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In reply to the discussion: 42 years ago today: The gales of November came crashing [View all]BumRushDaShow
(128,774 posts)85. Here in Philly around that time in 1975, we had our own drama.
We had the re-election of the douche Frank Rizzo - his quote-
"Just wait after November, you'll have a front row seat because I'm going to make Attila the Hun look like a faggot," he said of his enemies during his 1975 re-election bid.
and we were still dealing with discussions about several 9 & 10-alarm refinery fires down in South Philly (Gulf Oil in August '75 & Arco in October '75). During one of those infernos, Rizzo broke his hip while on the scene (his brother Joe was Fire Commissioner at the time).
http://www.pophistorydig.com/topics/gulf-oil-refinery-fire-1975/
A few years later, he wanted to run for a 3rd term (which required a city charter change), but the charter change question lost 2 to 1, so he eventually gave up. He was a Republican in a Democrat's clothing -
Philadelphia Mayor Won't Run Again
By Ray Holton March 17, 1978
At the end of the same kind of "law and order" style speech that propelled him from the police beat to the mayor's office in 1971, Frank L. Rizzo surprised this city yesterday with an announcement that he would not seek a third term.
He said he would give up his drive to change the city charter that prohibits more than two terms for a mayor but then he hinted mysteriously that he would lead a national movement centered on the issues close to his heart. He is against public housing, special treatment for minorities, public school busing, and racial quotas. He is for the death penalty.
In the rousing speech before a nearly all-white crowd of 700, the nominal Democrat, who supported President Nixon, said, "We have to get off this kick of Democrat and Republican. That's the way they keep us divided. We have to vote the man."
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1978/03/17/philadelphia-mayor-wont-run-again/797707db-f2f3-4f1a-a086-e38cc44b5c56/
By Ray Holton March 17, 1978
At the end of the same kind of "law and order" style speech that propelled him from the police beat to the mayor's office in 1971, Frank L. Rizzo surprised this city yesterday with an announcement that he would not seek a third term.
He said he would give up his drive to change the city charter that prohibits more than two terms for a mayor but then he hinted mysteriously that he would lead a national movement centered on the issues close to his heart. He is against public housing, special treatment for minorities, public school busing, and racial quotas. He is for the death penalty.
In the rousing speech before a nearly all-white crowd of 700, the nominal Democrat, who supported President Nixon, said, "We have to get off this kick of Democrat and Republican. That's the way they keep us divided. We have to vote the man."
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1978/03/17/philadelphia-mayor-wont-run-again/797707db-f2f3-4f1a-a086-e38cc44b5c56/
Rizzo was a Nixon and Lee Atwater "Southern Strategy"-embracing racist in the north. His son officially became a Republican and was on City Council for years.
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