Brett Mandel, a Democratic Committeeperson in the 8th Ward, is a Democratic candidate for City Controller in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is also the author of two books about baseball... (wikipedia)
The people on Council are talking, and that's a good thing and there are people behind the scenes talking with Council members and that is a good thing.
Unless you are a news business that is going to make money real soon, you're going to be in trouble.
We have lots and lots of fun things in store. If we can eliminate the business privilege tax it will be a big impact, then we can look at all those other reforms.
They are absolutely hearing it. I'm confident they want to do something, the question is politically if they can work it out behind doors.