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Michael Nutter announced a $3.84 billion budget for the city yesterday—and quickly came under fire for the steep property and sales tax hikes he proposed earlier in the week to raise some of the money for it. It seems that the mayor is becoming less and less popular these days.
Speaking of jaw-dropping dollar figures, our local U.S. Attorney's Office announced that pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly has settled civil and criminal investigations in connection with its marketing of the antipsychotic drug Zyprexa for $1.42 billion, the largest payout ever by a single defendant.
No one's happy about Michael's closing of 11 city libraries as part of the budget cuts. And so now the question is, is there a way to save the libraries?
This week in futile displays of power: Michael released the names of fifty business-tax delinquents, who owe a combined $27 million to the city. Among the names on the list are one guy who's currently in jail (T. Milton Street, Sr.) and another (Neil Stein) who was jailed for—wait for it—tax evasion. And the number one delinquent is a company that doesn't even exist anymore. Good luck with your collections, Michael.
Michael and City Council also sat down for a closed-door meeting to discuss the city's budget crisis, and where cuts have to be made.
Michael made the best decision of his administration thusfar this week: Billy Penn will not be donning Phillies gear for the World Series.
Michael announced that there has already been improvement in DHS following the Danieal Kelly tragedy. Well that's reassuring—we can't imagine that DHS could have gotten much worse.
We knew that the economic downtimes would mean bad things for the city, but we didn't realize it was this bad. Michael delivered the news to the City Council that the city's five-year financial plan was short by $450 million. Yikes.
Michael applauded SEPTA's new train cars as a "better way to get around," and "a way to create jobs and economic development." We'll see if they're a way for SEPTA to run on time and without those pesky "slippery rail" delays.
Michael's not the only Nutter with an entourage, as proven by the posse adorable Olivia rolled into her first day of school with.
Speaking of the convention, we really hope Michael's staffers are having a good time and getting —staffer that he brought with him out of his campaign funds.
So much for being the good government guy who won't piss away our tax dollars on b.s. Michael is paying his own trip to the Democratic National Convention with his campaign funds, but the five staffers who are going with him are being paid for with city dollars. We're with the on this one—Michael's screwing the pooch here.
The took a look at Michael's watershed moments and took the position that maybe our mayor isn't as calm, cool, and collected as he's often portrayed.
And in connection with the above story, was Michael's passionate, off-color language inappropriate? (Obviously, we're going with a big fat NO on this one.)
FUD is no match for Michael. (No, not that fud, that FUD.)
It's now official: Michael's ethical quandaries are a complete and utter joke compared to those of former Mayor Street. This week's near-scandal for Michael was when Stephen Starr tried to pick up Michael's tab when the mayor dined at the newest Starr establishment, Parc. We're sure the feds will be all over wiretapping Nutter's office if this keeps up.
Michael's slogan for Philadelphia's soon-to-be-effective law requiring gun owners to report lost or stolen firearms within 24 hours: "If you lose your piece, call the police." Somewhere, Johnny Cochran's ghost is smiling.
Michael was very pleased with the revenue and publicity generated by the Olympic gymnastics trials being held in the city.
Michael got a big (and to us, somewhat surprising) victory in court this week, as a Philadelphia judge upheld three of the city's five recently-enacted gun laws. The case is now going to be appealed to the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, and will probably make its way to the state Supreme Court, regardless of how the Commonwealth Court rules.
Michael announced an $8 million spending plan to help Philadelphia's homeless population.
Michael opined that there was no connection between last Saturday's slaying of Philadelphia police sergeant Stephen Liczbinski and Monday's beating of three suspects by fifteen police officers. Really? Did Michael keep a straight face when saying this? For future reference, Michael, the appropriate response is, "An internal investigation of the incident is pending, and we must let that process run its course before drawing any conclusions."
Michael's crime-fighting plan entered a new phase, with the appointment of a number of commanders at the police department. Plus, over a hundred new officers will hit the streets this month, and another hundred will go into action in July.
And the winner for pointless press conference of the week goes to...Michael's conference to encourage the city to support the Sixers and Flyers in their playoff runs. Oh, and the Schuylkill Expressway is being relabeled as "I-76ers" for the playoffs. Isn't that cute?
Just when you thought Michael was done appointing people to official positions, he names a new prison commissioner.
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For some reason (can't imagine what) it was a bit of a slow news week for the mayor.
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gets killed that the city seems to care about this stuff? What about everyone else who gets shot by people who should've been behind bars?)
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Hello. I’m former Mayor of Philadelphia John F. Street for the new Apple 3G iPhone.
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You know what we're thinking about today? We're only 21 days away from The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull...Beware the link, the signature music plays right away, and loudly, too.
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With all the news focus this week on the Presidential primary, there wasn't a whole lot to report in the world o' Nutter. But here's what we've got for you.
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- Michael was on this past weekend, where he reiterated his call for the candidates to discuss urban issues and opined that the race is, and should be, about more than race.
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