It seems the mayor’s race is just too polite for a good old-fashioned name-calling debate, reports Catherine Lucey.
Instead Democrat Michael Nutter and Republican Al Taubenberger appeared tonight in an “informal conversation” live on 6ABC.
The session was hosted by news anchor Jim Gardner -- the "informal" line was his -- who sat at a table with the candidates, along with anchor Monica Malpass and reporter Vernon Odom.
As always, the exceedingly polite Nutter and Taubenberger largely agreed on major issues of crime, education and jobs – differing most clearly on property tax reassessments.
Nutter supports moving to full value reassessment of properties, which he says would reduce taxes for some low income home owners while raising them for those with more pricey homes.
Taubenberger last night said he feared some homeowners could be hurt.
“The average person, the low income person, the senior citizen, their property taxes will go through the roof,” he said.
But Nutter said the current system is broken and should be fixed.
“There is a built in inequity and unfairness in the system,” he said. “People should pay the fair value that they’re supposed to pay.”
In his closing remarks Nutter asked voters to join him in the “revolution" of Philadelphia. Taubenberger asked voters to consider the underdog.
Comments (1)
If Taubenberger really considered 'the underdog' - if he really had essential, human mercy - he'd raise the issue adressed in the following, open letter:
Dear Mr. Taubenberger:
Please listen: the one issue that you can hit home and win the race is ~ Nutter's promulgation of sex-slave-brothels!
Unless you address this issue, not only will you likely lose the race - but you'll be as guilty as Nutter's cohorts, who: "smuggle illegal aliens from the Orient, and force them into sex slavery, non-consensual rape, 24/7, in dozens of Center City brothels."
Walk into any police station or Catholic Elementary School, and pick up a 12 to 14 page catalog and consortium of ads for these brothels, most complete with detailed maps of their hidden whereabouts... In the brothel across the street from the 6th District Police, the slaves didn't even know what city they were being held in, for instance...
Nutter is as quick to defend the 'right' to rape slaves for money in Philadelphia, as is Lynne Abraham - who said that as long as she is DA,. they will keep on doing that - yet no one has even publicly challenged either Lynne nor Nutter on these most critical matters!
I'm telling you, Mr Taubenberger - this is the most important, winning piece of political strategy that you can use - followed by Nutter's having been the only candidate who tried outlawing rolling papers and vaporizers, which would also outrage Philly, is made issue of!
Good Luck and Godspeed
Posted by stentonish | October 26, 2007 9:15 AM