This evening I sat in on a meeting of the loyal opposition, a group of some in the city’s Republican community who are looking to create a viable GOP in Philadelphia.
The group is led by Kevin Kelly, a former president of the Philadelphia Young Republicans, and a businessman determined to see an active two-party system [...]
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Interview: Kevin Kelly, Young Philadelphia Republicans
Posted in Interviews, tagged Kevin Kelly, Philadelphia Republican City Committee on April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Nonpartisan elections: the take by Sam Katz, John Street, and others
Posted in Interviews, tagged Academics, Ellen Kaplan, John Street, Karen Kauffman, Michael Meehan, Politcians, Sam Katz, Topic on April 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last week I got the opportunity to sit down with former Republican contender for mayor, Sam Katz.
We spoke on a number of subjects, more notably his view of nonpartisan elections in Philadelphia. He told me that he hadn’t given it much thought, not thinking it was worth pursuing.
Today, he followed up on our conversation with [...]
Interview: Sam Katz, a three-time Republican mayoral candidate
Posted in Interviews, tagged John Street, Republican City Committee, Sam Katz on April 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This afternoon I was privileged enough to speak with Sam Katz, one of the most successful Republican politicians in Philadelphia in the last half century. Nothing speaks more to the party’s struggles here than the truth of that statement and the realization that Katz has never won a major public office.
It also is important to [...]
Interview: Ellen Kaplan, Committee of Seventy policy director
Posted in Interviews, tagged Committee of Seventy, Ellen Kaplan on April 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Ellen Mattleman Kaplan was a worthy interview for a number of reasons.
Since April 2005 she has been the vice president and policy director of the Committee of Seventy, the country’s premiere urban political oversight group since 1904. In 1999, she was the issues director for Republican Sam Katz’s mayoral campaign, despite being a Democrat herself. [...]
Interview: Michael Meehan, Republican City Committee general counsel
Posted in Interviews, tagged Michael Meehan, Republican City Committee on April 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This afternoon I got the chance to slide into a seat in the office of Michael Meehan. He’s still unpacking.
The general counsel of Philadelphia’s Republican City Committee left the Philadelphia offices of Reed Smith for Wolf Block back in January 2006, as reported by the Legal Intelligencer.
This was perhaps the interview to which I most [...]
Interview: John Street, former Philadelphia mayor
Posted in Interviews, tagged John Street, Temple University on April 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Early this morning I interviewed former Philadelphia Mayor John Street, now an adjunct professor of political science at Temple University. I was speaking to him for my honors thesis, which is focusing on the viability of the Republican Party in urban America, particularly Philadelphia.
Not surprisingly, Street said a number of interesting things regarding his two [...]
Interview: Joe Egan, Republican mayoral candidate
Posted in Interviews, tagged Ed Rendell, Frank Rizzo, Joe Egan, Republican City Committee on March 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Apparently I had an interview with former Republican mayoral candidate Joseph M. Egan, Jr., but I didn’t remember.
I got a voice mail from Egan, who seemed agitated, and understandably so. I called him back and sent him an e-mail, but no answer, yet. For that, I apologize. I was interested in speaking to him.
In 1991, [...]
Interview: Phil Goldsmith, Philadelphia former managing director
Posted in Interviews, tagged Phil Goldsmith on February 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today I interviewed Phil Goldsmith.
Photo of Phil Goldsmith at right and Streets Commissioner Clarena Tolson at a meeting about Cresheim Valley Drive in March 2005, courtesy of Chestnut Hill Local, a community paper serving northwest Philadelphia.
Interview: Brett Mandel, Philadelphia Forward executive director
Posted in Interviews, tagged Brett Mandel on February 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today, I also interviewed Brett Mandel, the executive director of Philadelphia Forward,
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Photo of Brett Mandel, presenting during a real estate taxation conference held at Temple University on Feb. 23, 2007. He was using a model to show that in Philadelphia similar properties pay different real estate tax bills. Photo courtesy of Philadelphia Forward.
Interview: Fred Voigt, Committee of Seventy former executive director
Posted in Interviews, tagged Committee of Seventy, Fred Voigt on February 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I shared lunch with Fred Voigt, the longtime executive director of the Committee of Seventy, today.
Photo courtesy of Chestnut Hill Local, a community newspaper in northwest Philadelphia.
