City Council Candidate Verna Tyner Begins Campaign Tour

At a campaign event, City Council candidate Verna Tyner said she began her tour at Jenks School in Chestnut Hill in order to show her support for good education throughout the district.

The most recent stop on her campaign tour was a campaign kickoff event at Community Acupuncture of Mt. Airy (CAMA) on Feb. 10.

Inside, supporters held signs and extolled the virtues of the candidate they supported. One of the biggest issues they discussed was how they felt Tyner would help business continue to develop along Germantown Avenue.

Ken Weinstein, who owns Trolley Car Diner, as well as other businesses along the Avenue, said the candidate would help bring people together and expand the economic development the district has enjoyed to the whole district.

And Elise Rivers, who owns CAMA, said she hopes to have a close relationship with Tyner if she is elected.

"We really are excited about this opportunity to work together in unity," she said.

Tyner has worked in City Council for 16 years—she has been Councilman-at-Large Bill Greenlee's chief of staff and has done the same for Councilman-at-Large David Cohen.

Her stop at CAMA was just one in a tour of the Eighth Council District, which is being vacated by incumbent Donna Reed Miller, who . A variety of candidates .

She said she intends to hold budget sessions in the district as a way of reaching out to constituents.

"On my watch, we will have all these resources out there," she said. "And people will know about them."

Tyner concluded her tour of the district with a final stop at the Venango House at 2104 W. Venango St.

Stay tuned for any future candidate kickoff events throughout the district.