You don't reform by getting into bed with the most corrupt mayor in recent history. You may well get elected, but you don't reform.

And i get the horse race part of this. I'm not arguing against that. This is almost certainly good for her candidacy.

it is just disappointing. I think this means, if elected, she will be a shitty mayor. Maybe not as shitty as some of the other candidates, but more of the same b.s. Philly system mayors.

I have lived in developing countries for years and the cities i was in were much cleaner and with fewer abandoned houses than Brewerytown in 2023. I remember "Filthadelphia" from the early 90s and I'm sure it was worse then, but it is hard to conceive.

Did he do it?

I was not in town for his run and the only news which reached my ears was the corruption, which seemed legendary.

What positive things was he known for?

Has this been reported anywhere? He was the one who brought her in to city hall, no?

Sure. I get it. But these type of bedfellows also signals that for all her rhetoric she's willing to get dirty like everyone else.

I understand the horse race elements in play here. Rhynhart has no established base like some council folks do from their old district or from the unions like Gym.

However, the only selling point she offers to differentiate herself is good governance and anticorruption. Without that she may as well be Domb or Brown. Not to mention the fact that getting in to bed with Street will surely have effects on her ability to govern. I doubt he's doing this out of the goodness of his heart.

I'm legitimately disappointed because I thought she might be a different type of politician who could do good things if she somehow snuck in amid this wide open field. This feels like the same old b.s.

Having just returned to Philly in 2020 after 25 years away, I am not as up-to-date on the recent history, so I may be off base here. But, isn't Nutter way more popular than Street at this point? And way less tainted by corruption?

I agree with the first half. I can also see where she, as a rich (i-banking?) white woman might need prominent minority support. But didn't she work for Nutter? If he isn't running why wouldn't he support her?

And I think there is a downside. It certainly makes me question voting for her, and I was looking at her previously. It seems hard to take her positioning as a good-government technocrat seriously.

I thought that Rhynart was positioning herself as an outsider, technocrat, and anti-corruption candidate. This seems like an odd endorsement. I wasn't around for most of Street's time as mayor but wasn't it marked by widesṕread corruption to the point of an FBI bug being discovered in the mayor's office?

https://www.inquirer.com/philly/blogs/attytood/Have-you-forgotten-Philadelphia-about-what-John-Street-did.html

https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/20131006_Ten_years_ago__a_bugging_at_the_mayor_s_office_shook_Philadelphia.html

How is this not more of the same corrupt cronyism that has marked Philly politics forever?

Why would you be in the wrong? If a cyclist hits you on the sidewalk you are not he problem. I hope you're ok.

That said, cyclists often have to ride on the sidewalk on roads such as City. I do so for a couple of blocks on my way to work. The road itself is incredibly dangerous. But, i yield to all pedestrians and let them know if I'm passing. I also slow down. Riding on the sidewalk is not the problem, being a dick about it is.

Oh, i 100% agree. The other benefit of cameras is that it lessens the number of police stops which can often be deadly for POC.

Amén. Does Rhynhart have a position on this?

Is this subject to the whims of council and the tyranny of councilmanic prerogative? My understanding was that it was not.

At least in NYC where cameras are more prevelant the listen plate obstruction is incredibly common by police who often live in outer boroughs or outside the city and can avoid tolls.

Here is one solution:

https://youtu.be/WcliB8uBs5w

I am quite familiar with Roxborough. Henry Ave is a death trap for much of it's length but nowhere more than that area. How much blood does OTIS and Streets need to make changes to prioritize safety?

That said, it is crazy dangerous and everyone driving through the area should operates their vehicles with that in mind. Doing 45 or even 35 through that intersection is simply not safe, and vehicles are frequently going well faster than that.

The driver killed another human with their car. They obviously were moving too quickly to be safe. The rest is just noise.

They made a whole damn podcast Half Vaxxed on the shit this ass clown pulled. It was fraudulent and he should be serving time.

You say that like it's a fact of life. A number of states and municipalities are changing off your elections because they realize how unrepresentative the results are.

My understanding is that the rail proposal is being pushed now in part bc of the federal funds available in the infrastructure act. If the density is already there for rail it seems like a waste to settle for BRT.

Haha, they're so ugly i forgot. I lived on the 2800 block of poplar. Cambridge is much nicer.

I think you mean Cambridge, one block north of poplar.

I don't know. Where have you seen bus Rapid Transit that doesn't suck? All the models including this article point to Bogota Colombia as an example with their Transmilenio system. I lived in Columbia for 3 years and can tell you that it is absolutely awful especially when compared with an actual Metro in Medellin. This project already has the ridership to supporta subway.