Daily News | Philadelphia 3.0 sent racially divided political mailers for City Council race, puzzling candidates and voters
Philadelphia 3.0, a political action committee that advocates for pro-business policies, mailed out two distinct political fliers to Democratic voters this week.The other highlighted three Black candidates it also endorsed in the race.
“I don’t want to ascribe bad intent to anyone, but it looks bad,” said Nikki Grant, a Democratic committee person in West Philly’s majority Black 60th Ward who“I felt like they were making some assumptions about me as a Black woman,” she said. “I’m not sure why you couldn’t just get me the entire slate.”
Campaign finance reports show 3.0 has spent over $579,000 to boost their candidates this year. Another pro-business PAC, called Philly for Growth, hassent out a policy guide in the mail with all five candidates, the group found it was more effective to be selective about messaging. She said the “theme” of the mailer with two white candidates was that both Santamoor and Itzkowitz were endorsed byThe racially divided mailers have caused some discomfort for 3.
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