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Nutter's Second Term: How to Succeed by Really Trying

What should Michael Nutter do in his second term? With the primary over, Nutter can begin to plan what he wants to do in his next four years as mayor. Metropolis polled smart politicians and public policy makers and asked them to offer a critique of Nutter's first term - and the prospects and challenges facing him in his second term. Read all about Nutter 2.0 (Comments)

The New City Budget: An Annotated Guide

An annotated list of 20 things you need to know about Philadelphia's city budget.  1. Despite all the storm and stress over the city budget in recent years, the fundamentals remain the same.  The trends at work over the last 15... (Comments)

The New City Budget: The Same Old Game

By Tom Ferrick Jr. The budget proposed by Mayor Nutter doesn't solve any of the city's problems it simply buys time. The city wants to raise about $185 million a year by enacting a $300 per household trash fee and... (Comments)

Trash Talking the Trash Tax

Guess who emerged as the loudest critic of the Nutter administration's plan to add a $300 annual trash-collection fee to property tax bills? John Street.  The former mayor, who now teaches government at Temple University, took his class to hear the mayor's... (Comments)

Tax or Cut?

The option the Nutter admnistration had this year in crafting its new budget was: do we make cuts in city services or find some way to raise more money?  The envelope, please. And the winner is: new taxes! And they... (Comments)