The Budget Address in 4 Minutes
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The Budget Address in 4 Minutes
Didn't have time to watch the entirety of the mayor's budget address? We've boiled it down to about four minutes for you, and annotated it for context. We're here to help! Many, many thanks to super-editor Daniel Schwartz for making this happen. And thanks to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for the inspiration.
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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Cleanup: We don't get any credit for mentioning the uncollected property tax issue? I haven't seen Patrick's new numbers, but I'm not surprised the learn that the amount has grown during a recession.— benwaxman- Comment removed.
- TELL CITY COUNCIL HOW YOU FEEL! 'joan.krajewski@phila.gov'; 'jack.kelly@phila.gov'; 'curtis.jones.jr@phila.gov'; 'marian.tasco@phila.gov'; 'michael.nutter@phila.gov'; 'bill.green@phila.gov'; 'Bill.Greenlee@phila.gov'; 'anna.verna@phila.gov'; 'frank.dicicco@phila.gov'; 'frank.rizzo@phila.gov'; 'brian.o'neill@phila.gov'; 'donna.miller@phila.gov'; 'darrell.clarke@phila.gov'; 'james.kenney@phila.gov'; 'blondell.reynolds.brown@phila.gov'— philly57
- Get off cleanup's back. All they do is address that if the property tax was collected properly, as well as, the over 1 billion dollars that is owed by those who have jumped bail from the 70's we would not have this problem. So scum to all the scum out there who don't...PAY UP!!! I am tired of wiping the proverbial backsides of all the roaches that don't pay their way in this city. Ben Waxman, I implore you to go after those two points more often as well. There is no good reason why the press should not go after that story more aggressively,— Redman
- Michael Nutter please read "Rich Dad Poor Dad".— Roy Philipose
- What is the problem with fiscal responsibility?— Marchmadness
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- One party sticks their dirty hands in your pocket, the other sticks their dirty noses in your personal life. Aren't both the main reasons we ditched England to begin with?— MrsDamian
- I wrote (email) every single Councilperson last week - props to Philly57 for the addresses - and so far, I got a form response from Rizzo and a one liner obviously written by a staff member from Clarke. Now admittedly they probably get crackpot emails by the thousands daily, but isn't that why they have such enormously bloated staffs? Vote for the opponent, not the incumbent, regardless of party/race/creed/species/whatever. The culture of entitlement in Philly politics HAS to end!!!— citylumberjack
- I'm not voting for any of them,p'57.— jimmy@22
- nutty nutter needs to end the drop program for city council. that's money wasted. he sticks it to the poor as the rest do. thenwhat do you expect from a puppet. he's not a man anyway.— etbarksdale
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