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So what ever happened to the urban issues forum proposed by Mayor Nutter? Nutter pitched the event as a chance to debate rarely discussed city issues like housing, transportation and crime.
Nutter told us today that it's most likely not going to happen.
"It's looking like it's logistically very difficult," he said. "They are tremendously busy folks."
Nutter did not blame either candidate for the the scheduling difficulty. And he said that just proposing the forum has drawn attention to the lack of urban debate in the race.
"The candidates themselves to some extent have started talking about these issues," he said. "And we're trying to get the folks who are running the debate next week to raise some of the issues."
ABC News is hosting a debate in Philadelphia on April 16. Tune in to see if urban issues get any attention...
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Larry Eichel is the senior writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer, covering the 2008 presidential election. He has served as national political writer, a foreign and national correspondent, a political columnist, sportswriter, national editor and suburban editor. He is the co-author of two books and three children.
Thomas Fitzgerald joined The Philadelphia Inquirer in 2000, and has covered Harrisburg as well as city, state and national politics for the newspaper. He was a “boy on the bus” in the 2004 presidential campaign and during primary contests in 2000 and 1996.
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