[Clemenza]

Philly went to hell after the Republican machine lost power in the early 1950s. Mayor Rizzo talked a good game, but blew untold millions of dollars on sweetheart deals to the municipal employees unions and building trades that all but bankrupted the city.

Don't get me started on how Philly is one of the few cities that still is almost exclusively "no-bid" ie a dictatorship by the building trade unions.

[Teri0811]

It’s a little hard to tell over a computer whether you’re agreeing with me or disagreeing but it doesn’t matter, I agree with you, you just made my point...the mayor does not run this city.