Rendell: "Disaster" For Philly if State Lawmakers Can't Compromise on HB1828
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Rendell: "Disaster" For Philly if State Lawmakers Can't Compromise on HB1828
Chris Brennan
Gov. Rendell just weighed in on the city's budget woes, saying he hopes the state House and Senate can compromise on the pension reforms added to House Bill 1828, legislation originally designed to provide budget relief for Philadelphia. Rendell said he was aware that the House was working on changes to the legislation and said he hopes the Senate is kept in the loop.
"Whatever the House adopts, if the Senate doesn't agree to it in advance, that's going to be a disaster for the city of Philadelphia," Rendell said.
Rendell said talk of massive layoffs and signs going up in public buildings in Philadelphia about potential closures show that the city's fallback budget is in real danger of being implemented.
"I don't think the mayor is kidding," Rendell said. "In fact, I know he's not kidding. He has no alternative."
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technically speaking, Philly isn't asking for Harrisburg money. just saying.— dreinterests- Here's an idea, cut the fat from city government. How many deputy this or deputy that do we really need? Why do city council members have staff that make several times the avg income of a citizen? Just seems ridiculous that we can't cut some of the money out of the city spending to come up with a way to keep libraries that offer materials to kids and others, as well as police officers who keep the city safe. Just sayin'.— bpsmit28
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- there are so many people who work for the city that dont do anything lol it amazes me and yet i still have to wait in line for hours at the PPA or anything else city related.— qwerty83
- City Hall is a big pig farm, with the breeder pigs getting paid the most. A big fat waste of money providing substandard service... so much pork in Penn Sq. that it's like a fat kid trying to ride a bike and the tires being popped.— ryphilly8507
- Maybe the rest of the state should give us back the stop signs and roads we paid for.. And the tourist $$ we draw to surrounding areas. Sounds fair to me.— yawns
- All, please keep in mind that the layoffs and closures from Plan C, are not even close to covering the budget gap. Everyone has been focused on the layoffs, but the big item in there is the discontinuation of funding for the courts. Which is not going to happen, imagine letting murder suspects go free because a judge is not getting paid to arraign suspects. This may induce another round of layoffs pretty quickly. just saying.— bizzarrophilly
- Cut government jobs. How bout put an easy excel file out online that has all budget concerns and fix it. It's easy to do but they will never do that because of all the pork in the budget.— Bex
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- Sorry I just can't think of anything to add to "Rendell" and "disaster" in the same sentence.— Phils_World_Champs
- Unfortunately, the tone of rhetoric was set by Rendell and the Legislators right from the beginning. Both are to be blamed and they should be ashamed of themselves. Political maneuvering for the sake of their egos, not for the good of the citizens. Mr. Rendell, stop posturing; you are as much to blame as anyone.— frankfj
- More of the same from fast Eddie. The sky is falling rhetoric is getting old. He's still pushing for his tax increase instead of of making the tough choices and cut the waste.— junethe4th
- How about a cut in patronage jobs? Doing that both at city and state level would balance the budget and lower taxes at the same time.— DonQ
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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. 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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