By Vergel O. Santos |Philippine Daily Inquirer

Demolition job is a phrase that has gained currency in our politicsa fairly recent usage, maybe a mere couple of generations.

Borrowed from armed-conflict lingo, the idea involves a plot pursued with insidious intent to destroy a target, completely; in lieu of explosives, political demolitionists use exposs of the most malignant sort.

If a demolition job is fair enough in war, it should be fair enough in politics. It should therefore not come as a surprise to Jejomar Binay; no target, in fact, would seem worthier.

Binay is the patriarch of one of the strongest-entrenched, if newer, political dynasties. His only son is the mayor of Makati, the nations richest city. Its a position that has become a family preserve since he got himself appointed to it by Cory Aquino upon her ascension as revolutionary leader following the popular rising that dislodged the dictator Ferdinand Marcos, in 1986.

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In all fairness, Binay did get his mayoral claim validated by a proper vote, for two straight terms, but that also gave him time to warm the seat for his wife, herself inserted only to keep it in the family while he took a prescribed term-long break before reclaiming it and rewarming it for his son.

The Binay name having acquired the virtue of a national brand, however dubious, a daughter has emerged from absolute obscurity to get herself elected senator of the Republic, while another gets to represent a Makati district in the Lower House of Congress.

Surely, for such a broad hold on power alone, the Binay dynasty deserves to be, if not demolished, at least restrained. As happens moreover, Binay has long made no secreteven longer than he has been vice presidentof his desire to be president; in fact, two years yet before the polls and already he is brandishing the red flag of his burning ambition.

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NEWTOWN TOWNSHIPThe board of supervisors heatedly debated the request by the Villas at Newtown for a demolition permit to raze a historic wooden farmhouse on the property located at the entrance to the development at Upper Silver Lake Road and Penns Trail North.

The issue was not part of the Sept. 10 supervisors agenda and is expected to be formally discussed in detail at the boards Sept. 23 meeting.

The Newtown Township-based McGrath Homes, which is now developing the property under a court-supervised agreement reached with the township, no longer wants to preserve the farmhouse, as previously stipulated.

As a result, the developer had asked the Newtown Area Joint Historic Commission (NAJHC) to recommend that the structure be demolished.

The commission is responsible for the protection and preservation of historically and/or architecturally significant structures in Newtown Township and Newtown Borough, and makes recommendations to elected officials in both municipalities on whether historic structures should be saved.

It also reviews demolition applications.

In July, the NAJHC unanimously denied McGrath Homes request to tear down the farmhouse.

The desire to save the structure has prompted commission member Bill Mahler to implore the township supervisors not to grant the demolition permit.

Speaking during the public comment section of the Sept. 10 supervisors' meeting, Mahler, who also chairs the townships Historical Architectural Review Board (HARB), claimed that the unoccupied three-story farmhouse has considerable historic value.

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LITTLE VALLEY One hundred years ago this month, more than 200 Civil War veterans gathered in Little Valley to dedicate the Cattaraugus County Memorial and Historical Building.

Last year, the Cattaraugus County Legislature voted to demolish the former Cattaraugus County Museum on Court Street, across from the County Center, when the adjoining Board of Elections building was vacated after the office was moved to a new location.

After the firestorm of criticism from preservationists, including descendants of the 154th Regiment of Civil War soldiers from Cattaraugus County, the Public Works Committee decided to temporarily suspend demolition efforts while working with those who sought to save the historic building.

The museum moved 10 years ago to the Stone House in Machias. The former museum has stood vacant since then.

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EXPERTS dealing with the demolition of the former Royal Doulton factory found a secret mug hidden in the roof.

The plain cream cup, inscribed with once-proud initials of the Royal Doulton Company and without a backstamp, was uncovered during the demolition of one of the factory's main buildings, just off Nile Street in Burslem.

The mysterious mug has yet to be accurately dated.

But the item may be handed to a museum for academics to study.

Robert Freeman is the foreman engineer for CMR Demolition, which is handling the operation at the historic site.

He said he was shocked to find the unusual mug.

He added: "A lot of the time whenever you're doing something in these old buildings you would find things the builders have left in there after they have finished.

"But I have never seen a mug like this left behind.

"It wasn't hidden in one of the normal places too. It's really strange.

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