No public $ for City Council's trip to party conventions
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No public $ for City Council's trip to party conventions
Jan Ransom
City Council members are showing out in force for this year’s party conventions.
And we here at PhillyClout were curious as to how members were paying for the trip and so we asked.
A majority of Council members dug into their own pockets or used their campaign funds to pay for the trip to the Democratic Convention in Charlotte, N.C. We’re still waiting on responses from a couple of members.
But Jane Roh, Council President Darrell Clarke’s communications director said she was almost certain that none of the members are using public dollars. Those expenditures would have to be approved by Clarke, she said, and “any such requests would be rejected outright by this office.”
There are at least eight members at the convention including Council members Kenyatta Johnson, Curtis Jones Jr., Bobby Henon, Maria Quinones-Sanchez, Cindy Bass, Marian Tasco, Blondell Reynolds Brown and Clarke. Republican Councilman David Oh attended the Republican National Convention last week.
Dig deeper.— dogman5- Wait until Charlotte gets a taste of these bums.— bravehearted
I saw Jones and Clark and a third prominent Philadelphian who recognized "Cuddles" (YEAH!!!). The stadium shutdown was a bummer though, there may be a contingency party and conference call. Stood in the Chris Matthews crowd at 5PM...Maybe if you look at the reruns real hard you'll see me near the bald headed girl.— Cuddles
Cuddles.... So, YOU are a Democrat troll. Well, we know not to even acknowledge you now. We already know where you stand.- So, when in September, will Council begin working sessions?? As they extend their summer recess, towards the middle of September!!!!— Dadair1
Almost certain...
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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. E-mail tips to ransomj@phillynews.com
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Sean Collins Walsh is from Bucks County and went to Northwestern University. He joined the Daily News copy desk in 2012 and now covers the Nutter administration. Before that, he interned at papers including The New York Times, The Dallas Morning News and The Seattle Times. E-mail tips to walshSE@phillynews.com
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