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Nonpartisan elections: the take by Sam Katz, John Street, and others
Last week I got the opportunity to sit down with former Republican contender for mayor, Sam Katz. We spoke on a number of subjects, more notably his view of nonpartisan elections in Philadelphia. He told me that he hadn’t given … Continue reading
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Tagged Academics, Ellen Kaplan, John Street, Karen Kauffman, Michael Meehan, Politcians, Sam Katz, Topic
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Interview: Ellen Kaplan, Committee of Seventy policy director
Ellen Mattleman Kaplan was a worthy interview for a number of reasons. Since April 2005 she has been the vice president and policy director of the Committee of Seventy, the country’s premiere urban political oversight group since 1904. In 1999, … Continue reading
The Committee of Seventy: a century-old political watchdog
Tomorrow I am interviewing Ellen Kaplan, vice president and policy director for the Committee of Seventy, and it occurred to me that it is worth posting just on the organization. Seventy, a nonpartisan, nonprofit political group, has been a self-proclaimed … Continue reading
Posted in Political History
Tagged Committee of Seventy, Ellen Kaplan, Fred Voigt, Zack Stalberg
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