I am very interested to see how large the crossover is between the reddit community and the Latino community in Philadelphia.

But, sorry, i can't help.

Why Águila? I always preferred Club Colombia!

My bad. I misread it.

However the point still stands, a divider would make drivers feel safer and encourage faster speeds.

Second, we should be cutting down on traffic and space devoted to cars on Kelly Dr, not increasing it.

Wider lanes encourage higher speeds and are more dangerous.

Yep. This is the way. I'd prefer a bike only lane as the multiuse path gets crowded, but a tram would be fine.

Ridge avenue south bound just past Girard Ave has s literal trench across the lane. It is the best traffic calming I've seen and cost the city nothing.

I agree that philly drivers are horrific. I am relatively sure that one will hit and hurt me soon.

That said, the streets, and particularly Kelly Drive are designed to be sped on. It is a death trap and the city has known for years. It has been on the high injury network for years.

It is on the city to provide safe streets. There needs to be major traffic calming. Also bollards. Bollards can be gorgeous as well as functional.

I was there at the same time as him, and probably knew him at least somewhat but i can't remember anything.

What school?

Yep.

This would be a hell of a populist idea for a mayoral candidate.

Yep.

Here is the Gym video

I mean, as a layperson I know that if your pulse ox reading is under 50% that you are in serious trouble... that seems pretty damning.

Huh? He opined without bothering to watch the video, and i provided a link to very video he didn't watch.

We are literally talking about the rhynhart interview, not Gym.

It will be up shortly, I'm sure. It sometimes takes them a day or two. I see the Parker video was recently uploaded.

He said he would announce a plan. I didn't find that answer convincing.

Agreed on Nutter relishing his role as the tough interviewer after a bunch of softballs lazed up there by the other interviewers. It almost makes me wonder if they asked the other interviewers not to push the candidates on anything, but leave it to Nutter.

I mean, I haven't been back in Philly long enough to remember the Nutter administration, but from what I read, Gym has been a thorn in his side going back at least a decade. I don't get the impression that either of them needed to say anything to raise the hackles of the other. They seem to have real long-standing animosity. They didn't shake hands or interact at all on stage afterwards either (as far as I could see)

I don't think asking a candidate to defend a controversial vote or policy is a dick move at all. He did the exact same thing with Parker and the residency requirement. It was unfair not to allow her to give context to the audience. And the Union league quip seemed like much more of a low-blow, when it could have been asked in a thoughtful yet critical way.

Is it a schtick? I am not familiar enough with him to know.

I will say that the "Is she tough enough" question to Rhynhart was the single most offensive question asked of any of the candidates. No way that gets asked of a male candidate.

Thanks for the response. I was/am genuinely interested in understanding the way the article read to you.

Do you mean to say "I wasn't saying that he was *NOT* aggressive?" in your first line?

I'll admit that it may be hard for me to read the article as painting a sinister picture because I read it only after watching the encounter in person. Being in the room, it was tense. Very much so. He did keep asking questions. The description matched what I felt while in the room, but at no time did it feel threatening or scary or anything out of place for the forum.

Nutter was significantly more aggressive in questioning both candidates last night than he was with Domb and Rhynhart. He pressed both on specific issues and legislation that they supported (Parker the residency requirement stuff, Gym the lawsuit against the city by the school district.) I wonder if he got feedback that he was too soft the last round, or if those candidates just aligned more with his moderate, pro-business values.

That said, the animosity felt real and personal when Gym went on the attack against his record as mayor in terms of supporting schools. It was only after that he dropped the line asking whether she said the quote about systems of oppression falling away, when she entered the Union League. It felt like a low blow. It was certainly fair to ask about the Union League but in this context it felt like a punchline to get a rise out of the audience and Gym. I also thought that he pressed her way harder on the potential conflict of interest with the pharma bill than he pressed Domb about his potential conflicts of interest.

Didn't they mention possibly trying to set up a second round of interviews focused more on policy? I would certainly attend. This format was more effective than listening to a stump speech while offering more depth than a traditional debate.

How can you take issue with a characterization of an interview if you don't watch the interview? That seems basic.

Excuse the ignorance but what do you mean? You seem to imply that you used to support Gym but are now disappointed by her. What changed in your opinion?

Which section in the article do you think painted Nutter as "scary" for "being aggressive?"

I can understand that as a legitimate concern. It just didn't read that way to me. The full videos are online so people can certainly make their own judgments. I don't think it is unfair to say that Nutter was the most aggressive questioner of all the candidates, or that his approach has differed from candidate to candidate. I didn't get the impression of him as "scary" either in-person nor in the article.

I mean, Alan Domb's entire campaign seems to be a conflict of interest and Nutter let him off way easier than Gym.

I mean, all of the interviews including that one are available online. Ignorance isn't really an excuse here.

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I was there. He asked one remotely tough question of Rhynhart, which was more sexist than anything else, about what she would say to people who think she isn't tough enough. I thought it was offensive and sexist, but she reacted like she expected it, to the point that my friend suggested that they had agreed on it ahead of time. The rest was all softballs.

He was clearly more aggressive with Domb, trying to reign him in and cut him off. Then last night was next level as he really got under Parker's skin, digging into the residency requirement stuff, and then everything that happened with Gym.