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Mayoral Street Inaugural page 1 January 5, 2004
Mayor Street's Inaugural Address
Congratulations to the elected officials who have taken the oath of office today. Members of City Council, retention and newly elected judges, Register of Wills Ron Donatucci, Sheriff John Green, and Clerk of Quarter Sessions Vivian Miller.
I am pleased to welcome Councilmen Jack Kelly and Juan Ramos, the new members of this Council.
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To City Council President Anna Verna, you and your planning committee deserve a warm round of applause for this spectacular inaugural celebration.
Also, thank you for serving as a co-chair of my re-election campaign committee and congratulations on your re-election as Council President.
For one who has taken perhaps the most improbable route to the Mayor's office in the storied history of Philadelphia politics, the opportunity to serve the people of this city and make Philadelphia work has been much more than a job ... it is a cause, to which I am proud to have devoted most of my professional life. I am just as enthusiastic and committed to building a better Philadelphia today as the first day I walked into City Council 24 years ago.
I am grateful to so many people for this opportunity, but above all, I must thank the people of Philadelphia who in the General Election assessed the accomplishments of this administration, the character of its leadership and decided overwhelmingly to return us to office. I am humbled by your support and confidence.
A special thanks to ALL the men and women of my administration for your dedication, commitment and hard work!
I must thank my incredible wife and partner, Naomi Post-Street. It was her vision, advocacy and commitment that drove this administration on behalf of children and her public support through the most emotional and stressful campaign of my career could not have been better. I am eternally grateful to her. Naomi would you please stand. Last year we learned just ho...
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