As you know, the City of Philadelphia is, to put it charitably, strapped for cash. As you also know, the rest of the state of PA hates us because (they think) we are Satanic gays who like to burn fetuses. When you put these two together, you get a cosmic fart like the one pictured at right. So it might not be completely surprising that yesterday, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Everett Gillison let it slip before City Council that His Dudeness has a “Doomsday Budget” just in case for when Harrisburg inevitably gives us the high hard one. What’s in it? For one thing, most likely, there’d be police and firefighter cuts, which is exactly what a city that can’t stop stabbing itself and burning down Kensington, one block at a time, could really use. Other things to keep your eyes peeled for: Library Warz II? Trash Fees Redux? We can’t say, but think of it this way: That spicy meatball we’ve all been eating for the past 9 months is about to come back around, big time. Burp.
UPDATE: And according to Clout, Nutter just postponed a Free Library budget hearing.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 at 2:19 pm.