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Ridge Avenue: From Temple University Student to Campaign Manager
By Matthew Beck and Rebecca Arden for PhiladelphiaNeighborhoods.com / pa2012.com
Behind every good election campaign are dedicated workers and volunteers to help get the winning edge. While most are experienced politicians, others are young, motivated workers ready to take on the everyday duties of a successful campaign.
Laura Frank, a former Temple University student, was called upon to be the campaign manager of the Verna Tyner for City Council 8th District campaign. Frank has been working hard to make her name known in local politics.
Laura Frank, sits at her desk in the office and discusses the campaign goals for the next couple of weeks.One of the biggest obstacles for Frank will be attracting young voters to this year’s May 17 primary election. Through social networking tactics used in the Obama campaign in 2008, the Tyner campaign will try to make the obstacle easier to overcome.
“The turnout for the Obama election was huge and then went down in 2010,” Frank explained, “We are using a lot of social networks and we are really trying to rely on Facebook and Twitter.”
Historically, citizens of Philadelphia fail to vote in large numbers during City Council elections but Frank thinks that will change through hard work and dedication.
The campaign office, located in Germantown, filled with employees and volunteers helping Tyner with her campaign.“It is a City Council campaign and people don’t tend to come out,” Fran said, “We are trying to stress how this decision matters in the fact that the incumbent is stepping down and that it is a wide open field this year.”
For more information on the Verna Tyner campaign visit www.tynerforcouncil.com
March 31, 2011 at 9:27 am
Tags: City Council District 8, Laura Frank, pa2012.com, Philadelphia Neighborhoods, Temple U, Verna Tyner
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Marisa
Apr 11th, 2011
Really? Really? This is a story on Verna Tyner’s novice campaign manager? There is a great example of PA2010′s surface level reporting. You are really just boosting Frank’s bragging rights through this article and nothing else. No particulars are mentioned, how is Tyner doing, who are her opponents, how much money did she report in the bank last quarter, and also didn’t she just have Lauren Townsend as Campaign Manager? Townsend is a well-known, successful, talented operative in Southeast PA. What happened to her?
Perhaps PA2012 ought to write a story about how Andy Toy’s Campaign doesn’t tip. I’d rather read some salacious gossip like that.