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O'Brien's outburst: Former speaker wants to know "What the hell is up" with Harrisburg plan for five years of no increase for schools.
What the hell is up with Harrisburg? At-Large Republican Councilman Dennis O'Brien might know better than anyone else on Philadelphia's City Council - and he offered his own opinion on Tuesday.
O'Brien's outburst: Former speaker wants to know "What the hell is up" with Harrisburg plan for five years of no increase for schools.
What the hell is up with Harrisburg?
At-Large Republican Councilman Dennis O'Brien might know better than anyone else on Philadelphia's City Council — and he offered his own opinion on Tuesday.
During hearings Tuesday on a request by the School Reform Commission for more than $90 million in support from the city to help plug a $300 million budget gap, O'Brien — former Speaker of the House — veritably erupted, delivering to the three-person panel before him (which included SRC chairman Pedro Ramos) the following Jeremiad, in which he roasted Mayor Nutter and Governor Corbett for asking City Council to come up with the extra money while delivering a five-year plan for the District that shows no increased revenue from the state.
"We have a dysfunctional conversation here. And maybe I'm the only one hearing this. We have an SRC that is presenting a list of assumptions that only the mayor and governor can respond to. We're here as window dressing because the SRC is designed and controlled by the appointments by the governor and the mayor. I am astonished. ... We have a 5-year plan [from the District] with no anticipated revenue from the state until 2016 or '17? What the hell is up with that? How can we possibly sit here and talk to you when you're the product of the governor and mayor, and say we're going to tweak all of our educational visions to fit those revenue projections?
... There are two people who can change this conversation and change the expectations of the hope and future of every kid in the city of Philadelphia and that's the governor and the mayor — they appoint you, and frankly this has to be a better conversation."
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