Philly controller's race heats up at forum, barbs exchanged
In a race that tends to be a snoozer, Democratic candidates for City Controller Alan Butkovitz and Rebecca Rhynhart exploded in shouting matches during a live-streamed forum Tuesday night.
My opponent is so beholden to the political machine that he does not take the tough stances that I would make, said Rhynhart, a former top aide to Mayor Kenney and former Mayor Michael A. Nutter. Its an argument she has made against Butkovitz, a longtime ward leader, during the campaign.
You think it was easy going after Sheriff John Green? I had to be assigned security guards because they thought I might be assassinated for the amount of corruption we found in there, said Butkovitz, who is running for a fourth four-year term, referring to an investigation of Green, who was indicted and awaits trial.
I have the scars of fighting the political system for all the time Ive been in office, Butkovitz said.
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