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Political Cartoon: Philadelphia mayoral buck stops next door

Daily takes from Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Signe Wilkinson.

Philadelphia buck passing.
Philadelphia buck passing.Read moreSigne Wilkinson

Former Philly mayors must be sighing in relief that they did not have to manage the city through this spring’s triple catastrophes: coronavirus, BLM protests and police response, plus a suddenly mail-in primary election. While the city gets generally good marks for containing COVID, the administration, starting at the top, massively failed to contain the initial protests that turned into a violent night of destruction in Center City and then business corridors in some of the city’s poorest neighborhoods. Likewise, police teargassing protesters on the Vine Street Expressway turned into a national story of bad management. Managing Director Brian Abernathy has taken the fall, announcing his resignation Tuesday evening. For folks in charge, that leaves....

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