Is John Staggs of the Socialist Workers Party, 60, a meatpacker living in Germantown.
Those who have followed local campaigns will remember his name. As Bob Warner reports in Thursday's Daily News:
He ran third in the 2003 mayoral contest, collecting 1,292 votes against John Street and Sam Katz, less than one-half of 1 percent of the total votes cast.
Last year, Staggs challenged state Rep. Rosita Youngblood for her House seat and got 3.7 percent of the vote, without a Republican in the race.
He has, however, already created change in government: Also last year, Staggs refused to sign the “loyalty oath” that the state had required of political candidates for more than 50 years, in which the candidate swore he or she is “not a subversive person," Bob reports. That led state Attorney General Tom Corbett to tell election officials statewide not to enforce it.
Though Staggs is the only one running for mayor, a number of third-party candidates and independents also filed for other city offices. The candidates had to file their papers by today.
They are:
8th councilmanic district: Brian Rudnick (Green), Rev. Jesse W. Brown Jr. and Jim Foster
7th councilmanic district: Luis A. Pineda
Council at large: Jacinth Brown Roberts (Green), Osborne Hart (Socialist Workers')
Sheriff: Jacque Whaumbush
City Commissioner: Lewis Harris Jr. (Green)
Comments (2)
Wendy so the Stagg-Man is in the race. Good for him , some extra energy for this otherwise dull slow paced November joke.
Out of the 6 candidates showing for the different offices. What upset surprises do you see :-)
Posted by Jasper Zeigler Jr | August 2, 2007 8:57 AM
158 days until the cheerful mayoral inauguration of all dreams. Almost time to separate the wheat from the straw , think of a central theme , worry about the new outfit and hope above anything you receive a invitation.
Should be a media treat and paradise for an artist and a feast for a newscaster.
http://pdn.philly.com/2007/07/bloodline.html
Posted by Jasper Zeigler Jr | August 2, 2007 1:40 PM