Tuesday, November 04, 2003
BETTER NEWS
The Philadelphia Mayoral Race
There’s better news than that post just below is coming out of Philadelphia tonight: Incumbent Mayor John F. Street (D) today defeated businessman and former-school-board-member-who-didn’t-care-much-for-attending-meetings-and-little-stuff-like-that Sam Katz (R).
I’m pleased. I’m sure it was the Rittenhouse endorsement that put Street over the top. But I will say that Katz is no ordinary Republican. To be honest, a Katz victory would not have bothered me in the least. I think he would have made a fine and capable mayor. And, as noted here previously, he took pains to disassociate himself from President George W. Bush, efforts greatly appreciated and respected by Rittenhouse.
Repeatedly Katz told voters he was “not a national Republican,” that he would “go nowhere” in the party beyond Philadelphia, and that the mayor’s job is the one position about which he has dreamed his entire life. (A job he now has sought twice, but after the cushy jobs that made him the wealthy man he is today, of course.)
I found this claim dubious on its face. I doubt Katz had no political ambitions beyond City Hall. And does it really matter that Katz is “out of step” with the Republicon Party writ large? I don’t think so. After all, Pennsylvanians have been living with, and, for reasons beyond rational explanation, voting for, Sen. Arlen Specter (R) for decades.
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James Martin (Jim) Capozzola launched The Rittenhouse Review in April 2002, TRR: The Lighter Side of Rittenhouse, HorowitzWatch, and Smarter Andrew Sullivan in July 2002, and Bulldogs for Kerry-Edwards in October 2004. He is also a contributing member of President Boxer.
He received the 2002 Koufax Award for Best Post> for "Al Gore and the Alpha Girls" (published November 25, 2002). Capozzola's record in the Koufax Awards includes two additional nominations for 2002 (Best Blog and Best Writing), three nominations for 2003 (Best Blog, Best Series, and Best Writing), and two finalist nominations in 2004 (Best Blog and Best Writing).
Capozzola’s experience beyond the blogosphere includes a lengthy career in financial journalism, securities analysis, and investment research, and in freelance writing, editing, ghost-writing, and writing instruction.
He earned his bachelor's degree in political science from the University at Albany and a master's in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia.
Capozzola lives in Philadelphia with his bulldog, Mildred.
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