Home Rule

Mar 17 2023 9 ep. 41 mins 5

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Episode 9: Who’s Running for City Council At-Large?

Mar 17 2023 47 mins

Inquirer editorial board member Dan Pearson joins Ali and Jon for part two of a conversation about the emerging City Council At-Large field. With 29 candidates filing petitions to run, voters have a surplus of choices, but only a few are likely to be viable. Learn more about who the front-runners are, who is supporting them, and what are some of the consequences of different slates

Home Rule Episode 8: What Council President Clarke’s Departure Means for the 2023 Election

Feb 27 2023 39 mins

Philadelphia’s 2023 election season is underway, and in this episode of Home Rule, Inquirer editorial board member Dan Pearson joins Ali and Jon to discuss the City Council field. Adding to the already-high stakes of this election, Council President Darrell Clarke announced his retirement this week. We talk about CP Clarke’s politics and leadership on City Council, and how his

Home Rule Episode 7: Paul Levy on Center City’s Next Economic Comeback

Apr 30 2021 50 mins

Central business districts have had a particularly tough time during the pandemic, with big ripple effects for all different kinds of businesses and organizations who normally rely on having much larger daytime populations downtown. That’s led to a lot of speculation about the future of these places, and how they’ll fare if certain pandemic-era trends like increased remote work

Episode 6: Food Fight The Politics Of Philly's Restaurant Recovery

Apr 23 2021 38 mins

Hosts Ali Perelman and Jon Geeting discuss restaurants and the pandemic. They are joined by guests Allan Domb, at-large city council member, and Melissa Bova, the VP of Government Affairs for the Pennsylvania Restaurant and Lodging Association. Together they debrief about what’s happened over the last year, how restaurants are managing as society reopens, and what the post Covid

Episode 5: Assessing City Assessments

Mar 19 2021 39 mins

Jon Geeting and Alison Perelman are joined with guest Roukai Chen to discuss real estate assessments, why they matter, and what's happening in city politics with this issue.

Episode 4: How is the PA General Election Actually Going to Work?

Sep 25 2020 34 mins

In this episode, we talk to State Rep. Kevin Boyle, the minority chair of the powerful State Government Committee, and Suzanne Almeida, the interim Executive Director of Common Cause Pennsylvania, about the recent PA Supreme Court Decision impacting the General Election. Where can vote-by-mail ballots be dropped? Are counties allowed to expedite the counting of mail ballots? Will b

Episode 3: What COVID-19 Could Mean for PA Elections

Apr 21 2020 50 mins

PA lawmakers have taken some steps to shore up the election during the COVID-19 shutdown, but there’s still more to do. In this episode we talk to Rep. Kevin Boyle and local election attorney Adam Bonin about the pandemic’s implications for voting, PA’s new vote-by-mail program, the party conventions, and more.

Episode 2: Popularity Contest

Mar 13 2020 33 mins

Episode 1: How to Run for Delegate

Jan 16 2020 38 mins

What is a presidential delegate? And how do you become one? In this episode, we'll explain how the delegate selection process works with the help of election attorney Adam Bonin.