Re: [UC] Tonight's Community Meeting about Taxation in Philadelphia

2002-01-19 Thread Krfapt
I meant to raise 'parking' as an example, not as a point in and of itself. Let's shift to the more fundamental question... Are there uses of land in particular neighborhoods -- say University City -- that serve societal interests better if the owners don't erect buildings on them? That is, if

Re: [UC] Tonight's Community Meeting about Taxation in Philadelphia

2002-01-19 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 08:04:01AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >In a message dated 1/19/02 5:33:40 AM Eastern Standard Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Then they opened the parking lot at 4423, and, in > principle, 20-30 people who were parking on the street moved to

Re: [UC] Tonight's Community Meeting about Taxation in Philadelphia

2002-01-19 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Hi, Al. On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 06:46:21PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Many (maybe all) parts of University City could use more off-street parking > and more well-maintained open space One of the fundamental points of Saidel's tax reform plan is that taxing land instead of development on

Re: [UC] Tonight's Community Meeting about Taxation in Philadelphia

2002-01-18 Thread Krfapt
I agree with Roger Harmon, Melanie, and others that it was a good meeting. I do wonder why so few people show up at these things -- Roger estimated 70, I thought it was a bit higher, maybe 100 by about 8:00. This sort of thing has important implications; the territory represented by the sponsor

[UC] Tonight's Community Meeting about Taxation in Philadelphia

2002-01-17 Thread Vincent/Roger
Many thanks to about 70 people who came to tonight's meeting at Calvary Church with City Comptroller Jonathan Siedel and Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell, about proposed changes in the city's tax code, in particular ideas to move in the direction of more "Land Tax" and less "Property Tax."  A s