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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

A place you might be able to get to without SEPTA: the polls!
( April Saul / Staff Photographer )

Did you know it's election day? It is! If you're here reading It's Our Money, that means you likely have some interest in the fiscal health of the city of Philadelphia, which means you care about who gets elected Controller (the Controller is the city's independently elected fiscal monitor, charged with making sure taxpayer money gets spent in a responsible way) and District Attorney (criminal justice costs eat up a huge portion of Philadelphia's budget. Plus, in any case, you probably care about crime).

The Controller's race is between Democratic incumbent Alan Butkovitz and Republican challenger Al Schmidt. The case for each is summarized here; our mothership, the Daily News editorial page, endorses Butkovitz here.

The District Attorney's race is between Democrat Seth Williams and Republican Michael Untermeyer. The DN endorses Williams here.

And the Inquirer offers these recommendations for judges.

The Committee of Seventy has a great poll locator tool. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. If you're a first-time voter, bring an approved form of identification.

Review city services on our sister site, City Howl.
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Every year, city government spends slightly more than $4 billion. Where does all that money come from? More importantly, where does it go? Are we getting the most bang for our tax buck? “It's Our Money” is a joint project between Philadelphia Daily News and WHYY, funded by the William Penn Foundation, designed to answer these questions.




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