Politics
The progressive wave that had been sweeping big cities across America hit a sea wall in dear old Philadelphia. Democrat Cherelle Parker is likely to be Philadellphia’s 100th mayor It is with relief and gratitude that I can say Cherelle Parker will be the 100th mayor of Philadelphia, and
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I don’t recall a mayoral election in which I was undecided just days before Election Day. Can this Rebecca Rhynhart (left) beat that Helen Gym (right)? I usually vote for the person I like best, irrespective of their “electability” or political party. Not this year. This year we have
Politics
Well, this is not how I wanted my interview with Rebecca Rhynhart to go. Along with other candidates, I contacted her more than a month ago to sit down for an interview. Rebecca Rhynhart: Missing in action (Photo: NBC10) She agreed and turned it over to staff to arrange. Many
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Well, wasn’t that anti-climatic? I mean Friday’s Committee of 70 poll that seemed to show a five-way tie for mayor, with the three women candidates in the lead. (Unlike some, I can define “woman.” And each of the three is a mother, not a “birthing parent.”) Anyway. . . The
Political Correctness
It’s Friday morning, and I can guarantee you that most of the chattering class is hitting refresh, waiting for the release today of the independent mayoral poll commissioned by the Committee of Seventy. Why the intense interest in the poll? Because out of the nine Democratic candidates hoping to
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Tuesday night’s 90-minute Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce mayoral forum saved the best for last, if you hung in until the last 15 minutes. The event was streamed on 6ABC, and at the end solo moderator Matt O’Donnell gave the six participants a chance to ask questions of
Politics
The conventional wisdom, among Left-leaning journalists, was that Jeff Brown committed an unforced error in a response to a question about Philly’s use of a trash-to-energy plant in Chester, an armpit along the Delaware. The chattering class had their say, followed by an op-ed Monday in the Philadelphia Inquirer
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The highlight of Tuesday night’s mayoral debate carried by Fox 29, came around the mid-point when the bon homme slipped and candidates slapped at each other. By my count, supermarket CEO Jeff Brown took four shots, uber progressive Helen Gym got slapped twice, Allan Domb once, not counting reporter
Politics
Jeff Brown is a hugger. He got that from his father, along with the family business. Like his father, he is a grocer, an unapologetic businessman, straight up. Like his father, he sees business as a way to make money, sure, but also to help people. The help his ShopRite
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Yes, even before Philadelphians have selected our next governor and U.S. senator, I’m going to look over the horizon and take a stab at figuring out who our next mayor will be. In the words of one of my anonymous political gurus, that election will be strange. Why?
Jim Kenney
If this report on a lack of diversity in hiring had put a Republican mayor in the spotlight, I believe the Billy Penn headline would have been, “Controller’s report proves mayor is a racist.” But since Mayor Jim Kenney is a Democratic, and a weepy, woke one at that,
Elections
In Philadelphia, 2021 is what’s known as an “off-year” election because no mayor or governor candidates are heading the ticket. In Philly, the top lines are D.A., and Controller, as if those offices were not important. It is a shame, a pity and a scandal that off-year elections