May 19, 2010

It's Our Money is asking advocates and citizens to weigh in on the budget deal Council is set to vote on tomorrow. This installment comes from Adam Lang, a citizen activist who fights for open, ethical and efficient government in Philadelphia.

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/our-money/Balance_the_Budget_Adam_Lan...

by Adam Lang
November 14, 2009

Councilman Darrell Clarke, of the 5th council district, recently put forward more zoning legislation in his district that effectively requires many businesses to go through his office to start up. This prompted a discussion among many about the possibilities of him being beaten in an election for 2011. For the sake of discussion I have performed the following electoral analysis based on his previous primary election in 2007. I chose the primary since it doesn’t require any serious look at the numbers to know a Republican campaign in that district would be uphill across the board.