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to promote civic engagement in the Philadelphia region.New York Times Reports on Mayor Nutter's Reaction to Budget Workshop Findings
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 at 12:09 am - by Matt Campbell
The New York Times is running a story tonight on its website headlined “Philadelphia Mayor Plans Rise in Taxes.” Reporter Jon Hurdle quotes Mayor Michael Nutter from today’s interview on Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane saying “We can’t just cut our way out of this situation.” The story also quotes from the final report on the budget [...]
Mayor Nutter Surprised and Concerned by Citizens Call for Wage Tax Hike
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 at 12:19 pm - by Matt Campbell
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Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter speaking this morning on WHYY’s Radio Times said he was surprised by the widespread support in the citizen budget workshops for boosting the city’s wage tax. Citizens opted for the tax increase in hopes of [...]
South Philly Review Reports on St. Monica’s Budget Workshop
Friday, February 27th, 2009 at 3:10 pm - by Matt Campbell
Hey, check this story from the South Philly Review on the recent budget workshop held at St. Monica’s Catholic School at 16th and Porter streets. What’s interesting about this story is that it kind of suggests that we could see more of these citizen budget forums in the future. Check out the part I’ve underlined.
Citizen [...]
Budget Workshop: Agreeable South Philly
Thursday, February 26th, 2009 at 10:37 am - by Guest Commentator
By Albert Yee
Watching 400+ seemingly impatient Philadelphians stand in silence for a minute honoring recently killed in the line of duty Office John Pawlowski was humbling. I didn’t think the niceties would last long, but they did, for the entire evening. In a stark change from the first two events (the first of which you [...]
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 at 7:36 pm - by Guest Commentator
By Patrick Cobbs
The third of four citizen forums on the city’s budget crisis was Feb. 20, and I’ll be honest, I arrived at St. Monica’s Catholic School in South Philadelphia full of doubts.
Would there be anything interesting to say about an event that was sure to be a carbon copy of the one I attended [...]
Focus Groups Won’t Solve Philadelphia’s Budget Problems
Monday, February 23rd, 2009 at 1:38 pm - by Its Our City Staff
Philadelphia Daily News’ Dave Davies says the citizen budget workshops are unlikely to give Philadelphia’s mayor a clear message on what departments to cut or whether to raise taxes. Davies, who attended last week’s budget forum held in Germantown, says the parameters are too rigid to promote creative approaches to find savings.
The game, while useful, is [...]
It’s Our Money: Philly folks CAN be interested in the budget!
Monday, February 23rd, 2009 at 12:32 pm - by Dan Pohlig
Check out Ben Waxman’s op-ed in today’s Daily News about the citizen budget workshops. His take on it: Philadelphians have shown a remarkable capacity to try and learn the ins and outs of something as esoteric as the city budget and that, combined with the city’s willingness to participate, has been remarkable.
My questions:
Will the “revolution” [...]
