 | Committee of Seventy's Election Oversight Program Brief video about the Committee of Seventy's Election Oversight Program and election reform initiatives |
 | The Next Mayor | Nutter | Various Appointments On January 2, 2008, Philadelphia Mayor-elect Michael Nutter announced the appointment of his new City Solicitor, City Representative, Deputy Mayor for Transportation and Public Utilities, Deputy Mayor for Health and Opportunity, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Press Secretary. More information is available at thenextmayor.com a project of the Philadelphia Daily News, WHYY and The Committee of Seventy. |
 | Michael Nutter at The Next Mayor Speaks p.1 Michael Nutter speaking at Committee of Seventy's post-election "The Next Mayor Speaks" breakfast at the Bellevue. |
 | The Next Mayor visits Congreso The Next Mayor - a partnership of WHYY, the Philadelphia Daily News and the Committee of Seventy - went to the 2007 Election Kick-off event sponsored by Congreso, a nationally recognized, community based non-profit organization that primarily serves the neighborhoods of Eastern North Philadelphia where the majority of the city's Latino population resides. We asked some of the people who attended to suggest priorities for the next mayor. |
 | The Next Mayor | Zack's Corner | Return of Retail Politics Zack Stalberg, President and CEO of The Committee of Seventy, a good government advocacy group in Philadelphia, offers his thoughts and insights on Philly politics and the race for mayor. Tired of campaign commercials, like the one pictured, coming on while you're relaxing and watching Jeopardy? Zack says you might be seeing fewer of them. |
 | The Next Mayor | Zack's Corner | Law and Order Candidate Zack Stalberg, President and CEO of The Committee of Seventy, a good government advocacy group in Philadelphia, offers his thoughts and insights on Philly politics and the race for mayor. If crime is the number one issue, can any of the mayoral wannabes claim to be "the law and order candidate?" Zack doesn't think so, which means the crime issue may not be the determining factor in the race for mayor. |
 | The Next Mayor | Zack's Corner | Name your issue Zack Stalberg, President and CEO of The Committee of Seventy, a good government advocacy group in Philadelphia, offers his thoughts and insights on Philly politics and the race for mayor. Crime, schools, taxes. Will these be the only issues that the candidates for mayor talk about during the race? Zack says, not if you do something about it. And that "something" could be visiting our Name Your Issue blog post and leaving your suggestion in the comments section. Check out the Blog link on thenextmayor.com and search "Name Your Issue" for more information. |
 | The Next Mayor - Zack's Corner: A Matter of Trust Committee of Seventy President and CEO Zack Stalberg explains the purpose of the new ethics agenda that his group has put before the candidates and potentital candidates for mayor of Philadelphia in 2007. More information about the mayor's race, the ethics agenda and a chance to provide feedback are available at thenextmayor.com. Share your thoughts with fellow voters and the candidates themselves. |
 | The Next Mayor | Issues Forums | Crime The Next Mayor project is an innovative, two-year multimedia partnership to focus on the issues - not just the personalities - leading to the 2007 Philadelphia mayor's race. It was created by the Daily News, WHYY and the Committee of Seventy. We took what we what we learned from our travels around the region and identified 16 different issues that are important to the people of Greater Philadelphia. Tune in as we convene panels of experts to talk about those issues. They'll let us know how other cities are tackling those same problems and they'll make suggestions to the next mayor. Crime dominated the debate during the mayoral primary because of the sheer number of homicides that have been committed over the past several years. We talked to three criminologists (Professors Larry Sherman, University of Pennsylvania; Phil Harris, Temple University; Maria Kefalas, St. Joseph's University) who have spent their careers studying the causes and effects of crime as well as preventive measures that have been used to mitigate it. A neighborhood activist (Dorothy Johnson-Speight, Mothers in Charge) with a very personal connection to the murder rate also joins the discussion to offer suggestions from the perspective of someone who sees the devastation wrought by murder almost every day. |
 | The Next Mayor | Issues Forums | Taxes The Next Mayor project is an innovative, two-year multimedia partnership to focus on the issues - not just the personalities - leading to the 2007 Philadelphia mayor's race. It was created by the Daily News, WHYY and the Committee of Seventy. We took what we what we learned from our travels around the region and identified 16 different issues that are important to the people of Greater Philadelphia. Tune in as we convene panels of experts to talk about those issues. They'll let us know how other cities are tackling those same problems and they'll make suggestions to the next mayor. Brett Mandel is the executive director of Philadelphia Forward, a non-profit, advocacy group devoted to ethics, tax and budget reform. Rob Dubow is the executive director of the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority, the agency that has overseen the city's finances since the state bailout in 1991. Ellen Yin is the owner of Fork Restaurant. As a small business owner, she's dealt with her fair share of the wage, business and real estate taxes and offers her perspective. They tell The Next Mayor about the problems created by the way Philadelphia uses taxes and the city's relatively high tax rates. They also warn of impending budgetary problems that must be considered when the next mayor deals with tax reform. |
 | The Next Mayor | Issues Forums | Transportation The Next Mayor project is an innovative, two-year multimedia partnership to focus on the issues - not just the personalities - leading to the 2007 Philadelphia mayor's race. It was created by the Daily News, WHYY and the Committee of Seventy. We took what we what we learned from our travels around the region and identified 16 different issues that are important to the people of Greater Philadelphia. Tune in as we convene panels of experts to talk about those issues. They'll let us know how other cities are tackling those same problems and they'll make suggestions to the next mayor. Mass transit, highways and alternative transportation methods could be described as the circulatory system of the region with SEPTA as its heart. A healthy transportation system has the potential to increase economic activity, improve air quality and attract new residents to the city and the region. On the other hand, a failing system, characterized by inefficiency, inconsistency and poor customer service will lead to congestion, loss of revenue and overall frustration. While many of the solutions can't be accomplished by the next mayor on his own, he has a chance to lead a regional effort to secure funding and make the necessary improvements. At the city level, parking regulations that encourage short term parking and discourage daily driving commutes could strengthen retail and free up rush hour. The next mayor can also make pedestrian and bike friendly planning a priority. Richard Voith, economist and former SEPTA board member; Richard Maloney, SEPTA spokesman; and Dr. Vukan Vuchic, professor of transportation at the University of Pennsylvania discuss the problems and possible solutions to improve transportation in Philadelphia. |
 | The Next Mayor | Issues Forums | Leadership The Next Mayor project is an innovative, two-year multimedia partnership to focus on the issues - not just the personalities - leading to the 2007 Philadelphia mayor's race. It was created by the Daily News, WHYY and the Committee of Seventy. We took what we what we learned from our travels around the region and identified 16 different issues that are important to the people of Greater Philadelphia. Tune in as we convene panels of experts to talk about those issues. They'll let us know how other cities are tackling those same problems and they'll make suggestions to the next mayor. While campaigning for mayor in 1991, Ed Rendell said, "I'm going to get City Hall smelling, if not like roses, at least like Lysol." Many point to his cheerleading, optimistic style, which included cleaning the City Hall bathrooms and jumping into city pools, as a major component to an effective leader. Some people study and teach others the characteristics of leadership and we brought them together to tell us what makes an effective leader. Liz Dow from Leadership Philadelphia, Dr. Don Kettl from the Fels Institute of Government and Dr. John Schaubroeck from Drexel University's Lebow College of Business offer their opinion about the qualities we should be looking for in this city's next leader. |
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