The two Philadelphia mayoral candidates running in the Nov. 7 general election attended an interview with The Inquirer’s editorial board.
to build a new arena in Center City, while Parker says it’s an economic development opportunity that Philadelphia can’t ignore.
“They want a dramatic change. They want a wholesale change,” Oh said. “What we’ll see on Nov. 7 is the people voting for a change overall. … I would say that I represent the greatest opportunity for change.”Parker touted her experience as a state legislator and Council majority leader and said voters are looking for someone who has a proven ability to get things done.
Since the 1990s, successive mayoral administrations and City Councils have worked together to adopt small cuts to the rate most years. But it remains the Parker said that while she wants to see the tax cut and potentially eliminated one day, she doesn’t think the city can rush any reductions to its largest revenue source when it needs resources to improve services.
“We are the sixth-largest city in the nation and the poorest big city in the nation, and we can’t give a knee jerk ‘no’ to any big economic development project,” she said. “I remember what the economic vitality of Market Street looked like, and we have seen it decline.”
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