"He certainly was an excellent mayor for eight years," said Mugler, who now lives just outside Doylestown. "I think he represents to many Philadelphians of that era and that age — I just turned 81 — he represents a time when Philadelphia was a very safe place to live. The streets were clean, people weren't afraid to go into Center City at any time in the day or evening for entertainment. You have a situation now where people are getting shot in Rittenhouse Square. It seems to me that there isn't a safe place in Philadelphia now."