The Next Mayor | Issues Forums | Leadership

The Next Mayor project is an innovative, two-year multimedia partnership to focus on the issues - not just the personalities - leading to the 2007 Philadelphia mayor's race. It was created by the Daily News, WHYY and the Committee of Seventy.

We took what we what we learned from our travels around the region and identified 16 different issues that are important to the people of Greater Philadelphia. Tune in as we convene panels of experts to talk about those issues. They'll let us know how other cities are tackling those same problems and they'll make suggestions to the next mayor.

While campaigning for mayor in 1991, Ed Rendell said, "I'm going to get City Hall smelling, if not like roses, at least like Lysol." Many point to his cheerleading, optimistic style, which included cleaning the City Hall bathrooms and jumping into city pools, as a major component to an effective leader.

Some people study and teach others the characteristics of leadership and we brought them together to tell us what makes an effective leader. Liz Dow from Leadership Philadelphia, Dr. Don Kettl from the Fels Institute of Government and Dr. John Schaubroeck from Drexel University's Lebow College of Business offer their opinion about the qualities we should be looking for in this city's next leader.

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