On the agenda today: Jobs and Reform... make that R.E.F.O.R.M. (The Next Mayor)

If you've seen the front page of our website, you'll notice that all this week, Radio Times has been giving special attention to some of the biggest issues affecting Philadelphians. Today they wrap up "Issues" week with an in-depth conversation about the J-word - JOBS:

Mayoral campaign issue #5. Jobs. What should Philadelphia's next mayor do to improve economic opportunities in the city? We'll talk with SALLIE GLICKMAN is the chief Executive officer of Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board, which recently released the report A Tale of Two Cities that says the workforce needs better training and educational opportunities and from MARK SCHWEIKER is President & CEO of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, which has expanded its efforts to attract and nurture businesses in the region.

You can listen live from 10-11 AM here. If you missed it, use this link after noon today to download the podcast. With these two guests, we have one person whose group focuses more on increasing employment with "bottom-up" strategies to build the workforce and the other whose organization looks to "top-down" strategies to bring more businesses into the city. So far it sounds like they're set on working together to pursue both strategies.

And on to reform:

Today is the last day that you can go to reformballot.org to vote for the R.E.F.O.R.M. Agenda. So far, according to Philadelphia Forward's Brett Mandel, "more than 400 people [have] sign[ed] on to the R.E.F.O.R.M. Compact. The edits and additions to the R.E.F.O.R.M. Agenda have been all thoughtful (and not at all frivolous, libelous, or silly), and the voting (so far) has been favoring thoughtful elements to add to the R.E.F.O.R.M. Agenda."

Today is the last day to vote so go to Reformballot.org and make your voice heard. Excuse me while I go cast my vote.

Comments (2)

Dave

There are some good ideas on that reform agenda. I like the terms limits for city council one (last I checked, it looked like it would make the cut -- I'd be curious to see how many candidates sign on to that one).

Posted by Dave | April 20, 2007 11:10 AM

I don't remember seeing that... you should've added it ;-)

Posted by Dave | April 20, 2007 1:15 PM

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