This is something we can all agree on, right?
Seth in '09

www.whatever-it-takes.net

Seth could wind up being my real mayor.

I keep getting confused.

I thought electing Irv was the one true mission. :D

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Longacre Website

... a less-aggressive pursuit of the death penalty. Even leaving morality out of the discussion (tough in this case, but bear with me), the death penalty doesn't work. If so, we would have expected to see the murder rate drop since the death penalty was re-instated in the late '70s; instead, it has gone up. Indeed, an argument could be made that the death penalty makes us less safe.

Long philosophical discussion, that,
-Z

What a great article. Seth makes an important point about municipal corruption-- it's often private citizens who are as much a problem as public employees. After all, if a city worker is going to get a bribe, someone has to make the payment. If there is a culture of corruption in Philadelphia, it expends beyond the municipal workforce.

2009 is going to be a fun year.

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Seth is just like Fran... nevermind.

In any case, yes, I definitely look forward to Seth's campaign.

As Inspector General I make many enemies. I am appreciative of all of the kind words written here on YPP regarding my work. The bigger issue is that all of us can do something about corruption real and perceived here in Philadelphia. I urge all of you to visit our website www.phila.gov/OIG

I am deputizing all of you Assistant Inspectors General, you don't get badges but you will get the thanks of all Philadelphians if you can help end our reputation of being "corrupt and contented". If you have information regarding corruption, fraud or waste in the municipal government please contact me. If you have ideas or suggestions about sting operations I could initiate don't hold back, the time is now to end municipal corruption in all of its forms.

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
— Margaret Mead

*** non-disclaimer...I support several qualified council candidates, judicial candidates, and a mayoral candidate, but due to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter I am prohibited from sharing them with you.

Seth

Yeah that was me, parachute pants and all !!!

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
— Margaret Mead

Seth

Besides funny hair and parachute pants, this is what Seth was doing:

In 1987, instead of going wild at the shore on spring break, Mr. Williams and twenty-four other people, mostly other Penn State students, marched 102 miles, over six days, from State College to Harrisburg, to protest the university’s investment with businesses that dealt with South Africa, and its system of apartheid.

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Mr. Williams and his team marched for six days and over 100 miles. He has my respect for that alone.

The next year he was elected president of the university’s student government. He lobbied to have the university’s budget opened to the public and spoke before the state legislature on the impact of rising tuition costs. He was arrested as part of a sit-in to protest over racial issues on campus. There were a series of racially motivated incidents during the year, and Williams was the target of a flier distributed on campus.