Mayor Parker had a big first year, from city cleanup to the Sixers arena. But many challenges remain.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : "Observers say that Parker made strides on a handful of projects in her first year, but that her strategies for tackling root issues like poverty are less clear.George R. Burrell, a former City Council member, said he views former Mayors Ed Rendell and John F. Street as among the city's most successful because they "did things that were changing people's quality of lives, and they saw it."Parker, he said, has "fallen short on that productivity.""And I'm hopeful," he added, "that the mayor [will] move on to: How do we get at public education?

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