Here at PhillyClout, we've covered all of Mayor Nutter's budget plans (please hold your applause). And over the years we've noticed a funny pattern: Council will never exactly give Nutter what he asks for.
So in 2009, Nutter wanted a property tax hike. Council raised revenue with a sales tax hike and pension fund deferrals. In 2010, he asked for a soda tax, they gave him a property tax hike. Last year, to help the schools, Nutter asked for a soda tax, or a property tax hike. Council did a property tax bump, but at a lower level than Nutter wanted.
We put it to the Mayor today: since he wants to get more property tax revenue this year, might Council instead enact a soda tax?
Nutter called us cute -- not in the good way -- and again insisted that he's not raising property taxes, even though his FY2013 budget will take in more revenue than his FY2012 budget.