Brian Rudnick for City Council- and Beyond

"Philly Politics is Polluted"

"I am an environmental educator and an attorney. When we don't take care of the land, stormwater runoff pollutes our rivers, the source of our drinking water.. The same is happening in Philadelphia politics - it's polluted. I am running on the Green Party. We are out to change that." Brian Rudnick, People's Voter Education Forum, shown here with, from left,Philadelphia Council at-large Candidates Andy Toy and Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown. (PHOTO OF RUDNICK AT FORUM APPEARS ON FRONT PAGE OF 4/29/07 SUNDAY INQUIRER)

The Forum was sponsored by the African American United Fund, Alliance of Black Social Workers, Club Valiants, Inc, DNA Connect, Greater Philadelphia Caucus of Black Women, Institute for the Development of African American Youth, Miracle Corners of the World, Inc., Parents United for Public Education, Philadelphia Urban Missions Board, Uptown Entertainment & Development Corporation

East and West Mount Airy Neighbors Host Rudnick and Democratic Primary Contenders

"...I am someone who asks questions. When I was a child I asked about the concentration camp number tattooed on the forearm of my barber Leon. As a lawyer representing a mother seeking child support, I asked the non-custodial parent who said he had paid up , "Where and when did you make your support payments?" abefore proceeding to have his wages attached by the Court. As a bookstore owner in the Reading Terminal Market, I asked the powers that be,  with present day Philadelphia Consumer Advocate Lance Haver, how locating the Center at 12th Street was going to help an already congested downtown and how shrinking the market and driving out smaller day stall merchants was going to be a good thing...

Now I am asking you, not to vote for me, because I haven't yet earned your vote-  I am asking you if you will sign my petition to get on the ballot as the Green Party candidate for the November election. Will you give Green a chance?"

Brian Rudnick, Luthern Theological Seminary, April 23, 2007.

Also participating: Irv Ackelsberg, Cindy Bass, Councilwoman Donna Reed Miller and Greg Paulmier

Stu Bykofsky on Rudnick's Adventure at the Acme

Free speech in America?

"ON ONE HAND you've got Don Imus, and you can argue whether his firing was justified until the hos come home...

On the other hand, you have a couple of citizens - Brian Rudnick and Marianne Bessey - who were called out while engaging in precisely the activity protected by the guys in white wigs.

The 53-year-old Rudnick, an attorney and educator, wants to kick Donna Reed Miller out of the Eighth District Council seat...."

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How Will You Vote On Ballot Questions?

The Committee of Seventy has published the Questions that will appear on the Tuesday, May 15, 2007 Ballot. They deal with Casinos, Zoning, the Resign to Run Rule...

Rudnick and Aisenstein Collect Signatures Outside Acme and Acme Calls in Robbery to Police

Candidate Rudnick and Green Party of Pennsylvania Chair Hillary Aisenstein were evicted from outside the Acme Market on Germantown Avenue  on April 9th  where they were peaceably collecting signatures to place Rudnick on the ballot for City Council and Lew Harris on the ballot for City Commissioner. Acme Market management apparently called police reporting a robbery. Rudnick files protest, asks clarification, requests explicit  permission to collect signatures. Read it here