Sano, who advertises her services for $85 per hour on her Web site, thewhisperingangels. com, did not respond to our requests for comment. Maybe she sensed she wouldn't like the questions.
Mike Cibik, the 5th Ward
leader, said he knew Sano dabbled in the supernatural business but was surprised last week when she called to tell him about her involvement in the Orie case. Cibik said he thinks Sano met Jane Orie Melvin at a fundraiser he held for her here last fall.
Sano, who told the Philadelphia City Paper in April that she wants to start a tea-party group that reflects the diversity of Center City, asked Melvin to help her land a state job, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Perhaps the spiritual channeling business has been negatively affected by the recession?
"I am clairaudient, meaning I have been blessed with the ability to 'hear' responses to questions," Sano says on her Web site. "Simply put, I am a message carrier used to serve a higher purpose. I receive information for all areas of your life - love, family, career."
Dougherty's two-front war
John Dougherty, business manager for Local 98 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, has been making a very public stir in the news recently with complaints about the Delaware River Port Authority.
But Dougherty, who serves on the DRPA board, also quietly launched attacks last week on the Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority, claiming in a letter to Mayor Nutter and Gov. Rendell to have discovered a "secretive union-busting agenda" there.
PhillyClout examined Dougherty's complaints about both agencies and sensed a theme: He presents himself as a disrespected reformer trying to right some taxpayer-funded wrong.
