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Cherelle Parker: “If you are poor in your politics, your people will suffer…”

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

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Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker sits down with Clarence Anthony

Published | Video Starts at 11:04

What are you doing now to use government as a tool? This is what I was trained. MARION TESCO Politics is simply a tool that is used to decide how scarce resources get allocated. If you are poor in your politics, your people will suffer and they won't get access to those resources. So if I'm going to master my craft, how do I change government, the bureaucracy, how do I establish systems and processes that will outlast me in this little definitive term I may get as mayor of the city of Philadelphia? (11:04–11:12)

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Asserts that poor political management leads to people suffering and lacking access to resources.

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