Daily News | ‘The trash has to go somewhere:’ Jeff Brown draws rebuke over debate answer on Philly sending trash to Chester
Asked if he would change the existing contracts with vendors that handle waste removal in the city, Brown — whose campaign slogan is “Pick up the damn trash” — said he wasn’t sure and seemed to dismiss the neighboring city’s fight against pollution.Advertisement“I do care, but I don’t work for them if I’m the mayor,” Brown said. “I work for Philadelphia, and the trash has to go somewhere, and whoever gets it is going to be unhappy with it.
Later in the debate, Parker brought up the remark again in response to a question about public health. Parker said she would work closely with other leaders in the region, name-dropping Chester Mayor Thaddeus Kirkland as “a good friend.”For 30 years, she has fought a waste-to-energy plant in Chester City: ‘We don’t have a choice’Reached by phone Tuesday evening, Kirkland said he hadn’t caught the televised debate, but he wasn’t surprised to hear a candidate being dismissive of his city.
Instead, Kirkland commended Philadelphia officials for their partnership with his Delaware County city, especially in sharing solutions around the biggest issue of the election season — gun violence. While Philadelphia and other big cities saw an explosion of gun violence during the pandemic, Chester reduced homicides by over 60% between 2020 and 2021, which many“We look for ways that we can be helpful to them as a sister city with regards to crime,” Kirkland said.
On environmental issues, Kirkland also said partnership with Philadelphia remained important, and praised
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