This Week's Man Overboard: Nutter, Green, Clarke, Tasco and the quadrangle of political chaos!

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This Week's Man Overboard: Nutter, Green, Clarke, Tasco and the quadrangle of political chaos!

POSTED: Friday, June 24, 2011, 4:03 PM
Filed Under: City Council | City Hall | News

What happened to the 9 votes that supposedly had been gathered to pass the mayor's sweetened beverage tax? Was there a behind-the-scenes connection between the paid sick days bill and the passage of a hike in property tax? What was Councilman Bill Green up to last Thursday morning? And what is the strange force skewing politics in every direction (hint: it's the Council presidency).

Answers to those questions and many more in this week's Man Overboard!

Posted by Isaiah Thompson @ 4:03 PM  Permalink | 2 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:16 PM, 06/25/2011
    Our city council has arrogant and total disregard for the welfare of the taxpayers. Soon you'll be hearing about the number of further tax refugees from Philly moving elsewhere. Maybe when all that are left are the center city tax abaters and the rest of the upwardly mobile elites and the revenue is zip then they'll finally see that you can't keep bleeding people dry and hope to survive
    crystalrainbowspirit1
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:51 AM, 06/26/2011
    I have been telling all your readers. Bill Greenlee gave Bill Green his needed tax hike vote, in exchange for Bill Greens vote on his sick day bill. They did it right on the floor thru Darrell Clarke. I got my information from being right there in the council chambers. In short, Bill Greenlee sold out every property owner for a contoversial sick day for fewer people. That also might send small employer's to leave the city.
    TheShadowKnows


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