ED RENDELL

Ashley Quimby, Rob Hunter, Phillip McCall

MICHAEL NUTTER

VS.

Getting to know Rendell 1992-1999

After graduating from Villanova law school, Rendell went to work at the district attorney’s 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.

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 couldn’t pull of the win.

After the two straight loses it wasn’t until 1990 that Rendell decided to run for mayor of Philadelphia again, and won.

Issues facing Philadelphia/Rendell's 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 Philadelphia’s 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.

Issues Solutions

Reviving An Economy/What he Built!!!!

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.

Avenue of Arts Kimmel Center

Reviving An Economy!!!

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

Loews Philadelphia Hotel Sofitel Philadelphia Hotel

Reviving an economy!!

Seating capacity 67,594 more luxury and

wheelchair-accessible seating

Newer and more modern services

Seats 43,500 Largest LED video display board in the

National League, (39’5" x 69’7"; 2,759 square feet)

Open field allows view of Center City skyline Each of the 4 entrance plazas are unique in

design, reflecting Philadelphia’s design plan with its four distinct squares.

Lincoln Financial Stadiums Citizens Bank Park

Leaving office….

Eliminated the$250 million deficit Recognized for reinvigorating the city’s

image The New York Times said that Rendell’s

efforts as mayor proved to be the “most stunning turnaround in recent urban history,” and Al Gore dubbed Rendell “America’s mayor.”

He helped to revive Philadelphia’s 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.

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.

Getting to know Nutter

Nutter Vs. Saint Joseph’s

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.

Nutter’s 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.

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.

Stop and Frisk

Falling tax revenues due to the 2007 recession Budget deficit predicted to grow to $850

million over the next 5 years

During Nutter’s Time Period

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.

Economics

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

Ed Rendell Michael Nutter

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

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. We’re going after the criminals who carry illegal guns and we’re 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

Discussion Questions

How did Rendell’s economic policies differ from Nutter’s?

How have Rendell’s policies affected Nutter’s legislation?

What did each mayor succeed in accomplishing as mayor and what did they fail in accomplishing?