234. Union leaders and rank-and-file members will then board a SEPTA bus adorned with an ultra-super-king 'Sharif Street for City Council at Large' bus wrap, which will lead a caravan to City Hall. Members of the news media are invited to attend the endorsement and get on the bus, fare-free!
Community/Weekly Eds Note: Sharif, with the big bus, is tentatively scheduled to greet shoppers at 40th Street and Lancaster Avenue at 11:45, and at 52nd and Chestnut streets at 12:30.