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Terry
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Ridley Park
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4/19/99 11:48:42 AM
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The residency requirement for Police and Fire
department jobs limits competition and
excludes thousands of excellant candidates.
Do you intend to elliminate this archaic
practice? Why or why not?
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Marty Weinberg
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4/27/99 5:25:53 PM
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The residency requirement for the Police
Department was recently modified by Council,
to allow recruiting at military bases. As Mayor, I
will extend this requirement to all applicants.
Thus we will be able to recruit all over the
country in order to get the best officers for our
city, while still requiring them to establish
residency in the city within six months of their
hire.
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Kong Tran
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Bok
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4/19/99 2:10:51 PM
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How do you plan to improve the infrastructure
of the city?
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Marty Weinberg
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4/27/99 5:25:53 PM
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It is past time that the leaders of this city
acknowledge that our infrastructure is crumbling,
in part because it was built to maintain a
citizenship of 2.1 million, and we have since
declined to only 1.4 million. Our capital budget
must reflect this harsh reality, and place an
emphasis on accelerating the schedule for repairs
to those neighborhoods most in need, while still
maintaining our current fiscal balance.
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Olney High School
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4/19/99 2:38:11 PM
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What programs would you develop to decrease
the number of truancies that we have today?
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Marty Weinberg
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4/27/99 5:25:53 PM
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Our public safety plan lays out a comprehensive
approach to decreasing truancies, with the goal of
dramatically reducing juvenile crime, based upon
the very successful model used in Boston.
Briefly, this program would combine a
zero-tolerance policy of truancy, a much tough
approach to juvenile crime, increased visitation
of at risk youth by police and probation officers,
and community oriented programs designed to keep
kids out of trouble.
To read more details, you can read our plan at:
http://www.marty99.com/public1.pdf
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Jeana Bain
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4/19/99 2:38:14 PM
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How do you plan to provide jobs for people
coming off of welfare?
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Marty Weinberg
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4/27/99 5:25:53 PM
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I believe I will be able to use my influence in
Harrisburg to convince the Governor and General
Assembly to provide more funds for job training
and placement, and I would continue to encourage
specific public-private ventures, like those
currently being done through the Private Industry
Council. Finally, the most important part of my
plan for helping those coming off of welfare is to
improve the city's economy and fiscal climate,
because only when more jobs and employers come
into the city will we be able to find jobs for
all.
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Yolonda B.
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Phila.
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4/20/99 5:55:35 AM
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How can we increase the number of people who
vote in Philadelphia elections?
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Marty Weinberg
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4/27/99 5:25:53 PM
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The most important thing is voter education; we
as community leaders and candidates for office
must persuade each citizen that every election has
real consequences on their lives, and that their
participation can shape the impact of those
consequences. It is my sincere hope that this May
election will have a very high turnout, in part
because of the inclusive campaign that I have run
from the very beginning.
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Pat. S.
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Phila.
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4/20/99 6:17:35 AM
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How will you develop and keep a positive
working relationship with City Council?
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Marty Weinberg
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4/27/99 5:25:53 PM
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I think I am uniquely qualified, due to my
diverse background and my past political
experience, to continue the Rendell legacy of
close cooperation on Council.
I have strong relationships with many current
Council people and candidates of both parties, and
I as Mayor will be able to prevail upon each
of them to keep the best interests of the entire
city in mind at all times, while also always
leaving my door open to any Council member who
wishes to speak with me.
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Swenson Arts & Technology Ca
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Philadelphia
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4/20/99 8:48:14 AM
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The streets in residential areas are in poor
condition, What is your plan to fix them ?
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Marty Weinberg
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4/27/99 5:36:48 PM
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All city services will be required, in the
Weinberg Administration, to meet certain levels of
satisfaction. Neighborhood streets will be
improved, and they will be done quicker, because
each neighborhood will have easier access to city
services.
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Jenn M
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4/20/99 12:17:58 PM
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What will you do to make neighborhoods safer??
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Marty Weinberg
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4/27/99 5:25:53 PM
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The Weinberg Administration will make our
neighborhoods safer with a two-pronged strategy:
by increasing the number of police on the streets
and then giving them the tools they need to fight
crime effectively.
The Police Department must continue focusing its
resources on criminal offenses that generate more
crime such as illegal drug use and juvenile crime.
The City must also make a firm commitment to
provide police officers with the equipment that
they require to accomplish this goal. This
includes putting more officers on the street,
expanding police training for recruits and veteran
officers and integrating state-of-the-art crime
fighting technology into daily police operations.
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Cherie
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Phila
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4/20/99 12:44:36 PM
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How do you plan to provide funding for the new
schools for "troubled children"?
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Marty Weinberg
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4/27/99 5:25:53 PM
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The schools I propose for "troubled
children" will be charter schools that operate
independent of the School District and which
receive funds from state and federal sources.
Please visit my website at
http://www.marty99.com/issues.html for more
details.
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Jules E. Mastbaum A.V.T.S.
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Phila, PA
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4/20/99 2:01:49 PM
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Physical and sexual abuse of young children and
teens is a serious problem. Are you willing to
put a program of social workers in schools,
where these children are on a daily basis, and
are you willing to fund such a program with
city mone
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Marty Weinberg
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4/27/99 5:25:53 PM
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I have proposed that the city and School
District's budgets be consolidated, and when that
happens, city social workers will be funded and
available at each school to assist students with
any such serious concerns as abuse at home.
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Stephen of u-city
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phila,pa
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4/20/99 2:29:31 PM
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What do you think you can do to help make
Philadelphia a better place to live , so
people won't keep moving out of the city?
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Marty Weinberg
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4/27/99 5:25:53 PM
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Philadelphia will be a better place to live if we
improve our schools. Too many young professionals
leave the city as soon as they have children.
Further, if we improve the general public safety
of the city, and continue to maintain fiscal
prudence while improving our business climate
through various economic development means, I
believe that the Weinberg administration will
actually see a net increase in the Philadelphia
population.
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Rob Jackson
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4/20/99 3:06:18 PM
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What makes you a "qualified" candidate for
this position?
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Marty Weinberg
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4/27/99 5:25:53 PM
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I am uniquely qualified for the job of Mayor,
having been born and raised here, having received
an education in its schools, fought crime in its
courtrooms, taught students in its classrooms,
looked out for taxpayer money as City Solicitor,
and maintained peace amongst conflicting
partisan needs as chair of the Democratic Party.
I am a consensus-builder who has the right
background and experience to get the job done.
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GAMP High School
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4/20/99 3:39:27 PM
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You talk much about enforcing police activity,
what do you plan to do about police brutality?
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Marty Weinberg
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4/27/99 5:25:53 PM
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Whenever I speak of public safety and the
need for a more active and visible police force,
I always add that the cornerstone of my
public safety plan is to improve the training of
all of our officers, especially the recruits.
Only through improved education and a
zero-tolerance policy can we prevent police
brutality.
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Masterman
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4/21/99 10:41:37 AM
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The city has lost a large precentage of its
population in the last decade. How do you
plan to reverse this trend?
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Marty Weinberg
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4/27/99 5:36:48 PM
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See the above answer to Stephen's question
regarding how I intend to make Philadelphia a
better place to live and reverse our population
decline.
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Geo. Washington
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4/21/99 10:45:09 AM
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What qualities do you feel are neded to be
Mayor?
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Marty Weinberg
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4/27/99 5:25:53 PM
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I believe a good mayor needs to be someone that
comes from a diverse background and is used to
taking leadership positions and making tough
decisions on a day-to-day basis. Our next mayor is
going to have to show compassion, discipline, and
resolve, and as I mentioned above, I believe I
have those qualities.
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