Latrice Bryant for City Council

[seand]

Well this crowded field is bad news for hopes of changing the 8th district seat but you have to marvel at the cojones of our dear, dear Latrice. Really.

There is one easy prediction for the Council elections - Northwest Philadelphia's 8th District race will be crowded.

Miller has made a career of winning packed primaries, even when she doesn't pull in a simple majority of the votes.

Cindy Bass, a Democratic committeewoman and staffer for U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah, is running for the seat again after finishing second to Miller in 2007.

Community activist Greg Paulmier, who finished fourth out of four in the 2007 primary, is also running.

Irv Ackelsberg, a lawyer who finished third in 2007, along with two staffers from other Council offices, Derek Green and Latrice Bryant, are also considering campaigns for the 8th District seat.


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[Bulworth67]

Go Derek Green!

A good and honest person.

[seand]

Go Derek Green!

A good and honest person.

Yeah, I would just as soon see everybody who ran last time stay out and have it be a one-on-one between Miller and Green. As should they if they really want to see DRM actually get replaced by a smart and capable new face.

[raider.adam]

Derek Green is one of the roughly 20 aides out of 195 full-time Council employees who owe back property taxes.

A former Council candidate, Green serves as legal adviser to Councilwoman Marian B. Tasco, the majority leader. He will be paid $112,625 this year, making him the highest-paid city worker with a significant past-due property-tax bill.

Green said he ran into tax trouble because of the financial pressures of running for Council (which required him to temporarily quit his city job) and opening his wife’s shoe store on Germantown Avenue, which was forced to close late last year.

He entered into a payment agreement with the city and is caught up on his 2006 and 2007 taxes but has yet to pay his bills for 2008 and 2009. City records show he owes $6,215, but Green’s accounting pegs it at $5,715.

2000 Philadelphia Government Workers Fail to Pay Property Taxes

Hard to get excited about someone who was a city employee and didn't pay thousands in taxes because he was busy running for a city job.

[seand]

Had not seen that one. That is a problem.

He still seems more independent and capable that Cindy Bass would be and I'm beginning to believe that Paulmier only runs to guarantee that DRM does get reelected at this point.

[raider.adam]

Had not seen that one. That is a problem.

He still seems more independent and capable that Cindy Bass would be and I'm beginning to believe that Paulmier only runs to guarantee that DRM does get reelected at this point.

Not saying he isn't better than the other options, just saying hard to get excited.

Sadly, a candidate with tax problems is still better than an incumbent who helped burn down Germantown Settlement.

[seand]

And he's probably not even keeping a horse illegally in a 10'x10' square of his back yard (like Miller) either.

[Bulworth67]

2000 Philadelphia Government Workers Fail to Pay Property Taxes

Hard to get excited about someone who was a city employee and didn't pay thousands in taxes because he was busy running for a city job.

HUMF.

I did not know that. That's really too bad. He's a nice guy. That should kinda disqualify him.

[Bulworth67]

Had not seen that one. That is a problem.

He still seems more independent and capable that Cindy Bass would be and I'm beginning to believe that Paulmier only runs to guarantee that DRM does get reelected at this point.

Paulmier seems like a total dope.

[Hospitalitygirl]

Jesus H. Christ! Is this really the best we can do? It's almost better to write-in votes for Mickey Mouse.

[Tedk]

Jesus H. Christ! Is this really the best we can do? It's almost better to write-in votes for Mickey Mouse.

Unfortunately, since most citizens of Philadelphia can't be bothered to vote, the same incompetent hacks will continue to be elected and run this city into the ground.

[Hospitalitygirl]

Unfortunately, since most citizens of Philadelphia can't be bothered to vote, the same incompetent hacks will continue to be elected and run this city into the ground.

I hate people.

[Joe_Doherty]

Well this crowded field is bad news for hopes of changing the 8th district seat but you have to marvel at the cojones of our dear, dear Latrice. Really.

I like Irv Ackelsberg for the 8th District. He seems earnest and in it for the right reasons.

Among the at-large Republicans, Al Schmidt, Adam Lang, and David Oh are excellent.

[ray81466]

I will give you Al Schmidt and Adam Lang. They seem like they have their heads screwed on straight but David Oh has got to go.

[Cya]

Jesus H. Christ! Is this really the best we can do? It's almost better to write-in votes for Mickey Mouse.

Is it time yet to revive the awsomely hillarious pictures of Latrice Bryant? I know they're on here somewhere!!

Good times!! Many giggles

[Hospitalitygirl]

Is it time yet to revive the awsomely hillarious pictures of Latrice Bryant? I know they're on here somewhere!!

Good times!! Many giggles

You mean this one?

http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/fo...html#post49495

[Hospitalitygirl]

Or this one?

3.

Fox: What is racist about me asking you about your pubicly paid employee and her hours, sir?

Goode: I'm going to send you a written response and talk to [other reporters present] about whatever they want to talk about.

Fox: Councilman, you have said that she has made mistakes. What are those mistakes, sir?

Goode [to the Daily News Reporter]: You have a question, Chris?

Ed. Note: The middle section is mostly inaudible, since Goode was walking through doorways and down the stairs with the reporters around him. This continues in the third floor hallway about a minute later:

Fox: Councilman, please explain to me why you walk in to your house with her, with a case of beer. What's that about? While she claims to be on the job.

Goode: First of all, let me explain this to you, I will give you a written response to whatever you want. Also, how I walk into my house, who I go into the house with, at any point, is my business.

Fox: It's okay for you to walk into your home, with a paid staffer, while she claims she's on the clock, and you've got a case of beer. Explain that to us councilman.

Goode: Explain what to you?

Fox: That she is on the clock, in your house, while you walk in, with her, and a case of beer.

Goode: [inaudible]

Fox: Do you remember that incident?

Goode: No I do not.

Fox: Do your staffers, while on the clock, go to your home while you have a case of beer?

Goode: Absolutely not.

Fox: They don't? Sir, we absolutely watched it happen we have it on tape.

Goode: The issue is whether the time sheet was filled out that day or filled out another day.

Fox: What is she doing at your house mid-afternoon? When she's on the clock?

Goode: I told you I don't think she was on the clock.

Fox: You don't think she was on the clock?

Goode: I don't think she was on the clock.

Fox: Her time sheet says she's on the clock.

Goode: And I'm going to tell you the time sheet would have been a mistake. If it was filled out that day, then, that's a problem. If it was not filled out that day, then it's a mistake.

Fox: Why is she leaving your home at 11:30 in the morning appearing as if she may have spent the night there, sir?

Goode: Now you're being disrespectful.

Fox: No I'm not sir. That's what we saw.

Goode: You are being disrespectful.

Fox: Why would she leave your house mid-morning?

Goode: Leave my office.

Fox: Leave your house, sir. On camera. Leave your house.

Goode: No, no, leave my office. Leave my office.

Fox: I'm not in your office, I'm in a hallway. It's a public place.

Goode [walking into his office]: Now this is not.
Partial transcript of Fox’s interaction with Goode; allege his aide was at his house while on the clock :: The Clog :: Blog Archive :: Philadelphia City Paper :: Philadelphia Arts, Restaurants, Music, Movies, Jobs, Classifieds, Blogs

http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/fo...html#post49485

[jazzcat]

Why you all hating on Latrice?

You all must be KKK.

[Cya]

You mean this one?

http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/fo...html#post49495

I was kinda looking for the pictures of her in her Halloween outfit. LOL!!! Too funny!
Oh, and the pictures Fox29 had of her going into Councilman Goode's house with a case of beer.

[Hospitalitygirl]

Images Of Goode And Bryant On Vacation