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Fighting for Philadelphia: A Safer, Smarter and More Sustainable Future
Mayor Michael A. Nutter
March 4, 2010
Good morning:
Council President Anna Verna,
Majority Leader Marian Tasco,
Majority Whip Darrell Clarke,
Minority Leader Brian O'Neill,
Minority Whip Frank Rizzo,
Members of the City Council and the General Assembly,
District Attorney Seth Williams,
City Controller Alan Butkovitz,
Common Pleas President Judge Pamela Dembe,
Other elected officials, guests, my fellow Philadelphians and friends in the region.
And to our chief of staff Clay Armbrister and my fellow public servants in the Administration.
Every evening when I finish my work, I take some time to reflect on the day. I review what I've done, what we've done as an Administration and what we've done as an entire city government.
I think about the good things we've accomplished - cutting a ribbon, breaking ground on a new project, starting a new jobs program, reforming part of the government, solving a senior citizen's painful problem, reading to a classroom of children.
But every night I also have the same thought no matter how well the day went ... I think of those we didn't help, those without a job, without a good education, those who live in fear, those who are incarcerated and our homeless - some with no hope for the future.
As we cope with double-digit unemployment and a system of education and training that still allows too many young people to fall by the wayside, we must not allow the present to be our future. We're better than that - Philadelphia.
For two years now, my administration has been on high alert, organized and energized to create new jobs, preserve the jobs we have and prepare our young people for productive lives. I believe we've had successes, but we still have far to go.
Confronting the effects of recession every day, we've become a battle-tested administration. Every day, we're fighting to expand the job prospects of all Philadelph...
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