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Thursday, February 14, 2008
Nutter Budget Not Counting On Casino Cash

Mayor Nutter, briefing reporters today on his new city budget, said he decided against counting money expected this year from Harrisburg from taxes on seven casinos across the state.

"We know it's out there," Nutter said. "It's not in our pocket so we're not counting it."

Casino taxes are expected to fund property tax rebates for Pennsylvania residents this summer. In Philadelphia, the money will be used instead for local wage tax reductions.

Philadelphia is expected to receive $94.8 million in casino taxes in the first year. The goal is to use the money to reduce the resident wage tax from 4.169 percent to 3.91 percent and the non-resident wage tax from 3.685 percent to 3.48 percent.

That would be on top of wage tax reductions Nutter has forecast in his five-year plan.

Posted by Chris Brennan @ 5:31 PM  Permalink | 1 comment
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Posted 07:34 PM, 02/15/2008
LOOKOUT
he ignors the charter by overpaying his police commissioner and managing director. now he excludes almost $100 million from his budget. am i supposed to trust this guy?? seems like the same old politics, just a nicer guy delivering the news.
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About Chris Brennan and Catherine Lucey
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Chris Brennan, a native Philadelphian and graduate of Temple University, joined the Daily News in 1999. He has written about SEPTA, the Philadelphia School District, the legalization of casino gambling, state government, the mayor, the governor, City Council and political campaigns.

Catherine Lucey joined the Daily News in 2002. Since then she has written about murderous drug gangs, political protesters and Harry Potter. For the past two years, she covered the 2007 mayoral election. Now that the battle is over, she has moved down to the City Hall bureau where she will report on the Nutter administration.

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