Marc in the News

December 31, 2006
Philadelphia Inquirer - "History tells us that people express dissatisfaction when they think there's a possibility for change," said Marc Stier, a neighborhood activist in Northwest Philadelphia and a candidate for City Council at large. "People look at Center City and ask themselves, 'If we're able to make this better, why can't we make the rest of it better?' " ...

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Democracy belongs to everybody," said protester Marc Stier, who plans to run for Philadelphia City Council. "When there's not enough opportunity for public input, our democracy is threatened. When documents are hidden from us, our democracy is ...

Philadelphia Daily News - Marc Stier of Neighborhood Networks; and Derek Green, chief legislative aide to Councilwoman Marian Tasco. In the 4th District, which runs from West Philadelphia to Roxborough, Campbell may face Curtis Jones Jr., a friend and ally of U.S. Rep. Chaka ...

Philadelphia Inquirer - Marc Stier, an organizer of a new Democratic political group in Philadelphia, said he was appalled at the notion that members were punished for voting independently. "On an issue like this, they should be free to vote their conscience," said Stier ...

Philadelphia Inquirer - The legislature raised its pay 16 to 34 percent, and the minimum wage hasn't gone up since 1995," Marc Stier, an organizer of the group, shouted through a bullhorn at passersby. "It's time to tell our state legislature: No 2 a.m. raids on the treasury

“It’s really a test of whether the city’s going to make a commitment to low-income housing,” Marc Stier of Neighborhood Networks said yesterday. “The beauty of inclusionary housing as public policy is it doesn’t cost the city anything directly and if implemented properly, it should reduce economic segregation.”

Philadelphia Daily News & Inquirer - If he does that, we won," said Marc Stier, a Mount Airy resident and member of the citywide activist group Neighborhood Networks. "I think we have convinced people that this is an issue of the city's control over its own destiny and that the future ...