Yes, you’re quite right. Property taxes can be one of the big instruments for displacement and gentrification and can be very regressive indeed. Thanks for adding your analysis and clarification.
I wasn’t commenting or considering Melani’s actual tax proposal, but her closing. I should have
I heard a rumor from two different people that the city is starting a weekly
recycling pickup in West Philly. Does anyone know if this is true? And, if
so, when?
In a message dated 1/4/2009 11:54:46 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
naomif...@verizon.net writes:
City-wide single-stream weekly recycling pick-up was scheduled to begin Jan
1 but with the budget cuts, I'm not sure if this has been pushed back. The
city recycling website has not yet been
In a message dated 1/4/2009 1:05:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
krf...@aol.com writes:
The notice sent out with the last set of water bills said recycling goes
citywide starting tomorrow (1/5).
I meant to write:
The notice sent out with the last set of water bills said weekly recycling
City-wide single-stream weekly recycling pick-up was scheduled to begin
Jan 1 but with the budget cuts, I'm not sure if this has been pushed
back. The city recycling website has not yet been updated for 2009.
Naomi
On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 11:32 AM, tim dunn wrote:
I heard a rumor from two
Black Kitten Found at 47th and Chester (47th and Chester Ave)
Reply to: janesme...@hotmail.com [?]
Date: 2009-01-04, 11:28AM EST
Yesterday we found a five month old black kitten with medium-long fur.
He jumped out of a bush at 47th and Chester and followed my sister
home yesterday
Isn't the idea of recycling to SAVE money?
Roger
- Original Message -
From: naomif...@verizon.net
To: tim dunn
Cc: list serv
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 11:53 AM
Subject: RE: [UC] weekly recycling rumor
City-wide single-stream weekly recycling pick-up was scheduled
In a message dated 1/3/09 7:20:36 PM:
...While the fact that the city needs additional revenue is obvious, any
changes to the property tax structure have to be made with careful
deliberation as to the consequences of dramatic increases...
Agreed, totally - and remember, I also wrote:
