🌱 Mayfair Pizza Shootings + Biden in NE Philly + Kenyatta Runs For AG

Hello, everybody. Patty-Pat Kozlowski here with your Friday edition of the Philadelphia Patch newsletter, filled with all the community information you need to know right now. Today you'll read about:

• A mother and daughter were shot in a robbery at Mayfair Pizza.
• President Biden delivered a budget address in Northeast Philadelphia at the Glaziers Union.
• Philadelphia State Representative Malcolm Kenyatta is running for Auditor General

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But first, today's weather:

Increasing clouds, p.m. rain. High: 46 Low: 37.

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Here are the top stories today in Philadelphia:

1. A gunman tried to rob Mayfair Pizza and shot a mother and daughter behind the counter of the family-owned business. This horrific violent crime happened on the 7400 block of Frankford Avenue on Wednesday night. However, the owner who is also the husband and father of the victims subdued the gunman with the help from his customers and held him until police arrived. (Philadelphia Patch)
2. President Joe Biden's new budget proposal focuses on more support to Medicare, more taxes to the wealthy and a call to the Republican Party to work with him on this plan. In 10 years, he wants to cut $3 trillion from the budget but Biden's package of tax and spending priorities is unlikely to pass House or the Senate due to partisan gridlock.(WPVI-TV)
3. State Representative Malcolm Kenyatta is running for a higher office. After losing a U.S. Senate primary to John Fetterman last year, he has now announced he wants the Auditor General job-a big statewide office. The 32 year-old lawmaker wants to take Democratic control back since a Republican won the office in 2020. (pennlive.com)

Today in Philadelphia:

• Club Day - Keystone Academy Charter School (12:00 AM)
• High School Talent Show - Julia R Masterman (12:00 AM)
• 100 Days to Graduation Celebration Breakfast (IMC) (9:00 AM)
• Mobbluz featuring EPOP w/ DJ Omar Saleem and visual artist K.C Grummun (4:00 PM)
• Arts Access TV - Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy (6:00 PM)

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From my notebook:

• Gambling With Their Lives-Casinos are one of the last places you can still light up a cigarette while at a slot machine or poker table. But now, casino dealers with cancer are begging for smoking bans in the gaming halls. (WHYY)
• Why? Why? Can't you just order mint chocolate chip? Everybody loves ice cream but c'mon with the crazy flavors! I love Hidden Valley Ranch on my salad but not on my waffle cone! Hidden Valley is Releasing a Ranch-Flavored Ice Cream (NBC 10 Philadelphia)
• Finally, Some Snow????US National Weather Service Philadelphia/Mount Holly: "Snow-lovers to the north will get another quick shot of snow Friday afternoon and into Saturday morning. Anyone south of the I-95 corridor, however, will see mainly rain, though a quick snow shower can't be ruled out as the storm departs..." (US National Weather Service Philadelphia/Mount Holly via Facebook)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Friday. I'll see you back in your inbox tomorrow with another update!

— Patty-Pat Kozlowski

About me: Patty-Pat Kozlowski has been writing community news and Philly-cenric Op/Eds for over 20 years. A Jill of all trades she's been a stand-up comedian, chef, DJ, newspaper editor, food trucker and Parks Director for Philadelphia Parks & Rec as well as a community relations/legislative aide for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and Philadelphia City Council.

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