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Thursday, February 26, 2009

What Would the Managing Director Cut?

Almost three weeks ago, Mayor Nutter presented City Council with the data he collected from city departments on how 10, 20 or 30 percent cuts would affect their ability to provide services. Soon after, we received a hefty packet of the cut scenario data, which showed the crippling affect such cuts would have on police, fire or library services.

But we noticed that several departments were not included in the packet – among them commerce, human services and the managing director’s office. According to the city, that information will be provided in a second volume of data.

Well, we still haven’t seen that second volume. We asked for it about a week ago and then over the past several days we’ve been specifically requesting just the managing director’s information. We want to see what would happen to signature programs like Philly Stat and 3-1-1 under cuts.

So far nothing. The press office told us today that the city wants to release all the remaining department data together and the department of human services information isn’t ready.

We don't get it. The mayor has repeatedly talked about this being an open and transparent budget process. He has stressed that everything is on the table as he tries to cut $1 billion from the five-year-plan. And  he has made clear that all departments had to prepare these cut scenarios. So why can't we see the managing director data?
Posted by Catherine Lucey @ 6:56 PM  Permalink | 4 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:51 PM, 02/26/2009
    Because there probably aren't any real cuts since the Managing Director is only good at cutting everything else except her projects and staff.
    — stiearly
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:49 PM, 02/26/2009
    Why don't you ask about the Register of Wills' budget and find out who is on the payroll and what they do all day long?
    — Philly Phorever
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:23 AM, 02/27/2009
    There must be hundreds of others on the payroll. How about one of the at.six Deputy Mayors. A commissioner, must go to the Managing Director, then she must go to a Deputy Mayor, then the Mayor, that's called cutting thru the fat. By then, we have drowned.
    — FJG JR
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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.
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