KNOX: Legacy
1) Making Philadelphia’s neighborhoods safe again.
2) Revitalizing Philadelphia’s economy by training and educating our workforce and attracting new businesses.
3) Turning the page on the politics of the past by reforming City Hall’s Pay-to-Play culture.
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In the debate on Sunday I was pleasantly surprised by Knox. My biggest fear was that he would be too top down and authoritarian to run a public bureaucracy. However, he kept his cool under unwarranted attacks. His style is that of a leader who works through people. A few months ago I thought his campaign would sputter. However, he has shown the dexterity to deal with problems as they arise in a public forum.
Let’s face it. Bloomberg has been good for New York because he knows how to run an organization and understands the value of money. (John Street knows budgets but has never known the value of money—witness his leadership of PGW and the cumulative deficit he has run as mayor.) Knox has the same kind of business-building experience that Bloomberg has. Knox clearly cannot do worse than the same old same olds in Fattah and Evans.
In my previous post I said I liked Knox's performance in the televised debate and thought he would be a reasonable choice. Corruption and cronyism is number 1 in this campaign. His tieup with Blackwell means he is into the same old same old. He has certainly alienated those who want change. Let's hope his numbers keep falling.
Knox showed more knowledge about city issues in the WHYY debate. Every candidate, except Fattah did better. Too bad he chose to team with that loose cannon Blackwell. That puts him almost to the Brady-Fattah level in my mind.
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