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Marc Stier Adds Inquirer Endorsement to List
As founder of the Neighborhood Networks reform organization, Stier has been a thoughtful, forceful voice for cleaning up the ethical swamp at City Hall. The former Temple professor would take up the late David Cohen's mantle as the voice of progressive populism on Council, but he's updated that outlook for modern times.
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Northwood Hears from City Council Hopefuls
Marc continues to make it to every part of the city to listen to various civic groups and organizations. Read about Marc's visit with the Northwood Civic Association in Northeast Philadelphia in this excerpt from Tom Waring's report in the Northeast Times. For the whole article go to http://www.northeasttimes.com/index.html
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Incumbents , as usual, have upper hand
A third candidate with a real chance for a political breakthrough is Marc Stier, 51, a former Temple professor and the most prominent candidate coming out of the "reform movement."
A founder of the progressive Neighborhood Networks, he's been endorsed by a variety of labor unions and has a respectable level of ward-leader support. He's also been running television ads on cable.
Stier has gotten a lot of mileage as an opponent of casinos in Philadelphia, spreading his support beyond his base in the Northwest. A Harvard-educated political scientist, Stier says the city's political system is broken, from a fractured mass transit system to failures in crime-fighting to a need for more housing for working families.
A founder of the progressive Neighborhood Networks, he's been endorsed by a variety of labor unions and has a respectable level of ward-leader support. He's also been running television ads on cable.
Stier has gotten a lot of mileage as an opponent of casinos in Philadelphia, spreading his support beyond his base in the Northwest. A Harvard-educated political scientist, Stier says the city's political system is broken, from a fractured mass transit system to failures in crime-fighting to a need for more housing for working families.
Former IH professor vying for vacant City Council seat
Sometimes, in politics, being at large is the best way to get elected. That's Marc Stier's plan, anyway. Stier, a former intellectual heritage professor in the College of Liberal Arts, is seeking the Democratic nomination for city councilman-at-large in the May 15 primary.
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Mayoral Forum at Friends Center
Marc makes his way into the community reaching out to voters. Read more to find out what one is saying about Marc.
Council Candidates Court Gay Vote
Marc Stier used his three-minute presentation to focus on GLBT-specific issues. He noted that his young daughter fully supports the concept of a lesbian household: At age 6, she wanted to play house with a friend, and both could act as a mommy for the baby, he said.
“That’s how I brought up my daughter, and that’s what my vision of an ideal world would look like,” Stier said.
Cocktails with Marc Stier & Brian Hickey
Read more about how Marc did not get Brian sick. "If elected, and I suspect he will be...."
The City Paper Thinks Marc is The "Polished" Transformer to Take Care of Our Broken City Council
A more polished Marc Stier, a Temple professor running at-large, made an abridged case for public financing of elections.
Philadelphia progressives generally define their ideology with some form of Stier's campaign slogan "Politics is Broken in Philadelphia." The words "hope" and "change" are sometimes thrown in for good measure; the gist of this spiel is that Philly's leaders are corrupt and contented, and that reformers offer something new in this old dog of a city.
"We have a typical machine," says Stier, a political philosopher by training. "It works by giving people, businesses, neighbors, things in exchange for political support."
For instance, he says, you can't just call L&I about a nuisance business. "You need to know the real number" — a councilperson's, or a ward leader's. "All the dysfunctional agencies in Philadelphia aren't fixed because they're functional for the politicians."
Marc in Metro on Frivolous Petition Challenges.
Marc sums up the problem with petition challenges. Hopes Congressman Brady will make "the laws a little more sensible."
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Marc on SEPTA in the City Paper
Marc had a large mention in the City Paper in an article dealing with SEPTA's woes. Marc has a lot of experience with the inner workings of SEPTA, and as a rider, shares the concerns of Philadelphians.
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