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Letter to City Council supporting Charter Change to modernize procurement rules (6/2/2010) (PDF)

Testimony on Ethics legislation before City Council (5/12/2010) (PDF)

Testimony on Ethics legislation before City Council (3/15/2010) (PDF)

Letter to City Council committee supporting legislation prohibiting elected officials from participating in DROP (3/10/2010) (PDF)



DROP and Pension Reform


Letter to City Council committee supporting legislation prohibiting elected officials from participating in DROP (3/10/2010) (PDF)

Testimony to the City Council Committee on Labor and Civil Service on prohibiting elected officials from participating in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan (D.R.O.P.) (05/13/2008) (PDF)

Ethics Reform


Testimony on Ethics legislation before City Council (5/12/2010) (PDF)

Supplementary attachment to May 12 testimony (5/12/2010) (PDF)

Testimony on Ethics legislation before City Council (3/15/2010) (PDF)

Statement for public hearing of Mayor's Task Force on Campaign Finance and Ethics Reform (05/05/09) (PDF)


Eliminating the Board of Revision of Taxes


Letter to Committee of the Whole on BRT Salary Reduction (4/15/2010) (PDF)

Testimony to City Council Committee of the Whole on reform of the Board of Revision of Taxes (10/27/09) (PDF)

Judicial Reform

Study and Analysis of the Philadelphia Commerce Program (2005) (PDF)

Who Chooses? The Need For Judicial Reform In Pennsylvania (2000) (PDF)

Judicial Selection Governance Study (1983) (PDF)

Philadelphia Police Department Reform

Four Reforms for the Philadelphia Police Department (2008) (PDF)

Philadelphia Police Department Governance Study (1998) (PDF)

Government Personnel


Testimony to the City Council Law and Government Committee on making the Inspector General's Office permanent and splitting the City Representative and Commerce Director (02/19/2008) (PDF)

Government Personnel Practices (1986) (PDF)

Riverfront Development

Ports Governance Study (1980) (PDF)

Riverfront Rennisance (1981) (PDF)

School Reform


No School Today (1981) (PDF)

Governance Matters (1997) (PDF)

Charter Reform


Letter to City Council supporting Charter Change to modernize procurement rules (6/2/2010) (PDF)

Charter History (1980) (PDF)

Charter Review Study (1979) (PDF)

Fairmount Park Reform


Testimony to Councilman Greenlee on Fairmount Park Reform (06/10/2008) (PDF)

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