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to promote civic engagement in the Philadelphia region.Progress Made at Pinn: Budget Workshop # 4
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 at 11:34 pm - by Guest Commentator
City officials were on hand at the budget workshop to answer questions
By Bill Rowland
A cold, dark night greeted attendees at the final to citizens Budget Forum at the Pinn Memorial Baptist Church last Monday night. (Feb 23) Understanding just how contentious a public forum on cutting the city budget might be, I was sure that [...]
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
Click here to listen to the mp3 of Mayor Nutter on WHYY (how to save an mp3)
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 [...]
Budget Workshops Didn’t Give Citizens Enough Time
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 at 8:57 am - by Guest Commentator
By Christine Cavalier
If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you have the general idea of how the forums work. It’s crowdsourcing Philly budget style. If you need to catch up on what the forums are about, welcome back to Philadelphia. You’ve come back just in time! Hit the “More Posts [...]
Citizens bring ideas, expectations to final budget workshop
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 at 12:20 pm - by Its Our City Staff
by Elizabeth Fiedler, WHYY News
The community budget workshops have wrapped up. Hundreds of citizens gave their input on how the city should address its budget gap. Last night the final of four forums was held in West Philadelphia. WHYY’s Elizabeth Fiedler reports some people came determined to lobby for a cause while others offered sacrifices [...]
