The mayor is far from perfect, but in moments when many residents turn to their leaders for hope, even her staunchest critics would have to admit she is more than up for the job.
Mayor Cherelle L. Parker, District Attorney Larry Krasner, left, and Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel, right, during a news conference at Temple trauma and emergency center in Philadelphia on Saturday after an officer was wounded in a shooting near the 3600 block of F Street.“Right now, I want you to know that your mayor is a praying mayor, and I believe in the power of prayer,” she said.
I am not an especially religious person, but in moments of personal and communal crisis, I suspend my disappointment in most organized religions and welcome prayer, in whatever form it comes.— in which I challenge it, dissect it, and hold its leaders accountable. But I’m also always rooting for it. Always. Always.about the way the Parker administration handles some of its business.
In my most gracious moments for the past administration’s struggles, I remind myself of the unprecedented position they found themselves in the face of global pandemic and reckonings that challenged all kinds of systems. I can understand what led to some of their lowest moments.
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