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Matt Taubenberger the replacement for George Kenney
It didn’t work out for his father, Republican Mayoral candidate Al Taubenberger. But, Matt Taubenberger, the failed candidate’s only son, will run unopposed in April’s Republican primary for the chance to do something his father has never done: win public … Continue reading
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Post-racial urban politics: hardly
We have called for and expected the end of mainstream institutional racism in the United States since about the third day after it was exported to this country, maybe 400 years ago. Back in 1999, when white Republican Sam Katz … Continue reading
Posted in Political History
Tagged Al Taubenberger, Carl Singley, John Street, Michael Nutter, Politicians, Sam Katz, Topic
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The competition
Photo for the Associated Press by Matt Rourke, courtesy of Day in the Life.
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Al Taubenberger
Above photo of Republican mayoral candidate Al Taubenberger (center) speaking in German with Franz Portmann, at left, Honorary Consul of Switzerland, while actual Consul General of Switzerland in New York, Christoph Bubb, at right, listens. Photo courtesy of Next Mayor, … Continue reading
Al Taubenberger campaign commercial
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Taubenberger and Nutter
Photo of the two candidates in the courtyard of City Hall, courtesy of Great Expectations.
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