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About Hallwatch
This site was originally intended as a resource for those who deal
with Philadelphia's City Council. It grew out of my frustration obtaining reliable
information about:
The results of council votes, both present and past.
Information on where a bill is in the legislative process, when hearings will be held, etc.
Where Councilmembers get their campaign money, how they spend it and who they owe.
How to get in touch with Councilmembers via fax, phone, and mail
Background information on Councilmembers: what
they've done with their lives, how well they did in the past election, etc.
Ed Goppelt
webmaster@hallwatch.org
Hallwatch in the Press
- Editorial: Ed Goppelt Philadelphia's "Most Effective Gadfly" (Daily News, 04/25/03)
- Nathan Gorenstein's "Caught in the city's record web" (Philadelphia Inquirer, 04/23/03)
- Daryl Gale reports how Councilmembers Cohen & Rizzo facilitated a meeting between me and the Records Dept. by threatening to cut their budget. (City Paper, 04/10/03)
- Earni Young's "Council: Settle Records Dispute" (Daily News, 04/09/03)
- Right to Know by Daniel Brook (City Paper, 02/13/03)
- A longish piece, written by me, about City Council's work habits (Philadelphia Daily News, 06/17/02)
- Describes how Condo Owners used hallwatch's FaxBank capability to successfully lobby Council. (City Paper, 06/13/02)
- Editorial "The Gadfly in the Soup" (Daily News, 03/15/02)
- Jenn Carbin breaks the story on the BRT cooking the books (City Paper, 02/14/02)
- Monica Yant Kinney Weighs In on the Hallwatch-BRT "dust up" (Philadelphia Inquirer, 02/01/02)
- Jenn Carbin writes about City Officials' Stalking Fears (City Paper, 01/31/02)
- Brief mention of Hallwatch in this Tom Ferrick piece about the defeat of Bill 629 (Philadelphia Inquirer, 10/21/01)
- Profile of Hallwatch & Ed Goppelt (Daily News, 10/18/01)
- Tom Ferrick Column on Hallwatch (Philadelphia Inquirer, 06/27/01)
- Follow up story about City Commissioners' refusal to provide public info to Hallwatch (City Paper, 06/14/01)
- Piece about City Commissioners' refusal to provide voter rolls to Hallwatch (City Paper, 05/03/01)
- Article about launch of Hallwatch (City Paper, 03/29/01)
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