Daily News | Philly City Council is the least experienced it’s been in 40 years
No matter what happens in this year’s City Council elections, Philadelphia will gain one of its freshest cohorts of lawmakers in decades — and thus one of the least experienced in terms of years in office.
and policy priorities of the next Council — and the next mayor — are not yet known and could change the direction of city government.The Inquirer analyzed the ages, inauguration, and departure dates for Philadelphia’s more than 100 City Council members since 1952, when the current structure of government began. We found:
The average age of Council members is 52. That may not sound young, but it’s well below where it’s tended to be in recent decades. In 2012, for example, the average Council member was 62.
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