Tuesday, February 24, 2009

PHILADELPHIA WHERE IS THE LEADERSHIP AT CITY HALL

Good Afternoon:

Where is the "Leadership in City Hall?" Philadelphia faces huge budget deficits and the Mayor, Hizzoner Michael Nutter hasn't responded with any real action. He wants to charge residents $5.00 a week for Trash pick-up as a fee ($260.00) a year in addition to the current high taxes on residents and businesses.

Is that all this guy can come up with, An experienced Council-person for many years and he can't figure out how to balance the city budget. HE AIN' T NO ACTION JACKSON.

I believe the Mayor fears layoffs of all of those Patronage employees, just like Governor Corzine of NJ. They both are scared to death about using their executive powers to cut municipal and state employee hours down to 24 hours a week, having them work on a mixed schedule so services aren't severely interuppted. Let me be clear, I am speaking about furloughs for non-essenial, non-emergency, and no plloice,fire or EMT/EMS being reduced.

Philadelphia has been losing money since the Mayor botched the Casino deals. I believe Mayor Nutter is afraid to make a move, he is more worried about re-election(himself) than he is abot his city.
Wow! and to think, we had problems with John Street.

Now I may not live in the city of Philadelphia anymore. But I am in the city everyday.

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