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Originally Posted by eixample
You're right about all this. I do think Philly will follow rather than lead on these issues, if not for any other reason than that our city government is so constantly cash strapped that the basic city government things seem like far off fantasies (street sweeping). But there seems to me like a global wave of progress on these issues that is building, Paris is probably the best example, that will eventually reach our shores. I am hopeful that an outside the box next mayor could push us a little more in an advanced direction. That could be Gym or Domb or Reinhart, I don't know - I'm not sure about any of them.
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What we really need is an out-of-the-box Council President as well. And yes, the city is cash-strapped, but I am 99% positive we waste tons of money because of corruption and the fact that our city government is stuck in 1950.