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karensPA t1_j9ku7wn wrote

I don’t remember Nutter being “a bogeyman to the left?” seems like some revisionist history.

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Beer_Summit t1_j9l0bpp wrote

Right. Nutter ran against the machine-endorsed candidate and won because of strong support from white liberals and black professionals. He was the candidate of competency, not centrism.

Staying with this theme, Gym was an exceptionally competent and effective agitator, activist, and advocate for our public schools before she ran for office. As a councilwoman, however, she's been an embarrassment. I identify as a progressive but above all else, I want honest and competent governance. I have little faith that she's up to the task.

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kilometr t1_j9mx4x1 wrote

At the end of the day all the candidates are part of the same political party, and thus support almost the same politics/ideals. There isn’t much room between them all and debating which one is a true progressive is a waste of time. We should be focusing on competency since we’ve been dealing with the lack thereof for 8 years in a city that is struggling.

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