Also this week in Clout: The biggest difference of the Kenyatta Johnson era is that City Council now starts on time.
In this 2013 file photo, John D. McDaniel leaves federal court after pleading guilty to wire fraud. He was Mayor Cherelle Parker's highest-paid political consultant last year.after he admitted to stealing more than $100,000 from former Councilmember Blondell Reynolds Brown’s campaign coffers, and even more from a union-affiliated political action committee.
Parker’s mayoral campaign paid McDaniel’s consulting firm M|R Strategies more than $132,000, and McDaniel was personally reimbursed $875 more in unspecified expenses. While M|R Strategies doesn’t appear to have a functional website, McDaniel describes himself as the COO on social media and inClout couldn’t reach McDaniel for comment.
Now, let’s be clear: McDaniel is far from the first Philadelphia operative to rise from controversy and continue to be embraced by the city’s political class. Clout predicts he won’t be the last.Philadelphia City Council last week did something astonishing. No, it didn’t pass any major legislation or solve one of the city’s myriad issues.this year, Council — which is scheduled to meet on Thursdays at 10 a.m.
“They love the efficiency of us getting together and doing our business, then they have the opportunity to go back into their community to address the day-to-day issues of constituents,” Johnson said. “That’s what we’re here to do: the people’s business.”reelection campaign.
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