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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Local Activists Protest Budget Impasse Tomorrow

The state budget impasse hits day 100 tomorrow and local activists will protest the situation in Center City. Organizations that receive state funding have been waiting for a budget for months.

Here's the press  release:

DAY 100

WITHOUT A PENNSYLVANIA STATE BUDGET…

 

…and there are more than 100 ways Pennsylvania citizens are being harmed…

 

Join us as we mark 100 days and protest the budget impasse!

Thursday October 8, 2009

NOON

Municipal Services Building, Philadelphia

JFK Blvd between Broad and 15th

We are suffering while legislators are being paid.

 

Sponsored by the Southeastern PA Coalition for Essential Services.
 
Posted by Catherine Lucey @ 1:00 PM  Permalink | 4 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:14 PM, 10/07/2009
    I'm still waiting for this to be outlined to me how I am suffering from the budget impasse. What exactly is the PA Coalition for Essential Services advocating for, and whom? Not to be glib, but where is this horrible melt down that should have happened by now? Maybe it is possible that we really are spending too much money as a state, and can cut back without too much trouble?
    — CleanupPhilly
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:16 PM, 10/07/2009
    I can be persuaded, but first, groups like the PA Coalition for Essential Services has to try. Just standing around with signs doesn't really make the case for me. Where is the information?
    — CleanupPhilly
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:19 PM, 10/07/2009
    I'm not "suffering" from the budget impasse, but I'm supposed to start paying an increase in my sales tax, which I'm trying to avoid by buying stuff online. But if my state legislator is fighting still more tax increases as I'm paying a wage tax, and a BPT, and other high Philly and PA taxes, I'm sorry, but that is worth paying them a salary. The Dems have to compromise with sensible, temporary cuts. We don't need "temporary" taxes, we need temporary cuts. Well done to the GOP for holding the line on common sense.
    — CleanupPhilly
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:19 PM, 10/07/2009
    I'm not "suffering" from the budget impasse, but I'm supposed to start paying an increase in my sales tax, which I'm trying to avoid by buying stuff online. But if my state legislator is fighting still more tax increases as I'm paying a wage tax, and a BPT, and other high Philly and PA taxes, I'm sorry, but that is worth paying them a salary. The Dems have to compromise with sensible, temporary cuts. We don't need "temporary" taxes, we need temporary cuts. Well done to the GOP for holding the line on common sense.
    — CleanupPhilly


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David Gambacorta spent a small eternity writing about cops, drug dealers and serial killers. Now he’s writing about power and politics ­– which sometimes reminds him of the old crime beat. He joined the Daily News in 2005. And yes, he knows you’re not quite sure how to pronounce his last name. E-mail tips to gambacd@phillynews.com
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Jan Ransom, a native New Yorker, joined the Daily News in 2010 after graduating from Howard University. She has since written about the difficulty of filing police complaints, tax deadbeats and life after violent home invasions. She joined the Daily News City Hall Bureau in 2011 and has plunged headfirst into reporting on administration budget battles and City Council shenanigans.
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