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Tale of the tape: How AVI affects Nutter's staff

Mayor Nutter shares his new tax bill under the Actual Value Initiative, along with those of his administration.

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Tale of the tape: How AVI affects Nutter's staff

POSTED: Friday, February 15, 2013, 5:06 PM

Miriam Hill

Mayor Nutter will pay $460 less in yearly taxes if his Actual Value Initiative moves forward with a 1.25 percent rate. He says he will donate that figure to city schools.

In addition to his own new assessment, Nutter released the new property valuations (PDF) and tax bills for his executive team. While many face only small increases, others are not so lucky.

Angela Dowd-Burton, executive director of Philadelphia’s Office of Economic Opportunity, faces the steepest jump – an additional $5,540 yearly.

City Finance Director Rob Dubow, on the other hand, saves money. His 2014 assessment, if AVI passes, will lower his tax bill by $2,710.

To see how other administration officials fared, go here.

Click here for Philly.com's politics page.

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Comments (24)

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:00 PM, 02/15/2013

Why aren't the managing director and the chief assessment officer listed?

— anti-tax

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:09 PM, 02/15/2013

Because they rent; they don't own.

— Concerned Election Watcher

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:33 AM, 02/16/2013

If you look on the Internet you'll find the only home owned by the chief assessment officer is in Richmond, Virginia. His home obviously won't be affcted by AVI.

— anti-tax

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 12:22 PM, 02/16/2013

Look for those workers that had their taxes raised to see a raise. When Nutter talked about making it revenue neutral these are the people he was really referring to.

— superturtle

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 7:38 AM, 02/18/2013

Looks like the Tea Party is looking better and better all the time!!

— jverlin

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:14 PM, 02/18/2013

Ah, let's not push the pendulum too far to the right. I will have nothing to do with TP'er Right Wing extremist. Just like I want nothing to do with the uber-corrupt current Mayor.

— annoyed

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 12:40 PM, 02/16/2013

How convenient that our great Mayor is seeing a reduction in his taxes.

— Dei

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 12:55 PM, 02/16/2013

Again, Nutter stuck it right up the tax payers a??.

— DEBBY1958

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 12:56 PM, 02/16/2013

Again, Nutter stuck it right up the tax payers a??.

— DEBBY1958

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 1:22 PM, 02/16/2013

The mayor's taxes are going down because he and many people in Wynnefield have been paying more than their fair share for years since we have been using 1983 prices. That area has changed a lot since 1983. It's about time we all pay our fair shares. Now, we just need to make sure the city has EVERYONE paying their taxes. No more deadbeats.

— TakeBackPhilly

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 2:05 PM, 02/16/2013

Wait until rents jump...and property values fall. Good times for everyone.

— johnnycola

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:11 PM, 02/18/2013

and that's exactly what'll happen. People will be trying to sell, a lot of people who won't be able to afford these crazy high taxes which will bring property values down which will make the now over-assessed, higher taxed house worth even less; landlords are going to have to push costs to tenants and rents are already high in quite a few of the areas that got nailed. So the mass exodus from Philly will start and it'll end up back the way it was when I lived in Center City over 30 years ago and was considered a "maverick" and "brave" and rents were cheap cause no one wanted to live here.

— annoyed

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 2:20 PM, 02/16/2013

Where is the link "to see how other administration officials fared?"

— Pugh

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 2:24 PM, 02/16/2013

Eureka!

— Pugh

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:15 PM, 02/16/2013

Let's not forget that certain areas got screwed over the last two years with 15% increases, that amounted to hundreds of dollars each time in increases, while certain areas of the city continued to pay less than $500 for the entire YEAR... So, there should be no grumbling if some of us actually get back a little something this time around.

— dee99999