I don't know if anyone else made it to Michael Nutter's community forum the other night, but he mentioned a bill that I believe will be before city council this week. Somehow it had escaped my notice thus far. It calls for a $10,000 credit against the business privilege tax for companies that hire ex-offenders for 6-months or more. He also cited a staggering 72% recidivism rate in the city. The proposal was extremely popular with the crowd, and he couldn't resist adding a couple of pull-up-your-pants applause lines at the end. I posted a video clip here:
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