Bizarro Nutter: He’s Baaaaaack!
Remember all that stuff we were saying yesterday morning about Mayor Michael Nutter and his dwindling stock? Well, this is not going to help: Even after narrowly avoiding cutting 3,000 city jobs in the wake of the state budget crisis and getting that seemingly-all-important sales tax hike, the city is still projecting a $31M defecit for this fiscal year. This can only mean one thing: More cuts. Now, it may not be as drastic as what we were facing at the end of the summer (though, hey, give it time), but get ready for the re-invigoration of: The Library debate! The pools and rec centers debate! And maybe the trash debate and the hey-where-is-everybody-moving-to debate, too. Mind you, and again, none of this is really the Dude’s fault, but you know, the more we say that, the less we feel like it’s doing anybody at all any good.
November 10th, 2009 at 11:58 am
Eh, they have union contracts coming up. The $31m deficit is negotiations. It’s all a projection anyway; change an assumption by a couple of basis points, and I bet you could make it a surplus.
November 10th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
That’s some sweet John Street math right there, son.
November 10th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Sounds like we really will need to bring back Rendell to make up for the financial hole Street put us in.
November 10th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
Last week, I overheard John Street say that he has no idea where the surplus went. It was like he missed the whole economic collapse thing. Or perhaps he thought the surplus was saved in a shoebox under the mayoral desk.
November 10th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
perhaps Mr. Street should better remember the half-billion dollars he spent on two stadii (started by Rendell), the quarter-billion he spent on the Neighborhood Transformation Iniative (which produced a what? two Westrum suburbs?), while giving a ten-year tax abatement to all new development.
November 10th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
At least Nutter only goes Bizarro sometimes. Street was Bizarro Street ALL THE TIME.