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Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Nutter Asks Obama Not to Forget Cities
Although President-elect Obama came to Philly today to talk with governors about federal aid for states,  Mayor Nutter made sure to remind him that cities are hurting too.

During an appearance on MSNBC today, Nutter said he spoke with Obama for a few minutes about the needs of cities.

"I like what President-elect Obama is doing with the governors.I just want to make sure that cities and municipalities are not left out as well," Nutter said. "We’re at the ground level. We fill potholes, we pick up trash....It is literally where the rubber meets the road. We just want to make sure there is federal support for us as well."

Nutter, who is currently slashing the city budget to make up a $1 billion shortfall over the next five years, has petitioned the feds to use some economic stimulus dollars to help cities.

Last month he traveled to Washington DC, to deliver a letter to the Treasury Department asking the federal government to provide loans and grants for city infrastructure projects, as well as loans to help shore up troubled municipal pension funds and ease city cash-flow problems. The mayors of Atlanta and Phoenix co-signed that letter.
Posted by Catherine Lucey @ 2:08 PM  Permalink | File Under: Nutter | | Nutter | 4 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:11 PM, 12/02/2008
    So long as Philly collects the $568 million in overdue property taxes and implements revenue neutral full market value property tax assessment, then and only then should Obama forward money to the city. Federal help should only come after Philly politicians have done the hard work. Here's the city's own data on the vast problem that no one wants to touch: http://www.hallwatch.org/proptax/about/redelinq/stats/summary
    — CleanupPhilly
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:12 PM, 12/02/2008
    The centrists in the Obama administration are going to wonder why Philly won't collect overdue property taxes. They won't just forward cash to get Philly pols off the hook. http://www.hallwatch.org/proptax/about/redelinq/stats/summary
    — CleanupPhilly
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:31 PM, 12/02/2008
    Stop it Mayor Nutter. Don't you have any dignity. First, you go to DC and ask for Tarp money,treasurer Paulson would not see you in person. Second, you are in President elect Obama ear at Governors Conference,the Governors Conference!! about money. Are you Ed Rendell? What is Chakka Fattah, Arlen Specter and your boy Bob Brady (The unoffical Mayor of Philly)doing in DC? Obviously, not lobbying for Philly. Is Mayor Nutter aligned with those politicians? Who will be the new Greenfield (look him up)in Philadelphia? Someone let me know. Thank you Mayor Nutter for portraying Philly image as a poor, second class City. Go Phils!! HA.
    — bjack85
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