January 12, 2006 edition
She’s still hoping
John Taggart / Times photo
Kimberly Crocker had an enjoyable holiday season.
The 32-year-old Wissinoming woman suffering from liver cancer was getting
ready for a benefit fund-raiser organized by her family and friends. The evening
was planned to raise money for her and the 49-year-old Mayfair man who agreed
in October to donate his liver after reading a newspaper account of her plight.
Then, on Jan. 2, the man called to say that he couldn’t go through with
the procedure because his wife and daughter were wary of side effects.
"That was devastating," Crocker said. "I had a good feeling
about him."
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EDITORIAL:
Hit the road, Rick
It’s time for Richard T. Mariano to go.
The three-term city councilman, who goes by the name of Rick and is beloved
by many, despised by others, is in a heap of hot water, legally and politically.
He’s under a 26-count indictment on corruption charges and is facing
trial in federal court in March.
Make no mistake, gentle voters of the 7th Councilmanic District and beyond
— Mr. Mariano is absolutely presumed innocent and has been convicted
of absolutely nothing. But, and this is a big but, his constituents —
the many Joe and Josephine Averages in rowhouse Philly whom he once typified
so well and who, in a weird way, found his shoot-from-the-hip straight talk
downright refreshing — are not being served by a guy who reportedly was
so out of touch with reality that he didn’t even know who his ex-chief
of staff was.
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