Parker, the Democratic mayoral nominee, is a self-proclaimed planner and cheerleader. She spoke to The Inquirer about her leadership style, which includes meticulous planning.
wants to create advisory councils of industry heavyweights, faith leaders, and policy stakeholders to help guide her administration if she wins the general election.
That approach has led to some of her most notable accomplishments, as well as some head-scratching moments. It’s also opened her up to a narrative — fueled by her second-to-none credentials as a— that her vision doesn’t go far enough in challenging the status quo. After all, plans tend to get watered down once everyone has a say.
“She’s not someone that feels comfortable when she’s in the dark about things,” he said. “Some leaders like plausible deniability or some leaders don’t care for some of the details. She is not that.” Parker speaks with a booming voice, and says she would “not apologize” for so many things — her upbringing, her tough-on-crime policies, her thoughts on the parking tax — that it has become a joke among political insiders.“There is some added value that I can take from each of them,” she said.
For Parker, it would have been a win-win. But progressives opposed cutting taxes, urbanists didn’t want to encourage car-friendly infrastructure, and many of her Council colleagues saw it as an unnecessary distraction during high-stakes budget talks.when she couldn’t get all lot operators on board, but it’s not clear that it could have passed.
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