Anna C. Verna
{{Short description|American politician (1931–2021)}}
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| name = Anna C. Verna
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|birth_name=Anna Cibotti
| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|4|15}}
| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|06|15|1931|04|15}}
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| party = Democratic
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| order = President of the Philadelphia City Council
| term_end = December 15, 2011
| predecessor = John Street
| successor = Darrell Clarke
| order2 = Member of the Philadelphia City Council from the 2nd District
| term_start2 = January 6, 1975
| term_end2 = January 2, 2012
| predecessor2 = William Cibotti
| successor2 = Kenyatta Johnson
}}
Anna Cibotti Verna (April 15, 1931 – June 15, 2021)Marquis Who's Who on the Web{{cite web|url=https://www.inquirer.com/obituaries/anna-verna-dead-philadelphia-city-council-president-20210615.html|title=Anna Verna, the first and only woman to serve as president of Philadelphia City Council, dies at 90|first=Chris|last=Brennan|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=15 June 2021|access-date=15 June 2021}} was the President of the Philadelphia City Council on which she served from 1975 to 2012, as the representative of the Second District, which encompasses most of South Philadelphia as well as most of the western end of Center City. She was a Democrat.
Career
Verna was the daughter of past council member William Cibotti and was elected to his seat following his death in 1975.{{cite news|title=Philadelphia City Council's Final '11 Meeting Marks End of Verna Era|url=http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2011/12/15/philadelphia-city-councils-final-11-meeting-marks-end-of-verna-era/|accessdate=29 April 2014|newspaper=CBS Philly|date=2011-12-15}}
She drew criticism for her support of the Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP), which deferred compensation for city employees allowing municipal employees to forgo some pension payments in lieu of a lump-sum payment on the date of their retirement. Prior to the 2011 municipal election, several council members exploited a loophole in DROP, allowing elected officials to retire for a day at the end of their term, and then resume work in their next term. Following public outcry, several of the council members who enrolled in DROP, including Verna, declined to run for re-election. Others, such as Councilman Frank Rizzo, Jr., were defeated for renomination.{{cite news|last=Dunn|first=Mike|title=Philadelphia City Council's Final '11 Meeting Marks End of Verna Era|url=http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2011/12/15/philadelphia-city-councils-final-11-meeting-marks-end-of-verna-era/|accessdate=December 29, 2011|newspaper=CBS 3|date=December 15, 2011}}
=Ward leader=
Verna was the Ward Leader of the 36th Ward Democratic Executive Committee.{{cite web|url=http://www.seventy.org/Downloads/2009_Citizen's_Guide.pdf |title=2009 Citizen's Guide |accessdate=2009-12-21 |last=Committee of Seventy |author-link=Committee of Seventy |date=2009-12-21 |publisher=The Committee of Seventy, Philadelphia, PA 19103 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090419063456/http://seventy.org/Downloads/2009_Citizen%27s_Guide.pdf |archivedate=2009-04-19 }}
See also
{{Portal|Philadelphia}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.phila.gov/citycouncil/verna/biography.html Official biography]
- {{Cite web |url=http://citypaper.net/articles/2004-02-05/cover.shtml |title="Verna's Equinox" |access-date=January 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040331003203/http://citypaper.net/articles/2004-02-05/cover.shtml |archive-date=March 31, 2004 |url-status=bot: unknown }} . Philadelphia City Paper. February 5–11, 2004.
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Category:Presidents of the Philadelphia City Council
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Category:Pennsylvania Democrats
Category:2000 United States presidential electors
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