Combined efforts

A coalition of local groups is getting behind the Charter Change measure on the ballot for November 8, which attempts to rein in pay-to-play dynamics in Philadelphia (see prev. here). Now one of the candidates for City Controller, State Rep. Alan Butkovitz, has announced that he will include the issue on his campaign mailings, targeted at likely voters about a week before the election. Kind of a novelty, although not purely selfless, as he is making ethics part of his campaign...