Done. Does that work better?

I wanted to put it in a spreadsheet b/c then people can easily use it as a merge source for mailings and the like to the candidates. Once I get the rest of the mailing addresses, of course.

Thanks for the information - I've added Mr. Jones as a "rumoured" candidate. I couldn't find any mention of his candidacy anywhere, even the Northeast Times, which usually does a pretty good job of covering city politics in the northeast.

If you can provide me any other information, like a news link or Web site, it would be appreciated.

4, really, because it is a Democratic primary. It is an interesting mix though, so, I don't think it is clear how it will really play out. (And signatures aren't in.)

That said... if you have already tried twice and lost, then tried to whisper to party leaders about about the terrible things said on this site, as a way as to try to transparently lob bombs (ie, "I don't know if you should be supporting candidate A, you should check out what his kids say about the party on that website")... and then despite that, have the audacity to show up at the party of that same damn website.... well. Yeah, its real touchy.

I'm also a frustrated 8th District voter, frustrated both with the wide field, the current council person, and the perennial candidate to whom Dan not-so-subtly alludes. When I saw Irv Ackelsberg at recycling this week (I'd never met him, but recognized him from his website photo), and signed his petition, I asked him about the other candidates, and he bravely suggested that "At the end of the day, this is going to be me against Donna Reed Miller." But of course, the historical record is clear: Donna Reed Miller has always faced two or more primary opponents, and has always won the primary with a plurality of the votes, never a majority.

I suspect a similar dynamic might be in play in the 4th, 5th, and 7th Districts, though they don't have the same history of too-many-candidates-spoil-the-broth that we do in the 8th.

it's a problem, and one which some progressives have tried to forestall by sitting down with a couple of the progressive challengers to try to get them to join forces. but you can't really tell anybody who's committed lots of time and energy to considering entering the fray that they should be the one to step aside, and thus you end up with the same problem. hopefully one candidate will get the bulk of support and pull away, so that one challenger can really give Miller a run for her money. only time will tell whether it can be done.

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I'm surprised that both Alex Talmadge and Cindy Bass are running. I had heard that Talmadge was part of Fattah's camp. Fattah endorsed Talmadge's, um, often-ugly campaign against Lynne Abraham for DA in 2001. But maybe that was less about liking Talmadge and more about not liking Abraham.

Cindy Bass is definitely Fattah's candidate in the NW, although she recently tried to show some independence by coming out strongly against the campaign finance repeal.

I don't really know Greg Paulmier, other than that he's sometimes referred to as the "crazy white man" in SW Germantown, and that he often comes off nearly as narcissistic and shallow as DRMiller. It just seems like a turf battle between the west 12th and east 59th wards (plus Vernon Price in Mt. Airy). Germantown could be so much better for everyone than it is now. I sometimes wonder whether the fix is in.

Happily moved to University City,

Supporting Michael Nutter for Mayor.

There will be more on a couple Council races, including this one, coming soon.

Maybe I will elaborate on what I was alluding to, as well.

Wilson Goode (posting longer than any other candidate)

Chaka Fattah

Irv Ackelsberg

Vern Anasatasio

Damon Roberts

Derek Green