Mark B. Cohen Saves Philadelphia!

Everyone’s favorite state rep:

Just as the battle lines are hardening, newly compiled figures on wage tax revenue growth threaten to end the battle over the mayor’s proposed cuts by giving the mayor a good reason to delay them. [...]

That is not the most optimistic way to make the projections. The city is collecting wage taxes at the rate of $125,141,400 a month. Assuming that monthly pace continues, the the city will wind up $342,978,000 AHEAD of its total revenue projection of $1,158,586.

We’re totally set with the extra $300 mil in revenue or so.

(Sorry, been busy with story reporting and research! I know, I’m surprised, too. Hopefully I’ll be back to a regular schedule later this week.)

Protesting Philly Residents Have Incredible Signage

Huge ups to whoever made this sign It’s Our City called “mean-spirited” (no way!) at Monday’s budget cuts town meeting with the mayor. Just when I thought the stupid “HOPE” meme was finished, it turns out there are a lot more ways to go with this. “CHANGE Your plan for budget cuts” would also have worked.

But as the WHYY blog points out, “Top it off, this is an area that has fought ground wars before i.e. Sugarhouse Casino. That war is still going on.” I can’t believe we’ll soon have our 1,000th casualty of the Great Casino War.

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