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Last Friday & the weekend: Michael defended his decision to cut $21 million in funding to Philadelphia Safe and Sound, the program that, as we mentioned last week, John Street had shifted money to in the waning days of his administration. And he announced that the Department of Public Welfare would be auditing Safe and Sound's finances for the last couple years. Michael also ignited Governor Rendell's fury with his revocation of SugarHouse's casino license, as Rendell is all for the casinos.
Monday: Michael established a new commission, an advisory commission on construction industry diversity. Why the construction industry? Why not, we guess.
Tuesday: Michael got something to smile about in the form of Governor Rendell's budget. Specifically, Michael's tickled that the budget has increased funding for police forces and education. In other news, we're starting to wonder just how many boards, commissions, etc. this city has, because it seems like Michael's constantly appointing new people to these things. This time around it's the Philadelphia Gas Works getting new leadership.
Wednesday: Michael named a number of new city art commissioners, and in the process displaced a friend a John Street as commissioner. Shocker. Back on the Safe and Sound front, the fallout from that decision is starting to be felt, as Safe and Sound starts to make cutbacks, and the City Council is going to be joining the Department of Public Welfare in examining how Safe and Sound conducts its business. This could get interesting.
Thursday: Michael's police commissioner has what we like to call juevos huevos gigantes. Either that, or he's delusional, because Commissioner Charles Ramsey believes Philadelphia's murder rate can be cut in half within five years. We applaud the ambition – we just hope it isn't a lot of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
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Um, I think you mean huevos.
I did indeed. How did Editor Jill not catch that one and rip me for it???
Not that it's much of an excuse, but Editor Jill had a very active baby sitting on her lap while she was looking at your post.
The "why the construction industry" is because so many of the huge multi-billion dollar contracts the city gives out for municipal projects (like the Convention Center expansion) get handed to white-owned construction firms and contractors because they have established relationships with the city, and the city has never implemented an open and well-publicized RFP process that encourages the participation of new (read: minority-owned) bidders.