Philadelphia City Controller Race

On Tuesday, November 3rd my group and I are going to follow the two candidates in the City Controller race, Al Schmidt (R) and Alan Butkovitz (L). In a nutshell, the City Controller is responsible for establishing and maintaining a budget for the City of Philadelphia. He/She is also responsible for pre-auditing any claims and demands against the city prior to payment. Usually a quiet contest, this year the City Controller seat has heated up due to the recessionary problems facing Philadelphia. Here is a rundown of each candidate:

Al Schmidt, a former Senior Analyst for the Government Accountability Office, is running on a platform to eliminate tax payout waste, combat public corruption by running annual audits on every city agency, and to protect city employee pensions. For more information on his campaign click HERE.






Alan Butkovitz is the incumbent candidate. He promises to identify cost-savings and new revenue opportunites (he boasts identifying over $400 million in his first term), he vows to to oppose the BRT plan to re-evaluate citywide full value reassessment of real estate and also protect city employee pensions. Click HERE for more information on his campaign.


Which candidate will walk away a winner? Tune in Tuesday to find out.

Josh Middleton
Stephanie Wharton &
Trenae McDuffie