Marian Benton Tasco[1] (born November 26, 1937) is an American politician who served on the Philadelphia City Council.
A member of the Democratic Party, Tasco represented Philadelphia's ninth district for twenty-eight years.
While later working for the Philadelphia Museum of Art, she took night classes at Temple University and obtained a degree in business education in 1965.
[9] In the 1980s, Tasco additionally helped prepare women to run for office and worked as a consultant and trainer for the YWCA.
[10][11] In 1989, she established the Black Women's Leadership Council with Emma C. Chappell and fellow city councilmember Augusta Clark, among others.
[17] In 2010 she sponsored a bill that increased fines on retailers who sell cigarettes to minors,[18] amidst efforts under mayor Michael Nutter to reduce city smoking rates.
[23] Tasco made a one-day retirement at the end of 2011 to collect a lump sum pension payment from DROP and returned the following week to start her seventh term in the council.
[30] In 2017, Tasco and other members of the Northwest Coalition endorsed Larry Krasner's campaign to become District Attorney of Philadelphia.
[26] In 2018, as part of an annual symposium commemorating Black History Month, Senator Bob Casey Jr. recognized Tasco for "her dedication to public service and work to inspire future generations of leaders".