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Philadelphia County, PA November 3, 2009 Election
City Controller; City of Philadelphia Voter Information

4 Year Term.

Results as of Dec 29 3:15pm, 100.00% of Precincts Reporting (1684/1684)
(30 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.03%)
Candidates (Vote for 1)
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Alan Butkovitz Click here for more information about this candidate 83673 votes 72.08%

  • Party: Democratic
  • Occupation: City Controller
  • PA State Representative 174th ('90 - '05)
  • Temple Law '76
  • Temple '73
  • Overbrook High '69
Priorities:
  • Identifying Cost Savings & New Revenue Opportunities - have identified over $400M in first term
  • Opposition to the BRT planned city-wide full value reassessment of real estate, because of the substantial tax increase for average Philadelphians
  • Protecting City Employee Pensions
Al Schmidt Click here for more information about this candidate 32379 votes 27.89%
  • Party: Republican
  • Occupation: Candidate, City Controller
  • Former Senior Analyst, Government Accountability Office (GAO)
  • Former Policy Analyst, President Clinton's Commission on Holocaust Assets
  • Brandeis University, Ph.D., '00
  • Allegheny College, B.A. '93
Priorities:
  • Eliminate waste- We bear the highest tax burden in the US, and City Hall just hiked the sales tax higher. They flat-out waste too much taxpayer money
  • Combat Public Corruption- audit every city agency every year, as required by the city charter. There is not a single financial audit for last year.
  • Protect City Employee Pensions- stop city hall from "balancing" the budget by raiding the pension fund.

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