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-4 1 Calif, pastor -will deliver to Phila. apostle t. Paul YhVv iV' 11': 1 1 1 1 1 i 'I" i I I I 1 i I i I Vn 111 1 1 Vitxvv Hi Wealthy communities should share their taxes with poorer ones, he proselytizes, for the common good. It works in Minnesota; it could work here. Just who does this subversive think he is? The Philadelphia Inquirer TOM GRALISH The goal, says Myron Orfield, urban scholar and Minnesota state legislator, is "to level the playing field." Greg Laurie rides a Harley and salts his talks with pop-culture quotes.

By Kristin E. Holmes INQUIRER STAFF WRITER 4 often it starts with a girl. For Pastor ''Greg Laurie, it was no different. She By L. Stuart Di.tzen Percentage of Students Eligible for Free INQUIRER STAFF WRITER nn or Reduced Lunch By School District, 1994.

yron Orfield is a young man from Minnesota with quite a pleasant manner, considering that he is a subversive JVU 5.7 or less 5.7 or less 0 was attractive. Not beautiful, out intriguing, as she made her way around Newport-Harbor High School in Newport Beach, Calif. A teenaged Laurie studied her from a distance and soon noticed that she was never without the same book. It 6.4 to 9.8 Quakertown i. 9.9 to 11.7 Doylestown 13.0 to 16.0 19.3 to 33.4 APpttstown HULKd 40.3 or more MONTGOMERY COUNTY 1 Kin Hot-, Paul.

The benefits have been considerable. Inequities between rich and poor communities have diminished. The region as a whole has become healthier. The economy is growing. The boyish, sandy-haired Orfield, a lawyer, urban scholar, Minnesota state legislator, and, at 35, controversial whiz kid of Minneapolis politics, has been in the forefront of more recent regional reforms in the Minneapolis metro area.

He's also done studies on regional inequities in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago and other areas, and he has gained a national reputation as an advocate for metropolitan tax-sharing. "All these things are controversial, but they can be done," Orfield declared buoyantly on a visit to Philadelphia in June. "It isn't easy. The goal is not to abolish or consolidate municipalities, it's to level the playing field." The playing field could even be leveled here, he contends, around Philadelphia here where municipal boundaries are so dense (there are 237 suburbs just on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River) and politicians are so dedicated to the proposition of Local Control that city and county planners tend to tiptoe around the word regional-See TAX-SHARING on C4 3 had a black leather cover and several colored ribbons dangling from between the pages. "It was a Bible," Mr.

Laurie said. "I was very disappointed." "She was a Jesus freak," he thought. "What a waste." Still, the young Laurie was curious. Soon, his curiosity would lead him to the girl, her church, and a transfor a who plots to disrupt our way of government. He talks politely, but what comes out of his mouth is strictly Molotov cocktail.

Orfield's proposal is this: that Philadelphia and its Pennsylvania suburbs do some tax-sharing. He suggests that wealthy communities turn over a slice of their real-estate tax to a regional fund, to be redistributed to poor communities. This would. be-done for the common good. It is a notion, Orfield notes with profound understatement, that might take "some getting used to" for some.

A bit, perhaps, like getting used to a skunk in the living room. The city and suburbs have a long history of political animosity, mistrust, and us-versus-them mentality. Tax-sharing is not a topic they discuss. Orfield understands how utterly impossible the idea sounds. But tax-sharing has been done for 25 years in the seven-county area surrounding Minneapolis and St.

PHILADELPHIA ilL Chester- Rev. Laurie r- DELAWARE, School districts with (JUUN1Y Chester no data did not participate in the National School Lunch Program in school year 1994-95 The Philadelphia Inquirer ROGER HASLER mation to the faith. From that followed a rise to leadership of one of the eight largest churches in the country and now, 27 years later, to center stage of a four-day crusade in Philadelphia. Starting tomorrow, Mr. Laurie will lead the Greater Philadelphia Harvest Crusade at the CoreStates Spectrum.

Contemporary Christian music acts the Kry, Audio Adrenaline, Phil Keaggy, and Lou Gramm (formerly lead vocalist with the group Foreigner) will supply the musical inspiration. SOURCE: Metropolitan Area Program (MAP) See LAURIE on C7 1 a4 I i- 4 1 He was driven to announce a wedding to all who whiz past Of 1 I 7A B.D. Wong is the chaplain, Sean Whitesell an inmate who killed his parents. On HBO, a brutally realistic dramatization of prison life 4 By Michael Klein INQUIRER STAFF WRITER Joseph Spina proposed to his longtime girlfriend, Deborah Mason. She accepted, and they started making plans for their big church wedding booking the reception, selecting the wedding party, putting up a billboard on Interstate 95, buying bridesmaids' gifts, sending out invitations.

Putting up a billboard on 1-95? It was Spina's idea to announce the nuptials on a 14-by-48-foot billboard, aimed at southbound traffic near the Academy Road exit. "I love billboards," Spina said. "And I wanted to do something to show the world how much I love her. I never seem to get the chance to tell her." The billboard, which went up last week, tells her, all right. In impossible-to-miss black and bright yellow, it proclaims, "Warning! Marriage Ahead.

July 12th. Jo-See BILLBOARD on C3 Security Prison, nicknamed Oz, location unspecified. By a margin as long as Alcatraz island, it is the most realistic look at prison life ever shown on the little screen. Oz will premiere the first of eight one-hour episodes at 11:30 p.m. Saturday.

Two days later, at 11 p.m. Monday, it will settle into its regular weekly time slot. The excellent ensemble cast is a potent mix of known performers such as Rita Moreno, Tony Mu-sante and B.D. Wong, and lesser-known See OZ on C5 By Lee Winfrey INQUIRER TV WRITER I EW YORK The first new drama 1 11 rtes ever produced by Home Box fice, Oz, is a powerhouse. It will probably push the quality standards for television drama as far as HBO's masterful Larry Sanders Show has expanded the parameters of TV-comedy series.

Toto, we are not in Kansas anymore. Oz has nothing to do with The Wizard of Oz. It is set, instead, inside the Oswald Maximum The "Oz" is set in the fictional Oswald Maximum Security Prison, series creator's credits include "St. Elsewhere" and "Homicide:.