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Cherelle Parker: “If it was God's will and they gave me access to the…”

Featuring: Cherelle Parker, Democratic | Mayor of Philadelphia | Pennsylvania

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Cherelle Parker delivers inaugural address as Philadelphia mayor

Published | Video Starts at 08:39

… I kept talking about a thing that a lot of people were laughing at me about. It was called intergovernmental cooperation and planning. And I was saying to people that If it was God's will and they gave me access to the opportunity to become mayor of this city of Philadelphia, that I alone wouldn't be able to solve the complex issues that were facing us, but instead, we would have to have an intergovernmental cooperation and planning arrangement at every branch of government. Now, I hope Philadelphia, because I'm going to talk about this in a second that you understand what we just did. (08:39–09:03)

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Asserts that solving Philadelphia's complex issues requires intergovernmental cooperation across all branches of government.

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