The Philadelphia Republican City Committee has unanimously voted to recommend a “No†vote on the request for a bond issue for the Nov. 5 election due to lack of details on how the debt will be spent. “If City Hall wants voters to approve more debt for buildings and infrastructure, they need to disclose to […]
State-government reform advocates are pressing for a “no†vote on retention of Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Ron Castille in the Nov. 5 general election. Castille, who is 69, will be required to retire at age 70 if he is retained. Rock The Capital, a nonpartisan, voter-education organization that was founded in 2005 in reaction […]
ROB McCORD, Penna. State Treasurer, and candidate for Governor, 2nd from left, meets a variety of citizens including George Brooks, leader of Ward #47, Rep. Louise Bishop: Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers; and Joe Mixon, Jr., political science student. Photo by Joe Stivala Send article as PDF
If the spring 2015 Democratic primary were held today – and if Philadelphia Public Record readers know their stuff – City Controller Alan Butkovitz would have an edge in a crowded field to win the nomination for Philadelphia’s next Mayor. An online poll on the Public Record website conducted through polldaddy.com shows no potential mayoral […]
BY NATHAN R. SHRADER/ Earlier this year my American Presidency students at Neumann University learned about political advisor Sidney Blumenthal’s concept of “the permanent campaign,†developed in his 1980 book bearing that name. The idea is that the basic fundamentals which drive a campaign don’t subside once the election has passed. Although predicting and analyzing […]
BY LINDSEY MURDAH/ The Terry Tracy for City Controller campaign is emblematic of the growth in the Republican Party of Philadelphia. Recent municipal campaigns conducted by City Commissioner Deputy Chair Al Schmidt and Councilman David Oh forged paths to victory as reform candidates, opening a trail for other reform-minded leaders to run under a revitalized […]
In the 2012 election, 28% of all disclosed political contributions came from just 31,385 people. In a nation of 313.85 million, these donors represent the 1% of the 1%. More than a quarter of the nearly $6 billion in contributions from identifiable sources in the last campaign cycle came from just 31,385 individuals, a number […]
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