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Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Machinists Don Beshel, left, and Jack Nichols, right, joined other Transport Workers Union Local 234 workers this morning on the picket line at SEPTA's Fern Rock Transportation Center. ( Tom Gralish / Staff Photographer )

Yesterday, Ben wrote a post titled, "How did Rendell and Brady prevent the SEPTA strike?" and outlined what it is that Brady and other politicians do when they intervene in labor disputes (answer: they pull purse strings). The post is certainly still valid as an explanation for how Brady and Rendell prevented a strike during the World Series. But there's always the chance to get carried away with these things. Last night, over at YoungPhillyPolitics, someone linked to the post, and a commenter named "gowest" wrote beneath it:

Whatever people say about Congressman Brady, he has the long term relationships and the trust to be the one honest broker in the conversation. People forget the value of relationships in politics. In fact, politics *is* a relationship. It's a relationship between people and their leaders.

Brady is respected by the entire labor community, but also by corporate executives as well. Just like he was the critical player needed to make progress on the BRT, it's not surprising it was Brady with SEPTA, the School District, or any other major situation in Philadelphia.

Kudos to him, and those who realized he was the necessary element needed to gain resolution.

Beneath that, Dan U-A writes, simply:

Guess not.

We'll wait and see what Brady and Rendell do next, I suppose.

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Posted by Doron Taussig @ 9:17 AM  Permalink | 1 comment
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:25 AM, 11/03/2009
    The person who posted the story @ YPP is Jim Nixon. He is a law student @ Rutgers and did the "Tommy the Loan Shark" thing when Brady ran against Knox. Sounds fishy to me, LOL.
    ajones2011


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