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Matt Wolfe kicked-off his campaign for Republican City Council at-large, Wednesday, outside of the Center City office for the Philadelphia Gas Works.

Wolfe picked the location to criticize Councils unwillingness to hold a hearing on the sale of the utility to a private company an issue which has become the focus of many challengers.

I decided to do it here because the biggest failure in leadership by our City Council in this last term has been killing the deal to sell PGW...They killed the deal without any one of those 17 city councilmen having the backbone to introduce a bill, have a hearing or take a vote, he said. Thats not the message you want to send to companies who want to locate in Philadelphia.

Wolfe announced his bid on a cold day outside of the office, which is closed on Wednesdays, as several people wound through the crowd to slip their utility bills into a slot near the door. Wolfe was also critical of the company's hours at the Center City location - closed on weekends and on Wednesdays.

Wolfe, 58, of University City, runs his own law office and ran unsuccessfully against Councilman Ed Neilson in a special election last year. A former Deputy Attorney General, Wolfe also worked as Chief Counsel of the Department of Labor and Industry under Gov. Tom Ridge.

The Citys Republican Committee president Joseph DeFelice introduced Wolfe at the event, calling him a Rowhouse Republican" and The kind of guy who has the honesty and integrity to go to City Hall and shake things up for the right reasons.

The Republican Committee has not formally endorsed anyone.

Were going to allow the candidates to go out and circulate petitions," DeFelice said. "I think its good if you have eight or nine Republican candidates running around the city, knocking on doors, meeting voters and then afterwards, were gonna have a discussion about what were gonna do. We may endorse we may not endorse we may decide to let it be open.

Republican Councilmen Dennis OBrien and David Oh are the incumbents seeking reelection.

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Matt Wolfe joins widening Republican field for Council at-large