League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania Citizens Education Fund
	Philadelphia County, PA November 3, 2009 Election
	City Controller; City of Philadelphia Voter Information 4 Year Term.

Results as of Dec 29 3:15pm, 100.00% of Precincts Reporting (1684/1684) (30 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.03%)

Candidates (Vote for 1) Click on highlighted name for additional information supplied by candidate. Contact non-highlighted candidates and encourage them to provide information for voters. Alan Butkovitz 83673 votes 72.08% Party: Democratic Occupation: City Controller PA State Representative 174th ('90 - '05) Temple Law '76 Temple '73 Overbrook High '69 Priorities: Identifying Cost Savings & New Revenue Opportunities - have identified over $400M in first term Opposition to the BRT planned city-wide full value reassessment of real estate, because of the substantial tax increase for average Philadelphians Protecting City Employee Pensions Al Schmidt 32379 votes 27.89% Party: Republican Occupation: Candidate, City Controller Former Senior Analyst, Government Accountability Office (GAO) Former Policy Analyst, President Clinton's Commission on Holocaust Assets Brandeis University, Ph.D., '00 Allegheny College, B.A. '93 Priorities: Eliminate waste- We bear the highest tax burden in the US, and City Hall just hiked the sales tax higher. They flat-out waste too much taxpayer money Combat Public Corruption- audit every city agency every year, as required by the city charter. There is not a single financial audit for last year. Protect City Employee Pensions- stop city hall from "balancing" the budget by raiding the pension fund. Basic candidate data supplied by the applicable elections official. Order of candidates is random and changes daily.

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