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Thursday, March 4, 2010

Budget Reactions: Councilwoman Quiñones-Sánchez

Immediately after Mayor Nutter finished his budget address, It's Our Money's Ben Waxman interviewed anyone who would talk to him (with the help of cameraman/video editor extraordinaire Daniel Schwartz).

Here, he talks to Councilwoman Maria D. Quiñones-Sánchez.

Didn't catch all of Mayor Nutter's budget address? We've boiled it down for you.

We also got reactions from City Council members Frank Rizzo, Bill Green and Maria Quiñones-Sánchez, as well as AFSCME Discrict Council 47 President Cathy Scott.

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Posted by Dave Merrell @ 5:02 PM  Permalink | 3 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:32 PM, 03/04/2010
    I'm sure the council womans districts gets more then it's fair share of funds from the budget. I don't agree with the flat tax, but, if the people in her district can walk in and out of these stores (bodegas)with junk food, I'm sure they will be able to pay the flat tax.
    — Currency
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:01 AM, 03/05/2010
    First, the 7th district never got it's fairshare of anything till councilwoman Sanchez got elected. I personally don't like the lady for I know 2 of her former bosses who were involved with unsavory characters in the district. But she is a new day, a new face and fights for her district in most ways. I want her to fight in all ways but that is unrealistic sometimes and people get sacrificed. The 7 district got sacrificed a lot and she got us back some respect. One of those people had to give us respect because is the mayor, I met him in 1998 when he didn't think kindly of certain Bodegas owners. Sanchez is up to the task and won't apologized for it.
    — leon483
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:26 PM, 03/17/2010
    I'm glad to hear that Councilwoman Sanchez does not agree with the flat rate tax. She is right to say that individuals will have further hardships especially in her district. I don't see the 0.02 cents tax on sodas or any sweetened drinks having an effect on obesity. I would recommend that the mayor fine EVERYONE who is not recycling and not pick and chose who gets fined. The same with the trash that get taken out too early. One nieghbor got fined numerously while another doesn't. if this was consistent ACROSS the City not just targeted neighborhoods. Doing that will help with the city budget.
    — roz72


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