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Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 at 12:01 pm - by Matt Campbell. Filed under: Budget.
Don't Mess with My Budget
If there is one thing about Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, he knows how to wage a ground and air offensive on city council. Last Thursday, he marched in to council chambers and proclaimed that he had the will of the people tightly wrapped up in his 2010 budget proposal. If he succeeds with this populist strategy, it could make council seem a little tone deaf if they try a major overhaul on the mayor’s, um… I mean the people’s…plan
So this afternoon, the mayor’s team will hold a PhillyStat session titled “We Heard You.” It will go through the city’s extensive civic engagement efforts and explain how some of the citizen feedback was incorporated into the “People’s Budget.” So, the mayor’s message to council seems to be “Can You Hear Them?”
Time: 3:30pm
Phillystat Rm, Rm.
1450 on the 14th floor
Municipal Services Building
A video recording of this PhillyStat session can been seen tonight on city’s Channel 64 cable feed and the city’s Channel 64 website page.
*Special thanks to Matt Campbell for showing the mayor he can fly.
March 24th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Ha!
Here’s a question. Has the city considered every possibility in raising revenue? Are the sim city options of raising taxes or cutting services really the only tools in the box? The reason I ask is because war bonds were mentioned recently in all the talk about FDR and that makes me wonder if there are other alternatives for the city to raise revenue “temporarily” during this historic, national crisis. Can the city create an option for residents and businesses to fund the budget through bonds, voluntarily or compulsory, by way of payroll deduction? In other words, can the city create a round trip for the citizens’ extra cash, rather than put it down an indefinite one-way street?
A quick link about war bonds: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Bonds