Ed%20Rendell

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Ed Rendell
VS.
MICHAEL NUTTER

• Ashley Quimby, Rob Hunter, Phillip McCall

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Getting to know Rendell 1992-1999

• After graduating from Villanova law school,
  Rendell went to work at the district attorneys
  office in Philadelphia. Here, he gained a
  reputation of being passionate, but also for
  having a temper.
• He than later become the chief of the homicide
  unit, and remained there until he left the office
  in 1976.
• In December of that year, he then decided to run
  for District Attorney and won, and in 1981, he
  ran again for re-election and won by a landslide.

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Getting to Know Rendell

• In 1986, he decided to run for governor of
  Pennsylvania, and lost and then tried his luck as
  Mayor of Philadelphia the following year but
  couldnt pull of the win.
• After the two straight loses it wasnt until 1990
  that Rendell decided to run for mayor of
  Philadelphia again, and won.

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Issues facing Philadelphia/Rendell's Solutions.

• Issues

• Solutions

• Soccer players fields needed to be fixed
• Citizens of Philadelphia suffered from money,
  housing, and job problems.
• The city was in a state of economic depression.
• Coming into office he Inherited a 250 million
  deficit

• He believed that the change must come from
  within, and not from the state or federal level.
• He reduced business and income taxes and improved
  city neighborhood services.
• Revived Philadelphias economy through six
  straight years of job gains after the years of
  job losses.
• Rendell also assumed responsibility of the poor
  by becoming the head of the housing authority,
  and engineered a 100 million empowerment zone
  for the neighborhoods in need.

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Reviving An Economy/What he Built!!!!

• Avenue of Arts

• Kimmel Center

• Performing Arts organizations and venues on the
  Avenue generate a total of nearly 10 million a
  year in taxes for Pennsylvania, 70 greater than
  the tax impact in 2001.
• The total seating capacity for performing arts
  venues on the Avenue totals 14,368.
• Arts patrons spend 84.2 million at venues and
  organizations, this includes food, lodging,
  transportation
• Estimated annual direct expenditures attributable
  to performing organizations on the Avenue amount
  to nearly 193 million in 2006, compared to 86.8
  million in 2001.
• Hotel room occupancy has risen to 73.1 in 2005
  from 60 in 2001 (Center City District
  Development Corp.)
• The Avenue of the Arts is home to 51 restaurants
  (up from 40 restaurants in 2001), 59 cultural
  organizations, 8 hotels and 21 retail

• Verizon Hall
• Perelman Theater
• The Dorrance H. Hamilton Roof Garden, which are
  located under a vaulted glass ceiling
• Intended as a civic space accessible to all
  types of people.

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Reviving An Economy!!!

• Loews Philadelphia Hotel

• Sofitel Philadelphia Hotel

• Part of the South Philadelphia Sports Complex,
  renovated in 2000.
• Consist of 583 guest rooms, and is more advanced
  and wheelchair-accessible than the Vet
• 25 meeting rooms that has a total capacity of
  1050.
• Also includes Ballrooms, Breakout Rooms,
  Reception, Conference, and Audio/Visual Equipment
  is Available.

• Completed in 2000
• French flavor mixed with American style
• Needed hotel space for city to be selected for
  2000 Republican National Convention
• 306 Guest rooms
• 12 meeting rooms that fit a capacity of 300

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Reviving an economy!!

• Lincoln Financial Stadiums

• Citizens Bank Park

• Seats 43,500
• Largest LED video display board in the National
  League, (395" x 697" 2,759 square feet)
• Open field allows view of Center City skyline
• Each of the 4 entrance plazas are unique in
  design, reflecting Philadelphias design plan
  with its four distinct squares.

• Seating capacity 67,594
• more luxury and wheelchair-accessible seating
• Newer and more modern services

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Leaving office.

• Eliminated the250 million deficit
• Recognized for reinvigorating the citys image
• The New York Times said that Rendells efforts as
  mayor proved to be the most stunning turnaround
  in recent urban history, and Al Gore dubbed
  Rendell Americas mayor.
• He helped to revive Philadelphias economy by
  showing the city six straight years of job gains
  after the years of job losses
• Lesson One lesson of the Rendell era is that to
  revive a city a mayor must draw on the full array
  of urban policy reforms
• Criticized That Philadelphia remains a crime and
  tax-ridden city of collapsing schools and
  continued middle-class flight, still suffering
  from economic decline.

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Getting to know Nutter

• Nutter was a ward leader of the 52nd ward of the
  City of Philadelphia.
• He earned the right to represent the Fourth
  District on the City Council.

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Getting to know Nutter

• Nutter Vs. Saint Josephs

• In June 2002, as councilman, Nutter introduced a
  measure requiring college students under 23 years
  old in Philadelphia's Fourth Council District
  (students at Saint Joseph's University) to
  register their address, license plate, car
  registration and insurance with the University,
  which would then put a sticker on that car as a
  "student" car, subjecting the student to triple
  the usual fines for traffic or parking tickets or
  any other offense.

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Nutters agenda for the city

• He supported having the City of Philadelphia
  declare a "Crime Emergency" in selected areas of
  Philadelphia. This would have stationed more
  officers in certain areas of Philadelphia,
  limited the ability to gather on public
  sidewalks, imposed a curfew for all residents,
  and limited the ability to travel in certain
  areas.

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Stop and Frisk

• The proposal included a warrant-less police
  search technique known as "stop-and-frisk.
  Nutter claims that this approach has not been
  determined as a violation of Fourth Amendment
  rights.

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During Nutters Time Period

• Falling tax revenues due to the 2007 recession
• Budget deficit predicted to grow to 850 million
  over the next 5 years

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What did he do about it?

• Cut the budget by closing down many community
  institutions, including 11 public libraries
• This made him unpopular with the people
• However, he was successful in closing the budget
  gap.

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Economics

• Ed Rendell

• Michael Nutter

• Improved city neighborhood services and created
  jobs
• Kimmel Center
• Avenue of Arts
• Lincoln Financial Stadium
• Citizens bank park
• Change must come from within, not at state or
  federal levels.

• Closed budget gap by closing down many community
  programs
• Although successful, this made him very unpopular

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Crime

• Ed Rendell

• Supports the death penalty
• Strengthen sex offender laws
• Fund education well, and we can cut incarceration
  costs
• End parole for repeat violent offenders

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Crime

• Michael Nutter

• Working with our local, state and federal
  partners and after months of study, we have put
  together a series of tough measures to reduce
  violent crime in Philadelphia. Were going after
  the criminals who carry illegal guns and were
  empowering citizens to help the police identify
  these domestic terrorists,
• Strict illegal gun laws
• Incentives to increase arrests and incarcerations
• Up to 20,000 for information

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Discussion Questions

• How did Rendells economic policies differ from
  Nutters?
• How have Rendells policies affected Nutters
  legislation?
• What did each mayor succeed in accomplishing as
  mayor and what did they fail in accomplishing?