Primary Concerns, Vol. 7: Ethics

While the city continues to be plagued by bloodshed — at least 104 murdered as of this writing; more sure to come this week — the main issue in the mayoral race for a large group of voters is ethics and the lack thereof in city government.

At least two polls have placed corruption as the top issue in voters' minds, not crime or education. 

Find out where the candidates stand on the issues here. Also make sure to check out the Committee of Seventy's ethics agenda here.

All of the candidates, except Chaka Fattah, signed on to the complete 28-point plan from Seventy. Fattah backed the first three options, while releasing a policy paper on open and transparent government.

The Inquirer covered the issue in Sunday's paper, as well.

 

Comments

[dude]

It's kind of hard to solve the crime and education problems when elected officials' spending priorities put them and their friends first.

[bradybradybrady]

i dont see brady among your 'final four.'

can we expect a correction here?

after all, it seems hardly realistic to leave out the man who will be the next mayor.

[FTP]

Bradyx3: On the left hand side of the column, the editor's note states, "US Rep. Bob Brady declined to participate in this week's roundtable." This suggests that his campaign office was approached and there was a polite, "thanks but no thanks." The readers can interpret from this what they want.

[dude]

I don't think Bradyx3 was talking about the roundtable. He seems to think Brady should automatically go to the March Madness final four, regardless of who readers voted for.

As far as the roundtable, Brady's campaign people don't seem to want him responding to interviews in person anymore ever since the "If it's a woman looking for a job, I can get her a clerical position someplace" comment. Kudos to Metro for requiring the candidates to respond in person.

[Josh Cornfield]

Brady did comment for the Primary Concerns a few weeks ago about recycling; that was after the clerical position comment.