Tasco calls bull on administration
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Tasco calls bull on administration
Councilwoman Marian Tasco on Tuesday literally called “bulls---” on the administration’s explanation for why a rec center in her district was delayed last year.
Tasco last week accused Mayor Nutter’s administration of delaying a planned $3.5 million renovation at Oak Lane’s Sturgis Recreation Center because she opposed an issue related to Nutter’s plan to sell the Philadelphia Gas Works. Nutter’s spokesman, Mark McDonald, said the delay happened because the administration was focused on “other pressing issues.”
“What was the priority over Sturgis? There was nothing wrong with that project. The money was there. There was no question,” Tasco on Tuesday asked Nutter’s chief of staff, Everett Gillison, during a lengthy exchange.
“The only thing I would differ with you on-” Gillison said.
“Just stop cause all of that is bulls---,” Tasco interrupted.
Gillison maintained throughout the interrogation that Tasco’s project was not singled out for political reasons and that many capital projects get delayed.
“All those decisions come through the Mayor’s Office, they come through me working on behalf of the mayor. Your project was one of many projects,” Gillison said.
Tasco chairs the PGW commission and voted in January to oppose a measure in which the utility paid for communications and lobbying fees related to the possible sale. Tasco wanted the city to pay for it, but Nutter wanted PGW to pick up the tab.
The mayor won in the end, with a majority of the commission voting for Nutter's plan and Tasco dissenting.
Tasco finding out what District Councils 33 and 47 and the Firefighters already know: Nutter is a dictator. He wants it his way and will retaliate if he doesn't get his way. As IBEW Local 98's John Dougherty says: "He's a punk."— union guy-1.jpg)
Tasco needs to shut up since she called bull---- on the taxpayer with her DROP.- Those unprecedented DROP payouts and all those perks Tasco and the rest of those cronies get could have built a dozen or more rec centers over the years. Shame on them all.
- Those sinful DROP payments aside, Tasco is absolutely on the money. Nutter, N**job, Neuter, what ever you choose to call him who calls himself mayor is a petty, disdainful, spiteful, piece of whale snot.— nebulus
- Is there even one Democrat on that city council that has just a smidgeon of class and dignity? What a foul-mouthed hag Tasco is.— b,ill a,tkins
- Wasn't she the genius that stopped the 15 trolley cars to begin until the Daily News exposed after a few year delay.— Phishtown
- There is nothing good going on in this city right now, except you do get to watch the final death of the great society and the PROVEN FAILURE of every program that came out of the 60's. These communities, that rely on wealth redistribution for survival, are going to have to learn self rliance (financially) or they will all perish. These people need to focus on the MEANS OF PRODUCTION for what they need. They need to stop focusing on the false guilt trips that have generated gubment donations because the MONEY IS ALL GONE! Now, urban mayors fight with urban councils and unions fight with local workers (they are supposed to represent them), and EVERYTHING goes BANKRUPT. Conservatives were right all along and the chickens are coming home to roost. Forward!— 1980phillies
- Tasco calling BS on someone else? Isn't that the teapot calling the kettle _______ (something not politically correct today)
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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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