Lynne Abraham Declares for Mayor, and the Mummers Played Rocky
Former District Attorney Lynne Abraham just declared her candidacy for mayor. Philly Mag’s Patrick Kerkstra was there and live-tweeted the announcement:
Abraham sends message w/ huge announcement crowd: I'm still relevant! Very! pic.twitter.com/djA1JvMlHQ
— Patrick Kerkstra (@pkerkstra) November 19, 2014
Mummers. Because of course. pic.twitter.com/w5stXMst3A
— Patrick Kerkstra (@pkerkstra) November 19, 2014
Mummers playing rocky theme as Abraham enters…
— Patrick Kerkstra (@pkerkstra) November 19, 2014
Michael Sklaroff does the introductions at Abraham announcement
— Patrick Kerkstra (@pkerkstra) November 19, 2014
Sklaroff hitting the "not your turn" theme, recalling rizzos admonition to Lynne not to run for DA
— Patrick Kerkstra (@pkerkstra) November 19, 2014
Abraham: "this candidacy, like much of my life, can hardly be described as conventional."
— Patrick Kerkstra (@pkerkstra) November 19, 2014
Abraham as change agent: "4 those who want 2 protect the status quo because it's safe and comfortable, I'm not your candidate."
— Patrick Kerkstra (@pkerkstra) November 19, 2014
Bio time for Abraham. She has a compelling personal story.
— Patrick Kerkstra (@pkerkstra) November 19, 2014
Abraham: "I know what's wrong with Philadelphia. I know how much is at stake for all of us. I know how 2 lead and succeed."
— Patrick Kerkstra (@pkerkstra) November 19, 2014
Abraham talking about Philly in pretty dark and dire terms.
— Patrick Kerkstra (@pkerkstra) November 19, 2014
council and nutter dysfunction "Stymied even a fair public discussion of a potentially lucrative transaction."
— Patrick Kerkstra (@pkerkstra) November 19, 2014
Abraham on schools: students failing, schools failing, despite spending 3 billion.
— Patrick Kerkstra (@pkerkstra) November 19, 2014
https://twitter.com/hollyotterbein/status/535121178810400769
Abraham now calling for more cash for schools.
— Patrick Kerkstra (@pkerkstra) November 19, 2014
Addressing this because Abraham's age is sure to an issue: she seems as vigorous as ever and on top of her game right now.
— Patrick Kerkstra (@pkerkstra) November 19, 2014
Abraham: "I'm going to be a strong CEO of Philly Inc."
— Patrick Kerkstra (@pkerkstra) November 19, 2014
https://twitter.com/hollyotterbein/status/535125948128329729
Abraham is done. Doesn't seem to be taking questions from the press.
— Patrick Kerkstra (@pkerkstra) November 19, 2014
