Ajay Raju continues his series Overheard with several of the candidates for long, in depth conversations. You can listen in to the whole chat, or jump to these highlights:
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1:20 - 4:35 Who is Helen Gym?: Progressive Organizer? Philadelphia Mom? Education Candidate? Radical?
4:35 - 11:40 Talkers versus Doers? Activist or Organizer? What are Helen's accomplishments?
12:00 - 16:45 Helen's belief that a Mayor must galvanize the City around a common mission focused on: public safety, education and economic opportunity.
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16:45 - 24:50 Public Safety: how do we reorganize policing to focus on solving crimes? Illegal guns? Violence Interrupters? Modern Forensic Labs? Reduction in 911 Response Time?
25:00 - 31:00 Education: Merge City and School District? Affordable Childcare? Year-round support services? How do we pay for these?
31:00 - 39:02 Time to retire old form of politics? Socialist Mayor? Liveable City?
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Jeff Brown Part 1 Part 2
Allen Domb Part 1 Part 2
Rebecca Rhynhart Part 1 Part 2