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Philly City Council President Darrell L. Clarke says goodbye to the body he worked in for four decades

Clarke’s colleagues and other Philadelphia political luminaries heaped praise on him during Council’s nearly five-hour final session, each describing a fair and dignified leader.

Council president Darrell Clarke listens to his colleagues speeches honoring him on his last City Council meeting Thursday and has the biggest reaction as first-term Councilmember Anthony Phillips shares that Clarke was elected to council before he was even born.
Council president Darrell Clarke listens to his colleagues speeches honoring him on his last City Council meeting Thursday and has the biggest reaction as first-term Councilmember Anthony Phillips shares that Clarke was elected to council before he was even born.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer