"But our primary concern is to make the streets safe and to keep the city moving."
The rebels almost certainly never planned to keep the city in any case.
Since then, the Council has made interim appropriations each month to keep the city going.
"They are the ones who have been keeping the city of Camden above water," she said.
"In this case it is keeping the city from going forward."
Where old friends and colleagues would still be fighting to keep the city from going down the sewer.
"Now, we must see to it that he can keep the city."
These were the people who kept the city moving, and she was part of them.
"He seems rather busy keeping the city from burning up."
So we have to think about strategies for keeping the city under control.